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Microsoft® Reference Architecture for Commerce Version 2.0

The Microsoft Reference Architecture for Commerce, Version 2.0 consists of code and documentation designed to accelerate the development of e-commerce solutions for medium to large businesses. This volume includes an e-commerce application, which contains reusable and customizable components and was designed to address many of the general business requirements that are common to e-commerce solutions. It also provides complete documentation, including a thorough explanation of the application components and the decisions behind the code design and development process. Also: instructions for using, modifying, and testing the code, and procedures for setting up the development environment and installing the application.

Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2000 Operations

Designed for database administrators and system engineers, this guide provides real-world, task-based information and best practices for the day-to-day management of SQL Server 2000. It draws on the combined knowledge and experience of Microsoft Consulting Services (MCS), Microsoft's Internal Technical Support Group, and the SQL Server Developer Team--illustrating both the theory behind and the field-tested practices for improving database operations. Get specific instructions and recommendations for server monitoring, backup, verification of scheduled events, capacity planning, developer and end user support, and other key procedures--exploiting the lessons learned from real enterprise settings to improve team responsiveness and effectiveness and help avoid common errors. All PATTERNS & PRACTICES guides are--reviewed and approved by Microsoft engineering teams, consultants, partners, and customers--deliver accurate, real-world information that's technically validated and tested.

Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0: Introduction to Programming

With Hands-on, step-by-step activities this textbook guides students through the nuts and bolts of Visual Basic programming. This textbook also features extensive end-of-chapter exercises to provide essential reinforcement and practice.

Microsoft Visual Basic Basics

Microsoft Visual Basic Programming Projects: Activities Workbook

Microsoft Visual Basic Programming Projects is an ideal workbook to supplement any Visual Basic text book. Featuring multiple choice, fill in the blank, true/false, short answer, matching, and project activities, this workbook is the perfect tool for students to practice important Visual Basic programming topics and techniques.

Microsoft® Visual C++® .NET Language Reference

Here's official documentation for the Visual C++® .NET language, including descriptions of all major language elements. This LANGUAGE REFERENCE is taken from Microsoft's electronic product documentation for Visual C++ .NET. In its printed form, this material is portable, easy to use, and easy to browse--a comprehensive alternative to the substantial online help system in Visual C++ .NET. Get the technical details you need to work with: Keywords Modifiers Statements Operators Attributes Declarations Namespaces Abstract Declarators Initializers Classes, Structures, and Unions Managed Extensions Keywords Compiler Options Linker Options LINK Input and Output Files

Microsoft® Windows® Desktop Deployment Resource Kit

Deploy and manage Microsoft Windows XP and Microsoft Office 2003 Editions with expertise from well-known Windows authority Jerry Honeycutt. This official RESOURCE KIT packs the in-depth information you need to determine the best deployment path for your organization; prepare and test for deployment; automate, customize, and distribute installations; and manage and support your deployment. You also get timesaving scripts, worksheets, and a searchable eBook on CD--everything you need to help maximize the performance and reliability of your business desktops and help reduce ownership and support costs. Get in-depth guidance on how to: Apply best practices for deployment planning Identify and resolve migration and application compatibility issues Configure user settings, build distribution points, and "chain" installations Plan for and migrate users' existing data and settings Create disk images and deploy them using third-party tools Use Remote Installation Services (RIS) to support clean installations Help automate deployment with Systems Management Server (SMS) Deploy critical security and feature updates with Microsoft Software Update Services (SUS) Provide multilingual compatibility and enable support for mobile users Automate desktop deployment and management tasks with batch scripts CD includes: Scripts, worksheets, white papers, and an eBook. Get scripts to: Configure data Copy device drivers Join domains List applications Run installations Migrate users and more Plus worksheets for: Application compatibility and testing Disk imaging Distribution methods and shares Dynamic updates Master configuration RIS planning, deployment, testing Windows XP Group Policy and more A Note Regarding the CD or DVD The print version of this book ships with a CD or DVD. For those customers purchasing one of the digital formats in which this book is available, we are pleased to offer the CD/DVD content as a free download via O'Reilly Media's Digital Distribution services. To download this content, please visit O'Reilly's web site, search for the title of this book to find its catalog page, and click on the link below the cover image (Examples, Companion Content, or Practice Files). Note that while we provide as much of the media content as we are able via free download, we are sometimes limited by licensing restrictions. Please direct any questions or concerns to booktech@oreilly.com.

