For computer science courses focusing on distributed systems. This book systematically answers critical management and technical questions about the modern IT infrastructure, in particular, middleware.

Ayer helps application programmers keep up, walking them through the entire process of object-oriented, client/server application development. The book describes techniques for the analysis, design, development and implementation of a C/S-based application. Ayer thoroughly covers all OOP systems design hardware and network issues. Includes case studies and diagrams throughout.

A complete guide to using objects in Web and client/server environments, this book describes the technology and solutions provided by the convergence of the two major computing trends of the decade: the Web and objects. Here the author explains how to build and deploy object-oriented Web applications, covering such technologies as WebObjects, ActiveX, Java, and many others.

A complete guide to using objects in Web and client/server environments, this book describes the technology and solutions provided by the convergence of the two major computing trends of the decade: the Web and objects. Here the author explains how to build and deploy object-oriented Web applications, covering such technologies as WebObjects, ActiveX, Java, and many others.

Many applications follow the distributed computing paradigm, in which parts of the application are executed on different network-interconnected computers. The extension of these applications in terms of number of users or size has led to an unprecedented increase in the scale of the infrastructure that supports them. Large-Scale Distributed Computing and Applications: Models and Trends offers a coherent and realistic image of today's research results in large scale distributed systems, explains state-of-the-art technological solutions for the main issues regarding large scale distributed systems, and presents the benefits of using large scale distributed systems and the development process of scientific and commercial distributed applications.