Networks, local and wide, are nothing new. What is new is the idea that the network can be many times greater than the sum of its parts, and that organizations without networked machines are at a severe competitive disadvantage. Networks need administrators, and good administrators need credentials. That’s what the Networking Essentials piece of the MCSE puzzle is for.The authors begin by explaining what computer networks are and why they’re useful–an exercise in the obvious, most likely for most of their readers. They then cover the OSI (Open Systems Interconnection) network model and hop into real-work network implementations, including Ethernet, Token Ring, FDDI (Fiber Distributed Data Interface), ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode), AppleTalk, and ARCnet.

After covering theory solidly, the book rolls on through network architecture, including issues of physical cabling distances, network protocols, and server configuration (focusing, appropriately, on Windows NT and its applications). Day-to-day administration gets attention (though security, which admittedly is covered in other MCSE pieces, gets short shrift here). The authors explain WANs (wide area network) and remote access (including RAS [Remote Access Service]) to the reader in excellent detail.

Each chapter of this book includes scenario-based problems (actual exercises in setting up networks aren’t practical) and quiz questions that mimic those on the exam. The CD-ROM includes practice exams, too. –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Designed to help you prepare for Exam 70-058, Networking Essentials. Provides full coverage of every exam objective, practical information on applying networking concepts, and cutting edge exam prep software, including product simulations and electronic flashcards. CD-ROM included.

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See why Microsoft Internet Information Server 6 is quickly becoming a force in the Web Server area. Get step-by-step instruction on installing, configuring, maintaining, and administering IIS 6. Troubleshoot the Web Server, learn industry security standards, and cover Virtual Directories and Servers as well as FrontPage Webs, and much more.

Administer and program IIS 6 using ASP, COM, ASP.NET, ATL Server, and ISAPI

Deploy, monitor, tune, and troubleshoot IIS 6, Microsoft’s suite of applications integrated at the operating system level. This useful guide will bring you up-to-speed on the new features in IIS 6 and help you administer Web sites, application pools, the metabase, security, and much more. Navigate the new and improved architecture. Discover increased security, reliability, scalability, performance, and manageability. Create and configure Web sites, and use virtual directories for hosting site content. Learn how to use current Microsoft Web application technologies and discover how they compare architecturally. Administer IIS 6, build Web applications to run on IIS6, and use the tools for producing Microsoft-centric Web applications–Visual Studio 6, Interdev 6, and Visual Studio .NET.

• Integrate with the Internet and port internal applications to the Web
• Discover how to use all of the new security features in IIS 6
• Configure IIS 6 on the latest Microsoft Server platform using the latest scripts and applets
• Add Internet capabilities that weave directly into your infrastructure
• Learn to administer IIS 6 and build Web applications running on IIS 6
• Incorporate industry security standards and address Web Server security issues
• Administer WWW, FTP, NNTP, SMTP, and Certificate Services
• Monitor and tune IIS, and run high-performance applications
• Apply valuable configuration, maintenance, and content management techniques
• Build Web applications using VBScript in ASP, Visual Basic in COM, C# in ASP.NET, C++ in ATL Server, and C++ in ISAPI

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Intended for system administrators with a general knowledge of Windows 2000 or Windows XP/.NET, this reference covers all main system tools and program methods used for routine Active Directory administration and troubleshooting. Information important for understanding the Active Directory service architecture-LDAP protocol, DNS interoperation, and Active Directory concepts-is discussed in detail along with methods of performing common administrative tasks such as creating directory objects, audit, and backing up. This guide addresses troubleshooting problems that occur after deploying Windows .NET domains and system tools used for solving such problems. Also covered are Active Directory Service Interfaces with annotated listings of ready-to-use scripts that illustrate programming principles needed to help nonprogrammers learn the main ADSI concepts to begin their own scripts.

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Aleksey Tchekmarev is a network administrator and a hardware and software designer. He is the author of Windows 2000 Domains & Active Directory.

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This book is a user guide for the Linux desktop, specifically geared toward the KDE desktop, and covering the most popular desktop tools. It covers getting on the Internet, e-mail, Web browsers, office applications (word processors, spreadsheets, presentations — primarily the OpenOffice.org suite), playing and ripping songs, burning CDs, watching movies, playing games, and so on. The author provides the perfect way to really check out and get under the hood of Linux by including a special bootable Linux CD (Knoppix) — not one you install from, but rather one you can just boot and run without reinstalling.

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Say goodbye to Windows® crashes, viruses, hassles, and cost!

