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LEGAL DEPARTMENT INCREASES SAVINGS WITH OS/2 & LAN SERVER
November 22, 1993
The Legal and Patent department at Dow Corning Corporation saves time,
money, and paper by using OS/2 and Lan Server to archive many of its
legal documents.
In the old days, important documents filled the file cabinets in Dow
Corning's Legal and Patent department. The ever-expanding paperwork
volume made it difficult to keep track of everything and retrieve
information at a moment's notice. Before they knew it, the company's
requirements exceeded their ability to handle the volumes of paper in a
timely manner. To keep information from coming to a standstill,
something had to be done.
Enter OS/2 and LAN Server. Today, roughly half the department uses an
automated archive system, running with a DOS session on OS/2 over LAN
Server 3.0. Designated personnel scan incoming documents onto an OS/2
HPFS disk drive, then later transfer the image file from the drive onto
a CD, and update the database containing the index information. A staff
of over 40 people use OS/2 workstations to connect to each other and to
the database via LAN Server.
The multitasking features of OS/2 permit users to process thousands of
incoming documents, retrieve existing ones, print others in the
background, send or receive E-mail from the mainframe host, and work
with other host and LAN applications all at the same time. And because
of its crash protection feature, users run these applications
concurrently without fear of locking up even if one of them encounters a
problem, because OS/2 continues to function.
DOS applications, such as WordPerfect 5.1, Freelance Graphics, Harvard
Graphics, and Paradox run unmodified and together without a glitch.
Everyone can cut and paste information among all their applications,
including their 3270 Profs screens. They can perform asynchronous file
transfers while running other applications, without losing their
connection. And to take advantage of OS/2's 32-bit horsepower, they are
in the process of upgrading these DOS applications to the new OS/2
versions of them, which offer more function and enhancements.
OS/2's Configuration, Installation, and Distribution (CID) utility
simplifies and reduces the time required to install and configure
computers. Using CID, LAN administrators need only two diskettes
to install and setup new machines throughout the department. This
process partitions and formats the drive, installs OS/2, Netware
Requester, LAPS, LAN Server Requester, and Communications Manager/2 over
the LAN with minimal intervention.
The OS/2 solution has made the new information storage and retrieval
system so successful that it may be extended to other departments in the
company in the future.
If you'd like more information about this OS/2 and LAN Server solution,
contact Doug Strock of Dow Corning's Legal and Patent Office at
517-496-6268.
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