Managing the New Enterprise: The Proof, Not the Hype

Transitioning to a distributed client/server environment involves more than mastering a new paradigm. This practical companion to the best-selling Rightsizing the New Enterprise: The Proof, Not the Hype describes in detail the key technology support infrastructures, including networking, data centers, and system administration that are critical to building and managing the New Enterprise. What is the New Enterprise? It's what businesses or corporations must do to survive in the 1990s. Businesses are changing and IT (Information Technology) must change to meet the new business requirements. Global competition is becoming more intense; profit margins are falling. To remain competitive, the New Enterprise must diversify and focus on products and services that provide a competitive advantage, all the while reducing costs. The goal is to "rightsize" the enterprise; to get the right information to the right people to support business requirements in the '90s. This book not only provides the proof that it can be done, it tells you exactly how to do it.

A solutions handbook for re-engineering traditional Information Technology (IT) and legacy systems to new forms of distributed systems and client/server computing. This guide gets to the nitty gritty realities of making changes in technology support infrasturctures (networking, system administration, data centers). A chapter is devoted to enhancing customer satisfaction, including how to manage a diversity of desktops. Includes glossary.