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Best among the LPIC prep books
I just passed LPIC 101 with a good score thanks to this book. It follows the LPIC objectives very closely. Since the publication of the book the objectives were updated at the end of last year, so you might have to read upon those changed ones.
Good Linux administration overview as well as study guide
I picked this book up to use as a study guide for taking the LPIC-1 102 exam.(I passed, by the way.)This book was good read that kept my interest and proved a good overview to Linux system administration as well as a LPIC-1 study guide.And it covered a few topics in generally better detail than some other Linux books I've read.Even after the test is passed, I expect I will refer back to this book from time to time as one of my Linux references.
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Essential reading for programmers in its domain
I recently finished reading Pattern Oriented Software Architecture Vol 2: Patterns for Networked and Concurrent Objects. Believe it or not, it took me just one night to read this book cover to cover. The main reasons behind this are that a) the techniques described in this book are already well known to people working in a company that deals with some of the largest network applications in the world, and b) the book itself is very well written.
Simply the best
If you really want to understand concurrent networked systems, this is the book.It codifies things that have only been known as "black magic" in the past.I have used these concepts in code that I have written, and the results are amazing.It is quite focused on ACE, so you will get the most benefit out of it if you use ACE, but the concepts are presented generally so that using ACE is not required.

Good information badly written
This book summarizes some important distributed systems patterns researchers have identified in recent years.In that sense it is a necessary contribution to the software engineering literature.
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The Certified Computer Technician title--otherwise known as A+ Certification--is one way to document your technical skills for your résumé, and Read more

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Great Book
What else can I say? If you complete this book, you will pass your A+ Certification. This book is money well spent.

Not worth the paper it is printed on.
The information in this book is worse than incomplete. The practice questions in the book and on the CD are nothing like those on the EXAM. There are many practice questions that are poorly worded, and have WRONG answers. There are also many questions with TYPO's. Example there was a question comparing DIMMS and RIMMS, but all the the answers referenced SIMMS. Stay away from this please!!!!
Passed my A+ because of this book!
I had taken the hardware exam and failed it the first time around. Then a friend gave me the Mike Meyers' Passport book and this one. He highly recommended Passport but after reading the first chapter I was bored to tears. After reading this book, the only thing I had to complain about were the bad jokes. The presentation of the information is solid, and he takes his time explaining things. He also puts in bullet points for what you should concentrate on when studying. After reading this book 1 time from cover to cover I took the hardware again and passed it, and passed the software on the first try. ... Read more

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Good, easy to understand, but a complementary book.
I passed BCMSN exam today with the help of this book. This is a good guide for people who has a basic knowledge of switching technics, but for certification purposes, it is missing some topics, other topics are incomplete and let you with doubt.
Missing tons of information
DO NOT rely on this book to pass the exam. It lightly touches most of the important subjects, but goes nowhere near deep enough to be useful. I agree is it better written that the BCSI book, but it needs to be much more thourough in its handling of the subject matter. Very poor considering its Cisco.

Vast improvement over 2nd edition
Although the BCMSN test is the easiest in the CCNP, this book is worth the upgrade. One of the CCNP books you can actually read.
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Great tool for final exam preparation!
CCDA/CCDP Flash Cards and Exam Practice Pack won't teach you the concepts of network design, so it can't be compared to and won't replace a study guide. The only purpose of this book is to help you in finding weak areas and providing a summarization of all exam topics to aid you in your study.
Nice summary tool
Having just passed the CCDA DESIGN exam 640-861 and CCDP ARCH exam 642-871 within the period of one week, I found this book to be one of the more useful study tools.The ARCH exam is really an extension of the DESIGH exam...in fact the two tests share some of the same knowledge, so it's best to take them consecutively to cut down on your study time.The Flash Cards in this book relate directly to the Quick Reference Sheets and these Sheets are probably the most outstanding feature of this book.They do a great job of summarizing most of what you need to know to pass this exam.The study questions were great, too, at filling in small details that you will see on the exam.I want to stress that this was not the only study tool I used, but this book was outstanding for final test preparation.Highly recommended.

