HELP! * PURPLE=global GREY=local Global HTML version of Foils prepared June 15,95

Foil 33 WebWork -- Example from
Dun & Bradstreet
One of Largest Information Providers

From REU Presentation -- An Overview of NPAC REU Seminar -- June 8,95. 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).


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