4.2 Preparation

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