Integrating TCP/IP i-nets with IBM Data Centers

This book offers an overview of the transition from SNA to SNA-capable i-nets and the role of the latest SNA incarnation--High Performance Routing (HPR). It presents all the major technologies used to integrate SNA systems with TCP/IP: transport technologies, access technologies, user-interface rejuvenation, programmatic solutions, and network infrastructure issues and techniques. The author provides detailed descriptions and evaluations of specific products and technologies, with summaries of the pros and cons of each and advice on how they fit into an overall solution. You will find coverage of important topics such as:

• tn3270(E), ip3270, and tn5250
  
• 3270-to-HTML conversion
  
• Applet-based 3270/5250 emulation
  
• Data Link Switching (DLSw)
  
• Application servers
  
• User-interface rejuvenation and AutoGUIs
  
• HPR-over-IP and AnyNet
  
• Channel-attached mainframe gateways
  
• Maintaining security
  
• Securing availability and response time
  
• Ensuring network management, scalability, and accountability

Real-world case studies of GM, TWA, Del Monte, and Lafayette Life Insurance illustrate how Internet technologies can minimize remote access costs while extending the reach and scope of mission critical information that resides in mainframe data centers. Numerous figures, topic summary sidebars, and tables summarizing product features give readers quick and easy access to vital information.

Whether you are investigating the topic in general, are in the process of designing a solution, or researching specific technologies, Integrating TCP/IP i-nets with IBM(R) Data Centers will help you successfully accomplish your goals.

Table of contents

Foreword
Preface
Chapter 1: Intranets and i·nets: The Next Generation of Enterprise Networks
Chapter 2: SNA to SNA-Capable i·nets: SNA's Final Metamorphosis
Chapter 3: Differences Between SNA Networks and SNA-Capable i·nets
Chapter 4: Integrating SNA/APPN with i·nets
Chapter 5: Terminal-Based SNA Access Over i·nets
Chapter 6: User Interface Rejuvenation, Application-Specific
Gateways, and Programmatic Access
Chapter 7: Network Infrastructure, Management, and New Mainframe Gateways
Chapter 8: Pulling It All Together
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Glossary
Bibliography
Index