Streamline your exam preparation with this two-in-one guide that covers both of the new MCITP: Enterprise Messaging Administrator exams: Designing Messaging Solutions with Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 (exam 70-237) and Deploying Messaging Solutions with Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 (exam 70-238). If you're planning an upgrade to Exchange Server 2007 or are currently designing and deploying messaging solutions with it, this book is the practical tool you need to prepare for certification and build job skills.

Ad hoc and sensor networks are making their way from research to real-world deployments. Body and personal-area networks, intelligent homes, environmental monitoring or inter-vehicle communications: there is almost nothing left that is not going to be smart and networked. While a great amount of research has been devoted to the pure networking aspects, ad hoc and sensor networks will not be successfully deployed if security, dependability, and privacy issues are not addressed adequately. As the first book devoted to the topic, this volume constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the First European Workshop on Security in Ad-hoc and Sensor Networks, ESAS, 2004, held in Heidelberg, Germany in August 2004. The 17 revised full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 55 submissions. Among the key topics addressed are key distribution and management, authentication, energy-aware cryptographic primitives, anonymity and pseudonymity, secure diffusion, secure peer-to-peer overlays, and RFID

Use Microsoft′s latest search–based technology–FAST search–to plan, customize, and deploy your search solutionFAST is Microsoft′s latest intelligent search–based technology that boasts robustness and an ability to integrate business intelligence with Search. This in–depth guide provides you with advanced coverage on FAST search and shows you how to use it to plan, customize, and deploy your search solution, with an emphasis on SharePoint 2010 and Internet–based search solutions.With a particular appeal for anyone responsible for implementing and managing enterprise search, this book presents the key features and functions that are available with FAST search. Real–world examples show you how the technology works and the author team of experts demonstrates how FAST can be used to solve key challenges in the Enterprise.FAST search is Microsoft′s latest search–based technology that enables large companies to filter through enormous amounts of data to find very specific pieces of infor

BusinessObjects may seem like a dauntingly complex topic, but BusinessObjects XI Release 2 For Dummies makes is a snap. Even if you're new to business intelligence tools, this user-friendly guide makes it easy to access, format and share data, analyze the information this data contains, and measure your organization’s performance. In no time, you'll be finding your way around Universes to see how everything is shaping up, viewing and creating reports, building powerful queries on your organizations database, and measuring your company's performance using BusinessObjects XI Release 2. This completely jargon-free handbook will put you in complete control of the ways and means of a truly exciting and powerful suite of business intelligence tools. Discover how to: Make business decisions with help from BusinessObjects Use BusinessObjects XI wizards Perform a server installation Create and define a Universe Set up desktop reporting Customize and use InfoView

There is no such thing as "perfect security" when it comes to keeping all systems intact and functioning properly. Good penetration (pen) testing creates a balance that allows a system to be secure while simultaneously being fully functional. With this book, you'll learn how to become an effective penetrator (i.e., a white hat or ethical hacker) in order to circumvent the security features of a Web application so that those features can be accurately evaluated and adequate security precautions can be put in place. After a review of the basics of web applications, you'll be introduced to web application hacking concepts and techniques such as vulnerability analysis, attack simulation, results analysis, manuals, source code, and circuit diagrams. These web application hacking concepts and techniques will prove useful information for ultimately securing the resources that need your protection. What you will learn from this book * Surveillance techniques that an attacker uses when targetin

A guide to architecting, designing, and building distributed applications with Windows Communication FoundationWindows Communication Foundation is the .NET technology that is used to build service–oriented applications, exchange messages in various communication scenarios, and run workflows. This guide enables developers to create state–of–the–art applications using this technology.Written by a team of Microsoft MVPs and WCF experts, this book explains how the pieces of WCF 4.0 build on each other to provide a comprehensive framework to support distributed enterprise applications. Experienced developers will learn both theory and practical application using the familiar Wrox approach..NET developers will learn to design services, create a hosting environment with Dublin, build cloud–based integrations, and much more.Coverage Includes:Design Principles and PatternsService Contracts and Data ContractsBindings ClientsInstancing Workflow Services Understanding WCF SecurityWCF Security in ActionFe

