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Analyzing Application Service Providers
by Alexander Factor

326 pages
ISBN 0-13-089425-7

In this new book, one of the ASP marketplace's most experienced consultants presents a comprehensive analysis and assessment of the ASP marketplace. Alexander L. Factor covers everything entrepreneurs and service providers need to know to build successful ASPs--and offers invaluable insights for enterprises seeking to use ASP services for competitive advantages.

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Applied Java Patterns
by Olav Maassen and Stephen Stelting

574 pages
ISBN 0-13-093538-7

In this new book, Sun Microsystems experts Stephen Stelting and Olav Maasen clearly explain pattern-based techniques and demonstrate pattern offer a variety of business systems.After briefly reviewing the fundamentals of design patterns, the authors describe how they can be applied effectively to the Java platform. Next, they provide a pattern catalog, organized into four major categories--the creational, behavioral, structural, and system patterns.

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Assemble the Social Web with zembly
by Christopher Webster, Paul Anderson, Gail Anderson and Todd Fast

400 pages
ISBN 0137144318

With extensive contributions from zembly’s creators, Assemble the Social Web with zembly is the first and only official guide to zembly. This book brings together all the knowledge and code you’ll need to build applications for today’s leading Web 2.0 platforms: Facebook, Flickr, Google Maps, iPhone, and more.

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Boot Disk Management
by David Deeths and John S. Howard

204 pages
ISBN 0-13-062153-6

This Sun BluePrint examines the life cycle of the Solaris Operating Environment (OE) and its boot disk. Recommendations and methods for selecting hardware and partitioning the Solaris OE boot disk are presenting in detail. Additionally, this book provides recommendations for installing the Solaris OE, as well as recommendations for managing Solaris OE upgrades with Live Upgrade.

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Building N1 Grid Solutions
Preparing, Architecting, and Implementing Service-Centric Data Centers
by Scott Radezsky, Paul Strong, Ed Turner and Jason Carolan

336 pages
ISBN 0-13-148201-7

The N1 Grid is Sun's vision, strategy and architecture, as well as a set of products, that redefine the nature of data center computing. The N1 Grid architecture uses the network, physically and logically, as its fundamental organizing principle.

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Capacity Planning for Internet Services
by Adrian Cockcroft and Bill Walker

221 pages
ISBN 0-13-089402-8

This BluePrint charts a course through the available techniques and tools of capacity planning, examines time scales and return on investment for different methodologies and provides a framework for decomposing big problems into solvable subproblems.

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Configuring & Tuning Databases on the Solaris Platform
by Allan N. Packer

502 pages
ISBN 0-13-083417-3

Using this book, database professionals can optimize the performance and cost-effectiveness of virtually any database application running on the Solaris platform. Database specialist Allan Packer presents start-to-finish guidance for optimizing all four leading Solaris platform databases: Oracle (including Oracle9i), DB2, Sybase, and Informix XPS. Drawing on years of expertise as an engineer at Sun, Packer brings together best-practice guidelines for every aspect of database server tuning.

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Consolidation in the Data Center
Simplifying IT Environments to Reduce Total Cost of Ownership
by David Hornby and Ken Pepple

227 pages
ISBN 0-13-045495-8

This book presents the case and methodology for optimizing your computing infrastructure through proven consolidation techniques. It steps you through the consolidation process from the initial business justification, through project planning, architecture, deployment, and management. It provides real-world recommendations for consolidating your infrastructure, as well as avoiding numerous pitfalls along the way.

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Core J2EE Patterns: Best Practices and Design Strategies, 2/e 2nd Edition
by Deepak Alur, John Crupi and Dan Malks

528 pages
ISBN 0-13-142246-4

Completely updated and revised, this is the second edition of the best-seller Core J2EE Patterns that covers J2EE 1.4! J2EE has become the platform of choice for Web-centric distributed enterprise application development.

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Core Java 2, Volume II: Advanced Features 7th Edition
by Alexander Factor, Cay S. Horstmann and Gary Cornell

1024 pages
ISBN 0131118269

The seventh edition of Core Java 2, Volume II, covers advanced user-interface programming and the enterprise features of the Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE). Like Volume I (which covers the most important language and library features), this book has been completely updated and revised for J2SE 5.0. All of the sample programs have been updated and carefully crafted to illustrate practical solutions to the type of real-world problems professional developers encounter.

