The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems: Principles of Transaction Processing for the Systems Professional

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This guide is essential for anyone involved in developing applications, evaluating products, designing systems, or engineering products related to transaction processing. It offers a clear understanding of how transaction processing systems operate and how to effectively utilize them. Key topics include the architecture of transaction processing monitors, transactional communication paradigms, and recovery mechanisms for transaction and system failures. With the rapid increase in the use of transaction processing systems across business, industry, and government—especially due to the rise of electronic commerce—many developers are encountering these applications for the first time and require practical techniques. Software engineers involved with operating systems, communications systems, and programming tools relevant to transaction processing will find valuable insights in this comprehensive presentation. Rich with real-world examples, it covers commercial transaction processing systems, the transactional aspects of database servers, messaging systems, Internet servers, and object-oriented systems, along with their subsystems. The book features easy-to-read descriptions of fundamentals, practical issues faced by developers, and explanations of major products and standards, including those from IBM, X/Open, BEA Systems, Digital, Transarc, AT&T/NCR, Tandem, OMG, and Microsoft.