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| About the Authors | |
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| What This Book Will Do for You | |
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| Introduction to Client/Server Computing | |
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| What is Client/Server Computing | |
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| Defining Client/Server Computing | |
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| Client/Server Applications | |
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| Definitions | |
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| Examples of Client/Server Computing | |
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| Client/Server Technical Issues | |
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| Client/Server Business Issues | |
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| References | |
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| Client/Server Management Issues | |
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| Benefits of Client/Server Computing | |
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| Potential Business Applications | |
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| Expectations of the Information Technology Department (ITD) | |
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| Business Process Reengineering (BPR) | |
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| Building and Managing Client/Server Systems | |
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| Servers | |
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| Client/Server Tools | |
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| The Software Evaluation Workplan | |
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| Why Client/Server Financial Software is Different | |
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| Evaluating Vendors and Software | |
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| Evaluate the Short List | |
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| The Next Step | |
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| Network Operating Systems (NOSs) | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Characteristics of a NOS | |
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| Related Issues | |
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| Local Area Networks (LANs) | |
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| Wide Area Networks (WANs) | |
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| NOS Evolution | |
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| Client/Server Architecture | |
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| Infrastructure Architecture | |
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| Layered Architectures | |
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| The Enterprise Network | |
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| Distributed Computing | |
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| Characteristics of Client/Server Architecture | |
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| Client/Server Arrangement in a Post-Scarcity World | |
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| Fat Servers and Clients | |
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| Presentation-Application-Data Architecture | |
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| Client Process | |
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| Client/Server Arrangement for Intergalactic Companies | |
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| Server Type and Process | |
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| Server-to-Server Middleware | |
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| Client/Server Model for a One-Person Business | |
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| Two-Tier Architecture | |
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| Three-Tier Architecture | |
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| Two-Tier Versus Three-Tier | |
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| Where Three-Tier is N-Tier | |
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| Client/Server Business Issues | |
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| Vendors of Client/Server Products | |
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| What is Middleware? | |
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| Middleware Services Required for System Integration | |
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| Middleware Classifications | |
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| Corba, Com (DCOM), and EJB | |
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| Database Access Middleware Architecture | |
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| Middleware, TCP/IP, and the Internet | |
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| Directories | |
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| Upperware | |
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| The Rise of Metadata | |
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| Choosing Middlware | |
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| Critical Middleware Issues | |
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| The Future of Middleware | |
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| Implementing a Client/Server System | |
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| Project Management | |
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| Project Planning | |
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| Pert/CPM | |
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| Connectivity Pitfalls and Counter-Strategies | |
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| Integrating Legacy Systems | |
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| Team Management | |
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| Allocating Data and Processing Functions | |
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| Cooperative and Distributed Processing | |
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| Site Preparation | |
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| Planning for Snags | |
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| Revising the Project Plan | |
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| When the System is Completed | |
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| Distributed Databases | |
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| Distributed Processing | |
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| Replication | |
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| Effect of Network Bandwidth | |
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| Mobile and Parallel Computing | |
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| Distributed Database Design | |
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| Transaction Management | |
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| Concurrency Controls | |
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| Internet, Intranet, and Extranet | |
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| Client/Server and the Internet | |
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| Client/Server and Intranets | |
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| Web Security | |
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| Web Client/Server | |
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| Integrating Internet, Intranet, and Extranet | |
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| Employee Productivity and Demand for System Resources | |
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| Java Essentials | |
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| Java Applications and Applets | |
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| Data Variables and Calculations | |
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| Strings | |
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| Logic and Loops | |
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| Java Class Library | |
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| Processing Data in Windowed Applications | |
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| Arrays | |
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| Exceptions | |
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| Structured Programming | |
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| Object-Oriented Programming | |
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| Organizational Support and Management | |
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| The Client/Server Pilot Project | |
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| Enterprise-Wide Client/Server Architecture | |
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| Client/Server and Business Reengineering | |
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| Client/Server Responsibilities | |
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| Protecting Client/Server Networks | |
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| Client/Server Security | |
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| Vulnerability Testing | |
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| Satan | |
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| Network Security | |
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| Secure Sockets Layer | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Index | |