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TPF in a Distributed WorldStuart Waldron

October 16, 2000

Any references to future plans are for planning purposes only. IBM reserves the right to change those plans at its discretion.

Any reliance on such a disclosure is solely at your own risk. IBM makes no commitment to provide additional information in the future.

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Mobile & Internet penetration EU & US

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Next Generation Internet

• High bandwidth, low cost• Integrated voice, video

and data• Wireless clients pervasive• Server based computing• Accelerate the focus on

business to business

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Infrastructure Requirements

• High transaction rates• Integrate new and existing

systems• Rapid application development• Security, manageability • Data mining • New devices, Multi-modal

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Edge Servers

• Routing• Security/Firewall• Transcoding • Caching • Load balancing• VPN

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Security Services

• Federation and meta models with standards are key

• Directory

• Security certificates

• Single and global sign on

• Security policy administration

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Enterprise Servers

• Simple to complex integration

• Scalable transaction servers

• Scalable corporate databases

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Topology for e-business

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TPF Systems today in e-business

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TPF Potential, Remove the Bottlenecks

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Mail in e-business

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