Modern Database Management - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1635490847 ISBN 13: 9781635490848

Publisher: Larsen and Keller Education, 2017

Synopsis

This book explores all the important aspects of database management in the present day scenario. Database is the collection of data which can comprise of tables, sheets, reports, schemas, etc. This data is crucial for any functioning organization. To manage data, a database management system (DBMS) is used. The topics covered in this extensive book deal with the core subjects of modern database management. The various sub-fields of the subject along with technological progress that have future implications are glanced at in this text. Most of the topics introduced in this book cover fundamental technique and application of modern database management. Coherent flow of topics, student-friendly language and extensive use of examples make this textbook an invaluable source of knowledge.

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About the Author

Jeffrey A. Hoffer (hoffer@udayton.edu) is the Sherman ― Standard Register Professor of Data Management in the MIS, Operations Management, and Decision Sciences Department at the University of Dayton. He received a PhD from Cornell University in 1973 and was on the faculties of Case Western Reserve University and Indiana University before joining UD. He is a founder of the INFORMS College on Information Systems, the International Conference on Information Systems (and its conference chair in 1985), and the Association for Information Systems. He is author of many scholarly publications in the areas of database management, data warehousing, systems analysis, strategic systems planning, and human-computer interaction. He is co-author of several leading textbooks: Modern Database Management, Modern Systems Analysis and Design, Essentials of Systems Analysis and Design, Object-Oriented Systems Analysis and Design, and Managing Information Technology: What Managers Need to Know, all published by Prentice-Hall. Dr. Hoffer is also an Associate Director of the Teradata University Network, the leading web portal for faculty and students in the data management, data warehousing, decision support, and business intelligence areas.

From the Back Cover

The new edition of this popular text offers balanced, current coverage of the new tools and technologies that are shaping modern database management. In a detailed chapter on client/server and distributed databases, the authors address the trends toward downsizing, redefining the role of mainframes, the increased emphasis on LANs, and end-user computing. Throughout, the authors employ case studies to illustrate the role of database analysis and design concepts in the total systems development process.

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About this edition

• Publisher: Larsen and Keller Education
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1635490847
• ISBN 13: 9781635490848
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 308
• Editor: Penn Mitchell