Subjects:  1. Computer Books: Languages    2. Computer Operating Systems    3. Computers - Languages / Programming    4. Distributed Computer Systems    5. Distributed operating systems (Computers)    6. Distributed processing    7. Electronic data processing    8. Microsoft Windows NT    9. Operating Systems - General    10. Programming - Software Development    11. Programming Languages - General    12. Computer Communications & Networking    13. Computer architecture & logic design    14. Microsoft Windows   

Subjects:  1. Computer Books: Database    2. Computers    3. Computers - Communications / Networking    4. Database Management - General    5. Networking - General    6. Operating Systems - General    7. Programming - Software Development    8. Computer architecture & logic design    9. Computers / Networking / General    10. MANETs    11. P2P systems    12. ad-hoc networks    13. adaptive systems    14. autonomic computing    15. distributed systems    16. emergent behavior    17. evolutionary engineering    18. grid computing    19. peer-to-peer computing    20. self-diagnosis    21. self-maintance    22. self-optimization    23. self-organizing applications    24. self-organizing systems    25. self-regulation    26. self-repair    27. sensor networks   

Features

• Facsimile

Subjects:  1. Computer Bks - Data Base Management    2. Computer Books: Database    3. Computer Books: General    4. Computers    5. Computers - Data Base Management    6. Data Modeling & Design    7. Database Engineering    8. Database Management - General    9. Database management    10. Distributed databases    11. Parallel processing (Electroni    12. Parallel processing (Electronic computers)    13. Automatic control engineering    14. Computers / Data Modeling & Design    15. Databases & data structures   

Reviews (1)

Authoritative!
No stone left unturned!Even if you don't support a TruCluster, this is a must have book for any Tru64 admin.You can gain insight into system internals, storage management, sysadmin tools like ca, etc.Packed with tips, tricks, and custom scripts.In short- lot's and lots of goodies! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Client/server computing    2. Computer Books: Operating Systems    3. Computers    4. Computers - General Information    5. Distributed processing    6. Electronic data processing    7. Internet - Hardware    8. Operating Systems - UNIX    9. Parallel processing (Electroni    10. Parallel processing (Electronic computers)    11. Programming - Software Development    12. Programming - Systems Analysis & Design    13. Computer Communications & Networking    14. Computers / Operating Systems / General    15. Unix, Unix Linux & Unix TCL/TK   

Subjects:  1. Cognitive Psychology    2. Computers - General Information    3. Data Processing - Parallel Processing    4. Distributed processing    5. Electronic data processing    6. Parallel Processing    7. Parallel processing (Electroni    8. Parallel processing (Electronic computers)    9. Psychology    10. Cognition & cognitive psychology    11. General Theory of Computing    12. Psychology & Psychiatry / Cognitive Psychology   

Reviews (1)

Critic
It would be much more useful if the examples were more analytical.Some "advanced" techniques(e.g. EHLLAPI , Message Object ,Master Detail Datawindows , Multi Table Updates , MDI Interface ,DynamicDatawindows etc.) should be covered indepth with "like a manual" examples. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Application software    2. Computer Bks - Languages / Programming    3. Computer Books: Database    4. Computer Programming    5. Database Management - General    6. Development    7. Distributed Computer Systems    8. PowerBuilder    9. Programming - General    10. Programming Languages - General    11. Systems analysis & design    12. Utilities & tools   

Reviews (23)

