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10141. 

Understanding DB2® 9 Security: DB2® Information Management Software

Understanding DB2® 9 Security: DB2® Information Management Software

By: Rebecca Bond; Kevin Yeung-Kuen See; Carmen Ka Man Wong; Yuk-Kuen Henry Chan

Publisher: IBM Press

Publication Date: 13-DEC-2006

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Understanding DB2 9 Security is the only comprehensive guide to securing DB2 and leveraging the powerful new security features of DB2 9. Direct from a DB2 Security deployment expert and the IBM® DB2 development team, this book gives DBAs and their managers a wealth of security information that is available nowhere else. It presents real-world implementation scenarios, step-by-step examples, and expert guidance on both the technical and human sides of DB2 security. This book’s material is organized to support you through every step of securing DB2 in Windows®, Linux®, or UNIX® environments....

10142. 

UAT Defined: A Guide to Practical User Acceptance Testing

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UAT Defined: A Guide to Practical User Acceptance Testing

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Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional

Publication Date: 28-NOV-2006

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This digtial Short Cut provides a concise and supremely useful guide to the emerging trend of User Acceptance Testing (UAT). The ultimate goal of UAT is to validate that a system of products is of sufficient quality to be accepted by the users and, ultimately, the sponsors. This Short Cut is unique in that it views UAT through the concept that the user should be represented in every step of the software delivery lifecycle--including requirements, designs, testing, and maintenance--so that the user community is prepared, and even eager, to accept the software once it is completed. Rob...

10143. 

SQL Server 2005 Practical Troubleshooting: The Database Engine

SQL Server 2005 Practical Troubleshooting: The Database Engine

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Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional

Publication Date: 08-DEC-2006

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Never-Before-Published Insiders’ Information for Troubleshooting SQL Server 2005. This is the definitive guide to troubleshooting the Microsoft SQL Server 2005 database engine, direct from the people who know it most intimately: the people who wrote it, designed it, and support it. SQL Server expert Ken Henderson, author of the best-selling Guru’s Guides to SQL Server, has assembled a “dream team” of SQL Server developers and support engineers to provide in-depth troubleshooting and diagnostic information that has never been documented before: information that would be impossible to...

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MySQL Cookbook, Second Edition

MySQL Cookbook, Second Edition

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Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.

Publication Date: 27-NOV-2006

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Along with MySQL's popularity has come a flood of questions about solving specific problems, and that's where this Cookbook is essential. Designed as a handy resource when you need quick solutions or techniques, the book offers dozens of short, focused pieces of code and hundreds of worked-out examples for programmers of all levels who don't have the time (or expertise) to solve MySQL problems from scratch. The new edition covers MySQL 5.0 and its powerful new features, as well as the older but still widespread MySQL 4.1. One major emphasis of this book is how to use SQL to formulate queries...

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Essential CVS, Second Edition

Essential CVS, Second Edition

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Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.

Publication Date: 20-NOV-2006

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This easy-to-follow reference shows a variety of professionals how to use the Concurrent Versions System (CVS), the open source tool that lets you manage versions of anything stored in files. Ideal for software developers tracking different versions of the same code, this new edition has been expanded to explain common usages of CVS for system administrators, project managers, software architects, user-interface (UI) specialists, graphic designers and others. Current for version 1.12, Essential CVS, 2nd Edition offers an overview of CVS, explains the core concepts, and describes the commands...

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Mongrel

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Mongrel

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Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.

Publication Date: 15-NOV-2006

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This shortcut teaches you how to use Mongrel, the new high-performance web application container for Rails. It starts with basic setup and installation, but goes well beyond the basics, showing you how to set up Mongrel clusters, how to use Mongrel behind Apache and other web servers, and more. Mongrel has given Rails developers a first-rate server. If you've suffered through Rails apps deployed on Apache or Lighttpd with FCGI, suffer no more! Start using Mongrel, and say good-bye to FCGI and all its problems. ...

