Network Analysis, Architecture and Design, Second Edition (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Networking)

4.2 Preparation

To be able to understand and apply the concepts in this chapter, you should be familiar with client-server, peer-to-peer, distributed computing, and other models for how applications and devices interact with each other. Some recommended sources of information include the following:

• Successful SAP R/3 Implementation: Practical Management of ERP Projects, by Norbert Welti, Addison-Wesley Publishing, February 1999

• A Methodology for Client/Server and Web Application Development, by Roger Fournier, Prentice Hall, September 1998

• David Linthicum's Guide to Client/Server and Intranet Development, by David Linthicum, John Wiley & Sons, May 1997

• Peer-to-Peer: Building Secure, Scalable, and Manageable Networks, by John Hebeler and Dana Moore, McGraw-Hill Osbourne Media, November 2001

• An Introduction to Distributed and Parallel Computing, by Joel Crichlow, Prentice Hall, January 1988