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Core Java 2, Volume I: Fundamentals 7th Edition
by Cay S. Horstmann and Gary Cornell

912 pages
ISBN 0131482025

This is the timely new edition of the best-selling introductory book to Java for experienced programmers, completely updated for J2SE 1.5. This book features:

  • Great code examples, comprehensive coverage, and clear explanations of J2SE 1.5
  • New material on J2SE 1.5 features including: generics, autoboxing/unboxing and varargs, enhanced for loop and typesafe enums
  • In-depth treatment of Swing GUI development, object-oriented programming, and reflection and proxies

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Core Java Volume II, Advanced Features, 8th Edition 8th Edition
by Cay S. Horstmann and Gary Cornell

1056 pages
ISBN 0132354799

The revised edition of the classic Core Java™, Volume II–Advanced Features, covers advanced user-interface programming and the enterprise features of the Java SE 6 platform.

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Core Java, Volume 1-Fundamentals, Eighth Edition 8th Edition
by Cay S. Horstmann and Gary Cornell

864 pages
ISBN 0132354764

This revised edition of the classic Core Java™, Volume I–Fundamentals, is the definitive guide to Java for serious programmers who want to put Java to work on real projects.

Fully updated for the new Java SE 6 platform, this no-nonsense tutorial and reliable reference illuminates the most important language and library features with thoroughly tested real-world examples. The example programs have been carefully crafted to be easy to understand as well as useful in practice, so you can rely on them as an outstanding starting point for your own code.

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Core JavaServer Faces
by David M. Geary and Cay S. Horstmann

522 pages
ISBN 0-13-146305-5

Core JavaServer Faces promises to bring rapid user-interface development to server-side Java. It allows developers to painlessly write server-side applications without worrying about the complexities of dealing with browsers and Web servers. It also automates low-level, boring details like control flow and moving code between web forms and business logic.

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Core JavaServer Faces, Second Edition 2nd Edition
by Cay S. Horstmann and David M. Geary

752 pages
ISBN 0131738860

JavaServer Faces (JSF) is quickly emerging as the leading solution for rapid user interface development in Java-based server-side applications. Now, Core JavaServer Faces--the #1 guide to JSF--has been thoroughly updated in this second edition, covering the latest feature enhancements, the powerful Ajax development techniques, and open source innovations that make JSF even more valuable.

Authors David Geary and Cay Horstmann delve into all facets of JSF 1.2 development, offering systematic best practices for building robust applications, minimizing handcoding, and maximizing productivity. Drawing on unsurpassed insider knowledge of the Java platform, they present solutions, hints, tips, and "how-tos" for writing superior JSF 1.2 production code, even if you're new to JSF, JavaServer Pages, or servlets.

The second edition's extensive new coverage includes: JSF 1.2's improved alignment with the broader Java EE 5 platform; enhancements to the JSF APIs; controlling Web flow with Shale; and using Facelets to replace JSP with XHTML markup. The authors also introduce Ajax development with JSF--from real-time validation and Direct Web Remoting to wrapping Ajax in JSF components and using the popular Ajax4jsf framework.

This book will help you

  • Automate low-level details and eliminate unnecessary complexity in server-side development
  • Discover JSF best practices, ranging from effective UI design and style sheets to internationalization
  • Use JSF with Tiles to build consistent, reusable user interfaces
  • Leverage external services such as databases, LDAP directories, authentication/authorization, and Web services
  • Use JBoss Seam to greatly simplify development of database-backed applications
  • Implement custom components, converters, and validators
  • Master the JSF 1.2 tag libararies, and extend JSF with additional tag libraries

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Core Jini 2nd Edition
2nd Edition
by W. Keith Edwards

900 pages
ISBN 0-13-089408-7

Jini network technology is revolutionary: It enables any device, from enterprise servers to kitchen appliances, to network smoothly, simply, and reliably. Core Jini, Second edition delivers the most thorough, practical explanation of Jini 1.1 technology-plus all the live Java code experienced developers need to build solutions right now!

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Core JSTL
Mastering the JSP Standard Tag Library
by David M. Geary

608 pages
ISBN 0-13-100153-1

Core JSTL is an in-depth examination of the JavaServer Pages Standard Tag Library (JSTL), which provides a standard set of custom tags--including tags for iteration, accessing URLs, database access, internationalization, and the manipulation and transformation of XML documents--that Web page authors and software developers can use to develop Web sites.