Master the "Inventor" way of 3D mechanical design with thisexpert guide This Autodesk Official Training Guide is your best resource forlearning how to create, document, and verify your design usingAutodesk's powerful Inventor 2012 software. Mastering Inventor is adetailed reference and tutorial that quickly covers Inventor basicsbefore moving on to detail topics rarely documented elsewhere, suchas configuring your design with iLogic, practical ways to work withlarge assemblies, using 2D and 3D data from other CAD systems,working with styles and standards, designing and detailingweldments and frames, and working with Tube and Pipe and Cable andHarness design tools. Expert author Curtis Waguespack draws on his extensive Inventorexperience across multiple industries to provide you with a wealthof real-world tips, tricks, and techniques so readers can improvedesigns, work productively, and employ Inventor andindustry-standard best practices. This Mastering book isrecommended as a Certification

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Computer Processing of Oriental Languages, ICCPOL 2006, held in Singapore in December 2006, colocated with ISCSLP 2006, the 5th International Symposium on Chinese Spoken Language Processing. The 36 revised full papers and 20 revised short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 169 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on information retrieval, document classification, questions and answers, summarization, machine translation, word segmentation, chunking, abbreviation expansion, writing-system issues, parsing, semantics, and lexical resources.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the 7th International Workshop on Mining Web Data, WEBKDD 2005, held in Chicago, IL, USA in August 2005 in conjunction with the 11th ACM SIGKDD International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, KDD 2005. The 9 revised full papers presented together with a detailed preface went through two rounds of reviewing and improvement and were carfully selected for inclusion in the book. The enhanced papers show that Web mining techniques and applications have to more effectively integrate a variety of types of data across multiple channels and from different sources in addition to usage, such as content, structure, and semantics. Thus a next generation of intelligent applications is stimulated for more effective exploitation and mining of multi-faceted data. The papers express also the need to study and design robust recommender systems that can resist various malicious manipulations.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Formal Methods in Computer-Aided Design, FMCAD 2004, held in Austin, Texas, USA in November 2004. The 29 revised full papers presented together with the abstract of an invited talk were carefully reviewed and selected from 69 submissions. The papers address all current issues on tools, methods, algorithms, and foundational theory for the application of formalized reasoning to all aspects of computer-aided systems design, including specification, verification, synthesis, and testing.

An effective Web site is the key to success for every venturefrom class reunions to major corporations. And since Web technologychanges rapidly, Building a Web Site For Dummies, 4th Edition isfully updated for the cutting-edge tools and trends. If you need to build and maintain a Web site, even if yourexperience is severely limited, this book makes it easy and fun.You'll learn to plan, design, create, launch, and maintain yoursite using the most up-to-date tools. A quality Web presence is essential in today's marketplace, andmany individuals charged with creating one are unaware of thechallenges This guide gives novice Web designers the tools and know-how toplan, design, and build effective Web sites Provides a nuts-and-bolts guide to site-building, includingcoverage of HTML, WYSIWYG construction software, CSS, andnavigation plans Shows how to spruce up your site with topnotch graphics, video,and great content Guides you through getting your site online, promoting it, ande

The ASP.NET 2.0 Framework introduced web developers to dozens of new server controls and components, and a greatly expanded and easier structure for writing their own server controls and components. Professional ASP.NET 2.0 Server Control and Component Development covers the breadth of server control functionality as well as the rest of the membership, role management, SchemaImporterExtension, and so on – the functionality referred to as components. Written for the experienced ASP.NET developer, Professional ASP.NET 2.0 Server Control and Component Development will show you how to write your first sever control or custom component.

