Enterprise Computing with Objects: From Client/Server Environments to the Internet (Addison-Wesley Object Technology Series) - Softcover

Shan, Yen-Ping; Earle, Ralph H.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0201325667 ISBN 13: 9780201325669

Publisher: Addison Wesley, 1997

Synopsis

As the pace of change in business and technology continues to quicken, the business systems that are key to the enterprise's ability to adapt and prosper must also change rapidly. The expansion of enterprise computing into the world of the Internet makes the task of developing, deploying, and maintaining today's information systems even more challenging. With its modular approach to programming and capacity to manage complexity, object technology holds the key to success for enterprise computing to meet these challenges. Enterprise Computing with Objects helps the reader place rapidly evolving technologies-the Internet, the World Wide Web, distributed computing, object technology and client/server systems-in their appropriate context in relation to modern information systems. The authors distinguish what is essential from what is incidental, while imparting a clear understanding of how the underlying technologies fit together. The book examines essential topics, including data persistence, security, performance, scalability, and development tools. Even readers with existing experience in object technology or client/server programming can benefit from the perspectives offered here.With this book as an aid, designers and developers can better transition their information systems into the twenty-first century. 0201325667B04062001

About this title

About the Author

Yen-Ping Shan is chief architect of IBM e-business/Network Computing Framework (NCF) tools and chair of the J20 ANSI Smalltalk committee. He was previously the lead architect of IBM's VisualAge Server and Distributed Smalltalk, and led the development of the first IBM ORB prototype. He has a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Ralph H. Earle has been writing technical documentation and marketing materials at IBM for six years. He has also conducted technical writing seminars for IS departments of major corporations and taught business and creative writing at UNC at Chapel Hill. He holds a Ph.D. from UNC and a B.A. from Stanford University.

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From the Back Cover

As the pace of change in business and technology continues to quicken, the business systems that are key to the enterprise's ability to adapt and prosper must also change rapidly. The expansion of enterprise computing into the world of the Internet makes the task of developing, deploying, and maintaining today's information systems even more challenging. With its modular approach to programming and capacity to manage complexity, object technology holds the key to success for enterprise computing to meet these challenges.

Enterprise Computing with Objects helps the reader place rapidly evolving technologies-the Internet, the World Wide Web, distributed computing, object technology and client/server systems-in their appropriate context in relation to modern information systems. The authors distinguish what is essential from what is incidental, while imparting a clear understanding of how the underlying technologies fit together. The book examines essential topics, including data persistence, security, performance, scalability, and development tools. Even readers with existing experience in object technology or client/server programming can benefit from the perspectives offered here. With this book as an aid, designers and developers can better transition their information systems into the twenty-first century.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Addison Wesley
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0201325667
• ISBN 13: 9780201325669
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 448