From Mainframe to Workstations: Offloading Application Development

Covers the prerequisites for offloading; determining the operating environment; choosing PC workstation software tools; selecting LAN/server hardware and software; testing, ordering, layout and installation of components from multiple vendors; establishing system security; and measuring the effects of offloading. Features excellent advice on avoiding traps and pitfalls. Everything is summed up neatly in a sample step-by-step, offloading development plan.