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Core Security Patterns: Best Practices and Strategies for J2EEâ„¢, Web Services, and Identity Management
by Ramesh Nagappan, Christopher Steel and Ray Lai

800 pages
ISBN 0131463071

Core Security Patterns is the hands-on practitioner’s guide to building robust end-to-end security into J2EE enterprise applications, Web services, identity management systems, and service provisioning solutions. Written by three leading Java security architects, the patterns-based approach fully reflects today's best practices for security in large-scale, industrial-strength applications.

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Core Servlets and JavaServer Pages, Volume 2: Advanced Technologies, 2/e 2nd Edition
by Marty Hall, Larry Brown and Yaakov Chaikin

736 pages
ISBN 0131482602

Java EE is the technology of choice for e-commerce applications, interactive Web sites, and Web-enabled services. Servlet and JSP technology provides the link between Web clients and server-side applications on this platform. Core Servlets and JavaServer Pages, Volume 2: Advanced Technologies, Second Edition, is the definitive guide to the advanced features and capabilities provided by servlets and JSP.

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Core Servlets and JavaServer Pages: 2nd Edition
Volume I: Core Technologies
by Marty Hall and Larry Brown

736 pages
ISBN 0130092290

The second edition of the bestselling guide to Servlets and JavaServer Pages -- updated for JSP 2.0, servlets 2.4!

Introduces powerful new Servlet/JSP techniques that take advantage of the new features of JSP 2.0, servlets 2.4, and the JSP Standard Tag Library (JSTL)

Written by best-selling author Marty Hall -- who states this is "a significant revision."

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Core Web Programming 2nd Edition
by Larry Brown and Marty Hall

1398 pages
ISBN 0-13-089793-0

The authoritative guide to every technology that enterprise Web developers need to master, including HTML 4, Java 2 Standard Edition 1.3 technology, servlets, JavaServer Pages technology, and more.

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Designing ISP Architectures
by John V. Nguyen

360 pages
ISBN 0-13-045496-6

This book is a model for designing architectures for ISPs of any size. Expressly for IT architects and consultants who design ISP architectures, this book details the design process from start to finish. Throughout this book, whether it's obtaining and evaluating requirements or creating logical and physical designs, we provide helpful tips, insights, and expertise. We compare design approaches, offer suggestions for evaluating trade-offs, and alert you to common pitfalls. Included are chapters on capacity planning and selecting components. During the design process, we apply the model to a realistic sample customer.

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Effective Java, Second Edition 2nd Edition
by Joshua Bloch

384 pages
ISBN 0321356683

Are you looking for a deeper understanding of the Javaâ„¢ programming language so that you can write code that is clearer, more correct, more robust, and more reusable? Look no further! Effective Javaâ„¢, Second Edition, brings together seventy-eight indispensable programmer's rules of thumb: working, best-practice solutions for the programming challenges you encounter every day.

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Enterprise Data Center Design and Methodology
by Rob Snevely

224 pages
ISBN 0-13-047393-6

This book is a practical guide to designing a data center from inception through construction. The fundamental design principles take a simple, flexible, and modular approach based on accurate, real-world requirements and capacities. This approach contradicts the conventional (but totally inadequate) method of using square footage to determine basic capacities like power and cooling requirements.

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Enterprise JavaBeans Component Architecture
by Gail Anderson and Paul Anderson

512 pages
ISBN 0-13-035571-2

This book simplifies the creation of well-designed enterprise applications using the upgraded Enterprise JavaBeans 2.0 specification. Experienced Java platform mentors Gail Anderson and Paul Anderson use detailed code examples to introduce every key skill involved in creating components, stand-alone Java platform clients, and JavaServer Pages API clients. They introduce powerful EJB platform design patterns, and show how to apply them in real-world projects while avoiding critical errors in application design.

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Enterprise Security Solaris Operating Environment
by Alex Noordergraaf

417 pages
ISBN 0-13-100092-6

This book is a compilation of best practices and recommendations for securing Solaris Operating Environment (Solaris OE). Tailored for busy system administrators and individuals who architect and implement systems (for example, architects, consultants and engineers), this book offers expertise for handling non-secure systems. It provides a comprehensive source for securing the operating environment, architecture, hardware, and software.

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Filthy Rich Clients: Developing Animated and Graphical Effects for Desktop Java Applications
by Chet Haase and Romain Guy

608 pages
ISBN 0132413930

Filthy Rich Clients refers to ultra-graphically rich applications that ooze cool. They suck the user in from the outset and hang on to them with a death grip of excitement. Filthy Rich Clients: Developing Animated and Graphical Effects for Desktop Java Applications shows you how to build better, more effective, cooler desktop applications that intensify the user experience.

