The Network Computing Guide to Planning and Troubleshooting Middleware Implementations Network administrators are stuck with the client/server connectivity software the network database people have thrown at them. The database people are stuck with what their network database vendors have thrown at them: database connectivity software often aggrandized into the great new buzzword "middleware." We're all stuck with what the middleware products we use today can actually do on our networks. So, what are we going to do? The first step is to learn more. This guide to planning and troubleshooting middleware implementations is designed to help you understand better what's really going on underneath all those layers of code. We'll show you architectures, features and real product examples. With this knowledge at hand, evaluating new middleware products and keeping the old ones running well should be easier. We can't solve all the problems the products bring to the table, but we will help you understand the things commonly problematic with many products. So, join us for some middleware experience. - Bruce Robertson November 15, 1996 Print This Page E-mail this URL