James Martin

According to James Martin-known as "the guru of the Information Age"-humanity is at a crucial turning point. If we succeed in finding ways to support massive gains in population combined with dizzying technological progress, we have a magnificent future ahead of us. If we fail, we may well be headed for a new Dark Ages. In this provocative and prophetic book, Martin argues that we can use our intelligence and technology to transform the world rather than destroy it. Drawing on decades of experience as one of the world's most widely respected authorities on technology's impact on our lives, Martin outlines specific, achievable solutions for solving a wide array of problems, from repairing ocean ecosystems to lowering the birthrate to coping with advances in nanotechnology.

This text explores the corporation of the future, including the kinds of organizations that will succeed and those that will fail. The author argues that corporate survivors will be those that harness the power of the cyberspace revolution and network-centric computing.

Inside these pages you'll find an expert analysis of the technology that makes it possible to create today's mission-critical database applications. World-renowned computer professionals James Martin and Joe Leben combine their considerable expertise to bring you all the information you need to effectively use the right database software package to solve your business problems - even if you have little or no experience using database software. Clear, detailed coverage takes you all the way from the practical fundamentals of modern database technology through to the use of distributed databases in networked computing systems. The authors introduce the database software environment, explain the ideas behind data modeling and normalization, examine client/server database techniques, and introduce the relational data model and Structured Query Language (SQL).

The TCP/IP protocol suite represents an important technology in today's enterprise networking environment. Describing the protocols that make up the TCP/IP suite, this book provides readers with the background to choose TCP/IP internet hardware and software products to best satisfy their specific requirements. Leading computer authority James Martin and co-author Joe Leben present an overall framework that enables readers to install and maintain specific TCP/IP products. Part I introduces the TCP/IP networking environment and describes the overall architecture of the TCP/IP protocol suite. Part II describes the TCP/IP protocols and services that are employed by end users for doing useful work. Part III examines the two major TCP/IP transport protocols: User Datagram Protocol (UDP) and Transmission Control Protocol (TCP). Part IV investigates the low-level protocols in the TCP/IP protocol suite that are used to provide basic packet delivery facilities. Part V concentrates on network management, administration, and troubleshooting procedures to keep a TCP/IP internet running. Part VI presents the programming techniques that are used in writing application programs that communicate over a TCP/IP internet.

The field of object orientation has evolved dramatically in the past several years, most recently with the introduction of the United Modeling Language (UML) - a standard approach to notation and modeling for object-oriented analysis and design. Now, world-renowned IT strategist James Martin, together with James Odell - a leader on the UML standardization effortjoin forces to deliver an insightful introduction to object-oriented methods using UML. This timely, authoritative, in-depth exploration of object-oriented analysis gives you a formal foundation for modeling both new software and new business processes. Object orientation and UML enable you to model regardless of language, to organize coherently all the technologies you wish to use, and to create designs that can evolve gracefully as new technologies and approaches come along. Object-Oriented Methods: A Foundation, UML Edition gives you the intellectual framework to make the most of object orientation no matter how you intend to apply it. Odell and Martin introduce more advanced structuresincluding constraints, rules, meta-modeling, power types, and dynamic and multiple classification - which make it possible to describe and specify systems with greater ease and power. They demonstrate the UML's approach to modeling object structure and behavior; review finite-state machine and scenario-based modeling; and present basic considerations for designing and implementing systems modeled with UML.