Integrating TCP/IP Internets with IBM

Integrating TCP/IP i?nets with IBM Data Centers is a focused and comprehensive handbook targeting the integration of IBM and compatible mainframes and AS/400s with Internet technology-based networks--i?nets--including the Internet, intranets, and business-to-business extranets. The book is a valuable resource for those working to ensure that traditional IBM data centers play an integral role in the new Internet-dominated business world. This book offers an overview of the transition...
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Integrating TCP/IP i?nets with IBM Data Centers is a focused and comprehensive handbook targeting the integration of IBM and compatible mainframes and AS/400s with Internet technology-based networks--i?nets--including the Internet, intranets, and business-to-business extranets. The book is a valuable resource for those working to ensure that traditional IBM data centers play an integral role in the new Internet-dominated business world. This book offers an overview of the transition from SNA to SNA-capable i?nets and the role of the latest SNA incarnation--High Performance Routing (HPR). It presents all the major technologies used to integrate SNA systems with TCP/IP: transport technologies, access technologies, user interface rejuvenation, programmatic solutions, and network infrastructure issues and techniques. The author provides detailed descriptions and evaluations of specific products and technologies, with summaries of the pros and cons of each and advice on how they fit into an overall solution. You will find coverage of important topics such as: *tn3270(E), ip3270, and tn5250 *3270-to-HTML conversion *Applet-based 3270/5250 emulation *Data Link Switching (DLSw) *Applicatio