Useful but PDA users beware
All in all I found this to be a good supplement to my other CCDA study material. It particularly was useful to skim though the cards prior to reading that topic (from another source) and then really quizzing yourself after finishing the chapter.
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great help!
Cisco Unity Deployment and Solutions Guide is THE book to figure out how to make Unity work and how to properly deploy it.
Making Unified Messaging Work
In the beginning there was the telephone. Then there e-mail, and not long after came sophisticated voice messaging systems that replaced the simple answering machines. Then all of this kind of communications becan to converge. The combined communications capability became called Unified Messaging. Cisco's Unity server is the state-of-the-art in unified messaging systems. And this book seems destined to be the Unity Bible.
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Anyone wishing to become a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer has to pass four mandatory exams and two electives. Read more

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MCSE W2K Exam Cram Core Four
I am currently preparing for MCSE in Windows 2000.These books provide an excellent supplement to the material learned in class. Excellent prep
I'd have to say this is the best set of books to help you pass the core Microsoft exams you can get....but it is FAR from perfect.The Server book gave me to much of "you'll have to know" whatever to pass the exam, and then went on to NOT inform me of that subject.That's why I bought the book isn't it? A very useful resource
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good if you have oracle preknowledge
this is the first book i read to prepare for my OCA exam. at first i was a bit overwhelmed because the chapters are quite long and the languages are not very easy to understand (sometimes i have to reread a sentence two or three times before it clicks). but i guess it was also because by then oracle was still rather new for me. if you are an experienced dba (maybe a 9i oca or ocp) then i guess this book alone should be enough to get you a 10g oca. but if you are new to oracle, i would suggest you to study John & Damir book first (OCP All-in-one exam prep guide), it's easier to absorb and the chapters are shorter (although there are more chapters). then, if you still have the time (and the money) get this book to wrap up your preparation for the oca. i'm sure you will pass the exam like i did.

Best Technical Book I've Ever Read...
...and I'm a picky guy.
very good book
This is the only book I used to prepare for the OCA exam. and I passed the exam ... Read more

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More Than Just an Exam Cram
Although this book is centered on the preparation for the reader to take one ofthe CCNA examinations, it is more than that. In reality this book is an excellent introduction into the whole concept behind routing as conducted 'a la Cisco.' It covers routing in general and then gives an excellent introduction into the Cisco products that handle routing. Since Cisco is the largest provider of routing equipment this book serves as a source of information as to just which Cisco products are best suited for your particular application.
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Three cheers for the Nutshell format! There may be no better printed style for command-line environments, like the Internetwork Operating System (IOS) that runs on Cisco Systems routers. Read more

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Book for Work
I am taking a college course on Cisco products and programming.The professor recommended this book.I have used the book many times researching answers for school and work.The book gives short clear direct descriptions and examples.Ideal for the working person or student concerned with Cisco products and/or networking in general.

VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
Are you a network administrator who is using a Cisco router in an IP environment? If you are, this book is for you. Author James Boney, has written an outstanding 2nd edition of a book that is for everybody who has to deal with Cisco's routers.
2nd edition is published
2nd Edition is published around Aug 05, I mistakenly ordered this book from Amazon and thought this is the latest edition. I have to return this book as a result.
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Awesome!
The Practice of System and Network Administration shows you how to become a great SA.
Awesome!
I agree with some of the worse reviews: This book addresses all the touchy-feely stuff not found in other manuals.
A Mentor in a Book
The book market is flooded with books that will tell you all about the technical details of administering various software products and operating systems.Their scope is usually limited to whatever technical product is being written about and they become outdated as quickly as the technology becomes outdated.This book is very different. It gives guidelines in a very readable, coaching style, that can be applied to many different aspects of the System Administration trade.
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Good Reference
I just passed the CCA 4.0 test using This book as my study guide. Other than a couple of glaring errors it was well written:
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Very satisfied
I bought this new book which I got it for $4 less than any other place including internet and book stores. I received the book on time and as I expected. Started reading and enjoying it...

Use this book along with additional resources
The book is well structured to cover the exam topics. It does, however, omit certain details in some topics which would be unclear from just the book alone if I didn't already know them or didn't find some better explanations elsewhere online. You'll need some additional resource, including .NET class library online reference and online tutorials to fully understand certain topics.

