Implementing Application Solutions in a Client-Server Environment

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Wiley, 1995 - Computers - 316 pages
Everything you need to select the software, develop the applications, and create the client/server platform your enterprise needs

Here is the help you've been waiting for to make the most of the enormous potential of client/server technology and cope with the complex issues that surround it. Data processing expert and consultant Robert L. Koelmel shows you how to use your client/server system to reduce development costs, respond more quickly to business needs, provide users with fast and easy access to data and user-friendly tools, and integrate new technologies quickly and at reduced cost. He provides ideas for implementing client/server solutions and offers a one-stop source for information on hundreds of alternative software products. Numerous illustrations, diagrams, and solution examples simplify the material presented and help define the relationship between server and client. Inside, you will find:

  • Clear, concise descriptions of the various client/server platforms, their components and functions, and the concepts underlying client/server solutions
  • In-depth coverage of available software that you can use to create client/server solutions in imaging, multimedia, database, word processing, E-mail, and numerous other areas
  • A complete introduction to design issues and concepts
  • Helpful tips, illustrations, and examples that clarify difficult material
  • An extended discussion of the impact of client/server technology on training, change management, backup and recovery, software distribution, security, and many other areas that are important to your business

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About the author (1995)

ROBERT L. KOELMEL, President of R. L. Koelmel & Associates, Inc., is an accomplished data processing professional with more than 25 years' experience using mainframe, LAN, and PC equipment.

Bibliographic information

TitleImplementing Application Solutions in a Client-Server Environment
A Wiley-QED publication
System development/client/server
AuthorRobert L. Koelmel
Editionillustrated
PublisherWiley, 1995
Original fromthe University of Michigan
DigitizedNov 19, 2007
ISBN0471060682, 9780471060680
Length316 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Computers / Distributed Systems / Client-Server Computing
Computers / Networking / General
  
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