Thousands of pages of bulletted lists. Useless.
Someone mentioned that it is a thousand page brochure. Right on the (wasted) money sir! I bought this book to gain some insight into SAP. But this book was a great disappointment. Words don't come to me to describe my disgust after wasting 75 dollars on this book. Just because SAP knowledge isn't easily available, people like me keep wasting our money on whatever is available in the market. I have learned my lesson, now I spend a couple of hours sitting in Barnes and Noble before making a decision to buy.
Good reference book for SAP Implementation
This book's orientation is different from many other SAP books.The target segment for this book appears to be prospective SAP Consultants aspiring to be involved in implementation of projects, personnel in the Implementing organisation whose services will be used in implementation and end user. These days many people get trained/ acquire knowledge in SAP modules such as FI-CO, Logistics, SD, HRMS, etc by attending training courses in various Computer Training Institutes. Some even work as Trainee Consultants in some organisations. The real-life Implementation experience is all together different from what these people learn in Institutes. I feel that this book will be certainly helpful to fill such gap between real-life Implementation exp and learnings. At least, the book will enable the reader what to do when he is put in the project for the first time. Good points abt this book: 1. It gives good view of R/3 architecture 2. Giving ideas about possible Implementation issues that can arise 3. Inputs for preparing a good SAPper CV 4. Employment opportunities in SAP. Negative points: Jack of all, master of none! Inadequate coverage of various modules, which is understandable! Jack of all master of none..
This was my first book on SAP, it did help to get an overview nothing more. If you're planning to ge t specialized in ABAP or any Module then better forget this one. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business Software - General    2. Computer Bks - Other Applications    3. Computer Books: Database    4. Computers    5. Database Management - General    6. Distributed Computer Systems    7. Hardware - Personal Computers - Macintosh    8. Management Information Systems    9. Microcomputer Application Software    10. Database software    11. Internet   

Subjects:  1. CAD-CAM - General    2. Computers - General Information    3. Data processing    4. Distributed processing    5. Electronic data processing    6. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    7. Engineering - General    8. Industrial Engineering (Specific Aspects)    9. Process control    10. Science/Mathematics    11. Technology    12. Technology & Industrial Arts    13. Robotics    14. Technology / Engineering / Electrical   

Reviews (10)

inconsistent and expensive
This book is, as someone above said very hastily written. It repeats itself, and has a tacky structure, despite its 138 pages (references included). With that in mind, the price is quite hefty. but there are lots of references, which is a plus. There must be better books or papers out there which introduces ontologies.

Abstractions made practical
The Semantic Web and knowledge management converge in this book by Dieter Fensel. Ontologies, a term from philosophy referring to the types and classifications of things that exist, recently has become a term of art in the area of business technology design. This book systematically introduces the idea of ontologies and shows clearly and in detail how to apply this conceptual framework for enhanced Internet-based e-commerce and improved Intranet retrieval of corporate information and knowledge. The notion of ontologies first gained acceptance outside philosophical circles among those working on the Semantic Web as a means to enable agents to reason about Web content and provide sensible responses to unanticipated situations. Fensel provides a thorough survey of a range of ontology-based knowledge representation techniques in terms of their applicability to Web-based information exchange. While the first part of the book will be accessible to non-experts interest in the use of ontologies in e-commerce and knowledge management, the second part presents a more technical view on emerging Web standards.

Good title, hasty content!
The book leaves impression of a quickly put together text.It does contain important references and web pointers, but could have been much better. I am mildly dissapointed. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business/Economics    3. Database management    4. Electronic commerce    5. General    6. Management - General    7. Networking - General    8. Semantic Web    9. Technology & Industrial Arts    10. Computers / Artificial Intelligence    11. Conzeptualization    12. Cooperative information system    13. Distributive industries    14. Information agents    15. Information extraction    16. Internet searching    17. Knowledge management    18. Knowledge processing    19. Knowledge-based systems / expert systems    20. Ontologies    21. Web portals   

Subjects:  1. Artificial Intelligence - General    2. Computer Books: General    3. Computers    4. Computers - General Information    5. Database Management - General    6. Distributed processing    7. Electronic data processing    8. Intelligent agents (Computer s    9. Intelligent agents (Computer software)    10. Interactive & Multimedia    11. Multimedia systems    12. Virtual Reality    13. Artificial intelligence    14. Multimedia   

Reviews (3)

An Excellent Introduction to Data Warehousing
My introduction to Data Warehousing was a water cooler discussion with a colleague just returned from a Data Warehousing workshop.The main topic of that discussion was the long development time required by data warehousing projects and how foolish it was start any project where the first "deliverable" to a business user was planned for three years hence. NYC Consultant
What an asset to the Internet enabled Data Warehouse!As a consultant inthe field, someone offering a practical solution to the Data Warehousingenvironment provided valuable insight that I can offer my clients. WithInternet applications becoming more abundant and the volume of clickstreamdata reaching terabyte sizes, it is wonderful that the author offered asolution of distributing pieces of the data warehouse across differentnodes. The authors' step-by-step process, that includes a valuablediscussion on security, will assist in multiple environments but especiallyin the e-commerce arena.

