Chapter 1. An Overview of Notification Applications

IN THIS CHAPTER

• The Publish-Subscribe Phenomenon

• Components of a Pub-Sub System

• Challenges in Building Notification Applications

• SQL Server 2005 Notification Services

This book is about building software applications that connect people to the information they want, when they want it. These applications, called notification applications, are proving to be valuable as businesses seek new ways to reach their customers and employees.

This chapter provides an overview of notification applications and describes some of the technical challenges in building and deploying them successfully. This chapter also introduces Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Notification Services: the development platform that is the focus of this book.