Mainframe Data for Open Systems Environments, KeyLink/Dickens Participates in IBM Net.Commerce, Direct JDBC for IBM DB2, IT Spending on the Decline, User-Based Y2K Toolset Pricing.
AT&T Acquires IBM's Global Network Business, G5 Server, Domino Scalability on AS/400, Targeted Online Marketing Service, AS/400 10th Anniversary, Small Business Solutions for Windows NT.
Independent software vendors form an alliance with Big Blue in order to deliver total solutions that increase the benefits and minimize the anguish of converting to an ERP platform.
Texas Medicaid fights fraud and waste as Data Warehousing Drives Supercomputing into the Corporate Mainstream.
The key requirements and the trade-off between building a system in-house vs. purchasing an off-the-shelf application are examined, along with the critical role ERP integration plays in driving payback and competitive advantage from an environmental, health safety system investment.
While integrating distributed applications in a complex environment, it is important to not only learn the history of the process, but to understand the importance of service management, scalability and compatability.
Three companies find a potential solution to their Year 2000 and Job Entry Subsystem issues with Trident Services' Operating System/Environment Manager.
Bell Atlantic Mobile automates its backup and recovery process, managing REORGS for DBAs.
Clients, vendors and employees look for fast and reliable remote access to corporations' networks and files while out of the office.
Allen Systems' Acquisitions, FRx Visual Reporting, Sterling / Cisco Partnership, ADIC Sets New Benchmark, OpenConnect Selects Bluestone.
A Northern California health maintenance organization creates a clinical data repository to service its 2.5 million members on an MVS mainframe using DB2 and an asynchronous messaging processing paradigm.
As SNA Server becomes a platform for host integration, it provides a feature/function set that facilitates not only communications between legacy and distributed platforms, but also applications integration.
By linking mainframe data to new Web-enabled client/server platforms, SNA gateway products let enterprises leverage their investments in legacy systems, while achieving the strategic flexibility of newer platforms like Windows NT.
Cow-isms and Y2K Etcha-Sketch.
Y2K Makes CLEAN Management Essential.
The debate goes on ... and on ... and on. The pros and cons of fat-client PC-to-host and thin-client Web-to-host are explored.
Microsoft's SNA Server Product Manager discusses SNA Server 4.0 environment -- it's role in today's enterprise and the future of the product.