Moving to Linux can help you migrate from Windows to Linux in just hours! By the time you’ve finished, you’ll be able to do virtually anything in Linux-without the aggravation, crashes, security risks, or high costs of running Windows!

This is not a book for techies! It’s a book for people like you: people who write documents, create spreadsheets, surf the Web, send emails, listen to CDs, play games-and want to do it simply in Linux, without becoming technical experts!

• Convert your Windows PC to a Linux system that does more for less money-one step at a time
• Browse the Internet, send and receive email, even send instant messages using your existing AOL, MSN, and Yahoo! accounts
• Connect your digital camera or scanner
• Rip music, burn and play CDs
• Discover the world of Linux games: from solitaire to flight simulators, and beyond

There’s more!! Write, calculate, and present with OpenOffice.org, the free office suite for Linux that can also read and write all of your existing Microsoft Office documents.

Say goodbye to expensive software upgrades, burdensome Microsoft licensing, Windows viruses, and “blue screens of death.” Say hello to computing the way it’s supposed to be—with Linux!

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Includes special bootable Linux “Knoppix” CD: prove the power, simplicity, and value of Linux to yourself without touching your current Windows system!

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“For those considering network storage consolidation, Straight to the Core walks the reader through both the how and why of IP and Ethernet’s flexibility.” Larry Boucher, CEO Alacritech”A forward-looking work with excellent technical content. Orenstein knows his stuff…enough technical meat to satisfy the engineers and business overview of continuance strategies to satisfy CIOs/managers/planners.”Tom Clark, SNIA board member and author of IP SANsMaximizing the business value of enterprise storage technology Soon, you’ll be managing 100x more data than you are today — with even greater demands for availability and business continuity. IP Storage Networking: Straight to the Core gives you a complete blueprint for meeting that challenge. Enterprise storage expert Gary Orenstein delivers expert guidance for evaluating, architecting, and implementing IP-based storage technologies…and for maximizing the business value of storage across a range of your requirements. Orenstein covers all this, and more: * Enterprise storage networking: current options, future trends * New storage strategies: from disaster recovery to operational agility * A complete software infrastructure for managing enterprise storage * The evolution of distributed storage intelligence * Outsourcing storage and managing storage-related SLAs * IP-based SANs: iSCSI, topologies, security, and other key issues * Implementing policies that protect data and facilitate recovery * Measuring and maximizing ROI on enterprise storage investments Whether you’re a technical or business professional, IP Storage Networking: Straight to the Core will help you develop storage action plans that leverage innovation to maximize value on every dime you invest. Addison-WesleyPearson EducationISBN: 0-321-15960-8

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“For those considering network storage consolidation, Straight to the Core walks the reader through both the how and why of IP and Ethernet’s flexibility.” Larry Boucher, CEO Alacritech

“A forward-looking work with excellent technical content. Orenstein knows his stuff. …enough technical meat to satisfy the engineers and business overview of continuance strategies to satisfy CIOs/managers/planners.”Tom Clark, SNIA board member and author of IP SANs

Maximizing the business value of enterprise storage technology

Soon, you’ll be managing 100x more data than you are today — with even greater demands for availability and business continuity. IP Storage Networking: Straight to the Core gives you a complete blueprint for meeting that challenge.

Enterprise storage expert Gary Orenstein delivers expert guidance for evaluating, architecting, and implementing IP-based storage technologies… and for maximizing the business value of storage across a range of your requirements.

Orenstein covers all this, and more:

• Enterprise storage networking: current options, future trends
• New storage strategies: from disaster recovery to operational agility
• A complete software infrastructure for managing enterprise storage
• The evolution of distributed storage intelligence
• Outsourcing storage and managing storage-related SLAs
• IP-based SANs: iSCSI, topologies, security, and other key issues
• Implementing policies that protect data and facilitate recovery
• Measuring and maximizing ROI on enterprise storage investments

Whether you’re a technical or business professional, IP Storage Networking: Straight to the Core will help you develop storage action plans that leverage innovation to maximize value on every dime you invest.

Addison-Wesley

Pearson Education

ISBN: 0-321-15960-8

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PCI was originally designed to be used in a wide range of systems from notebooks to high-end servers. There are now a wide range of new buses being developed to replace PCI, which enable cost-savings, performance enhancement, and specialized features. HyperTransport is a new bus that deals specifically with chipset interconnect, the high-speed link between the memory and IO controller chips. HyperTransport Architecture allows hardware and low-level software designers, engineers, and technicians to get up to speed quickly on this new bus protocol, without having to wade through specifications and white papers. The book organizes topics in a logical, tutorial format which quickly guides the reader through the major features of the specification. Numerous diagrams and examples reduce the more complicated concepts to manageable proportions and allow the reader to see the important relationships along the way.

