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Communication between autonomous SNA networks became available in 1983.
Before that, SNA networks could not talk to each other easily. The ability of
independent SNA networks to share business application and network resources
is called SNA Network Interconnect (SNI).
17.2.1 SNA and TCP/IP on z/VSE
System Network Architecture (SNA) was developed by IBM. SNA enabled
corporations to communicate among its locations around the country. To do this,
SNA included products such as Virtual Telecommunication Access Method
(VTAM), Network Control Program (NCP), and terminal controllers, as well as the
synchronous data link control (SDLC) protocol. What TCP/IP and the Internet
were to the public in the 1990s ...