Eric Lehrfeld

Web-based distribution of applications is a proven IT winner. Since the ascendance of the browser, hundreds of success stories have emerged surrounding the deployment of Internet/Intranet applications. Many of these, in one way or another, involve the opening up of legacy applications and data through distributed clients. According to commonly cited figures, around 70 percent of the world's data and associated applications reside on mainframe platforms. It is, therefore, not surprising that numerous products and frameworks have emerged over the past year designed to integrate the mainframe into the emerging world of Java and distributed network technology. Russ Bartels, Director of middleware consulting services for Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) regards the extension of the mainframe into the object world as an important IT trend. Hitachi Ltd., the parent company and a ... (more)