Developing Your As/400 Internet Strategy : A Guide to Business Solutions Created Through This Powerful Partnership [Paperback]

Alan Arnold (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1997

Developing Your AS/400 Internet Strategy answers the questions AS/400 managers are asking about using the AS/400 as an Internet server. Drawing on his experience helping client companies develop corporate Internet presences, Alan Arnold explains the value of the Internet as a market for electronic commerce and describes how to assess your company’s Internet opportunities. Alan then explores the AS/400’s strengths (and its weaknesses) as an Internet server, offering you the benefit of his experience as an AS/400 systems programmer. You will learn how to turn the AS/400’s reliability, security, and performance to competitive advantage in the Internet world, and how to establish a concrete plan to accomplish it. Alan helps you plan wisely how to protect valuable corporate data as you connect your AS/400 to the more open community of the Internet. The book addresses AS/400 networking technologies for making the Internet connection, procedures for configuring TCP/IP, and which client/server technologies the AS/400 supports natively. Beyond these basics, he offers practical information about setting up an AS/400 Web server, dealing with e-mail, interoperating with other Internet-capable systems, and conducting electronic business securely.

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From the Publisher

Don’t put precious corporate data and systems in harm’s way. Developing Your AS/400 Internet Strategy addresses the issues unique to deploying the AS/400 on the Internet. It includes procedures for configuring AS/400 TCP/IP, and which client and server technologies the AS/400 supports natively. Arnold shows you how to reconcile the AS/400’s security-conscious mindset with the less secure philosophy of the Internet community. He also explains the value of the Internet as a market for electronic commerce and describes how to assess your company’s Internet opportunities. This enterprise-class tutorial evaluates the AS/400 as an Internet server and teaches you how to design, program, and manage your Web home page.

About the Author

Alan Arnold has been working with IBM midrange systems for the past 15 years – as a programmer, CASE tool analyst, consultant, systems engineer, regional SE manager, national director of technology services, andm most recently, as a senior manager for Ernst & Young in the Management and Consulting Information Technology Group. As a member of the COMMON user group, Alan served on the System/36 and AS/400 Strategic Task Force that worked with IBM Rochester. Alan is a graduate of the University of Redlands and Chapman University, where he studied advanced business and computer systems methodologies. He can be reached at [e-mail].

Product Details

• Paperback: 248 pages
• Publisher: 29th Street Press (July 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1882419545
• ISBN-13: 978-1882419548
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.7 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,559,730 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Execellent Book on How to Use The Internet with the AS/400, April 3, 1999

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This review is from: Developing Your As/400 Internet Strategy : A Guide to Business Solutions Created Through This Powerful Partnership (Paperback)

I was looking for a book that would show a group of executives and technical staff what the AS/400 could do in the e-commerce world. This books answered those questions and more. It was written in a very easy to follow mannor. I would recommend it to those either with or without AS/400 experience.