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J2EE Platform Web Services
by Ray Lai

512 pages
ISBN 0-13-101402-1

This book is a strategic roadmap for building next generation J2EE Web Services solutions architecture. It provides the reader with the concepts, design approach and implementation guidelines for adapting Web Services technology (e.g., Java, XML, UDDI and SOAP) with extensive real-world examples from the Financial Services industry.

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Java CAPS Basics: Implementing Common EAI Patterns 2nd Edition
by Michael Czapski, Saurabh Sahai, Andrew Walker, Brendan Marry, Sebastian Krueger and Peter Vaneris

496 pages
ISBN 0137130716

Use Java CAPS to Streamline IT Services and Leverage Legacy Applications.

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Java EE and .NET Interoperability
by Marina Fisher, Ray Lai, Sonu Sharma and Laurence Moroney

648 pages
ISBN 0131472232

Evolving Web services standards and technologies offer limited interoperability when it comes to security, management, and other important application characteristics. Successful interoperability solutions require comprehensive integration strategies that go beyond simple connections. The capability to mitigate security and reliability risks and transactional support is critical to interoperability.

Java EE and .NET Interoperability addresses issues encountered during the integration process, such as a diverse technology set, incompatible APIs, and disparate environment maintenance. The experienced authors outline strategies, approaches, and best practices, including messaging, Web services, and integration-related frameworks and patterns. The book also introduces readers to Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), the building block for scalable and reliable enterprise integration solutions.

This indispensable book provides the Java EE and .NET developer community with multiple strategies to integrate between Java EE and .NET platforms that save developers time and effort. Applying proven interoperability solutions significantly reduces the application development cycle. Coverage includes:

  • Effective Java EE–.NET integration strategies and best practices
  • Detailed enterprise coverage, as well as standalone Java EE component integration with .NET
  • SOA as a building block for Java EE–.NET interoperability
  • Interoperability security issues and risk mitigation
  • Managing reliability, availability, and scalability for Web services built on Java EE and .NET
  • The latest interoperability standards and specifications, including Web SSO MEX and WS-Management
  • Current interoperability technologies, such as Windows Communication Foundation, WSE 3.0, JAX-WS, and Enterprise Service Bus

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Java Studio Creator Field Guide
by Gail Anderson and Paul Anderson

368 pages
ISBN 0-13-149168-7

The insider's guide to Sun's breakthrough Java development environment!

Sun's Java Studio Creator offers you a remarkably productive visual environment for building, integrating, and delivering business-critical applications. Direct from Sun, Java Studio Creator Field Guideis your definitive guide to Java Studio Creator.

Featuring a foreword by James Gosling!

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Javaâ„¢ Programming Language, The, 4th Edition 4th Edition
by James Gosling, Ken Arnold and David Holmes

928 pages
ISBN 0321349806

Direct from the creators of the Javaâ„¢ programming language, the completely revised Fourth Edition of The Javaâ„¢ Programming Language is an indispensable resource for novice and advanced programmers alike. Developers around the world have used previous editions to quickly gain a deep understanding of the Java programming language, its design goals, and how to use it most effectively in real-world development. Now, Ken Arnold, James Gosling, and David Holmes have updated this classic to reflect the major enhancements in Javaâ„¢ 2 Standard Edition 5.0 (J2SEâ„¢ 5.0)

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Just Java 2 6th Edition
Sixth Edition
by Peter van der Linden

848 pages
ISBN 0-13-148211-4

An international bestseller for eight years, Just Java™ 2 is the complete, accessible Java tutorial for working programmers at all levels. Fully updated and revised, this sixth edition is more than an engaging overview of Java 2 Standard Edition (J2SE 1.5) and its libraries: it’s also a practical introduction to today’s best enterprise and server-side programming techniques. Just Java™ 2, Sixth Edition, reflects both J2SE 1.5 and the latest Tomcat and servlet specifications.

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Kicking Butt with MIDP and MSA: Creating Great Mobile Applications, 1/e
by Jonathan Knudsen

432 pages
ISBN 0321463420

Long-time Java ME author Jonathan Knudsen offers real solutions for the complex challenges of coding efficiency, application design, and usability in constrained mobile environments. Experienced Java developers will master MIDP 2.0 and MSA programming through clear, carefully designed examples. Downloadable code is available for both NetBeans Mobility Pack and the Sun Java Wireless Toolkit.

