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Chapter 4: Managerial Overview: Computer Hardware



Web Links
web links

Real World Case 1: SpeedServe and Merrill Lynch: Mainframes as Electronic Commerce Web Server
  1. http://speedserve.com/cgi-bin/msrvr/;execmacro/
    esearch.d2w/input?Store=BookServe


  2. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ats-query-page/002-8939670-6205823 Use these two sites to search the same book on Amazon and SpeedServe to find the response times for both web servers. Note that Amazon has more books than SpeedServe has.

  3. http://www.ml.com/ This is a home site of Merrill Lynch which is a financial firm providing investment financing insurance and related services to individuals and institutions on a global basis.

  4. http://www.s390.ibm.com/whys390/
    You can find more information on IBM mainframe from this page.
Real World Case 2: Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society: Switching to Network Computing
  1. http://www.software.ibm.com/ebusiness/ IBM provides more information about network computing on this site.

  2. http://www.good-sam.com/default.htm This is the homepage of Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society.

  3. http://www.networkcomputing.com/
    Tons of materials about network computing are provided on this site. You may find information about every area of network computing.
Read World Case 3: AG Communication Systems: The Business Case for Notebook Computers
  1. http://www.agcs.com/
    This is the home page of AG Communication Systems
  1. http://www.mobilecomputing.com/
    This is the home page of Mobile Computing a journal focus on the issues about mobile computing.
Real World Problem 1: Grenley-Stewart Resources and Rosenbluth International: Using Personal Digital Assistants and the Web
  1. http://www.oilprice.com/index.ns.html This is the Grenley-Stewart Resources Network. It markets diesel and gasoline at over 1200 commercial fueling stations across the USA.

  2. http://www.rosenbluth.com/
    This is the homepage of Resenbluth International which is the travel Management Company with the second largest presence in the world. 3) http://www.cyberramp.net/~dmbrowne/pilot.htm
    This site contains well over 200 links to PalmPilot PDA sites from around the world
Real World Problem 2: Seagate Software: Managing Network Server Farms
  1. http://www.seagatesoftware.com/managexec/
    This page contains the detailed information on Seagate Manage Exec used to administer Seagate's network worldwide.
Real World Problem 3: Sears Roebuck and Co.: Moving to Network Computers
  1. http://www.sears.com/ This is the home site of Sears Roebuck and Co.

  2. http://www.pc.ibm.com/networkstation/station/ Learn more on network computers on this page from IBM perspective.

  3. http://www.intel.com/businesscomputing/netpc/what.htm
    Learn more about network computers from Intel perspective.
Real World Problem 4: Republic National Bank and Principal Financial Group: Using Virtual Tape Systems
  1. http://www-external.rnb.com/net.html This is the home site of Republic National Bank.

  2. http://www.principal.com/ This is the home site of Principal Financial Group.

  3. http://www.storage.ibm.com/hardsoft/tape/magvts.htm
  4. http://www.storage.ibm.com/press/tape/vtsfact.htm
    Detailed information on IBM virtual tape server system is provided on these pages.
Real World Problem 5: XL Homes Inc.: Using a Network Scanner
  1. http://www.netscan.kofax.com/ This is the homepage of Kofax the NetScan provider.

  2. http://www.intelligent.com.au/it/whitescan.htm
    Here you can find detailed discussion on network scanners.


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