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20281. 

Software Development for Embedded Multi-core Systems: A Practical Guide Using Embedded Intel® Architecture

Software Development for Embedded Multi-core Systems: A Practical Guide Using Embedded Intel® Architecture

By: Max Domeika

Publisher: Newnes

Publication Date: 23-APR-2008

Insert Date: 26-MAR-2009

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The multicore revolution has reached the deployment stage in embedded systems ranging from small ultramobile devices to large telecommunication servers. The transition from single to multicore processors, motivated by the need to increase performance while conserving power, has placed great responsibility on the shoulders of software engineers. In this new embedded multicore era, the toughest task is the development of code to support more sophisticated systems. This book provides embedded engineers with solid grounding in the skills required to develop software targeting multicore...

20282. 

How to Cheat at Administering Office Communications Server 2007

How to Cheat at Administering Office Communications Server 2007

By: Anthony Piltzecker

Publisher: Syngress

Publication Date: 05-OCT-2007

Insert Date: 26-MAR-2009

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Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS) 2007 is Microsoft's latest version of Live Communications Server 2005. The product provides management for all synchronous communications that takes place in real time. This includes instant messaging (IM), Voice over IP (VoIP), and audio conferencing and videoconferencing. It will work with your company's existing telecommunications systems without major hardware upgrades. This means your business can deploy advanced VoIP and conferencing without tearing out its preexisting legacy telephone network. How to Cheat at Administering Microsoft Office...

20283. 

Techno Security's Guide to Securing SCADAA Comprehensive Handbook On Protecting The Critical Infrastructure

Techno Security's Guide to Securing SCADAA Comprehensive Handbook On Protecting The Critical Infrastructure

By: Jack Wiles

Publisher: Syngress

Publication Date: 18-JUL-2008

Insert Date: 26-MAR-2009

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Around the world, SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) systems and other real-time process control networks run mission-critical infrastructure--everything from the power grid to water treatment, chemical manufacturing to transportation. These networks are at increasing risk due to the move from proprietary systems to more standard platforms and protocols and the interconnection to other networks. Because there has been limited attention paid to security, these systems are seen as largely unsecured and very vulnerable to attack. This book addresses currently undocumented...

20284. 

Reverse Engineering Code with IDA Pro

Reverse Engineering Code with IDA Pro

By: IOActive

Publisher: Syngress

Publication Date: 12-MAR-2008

Insert Date: 26-MAR-2009

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If you want to master the art and science of reverse engineering code with IDA Pro for security R&D or software debugging, this is the book for you. Highly organized and sophisticated criminal entities are constantly developing more complex, obfuscated, and armored viruses, worms, Trojans, and botnets. IDA Pro's interactive interface and programmable development language provide you with complete control over code disassembly and debugging. This is the only book which focuses exclusively on the world's most powerful and popular took for reverse engineering code. *Reverse Engineer...

20285. 

How to Cheat at Configuring VmWare ESX Server

How to Cheat at Configuring VmWare ESX Server

By: David Rule

Publisher: Syngress

Publication Date: 10-JUN-2007

Insert Date: 26-MAR-2009

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A virtual evolution in IT shops large and small has begun. VMware's ESX Server is the enterprise tool to free your infrastructure from its physical limitations providing the great transformation into a virtual environment--this book shows you how. Use Syngress' proven "How to Cheat" methodology to configure and build VMware's ESX Server version 3. This clear, concise guide provides all the information you need to become a virtual whiz! This book will detail the default and custom installation of VMware's ESX server as well as basic and advanced virtual machine configurations. It will then...

20286. 

Microsoft® Outlook 2007 Programming: Jumpstart for Administrators and Power Users

Microsoft® Outlook 2007 Programming: Jumpstart for Administrators and Power Users

By: Sue Mosher

Publisher: Digital Press

Publication Date: 08-JUN-2007

Insert Date: 26-MAR-2009

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Microsoft Outlook is the most widely used e-mail program and offers the most programmability. Sue Mosher introduces key concepts for programming Outlook using Visual Basic for Applications, custom Outlook forms, and external scripts, without the need for additional development tools. For those who manage Outlook installations, it demonstrates how to use new features in the Outlook 2007 programming model such as building scripts that can create rules and views and manage categories. Power users will discover how to enhance Outlook with custom features, such as the ability to process...

20287. 

Dr. Tom Shinder’s ISA Server 2006 Migration Guide

Dr. Tom Shinder’s ISA Server 2006 Migration Guide

By: Thomas W Shinder; Debra Littlejohn Shinder; Adrian F. Dimcev; James Eaton-Lee; Jason Jones; Steve Moffat

Publisher: Syngress

Publication Date: 08-AUG-2007

Insert Date: 26-MAR-2009

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Dr. Tom Shinder's ISA Server 2006 Migration Guide provides a clear, concise, and thorough path to migrate from previous versions of ISA Server to ISA Server 2006. ISA Server 2006 is an incremental upgrade from ISA Server 2004, this book provides all of the tips and tricks to perform a successful migration, rather than rehash all of the features which were rolled out in ISA Server 2004. Also, learn to publish Exchange Server 2007 with ISA 2006 and to build a DMZ. * Highlights key issues for migrating from previous versions of ISA Server to ISA Server 2006. * Learn to Publish Exchange...

