Over the past year, thin-client computing has taken center stage in the world of information systems technology. Despite predictions to the contrary, thin-client computing technology is not in trouble today: All indications point to server-based network architectures remaining a hot IT trend.
Language Environment Callable Services can enable a COBOL program to perform tasks that are otherwise outside the scope of the language, such as dynamically acquire and free storage, determining whether a date is valid, generating a snap dump, and more.
The "Father of the Data Warehouse" discusses what's in store for the industry.
The enabling technologies of business intelligence and data warehousing are playing a vital role in facilitating strategic corporate and organizational initiatives, such as customer relationship management and e-commerce worldwide.
By combining organizational and technical solutions, companies hope to create a streamlined, Web-enabled organization running on integrated information and powered by super information engines along the fast track to 21st century success. Will it work?
When Air Products and Chemicals Inc. opened for business, it had a single product line and a data center with one IBM mainframe. Over the years, the complexity of its operations has transformed the data center into an intricate installation of multiple platforms supporting a multitude of operations. Such complexity prompted the company to seek a method to implement a solution that encompassed all platforms.