Description: Access to Mobile Services focuses on methods for accessing broadcast based M-services from multiple wireless channels. This book presents a novel infrastructure that provides a multi-channel broadcast framework for mobile users to effectively discover and access composite M-services. Multi-channel algorithms are proposed for efficiently accessing composite services.
Access to Mobile Services provides an in-depth survey of wireless data access and motivates the need to treat mobile services differently. A wireless adaptation of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) is also covered.

Designed for researchers and practitioners who work in the general area of mobile services, this book is also suitable for advanced-level students in computer science. (more…)

Description: Advances in mobile computing, wireless communications, mobile positioning, and sensor technologies have given rise to a new class of context-aware mobile and ubiquitous applications.

Context-Aware Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing for Enhanced Usability: Adaptive Technologies and Applications provides thorough insights and significant research developments on mobile technologies and services. This significant reference book explains how users of such applications access intelligent and adaptable information services, maximizing convenience and minimizing intrusion.
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Description: Optical communication networks have played and will continue to play a prominent role in the development and deployment of communication network infrastructures. New optical systems and protocols will enable next generation optical networks to meet the diverse requirements from a wide range of new applications and services. Optical networks have evolved to become more flexible, intelligent and reliable. New optical switching architectures, technologies, and sophisticated control and management protocols have already enabled optical networks to be used not only in the core but also the metropolitan and access networks.
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The Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician (MCDST) is one of the newest certification offerings from Microsoft. Designed to teach you the basics of supporting end-users on the Windows XP operating system and desktop applications, this training covers the topics and concepts that map to exams 70-271 and 70-272.

Instructor Todd Logan takes time to cover all the information you’ll need, not only to pass the exam, but to be able to do the job. Todd is our XP expert and you’ll appreciate his use of diagrams, examples and real-world analogies along with his upbeat and fun delivery of the material. (more…)

SharePoint Server 2007 puts Microsoft Office workflow under your command. You’ll build customized social-networking wikis and blogs, and soon have staff accessing shared lists and libraries and working collaboratively on shared software. With SharePoint Server 2007 you’ll facilitate collaboration and Enterprise search, provide content management features, implement business processes, and supply access to information essential to organizational goals and processes.

Tim Warner’s Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 video series gives you hands-on skills for installing, configuring, updating and managing Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007. In addition to these real-world skills,

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The Smart Way to Study

“The CCNA exam is difficult and I would not have passed it if I did not
have this book with me. The CCNA Exam Cram is an indispensable resource
that guided me from the introduction of networking fundamentals to the
application of networking theories. Whether you need to learn from
scratch or just need a quick reference, this book is an excellent guide
that will definitely reinforce your knowledge of Cisco networking and
prepare you for the CCNA.” –Vincent Gov, CCNA (more…)

Broadband wireless networks bring us closer to the Internet’s ultimate
destiny of interconnecting everyone, everywhere. But wireless networking
can be a bit geeky and nerve-wracking without a proper guide. Let’s face
it: Networking can be hard. If you’re one of the last holdouts still
connected to the Internet by a wire, The Book of Wireless, 2nd Edition
is the book for you. You’ll learn how to set up your own home (or small
office) wireless network and how to use public wireless networks, safely
and securely. This plain-English guide demystifies configuring and using
wireless networks-everything from shopping for parts to securing your
network. Learn how to: (more…)