The FEP is dead (again) IBM's decision to stop manufacturing new 37XX Front End Processors may have signalled the end of an era dominated by those safe, reliable workhorses that sat in the corner of the DP centre without so much as a murmur, but for many corporates, they won't be leaving the building quite yet …

Although a mature technology, our clients can rest assured that CI will be there at every stage of the inevitable migration process. If you have SNA applications, and haven't done so already, you will have to deal with the fundamental issue of SNA to TCP/IP migration. You will need to do some or all of the following: • Support SNA traffic. • Support SNA traffic over TCP/IP. • Support access to SNA applications via gateways that convert SNA to IP and vice-versa. • Support TCP traffic for TCP-based applications. • Support voice (and video) over an IP data network. At whatever stage you are in this pivotal migration or capacity planning process, CI Networks will be there to help you answer all of the critical questions …