Month: January 2013

Title: Knight’s Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Integration Services 24-Hour Trainer
By: Brian Knight, Devin Knight, Mike Davis, Wayne Snyder
Publisher: Wiley / Wrox
Formats: Ebook
Ebook: November 2012
Pages: 528
Ebook ISBN: 978-1-4571-4589-6| ISBN 10:1-4571-4589-8

Dive into the 2012 release of SQL Server Integration Services with this book-and-video package

This book-and-video package teaches you the essential elements of Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) from the ground up—no previous knowledge of SSIS is required. Each lesson is streamlined to teach a specific component of SSIS, helping you to learn just what you need to succeed. The lessons include three major components: a description of how each SSIS feature or process works, a tutorial that walks you through the process or technique, and an accompanying video lesson, all of which present you with a thorough introduction to Microsoft business intelligence tools and SSIS.

Knight’s Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Integration Services 24-Hour Trainer:

• Furnishes you with all the information you need to confidently start your first SSIS project
• Integrates instructional videos with each of the hands-on lessons found in the book
• Provides expert instruction from leading SQL Server authorities
• Covers the latest changes and updates in the SQL Server 2012 release

The 24-Hour Trainer is a unique book-and-video package that delivers step-by-step lessons for handling real-world scenarios. Each lesson in the book is accompanied by an instructional video that reinforces the content while providing additional explanations and tips.

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Long, John O.
2012, VIII, 95 p. 74 illus.
SBN 978-1-4614-3897-7
Immediately available per PDF-download (no DRM, watermarked)

Content Level » Professional/practitioner

Keywords » BPMN – Best Practices – ITIL – ITIL 2011 – ITSM – Process – Service Desk – Service Menagement

Related subjects » Business & Management for Professionals – Information Systems and Applications – Innovation – Technology Management – Software Engineering

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Song, Wei, Zhuang, Weihua
2012, VIII, 67 p. 24 illus.
ISBN 978-1-4614-4379-7
Immediately available per PDF-download (no DRM, watermarked)

The next-generation of wireless communications are envisioned to be supported by heterogeneous networks by using various wireless access technologies. The popular cellular networks and wireless local area networks (WLANs) present perfectly complementary characteristics in terms of service capacity, mobility support, and quality-of-service (QoS) provisioning. The cellular/WLAN interworking is an effective way to promote the evolution of wireless networks. Interworking of Wireless LANs and Cellular Networks focuses on three aspects, namely access selection, call admission control and load sharing to investigate heterogeneous interworking for cellular/WLAN integrated networks. It not only reveals important observations but also offers useful tools for performance evaluation. The unique traffic and network characteristics are exploited to enhance interworking effectiveness. Theoretical analysis and simulation validation demonstrate benefits of cellular/WLAN interworking in real networks. Last but not the least, this brief highlights promising future research directions to guide interested readers.

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Title: iPod: The Missing Manual, 11th Edition
By: J.D. BiersdorferWith:David Pogue
Publisher: O’Reilly Media
Formats: Print, Ebook, Safari Books Online
Print: December 2012
Ebook: December 2012
Pages: 352
Print ISBN: 978-1-4493-1619-8| ISBN 10:1-4493-1619-0
Ebook ISBN: 978-1-4493-4429-0| ISBN 10:1-4493-4429-1

Apple’s iPods continue to set the bar for media players, with bold new features like the Touch’s supersized screen and Siri voice control. But iPods still lack a guide to all their features. That’s where this full-color book comes in. It shows you how to play music, movies, and slideshows; shoot photos and videos; and navigate Apple’s redesigned iTunes media-management program.

The important stuff you need to know:

• Fill it up. Load your iPod with music, photos, movies, TV shows, games, ebooks, and podcasts.
• Manage your stuff. Download media and apps from the iTunes and App Stores, then organize your collection.
• Tackle the Touch. Send email and instant messages, make FaceTime calls, and shoot photos and HD video with the Touch’s 5-megapixel camera.
• Go wireless. Use the Touch’s new iOS 6 software to sync content wirelessly.
• Relish the Nano. Enjoy video and photos on the Nano’s new big screen, and chart your workouts with the Nike+ pedometer.
• Master the Shuffle and Classic. Get mucho music on the little Shuffle, and use the Classic’s giant hard drive to tote around your audio and video collections.
• Pump it up. Blast iPod tunes through your home and car stereo.

J.D. Biersdorfer

J.D. Biersdorfer is the best-selling author of iPad: The Missing Manual, Best iPhone Apps (Second Edition), Netbooks: The Missing Maunal, and The iPod Shuffle Fan Book. She is the co-author of iPod: The Missing Manual, Google: The Missing Manual (Second Edition), iPhoto ’09: The Missing Manual, and The Internet: The Missing Manual. She has authored the weekly technology column “Q&A” for the New York Times since 1998 and often writes about art, books, and design for other sections of The Times. J.D. also co-hosts the independent Pop Tech Jam audio podcast, which explores current events in the world of technology and geek culture.

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Title: Windows PowerShell Pocket Reference, 2nd Edition
By: Lee Holmes
Publisher: O’Reilly Media
Formats: Print, Ebook, Safari Books Online
Print: December 2012
Ebook: December 2012
Pages: 208
Print ISBN: 978-1-4493-2096-6| ISBN 10:1-4493-2096-1
Ebook ISBN: 978-1-4493-2095-9| ISBN 10:1-4493-2095-3

This portable reference to Windows PowerShell 3.0 summarizes the command shell and scripting language, and provides a concise reference to the many tasks that make PowerShell so useful. If you’re a busy Windows administrator, and don’t have time to plow through huge books or search online, this is the ideal on-the-job tool.

Written by Microsoft PowerShell team member Lee Holmes, and excerpted from his Windows PowerShell Cookbook, this edition offers up-to-date coverage of PowerShell 3.0. You’ll find information on the .NET classes and legacy tools you need to manage your system, along with chapters on how to write scripts, manage errors, and format output.

Beginning with a guided tour of Windows PowerShell, this handy guide covers:

• PowerShell language and environment
• Regular expression reference
• XPath quick reference
• .NET string formatting
• .NET DateTime formatting
• Selected .NET classes and their uses
• WMI reference
• Selected COM objects and their uses
• Selected events and their uses
• Standard PowerShell verbs

Lee Holmes

Lee Holmes is a developer on the Microsoft Windows PowerShell team, and has been an authoritative source of information about PowerShell since its earliest betas. His vast experience with Windows PowerShell enables him to integrate both the ‘how’ and the ‘why’ into discussions. Lee’s involvement with the PowerShell and administration community (via newsgroups, mailing lists, and blogs) gives him a great deal of insight into the problems faced by all levels of administrators and PowerShell users alike.

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