Managing distributed databases : bulding bridges between database island

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History of distributed databases -- What is a database? -- Overview of distributed databases -- Basics of client/server systems -- Distributed database design -- Enterprise management of distributed databases -- Object technology and distributed databases -- Distributed object technology and distributed databases -- CORBA: a common architecture for distributed systems -- Distributed database connectivity -- Database access control and connectivity -- Distributed database backup and recovery -- Distributed database security -- Performance and tuning for distributed databases -- New data retrieval methods -- Psychological issues: dealing with resistance -- New human roles in distributed database systems -- App. Distributed object environments.