part Section I Introduction -- chapter 1 A Brief History of LAN Operating Systems -- chapter 2 Assessing Desktop Operating Systems -- chapter 3 Evaluating Client/Server Operating Systems: Focus on Windows NT -- chapter 4 Transitioning to Windows NT -- part Section II Porting and Developing Applications in a Heterogeneous Environment -- chapter 5 Porting Issues Caused by Operating System Differences -- chapter 6 Porting Applications between Heterogeneous Environments/Rewriting Applications -- chapter 7 Porting GUI Programs -- chapter 8 Visual Basic and Object-Oriented Development -- chapter 9 Developing New Applications in a Heterogeneous Environment -- chapter 10 Accessing Windows Applications from UNIX and Vice Versa -- chapter 11 Developing Workstation-Based Client/Server Applications -- chapter 12 Using Middleware for Interoperable Systems -- chapter 13 Implementing OLE on Non-Windows Platforms Using ObjectBroker -- chapter 14 Comparing Object-Oriented Development and Component-Based Development Using Visual Basic, PowerBuilder, and C++ -- chapter 15 Java Application Development Including Database and Network Integration -- chapter 16 Using Java for Application Development and Comparison with CGI/PERL -- part Section III Desktops in a Heterogeneous Environment -- chapter 17 Enterprise Desktops and Emulators -- chapter 18 Desktop Evolution Driving Connectivity Technologies -- chapter 19 Considerations for Implementing Corporate Intranets -- chapter 20 The Mainframe as Enterprise Server -- chapter 21 Managing Applications on the Network -- part Section IV Data Access in a Heterogeneous Environment -- chapter 22 Equivalent Features of DB2, Oracle, Sybase, and Ingres -- chapter 23 Distributed Databases -- chapter 24 Publishing Database Information on the World Wide Web -- chapter 25 Heterogeneous Network File and Print Access -- chapter 26 Using CORBA to Integrate Database Systems -- chapter 27 Federated Database Systems -- chapter 28 Database Interoperability: From Federated Databases to a Mobile Federation -- chapter 29 Database Gateways and Interoperability -- chapter 30 Managing Multiple Databases Across Heterogeneous Hardware and Software Systems -- chapter 31 Object-Relational DB2 -- chapter 32 Legacy Data Conversion -- part Section V Systems Administration in a Heterogeneous Environment -- chapter 33 NetWare Considerations -- chapter 34 Configuring Windows NT in a NetWare Environment -- chapter 35 Comparing Windows NT and UNIX System Administration -- chapter 36 Managing Distributed Network Systems Using Single Sign-On, Password Synchronization, and the Authentication Server -- chapter 37 Managing Heterogeneous Environments -- chapter 38 Business Continuity in the Distributed Environment -- chapter 39 Controlling a Multivendor Environment -- chapter 40 The Help Desk in a Distributed Environment -- chapter 41 Job Scheduling in the Open Systems Environment -- chapter 42 Multiple Protocols: The Network Manager's Headache -- chapter 43 Managing Multivendor Networks Using DEC's Polycenter Framework -- chapter 44 Managing Multivendor Networks Using Hewlett-Packard's OpenView -- part Section VI Communications in a Heterogeneous Environment -- chapter 45 The Essentials of Enterprise Networking -- chapter 46 High-Speed Services for LAN Interconnection -- chapter 47 Enterprise Network Monitoring and Analysis -- chapter 48 Multicast Network Infrastructures -- chapter 49 Internetworking at the Physical and Data Link Layers -- chapter 50 Planning, Designing and Optimization of Enterprise Networks -- chapter 51 Distributed Network Support and Control -- chapter 52 Comparing Popular E-mail Systems -- chapter 53 E-mail and Internet in Heterogeneous Environments -- chapter 54 Managing Coexisting SNA and LAN Internetworks -- chapter 55 SNA-LAN Integration Strategies -- chapter 56 SNA Over Frame Relay -- chapter 57 Operating a Network Manager's Help Desk in a Heterogeneous Environment -- chapter 58 An Expert Operating System That Manages Multinetwork Communications -- part Section VII Security in a Heterogeneous Environment -- chapter 59 Windows NT Server Security Features -- chapter 60 UNIX Security Features -- chapter 61 Software Tools for Detecting Misuse on Unix Systems -- chapter 62 Novell NetWare 4.X Security -- chapter 63 Implementing AS/400 Security Controls -- chapter 64 Implementing Kerberos in Distributed Systems -- chapter 65 E-mail Security Using Pretty Good Privacy -- chapter 66 An Introduction to Internet Security and Firewall Policies -- chapter 67 Applets and Network Security -- chapter 68 Oracle Database Security -- chapter 69 Relational Database Access Controls Using SQL -- part Section VIII Distributed Heterogeneous Systems -- chapter 70 Developments and Challenges in Distributed Data Communications Management Systems -- chapter 71 Distributed Processing for Distributed Databases -- chapter 72 Securing Distributed Data Networks -- chapter 73 Managing Distributed Computing -- part Section IX Implementing Heterogeneous Systems -- chapter 74 Solution Selection Factors and Guidelines -- chapter 75 Acquiring Systems for Multivendor Environments -- chapter 76 Evaluating Vendor Support Policies -- chapter 77 WAN Network Integration: A Case Study -- chapter 78 Remote LAN/WAN Connections: A Case Study -- chapter 79 Frame Relay in an IBM Environment -- chapter 80 Turning Host Developers into Object Technicians -- part Section X Auditing Systems -- chapter 81 Auditing Windows NT LANs -- chapter 82 Auditing Unix: General, Log-In, and Superuser Security -- chapter 83 Auditing UNIX: Security Issues, Change Control, and Disaster Recovery.