Systems Architecture

by Stephen Burd

The updated third edition of this comprehensive introduction to hardware and software takes a new, refreshing approach, answering the recurring question, "Why is this important in business?" The author discusses not only the nuts and bolts, but also the value of this knowledge to tomorrow's managers for better decision making and resource allocation. A new chapter, "Internet and Distributed Application Services," builds on the book's current networking coverage with topics such as ftp, directory services, transaction monitors, CORBA, and DCOM.

Genres: School

700 pages, Paperback

First published June 26, 1994

Reviews

[Ingrid]

Currently an IS major, read this for my Software & Hardware concepts class. Utterly disappointed. I spent more time looking at external resources on the web and youtube videos that helped me gage the concepts better than this book ever did. The chapters are long-winded. The images/pictures in the book are muddled and confusing comprehend. Doesn’t really help you understand the inner workings of a computer. Each chapter is about 30-40 pages long, so we're talking over 400 pages of text that could have been pared down to 1/2 that, yet still wasn't clear enough. Do not take a professor who only uses this book to teach. Luckily my professor actually knew his stuff and was kind and patient with all of us, and spent 50/50 time on the book and lectures. But this book will not make you a computer prodigy. On the contrary, you'll be spending more time using outside resources to break down the mess of a book this is.

[Kaz]

Without good lectures by my professor, this textbook was not really good one. Writing was often not clear enough and hit the very narrow range, not for a beginner but not for an intermediate either. At least, that's what I felt.

[Daniel]

Reading this for a college course. Sucked. ;)

[Melissa]

Horrible text.

[dtmcmillangmail.com]

not exactly the clearest discussion of computer systems

[Steven van Doorn]

Worked for me, seemed jolly thorough but I'm no expert.

[Ninjaertle]

bible at work

[magnolia neri Falin]

Difficult to read. No clear in concepts. Confusing language.