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HyperTransport™ (HT) technology promises to revolutionize connectivity for computers, servers, embedded systems, and networking and tele-communications equipment. It is a high-speed, low latency, point-to-point, packetized link that enables chips to transfer data at peak rates of up to 12.8 Gigabytes per second, far greater than existing bus technologies. Furthermore, HyperTransport improves reliability and reduces board design complexity. It is scalable and compatible with legacy PC buses, SNA, and PCI.

HyperTransport™ System Architecture provides a comprehensive, technical guide to HyperTransport technology. It opens with an overview of HT systems, highlighting the technology’s fundamental principles, basic architecture, and its many advantages. The book goes on to detail all facets of HyperTransport systems, including the protocol, I/O, routing, configuration, and more. It also features important performance considerations and addresses critical compatibility issues.

Essential topics covered include:

• Signal groups
• Packet protocol, covering control and data packets
• HT flow control, and how it differs from PCI flow control
• I/O ordering rules, including upstream, downstream, and host ordering requirements
• Interrupts, error detection, and error handling
• HT system management
• Routing packets, covering point-to-point topology and HT’s fairness algorithm
• Device configuration
• The electrical environment, including power requirements and signaling characteristics
• HyperTransport bridges
• Double-hosted chains
• Anticipated networking extensions
• PCI, PCI-X, AGP, and X86 compatibility issues

A chapter is dedicated to transaction examples illustrating the practical application of HyperTransport technology.

A MindShare PC System Architecture Series book, HyperTransport™ System Architecture provides complete, authoritative, and detailed information necessary for developers, networking professionals, and anyone interested in implementing and deploying HT systems.

MindShare’s PC System Architecture Series is a crisply written and comprehensive set of guides to the most important PC hardware standards. Books in the series are intended for use by hardware and software designers, programmers, and support personnel. Each title explains the architecture, features, and operations of systems built using one particular type of chip or hardware specification.

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A thorough introduction to the optimization and customization of Windows .NET describes what the Registry is and its latest features and discusses such topics as the use of Registry features, security issues, Windows File Protection, Plug and Play implementation, device management support, power man

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Olga Kokoreva is a technical support specialist, IT consultant, and technical writer. She is the author of Windows XP Registry, Windows 2000 Registry,Windows ME Registry, and Windows XP Registry.

“We have always recommended these books to our customers and even our own engineers for developing a better understanding of technologies and specifications. We find the latest PCI Express book from MindShare to have the same content and high quality as all the others.” –Nader Saleh, CEO/President, Catalyst Enterprises, Inc. PCI Express is the third-generation Peripheral Component Inter-connect technology for a wide range of systems and peripheral devices. Incorporating recent advances in high-speed, point-to-point interconnects, PCI Express provides significantly higher performance, reliability, and enhanced capabilities–at a lower cost–than the previous PCI and PCI-X standards. Therefore, anyone working on next-generation PC systems, BIOS and device driver development, and peripheral device design will need to have a thorough understanding of PCI Express. PCI Express System Architecture provides an in-depth description and comprehensive reference to the PCI Express standard. The book contains information needed for design, verification, and test, as well as background information essential for writing low-level BIOS and device drivers.In addition, it offers valuable insight into the technology’s evolution and cutting-edge features. Following an overview of the PCI Express architecture, the book moves on to cover transaction protocols, the physical/electrical layer, power management, configuration, and more. Specific topics covered include: *Split transaction protocol *Packet format and definition, including use of each field *ACK/NAK protocol *Traffic Class and Virtual Channel applications and use *Flow control initialization and operation *Error checking mechanisms and reporting options *Switch design issues *Advanced Power Management mechanisms and use *Active State Link power management *Hot Plug design and operation *Message transactions *Physical layer functions *Electrical signaling characteristics and issues *PCI Express enumeration procedures *Configuration register definitions Thoughtfully organized, featuring a plethora of illustrations, and comprehensive in scope,

PCI Express System Architecture is an essential resource for anyone working with this important technology.MindShare’s PC System Architecture Series is a crisply written and comprehensive set of guides to the most important PC hardware standards. Books in the series are intended for use by hardware and software designers, programmers, and support personnel. 0321156307B08262003

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“We have always recommended these books to our customers and even our own engineers for developing a better understanding of technologies and specifications. We find the latest PCI Express book from MindShare to have the same content and high quality as all the others.”
—Nader Saleh, CEO/President, Catalyst Enterprises, Inc.

