Client/Server Architecture (J. Ranade Series on Computer Communications)

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Book Description
This book is a major revision of the first edition of the Client/Server Architecture. The book describes in great details the prevailing trend in today's computing-the Client/Server architecture, including the evolution, components, the role of de-facto and industry standards and open systems, and second generation multi-tiered implementation of client/server systems. The book also provides a management view of costs and risk in implementing client/server systems. The concepts, facilities and advantages of the client/server systems are covered from the point of view of the system designers, system and application programmers, IT/MIS managers, and system integrators. The significant portion of the book is dedicated to the issues of the middleware, distributed objects, data warehouse, on-line analytical processing, data mining, high performance commercial computing, and client/server application development. The book discusses data distribution between heterogeneous databases and data replication, with the latter illustrated on popular implementation of data replication by major vendors. A practical guide to the selection of distributed DBMS products from major DBMS vendors-SYBASE, ORACLE, Informix, CA-Ingres, IBM DB2/6000, and Microsoft-is also included.

Synopsis
Berson, a recognized client/server authority, covers all the bases, providing the fundamentals of client/server, as well as sound implementation and performance tips. He discusses crucial new technologies such as massively parallel processors and how the impact distributed processing and client/server architecture.

From the Back Cover
The industry's standard client/server reference is back and better than ever-now revised and updated! With new coverage of middleware, Windows 95, and Windows NT-not to mention the hot areas of massively parallel processing, data warehousing, OLAP, and data mining-industry expert Alex Berson updates his authoritative guide to the distributed computing environment. The Second Edition brings you up to date on these and other swiftly changing areas in client/server architecture at a level that virtually gurantees you'll speed system implementation and improve performance. Client/Server Architecture, Second Edition, covers components, open systems, specialization in both client and server, and second-generation, multi-tiered implementations of client/server systems. This updated edition also provides a management view of costs and risks in implementing client/server systems. Berson clarifies the issues of distributed objects, data warehousing, on-line analytical processing, data mining, high performance commercial computing, and client/server application development. In addition to discussing data distribution between heterogeneous databases, he illustrates data replication by examining the popular implementations offered by major vendors. Timely and complete, Client/Server Architecture, Second Edition, will help you take full advantage of the newest developments in distributed systems.

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