Beyond the Mainframe: A Guide to Open Computer Systems: A Guide to Open Computing Systems (Computer Weekly Professional Series) - Softcover

Sexton, Conor

 
9780750619028: Beyond the Mainframe: A Guide to Open Computer Systems: A Guide to Open Computing Systems (Computer Weekly Professional Series)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0750619023 ISBN 13: 9780750619028
Verlag: Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd, 1995

Inhaltsangabe

No terms in computing are more pervasive and less understood than Open Systems and Client/Server. The technology-shift away from centralized, often mainframe-based systems towards the distributed client/server model characterizes computing in the 1990s and is, in large part, made possible by standardised open system components. If you have responsibility for management, procurement or implementation of a modern computer system, you need to be aware of open systems and client/server, the technologies they encapsulate and their importance to you.
This book provides a complete overview of computer hardware and software technology, emerging trends and the impact of open systems and the client/server model on the enterprise's business decisions and practices. On reading it, you will be able to define the term 'Client/Server Architecture'; define the term 'Open Systems'; compare the relative strengths and weaknesses of the client/server model and the traditional timesharing approach; understand the developments in computer hardware, operating systems, networks and application software which have led the move to smaller distributed systems; assess the opportunities presented by Client/Server and the pitfalls inherent in implementing it; evaluate current client and server applications; better predict future trends in distributed computing technologies, and understand the benefits of the new computing model for your enterprise and your customers.

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Conor Sexton is Director of Trigraph Software Specialists, Dublin, Ireland.

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No terms in computing are more pervasive and less understood than Open Systems and Client/Server. The technology-shift away from centralized, often mainframe-based systems towards the distributed client/server model characterizes computing in the 1990s and is, in large part, made possible by standardised open system components. If you have responsibility for management, procurement or implementation of a modern computer system, you need to be aware of open systems and client/server, the technologies they encapsulate and their importance to you. This book provides a complete overview of computer hardware and software technology, emerging trends and the impact of open systems and the client/server model on the enterprise's business decisions and practices. On reading it, you will be able to define the term 'Client/Server Architecture'; define the term 'Open Systems'; compare the relative strengths and weaknesses of the client/server model and the traditional timesharing approach; understand the developments in computer hardware, operating systems, networks and application software which have led the move to smaller distributed systems; assess the opportunities presented by Client/Server and the pitfalls inherent in implementing it; evaluate current client and server applications; better predict future trends in distributed computing technologies, and understand the benefits of the new computing model for your enterprise and your customers.

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Verlag
Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd
Erscheinungsdatum
1995
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0750619023
ISBN 13 
9780750619028
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
305
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