WWW.WWISA.ORG

The Worldwide Institute of Software Architects (WWISA) is a non-profit professional organization dedicated to establishing a formal profession of software architecture and providing information and services to software architects and their dients-analogous to the formation of the American Institute of Architects roughly 140 yeras ago. The essential tenet of WWISA is that there is a perfect analogy between building and software architecture, and that the classical role of the architect needs to be introduced into the software construction industry.

The architect, whether designing structures of brick or computer code, forms the bridge between the world of the client and that of the technical builders. This critical bridge has been missing from the software industry, resulting in a decades-long software crisis. Entire software structures are dysfunctional or have been scrapped entirely-before seeing a single "inhabitant." We have simply been building huge, complex structures without architects, and without blueprints.

WWISA was established in 1998 and now has over 1,500 members in over 50 countries . Membership is open to practicing and aspiring software architects, professors students, CIOs, and CEOs. Members participate to promote training and degree programs, develop architectural standards and guiding principles, and word toward creating a standard body of shared knowledge. We are our client advocates; clients are our driving force. We hop to become the clients ' bridge to successful software construction by helping them leverage the full range of technology.

About Prentice Hall Professional Technical Reference

With origins reaching back to the industry's first computer science publishing program in the 1960s, and formally launched as its own imprint in 1986, Prentice Hall Professional Technical Reference (PH PTR) has developed into the leading provider of technical books in the world today. Our editors now publish over 200 books annually authored by leaders in the fields of computing, engineering, and business.

Our roots are firmly planted in the soil that gave rise to the technical revolution. Our bookshelf contains many of the industry's computing and engineering classics: Kernighan and Ritchie's C Programming Language , Nemeth's UNIX System Administration Handbood , Horstmann's Core Java , and Johnson's High-Speed Digital Design .

PH PTR acknowledges its auspicious beginnings while it looks to the future for inspiration. We continue to evolve and break new ground in publishing by providing today's professionals with tomorrow's solutions.