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LDAP in the Solaris Operating Environment
Deploying Secure Directory Services
by Tom Bialaski and Michael Haines

720 pages
ISBN 0-13-145693-8

LDAP in the Solaris Operating Environment is a follow-on to the Sun BluePrints book "Solaris and LDAP Naming Services", and describes the significant improvements to the Solaris LDAP client and directory server. Deploying the Solaris Secured LDAP Client is covered in detail. This Sun BluePrints book introduces NIS/NIS+ migration tools and techniques to aid in the transition to an LDAP-based naming service. Troubleshooting tips, examples of extending Solaris authentication methods, and examples of extending Solaris authentication methods using the Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) framework arev provided.

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Making the Net Work: Deploying a Secure Portal on Sun Systems
by Robert L Baker

464 pages
ISBN 0-13-148338-2

This practical guide to the Sun Java System Portal Server provides best practices and deployment guidelines for portal server administrators, portal content developers, and solution architects. The best practice suggestions contained in this book come from real-world customer escalation's, proof-of-concept exercises, and presales support, all related to deploying a secure portal on Sun systems.

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Migrating to the Solaris Operating System
The Discipline of UNIX-to-UNIX Migrations
by Brian Down, David Levy and Ken Pepple

272 pages
ISBN 0-13-150263-8

This book presents an established methodology for transitioning the people, processes, and technologies in IT environments to the Solaris Operating System. It steps you through the various phases of the migration process, using detailed case studies to illustrate the benefits, costs, and requirements associated with a migration project. While this book focuses on UNIX server migrations, the methodology and best practices presented apply for most migrations to the Solaris environment. They can be used for projects ranging from the smallest data conversion to the largest legacy migration.

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NetBeans IDE Field Guide, Second Edition: Developing Desktop, Web, Enterprise, and Mobile Applications 2nd Edition
by Charlie Hunt, Christopher Webster, Gregory Crawley, Patrick Keegan and Ludovic Champenois

592 pages
ISBN 0132395525

The award-winning NetBeansâ„¢ IDE eases all aspects of Java application development, incorporating a wide range of powerful features into one well-designed package. NetBeans IDE is consistently first in supporting the latest Java technologies for developing desktop, web, enterprise, and mobile applications.

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NetBeansâ„¢ IDE Field Guide
by Ludovic Champenois, Christopher Webster, Gregory Crawley, Charlie Hunt and Patrick Keegan

432 pages
ISBN 0131876201

NetBeans 4.1 is today's state-of-the-art Java IDE, and the first free, open source IDE to support Java 2 Standard Edition 5.0. The newest NetBeans delivers exceptional performance, while integrating everything from version control to Javadoc generation through a remarkably productive new interface.

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Network Concepts and Technology
A Designer's Resource
by Deepak Kakadia and Francesco DiMambro

400 pages
ISBN 0-13-148807-6

This book is a resource for network architects who must create solutions for emerging network environments in enterprise data centers.

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Open Office Org 1.0 Resource Kit 2nd Edition
by Solveig Haugland and Floyd Jones

1040 pages
ISBN 0-130140745-7

Learn OpenOffice for the first time, or get to know the great new features in the latest release, with the OpenOffice.org Companion, the comprehensive, user-friendly insider's guide that incorporates solutions to questions from hundreds of new and expert OpenOffice.org users, making this the most practical, task-based book around.

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Read Me First! 2nd Edition
A Style Guide for the Computer Industry
by Sun Technical Publications, Moutain View, CA

384 pages
ISBN 0-13-142899-3

The must-have reference for every technical writer, editor, and documentation manager - now fully updated! Read Me First! is the definitive guide to creating technical documentation that is clear, consistent, and easy to understand.

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Real-Time Java Platform Programming
by Peter Dibble

352 pages
ISBN 0-13-028261-8

Written for experienced Java platform developers, this practical guide provides a solid grounding in real-time programming. Dibble, a member of the RTSJ expert group, starts with an overview of real-time issues unique to the Java platform. He then explains how to use each major feature of the RTSJ. From broad real-time principles to detailed programming pitfalls, this book covers everything you need to know to build effective RT programs.

