MULTI-TIERED COMPUTING ARCHITECTURES • 2-TIER CLIENT/SERVER COMPUTING MODEL • Application Partitioning • Database Server-Side Program Unit Example • Peering Into The Architectural Components • 3-TIER COMPUTING MODEL • About Application Servers • N-TIER COMPUTING MODEL • THE JAVA COMPUTING PLATFORM
SERVER-BASED COMPUTING • WEB & APPLICATION SERVERS • DATABASE SERVERS • COMPUTING GRIDS & FARMS • PARALLELIZATION TECHNOLOGIES • SERVER PROCESSOR ARCHITECTURES & PERFORMANCE
CLIENT SERVICES • HTTP & URLS • BROWSERS & CLIENT-SIDE PROCESSING • ENTERPRISE & CORPORATE PORTALS • DASHBOARDS & PORTLETS
WEB SERVICES • ABOUT WEB CACHES • The Need For Web Caches • How A Web Cache Works • Oracle AS Web Cache Features • HTTP SERVERS • Server Components • Oracle HTTP Server Mods Illustrated
APPLICATION SERVICES • ABOUT THE APPLICATION SERVER ARCHITECTURE • ABOUT THE SERVICE-ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE • IDENTITY MANAGEMENT SERVICES • Oracle Internet Directory • Oracle AS Single Sign-On • Oracle AS Certificate Authority • BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE SERVICES
MODELING METHODOLOGIES • WHAT IS DATA MODELING? • ABOUT SYSTEM DESIGN METHODOLOGIES • Additional Methodologies • About Version Control • BUILD A DATA MODEL • More About Relationships
DATABASE SERVICES • ABOUT RELATIONAL DATABASES • MORE ABOUT THE SQL LANGUAGE • RELATIONAL DATABASE TABLES • DATABASE SERVER SOFTWARE COMPONENTS • DATABASE OBJECTS • ABOUT THE DATA DICTIONARY • DATA WAREHOUSES
NETWORK ARCHITECTURES • NETWORK TECHNOLOGIES • Baseband Vs. Broadband • Wireless Communication • LAN ARCHITECTURES • About Ethernet • About Token Ring • Special Network Devices • ANSI/ISO OSI 7 NETWORK LAYERS
OBJECT ORIENTATION • WHAT IS AN OBJECT? • ENCAPSULATION • MODULARITY • POLYMORPHISM • CLASSIFICATION & INHERITANCE • Inheritance and Classification Illustrated