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Prudential Securities NCC
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Prudential
Securities Network Control Center actually housed several functions,
including the NCC function, that being management of the
LANs, the WANs, and the server farm; the Systems Control area, that
being the systems that controlled the mainframe processors, the
front ends and tape systems; and both the Internal and Branch Help
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environments of this type, the room is actually a large collection
of separate systems designed to manage various aspects of the
technical environment. Large monitors in the corner of the
room (visible in the photo on the right) could be switched to
display information from any of the systems.
The activities taking
place in this room were visible from an observation room, where
senior management could host tours
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