Creating decision papers for client/server architecture or n-tier architecture, covering the topics of middleware, web technologies, database systems, persistence layer and GUI.
Supplement
The following alternatives were considered: Middleware (CORBA, DCOM, RMI, EJB), web technologies (CGI, servlets, JSP), database systems (Oracle, DB2, Sybase, Informix, SQL Server, Interbase), persistence layer (TopLink, DBGen, Extreme POS, JOR, Polar, Poet SQL Object Factory), GUI (Java Swing, ActiveX, HTML/XML with applets, C++, Windows).