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How to Deliver Client/Server Applications that Work Alex Bakman 1995 | 227 pages ISBN: 013304601X |
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| $29.00 | Softbound print book | Out of print (?) | |
Preface
Client/server technology will undoubtedly become the dominant computing paradigm in the 1990s and will remain so into the twenty-first century. The pressure toward greater business efficiency, increased productivity, and continuous cost reduction necessitates that a multitude of computers, both large and small, be integrated into a scalable, cost-effective computing solution. This integration must blend all systems into a seamless computing resource, where network and application boundaries no longer exist.Users will benefit from this integration, as it will allow them to gain more control over their data. This will inevitably lessen their dependency on information system organizations for many routine data access needs. Users will be able to improve their productivity, and the information system group will be able to focus its resources on assembling the building blocks of a corporate computing infrastructure.
The road to successful client/server computing is not an easy one. It requires an unprecedented level of cooperation between a business and its information system organization. Such cooperation must be expressed through mutual understanding, coordinated planning, and open communication. In addition to the business challenges of client/server computing, many technical challenges remain. The lack of good systems management tools, limits to tool scalability, and difficultties in using tools remain significant obstacles.
This book examines the business and technical challenges of client/server computing. Its aim is to help the reader through all the stages of a client/server project, from conceptualization to system deployment, while giving practical information in a concise manner.
ALEX BAKMAN
CleverSoft Inc.
Portland, Maine
DESCRIPTION
How to Deliver Client/Server Applications that Work focuses on the needs of a project leader or a technical architect who is responsible for turning the vision of the executive into a successful client/server system. Unlike other current books, which are either written for senior management responsible for strategy or for programmers who need low level programming details, this is a practical and concise, "how-to" guide and a roadmap for the process which will successfully deliver client/server applications. It leads the project leader through all the stages of the life cycle -- from conceptualization to system development and deployment. How to Deliver Client/Server Applications That Work offers practical, proven advice on the business and technical issues that a project leader must deal with effectively.Some highlights:
- covers entire system development life cycle
- presents various client/server models
- discusses organizational deployment issues
- provides cost/benefit analyses
- explains distributed systems technologies
- rich in practical pointers, checklists, etc.
- based on real-life experience
How to Deliver Client/Server Applications that Workis for technical architects, systems consultants, project leaders, chief programmers, technical managers, systems support managers, systems administrators, and all others working on client/server applications.