The Transition of Legacy Systems to a Distributed Architecture

Narsim Ganti

ISBN 10: 0471060801 / ISBN 13: 9780471060802

Published by John Wiley & Sons, 1995

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pp. 336.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Transition of Legacy Systems to a Distributed Architecture
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471060801
• ISBN 13: 9780471060802
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Used

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Synopsis

A comprehensive road map for making the transition from mainframe systems to a client/server environment

In this groundbreaking exploration of one of the knottiest problems in corporate reengineering today, Narsim Ganti and William Brayman clearly explain the conceptual foundations of migrating legacy systems. They outline a series of rational steps IS managers can take to realign their organizations′ information technology with changing business strategies. Packed with cutting–edge strategies and techniques for making the transition as painless and effortless as possible, this book arms readers with:

• A groundbreaking, architecture–based approach to migrating legacy systems
• New methods for releasing data embedded in legacy systems to a distributed environment
• Guidelines on visualizing the transition process from both an enterprise and end–user perspective
• Proven techniques for applying the concepts of business process redesign to information system redesign

About the Author

NARSIM GANTI, PhD, has spent the past fifteen years with the Boeing Company. He is responsible for setting and defining computing architecture direction for all computation–related activities for the Boeing Commercial Airplane Group, including strategy planning and technology assessment of large–scale implementations. Currently, Dr. Ganti is working on the transition of legacy systems to an architected environment. He received his PhD in theoretical and applied mechanics from the University of Illinois, Urbana.

WILLIAM BRAYMAN is an architect for distributed information systems and manages the deployment of these systems in the large–scale manufacturing environment of the Boeing Company. He has developed information systems in several industries, including aerospace manufacturing, medicine, finance, and telecommunications systems. Mr. Brayman received his MS in cognitive and social psychology from Rutgers University.