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Most enterprise app dev tools can build an n-tier partitioned app, But the business problems you can solve with that partitioned app vary markedly from tool to tool. LIKE SO […]

When client/server systems bog down or don't operate as expected, IS managers tend to check everything but the clients. Several months after revamping every aspect of its computer operations, a […]

OOP is so simple to use that end users can write all their own apps. And application performance is no problem in client/server computing. 0 for 3, huh? And here's […]

PUT THAT HARDWARE DOWN! Before you throw another server on the LAN or just one more processor into your SMP machine in a desperate attempt to solve your client/server performance […]

USE HARDWARE TO FILL DBMS TOOL GAPS The client/server world is brand-new for companies planning to rightsize their database operations, and that shows in the slim availability of database-management tools […]

In the second in this series on hot topics in software, Richard Sharpe explains how the revolution in client/server brought with it problems in systems management It did not take […]

As enterprise-network managers are increasingly aware, comprehensive network- and systems-management solutions haven't evolved in parallel with the systems that need management. Client/server applications in particular present a paradoxical management problem. […]

So, the long, bloody development and testing effort is over, and you're ready to unleash your client/server application. Put your feet up and let 'er rip, right? Wrong. If your […]

Network management is one of the most discussed topics in this industry. Different standards are coming out of our ears, and words like 'integrated,' 'distributed,' and 'object-oriented' are the stuff […]

Take a graphical user interface (GUI), a relational data base, a network, and nodes to run them on, pour them into a user's business requirement, stir briskly, then fold the […]

In my house, I have a role and my dog has a role: I work, and my dog plays. For a while I'd like to take my dog's role, lazing […]

LAN management has just been given a new challenge -- supporting client/server applications. What's all the hoopla about? Why is Merenbloom bringing this up now. After all, client/server isn't exactly […]

Although client/server applications can reduce computing costs and provide users with more sophisticated programs, it can be difficult to develop distributed applications when the environment includes several different hardware platforms. […]