Explore the core engine of Microsoft SQL Server 2012—and put that practical knowledge to work. Led by a team of SQL Server experts, you’ll learn the skills you need to exploit key architectural features. Go behind the scenes to understand internal operations...

• Design a scalable XenApp infrastructure
• Monitor and optimize server performance
• Improve end user experience
• Tune the farm for WAN connections
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• Learn how to deploy and use vSphere Replication as a standalone disaster recovery solution.
• Configure SRM...

• Learn about all of the OpenCL Architecture and major APIs.
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Delve inside the Windows Runtime - and learn best ways to design and build Windows Store apps. Guided by Jeffrey Richter, a recognized expert in Windows and .NET programming, along with principal Windows consultant Maarten van de Bospoort, you'll master essential concepts. And you'll gain practical insights and tips for how to...

High Performance Deformable Image Registration Algorithms for Manycore Processors develops highly data-parallel image registration algorithms suitable for use on modern multi-core architectures, including graphics processing units (GPUs). Focusing on deformable registration, we show how to develop data-parallel versions of the...

• A practical guide that will teach you how to deploy Hudson 3...

This book is your guide for analyzing and optimizing ABAP source code (ABAP/4 and ABAP Objects). You’ll learn about the analysis tools and performance-relevant technologies, and you’ll discover how you can analyze existing source code and enhance your programming style. This is the resource you need to ensure that your ABAP...

Part of the perennially best-selling Quercus Digital Photography series, this comprehensive guide features everything you need to know to make a digital film, from conception to finished product.

Using clear, step-by-step instruction, The Digital Filmmaking Handbook concisely illustrates the technical and creative...

One of the most valuable tools acquired in a university education, college algebra is essential for courses from the sciences to computing, engineering to mathematics. It can help you do better on placement exams, even before college, and it's useful in solving the computations...

"Motivated leaders are rare, yet everyone seeks to become...