Building Highly Scalable Database Applications with .NET

Creating robust, highly available, highly scalable database applications is absolutely critical in today's web-based economy. Integrating various non-Microsoft database servers with Microsoft tools and technologies has not always proven to be an easy task. The new-paradigm of .NET development further complicates the issue, but also provides a powerful set of tools and technologies to build these mission-critical systems. With Building Highly Scalable database Applications with .NET, readers will be able to:
* Integrate .NET-based solutions with Oracle and DB2 and MySQL
* Harness the power of Microsoft's ADO.Net for high performance computing
* Build efficient components for maximum scalability
* Integrate with existing COM-based applications
* Maximize transaction speed and message queue efficiency
* Scale applications to a much higher level, resulting in an increase in the number of users or transactions

Wallace B. McClure is the owner of McClure Development, which specializes in developing highly scalable client/server and Web-based applications. The firm's clients have included Lucent Technologies, the State of Tennessee, and a major Internet portal. He holds a Master's degree in electrical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, with a specialization in computer architectures and digital signal processing.

John J. Croft IV is President of AtlantaProgramming.com, which focuses on custom database solutions for medium-to-large enterprises. His projects have included applications for inventory control, production management, performance evaluation, and executive information systems as well as satellite telemetry, car wash control, lithotripter control, and kidney stone treatment.