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Why FMC's strategy still includes a mainframe. (FMC Corp.)

Journal of Systems Management

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Much attention today is directed toward client/server PC-based networks and away from the "dinosaur" mainframe. Although PC-based networks may dominate in the future, IS managers of many large, complex companies are finding that their most cost effective networking solution still relies on mainframe support.

Here is how FMC's Food Processing Systems utilized its existing mainframe to build a cross-functional network and the behavioral, technical and financial challenges its managers faced.

Emphasis is placed on management's strategies for overcoming organizational resistance to change, identifying the right workstation for each employee's needs, and ...

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