In Client/Server Survival Guide, Third Edition, one of the industry's most popular author teams reunites for a timely and total update of their classic guide, providing all the information you need on the many new technologies that have emerged in the last two years and entirely changed the face of client/server computing. This new edition includes in-depth coverage of JavaBeans, Dynamic HTML, XML, Windows NT 5.0, Object Transaction Monitors, and more. Featuring the Orfali team's signature writing style, the book offers controversial comparisons of different products, wish lists, suggested improvements, and honest advice on whether it's best to just wait for the next version. CD-ROM contains over 50 Design Patterns in Java. About The Author: Robert Orfali, Dan Harkey and Jeri Edwards have co-authored many bestselling books including Client/Server Programming with Java and CORBA, Second Edition, Instant CORBA, 3-Tier Client/Server at Work, and The Essential Distributed Objects Survival Guide. Table Of Contents: ?The Big Picture ?Clients, Servers, and Operating Systems ?Base Middleware: Stacks and NOSs ?SQL Database Servers ?Client/Server Transaction Processing ?Client/Server Groupware ?Client/Server with Distributed Objects ?Client/Server and the Internet ?Distributed System Management ?Bringing it all Together Index Special Features: ?Programmers ?Developers ?Managers ?Students in Senior and Graduate-level Computer Science Courses