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IBM Simplifies Net.Commerce Ordering for AS/400

Starting this Friday, customers will be able to order IBM Net.Commerce for AS/400 Version 2 simultaneously with AS/400 hardware. Customers will no longer need to deal with separate order numbers or forms for hardware and Net.Commerce software orders.



Bell Atlantic On Call: Automating DB2 Operations

Bell Atlantic Mobile automates its backup and recovery process, managing REORGS for DBAs.

Extending the Edge of the Enterprise

Clients, vendors and employees look for fast and reliable remote access to corporations' networks and files while out of the office.

December Response Time

Letters to the Editor.

December Industry News

Allen Systems' Acquisitions, FRx Visual Reporting, Sterling / Cisco Partnership, ADIC Sets New Benchmark, OpenConnect Selects Bluestone.

Evolving Effective Enterprise-Wide Distributed Processing Solutions Using CICS, MQSeries and DB2

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.

The SNA Server Model: Integrating Mainframe Hosts and NT Server Environments

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.

Gateway Evolution: Tying the Mainframe to the New Paradigm

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.

December Humor

Cow-isms and Y2K Etcha-Sketch.

Thin-Client vs. Fat-Client in the Host Connectivity World

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.

December Countdown to Year 2000

Y2K Makes CLEAN Management Essential.