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Cisco Network Admission Control Volume I: NAC Framework Architecture and Design A guide to endpoint compliance enforcement Today, a variety of security challenges affect all businesses regardless of size and location. Companies face ongoing challenges with the fight against malware such as worms, viruses, and spyware. Today’s mobile workforce attach numerous devices to the corporate network that are harder to control from a security policy perspective. These host devices are often lacking antivirus updates and operating system patches, thus exposing the entire network to infection. As a...

10148. 

Integrating and Extending BIRT

Integrating and Extending BIRT

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Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional

Publication Date: 16-NOV-2006

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A new edition of this title is available, ISBN-10: 0321580303 ISBN-13: 9780321580306 The second of a two-book series about business intelligence and reporting technology, Integrating and Extending BIRT introduces programmers to BIRT architecture and the reporting framework. Built on the Eclipse platform, this exciting technology makes it possible for programmers to build and deploy customized reports using scripting and BIRT APIs. In addition, programmers can extend the BIRT framework by building new plug-ins using the Eclipse Plug-in Development Environment. This book describes the key...

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Secure ASP.NET AJAX Development

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Secure ASP.NET AJAX Development

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Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional

Publication Date: 17-NOV-2006

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Many organizations are diving headfirst into AJAX technologies to make their Web applications richer and more user friendly, but they often do not realize the security implications of the AJAX approach. Microsoft's ASP.NET AJAX technologies, commonly known by the codename "Atlas," and other AJAX frameworks are changing the way Web applications look and are developed, but Web developers are often unaware of the security risks they are introducing into their applications with these emerging technologies. AJAX fundamentally changes the user experience and server interaction in Web...

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Advanced ActionScript 3 with Design Patterns

Advanced ActionScript 3 with Design Patterns

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Publisher: Adobe Press

Publication Date: 02-NOV-2006

Insert Date: 18-NOV-2006

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Today's ActionScript-based applications require increasingly sophisticated architectures and code. This book aids intermediate and advanced ActionScript developers in  learning how to plan and build applications more effectively. You'll learn how to apply design patterns as solutions to common programming scenarios. Beyond a reference, Advanced ActionScript with Design Patterns is a practical guide complete with sample mini-applications illustrating each design pattern. Table of Contents: Part I - Successful Projects 1. How to Design Applications     2. Programming to...

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BIRT: A Field Guide to Reporting

BIRT: A Field Guide to Reporting

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Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional

Publication Date: 26-OCT-2006

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A new edition of this title is available, ISBN-10: 0321580273 ISBN-13: 9780321580276 The first in a two-book series about Business Intelligence and Reporting Technology, BIRT: A Field Guide to Reporting introduces reporting to a broad base of users. Built on the Eclipse platform, this exciting technology makes it possible for programmers and non-programmers to build and deploy complex reports with minimal effort. BIRT: A Field Guide to Reporting presents information about how to develop and customize reports of progressive complexity using BIRT Report Designer. This tool was designed from...

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Delphi in a Nutshell

Delphi in a Nutshell

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Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.

Publication Date: 16-MAR-2000

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With a new name and a new focus on CORBA, database drivers, and Microsoft Back Office applications, Inprise/Borland Delphi is enjoying a resurgence, with a growing user base of programmers who use Delphi for rapid development of enterprise computing applications. Not to rest on success, the latest version of Delphi, Version 5, includes further expansion and refinement of the 3-tier application framework introduced in Delphi 4 and has resulted in a prize-winning product. Delphi in a Nutshell is the first concise reference to Borland/Inprise Delphi available. It succinctly collects all the...

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Macromedia® FLASH® Professional 8: Training from the Source

Macromedia® FLASH® Professional 8: Training from the Source

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Publisher: Macromedia Press

Publication Date: 16-NOV-2005

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Offering breakthrough video capabilities and powerful run-time effects, Macromedia Flash Professional 8 is poised to upend the Web video market, posing a serious challenge to Microsoft, RealNetworks, and Apple’s efforts in the process. Here to make sure you’re ready for it–and can start taking advantage of its creative tools, authoring power, flexibility, and rich video capabilities immediately–is the official Macromedia training for the program. Through 20-plus hours of project-based instruction, you’ll learn how to program for the enhanced Flash Player; use ActionScript to create...

