Designing and Implementing Computer Workgroups

Shows how to apply systems engineering techniques to everyday computing needs in order to avoid the imbalances and inefficiency that often accompany computer networks that grow a piece at a time as users add hardware and software without an overall plan. Discusses applying object-oriented principles to client-server design, managing complexity and decentralization, building a stable hardware architecture within a flexible network, selecting the best software and hardware configurations, and other aspects. Does not specify type or brand of hardware or software Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Robert Lucke is Senior Technical Consultant for Hewlett-Packard's Technical Desktop division, and a member of the Technical Consulting Team, which works with HP's top 62 technical customers worldwide. His current specialties include software development, system and application performance tuning, heterogeneous interoperability, computing architectures, and large-scale system administration.