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Resource Management
by Evert Hoogendoorn, Tom Bialaski, Adrian Cockcroft, Richard McDougall and Enrique Vargas

368 pages
ISBN 0-13-025855-5

Resource Management is a practical guide that shows how to manage system resources to meet system and performance service levels.

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RFID Field Guide: Deploying Radio Frequency Identification Systems
by Manish Bhuptani and Shahram Moradpour

272 pages
ISBN 0131853554

The RFID Field Guide is a comprehensive source of practical advice for designing and deploying RFID systems in a variety of industries and applications. It features real-life examples, case studies and frameworks that demonstrate how to successfully deploy RFID solutions.

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Rich Client Programming: Plugging into the NetBeans Platform
by Geertjan Wielenga, Jaroslav Tulach and Tim Boudreau

640 pages
ISBN 0132354802

The open-source NetBeans Platform is an extraordinarily powerful framework for building "write once, run anywhere" rich client applications. Now, for the first time since the release of NetBeans IDE 5.0, there's a comprehensive guide to rich client development on the NetBeans Platform.

Written for Java developers and architects who have discovered that basic Swing components are not enough for them, this book will help you get started with NetBeans module development, master NetBeans' key APIs, and learn proven techniques for building reliable desktop software. Each chapter is filled with practical, step-by-step instructions for creating complete rich client applications on top of the NetBeans Platform and plugins for NetBeans IDE.

Rich Client Programming's wide-ranging content covers

  • Why modular development makes sense for small, medium, and large applications
  • Using NetBeans to accelerate development and improve efficiency
  • Leveraging NetBeans productivity features, from the Component Palette to Code Completion
  • Leveraging NetBeans' modular architecture in your own applications
  • Implementing loosely coupled communication to improve code maintainability and robustness
  • Managing user- and system-configuration data
  • Building reloadable components with solid threading models
  • Constructing sophisticated multiwindow applications and presenting rich data structures to users
  • Adding user-configurable options
  • Integrating Web services with NetBeans desktop applications
  • Automating module updates and providing user help

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Robust Java
by Stephen Stelting

352 pages
ISBN 0131008528

Robust Java covers the entire development lifecycle and it will support you in any development role: programmer, tester, project manager, or architect. No book offers more useful, realistic guidance for building rock-solid, maintainable Java code.

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Secure Shell in the Enterprise
by Jason Reid

198 pages
ISBN 0-13-142900-0

This book details best practices for facilitating and managing Secure Shell technology in the Solaris Operating Environment. This book is intended for system administrators who will be deploying and integrating Secure Shell software into their computing environments. Detailed examples of configuring, deploying, and integrating OpenSSH and the Solaris Secure Shell software are provided, in combination with explanations of tradeoffs and problems encountered. In addition, a comprehensive list of Secure Shell references and resources is included.

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Securing Systems with the Solaris Security Toolkit
by Alex Noordergraaf and Glenn Brunette

400 pages
ISBN 0-13-141071-7

This book provides a comprehensive source for features, capabilities, how-to instructions, security recommendations, and best practices for securing systems using the Solaris Security Toolkit software.
Securing computer systems against unauthorized access is one of the most pressing issues facing today's data center administrators. As with any security decision, a balance must be attained between system manageability and security. Every day, hackers compromise systems using well-known attack methods; however, many attacks have preventative solutions available. Using the software, tools, recommendations, and best practices presented in this book to harden systems and minimize entry points to intruders can increase security of your systems.

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Software By Numbers
Strategies for High Return, Low Risk Application Development
by Mark Denne and Jane Cleland- Huang

208 pages
ISBN 0-13-140728-7

The comprehensive guide to developing software by minimizing risk and maximizing value -- Compatible with RUP and XP/Agile approaches!

  • Opens the black box of methodologies and demonstrates that software development is fundamentally a value creation process
  • Covers new and radical approaches to software development that respond to business demands for shorter investment periods and increased agility
  • Provides software engineers tools for understanding enterprise-level value creation and managing financial objectives

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Software By Numbers
Strategies for High Return, Low Risk Application Development
by Mark Denne and Jane Cleland- Huang

208 pages
ISBN 0-13-140728-7

The comprehensive guide to developing software by minimizing risk and maximizing value -- Compatible with RUP and XP/Agile approaches!

