Cost-Effective Strategies for Client/Server Systems

This book is for the IT manager who is migrating to client/server or who would like to, but must first win the support of corporate management. Author Bernard H. Boar debunks the latest anti-client/server myths being propagated by the small number of gurus, pundits, and pedants he dubs the "Mainframe Preservation Society." Boar analyzes a broad range of IT reengineering issues-core competencies, internal economy, processes, human resource architecture, vendor relationships, IT architecture, and organizational structures. He clearly outlines client/server2s myriad technical and strategic advantages for business organizations and offers tips for successfully presenting your recommendations to corporate management. He also provides far-reaching advice on a host of system design, planning, and implementation issues as he: Helps you evaluate the feasibility of client/server computing in your organization Shows how to maximize the value of moving to client/server computing Develops a model for making the most cost-effective database placement and partitioning decisions Provides a rigorous framework within which to plan, implement, and support a world-class client/server system Supplies cost/benefit templates guaranteed to persuade the most skeptical mainframer Describes a methodology for ongoing assessment of client/server2s impact on your business Cost-Effective Strategies for Client/Server Systems is must reading for IT managers, CIOs, systems planners and administrators, and all those involved with the planning, design, and implementation of business information technology.Boar, Bernard H. is the author of 'Cost-Effective Strategies for Client/Server Systems' with ISBN 9780471128465 and ISBN 0471128465.