This book provides an essential update for experienced data processing
professionals, transaction managers and database specialists who are
seeking system solutions beyond the confines of traditional approaches.
It provides practical advice on how to manage complex transactions and
share distributed databases on client servers and the Internet. Based on
extensive research in over 100 companies in the USA, Europe, Japan and
the UK, topics covered include: * the challenge of global transaction
requirements within an expanding business perspective *how to handle
long transactions and their constituent elements *possible benefits
from object-oriented solutions * the contribution of knowledge
engineering in transaction management * the Internet, the World Wide
Web and transaction handling * systems software and
transaction-processing monitors * OSF/1 and the Encina transaction
monitor * active data transfers and remote procedure calls *
serialization in a transaction environment * transaction locks,
two-phase commit and deadlocks * improving transaction-oriented
database management * the successful development of an increasingly
complex transaction environment.