Object orientation is the buzzword for the 1990s. However, this relatively young field is filled with considerable confusion and controversy as to just what it is. This book clarifies the basic concepts associated with this new discipline and provides clear and at the same time comprehensive exposure to the fundamental ideas associated with object orientation. Topics covered include abstract data typing, the concepts of inheritance and object identity, C++ and Ada--two system development languages which the authors feel will be the most popular in, and benefit most from, object orientation. Object oriented databases and the enormous impact of object orientation on the design and presentation of modern user interfaces are also covered.
Setrag is one of the earliest pioneers and recognized experts in Business Process Management. He has been a senior executive for the past 15 years. Currently he is Vice President of BPM Technology at Pegasystems Inc. He is the strategic BPM technology and thought leader at Pega. He is involved in numerous initiatives, including BPM Technology Directions, Enterprise Content Management and BPM; Enterprise Service Bus and BPM; Collaboration and BPM; Enterprise Performance Management and BPM; Service Oriented Architectures (SOA); and BPM Maturity Models. He is a frequent speaker and presenter in international conferences.
Previously he was the Senior VP of technology at Savvion, Inc. He invented and designed a powerful process meta-model and led the implementation for one of the earliest distributed Web-centric BPM systems, involving human as well as system participants through CORBA components.
In addition to BPM he has done extensive research and implementations of Object Oriented technologies, Groupware, and Advanced Database Management Systems. He was the inventor of the Intelligent SQL object-relational database. He also led the architecture, design, and implementation of one of the earliest distributed object-oriented database systems while working at MCC.
Setrag is the lead author of nine books and has numerous publications in business as well as technical periodicals. He has given seminars and presentations in conferences, to technical and business communities. Setrag has also been a professor for the past 20 years. He has taught graduate and undergraduate courses in several universities around the world ' where he provides his students a unique combination of academic depth combined with industry experience. Setrag holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin ' Madison.
His latest book is Service Oriented Enterprises, Service Oriented Enterprises, Auerbach Publications, ISBN 0849353602.