Microsoft® Windows® XP Inside Out

Hey, you know your way around a desktop--so now dig into Windows XP and really put your PC to work! Fully revised for Windows XP Service Pack 2 and other recent updates, this supremely organized reference now packs even more timesaving solutions, troubleshooting tips, and handy workarounds in concise, fast-answer format. It's all muscle and no fluff. Discover the best and fastest ways to perform everyday tasks, and challenge yourself to new levels of Windows mastery! Build on what you already know about Windows and quickly dive into what's new NEW--Master security essentials, including updates from Windows XP Service Pack 2 Set up your own network; manage shared folders and printers NEW--Produce your own music CDs and create movies with special effects Learn security tactics for Microsoft Internet Explorer Manage browser add-ons and help block pop-ups Employ smart startup and shutdown options Get expert tips for editing--and monitoring--the Registry Automate routine tasks with scripts and batch programs Tune, tweak, and troubleshoot your system Covers Windows XP Service Pack 2 A Note Regarding the CD or DVD The print version of this book ships with a CD or DVD. For those customers purchasing one of the digital formats in which this book is available, we are pleased to offer the CD/DVD content as a free download via O'Reilly Media's Digital Distribution services. To download this content, please visit O'Reilly's web site, search for the title of this book to find its catalog page, and click on the link below the cover image (Examples, Companion Content, or Practice Files). Note that while we provide as much of the media content as we are able via free download, we are sometimes limited by licensing restrictions. Please direct any questions or concerns to booktech@oreilly.com.

National Security Research on the Internet

Guide to research on the internet on national security issues.

Networking Health: Prescriptions for the Internet

Consumer health websites have garnered considerable media attention, but only begin to scratch the surface of the more pervasive transformations the Internet could bring to health and health care. Networking Health examines ways in which the Internet may become a routine part of health care delivery and payment, public health, health education, and biomedical research. Building upon a series of site visits, this book: Weighs the role of the Internet versus private networks in uses ranging from the transfer of medical images to providing video-based medical consultations at a distance.Reviews technical challenges in the areas of quality of service, security, reliability, and access, and looks at the potential utility of the next generation of online technologies.Discusses ways health care organizations can use the Internet to support their strategic interests and explores barriers to a broader deployment of the Internet.Recommends steps that private and public sector entities can take to enhance the capabilities of the Internet for health purposes and to prepare health care organizations to adopt new Internet-based applications.

The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story

New York Times Bestseller. "A superb book. . . . [Lewis] makes Silicon Valley as thrilling and intelligible as he made Wall Street in his best-selling Liar's Poker."--Time In the weird glow of the dying millennium, Michael Lewis set out on a safari through Silicon Valley to find the world's most important technology entrepreneur. He found this in Jim Clark, a man whose achievements include the founding of three separate billion-dollar companies. Lewis also found much more, and the result--the best-selling book The New New Thing--is an ingeniously conceived history of the Internet revolution.

The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story

A biography of the founder of Netscape serves as a illustration of the profound changes in the 1980s due to the Internet.

On Time Technology Implementation

On Time Technology Implementation presents technology implementation guidelines and lessons learned from over 30 years of successful, hands-on project experience.

Operating .NET Framework-based Applications

Get reliable, real-world answers to your questions about application deployment for Microsoft® .NET. This guide provides practical, prescriptive guidance for administrators monitoring and maintaining enterprise-level business applications based on the.NET Framework within hybrid data center environments. It also provides key information for developers designing and creating these .NET Framework-based applications. Focusing on three critical areas--security, monitoring and reporting, and sizing and capacity planning--the book recommends best solutions within each scenario. All PATTERNS & PRACTICES guides are reviewed and approved by Microsoft engineering teams, consultants, partners, and customers--delivering accurate, real-world information that's been technically validated and tested.

