Chapter 1. Introducing
OS/2 Warp Server for e-business
Chapter 1. Introducing
OS/2 Warp Server for e-business
IBM has a long history of providing software products for networking computers of all sizes. In 1984, just a few years after the introduction of the IBM Personal Computer (which eventually revolutionized the industry), IBM announced the IBM PC Network Program-software designed to allow peer-to-peer communications and resource sharing in a DOS environment amongst IBM PCs. Since then, this resource sharing evolved into OS/2-based offerings, with the introduction of OS/2 LAN Server, and the inclusion of other related functions (such as fault tolerance, Symmetric Multiprocessor support, TCP/IP, and Print Services).
OS/2 Warp Server for e-business is the latest member of this family. See
Table 1 for a list of the PC networking products and their
dates of availability. This shows IBM's commitment and long history of support
in the PC networking arena.
Table 1: IBM PC Server Software History of Products
1.2 Today's Information
Technology Environment