1. The santa clara county's client-server effort was built without standards, without a central technology organization, without communications links between departments, and without enough user support. What problems would each of these shortcomings present to the government offices?
2. How and why did client-server develop?
3. Are client-server systems cheaper than mainframe systems?
4. How is Santa Clara county going to make there systems work?
5. What problems might market momentum and hype cause IS executives?
6. A department in your company would like to migrate its applications from the mainframe to the intranet. They've come to you for a recommendation. What are some of the questions you would ask them and why?