Networked applications : a guide to the new computing infrastructure / David G. Messerschmitt.

By:

Messerschmitt, David G

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: San Francisco, Calif. : Morgan Kaufmann, c1999.Description: xx, 396 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:

1558605363

Other title:

Guide to the new computing infrastructure

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

005.276 21

Contents:

Preface Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 The Applications Chapter 3 Computers, Networks, and Organizations Chapter 4 Software Architecture and Standardization Chapter 5 Industry and Government Chapter 6 Application Software Chapter 7 Communications Support for Applications Chapter 8 Trustworthiness: Reliability and Security Chapter 9 Middleware Can Assist the Application Chapter 10 Performance and Quality Chapter 11 Networks Chapter 12 Communications Glossary References

Summary: Understanding the rich conjunction of networking and computing is essential for anyone involved in the formulation and implementation of new application ideas, whether in business, education, or government. This book offers nonexperts an accessible, thoughtful introduction to the applications and infrastructure in networked computing, providing you with the information to make the right technological and organizational decisions as you work with developers to design or acquire effective computing solutions. On a bookshelf dominated by either lightweight primers or heavyweight treatises, Networked Applications: A Guide to the New Computing Infrastructure stands apart: a smart book for smart people seeking the knowledge to meet new needs and to improve organizational processes. * Takes a functional, top-down approach, moving from application opportunities to a forward-looking view of the possibilities and limitations of networking and computing technologies. * Uses plain English to explain important networked computing terminology and concepts, such as security, middleware, and electronic payments. * Empowers managers and other users with the knowledge required to shape the application development process. * Offers frank and enlightening discussions of general application categories, hardware and software infrastructure, up-and-coming communication technologies, and policy issues-social, economic, and governmental-affecting the future of networked computing.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Main library General Stacks	005.276 / ME.N 1999 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		000984

Includes bibliographical references (p. [375]-381) and index.

Understanding the rich conjunction of networking and computing is essential for anyone involved in the formulation and implementation of new application ideas, whether in business, education, or government. This book offers nonexperts an accessible, thoughtful introduction to the applications and infrastructure in networked computing, providing you with the information to make the right technological and organizational decisions as you work with developers to design or acquire effective computing solutions. On a bookshelf dominated by either lightweight primers or heavyweight treatises, Networked Applications: A Guide to the New Computing Infrastructure stands apart: a smart book for smart people seeking the knowledge to meet new needs and to improve organizational processes. * Takes a functional, top-down approach, moving from application opportunities to a forward-looking view of the possibilities and limitations of networking and computing technologies. * Uses plain English to explain important networked computing terminology and concepts, such as security, middleware, and electronic payments. * Empowers managers and other users with the knowledge required to shape the application development process. * Offers frank and enlightening discussions of general application categories, hardware and software infrastructure, up-and-coming communication technologies, and policy issues-social, economic, and governmental-affecting the future of networked computing.

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