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Following is a list of articles that have appeared in the trade press
that are about mainframes or mainframe alternatives. Some are about
moving from mainframes to PC's, others about moving to mid-range
systems . A number of the articles describe customer experiences and
issues.
"Shift to downsizing results in arrival of the RAID (Redundant Array of
Inexpensive Disks) (Mass Storage)" , by Irving Frydman, COMPUTING
CANADA Vol. 17 issue 21 page 52, October 10, 1991.
"I come not the praise the mainframe computer, but to bury it." by
Cheryl Currid, INFOWORLD, October 21, 1991 page 46.
"The Many Hats of Unix" by Jean Bozman, COMPUTERWORLD, October 14, 1991
page 27.
"Users: downsizing gain is worth the pain (TRW and Harley-Davidson gain
with system conversion)" by Clinton Wilder, COMPUTERWORLD, Oct. 14,
1991 pg.4
"Token-Ring helps Oral-B consolidate data in downsizing from
mainframes", PC WEEK, Oct. 14, 1991
"A successful transition requires employee buy-in" by Michael Zurik,
NETWORK WORLD, Sept. 30, 1991 p28
"IBM can downsize and sell hosts too" by Karyl Scott, INFOWORLD, Sept.
30 p113
"Showdown looms between IS shops and users" by Cheryl Currid, PC WEEK,
Sept. 30, 1991 p. 64.
"Defining Downsizing" by Jim Carr, LAN MAGAZINE, Oct. 1991, p23.
"PC perestroika leads to the end of a totalitarian regime" by Frederic
Davis, PC WEEK, Sept. 23, 1991 p122.
"The market leads to midrange" by Joseph McKendrick, MIDRANGE SYSTEMS,
Sept. 17, 1991, p46.
"Fear, uncertainty and doubt will backfire now befuddled IBM users can
go elsewhere" COMPUTERGRAM INTERNATIONAL, Sept. 25, 1991,
"The PC DBMS wave; while the capabilitiees of micro, mini and mainframe
DBMS's are converging, PC databases may offer better solutions" by
Robin Bloor, DBMS, Oct. 1991, p16.
"Dinosours should beware: the future is in downsizing" by John Gantz,
INFOWORLD, Sept. 23, 1991, p101.
"PC's are stronger on client side; micro, mainframe suppliers rely on
inherent strengths" by Philippe Kahn, SOFTWARE MAGAZINE, Sept. 1991,
pS40
"Users demanding choice in downsizing decision; move away from legacy
systems a considered business decision; Aiborne: MSA out, Peoplesoft
in." by Kathleen Gow, SOFTWARE MAGAZINE, Sept. 1991, pS29.
"Bill Gates to MIS: Windows the answer; application development form
Microsoft features GUI on client, many packages." by John Desmond,
SOTWARE MAGAZINE, Sept. 1991 pS98.
"Software stalls downsizing; Covia forced to make new architecture for
Apollo", by Robert Knight, SOFTWARE MAGAZINE Sept 1991 p28.
"Picking client/server tools for LANs", by Paul Pinella, DATAMATION,
Sept 1, 1991, p47.
"Association wraps up downsizing plan; California Trucking Association
decreases data processing budget by moving to LAN platform." by Timothy
O'Brien, NETWORK WORLD, Sept 9, 1991, p23.
"Distributors catch networking fever", by Mildred Nunoo,COMPUTER
RESELLER NEWS, Sept. 9, 1991, p118
"Downsizing focus shifts to impact IS function" by Jim Nash,
COMPUTERWORLD, Sept. 16, 1991, p4.
"390 closes a troubled first year; Enterprise System 9000 sales
hampered by recession, downsizing and unsuccessful IBM marketing
scheme" by Kim Nash, COMPUTERWORLD, Sept. 16, 1991, p1.
"AST embraces SMP server, drive-array technology", by Michael
Zimmerman, PC WEEL, Sept. 16, 1991, p1.
'Ultimate finding reseller role in move from proprietary lines", by
Gerry Khermouch, ELECTRONIC NEWS, Sept. 9, 1991, p14.
"Software slows switch to pcs, downsizing efforts stalled by absence of
client/ server networks", by Jpon Kaye, COMPUTER WEEKLY, July 18, 1991,
p48.
"Headaches greet users moving to client server: lack of tools undercust
promise of downsizing" by Sally Cusack and Patricia Keefe,
COMPUTERWORLD, Sept. 9, 1991 p.1.
"The rest of the iceberg: the RS/6000's competitive edge and proven
performance cuts through common misconceptions", by Brian Jeffery,
MIDRANGE SYSTEMS, Sept 3, 1991, p 31.
"Colossal collision: mainframes, midrange systems and PC's arent
knocking eachother out of the game, they just keep bumping into each
other (includes article on downsizing)", by Michael Major, MIDRANGE
SYSTEMS, Sept. 3, 1991 p27.
"Why the human factor is central to IT success", by Patrick Mckerrow,
COMPUTER WEEKLY, August 1, 1991, p12.
"HP Emerald aims to outshine ES 9000", by Jon Kaye, COMPUTER WEEKLY,
August 1, 1991, p4.
"Unisys axes 220 staff to beat loss", by Sarah Aryanpur, COMPUTER
WEEKLY, Aug. 1, 1991, p.2.
"Client Server Forum. (DBMS magazine intends to support th new
consortium that intends to promote client/server computing technology)"
by Kevin Strehlo, DBMS, Sept, 1991, p10.
"A new twist to midrange to PC communications: Tangent Group's approach
serves up report transfer capabilities", by Joseph McKendrick, MIDRANGE
SYSTEMS, Sept. 3, 1991, p21.
"D&B to build client/server apps using PowerBuilder" by John Palatto,
PC WEEK, Sept. 2, 1991, p51.
"User upsizes to minis, mainframe (Johns Hopkins Medical Center)" by
Paul Korzeniowski, COMMUNICATIONSWEEK, Aug. 12, 1991, p1.