Introduction to Client/Server Systems: A Practical Guide for Systems Professionals - Couverture rigide

Renaud, Paul E.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0471577731 ISBN 13 : 9780471577737

Editeur : John Wiley & Sons Inc, 1993

Synopsis

Client/server is a term used for a specific configuration for database applications run on workstations from a centralized database. Focusing on the practical concepts and implementation for systems designers, this volume provides a comprehensive introduction to client/server systems.

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture

"A wealth of practical information from someone who has spent several years in the client/server trenches." ––Data Based Advisor

"Offers sound advice for the IS Manager who wants to justify a client/server endeavor, for the architect who is designing such systems, and for the systems administrator." ––IEEE Parallel & Distributed Technology

This classic handbook is must reading for anyone working with client/server technology. Thoroughly revised and updated, this Second Edition of Paul Renaud′s critically acclaimed guide includes more than 70% new and revised material based on real–life experiences with both successful and failed client/server systems. Behind each opinion, tip, technique, and rule of thumb is a wealth of applied knowledge in developing and running client/server systems. Readers will learn:
∗ What client/server is, what it is not, and how it affects OLTP, OLAP, and Internet systems
∗ How to use this technology in combination with business process reengineering to dramatically increase user productivity
∗ Ninety–seven cost factors to consider when calculating a detailed business case for client/server systems
∗ Practical transition tactics to minimize risks when implementing client/server systems
∗ Cost–effective rules of thumb that can be used to contain client/server operation costs
∗ Key concepts underlying how client/server communication works
∗ Details about the major client/server protocols and SQL standards
∗ How communicating object technology will affect client/server systems
∗ Proven techniques for designing and building client/server systems
∗ Useful tips in managing client/server systems
∗ How to model performance and availability in client/server systems

Présentation de l'éditeur

A newly revised edition of the guide to making the most of this increasingly important information systems technology. Using real–life examples, the book demonstrates the potentials and limits of client/server technology, examines how this technology can be used to increase productivity, describes the design of client/server systems using a variety of software systems and more. This edition offers expanded material on technical aspects of client/server systems including upgrade management, middleware, network printing, IEEE, LAN and ATM protocols, CORBA, HTTP and HTML. Also includes a new chapter on network SQL, ANSI SQL and ODBC as well as an expanded appendix and exercises and projects that cover topics chapter–by–chapter.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Date d'édition: 1993
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0471577731
• ISBN 13: 9780471577737
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 350
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible