Computer network development to achieve resource sharing
AFIPS '70 (Spring) Proceedings of the May 5-7, 1970, spring joint computer conference
ACCNET: a corporate computer network
AFIPS '73 Proceedings of the June 4-8, 1973, national computer conference and exposition
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In the next decade, an increasing proportion of computer power will be provided by information service networks, rather than by the tens of thousands of individual installations which now exist. This proposition is made attractive by many economies of scale, of which "Grosch's Law" is only one. Equally important are: • The reduced cost of the redundancy which is required for high reliability. • The drastically reduced cost of nationwide communications when provided in large quantities. • Lower operations costs. • Better capacity utilization due to more incremental growth. • Variable, rather than fixed, costs for the user.