COM and CORBA Side by Side : Architectures, Strategies, and Implementations (Paperback)

This book helps software practitioners analyze and transcend their personal biases toward COM or CORBA so that they may objectively seek the best implementation strategy. The author helps you cut through vendor marketing hype by presenting a clear, logical formula to help you choose between the two technologies. In short, COM and CORBA Side by Side, is an invaluable resource for making informed, critical decisions about using one or both of these technologies in your next project.

Key Feature
* Explains why COM and CORBA currently hold dominant positions in the marketplace
* Describes and objective strategy for assessing the use of the two architectures on the server
* Examines client approaches for each technology including design issues related to remoting and security.
* Illustrates how COM and CORBA can be used together, with details on both custom and commercial bridging approaches

Table of Contents
I. Embracing COM and CORBA
1. The Arrival of Distributed Objects
2. The Dominance of COM and CORBA
3. Distributed Object Fundamentals

II. COM and CORBA on the Server
4. Assessing the Server Side
5. The Server Platform
6. Essential Services
7. Server-Side Intangibles

III. COM and CORBA on the Client
8. The Desktop Client
9. The Internet Client
10. Client Design Consideration

IV. Bridging COM and CORBA
11. Custom Bridging Approaches
12. Commercial Bridging Approach
13. Enterprise Application Servers
14. Conclusion