Over the past few years, traditional instructional design systems have been adapted and modernized to work within environments other than academia. The environments and systems that affect the analysis, design, development, implementation and evaluation processes have been expanded from just an educational environment to encompass corporations,...

Welcome to the exciting world of object-oriented programming! In this first chapter, I’ll start by discussing why object-oriented programming (OOP) was invented and why it offers advantages to the programmer. I’ll also provide a quick overview of the main...

Kuorilehto et al. have written the first  practical guide to wireless sensor networks. The authors draw on their experience in the development and field-testing of autonomous wireless sensor...

This book is a beginner-friendly introduction to SilverStripe and...

Administering VMware Site Recovery Manager 5.0 is the complete, technical, hands-on guide to VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) 5.0...

Queries not running fast enough? Wondering about the in-memory database features in 2014? Tired of phone calls from frustrated users? Grant Fritchey’s book SQL Server Query Performance Tuning is the answer to your SQL Server query performance problems. The book is revised to cover the very latest in performance optimization...

Whiteboard Selling offers a step-by-step approach to transforming your message and selling style by using powerful visual stories that inspire and engage customers and prospects. Free your sales force from relying on slides and...

Dig into Project 2003—and discover how you can really put your project management skills to work! This supremely organized reference packs hundreds of timesaving solutions, troubleshooting tips, and handy workarounds in concise, fast-answer format. It’s all muscle and no fluff. Find the best and fastest ways to perform everyday...