Dot-com infrastructure failures often make headlines -- and in most cases, they're directly attributable to underlying architectural shortcomings. In this book, Sun consultants offer expert guidance on next-generation architecture for dot-coms -- and on the related design and implementation issues that are critical to every Internet-focused business. Dot-Com & Beyond reviews today's most powerful Internet-related opportunities for improving business efficiency, reaching new markets, and establishing "time-based" value chains. It then provides comprehensive guidance on implementing IT architectures that can support these new applications. The book introduces Sun's exclusive "3-dimensional methodology," and the key architectural, design, and implementation practices needed to create an effective Internet infrastructure. Discover how to build architectures that last, by designing for systematic qualities; how to manage dot-com projects effectively; and what future dot-com infrastructures will look like. The book also contains a start-to-finish case study drawn from an actual project at a leading Fortune 500 company. For all developers, system architects, e-commerce managers, and other IT professionals seeking better ways to leverage Internet technologies.
Sun Professional Services is a division within Sun Microsystems that helps companies "dot.com" their businesses. Sun Professional Services consultants have extensive expertise in helping companies leverage Web, Internet, and Java technology to migrate business operations onto the Internet.