“…Part II delves into security, CRM, IP telephony, unified messaging, IP/TV, and wireless LAN solutions, which can save businesses critical time and money. For networking professionals, Cisco Network Design Solutions for Small-Medium Businesses is a one-stop reference and design guide for the effective implementation of SMB networking solutions that enhance the bottom-line. …”

“…Whatever your background or environment, this book can help you improve the performance of all your Linux applications—increasingbusiness value and user satisfaction at the same time. © Copyright Pearson Education. All rights reserved…”

“…Whereas standards discuss all possible variations of each security technique, this book focusses on the 20% of variations that are used 80% of the time. This keeps the material covered in the book simple as well as self-sufficient for all readers except the most advanced…”

“…Build a bigger bag of tricks by learning “old-school” approaches such as tweaking shadow maps, faking GI with occlusion passes, and other cheats and tricks that save render time. Develop realistic materials and shaders, and design and assign detailed texture maps to your models. …”

“…Coverage includes Game time management, speed control, and ensuring consistency on diverse hardware Essential 2D graphics techniques for modern mobile gaming Vectors, matrices, and linear algebra for 3D games 3D graphics including coordinate spaces, lighting and shading, z-buffering, and quaternions Handling today’s wide array of digital and analog inputs Sound systems including sound events, 3D audio, and digital signal processing Fundamentals of game physics, including collision detection and numeric integration Cameras: first-person, follow, spline, and more Artificial intelligence: pathfinding, state-based behaviors, and strategy/planning User interfaces including menu systems and heads-up displays Scripting and text-based data files: when, how, and where to use them Basics of networked games including protocols and network topology…”

“…Finally, you'll work with examples and ways of applying the discussed concepts in practical situations.By the end of this book, you'll have gained valuable insights into what it means to be a web architect, as well as the impact architecture has on a web application.What You Will Learn:Understand the context of software architecture, from shaping the product to delivery and beyondBecome well versed in what a web architect's role meansExplore go-to key concepts for every time you try your hand at app developmentAnalyze the importance of relationships with stakeholdersGet acquainted with the benefits of well-designed architectureDig into and solve myths web developers have come across or created along the wayWho this book is for:This book is for web developers who want to become web architects. …”

“…This book takes a hands-on approach to implementation and associated methodologies for your database that will have you up and running in no time. You'll learn how to configure Sequelize for your Node.js application properly, develop a better sense of understanding of how this ORM works, and find out how to manage your database from Node.js using Sequelize. …”

“…The book outlines strategies that will help you work with execution teams to make your vision a concrete reality, along with covering ways to keep designs relevant over time through ongoing monitoring, maintenance, and continuous improvement. …”

“…This guide will help you • Mitigate the business and engineering risk associated with poor system performance • Specify system performance requirements in business and engineering terms • Identify metrics for comparing performance requirements with actual performance • Verify the accuracy of measurements • Use simple mathematical models to make predictions, plan performance tests, and anticipate the impact of changes to the system or the load placed upon it • Avoid common performance and scalability mistakes • Clarify business and engineering needs to be satisfied by given levels of throughput and response time • Incorporate performance engineering into agile processes • Help stakeholders of a system make better performance-related decisions • Manage stakeholders’ expectations about system performance throughout the software life cycle, and deliver a software product with..…”

“…What You Will Learn Set up a GCP account and project Explore BigQuery and its use cases, including machine learning Understand Google Cloud AI Platform and its capabilities Use Vertex AI for training and deploying machine learning models Explore Google Cloud Dataproc and its use cases for big data processing Create and share data visualizations and reports with Looker Data Studio Explore Google Cloud Dataflow and its use cases for batch and stream data processing Run data processing pipelines on Cloud Dataflow Explore Google Cloud Storage and its use cases for data storage Get an introduction to Google Cloud SQL and its use cases for relational databases Get an introduction to Google Cloud Pub/Sub and its use cases for real-time data streaming…”

“…With a particular focus on apparel, each section of this book will put a lens on the existing conventions practiced in the industry at all stages of the value chain and how the help of technology could completely transform fashion for a more cost efficient, sustainable and time efficient industry. Use augmented reality, virtual reality, NFTs, body scanning, 3D design, and more to completely revolutionize how you approach fashion. …”

“…By recognizing the obstacles and advantages of implementing a WLAN from a strategic and justified business perspective, you can apply the economic benefits to your organization and ensure a timely and efficient deployment of your organization’s WLAN. …”

“…If your company is considering an upgrade from Windows NT or 2000 to Windows Server 2003, the Active Directory Cookbook for Windows Server 2003 & Windows 2000 will help reduce the time and trouble it takes to configure and deploy Active Directory for your network. …”

“…The inescapable conclusion is that the Internet is an unfinished demo, more in the tradition of DOS than Unix, that has been living on Moore’s Law and 30 years of band-aids. It is long past time to get networking back on track. • Patterns in network protocols that synthesize “contradictory” approaches and simplify design and implementation • “Deriving” that networking is interprocess communication (IPC) yielding • A distributed IPC model that repeats with different scope and range of operation • Making network addresses topological makes routing purely a local matter • That in fact, private addresses ..…”

“…You will learn how to: Write effective text equivalents for images and audio files Caption soundtracks and describe the action of videos and animation Set up data and layout tables that make sense to the ear and eye Design Web forms that people can interact with via the keyboard and other input devices Label forms so that people who use talking browsers can give the right information at the right time Make scripts accessible to people who don't use a mouse Create simple PDF files that are accessible to people with disabilities Use cascading style sheets to make your thoroughly accessible pages look great Throughout the book, case studies illustrate how inadvertent accessibility barriers on major Web sites affect the ability of people with disabilities to locate information, participate in e-commerce, and explore the richness of the Web. …”

“…Margin content summaries enable time-constrained managers to locate and absorb needed information quickly. …”

“…Grevers and Christner show how to identify network consumers, prioritize traffic, and guarantee appropriate throughput and response times to business-critical applications. You learn how to use quality of service techniques such as packet classification and marking and traffic policing, queuing, scheduling, and shaping. …”

“…Contents include: Building a driver and loading modules Complete character, block, and network drivers Debugging a driver Timing Handling symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) systems Memory management and DMA Interrupts Portability issues Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI)…”

“…Network planners, designers, and engineers need a thorough understanding of QoS concepts and features to enable their networks to run at maximum efficiency and to deliver the new generation of time-critical multimedia and voice applications. …”

“…. • How to probe for information the applicant doesn’t want to reveal. • The right way (and time) to negotiate salary. • What questions the law permits and forbids. …”