Middleware and Enterprise Application Integration (Paperback)

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Editorial Reviews

Review

From the reviews of the second edition:

"Middleware and EAI offer the promise of ‘joined-up computing’. … The main approaches to middleware and EAI are surveyed … . The content is clearly laid out and easy to read, especially as it is printed in a large font. … It is a good introduction to the subject for consultants, managers and designers of complex business software." (Carey Gray, Computer Bulletin-online, May, 2003)

Product Description

Middleware is a layer of software that lets business applications inter-operate and eases the problem of constructing complex applications that can include market places, CRM and Internet access. The world of middleware has recently been galvanised by the arrival of the Internet and then by Java, making it part of the e-commerce revolution.

"Middleware and Enterprise Application Integration" is a practical introduction to the different forms of middleware (RPC, message queues, hub and spoke, CORBA and Java) and how they can be combined to produce complex architectures that are suited to business needs. The book does not enter into technical details, it is intended for consultants, managers, architectures and designers of complex business software for e-commerce.

Product Details

• Paperback: 299 pages
• Publisher: Springer; 2nd edition (September 17, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 185233570X
• ISBN-13: 978-1852335700
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 8.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,074,526 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Hardly Worth the Money, October 21, 2003

By A Customer

After I decided to shell out 65 bucks for a book of only 280 pages I was disappointed that the page count included filler chapters such as "Introduction to the Internet" and "Introduction to Object Technology". The remainder is primarily an overview of different distributed technologies, e.g. COM, CORBA etc.
If you are interested in a good overview over EAI, I recommend to get for Fred Cummins' and / or Chris Britton's books instead (about the same price for both of them).

4.0 out of 5 stars Great content, translation needs work, October 2, 2003

By A Customer

This book is a nice overview at a high level and not tied to a particular implementation. However, some of the sentence translations are difficult to read. For example, "a second possibility is to decompose an application into a set of elements that are connected by this relation." Overall, very good book.