  • Opens the black box of methodologies and demonstrates that software development is fundamentally a value creation process
  • Covers new and radical approaches to software development that respond to business demands for shorter investment periods and increased agility
  • Provides software engineers tools for understanding enterprise-level value creation and managing financial objectives

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Solaris and LDAP Naming Services
Deploying LDAP in the Enterprise
by Tom Bialaski and Michael Haines

372 pages
ISBN 0-13-030678-9

Solaris and LDAP Naming Services is a practical guide to implementing Solaris 8 native LDAP on clients and servers. Basic LDAP concepts are covered, as well as naming and authentication architectural details. This BluePrint outlines strategies for consolidating legacy directory services using LDAP technology.

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Solaris Application Programming, 1/e
by Darryl Gove

496 pages
ISBN 0138134553

Solaris Application Programming is a comprehensive guide to optimizing the performance of applications running in your Solaris environment. From the fundamentals of system performance to using analysis and optimization tools to their fullest, this wide-ranging resource shows developers and software architects how to get the most from Solaris systems and applications.

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Solaris Internals
by Jim Mauro and Richard McDougall

700 pages
ISBN 0130224960

This book is about the internals of Sun's Solaris operating system. The sustained success of Solaris in the past decade, as measured by the number of installed systems, has created a large number of users, software developers, systems administrators, performance analysts, and other members of the technical community, that desire to better understand the environment in which they work.

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Solaris Internals, Second Edition: Solaris 10 and OpenSolaris Kernel Architecture 2nd Edition
by Richard McDougall and Jim Mauro

1072 pages
ISBN 0131482092

Solaris Internals, Second Edition, describes the algorithms and data structures of all the major subsystems in the Solaris 10 and OpenSolaris kernel. The text has been extensively revised since the first edition, with more than 600 pages of new material. Integrated Solaris tools and utilities, including DTrace, MDB, kstat, and the process tools, are used throughout to illustrate how the reader can observe the Solaris kernel in action. The companion volume, Solaris Performance and Observability Tools, extends the examples contained here, and expands the scope to performance and behavior analysis.

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Solaris Operating Environment System Administrator's Guide 4th Edition
by Janice Winsor

512 pages
ISBN 0-13-101401-3

The official guide to Solaris 9 system administration! The official Sun Microsystems guide to Solaris operating environment methods and software that will maximize efficiency, productivity, and system availability.

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Solaris PC NetLink
Performance, Sizing and Deployment
by Don DeVitt

372 pages
ISBN 0-13-026686-8

The Solaris PC NetLink BluePrint is quickly becoming the bible by which system administrators and system planners are obtaining the vital information they need to plan and implement an enterprise-capable PC NetLink Software system.

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Solaris Performance and Tools: DTrace and MDB Techniques for Solaris 10 and OpenSolaris
by Richard McDougall, Jim Mauro and Brendan Gregg

496 pages
ISBN 0131568191

Solaris Performance and Tools provides comprehensive coverage of the powerful utilities bundled with Solaris 10 and OpenSolaris, including the Solaris Dynamic Tracing facility, DTrace, and the Modular Debugger.

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Solaris' Systems Programming
by Richard Teer

1248 pages
ISBN 0201750392

This book offers comprehensive, practical guidance for systems programmers. It covers all versions of the Solaris OS, from 2.5 through 9 and is relevant to both SPARC and x86 platforms. From I/O to IPC, pseudo terminals to localization, and processes to doors, Rich Teer illuminates the unique features and subtleties of this environment as never before.

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Solaris[tm] 9 Operating Environment Reference
by Janice Winsor

1728 pages
ISBN 0-13-100701-7

An essential resource for sysadmins, developers, and power users! When you need fast, detailed answers about the Solaris Operating Environment, the man pages aren't enough: you need Solaris 9 Operating Environment Reference.

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Solaris Management Console Tools
by Janice Winsor

330 pages
ISBN 0-13-046476-7

Solaris Management Console 2.0-Sun's powerful new suite of GUI-based system administration tools-can make system administrators dramatically more efficient.

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StarOffice 6.0 Office Suite Companion 6th Edition
by Solveig Haugland and Floyd Jones

1144 pages
ISBN 0-13-030703-3

StarOffice 6.0 is a full-featured, remarkably good office suite that matches Microsoft Word program for program, and goes a giant step further with a great graphics program. StarOffice's applications for working with documents, spreadsheets, slide presentations, web sites, graphics, and databases make StarOffice or OpenOffice.org the best office suite choice, hands down.

