Re: Fortune 100

[HAVEAJOB@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 8/31/98 10:30:57 AM Central Daylight Time,
jhall@hillmgt.com writes:

<< The question has been raised in the past about a reference for the
 percent of fortune 100 companies that use the AS400.
 
 Per the fall 1998 issue of DB2 Magazine "DB2/400 Warehousing in
 Action."  "IBM statistics show that 95 percent of all Fortune 100
 companies already have an AS/400 installed"
 
 The article also quotes the June 6-12 issue of The Economist in calling
 the AS400 "the most ubiquitous midrange system in the world"
 
 
 John Hall
 Home Sales Co. >>


Question...within that 95%, what is the prime function of their AS/400's?  For
example, there must be one company who is in that 95% that has four larger
mainframes, NT networks at several sites, and one lonely AS/400 that runs the
warehouse inventory out in the back forty.  So, to what extent do companies
use the AS/400 as their MAIN source?  And, what are the different applications
for which an AS/400 could be utilized?  Just curious about the
possibilities...

Dave Brown
haveajob@aol.com
888-917-1112
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