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Migrate or Coexist?

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Does your environment have a variety of different platforms--NetWare, UNIX, AS/400, Mac, DOS/Windows, Windows 95, Windows NT? Should you migrate to NT, or can you connect and coexist? This month, we discuss migration and coexistence issues for Windows NT.


Reader Viewpoint

By Dennis Martin, 12/01/1995

A reader suggests two commercial packages that can access applications running on the corporate mainframe and on the UNIX servers.

NFS Comes to Windows NT

By John Enck, 12/01/1995

How NFS client and server products perform on NT in the Lab.

RPMark95 Results

By Mark Smith, 12/01/1995

Mark Smith reveals the latest NT benchmark figures from Client/Server Labs.

SNA Connectivity Solutions

By John Enck, 12/01/1995

John Enck takes a look at three "native" Windows NT facilities that you can use to connect your desktop system to IBM mainframes and AS/400s.

Behind the Scenes of FPNW

By John Enck, 12/01/1995

Microsoft's File and Print Services for NetWare is key to Microsoft's penetrating the NetWare environments. However, John Enck finds that the beauty of FPNW is in the eyes of the ...

The BackOffice Logo: What It Means

By Anne Fischer Lent, 12/01/1995

Anne Fischer Lent describes Microsoft's BackOffice Logo program.

Learning to Live with OS/2

By Wayne Rash, 12/01/1995

Would you want to put OS/2 Warp Server on your Windows NT network? Wayne Rash tells you why you might want to.

Explorer-GUI

By Joel Sloss, 12/01/1995

The Explorer Graphical User Interface brings enhanced usability and a more attractive appearance to NT.

From NetWare to NT-Without a Hitch

By Richard Skrinde, 12/01/1995

Product knowledge carries its premium across the board and down the line.

The UNIX Perspective

By Bill Kindel, 12/01/1995

Some people stand firm that they will not "do Windows." Bill Kindell says their decision stems from the fact that UNIX already offers the truly "open" system Windows users are ...

No Work, No Pay!

By Alex Pournelle, 12/01/1995

The misadventures of Alex Pournelle and his NT installations continue as he deals with the perils of technical support.

Perfect Partners—At Least for Now

By Priscilla Tate, 12/01/1995

Priscilla Tate discusses a recent TMFI survey on legacy systems and client/server computing.

The X Factor

By John Enck, 12/01/1995

X Window applications have become so commonplace that to introduce a workstation into an organization, it must be able to run X Window applications. A review of four X Window ...

Aspen Systems Alpine 275XS

By Joel Sloss, 12/01/1995

The Alpine 275XS from Aspen Systems is one of the few third-party Alpha-based Windows NT machines.

Keep in Synch

By John Enck, 12/01/1995

Two primary advantages to the Directory Service Manager.

File and Print Sharing Between UNIX and NT Is No Myth

By John Enck, 12/01/1995

The introduction of NFS products into the NT market allows Windows NT Workstations and Servers to be fully integrated into existing UNIX networks.

The NT Perspective

By Pat Higbie, 12/01/1995

Although UNIX loyalists cling to their system, Pat Higbie claims that UNIX lacks the singularity of purpose to compete with Microsoft and simple economics will put Windows NT on ...

Windows NT Training Kit

By Michael D. Reilly, 12/01/1995

Too busy for class? Learn at Home.

Tuning Windows NT File Servers

By Mark Minasi, 12/01/1995

Mark Minasi shows you how to tackle your Windows NT Server so that you can use it as a file server.

The New Frontier

By Mark Smith, 12/01/1995

For the future, all roads lead to Windows NT.


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