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This is a technical book that will be of interest to several audiences. Technologists in charge of developing system infrastructure for distributed applications will find guidance on what the constituent parts of the Web services architecture are, how they are manifest on the wire as messages, and their interrelationships....

Explore InfoPath 2003—and transform the way you manage business information and deliver results! This guide expertly reviews InfoPath features and capabilities—including the latest updates from Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 1—demonstrating how to create easy-to-use forms to capture data from spreadsheets, text files,...

In Object Thinking, esteemed object technologist David West contends that the mindset makes the programmer—not the tools and techniques. Delving into the history, philosophy, and even politics of object-oriented programming. West reveals how the best programmers rely on analysis and conceptualization—on...

Writing a WDM driver is much like writing a kernel-mode driver for Windows NT 4.0. It's a bit easier because you don't have to detect and configure your own hardware. Ironically, it's simultaneously harder because correctly handling Plug and Play and power management is fiendishly difficult. If...

This is the essential reference for any IT professional deploying virtual private networks (VPNs) using Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP. The book thoroughly details how...