Erlang solves one of the most pressing problems facing developers today: how to write reliable, concurrent, high-performance systems. It's used worldwide by companies who need to produce reliable, efficient, and scalable applications. Invest in learning Erlang now.

Moore's Law is the observation that the amount you can do on a single chip doubles every two years. But Moore's Law is taking a detour. Rather than producing faster and faster processors, companies such as Intel and AMD are producing multi-core devices: single chips containing two, four, or more processors. If your programs aren't concurrent, they'll only run on a single processor at a time. Your users will think that your code is slow.

Erlang is a programming language designed for building highly parallel, distributed, fault-tolerant systems. It has been used commercially for many years to build massive fault-tolerated systems that run for years with minimal failures.

Erlang programs run seamlessly on multi-core computers: this means your Erlang program should run a lot faster on a 4 core processor than on a single core processor, all without you having to change a line of code.

Erlang combines ideas from the world of functional programming with techniques for building fault-tolerant systems to make a powerful language for building the massively parallel, networked applications of the future.

A practical guide to the specification, design, and programming of smart card systems for working applications.

More than 3 billion smartcards are produced every year. Generally defined as any pocket-sized card with embedded integrated circuits or chips, they have a huge number of applications including travel cards, chip and pin cards, pet tags, mobile phone SIMs and pallet trackers. Now with modern Smart Card technology such as Java Card and Basic Card it is possible for everyone to create his or her own applications on a smart card.

This book provides generic solutions for programming smart cards, enabling the creation of working applications and systems.

Key features:

• Presents a comprehensive introduction to the topic of smart cards, explaining component elements and the smart card microcontrollers.
• Sets out information on operating systems with case studies of a range of applications including credit card security, mobile phones and transport payment cards.
• Gives detailed advice on the monitoring of smart card applications, recognizing potential attacks on security and improving system integrity.
• Provides modules and examples so that all types of systems can be built up from a small number of individual components.
• Offers guidelines on avoiding and overcoming design errors.

Ideal for practising engineers and designers looking to implement smart cards in their business, it is also a valuable reference for postgraduate students taking courses on embedded system and smart card design.

Extended STL, Volume 1, will be an invaluable resource for every C++ programmer who is at least minimally familiar with the STL.

• Learn specific principles and techniques for STL extension
• Learn more about the STL by looking inside the implementation of STL extensions
• Learn general techniques for implementing wrappers over operating system APIs and technology-specific libraries
• Learn how to write iterator adaptors and understand the reasons behind the restrictions on their implementations and use

Specific coverage includes

• Making the most of collections, and understanding how they differ from containers
• Mastering element reference categories: defining them, detecting them, and using them to design STL extension collections and iterators
• Working with external iterator invalidation, and understanding its surprising impact on the design of STL-compatible collections
• Adapting real-world APIs ranging from file
• system enumeration to scatter/gather I/O
• Using standalone iterator types, from simple std::ostream_iterator extensions to sophisticated adaptors that filter and transform types or values

Multiplexed networks are essential for the unified, efficient and cost-effective exchange of electronic information within embedded component systems. This is especially important in automotive manufacturing as vehicles become increasingly reliant on robust electronic networks and systems for improved reliability, anti-lock brake systems (ABS), steering, on-board navigation systems, and much more. The latest systems such as X-by-Wire and FlexRay aim to produce faster, fault-tolerant network component interconnects, for state-of-the-art network implementation and safer, more reliable engineering of vehicular systems.

This book provides a thorough and comprehensive introduction to automotive multiplexed network buses, covering the technical principles, components, implementation issues and applications.

All the BCMSN 642-812 commands in one compact, portable resource

Preparing for the CCNP® certification? Working as a network professional? Here are all the CCNP-level commands for the BCMSN exam you need in one condensed, portable resource. The CCNP BCMSN Portable Command Guide is filled with valuable, easy-to-access information and is portable enough for use whether you’re in the server room or the equipment closet.

This book will help you memorize commands and concepts as you work to pass the CCNP BCMSN exam (642-812). The guide summarizes all CCNP certification-level Cisco IOS® Software commands, keywords, command arguments, and associated prompts, providing you with tips and examples of how to apply the commands to real-world scenarios. Sample configurations throughout the book provide you with a better understanding of how these commands are used in simple network designs.

The topics in this portable command guide cover how to do the following:

• Implement VLANs
• Conduct the operation of Spanning Tree Protocol and EtherChannel in a hierarchical network
• Implement inter-VLAN routing
• Implement gateway redundancy technologies
• Describe and configure wireless client access
• Describe and configure security features in a switched network
• Configure support for voice