20288. 

Network Programming in .NET: With C# and Visual Basic .NET

Network Programming in .NET: With C# and Visual Basic .NET

By: Fiach Reid

Publisher: Digital Press

Publication Date: 11-JUN-2004

Insert Date: 26-MAR-2009

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Network Programming in .NET, with C# & Visual Basic .NET. Network programming in .NET is a book due for release in June 2004, from Elsevier Digital Press. The book is a complete introduction to developing network programs in both C# and VB.NET. It includes chapters on the fundamentals of network programming, TCP and UDP sockets, multicasting, HTTP and SMTP, Remoting, and Web services. Not only that, but it also covers rare, and hard-to-find practical information on Telephony, Packet capture, MSMQ, and IPv6. Whether you’re a professional network programmer, or just want to see what’s...

20289. 

Database Design: Know It All

Database Design: Know It All

By: Toby J. Teorey; Stephen Buxton; Lowell Fryman; Ralf Hartmut Güting; Terry Halpin; Jan L. Harrington; William H. Inmon; Sam S. Lightstone; Jim Melton; Tony Morgan; Thomas P. Nadeau; Bonnie O'Neil; Elizabeth O'Neil; Patrick O'Neil; Markus Schneider; Graeme Simsion; Graham Witt

Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann

Publication Date: 28-OCT-2008

Insert Date: 26-MAR-2009

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This book brings all of the elements of database design together in a single volume, saving the reader the time and expense of making multiple purchases. It consolidates both introductory and advanced topics, thereby covering the gamut of database design methodology ? from ER and UML techniques, to conceptual data modeling and table transformation, to storing XML and querying moving objects databases. <br><br>The proposed book expertly combines the finest database design material from the Morgan Kaufmann portfolio. Individual chapters are derived from a select group of MK books authored by...

20290. 

The Art of Multiprocessor Programming

The Art of Multiprocessor Programming

By: Maurice Herlihy; Nir Shavit

Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann

Publication Date: 03-MAR-2008

Insert Date: 26-MAR-2009

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This book is the first comprehensive presentation of the principles and tools available for programming multiprocessor machines. It is of immediate use to programmers working with the new architectures. For example, the next generation of computer game consoles will all be multiprocessor-based, and the game industry is currently struggling to understand how to address the programming challenges presented by these machines. This change in the industry is so fundamental that it is certain to require a significant response by universities, and courses on multicore programming will become a...

20291. 

Internet Multimedia Communications Using SIP: A Modern Approach Including Java® Practice

Internet Multimedia Communications Using SIP: A Modern Approach Including Java® Practice

By: Rogelio Martinez Perea

Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann

Publication Date: 15-JAN-2008

Insert Date: 26-MAR-2009

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Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) was conceived in 1996 as a signaling protocol for inviting users to multimedia conferences. With this development, the next big Internet revolution silently started. That was the revolution which would end up converting the Internet into a total communication system which would allow people to talk to each other, see each other, work collaboratively or send messages in real time. Internet telephony and, in general, Internet multimedia, is the new revolution today and SIP is the key protocol which allows this revolution to grow. The book explains, in tutorial...

20292. 

The Best Damn Server Virtualization Book Period

The Best Damn Server Virtualization Book Period

By: Rogier Dittner; David Rule

Publisher: Syngress

Publication Date: 23-NOV-2007

Insert Date: 26-MAR-2009

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Server Sprawl and escalating IT costs have managers and system administrators scrambling to find ways to cut costs and reduce Total Cost of Ownership of their physical infrastructure. Combining software applications onto a single server, even if those applications are from the same software vendor, can be dangerous and problems hard to troubleshoot. Virtualization allows you to consolidate many servers onto a single physical server reducing hardware, electrical, cooling, and administrative costs. These virtual servers run completely independent of each other so if one crashes the other...

20293. 

Measuring the User Experience: Collecting, Analyzing, and Presenting Usability Metrics

Measuring the User Experience: Collecting, Analyzing, and Presenting Usability Metrics

By: Thomas Tullis; William Albert

Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann

Publication Date: 28-MAR-2008

Insert Date: 26-MAR-2009

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Effectively measuring the usability of any product requires choosing the right metric, applying it, and effectively using the information it reveals. Measuring the User Experience provides the first single source of practical information to enable usability professionals and product developers to do just that. Authors Tullis and Albert organize dozens of metrics into six categories: performance, issues-based, self-reported, web navigation, derived, and behavioral/physiological. They explore each metric, considering best methods for collecting, analyzing, and presenting the data. They provide...

20294. 

