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One of the best-kept secrets in the information technology (IT) industry is a system that has sold more than 500,000 units worldwide. This box can be found in more than 95 percent of Fortune 100 companies in the United States. There's an immense loyalty among those who use this box, and a unique curiosity about it by those who don't. The system? IBM's AS400. The selection of the right hardware platform is a critical decision in the life of a business. The hardware platform that an enterprise bases its future on can have costly consequences if the wrong decision is made. On the other hand, the right solution can make a significant contribution to the success of a business. In this new book from AS/400 Press, editor Alan Arnold has brought together the leading authorities on IBM's AS/400, both from within the IBM Corporation and from the ranks of consultants and vendors who have made a career out of the AS/400, to explain why the AS/400 is an excellent choice as a business solution.
This book will help you fully understand the capabilities of one of the most misunderstood systems to ever have been introduced to the IT world-the IBM AS/400-and how it can help you run your business.
Key Concepts Covered in this Book:
- Key industry trends that can affect your organization.
- Important computer technology components behind the trends.
- The varied capacities where the AS/400 currently is serving business.
- The level of skills needed to support the AS/400 within the business environment.
- Systems management on the AS/400: the ability to manage your system
resources, have business-critical information available quickly, keep
your systems running, and predict systems growth in the fast-paced,
dynamic business environment of today that can lead to competitive
advantage.
- The strengths of the AS/400 operating system and what value it
brings to the business landscape.
- Using the AS/400 database in EDI, data warehouses, business
intelligence, and e-business, to make data a revenue enhancer that
provides a competitive business advantage to an organization.
- Security features that are integrated into the AS/400 and are
essential to the conventional business, as well as the networked
environment of e-business.
- The reliability of the AS/400 as it relates to availability.
- The 64-bit architecture of the AS/400 and why it is important as a business concern.
- How the AS/400's commitment to speed, reliability, safety, and
security makes e-business a viable solution for small to medium sized
businesses.
- The differences between operational and analytical applications, the
role the AS/400 plays in those environments, and how the AS/400 offer
a solid, proven platform for enterprise data analysis.
- The strengths of Lotus Domino and groupware on the AS/400.
- How Microsoft's Windows NT Server can be integrated into the AS/400
to create a solid business case fo! r the AS/400.
- The basics of ERP, including what it is and what its current and
future role in the business world is.
- The integration of Java and how to strategically position your
company to take advantage of the power of Java.
- How the AS/400 compares to NT servers-including system integration,
security, database integrity, multiple application server capability,
the leveraging of application investment, scalability, cost of
ownership, and Year 2000 readiness.
- What business solution decision points must be considered when
developing a strategy for an I/T solution.