ABSTRACT
The explosion of the Internet has underlined the public’s demand for 24/7 access to information. And it is this same technology and demand for information that now drives business-to-business transactions around the globe. With an estimated 70 percent of corporate data residing on legacy host systems, it only makes sense to leverage this valuable source of information to fulfill this demand. Now, corporations can use 3270-to-HTML conversion products to extend host-based information to their employees, partners, suppliers, and customers. By bringing host data right to users’ Web browsers, corporations are realizing tremendous savings through efficiencies and new revenue opportunities. In fact, utilizing existing host applications and extending the reach of those applications provides an extremely high return on IS investments. By leveraging legacy systems, enterprises benefit from a new application portfolio without the high cost needed to design, develop, test, and roll out new applications. In addition, 3270-to-HTML conversion solutions can be implemented much faster than new host application development or rewrite.
