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Getting Started with BeagleBone

Getting Started with BeagleBone

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Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.

Publication Date: 15-JUN-2013

Insert Date: 18-APR-2013

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Many people think of Linux as a computer operating system, running on users' desktops and powering servers. But Linux can also be found inside many consumer electronics devices. Whether they're the brains of a cell phone, cable box, or exercise bike, embedded Linux systems blur the distinction between computer and device. Many makers love microcontroller platforms such as Arduino, but as the complexity increases in their projects, they need more power for applications, such as computer vision. The BeagleBone is an embedded Linux board for makers. It's got built-in networking, many inputs and...

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Go-to guide for using Microsoft's updated Hyper-V as a virtualization solution Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V offers greater scalability, new components, and more options than ever before for large enterprise systems and small/medium businesses. Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Installation and Configuration Guide is the place to start learning about this new cloud operating system. You'll get up to speed on the architecture, basic deployment and upgrading, creating virtual workloads, designing and implementing advanced network architectures, creating multitenant clouds, backup, disaster...

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Microsoft Virtualization Secrets

Microsoft Virtualization Secrets

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Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Publication Date: 31-JUL-2012

Insert Date: 08-APR-2013

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Unbeatable advice and expert tips for evaluating, designing, and deploying virtualization solutions If you're an IT professional, you know that virtualization is essential in today's computer infrastructures. This valuable reference is your key to all things Microsoft virtualization. Written by a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP), it breaks down all the various technologies, what they mean to your organization in terms of saving money and solving problems, and how to design and deploy various solutions effectively. You'll find invaluable tips and information on such topics as...

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Windows PowerShell 3.0 kurz & gut

Windows PowerShell 3.0 kurz & gut

By: ; Rolf Masuch

Publisher: O'Reilly Verlag

Publication Date: 31-MAR-2013

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Die Windows PowerShell ist Microsofts interaktive Kommandozeilen-Shell und Skriptsprache. Mit der PowerShell lassen sich nicht nur Aufgaben jeder Art schneller erledigen und automatisieren, sie bietet darüber hinaus auch die Möglichkeit, tief in das Betriebssystem einzutauchen, um dort eine breite Palette von Prozessen und Diensten zu steuern. Selbst erfahrene Unix-Administratoren und Perl-Skripter sind von der Leistungsfähigkeit der PowerShell beeindruckt. Dieses Buch enthält das Referenzmaterial, das Administratoren brauchen, um die PowerShell effektiv nutzen zu können: Kompakt, aber...

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Microsoft Enterprise Bibliography

Microsoft Enterprise Bibliography

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Publisher: Safari Books Online

Publication Date: 03-APR-2013

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Use this bibliography for help with Microsoft Enterprise products, from Exchange, Lync and Sharepoint to Azure and Windows PowerShell to Windows Server 2012 and more....

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Business Intelligence in Microsoft® SharePoint® 2013
Dive into the business intelligence (BI) features in SharePoint 2013—and use the right combination of tools to deliver compelling solutions. This practical book guides you through the BI application services available in SharePoint 2013 and Microsoft SQLServer®....

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VCAP5-DCD Official Cert Guide (with DVD): VMware Certified Advanced Professional in Datacenter Design

VCAP5-DCD Official Cert Guide (with DVD): VMware Certified Advanced Professional in Datacenter Design

By: Paul McSharry

Publisher: VMware Press

Publication Date: 10-JUL-2013

Insert Date: 02-APR-2013

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This is the Rough Cut version of the printed book. Ace your VCAP5-DCD, demonstrate your exceptional knowledge of VMware virtualized datacenter design, and differentiate yourself from thousands of VMware professionals! The Official VCAP5-DCD Cert Guide is the only VMware authorized and approved guide to the new VCAP5-DCD certification exam for datacenter virtualization designers. Authored by top VMware expert Paul McSharry, it thoroughly covers every new exam objective, helping you sharpen your skills in designing and integrating multi-site, large enterprise virtualized environments....