Oracle Parallel Processing

These days, databases often grow to enormous sizes, straining the ability of single-processor or single computer systems to handle the load. More and more organizations are turning to parallel processing to give them the performance they need. Oracle Parallel Processingis the first book to describe the full range of parallel processing capabilities in the Oracle environment. It demystifies the features and benefits of Oracle parallel processing, the various parallel architectures, parallel execution feature

Oracle SQL: The Essential Reference

Everything Oracle developers and DBAs need to know about standard SQL (Structured Query Language) and Oracle's extensions to it is in this single, concise reference volume. Quick-reference chapters investigate basic SQL elements, Data Definition Language (DDL) and Data Manipulation Language (DML), SQL functions, PL/SQL, SQL*Plus, and Oracle SQL optimization and tuning. The book covers Oracle8 i, release 8.1.6.

Outlook 2000 in a Nutshell

Outlook 2000 in a Nutshellfills the need for an up-to-date and comprehensive reference book for sophisticated users who want to get all they can out of this powerful and versatile program.

Perl for System Administration

Perl for System Administrationis for anyone who needs to use Perl for administrative tasks and needs to hit the ground running.

A Practical Approach to Parallel Computing

This book describes a way of building and using simple inexpensive parallel computers using PCs. It presents details of hardware, system software and application programming lucidly.

Presenting Xml

For the most up-to-date information on one of the hottest new markup languages, look to Presenting XML. With this easy-to-follow guide, you'll master the basic concepts and technical details you need to expand your knowledge and understanding of XML.

Principles of Computer Architecture

Designed especially for undergraduates in computer-related disciplines, with emphasis to support the compiler, operating system, and networking courses. For a first course in computer architecture or computer organization. This text covers computer architecture at the instruction set architecture (ISA) and system design levels. Starting with foundation material on data representation and computer arithmetic, the book moves through the basic components of a computer architecture, covering topics at increasing levels of complexity up through CISC, network architecture, and parallel architecture. the authors have adopted the use of a SPARC-subset for an instructional ISA called "ARC" (A RISC Computer), which is carried through the mainstream of the book, and is complemented with platform-independent software tools that simulate the ARC ISA as well as the MIPS and x86 (Pentium) ISAs.

Problem-based Learning: A Research Perspective on Learning Interactions

This volume collects recent studies conducted within the area of medical education that investigate two of the critical components of problem-based curricula--the group meeting and self-directed learning--and demonstrates that understanding these complex phenomena is critical to the operation of this innovative curriculum. It is the editors' contention that it is these components of problem-based learning that connect the initiating "problem" with the process of effective "learning." Revealing how this occurs is the task taken on by researchers contributing to this volume. The studies include use of self-reports, interviews, observations, verbal protocols, and micro-analysis to find ways into the psychological processes and sociological contexts that constitute the world of problem-based learning.

Project Management (CRC Press Revivals)

Project Management covers the full range of issues of vital concern to IT managers working in today's hurry-up, budget-conscious business environment. The handbook provides valuable advice and guidance on how to get projects finished on-time, within budget, and to the complete satisfaction of users, whether a high-tech, low-tech, financial, manufacturing, or service organization. Project Management Handbook brings together contributions from an all-star team of more than 40 of experts working at leading enterprise organizations and consulting firms across America, and around the world. With the help of dozens of fascinating and instructive case studies and vignettes, reporting experiences in a wide range of business sectors, those experts share their insights and experience and extrapolate practicable guidelines and actions steps that project managers can put to work on their current projects.

Protecting Data Privacy in Health Services Research

The need for quality improvement and for cost saving are driving both individual choices and health system dynamics. The health services research that we need to support informed choices depends on access to data, but at the same time, individual privacy and patient-health care provider confidentiality must be protected.

Python Programming on Win32

Despite Python's increasing popularity on Windows, Python Programming on Win32 is the first book to demonstrate how to use it as a serious Windows development and administration tool. This book addresses all the basic technologies for common integration tasks on Windows, explaining both the Windows issues and the Python code you need to glue things together.