Technical Foundations of Client/Server Systems - Softcover

Hall, Carl L.

9780471060864: Technical Foundations of Client/Server Systems

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0471060860 ISBN 13: 9780471060864

Publisher: Wiley, 1994

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A nuts-and-bolts guide to exploiting the full potential of today's client/server technology . . .

Everybody agrees that the days of the mainframe are fast coming to a close and that the future of large-scale information systems is in client/server technology. Yet, despite all the fanfare, few people really seem to have begun to grasp the full potential of this emerging technology. For most, client/server is still nothing more than PC-based information retrieval, or LANs with attached database servers. But, especially when extended into distributed and cooperative processing, client/server technology offers a degree of power, economy, flexibility, and user involvement only dreamed of a decade ago. Written by one of today's most influential pioneers in the field, this guide shows system developers how to get the most out of today's client/server technology. It gives you all the information you need clearly, concisely, and without sidetracking into the managerial issues covered in most client/server texts.

A total, nuts-and-bolts developer's guide to implementing sophisticated client/server systems

Focuses on file servers, database servers, and advanced client/server capabilities supported by new operating systems and transaction processing systems
Offers in-depth coverage of the latest developments in distributed and cooperative systems

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This practical, abundantly illustrated book emphasizes the three most common types of approaches--file servers, database servers and advanced client/server capabilities supported by new operating and transaction processing systems. Features coverage of distributed and cooperative processing and describes how to use these systems to provide the computing tools essential for a modern enterprise's success.

About the Author:

CARL L. HALL is President of Carl Lyman Associates, a consulting firm specializing in downsizing computer operations. He is a member of and technical editor with IEEE POSIX Transaction Processing and a member of POSIX Real-Time Working Group. He was a member of the ANSI X3H2 Database Committee and contributed to the ANSI 1989 SQL standard. Mr. Hall has influenced both the X/Open Distributed Transaction Processing specification and the UNIX International's work in DTP.

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