Client/server : a manager's guide / Laurence Shafe.
By: Shafe, Laurence.
Material type: BookPublisher: Boston : Wokingham, England. Reading, Mass. : Intelligent Environments, Addison-Wesley, 1995Description: xiii, 127 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0201427907.Subject(s): Client/server computingDDC classification: 658.4038Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 658.4038 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00009539 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This book is the ideal starting point for business managers and professionals involved with software applications, as well as IT professionals/users who want to keep abreast of the latest trends and issues in client/server. The book takes a down-to-earth approach to a very important business subject, with practical recommendations backed up with major case studies to show how ideas have been put into practice.
It will help you:
Decide on operating systems for the desktop (Windows, OS/2 or UNIX) Unravel the complexities of accessing mainframe data Evaluate the types of systems are possible Understand the risks and advantages of Object-Oriented Programming Understand the best development tools for your business Plan, design and manage your client/server projects Understand what client/server is really all about
Includes index.
Why client/server? -- Client/Server architectures -- Client operating systems -- Development tools -- Managing the project -- Case studies.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Foreword
- Preface
- 1 Why Client/Server?
- 2 Client/Server Architectures
- Down-sizing the mainframe
- Accessing corporate data
- PC perspective
- 3 Client Operating Systems
- Operating Systems
- OS/2
- Windows
- Windows versus OS/2
- Other desktop operating systems
- UNIX and open standards
- Hardware
- 4 Development Tools
- Requirements for development tools
- Types of development tool
- Programming languages
- Code generators
- GUI and database front-ends
- CASE Tools
- Fourth-Generation Languages (4GLs)
- 5 Managing the Project
- Selecting development tools
- Changing the business
- New methods for old
- Art of the database
- Project methodology
- Some do's and don'ts
- The project that failed
- The project that succeeded
- 6 Case Studies
- Fireman's Fund Insurance
- Grossman's
- IBM
- Mercedes-Benz Car Financing
- Minnesota Mutual
- Schindler
- Index
- About Intelligent Environments. 0201427907T04062001