The world of enterprise routing with Juniper Networks devices is getting very
exciting—new technologies, products, and network developments are making the enterprise
network environment one of the most dynamic places to be. However, we, the
authors, hope to focus that energy by providing you with a detailed and practical...
My entire career has been about learning and applying new technologies. It has also
been about taking on new challenges related to technology and business. I enjoy
learning new things,and I like to share things that I have learned through writing
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The term photorealistic is thrown around a lot and is often undefined. Although it seems obvious—photorealistic means something looks like a photo—the word requires a greater explanation. There are many facets to photorealism. This is true because as a CG artist, you have control over everything. Achieving 100 percent realism...
The Extract-Transform-Load (ETL) system is the foundation of the data
warehouse. A properly designed ETL system extracts data from the source
systems, enforces data quality and consistency standards, conforms data
so that separate sources can be used together, and finally delivers data
in a presentation-ready format so that...
PowerShell is becoming the de facto administration tool for Microsoft
Server products. The ability to script out reusable steps and code makes life
easier for administrators, developers, and managers alike. With the latest
release of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010, PowerShell is the recommended
administration...
My interest in oscillators started many years ago when I was an undergraduate
student and one of the laboratory experiments was the design of a Colpitts oscillator.
It was amazing to see how a sinusoidal signal appeared when the power supply
was turned on. What an interesting way of controlling the motion of electrons in
the circuit!...
Over the last two years, Google’s Android operating system (OS) has gone from a virtually
unknown open source solution to the current mobile OS market leader among all mobile
handsets, with over one-third of the market share, and it’s still climbing rapidly. Android has even
started to dominate the tablet OS marketplace, and...
Ruby is an object-oriented, interpreted programming language. It is
object-oriented in that it views (and interacts with) everything as an
object. Ruby is interpreted in that its programs are compiled and executed
by an interpreter at runtime. Th is allows you to make changes
to your Ruby programs and then immediately run the programs...
IT’S NOT ENOUGH these days to have a website. As a business or individual in today’s technology
landscape, you must be able to adapt and change with new emerging technologies that seemingly
pop up every day. There are thousands of solutions and implementation to consider, but only a
select few are worth your precious time....
EVEN THE MOST SKILLED WEB DESIGNERS can find the complexities of creating a full-functioned Web site to be a daunting task. Here to help designers create sites that not only work, but work well and are easy to update and maintain is an easy-to-read guide to Web programming basics from best-selling author Charles Wyke-Smith. Just as architects...
The modern world offers lots of readily available online resources for learning. Wikipedia,
Google, news sources, millions of Web sites and blogs, even YouTube, offer access to
information in nearly any subject that triggers your curiosity and interest. Nonetheless, I
continue to believe that for deep understanding of something, nothing...
This book is an introduction to C++ and computer programming that focuses on the
essentials—and on effective learning. The book is designed to serve a wide range of
student interests and abilities and is suitable for a first course in programming for
computer scientists, engineers, and students in other disciplines. No prior...
