Web-to-Host Integration

The growth of the Internet and its related technologies has given corporate information technology departments new ways to extend client/server computing applications to both internal and external users. Information and resources that exist on internal, proprietary systems can now be accessed from a broader user base, giving corporations more ways to utilize their current investments in technology.

Enterprise networking is also experiencing a resurgence in popularity; the size of corporate databases that store mission-critical data continues to grow. As companies continue to use mainframe and AS/400 host systems for database hosting, transaction processing, and other applications, many organizations are investigating methods of integrating host networks with the Web.

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