Systems Architecture [Paperback]

Stephen D. Burd (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 11, 2005 | ISBN-10: 0619216921 | ISBN-13: 978-0619216924 | Edition: 5

Systems Architecture, Fifth Edition is the most comprehensive introduction to information systems hardware and software in business. This new edition remains an indispensable tool for IS students. Each chapter has been thoroughly updated to reflect the changing nature of new technologies, and all of the end-of-chapter material has been enhanced and expanded.

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About the Author

Stephen Burd is an Associate Professor at the University of New Mexico, where he has been teaching courses in management information systems, networks, databases, and hardware/software since 1984. He received his bachelor's and master's degrees at the University of Baltimore, and his Ph.D. from Purdue University, and has authored more than seven top-selling textbooks for Course Technology. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 656 pages
• Publisher: Course Technology; 5 edition (March 11, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0619216921
• ISBN-13: 978-0619216924
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.3 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #639,553 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars misnamed misleading, June 14, 2005

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whomper "speedball" (virginia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Systems Architecture, Fourth Edition (Paperback)

this is not a book on *SYSTEMS* architecture.

Like that book on Enterprise (SIC) architecture that was all about LANs and not the entire enterprise , this book has too narrow a viewpoint.

The title should be changed so it is not misleading. The author's perspective may be *his* system but to most of us this stuff is at best a subsystem, or merely a component, or otehr lower level item.

if you want to know about SYSTEMS architecture the key book is rechtin and maier. there may be a recent handbook of SA that covers a number of topics but eb and mark have the only real systems architecture book that I have verified.

this book is not the book the title claims.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Nearly Worthless, May 2, 2010

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Student "Computer Student" (NJ, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Systems Architecture, Fourth Edition (Paperback)

Contrary to what some of the other reviewers believe, this book was not intended for graduate studies, as is expressly stated in the first sentence of the preface. Binary representation, CPU operation, etc. are not subjects for graduate study. This text was used in a first year, county college computer architecture course, and as such, the book is nearly worthless. Burd so obviously has no idea of the difference between telling or listing information, and presenting didactically, i.e. teaching. Do not use this book unless you have no choice. And this is from someone who is pulling an A in the course.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Dismayed Reader, October 8, 2010

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S. Prince - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Systems Architecture (Paperback)

The information is the book is too basic. A quick read of the end of chapter review questions attests to this. For example: chapter 14 question 6, "What is a monitor?". Are you kidding me? I paid for this? The content is merely a repeat of information from various Computer Based Tutorials CBT) and introductory training material I've seen over the 25 years. Stephen D. Burd does state in the beginning of the book that it is not intended for graduate studies. My problem is that this is the required book for my graduate level Systems Architecture class. I cannot identify a purpose that this book serves well except as a refresher for the semantics necessary to complete my course exams.