Project Mandarin[TM]: Implementing Distributed Computing at Cornell University
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- Briefs, Case Studies, Papers, Reports
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Author(s): Mark Mara
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Collection(s): CAUSE/EFFECT (Archives)
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Abstract
Based on the assumption that their purpose was to provide information to all University "customers," some of whom might need access only occasionally, Cornell Information Technologies (CIT) approached client/server access as a business problem. CIT focused on providing access to usable, sharable data from Cornell's legacy systems, keeping the interface as transparent as possible, and designed a development strategy and user modules that could be transferred to a variety of institutional settings. The Project Mandarin Consortium is a group of seventeen universities that continue to be involved in developing, improving, and employing the technology designed by this project.