As rivalry the among companies become severe, the need for client/server computing that assure faster and more efficient computing ability and the reduction of computing cost has been increased. But, the various causes including managerial environment, corporate culture, and technological capability challenge the successful implementation of the companies' client/server computing.
This study on the client/server architecture selection strategy is expected to be helpful to the company who tries to introduce client/server computing. In this study, I suggest 4 architecture types through the combination of physical configuration and client/server architecture. Physical configuration is a systematic factor and client/server architecture is an information processing factor of the company. Also I suggest 3 combination models of those 4 architecture types. These models are considered helpful for the successful implementation of the company's client/server system and useful for the necessary system change after implementation.
Second, I identify 20 factors to be considered in relation with the model selection strategy of the client/server architecture. These factors were extracted from information environment, system environment, and corporate environment.
Third, I analyze 4 real world cases using the system developed for this study evaluate the appropriateness of the client/server architecture.
Because the successful client/server system implementation requires essentially the appropriate architecture selection, model selection rules and alternative models suggested in this paper are expected to play an important role into wide popularization of the client/server computing.
