Special Edition Using Microsoft

Chapter 11. Host Integration Server Architecture

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• Technology Capabilities 308

• Supporting Technologies 314

• .NET Enterprise Server Integration 315

• Incorporating Host Integration Server into Your Design 315

• Alternative Technologies and Products 320

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Technology Capabilities

Host Integration Server (HIS) is designed to provide connectivity between network client computers and host systems. Host systems refers to large, centralized-computing machines such as mainframe computers and IBM AS/400 midrange systems. When working with HIS, you have to keep in mind how host systems are designed to work: All of the computing work actually takes place on the host system itself. The host system assumes that client devices ...