Principles of Transaction Processing, Second Edition (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems)

The above question is of significance [again] as the Web has caused change and movement in the TP space as much as anywhere else. Those of us over, say, 60, will remember some of what is written in the book; many of us, including those over 60, will have forgotten a lot more. So, given the changes and increasing speed with which technology is moving, it is more than worthwhile to consider one of the very fundamental things in business and IT: that of transactions. We conduct them every day without giving them much thought, be it through an ATM, on the Web or simply by buying something with a credit card. This book does a great job answering a lot of questions and of covering a lot of very complicated and intricate ground in a readable and understandable manner: from way back when to the current day! Its authors are to be heartily congratulated, not only on the content, but on finishing a daunting task of making a very good book even better. Thank you, Phil and Eric!