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Sun Certified Enterprise Architect for J2EE Study Guide
by Mark Cade

220 pages
ISBN 0-13-044-916-4

The first officially authorized study guide for the challenging Sun Certified Enterprise Architect for Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition exams. Java platform experts Cade and Roberts provide expert guidance and background for designing effective J2EE technology architectures-as well as comprehensive preparation for every exam element: multiple-choice exam, assignment, and essay. You'll find start-to-finish coverage of key J2EE platform architectural issues and every exam objective.

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Sun Certified Network Administrator for Solaris 8 Operating Environment
by Rick Bushnell

500 pages
ISBN 0-13-064669-5

The only exam prep book endorsed by Sun Educational Services, this study guide focuses on the basic knowledge and skills network administrators need to solve real-world problems. Network expert Rick Bushnell presents a comprehensive review of the essential concepts covered in the Network Administrator exam. He assumes you have a working knowledge of Solaris 7 or 8, but that you need to supplement your understanding of Solaris OE Network Administration, TCP/IP, and related protocols.

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Sun Certified System Administrator For Solaris 8 Study Guide
by Peter H. Gregory

400 pages
ISBN 0-13-040933-2

Focused entirely on the Solaris 8 platform, it's both an exceptionally authoritative study guide and an outstanding day-to-day reference for every sysadmin using the latest, most powerful version of the Solaris Operating Environment.

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Sun Cluster Environment
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by Joseph Bianco, David Deeths and Enrique Vargas

480 pages
ISBN 0-13-0418706

This Sun BluePrint describes elements that affect availability and introduces best practices that promote good work practices. The information contained in this publication helps increase availability at the datacenter level or at then single-server level.

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Sun ONE Messaging Server Practices and Techniques for Enterprise Customers
by Dave Pickens

288 pages
ISBN 0-13-145496-X

As messaging or email increases in volume and size, the need for a scalable enterprise messaging system becomes more apparent to many organizations. The Sun ONE Messaging Server product fills these requirements and more. However, as with any system the planning, installation, and routine maintenance tasks have a significant impact on throughput and availability.

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SunFire Systems Design and Configuration Guide
by Nathan Wiger and Roger Blythe

192 pages
ISBN 0-13-045494-X

This guide attempts to demystify server design and configuration for the SunFire product line. It contains numerous examples of server design and configuration best practices and highlights common pitfalls to avoid when designing servers.

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The Java EE 5 Tutorial, Third Edition 3rd Edition
by Eric Jendrock , Jennifer Ball, Debbie Carson, Ian Evans, Scott Fordin and Kim Haase

1360 pages
ISBN 0321490290

The Java EE 5 Tutorial, Third Edition, is the definitive, task-oriented, example-driven guide to programming server-side applications with Sun Microsystems' new Java EE 5 platform. Written by members of Sun's Java EE 5 platform team, this book enables new and intermediate Java programmers to build production-quality Java applications right away, as they gain a deep, rich understanding of the entire platform.

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The Java Language Specification 3rd Edition
by James Gosling, Bill Joy, Guy L. Steele, Jr. and Gilad Bracha

688 pages
ISBN 0321246780
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Written by the inventors of the technology, The Java Language Specification, Third Edition, is the definitive technical reference for the Java programming language. If you want to know the precise meaning of the language's constructs, this is the source for you. The book provides complete, accurate, and detailed coverage of the Java programming language. It provides full coverage of all new features added in since the previous edition including generics, annotations, asserts, autoboxing, enums, for each loops, variable arity methods and static import clauses.

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The Java Tutorial, Fourth Edition 4th Edition
by Isaac Rabinovitch, Sharon Zakhour, Scott Hommel, Jacob Royal and Thomas Risser

672 pages
ISBN 0321334205

A hands-on guide to the Java programming language, The Java Tutorial, Fourth Edition, is perfect for any developer looking for a proven path to proficiency with Java SE. This popular tutorial "from the Source" has been completely revised and updated to cover Version 6 of the Java Platform, Standard Edition.

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Verilog HDL, 2/e 2nd Edition
by Samir Palnitkar

450 pages
ISBN 0-13-044911-3

The best-selling Verilog HDL reference is now updated to reflect the latest in HDL-based design methodologies. Covers the gamut of Verilog HDL fundamentals, such as gate, RTL, and behavioral modeling, all the way to advanced concepts, such as timing simulation, switch level modeling, PLI, and logic synthesis. For Verilog HDL digital IC and system design professionals. Written by Palnitkar, one of the world's foremost authorities on Verilog HDL

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