A thorough working knowledge of the Microsoft "RM" Component Object Model (COM) and COM+ technologies is a prerequisite for effective design and implementation in today's networked Microsoft Windows "RM" operating environment. But many development teams, during the design and implementation phases of their projects, encounter generic COM+ issues that have already been worked through by other developers. COM+ Software Architecture documents these issues and presents ways of solving them that have proven successful in past projects. This book provides practical solutions to practical problems on more than one level. Some chapters qualify as design pattern catalogues, others offer implementation best practices, and others analyze performance trade-offs between competing solutions. All offer the kind of focused COM+ technical advice and information that can help developers avoid design and implementation pitfalls by learning from those who have already been successful in the COM+ deve
He is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and Rutgers-The State University of New Jersey.
His collection of poetry, I Have His Letters Still, is available through Infinity Press. It can also be ordered at http://poet-ray-brown.com, Amazon.com and other on-line book retailers.
His poetry has appeared in The Edison Literary Review, FreeXpresSion, The Blue Collar Review, 13th and 14th Annual Poetry Ink Chapbook, Moonstone Publishing, Philadelphia; The Star-Ledger of Newark; NJ Lawyer Magazine; received a NJ Poetry Society 2009 Recognition Award, PoetsSpeak on-line and will be published in upcoming volumes of the Big Hammer,, the River Poets Journal, the New Jersey Poetry Society Anthology, and The River. Four of his poems, have been featured as Poem of the Day by The New Verse News. His poetry was featured on-line in What's Your Exit? A Literary Detour Through New Jersey "