Downsizing and cooperative processing.

Enterprise Systems Journal,  August, 1995  by Rabinovitch, Eddie

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Downsizing and cooperative processing represent alternatives to the older, mainframe-centric approach to I/S. Cooperative processing leverages existing investments, but brings in a synergy with the rest of the organization. Downsizing, sometimes referred to as rightsizing, represents more of a migration away from the mainframe.

The PC has created a revolution that provided more power to a broader base of employees throughout the corporation. The newly-empowered end users became frustrated with the slow response of the mainframe-centric I/S department, and started to do more processing on their ...

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