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Data Reverse Engineering:
Slaying the Legacy Dragon
(ISBN 0-07-000748-9)

"Anyone charged with developing a migration strategy from one application environment to another will find this book useful." - Terry Moriarty

by Peter Aiken is available now direct from a number of online bookstores including Amazon.com and McGraw-Hill (1-800-822-8158) and at neighborhood book stores. (If you are having trouble finding a copy, click here to have ACSES perform an electronic search.) This is the first book describing the process of recovering data architectures from existing information systems and using it to develop a foundation for enterprise integration and other reengineering efforts. Select below to:

• view the
  • cover
  • examine the table of contents
  • read the foreword by Clive Finkelstein
  • read the "The Necessity of Data Reverse Engineering" by Elliot J. Chikofsky
  • turn the book over and read the rear jacket material
• check out a data reengineering case study
• learn more about the Reengineering Bibiography
• inquire about the author's background
• check out one of many web-based reengineering collections
• read about the adoption and supplemental materials
• contact the author
• purchase this and other data reengineering books from my bookstore (run in association with Amazon.com)
• return to Peter Aiken's home page or visit Clive Finkelstein's Information Engineering Home Page.