{"product_id":"9781461375463","title":"Interconnecting Heterogeneous Information Systems","description":"\u003ch1\u003eInterconnecting Heterogeneous Information Systems\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eBouguettaya, Athman; Benatallah, Boualem; Elmagarmid, Ahmed K.\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eInformation systems are the backbone of many of today's  computerized applications. Distributed databases and the  infrastructure needed to support them have been well studied. However,  this book is the first to address distributed database  interoperability by examining the successes and failures, various  approaches, infrastructures, and trends of the field. \u003cbr\u003e  A gap exists in the way that these systems have been investigated by  real practitioners. This gap is more pronounced than usual, partly  because of the way businesses operate, the systems they have, and the  difficulties created by systems' autonomy and heterogeneity.  Telecommunications firms, for example, must deal with an increased  demand for automation while at the same time continuing to function at  their current level. While academics are focusing on investigating  differences between distributed databases, federated databases,  heterogeneous databases, and, more generally, among loosely connected  and tightly coupled systems, those who have to deal with \u003cem\u003ereal\u003c\/em\u003e  problems right away know that the only relevant research is the one  that will ensure that their system works to produce reasonably correct  results. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cem\u003eInterconnecting Heterogeneous Information Systems\u003c\/em\u003e covers the  underlying principles and infrastructures needed to realize truly  global information systems. The book discusses technologies related to  middleware, the Web, workflows, transactions, and data warehousing. It  also overviews architectures with a discussion of critical issues. The  book gives an overview of systems that can be viewed as learning  platforms. While these systems do not translate to successful  commercial realities, they push the envelope in terms of research.  Successful commercial systems have benefited from the experiments  conducted in these prototypes. The book includes two case studies  based on the authors' own work. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cem\u003eInterconnecting Heterogeneous Information Systems\u003c\/em\u003e issuitable as  a textbook for a graduate-level course on Interconnecting  Heterogeneous Information Systems, as well as a secondary text for a  graduate-level course on database or information systems, and as a  reference for researchers and practitioners in industry.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2012-10-12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e ISBN-10: 9781461375463\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9781461375463\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-1-4615-5567-4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 218\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44358937575564,"sku":"9781461375463","price":153.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781461375463.jpg?v=1755098199","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781461375463","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}