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CSS, DHTML, and Ajax: Visual QuickStart Guide, Fourth Edition

CSS, DHTML, and Ajax: Visual QuickStart Guide, Fourth Edition

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Publisher: Peachpit Press

Publication Date: 17-OCT-2006

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The Web doesn't stand still, and neither does this guide: Completely updated to cover the new browsers, standards, and CSS, DHTML, and Ajax features that define the Web today, the one thing that hasn't changed in this edition is its task-based visual approach to the topic. In these pages, readers will find friendly, step-by-step instructions for using CSS, DHTML, and Ajax to add visually sophisticated, interactive elements to their Web sites. Using loads of tips and screen shots, veteran author Jason Cranford Teague covers a lot of ground--from basic and advanced dynamic techniques (for...

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Computer and Communication Networks

Computer and Communication Networks

By: Nader F. Mir

Publisher: Prentice Hall

Publication Date: 02-NOV-2006

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As the number and variety of communication services grow, so do the challenges of designing cost-effective networks that meet the requirements of emerging technologies in wireless, sensor, and mesh networks. Computer and Communication Networks is the first book to offer balanced coverage of all these topics using extensive case studies and examples. This essential reference begins by providing a solid foundation in TCP/IP schemes, wireless networking, Internet applications, and network security. The author then delves into the field’s analytical aspects and advanced networking...

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MCSA/MCSE 70-290 Exam Prep: Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2003 Environment

MCSA/MCSE 70-290 Exam Prep: Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2003 Environment

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Publisher: Pearson Certification

Publication Date: 21-NOV-2006

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&> Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2003 Environment Your Complete Certification Solution! Exam 70-290 Lee Scales The Smart Way to Study™ In This Book You’ll Learn How To Implement and manage local and network resources Manage files and folders Implement, manage, monitor, and troubleshoot hardware devices Implement, manage, monitor, and troubleshoot disk quotas Implement, manage, monitor, and troubleshoot Print Monitor Monitor and optimize system performance Implement and manage group policy Manage and implement disaster...

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Get in-depth exam prep for Exam 70-536, a core MCTS exam for the new Microsoft Technology Specialist and Professional Developer certifications —and build real-world job skills. Includes reviews, case studies, code samples, and more. NOTE: Please see the latest edition of the book on Safari here ...

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Sams has assembled a team of experts in web services to provide you with a detailed reference guide on XML, SOAP, USDL and UDDI. Building Web Services with Java is in its second edition and it includes the newest standards for managing security, transactions, reliability and interoperability in web service applications. Go beyond the explanations of standards and find out how and why these tools were designed as they are and focus on practical examples of each concept. Download your source code from the publisher's website and work with a running example of a full enterprise solution. Learn...

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MCSE Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure  Exam 70-294 Your Complete Certification Solution! The Smart Way to Study™ In This Book You’ll Learn How To: Understand the impact of the latest improvements in Windows Server™ 2003 on Active Directory, including Service Pack 1 (SP1) and Release 2 (R2) Plan an Active Directory infrastructure, including forests, trees, domains, organizational units (OUs), sites, global catalogs, and operations masters Install Active Directory domain controllers in forest...

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Deploying Zone-Based Firewalls

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Deploying Zone-Based Firewalls

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Publisher: Cisco Press

Publication Date: 08-NOV-2006

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Deploying Zone-Based Firewalls (Digital Short Cut) Ivan Pepelnjak ISBN: 1-58705-310-1 Improved firewall policy configuration means network administrators can more easily understand the effect of firewall policies on network traffic. This functionality allows the grouping of physical and virtual interfaces into zones to simplify logical network topology. The creation of these zones enables the application of firewall policies on a zone-to-zone basis, instead of having to configure policies separately on each interface. With this functionality, configuration is easier to...