A recent Cisco traffic forecast indicates that annual global IP traffic will reach two-thirds of a zettabyte by 2013. With their ability to solve problems in massive information distribution and processing, while keeping scaling costs low, overlay systems represent a rapidly growing area of R&D with important implications for the...

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• Learn to produce easily modifiable and maintainable scripts
• Customize...

Computational Colour Science using MATLAB offers a practical, problem-based approach to colour physics. The book focuses on the key issues encountered in modern colour engineering, including efficient representation of colour information, fourier analysis of reflectance spectra and advanced colorimetric computation. Emphasis is...

Have you ever been faced with a new type of query to write, or been asked to create an unfamiliar database object? In such situations, you have probably wanted a good, solid example upon which to build, and instead have been forced into the drudgery of parsing railroad-style syntax diagrams in Oracle's manual set. This book frees you from that...

SQLServer® database software is one of the most powerful database engines used today. Microsoft’s latest release of SQLServ er, SQLServer® 2008, is a comprehensive database platform that provides secure and reliable storage for both relational and structured data, enabling one to build and manage high-performance data...

• Learn penetration testing techniques with an in-depth coverage of Kali Linux distribution
• Explore the insights and importance of testing your corporate network systems before the hackers strike
• Understand the...

Whether hand-coded or created by a visual editor, static or dynamic, most Web pages rely on HTML. The more you know about this language and its companion technologies, XHTML and CSS, the more flexible, creative, and effective your Web site will be. This all-new...

* Simple data tasks;
* Manipulating structured...