
Client/Server Technology for Managers
Karen Watterson(Author)
Addison Wesley (Publisher)
Published on 13. February 1995
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-0-201-40920-8 (ISBN)
Description
Client/Server Technology for Managers concisely explains in nontechnical terms the uses, abuses, technology, and process of client/server computing. This book gives you a framework for decision making and explains the "big picture" of client/server computing, so that you can assess your company or organization's needs and opportunities and successfully employ this new technology to solve real-world professional challenges.Client/Server Technology for Managers enables you to create an informed client/server strategic plan for your business or organization. This book integrates explanations, principles, and methods with dozens of short "snapshot" case studies illustrating client/server in action.Client/Server Technology for Managers will help you harness this very powerful but potentially confusing part of today's computing landscape.Client/Server Technology for Managers will help you answer questions like these: * Are mainframes really obsolete? * Can I move existing mainframe software onto smaller computers? * How are client/server, downsizing, and enterprise computing related? * Where does reengineering fit in? * What does "object-oriented" mean? * What's SQL?
* Do I need middlewear? * Should I get a data warehouse? * What's an "open system"? * Do I need parallel processing? * Can I trust UNIX and PC LANs? * How long will it take my programmers to learn the new methods? * Should I consider outsourcing? * Where do I start? * How much is all this going to cost me? 0201409208B04062001
* Do I need middlewear? * Should I get a data warehouse? * What's an "open system"? * Do I need parallel processing? * Can I trust UNIX and PC LANs? * How long will it take my programmers to learn the new methods? * Should I consider outsourcing? * Where do I start? * How much is all this going to cost me? 0201409208B04062001
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Boston
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 185 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
433 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-201-40920-8 (9780201409208)
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Person
Karen Watterson is an independent San Diego-based writer and consultant specializing in client/server issues. She writes a monthly column for Data Management Review, is editor of Pinnacle Publishing's Visual Basic Developer and SQL Server Professional newsletters, and has written Visual Basic Database Programming and Client/Server Technology for Managers from Addison-Wesley.
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