Lect 10a - Enterprise Computing

Synopsis:

This lecture is devoted to a summary of Enterprise Computing - operation of large collaboration systems, focused on a cohesive set of business activities.

Readings and Activities for the Week:

Glossary of Terms

Enterprise Computing:
Functioning and operation of federations of computers, focused on a cohesive set of business applications.
- For software development collaboration, that might be:
  - Organizing software baselines in a Repository
  - Supporting continuous integration with integration testing on Test Harnesses
  - Publishing work plans, schedules, requirements from a Collaboration Server
  - Providing access to all of these with smart clients
- For university computing: managing class schedules, student grades, course planning, payroll, etc.

The Syllabus describes topics to be covered, reading material for you to digest as part of each lecture, and due dates for assigned projects.

Projects

Project #4 is due at the end of this week.

Enterprise Computing

Enterprise Computing Example, pptx
A Software Collaboration System (SCF) example

Project Center Use Cases, pptx

Enterprise Architecture, pptx
Summary of goals and ideas

World's most successful Enterprise Application

Introduction to the Web, pptx

Relevant Code Examples and Presentations:

Sample Project #2 - Pluggable Repository
Directory Navigation with Delegates
Sample Projects #3 and #4 - Message-Passing Communication
Message-Passing Comm Code Example, Message Passing Discussion WCF Presentation
Sample Project #3 and #4 - Client UI
Peer-to-Peer Communication, WPF Presentation

Lecture Take-aways:

The most important things we discussed are:

Enterprise Computing Presentation
Sample Project Code Examples