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What functions and applications should be moved to the server?
How are graphic arts servers different?
What are the issues that affect performance?
How do you determine break even?
What should you and your customer look for in a server?
A Guide to Servers in the Graphic Arts
A Guide to Servers in the Graphic Arts provides a concise, objective
overview of server concepts and available hardware. It highlights the
information graphic arts users — and dealers and manufacturers
-- need to know and the questions they need to ask. The 199 page, hardcover
book is now available through NAGASA at a 20% discount from State Street
Consultants, Inc. - to members only.
The graphic arts industry has a unique set of requirements. The problem
is servers and networks have been developed outside the graphic arts
and don't mirror even an idealized workflow, let alone the real world.
The requirements and use of graphic arts servers are quite different
from those of corporate information processing and networking, which
typically drive the underlying technology.
A Guide to Servers in the Graphic Arts is intended to de-mystify servers
and networks for graphic arts users. It highlights key definitions and
terms, components, vendors and products, workflow issues, questions
to ask, and case studies. The guide is written from the customer perspective:
- Outlines how servers and networks fit into workflow
- Explores the mysteries of service operation and makes sense of the
factors that influence performance
- Profiles 12 users that have integrated servers -- printing company,
service bureau, color trade shop, design house/service bureau, and
in-house production -- with diagrams on the site's setup, particular
strategies, and problems.
The author, Steve Hannaford, is a well-known consultant and editor
of the Prepress Business Observer and The GASP Report, and contributing
editor to MacWeek and Digital Imaging. Along with Gary Possick, he co-authored
Workflow Engineering, a book published by Adobe Press in 1996 which
has been widely acclaimed.
Submit this form to NAGASA to request info on obtaining
A Guide to Servers in the Graphic Arts
or via fax at 202-328-8513.
For more information on any of the NOWavailables,
please contact NAGASA: (202) 328-8441 or email: information@nagasa.org
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