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Instant Windows PowerShell 3.0 Windows Management Instrumentation Starter

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Instant Windows PowerShell 3.0 Windows Management Instrumentation Starter

By: Brenton J.W. Blawat;

Publisher: Packt Publishing

Publication Date: 26-MAR-2013

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Explore new abilities of Powershell 3.0 to interact with Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) through the use of the new CIM cmdlets and realistic management scenarios Learn something new in an Instant! A short, fast, focused guide delivering immediate results. Create CIM sessions to local and remote systems Execute WMI queries using Windows Remote Management Learn industry standard scripts to interact with workstation and server systems In Detail PowerShell and Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) provide you with the ability to remotely manage systems....

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Windows Server 2012 Automation with PowerShell Cookbook

Windows Server 2012 Automation with PowerShell Cookbook

By: Ed Goad;

Publisher: Packt Publishing

Publication Date: 26-MAR-2013

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Over 110 recipes to automate Windows Server administrative tasks by using PowerShell Extend the capabilities of your Windows environment Improve the process reliability by using well defined PowerShell scripts Full of examples, scripts, and real-world best practices In Detail Automating server tasks allows administrators to repeatedly perform the same, or similar, tasks over and over again. With PowerShell scripts, you can automate server tasks and reduce manual input, allowing you to focus on more important tasks. Windows Server 2012 Automation with PowerShell...

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Building Dashboards with Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 and Excel 2013

Building Dashboards with Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 and Excel 2013

By: Mark Polino;

Publisher: Packt Publishing

Publication Date: 26-MAR-2013

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Easily build powerful dashboards with Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 and Excel 2013 Build a dashboard using Excel 2013 with information from Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 Make Excel a true business intelligence tool with charts, sparklines, slicers, and more Utilize PowerPivot’s full potential to create even more complex dashboards In Detail Accounting systems like Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 hold a wealth of information. Excel 2013 provides a great tool for linking to, extracting, analysing, and presenting that rich data to help companies make better, faster, and smarter...

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Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Scripting Cookbook

Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Scripting Cookbook

By: Nicolae Tarla;

Publisher: Packt Publishing

Publication Date: 26-MAR-2013

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Over 50 recipes to extend system customization in Dynamics CRM 2011 through client-side scripting Learn the basics of client-side customization and delve deeper into advanced topics at your own pace Understand the basic customization model supported by the product A practical approach to learning customization driven by task-based recipes for understanding and extending your Dynamics CRM scripting solutions In Detail With the increased adoption of Dynamics CRM 2011, more people are faced with various tasks including administering and customizing the environment....

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Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 Cookbook

Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 Cookbook

By: Edvaldo Alessandro Cardoso;

Publisher: Packt Publishing

Publication Date: 26-MAR-2013

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Over 60 recipes for the administration and management of Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 SP1 Create, deploy, and manage Datacentres, Private and Hybrid Clouds with hybrid hypervisors by using VMM 2012 SP1, App Controller, and Operations Manager. Integrate and manage fabric (compute, storages, gateways, networking) services and resources. Deploy Clusters from bare metal servers. Learn how to use VMM 2012 SP1 features such as Windows 2012 and SQL 2012 support, Network Virtualization, Live Migration, Linux VMs, Resource Throttling, and Availability. In...

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Instant Drools Starter

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Instant Drools Starter

By: Jeremy Ary;

Publisher: Packt Publishing

Publication Date: 26-MAR-2013

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The ultimate Starter guide for evaluating rules engines and getting started with Drools Learn something new in an Instant! A short, fast, focused guide delivering immediate results. Discover Drools and learn to harvest the power of rules Write a rules engine and put it into practice Explore key features from brass tacks syntax to testing and troubleshooting In Detail Drools is a popular business rule management system. The book introduces the concept of rules separation, from what to do to how to do it. This Starter guide supports your development to keep pace with...

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Instant Puppet 3 Starter

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Instant Puppet 3 Starter

By: Jo Rhett;

Publisher: Packt Publishing

Publication Date: 26-MAR-2013

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Gain complete consistency from your systems with minimal effort using Instant Puppet 3 Starter Learn something new in an Instant! A short, fast, focused guide delivering immediate results. Learn how deterministic results can vastly reduce your workload Deploy Puppet Server as a Ruby-on-Rails application to handle thousands of clients Design your own module for complex configurations In Detail Puppet is the tool that will save you time. This book teaches you how to do more with less using Puppet 3. This guide ensures the highest level of accuracy so everything is...

