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Is client/server out of control?

Journal of Systems Management

| November 01, 1995 | Martin, Rick | COPYRIGHT 1995 John Carroll University. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Whenever I work with a company, or other organization, which is moving toward client/server computing after a number of years in a mainframe or minicomputer environment, the issue of control comes up.

Is the client/server system going to be as

reliable as the minicomputer has always

been?

How can we prevent the users from

entering incorrect data?

Given the full range of possibilities at the

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