Turning Fantasy to Reality
R. A. Moellers approach in this book is extremely pactical.The authorgive usable examples on how to build a distributed data warehouse thatcould cross political boundardies.This is valuable to anyone buildinge-commerce applications that cross not only divisional boundardies butcorporate boundaries.The chapter on security was especially interestingand helpful for an e-commerce situation as well. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business / Economics / Finance    2. Computer Books: General    3. Computers    4. Data Processing - General    5. Data warehousing    6. Database Management - General    7. Distributed processing    8. Electronic data processing    9. Information Management    10. Management Information Systems    11. World Wide Web    12. Business & Management    13. Computer Communications & Networking    14. Distribution & warehousing management    15. Internet    16. Management decision making   

Editorial Review

Aimed at the reader who has a little previous VB experience, Read more

Reviews (6)

Make it relevant
Hey Spike, if you're going to bash my book at least be man enough to give your name. The review also wasn't relevant as it attacked the company I work for and didn't say anything about the book. I would expect that review and this one to be deleted.

Second rate author with third rate company
Give it up for a failing, tired, third rate company that is not going anywhere.Dan is not the best but he deserves better.The book is not too bad but I have seen better especially some of the newer books.He's getting better.At least Box is not writing from Q.

Great Insights
I enjoy the clarity and pace of the author's writing. The first part of the book lays a basic .NET foundation rich in explainations and diagrams. Part two emphasizes Enterprise component building techniques while part three integrates the concepts presented. I found the code samples to have many insights helpful in developing real-world business applications. I highly recommend this book for those moving beyond .NET basics and learning on their own. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Application software    2. Basic (Programming Language)    3. Client-Server Computing - General    4. Computer Books: General    5. Computers    6. Computers - Languages / Programming    7. Development    8. Distributed Computer Systems    9. Distributed processing    10. Electronic data processing    11. Microsoft .NET    12. Microsoft Visual BASIC    13. Programming - General    14. Programming Languages - Visual BASIC    15. Computers / Programming Languages / Visual BASIC   

Editorial Review

Written for the intermediate or advanced C++/DCOM developer, Read more

Reviews (8)

Another candidate for the camp fire
Micro$oft is famous for its ability to push out new development technologies. The reason behind this planned obsolesence is obvious, every time they come out with something new people will have to open their wallets to "keep up." This book is a MUST HAVE classic
I keep coming back to this book and finding more and more information on working with the various parts of COM. I definitely recommend COM/DCOM Unleashed to anybody using COM.

Infrastructure Specialist
Anyone rating this book above a one is either a friend of the author orhas shares in the publisher. The books consists of random chapters with nocommon thread or purpose. Read more

Subjects:  1. COM (Computer architecture)    2. Computer Architecture    3. Computer Bks - Languages / Programming    4. Computer Books: Languages    5. Computers    6. DCOM (Computer architecture)    7. Distributed Computer Systems    8. Distributed processing    9. Electronic data processing    10. Management Information Systems    11. Object-Oriented Programming    12. Programming - Object Oriented Programming    13. Networking packages   

Reviews (3)

