dware and leveraging of existing software.
As your organization grows --
150 to 500 clients
-- central management from an applications server becomes critical for software updates and maintenance. Messaging evolves to some limited groupware tools for scheduli
ng and remote communications.
Choice:
NetWare for its larger installed base of management tools, but NT for its applications server, RAS communications, and groupware/BackOffice integration.
As the number of self-contained sites grows --
500 to 5000 clients
-- directory services become mission-critical, offering global management of users, resources, and servers. The increased impact of the Internet and TCP/IP shifts issues from LAN to WAN; single log-on and security become paramount.
Choice:
NetWare and NDS as current best-of-breed, but NT's IIS and BackOffice services integration are increasingly the wave of the future.
With an
object-based network
, all elements of the global network are available to both navigation and programmable control. All 32-bit clients can access and manage any resource. Tools based on the Visual Basi
c/Java model are resident from front end to back end and from client to server.
Choice:
Windows NT (Cairo) or some other dominant OS that might appear.
How to Decide if You Need NetWare or NT
