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Article: Designing for satisfied users. (client servers)(includes related article on the creation of a business transaction profile)
- Article from:
- Business Communications Review
- Article date:
- November 1, 1996
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1996 BCR Enterprises, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Networks can get bogged down by factors that are less than obvious. Your applications and network need to work together effectively.
As organizations adopt the client-server model, data networks have evolved from terminal-to-host connections into LAN-based packet networks linked primarily with routers. Although the pace of this migration has been more conservative than originally forecast, important questions are being asked:
* What happens when client-server applications are merged over router-based networks?
* What is the potential impact to the users of the applications?
* What is the potential impact to other users of the network ...