It is indeed easy and well defined
Chris Brown has written a clear book on the Distributed Progrmming under the UNIX environment. When I started to look into this subject I faced so many barriers cause of lack of clarity and easiness of the other books andmaterials covering this subject. I have to admit also that I sometimesdecided to give the whole thing up. Fortunately, I came across this bookand it revived my hope. It is really a good book to start with and deservesof studying. Particular attention should be paid on Sockets. I wouldhowever suggest some matterials on the web which could be covered beforereading this book. Many examples have worked for me. The way he providesthe code examples (which are in C) is also comprehensive and anyone withexperience in C should not have problems with understanding them. I would,however, recommend other books (such as Stevens Unix Network Programmingand Advanced Programming under the UNIX environment as well as Excellent introduction, but not the deepest book.
This book has very nice explanations. Sometimes they almost seem too simple, but you can count on it not being over your head.It has lots of illustrations and is fairly easy to read.I think the author takes acomplex topic and explains it very, very well.It's also a lot shorterthan some of the books by W. Richard Stevens.Both this book and Stevens's"UNIX Network Programming" are too old to include POSIXsemaphores. If you get your hands on a book on UNIX distributedprogramming, look in the index for "sem_init" or posix to see ifit has the latest technology.I think everyone who programs in a unixenvironment should read this book to get a broad introduction to thistopic.If you have the time to read 2 books on this topic, I recommendthis one 1st to understand the concepts and another book with more examplesto get more ideas for coding.

Perfect guide to UNIX distributed programming for beginners
This book has helped me a lot with my assignments in a graduatedistributed systems course. Even if you are not familiar with UNIXdistributed programming, after reading this book, you will start writingexcellent programs for UNIX distributed environment. (You need to befamiliar with programming in C) ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Computer Books: Operating Systems    2. Computers - Languages / Programming    3. Distributed processing    4. Electronic data processing    5. Operating Systems - UNIX    6. Programming Languages - General    7. UNIX (Computer file)    8. Computer Programming    9. Unix, Unix Linux & Unix TCL/TK   

Reviews (6)

A good refresher
The boss tossed this one to me as he felt it was good. This is a good book for going over the core concepts of DNS and BIND.
The Concise Guide to DNS and BIND
I haven't had a chance to read the book yet, but it appears helpful from the parts that I have scanned.

Practical and to the point
I liked this book.It covers interesting and relevant fields (DDNS, security concerns, how to interface with DNS from different languages, ...) in addition to the basics, in enough depth to be really useful.It is practical and down-to-earth, with thorough examples, explaining how things work and why.It definitely helped me grok the ideas and concepts behind DNS. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Computer - Internet    2. Computer Books: General    3. Computers    4. Data Transmission Standards And Protocols    5. Distributed Computer Systems    6. Internet - General    7. Management Information Systems    8. Networking - Network Protocols    9. Operating Systems - UNIX    10. Computer Communications & Networking    11. Computers / Operating Systems / UNIX    12. Internet   

Reviews (1)

Somewhat outdated but comprehensive
This book is already somewhat outdated (six years) in relation to the cutting edge of fault tolerance research but it's a good and comprehensive introduction to the subject, and great to programmers looking for some understaning of fault tolerance, as commercial tools still have much to go before catching up with what is in this book. This field is getting more and more important as business systems are being moved to the internet and need to remain operarional 24/7. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Client-Server Computing - General    2. Computer - Internet    3. Computer Bks - Internet    4. Computer Books: General    5. Distributed Computer Systems    6. Distributed processing    7. Electronic data processing    8. Fault-tolerant computing    9. Internet - General    10. Networking - General    11. Computers / Client-Server Computing    12. Data security & data encryption    13. Systems management   

Reviews (26)

Deals with Weblogic 7.0
This book is certainly good. Very detailed. And it is cool.
Just what I needed
If you are new to WebLogic and/or are somewhat mystified by J2EE buy this book. It's a great resource and it is totally worth the money. It helps you get up and running quickly without getting too bogged down in all the BEA documentation. I found the overview of the J2EE technologies very enriching and the demonstration of WebLogic's value proposition and capabilities easy to digest. It also has some very helpful and practical suggestions for working out some thorny issues with WebLogic server such as class loaders, deployment etc. I'm constantly referring to it. The author has really done his homework and has done a valuable service to the WebLogic developer community by writing this book. When I had a question regarding some portions of the text I emailed the author and he responded within hours! He not only helped answer my question but also pointed me in the right direction where I could do additional research. It's nice to see someone stand by their work like that.

