The emergence of net-centric computing : network computers, Internet appliances, and connected PCs /
The traditional PC is history: Net-centric computing is the future. But what form will it take? Computing appliances, "connected PCs," Web-enabled set-top boxes, Webphones, Internet-connected wireless communicators, or Java-based network computers? All of them - or something else entirely?...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Upper Saddle River, N.J. :
Prentice Hall PTR,
c1999.
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| Summary: | The traditional PC is history: Net-centric computing is the future. But what form will it take? Computing appliances, "connected PCs," Web-enabled set-top boxes, Webphones, Internet-connected wireless communicators, or Java-based network computers? All of them - or something else entirely? What challenges face professionals who want to build, plan for, or invest in these new systems? Cole offers new insight into the make-or-break challenges facing the net-centric computing industry, including security, testing, maintenance, and reliability. He reviews the massive infrastructure and technology enhancements needed to support real-time networked multimedia, including MPEG4, RTSP, VRML, Java3D, MMX and its competitors, and 64-bit processors. Finally, he previews tomorrow's new Web-centric user interfaces, intended to keep users from getting "lost in the Web." With extraordinary breadth and depth, Cole has done what others thought impossible: He has made sense of the net-centric computing future. |
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| Physical Description: | xviii, 362 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-339) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0138978697 |