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COM and DCOM: Micrsoft's Vision for Distributed Objects
COM and DCOM Micrsoft's Vision for Distributed Objects Author:Roger Sessions An expert's unbiased appraisal of Microsoft's object technologies and how they can work for your enterpriseIn COM and DCOM, internationally recognized object-technology expert Roger Sessions offers a lucid, unbiased appraisal of Microsoft's distributed objects strategy. Focusing on issues of crucial concern to both developers and managers, Sessi... more »ons considers all of Microsoft's object technologies and explains the huge impact they are likely to have on the future of enterprise computing. Microsoft has targeted the mainframe market and this book explains exactly how they plan on doing it. Topics include:
How Visual Basic, Java, COM and DCOM work together
Creating highly efficient object pools
Using the Microsoft Transaction Server, SQL Server, and the Microsoft Message Queue Server (Falcon) to develop unbelievably robust, multi-tier applications without mainframes
Integrating legacy database systems into your system design
Using Wolfpack to create highly available clusters of workstations that outperform mainframes at a fraction of their cost
Security issues for components
10 Rules for distributed component programming
Extensive program examples include complete Java, Visual Basic, IDL and batch files, and can be downloaded from our Web site at www.wiley.com/compbooks/
ROGER SESSIONS is a principal in ObjectWatch, Inc., a company specializing in distributed object technologies, including COM/DCOM, CORBA, and Java programming. He is an internationally recognized expert in distributed object applications. He is the author of three other books and dozens of articles, and has spoken at more conferences than he can count throughout the world. He was a lead architect for the CORBA Persistence Service and one of the technical leads for the IBM implementation of the CORBA Object Services.Visit our Web site at www.wiley.com/compbooks/« less