IT Architectures and Middleware: Strategies for Building Large, Integrated Systems

Title Page......Page 3
Copyright Page......Page 4
Dedication......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
Figures......Page 16
Boxes......Page 22
Preface......Page 24
Acknowledgments......Page 37
1. The Problem......Page 39
2. The Emergence of Standard Middleware......Page 66
3. Objects, Components, and the Web......Page 101
4. Web Services......Page 132
5. A Technical Summary of Middleware......Page 161
6. Using Middleware to Build Distributed Applications......Page 194
7. Resiliency......Page 234
8. Performance and Scalability......Page 268
9. Systems Management......Page 311
10. Security......Page 343
11. Application Design and IT Architecture......Page 370
12. Implementing Business Processes......Page 401
13. Integration Design......Page 431
14. Information Access and Information Accuracy......Page 456
15. Changing and Integrating Applications......Page 490
16. Building an IT Architecture......Page 521
Appendix: Acronyms......Page 551
Index......Page 559
Footnotes......Page 614