PCI Express is the third-generation Peripheral Component Inter-connect technology for a wide range of systems and peripheral devices. Incorporating recent advances in high-speed, point-to-point interconnects, PCI Express provides significantly higher performance, reliability, and enhanced capabilities—at a lower cost—than the previous PCI and PCI-X standards. Therefore, anyone working on next-generation PC systems, BIOS and device driver development, and peripheral device design will need to have a thorough understanding of PCI Express.

PCI Express System Architecture provides an in-depth description and comprehensive reference to the PCI Express standard. The book contains information needed for design, verification, and test, as well as background information essential for writing low-level BIOS and device drivers. In addition, it offers valuable insight into the technology’s evolution and cutting-edge features.

Following an overview of the PCI Express architecture, the book moves on to cover transaction protocols, the physical/electrical layer, power management, configuration, and more. Specific topics covered include:

• Split transaction protocol
• Packet format and definition, including use of each field
• ACK/NAK protocol
• Traffic Class and Virtual Channel applications and use
• Flow control initialization and operation
• Error checking mechanisms and reporting options
• Switch design issues
• Advanced Power Management mechanisms and use
• Active State Link power management
• Hot Plug design and operation
• Message transactions
• Physical layer functions
• Electrical signaling characteristics and issues
• PCI Express enumeration procedures
• Configuration register definitions

Thoughtfully organized, featuring a plethora of illustrations, and comprehensive in scope, PCI Express System Architecture is an essential resource for anyone working with this important technology.

MindShare’s PC System Architecture Series is a crisply written and comprehensive set of guides to the most important PC hardware standards. Books in the series are intended for use by hardware and software designers, programmers, and support personnel.

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Debian GNU/Linux is one of the major Linux distributions available today. It is known as the most open” of the Linux distributions — for its commitment to the free software principals, and its community-centricism. It is also known for its tradition of high-quality packages and package management tools, as well as its focus on security issues. Debian GNU/Linux® Bible focuses on common apps, GUIs, networking, and system administration.

The Debian Project’s Internet-based development model has helped the distribution achieve unparalleled Internet functionality. One of the most popular features in Debian GNU/Linux is “apt-get,” which automates free network downloads of all software package updates, making the Debian CD the last CD you will ever need to keep your system up-to-date with Linux.”

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If Debian GNU/Linux can do it, you can do it too … Whether you’re a Linux newcomer looking for foolproof installation tips or a Debian GNU/ veteran who wants the scoop on the latest security enhancements, this authoritative guide delivers all the information you need to make the most of the Debian GNU/ “potato” release. From customizing a desktop system to troubleshooting a network or setting up an e-commerce server, it’s the only reference you’ll ever need to become a Debian GNU/ Linux pro. Inside, you’ll find complete coverage of Debian GNU/ Linux

• Get crystal-clear instructions for fast, painless installation
• Learn your way around the Linux shell, file system, and X Window System
• Discover how easy it is to set up a LAN in Debian and connect to the Internet
• Make the most of Linux desktop applications, games, and multimedia features
• Master Linux administration, from automating system tasks to locking in security
• Find guidance on how to keep Debian current and bug-free
• Get the scoop on configuring servers, from Apache and FTP to NIS and Sendmail

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A strong system of defenses will save your systems from falling victim to published and otherwise uninventive attacks, but even the most heavily defended system can be cracked under the right conditions. Incident Response aims to teach you how to determine when an attack has occurred or is underway–they’re often hard to spot–and show you what to do about it. Authors Kevin Mandia and Chris Prosise favor a tools- and procedures-centric approach to the subject, thereby distinguishing this book from others that catalog particular attacks and methods for dealing with each one. Theapproach is more generic, and therefore better suited to dealing with newly emerging attack techniques.

