Microsoft Silverlight 2 is a new development platform designed to make the development of Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) far easier than has previously been possible. Pro Silverlight for the Enterprise addresses the question of how you can bring Silverlight 2 to your company to provide rich Internet experiences that will interface...

Java Message Service, Second Edition, is a thorough introduction to the standard API that supports "messaging" -- the software-to-software exchange of crucial data among network computers. You'll learn how JMS can help you solve many architectural challenges, such as integrating dissimilar systems and applications, increasing...

• Manage your business documents with version control, library services, content organization, and advanced search.
• Create collaborative web sites using document libraries, wikis, blogs, forums, calendars, discussions,...

SQL Server Data Mining has become the most widely deployed data mining server in the industry. Business users—and even academic and scientific users—have adopted SQL Server data mining because of its scalability, availability, extensive functionality, and ease of...

In today’s dynamic business environment, IT departments are under permanent pressure to meet two divergent requirements: to reduce costs and to support business agility with higher flexibility and responsiveness of the IT infrastructure. Grid and Cloud Computing enable a new approach towards IT. They enable increased scalability and more...