After completing Client/Server: C/S Technology for Managers, the user should be able to:
 

	Define client/server computing
	Describe how client/server, downsizing, and enterprise computing are related
	Explain how SQL relates to client/server computing
	Define middleware and its role

What Client/Server Means
 

	Underlying architecture
	The traditional computing model
	The appeal of client/server

Approaches to Client/Server
 

	Client/Server: more than one flavor
	Providing access to legacy data
	Downsizing, rightsizing and upsizing
	Reengineering

Clients and Servers
 

	Client hardware and software
	Client costs
	Production servers and query servers
	Data warehouse servers

Networks and People
 

	Network basics
	Types of middleware
	Staff and retraining issues

Background for Choosing Client Tools
 

	Selecting client software
	Hardware and operating systems

Client Tools
 

	Categorizing client tools
	Checklist for client tool features
	The learning curve

Servers: Keepers of the Data
 

	Platforms and operating systems
	Predicting performance and benchmarking
	Database models

Selecting a Database Server
 

	Eight step process for selecting DBMS
	Data integrity issues

LAN Basics
 

	LAN components
	LAN protocols and operating systems
	The OSI reference model

WANs and Middleware
 

	Wide area networks
	The rise of TCP/IP
	The role of middleware

This course is distributed with a Client/Server glossary.