HELP! * GREEN=global GREY=local Global HTML version of Foils prepared 10 November 1995

Foil 89 WebWork -- Example from
Dun & Bradstreet
One of Largest Information Providers

From NII Technologies from WebTop Productivity to Computing Minnesota Presentations at Cray Research and University -- 13-14 November 95. by Geoffrey C. Fox * See also color IMAGE
They have communication difficulties hampering best use of their team of over 200 software engineers in Madras India
As with other large companies, problem reports are rotated around world on 24 hour basis. If East Coast hasn't solved by COB, customer problem sent to open office the the West so that by 8 am EST, solution is waiting for customer with perhaps many offices having worked on it as it moved (virtually) around the globe.
We have proposed to them that local database solution is Oracle but World Wide Web linkage be in terms of WebWindows (WebSpace/WebWork).
Northeast Parallel Architectures Center, Syracuse University, npac@npac.syr.edu

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