Anti-attack procedures are presented with the goal of identifying, apprehending, and successfully prosecuting attackers. The advice on carefully preserving volatile information, such as the list of processes active at the time of an attack, is easy to follow. The book is quick to endorse tools, the functionalities of which are described so as to inspire creative applications. Information on bad-guy behavior is top quality as well, giving readers knowledge of how to interpret logs and other observed phenomena. Mandia and Prosise don’t–and can’t–offer a foolproof guide to catching crackers in the act, but they do offer a great “best practices” guide to active surveillance. –David Wall

Topics covered: Monitoring computer systems for evidence of malicious activity, and reacting to such activity when it’s detected. With coverage of Windows and Unix systems as well as non-platform-specific resources like Web services and routers, the book covers the fundamentals of incident response, processes for gathering evidence of an attack, and tools for making forensic work easier. –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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“… poorly trained network administrators and the lack of firewalls and intrustion detection systems still make it difficult to find the source and strategy of the attack.” Computerworld article (8/21/00) on Incident Response featuring David Dittrich, a researcher who spoke at the Usenix Security Symposium.” –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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“…a good addition to the reference shelf for wireless network architecture. Its appearance is very timely, and workers in this area of wireless IP networks will profit by its study.” (Computing Reviews.com, April 26, 2004)

“This work is appropriate for anyone with a solid understanding of traditional computer networking concepts, including IT professionals, graduate and undergraduate students.” (E-STREAMS, August 2004)

“The book captures the current state of affairs with the respect to protocols related to or influenced by wireless technologies.” (IEEE Network, May/June 2004)

“…a good addition to the reference shelf for wireless network architecture. Its appearance is very timely, and workers in this area of wireless IP networks will profit by its study.” (Computing Reviews.com, April 26, 2004) “This work is appropriate for anyone with a solid understanding of traditional computer networking concepts, including IT professionals, graduate and undergraduate students.” (E-STREAMS, August 2004) “The book captures the current state of affairs with the respect to protocols related to or influenced by wireless technologies.” (IEEE Network, May/June 2004)

“The book captures the current state of affairs with the respect to protocols related to or influenced by wireless technologies.” — IEEE Network, May/June 2004

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As wireless IP (Internet Protocol) networking technologies have become increasingly critical for the telecommunications industry, many standards organizations have sought to define a global infrastructure for wireless IP networks. This book is a practical source of up-to-date information on the growing body of specifications associated with wireless IP network architectures, systems, and protocols, with a focus on the network layer and above.

In a clear, understandable manner, the authors, both leading experts in the field, provide a detailed description and comparison of next-generation wireless networks, specifically IP-based wireless networks, and discuss critical issues that may arise in their design.

Starting with a historical look at wireless networks, the authors review the evolution of public mobile services into the current wave of mobile data services. They discuss the motivations for IP-based wireless networks and provide an overview of related architecture and standards activities, particularly as defined by 3GPP and 3GPP2, the two most influential organizations in the field.

In addition to network architecture, the book covers protocols in four major areas:

• Signaling
• Mobility
• Quality of Service (QoS)
• Security

Comprehensive and authoritative, IP-Based Next-Generation Wireless Networks: Systems, Architectures, and Protocols is an invaluable reference for anyone seeking the clarity and perspective often difficult to obtain from standards specs.

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This single, albeit heavy, volume contains a profound level of detail. With over 1,340 pages in 41 chapters, 200 pages of finely printed appendices and indices, more than 700 tables and illustrations, a CD-ROM with useful utilities in both the front and back cover of the book, and a fabulous list of almost every vendor of every imaginable PC component, this guide to upgrading holds its own in a crowded field of fine books on the subject.

This volume serves as a desktop reference for everything–including storage and memory upgrades, multimedia enhancements, the special requirements of the roadworthy laptop and notebook, printing, networking, modems, and other peripherals. The book’s tabular data is very helpful and, in many cases, the photographic evidence helps with the practical implementation of a particular upgrade. In general, PC Upgrade and Repair Bible contains more data than step-by-step illustrations, which may make the actual machine upgrading process difficult for the reader who needs a lot of handholding. On the other hand, this volume is more comprehensive than some of its more graphical competitors. The reader who called this book “the Swiss army knife of computer books” was dead-on accurate. –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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• Updated and revised with eighty percent new material, this book is 100 percent of what readers need to upgrade, fix, or troubleshoot PCs
• Sixty-five percent of U.S. households own a PC; this book caters to the do-it-yourselfers in these households, both novices and tech hobbyists alike, who are looking for an approachable reference
• A one-stop reference for topics such as video, CD, and DVD; multimedia; storage; communications (network and Internet); peripherals; and integrating with laptops and handhelds
• Concludes with a step-by-step tutorial on building an “extreme” machine that can handle the most demanding multimedia or gaming applications
• Written by Marcia and Barry Press, authors of PC Toys (076454229X)