Pretty decent
I've not finished reading this book yet, nor have I completed all exercises. Already having a fair bit of experience with .NET and ASP.NET I can see that this book covers only the basics, though it seems to cover them quite well.I have, however, found a few code errors in the examples, which I feel detracts a fair bit from the overall quality of the book. ... Read more

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Whom can you trust? Try Bruce Schneier, whose rare gift for common sensemakes his book Read more

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It's not a product, it's a process!
Bruce Schneier offers an excellent 'big picture' overview of the computer security field. From types of attacks, to algorithm security to security in the context of your data center, you get a full overview of the current practices and consequences arising from them. The author argues for security as a process, not a product; security is not something you can add to your product after the fact. Starting from the product specification, down to your last outsourced programmer, security has to permeate your organization for it to work. Building 'attack trees', relying on peer review and enforcing liability are all suggestions advanced by Bruce Schneier.
One of the better books available on security
Secrets and Lies is one of the better books on computer security available today... from Bruce Schneier, the guy who literally wrote the book on cryptography: Applied Cryptography.
Good Overview of Computer Security
This is a great book that goes beyond the math associated with many security books.The author gives us the "big picture" of security, making it entertaining, informative, and highly readable.He also balances security and privacy, pointing out the delicate balancing act between the two (and the difficulty of achieving both).Bruce knows the theory and math inside out (he leaves most of it out of this book).He writes very well, and gives plenty of real-world examples and analogies.I highly recommend this book.
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Great Book for CCNP, with a few errors
Once again, Sybex has come through with a great resource for CCNP studies.I have trained hundreds of students in pursuit of their CCNP certification with this book.
adequate as a review resource
Having all four CCNP topics in one book seems like a good idea.It only works as a review resource though.If you don't already know the material this is not the book for you.It doesn't go into enough detail on enough topics to cover everything that you need to know for the exams.It is a good resource to review before you take the exam. ... Read more

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No experience necessary
I have been working in a Windows IT environment for over 7 years, but had no Linux experience except for installing it on a test machine (but then again, even a 5 year-old could install it since it's so easy).But I never had to work with it in an enterprise level until now.Without any solid experience with Linux and armed only with this book (and 7 years of "figuring it out" IT skills), I managed to get Redhat ES v3 running on an old server class machine with an older RAID controller.I even got it to talk to Windows clients AND the old HP-UX servers (I didn't have Unix experience either!).The boss was impressed!This is an excellent book that doesn't get annoying (like those Dummies books) or pretends to be a "Linux Admin book for Beginners" like that other book that's out there.I started with an older version of this book from the library, and this new version is even better.This book is a great investment and I'm glad I bought it.

Right at my level
Now in its third edition along with a DVD that includes Full Fedora Core 4, the latest (as of 10/18/05). People have complained that this book (in its earlier editions) are too simplified and beginnerish. I guess then that I'm not enough of a guru to go to something more advanced.
Very good book
Very good book with lots of information, but sometimes the author gets carried away with his so-called version of MAN pages.If you need more detail on some stuff, you will need to reference some other book or check online.The book did have some errors and wrong diagrams, just wished someone have proof read it better.... ... Read more

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BPEL just may be the future of business data communications
There have been an entire bowl of alphabet soup regarding various kinds of distributed processing systems. All of them, in their time, achieved a certain level of usage. None of them has done much to change the basic way we do business communications. That may be changing.
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Oracle Financials play a big role in the information infrastructures ofmany companies, and a solid understanding of that environment can pay very largedividends in consulting work. Read more

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Great introduction to Financials
Though the Financials OCP exam is being retired, the Financials package itself remains unchanged.This book is still the best introduction to how to use Oracle Financials.

Exam retires in June 2001
The exam this book relates to retires in about 2 weeks from now and Oracle Corporation has not given an indication of what will succeed this exam. Packed with info
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Excellentwireless network security guide and reference.
This book provides the knowledge necessary to master wireless technology quickly and, more importantly, guide an individual/organization through the pitfalls of deploying the technology securely and rapidly.

A comprehensive, concise IT reference bible
John Vacca has brought to light, and more importantly, into focus all the underlying issues related to securing a wireless network in his new book Guide to Wireless Network Security.This all encompassing book belongs in the hands of all active IT professionals and "C" level executives needing to keep abreast of our ever changing technical environment.
Wireless Frenzy
As a professional consultant, increasingly I have to deal with wireless networks. This book provides for me the details about wireless networking, all at my fingertips.
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