Professional DCOM application development

From the Publisher: What is the Subject Area?COM was an agreed standard between Microsoft and its partners that defined how binary objects communicated with each other within a PC. DCOM was that communication standard extended to work over a Client-Server network, WAN or even the Internet. Now, the whole thing is referred to as COM. Distributed Applications must not only be based on robust COM component programming but also have to be aware of the network addressing system, security, transactions between objects and the network architecture they work on - this is the subject of the book. What's Great About this Book? Fast grounding in COM/DCOM programming and architecture Provides a swift primer for each of the major new COM server technologies Integrates each major technology into the task Covers DCOM, MTS, MSMQ, Clusters, Legacy Systems and Management as a cohesive whole. Written by a consultant and lecturer in Microsoft Enterprise development Who is this Book for?Experienced C++ Programmers who've had some exposure to COM or CORBA. Those Network developers that have understood DCOM through building small ActiveX controls who now want to push that interest into real enterprise -wide applications. Ex-UNIX developers taking up Microsoft-centric COM development.