Paper Info
Title
An alternative to emulation for micro-mainframe data exchange
Abstract
The exchange of data between the dispersed units of a business has become a significant part of the modern organization's IRM environment. Moving quickly from a generic description of the issues associated with the business environement of the 1990's, the paper focuses on a specific Fortune 200 manufacturing firm, its organizational structure, and the responsibilities of a centralized Technical Services group. After an assessment of overall requirements for interactive and batch mode data exchange, the Technical Services group determined that emulation did not meet criteria of security, flexibility, and economy for batch mode exchange. Therefore, the group developed a customized “gateway” solution, using commercially available components whenever possible. Example of this solution's applications are given and the resulting benefits discussed. The important message is to introduce the “best” technology to solve a business problem only after the problem and the long range impact of a solution are understood, not by selecting a solution based only on commercially available products.
Year
DOI
Venue
1991
10.1016/0378-7206(91)90048-7
Information & Management
Keywords
Field
DocType
file transfer,data communications,information resource management,emulation,micro-mainframe data exchange,micro to mainframe link,data exchange
Resource management,Information system,Data exchange,Organizational structure,Knowledge management,Operations research,Manufacturing engineering,Emulation,Default gateway,File transfer,Batch processing,Engineering
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
20
2
Information & Management
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.34
0
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Charlotte S. Stephens110010.49
Charles A. Snyder225024.09