Manager's guide to distributed environments from legacy to living systems

Here is an in-depth look at the current state of enterprise computing, including a critical examination of the technologies and issues that require decision-making. It describes the changing relationships and roles of solution providers and consumers, providing advice on how to prepare for the new e...

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Main Author: Ptak, Richard 1946-
Other Authors: Morgenthal, Jeffrey 1966-, Forge, Simon 1946-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York John Wiley & Sons 1998
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245 1 0 |a Manager's guide to distributed environments  |b from legacy to living systems  |c Richard L. Ptak, J.P. Morgenthal, Simon Forge 
260 |a New York  |b John Wiley & Sons  |c 1998 
300 |a xx, 348 p.  |b ill.  |c 24 cm 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index 
505 0 |a Introducing Distributed Systems -- Distributed System Environments: A Management Primer -- Overview of Client/Server Systems -- Logical Layers of Client/Server Systems -- Building Client/Server Systems -- Custom, or Bespoke, Programming -- One-Stop Shopping -- Systems Integration Approach -- Building Blocks of a Client/Server System -- Middleware -- Application Communications: The Basic Network Protocols -- The OSI Reference Model -- Application Programming Interfaces -- Choosing APIs -- Managing Interapplication Communications -- Distributed Programming Utilities -- Interapplication Communications: Hiding the Complexities -- OLE for Linking PC Packages -- Choosing a GUI -- Interfacing with Database Management Systems -- SQL -- Finding and Using Information -- Transaction Processing -- Managing Applications on Distributed and Client/Server Systems -- True Distributed Computing -- DCE -- Emerging Components -- Client/Server Uses -- A Data Warehouse Example -- Example 2: Internet Merchant System with Built-in Workflow -- Using Objects -- Objects Are Organic -- The Importance of Objects to Business -- Modeling Business Problems with Objects -- Objects in Software Design -- Object-Oriented Programming for Application Software -- Business Objects -- Modeling the Business and Processes -- Joint Requirements Capture -- Building an Enterprise Object Library -- Distributed Computing Progress -- Standards Set the Scene -- New Object Frameworks -- Web Objects -- Reusing Objects -- A Responsibility Design Approach. 
520 |a Here is an in-depth look at the current state of enterprise computing, including a critical examination of the technologies and issues that require decision-making. It describes the changing relationships and roles of solution providers and consumers, providing advice on how to prepare for the new environment while avoiding potential pitfalls. The authors provide insight and information for both non-technical as well as technical executives faced with delivering increasingly sophisticated services in a complex, changing environment. Manager's Guide to Distributed Environments also helps you meet the every day challenges of delivering distributed computing services, by providing practical tips, hints, and to do lists. 
650 0 |a Client/server computing 
650 0 |a Electronic data processing  |x Distributed processing 
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