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Client/server : a manager's guide / Laurence Shafe.

By: Shafe, Laurence.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Boston : Wokingham, England. Reading, Mass. : Intelligent Environments, Addison-Wesley, 1995Description: xiii, 127 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0201427907.Subject(s): Client/server computingDDC classification: 658.4038
Contents:
Why client/server? -- Client/Server architectures -- Client operating systems -- Development tools -- Managing the project -- Case studies.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
General Lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 658.4038 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00009539
Total holds: 0

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

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