Information Builders Magazine

Fall 1999 � Volume 10 No. 2

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Departments

From the Editor
 

Cover Story

i-business
I is for Intelligence
Building an i-business
that truly serves customers
by Gerald D. Cohen
 

Legacy Renewal: Bridging to the Internet

Legacy Renewal
The application backlog is with us again, but this time it is motivated by the desire to infuse Internet technology into our legacy assets
by Gerald D. Cohen
 
The Great Renewal
Thousands of customers are using WebFOCUS to revitalize host-based applications, adapting many types of legacy applications to utilize Web technologies
by David Baum
 
Industry Insight: Giga's Liz Barnett
Elizabeth Barnett offers some insights into an increasingly relevant topic: renewing, enhancing, and extending legacy technologies
by David Baum
 
The State of the Legacy
USDA: Letting the mainframe do the Web serving
reprinted from Government Computer News
 
WebFOCUS Draws the Picture for Ford's Warranty Business
Moving old code to a new platform gives Ford and its dealers a new look at warranty claims
by Paul DeGroot
 
Royal & SunAlliance of Canada Controls Insurance Costs With WebFOCUS
How to keep insurance clients happy? Give them data they can use to control claims
by Paul DeGroot
 
Florida International University Enhances Information Access With Web-Based Reporting
Miami's FIU enlisted EDA and WebFOCUS to give users the information they need � when they need it
by David Hall

Enterprise Application Integration

Guest Column: Interview With Lekha Rao, EDS
A discussion with Rao, manager of the EAI Service Practice within the EDS E.solutions organization
by David Baum
Internet Application Integration
A new look at Information Builders' Enterprise Integration Middleware Solutions
by John Senor

Enterprise Resource Planning

Lucent Builds Comprehensive Financial Reporting Environment to Support Global SAP Rollout
FOCUS and WebFOCUS are used to construct hundreds of reports in just six weeks
Data Migrator Steers Toyota in the Right Direction
SNAPpack Data Migrator from Information Builders ensures that Toyota spare parts application goes live on time

Web-Based Information Systems: Making the Grade

NYC Board of Education
Purdue University/Calumet
Milton Hershey School

Focus On:

VIA Rail Canada


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