Eric Greenberg
This is an ambitious piece of technical writing that deserves a place on every network manager's shelf.
Network Application Frameworks covers all of the key connectivity technologies of today and tomorrow from a practical and informative angle. Author Eric Greenberg does a fine job of presenting complex software technologies with an ever-present focus on real-world deployment.
The book begins with foundational knowledge of distributed object technology, directory, security, and transaction services. Next, it dives into the details of CORBA, X.500, LDAPv3, and the complete TCP/IP protocol suite. The author discusses Internet Protocol (IP) routing protocols (a key topic for internal networks and gateway connectivity) and IPv6 (potentially the next generation of IP that may have significant impact on today's networks).
The author next presents the often murky world of Microsoft's Windows Open System Architecture (WOSA) strategy, discussing all the related networking transport standards, application-programming interfaces, and component specifications. The book provides good coverage of Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS) and also offers chapters on Windows NT 4 Directory Services and the upcoming NT 5 Active Directory Services.
This text wraps up with important chapters on Novell NetWare and the past, present, and future of IBM's various networking technologies. It finishes with a lengthy table of all of the technologies, listed with the author's observation of their benefits, impact, and future. While Network Application Frameworks requires good technical knowledge of the challenges of networking, it is itself a fountain of knowledge for anyone trying to make sense of the perplexing landscape of networking technologies. --Stephen W. Plain
1 Very valuable read.
Excellent book!
I think that NAF is a very valuable book to read. I certainly learned a lot about the integration of networks and applications.
Everyone who works in the enterprise software business, be it as an administrator or developer, can gain a lot of insight and specific information by reading this book and thinking about it.
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2 Invaluable for MCSE's and CCIE's, Network Designers, IS/IT
This book is an invaluable comprehensive guide to network design, distributed computing, and overall client/server architecture including security. Highly readable, it clearly explains important network design and distributed computing technologies-- how they work, what their key design constraints are, and how they compare. It is suitable for both beginners and advanced professionals looking for answers to difficult questions. If there's one book Microsoft or Cisco certified professionals, network designers, Information System (IS/IT) professionals, or application architects should buy this year, in my opinion this one is it.
3 MCSE's and CCIE's can greatly benefit from this book
I highly recommend this book to Microsoft Certified Systems Engineers (MCSE's), Cisco CCIE's, and Network/IT professionals in general, new and old. Network Application Frameworks is a welcome change. With every page, Greenberg caters to the reader's every need, providing a comprehensive collection of information in a concise easy-to-read format and with an entertaining style. If you need to understand Microsoft technologies, networking, and distributed systems in general, this book is as good as it gets.
4 NAF:DA, excellent, lucid roundup of technologies that matter
Greenberg has put together an extremely readable account of the technologies that matter in the developing of applications for the emerging Networked Age. (You think "emerging" is wrong, and that we're already "there"? Just wait -- you ain't seen nothing yet. China, India, all of Africa have yet to join!)
It's not necessarily the kind of book you'll wish to read from cover to cover, but as an "e-business technical architect" at a Big-5 I have found NAF:DA to be an excellent resource into which to dip from time to time. Very highly recommended.
5 A must read for IT Infrastructure Strategists and Designers
As industry analysts articulate the "vision" of the intranet becoming a unified platform for delivery of information services. Eric Greenberg has made it possible to develop a strategic architecture or roadmap to making it a reality.
Peter G. Daniels R&D, Network Strategic Planning
6 The best read I have had on network design in years!
As a 15 year veteran of the computer industry specializing in networks and software development I have read more than my share of network design books. Eric's is the best I have come across and I whole heartedly recommend it to IS Managers and Network Designers. I especially liked the way Eric addressed the important topics of TCP/IP, SSL, Corba, COM, and some of my personal favorite topics such as ADO, ODBC and Transaction Server. Eric's experience as a pioneer in networks really shows in this comprehensive book. Well Done!
7 Rich content with great illustrations
This is an excellent book that provides keen insight into network application technologies combined with network design issues. Greenberg's many years of experience with network design, security and applications contribute to this book's invaluable design approach for enterprise networking and application technologies.
8 Excellent, concise, very understandable.
For quite some time I've searched for one book that summarizes networks and applications in a way that's understandable, and comprehensible. This book is it.
9 Mandatory reading for managers and technicians alike.
Not often do we find a book that is a) technically current, b) comprehensive and c) readable. Eric Greenberg has provided such a work in Network Application Frameworks Design and Architecture.
When the client-server trend reached the full-tilt-boogie level some years ago, worlds collided and knotty technical problems began to surface. Ever since that time there has been a dearth of understanding of the complexity and interaction of distributed application components. Eric has captured the essence of the problem domain in a book that is easily understood and technically comprehensive. For example, not only do we get a byte-level understanding of IPv6, we get a grasp of the implementation issues and even its historical context.
If you manage, plan or implement distributed applications anywhere in the known galaxy, this book is a "must buy". Buy it, read it, keep it handy. Put your name on it in prominent letters, because someone will definitely try to steal it from you.
