Client/server Communications Services A Guide for the Applications Developer

Provides a service-oriented approach to using communications methods and protocols to create better applications for distributed systems. Focuses on the subsystems and how to identify benefits, differentiate the possibilities, and determine the impact of a subsystem on the behavior and architecture of an application. Offers guidelines on the use of TCP/IP, ATM, EDI, CORBA, groupware and workflow, the Internet, Java, messaging and encryption. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR