Author Description

"This is a book that practitioners in the middleware field need to help them navigate through the maze of technology hype that exists. I highly recommend it" - David Hodge, IBM Transarc Lab"a terrific book....In just a couple of hundred pages Ian brings you from a basic knowledge of distributed computing to a clear understanding of the details of the standards and the products that implement them." From the Foreword by Sen Baker, Chief Scientific Officer, IONA TechnologiesHow to build high performance, high integrity transaction processing systems.In Enterprise Transaction Processing Systems, Dr. Ian Gorton distills years of consulting experience gained working with OTM technologies into an easily digestible tutorial which will be invaluable to anyone designing and building Transaction Processing systems. This book will provide an understanding of the concepts and features of the available OTM technologies, and describes the important practical issues that drive a project's architecture, detailed design and programming.Key underlying concepts and techniques are explained Alternative architectural approaches are discussed All the major features of the CORBA Object Transaction Service (OTS) and two products, OrbixOTM and Encina++, that support this service are covered in detail Full length coded examples illustrate how to implement a transaction processing system in C++ using OrbixOTM and Encina++ New techniques on how to achieve improved performance are introduced Typical system architectures are described together with design and code examples which developers can leverage in their own systemsAbout the author Having accumulated over 10 years of experience in the software industry with organizations such as Microsoft, IBM Transarc and CSIRO, Australia, Dr Ian Gorton now heads up an R&D group that specializes in consultancy and advice on distributed object systems to governments and private companies. He has written and presented one day workshops for professional audiences and presents regularly at International Conferences.