[jsyncmanager-open] Looking for organizations using handheld data synchronization for study.

[Brad B. <yaz...@ma...>]

Good-day Everyone:

	Sorry for posting something slightly off-topic; I'll keep this short.

	I have been authorized by the University of Victoria's Research  
Ethics committee to begin a study pertaining to how organizations use  
and apply data synchronization services for semi-connected, mobile  
computing devices.  In particular, this study is trying to ascertain  
the patterns and best practices used by individuals within such  
organizations pertaining to data synchronization of handheld devices.

	The currently approved survey consists of only seven questions, and  
should take the average respondent no more than five minutes to  
complete.  The survey is completely anonymous, and neither asks nor  
stores any identifying information whatsoever.  The output of this  
research will be used to create accurate user models for use in a  
Masters project entitled "Optimizing Synchronization Cost for Mobile  
Devices:
The Expedient Trickle Sync Algorithm".

	Please note that this research is not currently interested in  
individual users synchronizing only personal, PIM-style data, but in  
organizations which have deployed handheld devices for business  
applications.

	If you are interested in participating in this survey, please send an  
e-mail to "yaz...@cs..." expressing your interest.

Brad BARCLAY
M.Sc. Candidate,
University of Victoria

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