Client/Server Computing: Killing the Mainframe Dinosaur and Slashing Runaway Mis Costs

Many Fortune 500 companies are cutting their information technology costs in half by switching from restrictive, outdated mainframes to Client/Server systems. Gary Gagliardi has helped more than 1,000 sites make this transition. In Client/Server systems, he offers the broader understanding of computers and computer issues you need to take a more direct role in information management decisions. Addressing trends in business and computing, Gagliardi presents the key issues for management information systems in non-technical terms, supported by extensive graphics. Topics include cost-effective corporate computing; corporate computing in transition; the move to standards and open systems; re-engineering applications using new technology; the evolution of financial and management accounting; continual quality improvement; and the anatomy of a mainframe replacement project.