Network Resource Planning For SAP R/3, BAAN IV, and PeopleSoft: A Guide to Planning Enterprise Applications

This guide admirably details how to determine if your network will hold up under the strain of an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) application. While you will not find information on the intricacies of SAP, BAAN, and PeopleSoft products, you will get solid advice on preparing for their roll out.

Geared more to managers than technicians, the book first provides a bit of context for distributed computing, the model that ERP software follows, and reviews the types of software tools and people resources necessary for the task at hand, an incredibly useful exercise. The authors then dive into the specifics of network baselining, application planning, and capacity planning in three clearly written and nicely constructed sections. Three well-documented network resource-planning case studies illustrate the principles in action. Like the other books in the McGraw-Hill computing series, this one is beautifully laid out and heavily stocked with useful diagrams, a fabulous glossary, and terrific appendices that outline baseline model-creation strategies and provide a consolidated listing of software tools for network resource planning. Through it all, Clewett and company remain true to their convictions, which can be summed up in a singular and familiar motto: Be Prepared. --Sarah Roberts-Witt