Network Resource Planning For SAP R/3, BAAN IV, and PeopleSoft: A Guide to Planning Enterprise Applications - Softcover

Clewett, Annette; Franklin, Dana; McCown, Ann

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0079136478 ISBN 13: 9780079136473

Publisher: Computing McGraw-Hill, 1998

Synopsis

Explains how to use the NRP methodology to gauge the network impact of planned new enterprise application implementations, to deploy distributed applications across an organization, and to review and understand the performance of the network on an ongoing basis. Topics include ingredients for a successful NRP project; how to baseline existing network using NRP; how to profile the behavior of the new enterprise application; and how to use capacity planning to predict the behavior of the application after deployment. Case studies of NRP projects in Fortune 500 companies are also included. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

About this title

About the Author

Annette Clewett is a Senior Network Consultant at Make Systems, Inc. (Mountain View, CA) where she specializes in the planning for deployment of client/server applications in enterprise networks. Dana Franklin is Manager of Systems Engineering at XNLT Designs (San Diego, CA) with a background in the deployment and delivery of network planning and analysis training courses. Ann McCown, a former writer and product manager at Hewlett-Packard and Sun Microsystems, is the principal of Ann McCowan & Associates (Menlo Park, CA) and works with Make Systems developing consulting projects.

From the Back Cover

Discover how to deploy SAP R/3, BAAN IV, PeopleSoft, or other enterprise applications, optimizing quality of service and utilization of your network infrastructure. Enterprise Resource Planning applications like SAP R/3, BAAN IV, and PeopleSoft--with their promise of integrating financial, distribution, and marketing functions into the network--are sweeping the corporate landscape. They are also transforming the network infrastructure into an indispensable corporate resource in the process. How do you predict service levels and the availability of network resources for critical enterprise applications like SAP R/3? Network Resource Planning (NRP) helps you answer these questions. NRP is a well-defined, software--supported set of processes for analyzing enterpise client/server application implementations from a wide area network perspective and determining if changes are needed to support the application deployment. This step-by-step guidebook shows you how to use the powerful NRP methodology to more cost-effectively deploy. This step-by-step guidebook shows you how to use the powerful NRP methodology to more cost-effectively deploy distributed applications across your organization. Topics covered inlcude: ingredients for a successful NRP project; how to baseline your existing network using NRP; how to profile the behavior of your new enterprise application; how to use capacity planning to predict the behavior of your application after deployment; case studies of NRP projects in Fortune 500 companies. Using the methodology described in this unique book, you can not only gauge the network impact of planned new enterprise application implementations, but also review and understand the performance of your network on an ongoing basis.

Edition details

• Publisher: Computing McGraw-Hill
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0079136478
• ISBN 13: 9780079136473
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 357