Programming 8-bit PIC Microcontrollers in Cwith Interactive Hardware Simulation

Programming 8-bit PIC Microcontrollers in C

By: Martin P. Bates

Publisher: Newnes

Publication Date: 15-JUL-2008

Insert Date: 26-MAR-2009

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PIC Microcontrollers are present in almost every new electronic application that is released from garage door openers to the iPhone. With the proliferation of this product more and more engineers and engineers-to-be (students) need to understand how to design, develop, and build with them. Martin Bates, best-selling author, has provided a step-by-step guide to programming these microcontrollers (MCUs) with the C programming language. <br><br>With no previous knowledge of C necessary to read this book, it is the perfect for entry into this world for engineers who have not worked with PICs,...

20295. 

OSSEC Host-Based Intrusion Detection Guide

OSSEC Host-Based Intrusion Detection Guide

By: Andrew Hay; Daniel Cid; Rory Bray

Publisher: Syngress

Publication Date: 18-FEB-2008

Insert Date: 26-MAR-2009

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This book is the definitive guide on the OSSEC Host-based Intrusion Detection system and frankly, to really use OSSEC you are going to need a definitive guide. Documentation has been available since the start of the OSSEC project but, due to time constraints, no formal book has been created to outline the various features and functions of the OSSEC product. This has left very important and powerful features of the product undocumented...until now! The book you are holding will show you how to install and configure OSSEC on the operating system of your choice and provide detailed examples...

20296. 

DW 2.0: The Architecture for the Next Generation of Data Warehousing

DW 2.0: The Architecture for the Next Generation of Data Warehousing

By: William H. Inmon; Derek Strauss; Genia Neushloss

Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann

Publication Date: 03-JUL-2008

Insert Date: 26-MAR-2009

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Data Warehousing has been around for 20 years and has become part of the information technology infrastructure. Data warehousing originally grew in response to the corporate need for information--not data--and it supplies integrated, granular, and historical data to the corporation. There are many kinds of data warehouses, in large part due to evolution and different paths of software and hardware vendors. But DW 2.0, defined by this author in many talks, articles, and his b-eye-network newsletter that reaches 65,000 professionals monthly, is the well-identified and defined next...

20297. 

Nmap in the Enterprise Your Guide to Network Scanning

Nmap in the Enterprise Your Guide to Network Scanning

By: Angela Orebaugh; Becky Pinkard

Publisher: Syngress

Publication Date: 14-JAN-2008

Insert Date: 26-MAR-2009

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Nmap, or Network Mapper, is a free, open source tool that is available under the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation. It is most often used by network administrators and IT security professionals to scan corporate networks, looking for live hosts, specific services, or specific operating systems. Part of the beauty of Nmap is its ability to create IP packets from scratch and send them out utilizing unique methodologies to perform the above-mentioned types of scans and more. This book provides comprehensive coverage of all Nmap features, including detailed,...

20298. 

The Complete E-Commerce Book, 2nd Edition

The Complete E-Commerce Book, 2nd Edition

By: Janice Reynolds

Publisher: Focal Press

Publication Date: 30-MAR-2004

Insert Date: 26-MAR-2009

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<p><em>The Complete E-Commerce Book</em> offers a wealth of information on how to design, build and maintain a successful web-based business.... Many of the chapters are filled with advice and information on how to incorporate current e-business principles<br><br>Make your e-commerce vision a success with this comprehensive, step-by-step handbook. Whether your company is a startup or well-established, you'll learn how to plan, implement and operate a successful e-commerce site -- from selecting the right software and Internet service provider through effectively marketing your online...

20299. 

CD and DVD Forensics

CD and DVD Forensics

By: Paul Crowley; Dave Kleiman

Publisher: Syngress

Publication Date: 28-NOV-2006

Insert Date: 26-MAR-2009

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Handle, Examine, and Process CD and DVD Evidence for Computer Forensics CD and DVD Forensics takes the reader through all facets of handling, examining, and processing CD and DVD evidence for computer forensics. At a time when data forensics is becoming a major part of law enforcement and prosecution in the public sector, as well as corporate and system security and integrity in the private sector, the interest in this subject has just begun to blossom. CD and DVD Forensics is a how-to book that gives the reader tools to open CDs and DVDs in an effort to identify evidence of a crime....

20300. 

Securing Citrix XenApp Server in the Enterprise

Securing Citrix XenApp Server in the Enterprise

By: Tariq Azad

Publisher: Syngress

Publication Date: 01-JUL-2008

Insert Date: 26-MAR-2009

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Citrix Presentation Server allows remote users to work off a network server as if they weren't remote. That means: Incredibly fast access to data and applications for users, no third party VPN connection, and no latency issues. All of these features make Citrix Presentation Server a great tool for increasing access and productivity for remote users. Unfortunately, these same features make Citrix just as dangerous to the network it?s running on. By definition, Citrix is granting remote users direct access to corporate servers?..achieving this type of access is also the holy grail for malicious...