Dive deep into the architecture of Exchange Web Servicesand master the intricacies for accessing data with the new, unifying API. Exchange Web Services offers new functionality, replacing old, disparate APIs. This practical guide introduces developers to Exchange Web Services. It includes comprehensive, in-depth coverage of the architecture and key features, including messaging, folders, calendaring, tasks, notifications, searching, availability, and autodiscovery. Developers who are moving applications using previous APIs to Exchange Web Services will learn how to determine the correct web services constructsand the implications of those decisions. This book assumes only knowledge of how to write HTTP requests, but it provides proxy examples in Microsoft Visual C#.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th International Conference on the Theory and Application of Cryptology and Information Security, ASIACRYPT 2004, held at Jeju Island, Korea in December 2004. The 35 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 208 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on block ciphers, public key encryption, number theory and applications, secure computation, hash functions, key management, identification, XL algorithms, digital signatures, public key cryptanalysis, symmetric key cryptanalysis, and cryptographic protocols.

The deep integration of IIS7 and ASP.NET provides both IIS7 administrators and ASP.NET developers with new and exciting programming tools, techniques, and approaches that were not possible with earlier versions of IIS. With this book, Dr. Shahram Khosravi presents you with the only resource to focus exclusively on the key features of this exciting integration. You’ll get in-depth coverage of all the major systems that make up the IIS7 and ASP.NET integrated infrastructure, detailed explanations on how they work, guidance on how to use them in your own applications, and techniques for extending them to meet your application requirements. Packed with detailed code walkthroughs and in-depth analyses of numerous real-world examples - all written and tested with Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, ASP.NET 2.0, and ASP.NET 3.5 (Visual Studio 2008), this book helps you gain the skills, knowledge, and experience you need to use and to extend the major systems that make up the IIS7 and ASP.NET in

Welcome to the only guidebook series that takes a visual approach to professional-level computer topics. Open the book and you'll discover step-by-step screen shots that demonstrate over 150 key Ajax techniques, including: * Downloading data from behind the scenes * Enabling real-time live searches * Playing games that use Ajax * Populating pop-up menus * Accessing Web pages from JavaScript * Handling menus, colors, and backgrounds * Creating interactive mouseovers * Updating shopping carts * Installing Ajax frameworks * Validating XML from the server * Enabling auto-completion of typed terms * Downloading images behind the scenes "I just purchased my third Visual book (my first two are dog-eared now!) and, once again, your product has surpassed my expectations. Keep up the wonderful work!"-Tracey Moore (Memphis, TN) * High-resolution screen shots demonstrate each task * Succinct explanations walk you through step

Who knew a spreadsheet could do as much for you as your favorite moisturizer? Become a Microsoft Excel Diva with this sassy guide and discover what hip IT Girls already know: smart is beautiful. Impress the heck out of everyone at work with your stylish reports. Do a budget and see exactly what you can spend on shoes. Get better organized. Who has time for dull technical manuals? Learn all of Microsoft Excel's secrets in this girl-talk guide. Welcome to the party! Relax, refresh, and reward yourself at the end of each chapter with fun, stress-reducing chats, like why soy Chai lattes are better than regular lattes. Don't miss these gems! Meet Microsoft Excel 2007, the Louis Vuitton of spreadsheets Join the conversation with these basic Excel terms Learn the fine art of Excel formulas and functions Dress up Excel data with SmartArt, WordArt, and other chic accessories Build a shopping spree budget from scratch Show off by adding Excel data into Wor

The new edition of this perennial bestseller is the ideal initiation to 3D and Maya. Starting with the basics, it builds from the ground up, combining straightforward text with practical examples that make it fun and easy to learn Maya's core tools while introducing the latest Maya 2008 features. Follow clear-cut, step-by-step lessons while you learn by doing using a wealth of hands-on files provided on the CD. You'll also find compelling examples in the full-color insert. 作者简介： Dariush Derakhshani is an award-winning 3D animator, author, and educator. He has worked on movies such as The Fantastic Four and Pan's Labyrinth, the South Park TV series, and numerous commercials and music videos. He teaches Maya and 3D animation and is the author of Introducing 3ds Max 9 and all the Introducing Maya books as well as coauthor of Mastering Maya 8.5 from Sybex.