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ZeroMQ

ZeroMQ

By: Faruk Akgul;

Publisher: Packt Publishing

Publication Date: 26-MAR-2013

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Use ZeroMQ and learn how to apply different message patterns Learn fundamental message/queue design patterns Work with multi-threaded programs Work with multiple sockets In Detail ØMQ (also spelled ZeroMQ, 0MQ, or ZMQ) is a high-performance asynchronous messaging library aimed at use in scalable distributed or concurrent applications. It provides a message queue, but unlike message-oriented middleware, a ØMQ system can run without a dedicated message broker. The library is designed to have a familiar socket-style API. "ZeroMQ" teaches you to use ZeroMQ through examples...

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The Official Ubuntu Server Book, Third Edition

The Official Ubuntu Server Book, Third Edition

By: Kyle Rankin; Benjamin Mako Hill

Publisher: Prentice Hall

Publication Date: 25-JUL-2013

Insert Date: 30-MAR-2013

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This is the Rough Cut version of the printed book. Ubuntu Server is a complete, free server operating system that just works, with the extra Ubuntu polish, innovation, and simplicity that administrators love. Now, there’s a definitive, authoritative guide to getting up-and-running quickly with the newest, most powerful versions of Ubuntu Server. Written by leading members of the Ubuntu community, The Official Ubuntu Server Book, Third Edition, covers all you need to know to make the most of Ubuntu Server, whether you’re a beginner or a battle-hardened senior system administrator. The...

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Microsoft® SharePoint® 2013: Designing and Architecting Solutions

Microsoft® SharePoint® 2013: Designing and Architecting Solutions

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Publisher: Microsoft Press

Publication Date: 11-JUN-2013

Insert Date: 29-MAR-2013

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Gain a deeper understanding of how SharePoint 2013 works—and learn how to make the right architecture and development decisions for a successful deployment. Guided by a team of SharePoint experts, you’ll discover design patterns that will improve the flexibility and robustness of your code as well as how to avoid common design problems....

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Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V: Deploying Hyper-V Enterprise Server Virtualization Platform

Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V: Deploying Hyper-V Enterprise Server Virtualization Platform

By: Zahir Hussain Shah;

Publisher: Packt Publishing

Publication Date: 25-MAR-2013

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Building a Hyper-V infrastructure with secured multitenancy, flexible infrastructure, scalability, and high availability A complete step-by-step Hyper-V deployment guide, covering all Hyper-V features for configuration and management best practices Understand multi-tenancy, flexible architecture, scalability, and high availability features of new Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Learn Hyper-V Replica, Hyper-V Extensible Virtual Switch, Virtual Machine Migration, Hyper-V Storage, Hyper-V Failover Clustering, and also System Center VMM and DPM for management, backup, and...

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Implementing Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 with Sure Step 2012

Implementing Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 with Sure Step 2012

By: Keith Dunkinson; Andrew Birch

Publisher: Packt Publishing

Publication Date: 22-MAR-2013

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Get to grips with AX 2012 and learn a whole host of trips and tricks to ensure project success Get the confidence to implement AX 2012 projects effectively using the Sure Step 2012 Methodology Packed with practical real-world examples as well as helpful diagrams and images that make learning easier for you Dive deep into AX 2012 to learn key technical concepts to implement and manage a project In Detail Microsoft Dynamics AX is a comprehensive Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution for midsize and larger organizations that empowers people to work effectively,...

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Developing Cloud Applications with Windows Azure™ Storage

Developing Cloud Applications with Windows Azure™ Storage

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Publisher: Microsoft Press

Publication Date: 20-MAR-2013

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Get focused, pragmatic guidance for using Windows Azure Storage to build professional cloud applications. One of the few books centered on Storage, you’ll gain expert insights for applying the right service—BLOB, tables, queues, drives—for the job....