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Here are some more books
from which one can select a title for review, thanks to the fine folks at McGraw
Hill. Let me know (off-list) if you're interested in one, sharing your mailing
address also.
Programming: Visual Basic 2005: The Complete Reference by Ron Petrusha Pages: 874 pp / Price $49.99 / ISBN 0-07-226033-5 This book serves as a sourcebook that readers can constantly turn to for basic reference documentation, troubleshooting hints, coding techniques, and ideas about how and whether they might use an element. Petrusha shares powerful undocumented features, shortcuts, and tricks. He explains the key differences between Visual Basic 2005 and previous versions, and offers plenty of sample code. Small code fragments are used to illustrate each theme that’s discussed, and longer examples illustrate the usage of the language element as a whole.
JavaServer Faces: The Complete Reference by Ed Burns, Christian Schalk & James Holmes Pages: 650 pp / Price $49.99 / ISBN 0-07-226240-0 Ideal for the 3+ million Java developers, this fast-paced tutorial offers in-depth coverage of JavaServer Faces (JSF). Co-written by the #1 JSF expert in the Java community, this book offers the most complete resource on JSF available and extensive coverage on JSF custom component development. It also serves as a thorough introduction to AJAX technology and techniques, and provides numerous custom JSF component examples including AJAX enabled components.
Databases: Business Objects XI: The Complete Reference by Cindi Howson Pages: 650 pp / Price $69.99 / ISBN 0-07-226265-6 The book covers everything from planning your upgrade to the latest release, to best practices in universe design, and powerful report creation that maximizes business insight. There's in depth coverage of Designer, security via the Central Management Console, InfoView, Web Intelligence, and Desktop Intelligence. It goes beyond step-by-step instructions to cover how and why in a business context. Transition notes are interspersed for version 5 and 6 customers to understand the biggest changes in XI Release 2.
Hands-On SQL Server 2005 Integration Services by Nanda Ashwani Pages: 592 pp / Price $49.99 / ISBN 0-07-226319-9 This book shows how to maximize the features of SQL Server 2005 Integration Services and makes learning SSIS easy through the use of extensive real-world exercises structured around every component within the tool. Readers will learn to collect corporate data from various sources and transform that data for analysis, mining, and reporting.
Oracle Press: Hands-On Oracle Database 10g Express Edition for Linux by Steve Bobrowski Pages: 544 pp w/CD / Price $49.99 / ISBN 0-07-226327-X This complete solution in a book includes a CD-ROM with a full distribution of Oracle Database 10g Express Edition (Oracle Database XE) – Oracle’s new and first completely free database release. It shows readers, step by step, how to set up, administer, tune, troubleshoot, and secure a robust database system. Readers also learn to use PL/SQL and Oracle Application Express to build custom database applications and get started immediately with the Oracle database that’s free to develop, deploy, and distribute.
Hands-On Oracle Database 10g Express Edition for Windows by Steve Bobrowski Pages: 544 pp w/CD / Price $49.99 / ISBN 0-07-226331-8 This complete solution in a book includes a CD-ROM with a full distribution of Oracle Database 10g Express Edition (Oracle Database XE) – Oracle’s new and first completely free database release. It shows readers, step by step, how to set up, administer, tune, troubleshoot, and secure a robust database system. Readers also learn to use PL/SQL and Oracle Application Express to build custom database applications and get started immediately with the Oracle database that’s free to develop, deploy, and distribute.
Enterprise Grid Computing with Oracle by Brajesh Goyal & Shilpa Lawande Page: 408 pp / Price: 44.99 / ISBN 0-07-226280-X Written by the former principal product manager for Grid Computing at Oracle, this is the only book on the market that explains how to take full advantage of the agility, reliability, and low cost of Enterprise Grid Computing in the Oracle environment. The book discusses the technologies and processes involved in moving towards the grid model at every layer of the IT stack, including storage, servers, databases, and applications.
Oracle E-Business Suite Security by John Abel Pages: 408 pp / Price: 65.00 / ISBN 0-07-226276-1 Oracle E-Business Suite Security covers everything from key infrastructure, technical, and functional information to cutting-edge auditing, cryptography, and VPD techniques. Real-world scenarios and insightful tips throughout illustrate how to hacker-proof, audit, and troubleshoot any system. Critical information on international regulatory standards, access to online code, and a blueprint of deployment topology are included.
Security: Hacking Exposed Web Applications: Web Security Secrets & Solutions, E2 by Joel Scambray, Mike Shema, and Caleb Sima Pages: 552 pp / Price $49.99 / ISBN 0-07-226299-0 The author team explains how to investigate web application security internals from outside and in, how to spot and exploit the weak points, and most importantly, they describe the security countermeasures that really make a difference. They leverage the classic, two-pronged approach adapted from the original Hacking Exposed. First, they catalog the greatest threats a web application will face and explain how they work in excruciating detail. Once they have the readers’ attention by showing them the damage that can be done, they explain how to prevent each attack.
Certification: Wireless# Certification Official Study Guide (Exam PW0-050) by Tom Carpenter Pages: 436 pp / Price $59.99 / ISBN 0-07-226342-3 Reviewed and authorized by the exam developers at the CWNP Program, the book thoroughly covers all the exam objectives for this exciting new entry level wireless credential from the leaders in professional wireless certification. Geared toward computer hardware and networking technicians, this new certification includes a wide range of introductory-level wireless technologies, including WiFi, WiMAX, Bluetooth, and ZigBee.
Wireless: WiMAX Crash Course by Steven Shepard Pages: 339 pp / Price $39.95 / ISBN 0-07-226307-5 This book provides an accessible overview of the revolutionary solution for wireless delivery of broadband services. Using real-world examples, the book explains how WiMAX works, the applications it enables, and how it integrates with other technologies. Steven Shepard offers in-depth coverage of the business and economic implications, regulatory issues, and strategies for integration and deployment of this groundbreaking technology. The full coverage of WiMAX in the book includes an introduction to Wireless and WiMAX, WiMAX history and support organizations, and WiMAX and other broadband wireless futures.
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