Client/Server Technology for Managers - Online Course

This series is an executive briefing on client/server technology. It provides a conceptual framework to help make decisions about client/server computing.

This series is for managers facing decisions about client/server computing. This online course contains 1 lesson and should take approximately 7 hours to complete.

Lesson 1: Client/Server Technology for Managers (7.0) hours

Client/Server Technology for Managers teaches you how to define client/server computing, describe how client/server, downsizing, and enterprise computing are related, explain how SQL relates to client/server computing, and define middleware and its role. This course is an executive briefing on client/server technology. It provides a conceptual framework to help make decisions about client/server computing. Topics include What Client/Server Means, Approaches to Client/Server, Clients and Servers, Networks and People, Background for Choosing Client Tools, Client Tools, Servers: Keepers of the Data, Selecting a Database Server, Local Area Networks (LANs), and WANs and Middleware.