{"product_id":"middleware-for-communications-hardback-9780470862063","title":"Middleware for Communications (Hardback) 9780470862063","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMiddleware for Communications\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eQusay Mahmoud (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780470862063, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 29 June 2004\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e520 pages\u003cbr\u003e25.5 x 17.4 x 3.3 cm, 1.021 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"The book addresses telecommunications workers, developers, middleware researchers, software engineers, and software architects.\" (\u003ci\u003eIT Professional\u003c\/i\u003e, July\/August 2004)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eA state-of-the-art guide to middleware technologies, and their pivotal role in communications networks.\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003eMiddleware is about integration and interoperability of applications and services running on heterogeneous computing and communications devices. The services it provides - including identification, authentication, authorization, soft-switching, certification and security - are used in a vast range of global appliances and systems, from smart cards and wireless devices to mobile services and e-Commerce.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQusay H. Mahmoud has created an invaluable reference tool that explores the origins and current uses of middleware (highlighting the importance of such technologies as CORBA, J2EE and JMS) and has thus compiled the roadmap to future research in this area.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMiddleware for Communications\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003ediscusses the emerging fields of Peer-to-Peer (P2P) and grid middleware detailing middleware platforms such as JXTA and the Globus middleware toolkit.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eshows how Middleware will play a significant role in mobile computing.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003epresents a Platform Supporting Mobile Applications (PLASMA) - a middleware platform that consists of components for location, event, and profile handling of Location-Based Services.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eintroduces middleware security focusing on the appropriate aspects of CORBA, J2EE, and .NET and demonstrates how to realize complex security capabilities such as role-based access control (RBAC) and mandatory access control (MAC).\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ediscusses how Quality of Service (QoS) component middleware can be combined with Model Driven Architecture (MDA) technologies to rapidly develop, generate, assemble and deploy flexible communications applications.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e This incomparable overview of middleware for communications is suitable for graduate students and researchers in communications and computing departments. It is also an authoritative guide for engineers and developers working on distributed systems, mobile computing and networked appliances.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface.  \u003cp\u003eList of Contributors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Message-Oriented Middleware (E. Curry).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Adaptive and Reflective Middleware (E. Curry).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Transaction Middleware (S. Tai, \u003ci\u003eet al\u003c\/i\u003e.).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Peer-to-Peer Middleware (M. Junginger).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Grid Middleware (G. von Laszewski \u0026amp; K. Amin).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. QoS-enabled Middleware (N. Wang, \u003ci\u003eet al\u003c\/i\u003e.).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Model Driven Middleware (A. Gokhale, \u003ci\u003eet al\u003c\/i\u003e.).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. High Performance Middleware-Based Systems (S. Majumdar).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Concepts and Capabilities of Middleware Security (S. Demurjian, \u003ci\u003eet al\u003c\/i\u003e.).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Middleware for Scalable Data Dissemination (P. Chrysanthis, \u003ci\u003eet al\u003c\/i\u003e.).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Principles of Mobile Computing Middleware (C. Mascolo, \u003ci\u003eet al\u003c\/i\u003e.).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Application of Middleware Technologies to Mobile Enterprise Information Services (G. Wang, \u003ci\u003eet al\u003c\/i\u003e.).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. Middleware for Location-based Services: Design and Implementation Issues (P. Langendörfer, \u003ci\u003eet al\u003c\/i\u003e.).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. QoS-enabled Middleware for MPEG Video Streaming (K. Leung, \u003ci\u003eet al\u003c\/i\u003e.).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. Middleware for Smart Cards (H. Vogt, \u003ci\u003eet al\u003c\/i\u003e.).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16. Application-Oriented Middleware for E-Commerce (J. Martínez, \u003ci\u003eet al\u003c\/i\u003e.).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17. Real-time CORBA Middleware (A. Krishna, \u003ci\u003eet al\u003c\/i\u003e.).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18. Middleware Support for Fault Tolerance (D. Szentiványi \u0026amp; S. Nadjm-Tehrani).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Electronics \u0026amp; communications engineering [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Electronics \u0026amp; communications engineering\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Electronics%20\u0026amp;%20communications%20engineering%20%5BTJ%5D%22\"\u003eTJ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52278056386840,"sku":"9780470862063","price":81.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780470862063.jpg?v=1781457758","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/middleware-for-communications-hardback-9780470862063","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}