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To: A. Reader who wrote (43)	11/9/1997 10:45:00 AM
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IBM, Sun take town NC medicine By John Cox 11/03/97 Two vendors with the most at stake in the success of network computers - IBM and Sun Microsystems, Inc. - are setting up thousands of the devices for their own employees and finding out what is needed to use NCs on a large scale. In general, the deployments are going well and are on schedule, according to MIS managers overseeing the projects. However, they have been beset by a lack of good administration and management tools and a tendency to underestimate the amount of memory needed on the desktop and servers. By the end of the year, IBM plans to have 10,000 IBM Network Stations on employee desktops, replacing mainframe terminals and PCs. The company currently has about 5,000 systems installed. By mid-1988, Sun expects to have 7,000 of its JavaStations humming internally. Most of these are replacing Unix terminals or workstations. IBM IBM initially has been replacing Wintel PCs and applications with the Network Stations linked to Intel Corp.-based servers running Citrix Systems, Inc.'s WinFrame multiuser NT software. 'Multiuser NT becomes much more like Unix in the sense it becomes much more amenable to remote management,' said Art Williams, program director of scalable computing solutions at IBM's Research Division in Yorktown Heights, N.Y. www2.nwfusion.com\|33c3/1WbUegO1/1EWe/tlkgCyEDp/1C.9kMy3x361WbUegO1xxc6/Uelxd/iii/zUpygC/1WbUegO1/VElgkv/VElgkvxd3IeEtlC9xS3hxtCtBc3xf3

To: A. Reader who wrote (43)	11/10/1997 11:13:00 PM
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Network computers cut business costs amcity.com:80/columbus/stories/111097/focus2.html Companies are approaching the NC with some caution, with most starting with pilot programs before making wholesale changes. Buckles refused to discuss specific clients. One of NCI's first clients was 1-800-FLOWERS, which announced in April it was replacing its mainframe terminal environment with Java-based network computers and installing 2,000 network computers from NCI's manufacturing partners in its seven telecenters across the country. American Eagle has installed 20 IBM Network Stations in a pilot program to improve training, taking it out of regional training centers and into the airport terminal. The Network Stations will run all typical counter transactions from reservations and check-in procedures to preparing boarding passes -- making training more convenient and realistic for the agent and less expensive for the company. And, CSX Corp., a railway and transportation company, has a pilot program underway using Sun Microsystem network computers. In CSX's case, if the company goes forward with full implementation the NCs will not be replacing the thousands of PCs already in place. Instead they would be a replacement for the company's 15,000 dumb terminals -- monitors and keyboards linked to a mainframe or minicomputer and used for data entry, claims processing and other routine chores. Industry leaders figure there are 50 million workers worldwide still using dumb terminals, which represents another captive audience for the more technology-advanced NC, said Brasche.