Fundamentals Of Software Integration / Edition 1

by Kay Hammer, Tina Timmerman

Overview

Integration is one of the most critical technical challenges in software today, as well as a difficult topic to generalize because of the many things affecting it -- the technologies involved, the timeframe, the number and types of user communities requiring access, regulatory requirements, and so on. For this reason, Hammer and Timmerman have developed this comprehensive and unique overview of the evolution of software technology, with a particular emphasis on long-standing problems that remain unsolved. Fundamentals of Software Integration builds on this through background, presenting an abstract model of the software application and its environment, along with a methodology for how to use this model to develop an integration strategy that meets both the short- and long-term needs of an organization. This text utilizes an accessible writing style and strategic exercises to help students recognize similarities in the integration challenges faced across technologies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780763741334
Publisher:	Jones & Bartlett Learning
Publication date:	12/11/2007
Edition description:	1E
Pages:	305
Product dimensions:	7.40(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Founder and Former CEO of Evolutionary Technologies International


Chief Solution Architect, Evolutionary Technologies International

Table of Contents

Chapter Acknowledgments
Chapter Table of Contents
Preface Preface
ChapterChapter 1 Integration as a Mission-Critical Initiative
ChapterChapter 2 From Calculation to Collaboration
ChapterChapter 3 The Evolution of Database Technology
ChapterChapter 4 Communication and Execution Protocols
ChapterChapter 5 The Evolution of Application Development
ChapterChapter 6 The Representation of Meaning
ChapterChapter 7 Metadata and Change Management
ChapterChapter 8 An Overview of Integration Technology
ChapterChapter 9 Defining an Integration Strategy
ChapterChapter 10 Topics for Further Study
Appendix Appendix
Chapter References
Chapter Index