The four-volume set LNCS 3036, LNCS 3037, LNCS 3038 and LNCS 3039 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Computational Science, ICCS 2004, held in Kraków, Poland in June 2004. The four volumes present more than 550 reviewed contributed and invited papers of the main conference and its 30 workshops. The papers span the whole range of computational science, from foundational and methodological issues in computer science and algorithmic mathematics to advanced applications in virtually all sciences making use of computational techniques. The proceedings is a unique record of recent progress in the field.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the International Computer Music Modeling and Retrieval Symposium, CMMR 2004, held in Esbjerg, Denmark in May 2004. The 26 revised full papers presented were carefully selected during two rounds of reviewing and improvement. Due to the interdisciplinary nature of the area, the papers address a broad variety of topics. The papers are organized in topical sections on pitch and melody detection; rhythm, tempo, and beat; music generation and knowledge; music performance, rendering, and interfaces; music scores and synchronization; synthesis, timbre, and musical playing; music representation and retrieval; and music analysis.

Get the hands-on, step-by-step guide to learning the latest enhancements in Microsoft Visual C# 2008. Visual C#, one of the tools in Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, is a modern programming language designed to deliver a productive environment for creating business frameworks and reusable object-oriented components. Whether you re a beginning programmer or new to the Visual C# programming language, you ll learn how to use the fundamental features of Visual Studio 2008 and gain a basic understanding of the latest enhancement of the Visual C# language. You ll work at your own pace through hands-on, learn-by-doing exercises, get started creating components and working Windows applications, and build your knowledge as you start creating your first Visual C# based applications. You ll also explore how to create data management and Web-based applications. In each chapter, work through learn-by-doing exercises that demonstrate how, when, and why to use the many features of the Visual C# rapid application deve

Using proven examples and explaining concepts step by step, this book shows you how building Ajax-enabled sites and applications allows more interactive user interfaces than ever before. You’ll learn about the differences in capabilities between client-side and server-side development techniques, as well as how Ajax crosses this boundary. You’ll also discover how Ajax techniques can be summed up by patterns (which are development models that you’ll use repeatedly). With a mastery of these techniques, you’ll be able to breathe new life into your Web sites.

Efficiently prepare for the Windows Server 2008 certification exam with MCTS: Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration: Exam 70-642, a comprehensive study tool that will guide you through everything you need to know for the test. This study guide includes 100overage of the exam objectives, real world scenarios, hands-on exercises, and challenging review questions, both in the book and on the CD. With Microsoft's release of Windows Server 2008 and a new generation of certification exams, you have more reason than ever to certify your expertise.

If you already understand the basics of Maya, the industry-leading 3D animation and effects software, you’ll be ready to move on to the sophisticated topics in this updated edition of Advanced Maya Texturing and Lighting. Detailed, easy-to-follow instructions will teach you the real-world production secrets that professional animators use to achieve amazing results. In the second edition, you will find extensive and updated coverage of the latest theories and trends in addition to an enclosed CD with exclusive content to help you sharpen your skills.

This book packs hundreds of time-saving solutions, troubleshooting tips, and workarounds for using Office Excel 2007. Whether you are upgrading from Office 97 or Office 2003, youll be able to dig in to the work-ready resources that help you take your Office Excel 2007 experience to the next level. This information-packed complete reference shows you how to get the most out of Office Excel 2007. You will learn how to navigate the products new features and capabilities, including the new formatting and editing advances such as Live Preview. Youll explore new graphics capabilities, master the charting interface, and learn how to create dynamic lists with PivotTable reports. Youll even learn how to automate Office Excel with macros, custom functions, and more. Plus, youll get tools, eBooks, and more on the companion CD.