Plan, design, and implement highly available Windows solutions using the expert advice in this detailed guide. Written by a network infrastructure design specialist, this book covers the planning, development, cost analysis, management, installation, configuration, and roll out of several clustering and load balancing technologies....

Explore InfoPath 2003—and transform the way you manage business information and deliver results! This guide expertly reviews InfoPath features and capabilities—including the latest updates from Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 1—demonstrating how to create easy-to-use forms to capture data from spreadsheets, text files,...

MySQL Certification Study Guide is the official guide to studying for and passing the two MySQL certification tests for MySQL 5. Written by Paul DuBois, the leading author of books on MySQL topics, and reviewed by MySQL AB, this book is the fastest, most...

System administrators know the Internet is a hostile environment. They can't tell when a hacker will attempt to gain access to the SQL server, but they can bet that there will be an attempt soon. Because the operating system is vital to a computer's functioning, and because it's the only layer between the machine's available resources and...

Big data architecture is becoming a requirement for many different enterprises. So far, however, the focus has largely been on collecting,...

Service Broker is a key Microsoft product in support of message–based processing between applications. Pro SQL Server 2008 Service Broker helps you to take full advantage of this key Microsoft technology, beginning from the fundamentals, moving through installation and application...

• Explore the integration of Apache Spark with third party applications such as H20, Databricks and Titan
• Evaluate how Cassandra and Hbase can be used for storage
• An...

This extensively revised fifth edition features clear explanations, lots of terrific examples and an illustrative case, and practical advice, with design rules that are applicable to any SQL-based system....

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...