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N-Tier computing has emerged as the dominant architecture for building cross-platform computer applications for most Fortune 1000 corporations. * see http://www.cutter.com/consortium/alignment/press/it980108.html

The N-Tier.com Internet Portal is intended to be the premier source of information relating to the increasingly popular "N-Tier" model of distributed computing.

Through a series of background articles, news briefs and links to related information, the N-Tier web site will help provide the critical resources, Information Technology professionals (and their corporate clients) require, in order to make informed decisions on how to best build reliable and cost effective, network-based solutions.

Our mission is to provide the information and other resources which help to connect Business and Technology, through a reliable, distributed computing environment.

Our goal is to make it easier for people to harness the chaos of computing!

Definition ~ N-Tier is many things to many people. N-Tier could be described as:

  • a computer application that may be divided into any number of tiers or logical layers, using a reusable, component based approach. These logical tiers may operate in multiple configurations, using any number of physical systems, thereby providing unlimited flexibility and scalability for dynamic business requirements.
  • a strategy for integrating a diverse collection of computer resources into a unified system. N-Tier systems may be created using a wide variety of computer languages, operating systems, and platforms.
  • a framework for providing a flexible, distributed computing environment, that can take full advantage of the infrastructure and resources you currently have, while preparing for whatever changes the future brings.
  • a variation on the familar Client / Server computing model, which uses Internet/intranet related technology, to maximize return on investment and existing skill sets, while providing a reliable, flexible framework for change and growth.
  • a method for centralizing control over increasingly critical information, while encouraging departmental inovation and maximizing supplier and customer input.
Today, the Network (Internet, Intranet, Extranet) is the computer, and with this fundamental change in computing models, comes both challenges and opportunity, like never before. N-Tier.com will provide the information and tools people need to help solve some of the challenges, while taking advantage of the exciting opportunities for growth that this powerful new computing model has created.

We hope our articles may help provide a better understanding of a wide range of Distributed Computing and Internet / Intranet (TCP/IP & HTML) related technologies including CORBA, DNA, EJB, XML, CGI, ISAPI, ASP, JSP, MTS, DCOM, NDS, MOM, OOP, TP Monitors, Application Servers and Jini. Computer languages covered will include Java, C++, VisualBasic, Delphi, PowerBuilder, SmallTalk, Forte, etc.

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