Economics of Computing: The Case of Centralized Network File Servers.

Solomon, Martin B.

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ERIC Number: EJ478090

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1994

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Economics of Computing: The Case of Centralized Network File Servers.

Solomon, Martin B.

EDUCOM Review, v29 n1 p36-41 Jan-Feb 1994

Discusses computer networking and the cost effectiveness of decentralization, including local area networks. A planned experiment with a centralized approach to the operation and management of file servers at the University of South Carolina is described that hopes to realize cost savings and the avoidance of staffing problems. (Contains four references.) (LRW)

Descriptors: Centralization, Computer Networks, Computer System Design, Cost Effectiveness, Costs, Decentralization, Higher Education, Local Area Networks, Microcomputers

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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