Print version of online documentation
If you prefer print version of the online documentation here it is. Unfortunately, not much content in addition to that online component. Provides a solid introduction to weblogic and j2ee, although does not go into depth in any particular topic. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Client-Server Computing - General    2. Computer Books: General    3. Computer Networks    4. Computers - Languages / Programming    5. Distributed Computer Systems    6. Internet - Web Site Design    7. Internet - World Wide Web    8. Programming Languages - Java    9. Client/server computing    10. Distributed processing    11. Electronic data processing    12. Internet    13. Java (Computer program language)    14. Web servers   

Subjects:  1. Computer Books: Database    2. Computers    3. Computers - Data Base Management    4. Database Management - General    5. Database management    6. Distributed Databases    7. Information Storage & Retrieval    8. Databases & data structures    9. Reference works    10. Systems analysis & design   

Editorial Review

Targeted at the SAP R/3 developer, Read more

Reviews (40)

not worth buying at all
This book is not worth buying at all. the author cleverly uses buzz words and selling tactics that try to make the book look good. I would shop for other SAP books. Dont waste your money on this one.

ABAP Developers MUST READ THIS BOOK
Mr. Kasturi presents the ever confusing world of SAP EDI and ALE in a very simple manner.His penchant for using "honking big images" really helps out as he takes you through the configuration steps required to get ALE/EDI up and running on your SAP system. Not worthwhile
I am an experienced SD consultant and work often with EDI.I have about 15 SAP books of which 2 are worthless:this book and the large 'Que' handbook.When you eliminate screenprints, abap code and dictionary descriptions dumped right out of SAP you are left with only about 150 pages of basic text.My colleague and I have half-jokingly considered trying to get McGraw Hill to buy this book back.On completely the other side of the coin - the book on the same topic by Arvind Nagpal is possibly the best SAP book I own.If this book is worth $5 (probably not) then the Nagpal book is worth $500.Read more

Subjects:  1. Business    2. Business Software - SAP    3. Computer Bks - Communications / Networking    4. Computer Books And Software    5. Computer programs    6. Computers    7. Data Transmission Systems - General    8. Database Management - General    9. Distributed Computer Systems    10. Electronic data interchange    11. Hardware - Personal Computers - Macintosh    12. Management Information Systems    13. Microcomputer Application Software    14. Programming - General    15. SAP R/3    16. EDI (electronic data interchange)    17. Operating systems & graphical user interfaces (GUIs)   

Editorial Review

Written for C++ developers seeking the valuable Microsoft Certified Software Developer (MCSD) credential, Read more

Reviews (9)

Developers wanting to Master VC++ should buy this book
A brilliant book that every seasoned Windows C++ professional developer must read. Trivial
The book is extremely trivial and doesn't give you in-depth & thoroughly coverage of any of its topics. A lot of material is monotonous & repetitive and the author doesn't provide comprehensive clarification of some distinctive and important terms...In general, this book is completely waste of time and money...

At 1st glance great....looks are deceiving
When I 1st started reading and studying this book, I thought it was great.Then I realized that I thought this only because it covered areas I was not familiar with.When I got to areas I WAS familiar with, I realized that the explanations were hard to follow and perfunctory compared to other books I had read on the same subjects.The EXAM CRAM series is much more readable and in-depth.The coverage of IUnknown, IDispatch, ATL and COM in general are hard to follow and too advanced for beginners.The accompanied CD is missing files required to compile and run the examples.All in all, it still won't hurt to have it as a reference once you do learn the basics elsewhere. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. C (Programming Language)    2. Certification    3. Certification - MCSD    4. Computer Bks - Certification    5. Computer Books And Software    6. Computers    7. Distributed Computer Systems    8. Distributed processing    9. Electronic data processing    10. Management Information Systems    11. Microsoft Visual C++    12. Programming - General    13. Programming Languages - C++    14. Programming Languages - Visual C++    15. C & Visual C