midrange

Historically, midrange computers have been sold to small to medium-sized businesses as their main computer and to larger enterprises for branch or department-level operations. Makers of popular midrange computer lines include Hewlett-Packard, IBM, and Sun Microsystems. Today's computers are almost universally known as servers to recognize that they often "serve" applications to end users at "client" computers, that they use a client/server computing model, and, by inference (since the client/server model developed in UNIX-based operating systems), that they support standard rather than proprietary programming interfaces.

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To explore how midrange is used in the enterprise, here are some additional resources:

Learning guide: Steps to a secure System i: Learn how to maintain a secure AS/400 system. Basic security issues are addressed and preventive measures are provided to avoid compromising your system.

Guide to iSeries disaster recovery planning: Learn about different aspects of disaster recovery for the AS/400 including planning, tape recovery, backup and encryption, and technical advice for implementing strategies such as automation.

Expert Answers: Using remote AS400 commands in a Windows environment.

Learning Guide: Steps to secure System i.

Learn more about iSeries system and application security

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