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• The heart of the book provides the complete set of models that will support most of an organization’s core business functions, including universal meta models for enterprise-wide systems, business meta data and data stewardship, portfolio management, business rules, and XML, messaging, and transactions
• Developers can directly adapt these models to their own businesses, saving countless hours of development time
• Building effective meta data repositories is complicated and time-consuming, and few IT departments have the necessary expertise to do it right-which is why this book is sure to find a ready audience
• Begins with a quick overview of the Meta Data Repository Environment and the business uses of meta data, then goes on to describe the technical architecture followed by the detailed models

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Create world-class MME solutions using this set of ready-made meta data models

Your company’s prosperity depends on how well you gather, retain, and disseminate knowledge. By implementing a Managed Meta Data Environment (MME), you can effectively manage your data and information technology applications in order to achieve a strategic advantage over the competition. As a follow-up to Building and Managing the Meta Data Repository (Wiley), this book provides you with the tools to implement a world-class MME and create a systematic enterprise solution for meta data management. The authors first present an overview of the architectural components of the MME and include case studies that demonstrate how corporations are taking advantage of MME solutions in the real world.

They then dive into the details of the models that compose the MME and their major areas of interaction.

You’ll find a complete set of meta data models that you can adapt to meet the needs of your company while saving countless hours of development time. Marco and Jennings offer an introduction to each model’s definition, guidance on implementation, an example of reports that can be generated, and much more. With all of this information, you’ll be able to model a meta data repository for:

• Enterprise systems
• XML, messaging, and business transactions
• IT portfolio management
• Business rules, business meta data, and data stewardship
• Complete universal meta model

The CD-ROM contains the data models and meta data mart files described in the book as well as an evaluation version of AllFusion ERwin Data Modeler.

Visit the companion Web site at www.EWSolutions.com/book.asp

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All-in-One is all you need! This authoritative reference offers complete coverage of all material on the Sun Certified Solaris 9 System and Network Administrator exams. You’ll find exam objectives at the beginning of each chapter, helpful exam tips, end-of-chapter practice questions, and more. The bonus CD-ROM contains full practice tests, hundreds of questions, and video clips. This comprehensive guide not only helps you pass this challenging certification exams, but will also serve as an invaluable on-the-job reference.

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“All-in-One is All You Need.”

Prepare to pass the Solaris 9 System and Network Administrator certification exams

Get complete coverage of the material contained on all three exams required for the Solaris 9 System and Network Administrator certifications inside this single, comprehensive volume. Written by best-selling Solaris expert Paul Watters, this definitive, dual-purpose reference covers all the official objectives for these exams and details key features of the Solaris 9 operating system environment. You’ll also get sample questions, test-taking tips, and real-world scenarios, making this book an ideal study tool and desk reference.

Get complete details on all exam objectives, including how to:

• Configure devices and secure hardware using OpenBOOT commands
• Install and manage patches effectively
• Reduce size of files and directories for storage
• Back up and restore file systems to tape
• Understand the function of each layer within the seven layer OSI model
• List advantages of a virtual disk management application
• Identify main components of a JumpStart server
• Administer DHCP clients and servers
• Diagnose and resolve common network problems

Includes three practice exams on CD and three on the Web, totaling hundreds of questions

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The wireless Web is not a future dream. It is here today. Already, more than 20 million people have access the Internet through PDAs, mobile phones, pagers and other wireless devices. What will people find on the Wireless Internet? This is the question that every Webmaster and Web developer is being challenged to answer. The Webmaster’s Guide to the Wireless Internet provides the Wireless Webmaster with all of the tools necessary to build the next generation Internet. Packed with the essential information they need to design, develop, and secure robust, e-commerce enabled wireless Web sites. This book is written for advanced Webmasters who are experienced with conventional Web site design and are now faced with the challenge of creating sites that fit on the display of a Web enabled phone or PDA. - The rapid expansion of wireless devices presents a huge challenge for Webmasters - this book addresses that need for reliable information - There are lots of books for wireless developers - this is the first designed specifically for Webmasters - Looks at security issues in a Wireless environment

• Provides a step-by-step approach for planning and implementing a wireless LAN based on 802.11 Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) technology
• Authors are Wi-Fi security experts who are able to address the firestorm of concerns about security for 802.11b networks
• Offers a clear perspective of interoperability with related wireless standards like 802.11a, HomeRF, and Bluetooth
• Explains how to achieve the same performance as a wired Ethernet connection and deliver flexibility and high speed

