Benefits of the Multitier Architecture

We list the major benefits of the multitier architecture in the next few sections.

Centralized Business Logic

In most client/server applications, each client application is required to keep track of the individual business rules for a business solution. Not only does this increase the size of the executable, but it also poses a challenge to the software developer to keep strict control over version maintenance. If user A has an older version of the application than user B, the business rules might not be performed consistently, thus resulting in logical data errors. Placing the business rules on the application server requires only one copy of the business rules to be created and maintained. Therefore, everyone ...

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