50 Years of SNA! VTAM, SNA, and Enterprise Extender: Status and Future

The Systems Network Architecture (SNA) protocol has been in use in enterprise computing environments for nearly half of a century. Despite rumors of its demise, it is still used to transport a large percentage of mission-critical data around the world. However, it has evolved, and more changes are coming. In this session, the speaker will review some general concepts related to VTAM and the SNA protocol. The current and future viability of SNA will also be discussed.