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An implementer’s guide to setting up, configuring, and managing a secure wireless network

Whether you’re creating wireless networks for the home, small office, or enterprise, this innovative book presents a step-by-step approach to successfully building a wireless LAN that meets all of your security needs. Beginning with a comprehensive introduction and overview of 802.11b technology, this book takes you through the planning and design guidelines for implementing wireless LANs. While emphasizing the proper security measures for you to take, the authors will help you develop a wireless LAN, choose the right equipment for your deployment scenario, and implement the steps for thorough provisioning of equipment. You’ll also find critical information on how to maintain and troubleshoot your wireless LAN to keep it up and running.

Written by Wi-Fi security experts, this book gives you the tools to plan and implement a secure wireless LAN based on 802.11 Wi-Fi technology. The authors:
* Address the concerns about security for 802.11b networks and describe effective solutions
* Discuss the benefits, deployment scenarios, costs, and security of wireless LANs
* Offer a clear perspective of interoperability with related wireless standards like 802.11a, HomeRF, and Bluetooth
* Present the most common practices that are used to ensure security of a LAN
* Explain how to connect a wireless LAN with a remote network using virtual private networks (VPNs)

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The Best Damn Cisco Internetworking Book Period shows readers everything they need to know about all Cisco internetworking topics. The book provides an understanding of Cisco’s current VoIP solutions and the means to put them to work, showing how to configure all of Cisco’s core VoIP products—among them Cisco CallManager software, Cisco 7910 series phones, and server-based IP PBXs. It discusses IPv6 Protocols, as well as IP Quality of Service (QoS) and how it applies to Enterprise and Internet Service Provider (ISP) environments.

This completely updated volume presents the effective and practical tools you need to design great desktop applications, Web 2.0 sites, and mobile devices. You’ll learn the principles of good product behavior and gain an understanding of Cooper’s Goal-Directed Design method, which involves everything from conducting user research to defining your product using personas and scenarios. Ultimately, you’ll acquire the knowledge to design the best possible digital products and services.

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When the first edition of About Face was published in 1995, the idea of designing products based on human goals was a revolutionary concept. Thanks to the work of Alan Cooper and other pioneers, interaction design is now widely recognized as a unique and vital discipline, but our work is far from finished.

This completely updated volume presents the effective and practical tools you need to design great desktop applications, Web 2.0 sites, and mobile devices. This book will teach you the principles of good product behavior and introduce you to Cooper’s Goal-Directed Design method, from conducting user research to defining your product using personas and scenarios. In short, About Face 3 will show you how to design the best possible digital products and services.

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“…a host of quick projects (okay, 50) enabling you to do everything from create image maps to bust out of frames…” (Computer Arts, August 2003) “…a riveting read and if you put the time in you’ll have great results too…” (Web Pages Made Easy, August 2003)

“…a host of quick projects (okay, 50) enabling you to do everything from create image maps to bust out of frames…” (Computer Arts, August 2003) “…a riveting read and if you put the time in you’ll have great results too…” (Web Pages Made Easy, August 2003)

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* Includes techniques for building rollovers, embedding Flash movies, creating dynamic tables, adding cool animations, and much more.

* Features 50 fast and easy, but powerful, effects that creative professionals and amateurs alike can achieve almost instantly.
* Each technique is fully-illustrated with “before” and “after” shots, and carefully described in step-by-step detail.
* The CD-ROM includes work files and finished effects from the book.

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This lucid and authoritative resource introduces Practical Project Management Methodology (P2M2), an international joint venture developed by three experienced project managers, that provides useful steps applicable throughout the life cycle of a wide variety of projects-from leading, defining, and planning, to organizing, controlling, and closing.

* Shows IT directors and managers how to get up and running with Netweaver, SAP’s Web services-based business integration and application platform
* SAP, the world’s third-largest independent software supplier, has nearly 20,000 corporate customers in 120 countries, including sixty-five percent of the Fortune 100
* Explains how SAP Netweaver can integrate existing applications; serve as the foundation for mySAP Business Suite and SAP xApps; work with .NET, J2EE, and Websphere; and enable portals, collaboration, data management, anddevelopment environments
* Offers plain-English explanations along with a dash of humor and fun-the perfect antidote for people overwhelmed by the complex SAP Netweaver documentation
* Cowritten by the SAP technology evangelist for Netweaver, this book provides inside information on new product revisions that will not be available anywhere else
* Includes SAP-provided Netweaver content on CD-ROM

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Meet the SAP NetWeaver integration/application platform

Discover how SAP NetWeaver can help benefit your company’s bottom line

So you’ve heard about SAP NetWeaver and you think it might be great for your business, if only you were sure exactly what it is? Relax — we’ve got you covered. Here’s your guidebook to SAP NetWeaver, the Web services-based business integration and application platform that enables portals, collaboration, data management, development environments, and more.

