Weikum and Vossen begin with a broad look at the role of transactional technology in the current efforts of economic and scientific, then investigate the critical issues faced by all practitioners, presenting today's most effective techniques for controlling access simultaneously by multiple clients, recovering from system failures, and distributed transaction coordination. The authors emphasize formal models that are easy to apply in all fields, that promise remains effective as technology is developing, and which lend themselves to equitable distribution and expansion in the development of a new class of network-centric, functionally rich applications. * Provides most advanced coverage of the topic available anywhere - along with a database background required for you to make full use of this material. * Explores the common good transaction as a set of widely accepted practices and information technology in particular as a group of techniques to meet your company's goals. * Contains essential information for developers the functionality of a web-based e-Commerce - and many more "traditional" applications. * Details of the core functionality of the underlying algorithms process the transaction.