In a guest post here in January, Matt McAdams critiqued Salesforce.com's database-as-a-service offering, Database.com, which I had previously lauded. McAdams, who is CEO of PaaS vendor TrackVia, ...

Application sharing between a client, middleware and enterprise server Application sharing between a client, application server and enterprise database server.

What is a client-server environment? Numerous applications run in a client-server architecture. This means that client computers (computers forming part of the network) contact a server that provides ...

As you will see in this chapter, companies use SQL Server for many types of applications and on most tiers now. Gone are the days when you would second guess yourself choosing to use SQL Server over a ...

Client/Server distribution and the nature of the client (end user device) itself are important factors in understanding distributed architecture. If the client just features a UI, the server is doing ...

Explaining the ongoing evolution from client-server to cloud-native, source of much confusion and misdirection when comparing SaaS offerings There are many definitions of software as a service (SaaS).

The primary function of a client-server system is to create a division of labor between a centralized server and the individual computers that are running your software. This model has a number of ...

The growth of rich mobile and edge applications is requiring developers to build applications in new ways. Client-serverless is the way of the future. Today’s users expect the entire internet at their ...

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