All this on the bonus CD-ROM

• Additional detailed information about SAP NetWeaver
• Demos of SAP NetWeaver capabilities
• Success stories from companies already using SAP NetWeaver
• For details and complete system requirements, see the CD-ROM appendix.

Discover how to:

• Apply SAP NetWeaver’s capabilities to your business
• Understand how the components work together
• Employ SAP NetWeaver’s ready-made solutions
• Use SAP NetWeaver with existing technology
• Gain ideas from other successful users

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* Offers fifty practical and secure PHP applications that readers can immediately put to use
* Explains the entire life cycle of each PHP application, including requirements, design, development, maintenance, and tuning
* Reviews application development line-by-line and module-by-module to help readers understand specific coding practices and requirements
* Applications can be readily adapted to many real-world business situations
* CD-ROM contains fifty ready-to-use PHP applications, an evaluation version of Zend tools, and the latest versions of PHP, Apache, and MySQL

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Your in-depth guide to designing and developing secure PHP applications

It’s a hacker’s dream come true: over one million Web sites are now vulnerable to attack through recently discovered flaws in the PHP scripting language. So how do you protect your site? In this book, bestselling author Mohammed Kabir provides all the tools you’ll need to close this security gap. He presents a collection of 50 secure PHP applications that you can put to use immediately to solve a variety of practical problems. And he includes expert tips and techniques that show you how to write your own secure and efficient applications for your organization.

You’ll learn how to:

• Implement the featured applications in business environments such as intranets, Internet Web sites, and system administrations
• Develop e-mail and intranet solutions using PHP
• Determine the importance of certain coding practices, coding styles, and coding security requirements
• Follow the entire process of each PHP application life cycle from requirements, design, and development to maintenance and tuning.
• Use PHP in groupware, document management, issue tracking, bug tracking, and business applications
• Mature as a PHP developer by using software practices as part of your design, development, and software life cycle decisions
• Improve the performance of PHP applications

The companion CD-ROM contains:

• 50 ready-to-use PHP applications
• Searchable e-version of the book
• The latest versions of PHP, Apache, and MySQL™

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&thought-provoking and refreshing& — Professional tester, October 2003

I would recommend this to both beginners and established practitioners. — Software Testing Verification and Reliability Journal, March 2004

“…a good book. Recommended…” (Cvu—The Journal of the ACCU, Vol.16, No.6, December 2004)

“I would recommend this to both beginners and established practitioners.” (Software Testing Verification and Reliability Journal, March 2004)

“…thought-provoking and refreshing…” (Professional tester, October 2003)

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&thought-provoking and refreshing& — Professional tester, October 2003I would recommend this to both beginners and established practitioners. — Software Testing Verification and Reliability Journal, March 2004“…a good book. Recommended…” (Cvu—The Journal of the ACCU, Vol.16, No.6, December 2004)

“I would recommend this to both beginners and established practitioners.” (Software Testing Verification and Reliability Journal, March 2004)

“…thought-provoking and refreshing…”

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We crafted this book to grow with you, providing the reference material you need as you move toward Office proficiency and use of more advanced features. If you buy only one book on Office 2007, Special Edition Using Microsoft® Office 2007 is the only book you need.

If you own a copy of Office 2007, you deserve a copy of this book! Although this book is aimed at the Office veteran, Ed and Woody’s engaging style will appeal to beginners, too. Written in clear, plain English, readers will feel as though they are learning from real humans and not Microsoft clones. Sprinkled with a wry sense of humor and an amazing depth of field, this book most certainly isn’t your run-of-the-mill computer book. You should expect plenty of hands-on guidance and deep but accessible reference material.

This isn’t your Dad’s Office! For the first time in a decade, Microsoft has rolled out an all-new user interface. Menus? Gone. Toolbars? Gone. For the core programs in the Office family, you now interact with the program using the Ribbon–an oversize strip of icons and commands, organized into multiple tabs, that takes over the top of each program’s interface. If your muscles have memorized Office menus, you’ll have to unlearn a lot of old habits for this version.

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