LinuxCBT PHP Edition focuses entirely on PHP Web and Command-line scripting. Serious Linux IT-professionals are expected to have a command of various scripting environments for administrative purposes.

LinuxCBT PHP Edition, is unparalleled in content, depth and expertise. LinuxCBT PHP Edition prepares you or your organization for successfully developing and implementing business-critical GNU/Linux-based scripting solutions.

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XML Weekend Crash Course covers the ins and outs of XML in 30 sessions. Each session is designed to take 30 minutes to complete, so the Crash Course is an intense 15-hour learning period. You can complete the Crash Course over a single weekend — but you can also easily adapt the Crash Course sessions to whatever schedule best suits your needs.
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Wireless Communications over MIMO Channels: Applications to CDMA and Multiple Antenna Systems covers both state-of-the-art channel coding concepts and CDMA and multiple antenna systems, rarely found in other books on the subject.

Furthermore, an information-theoretical analysis of CDMA and SDMA systems illuminates ultimate limits and demonstrates the high potential of these concepts. Besides spatial multiplexing, the use of multiple transmit antennas in order to increase the link reliability by diversity concepts (space-time coding) is described. Another focus is the application of error control coding in mobile radio communications.

Accompanying appendices include: basic derivations, tables of frequently used channel models, chain rules for entropy and information, data processing theorem, basics of linear algebra, Householder reflection and Givens rotation, and the LLL algorithm for lattice reduction.
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The HIPAA Program Reference Handbook explains all aspects of HIPAA including system design, implementation, compliance, liability, transactions, security, and privacy, focusing on pragmatic action instead of theoretic approaches. The handbook examines: HIPAA programs and processes; HIPAA standards and the compliance of products, policies, and technology; legal impacts and liabilities; transaction requirements; and security and privacy requirements. The section on transactions and interactions discusses the intricacies of the transaction types, standards, methods, and implementations required by HIPAA, covering the flow of payments and patient information among healthcare and service providers, payers, agencies, and other organizations .
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The quick, easy way to learn how to quickly troubleshoot the most common types of problems on small- to medium-sized networks.
Updated and revised edition with expanded coverage of wireless networking, network security, and the latest network operating systems and hardware.
The perfect first book for the new administrator struggling to figure out how to fix common networking problems.
Written by an author whos well-known in the Mac community — an active magazine and newspaper writer and radio commentator. A practical, hands-on guide to network troubleshooting that emphasizes diagnostic techniques that both professionals and part-time network administrators can understand and use in their day-to-day activities. In todays pervasive network environment, many of these people are often responsible for fixing a network if it goes down. This book emphasizes fixing practical networking applications like shared printers, using the Internet, and sharing files. It does not get into the specifics of protocols or specific applications, but provides short, concise overviews of topics like wireless networking, Unix, Windows 2000, Novell Netware, routers, and firewalls.
Jonathan Feldman is an active network systems analyst and administrator who also writes regularly for SysAdmin and Network Computing magazines. He is a Level II Certified NetAnalyst, and works with Unix, Netware, Windows 2000, and a whole football team of networking gear for the Chatham County Government in Savannah, GA. A multi-disciplinary troubleshooting expert, Feldman has also programmed everything from medical office applications to video games. Network tools that hes developed have been downloaded by the likes of SCO, Cisco Systems, BellSouth, and NASA.
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Following the common-sense O’Reilly style, Mac OS X Tiger in a Nutshell cuts through the chaff and gives you practical details you can use every day. Everything you need to know about the Unix side of Mac OS X has been systematically documented in this book.Mac OS X Tiger in a Nutshell offers a complete overview of Mac OS X Tiger (Version 10.4), focusing on the BSD Unix layer. This book familiarizes you with over 300 of Tiger’s Unix commands, the Terminal application, file management, system and network administration issues, and more.

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A Toolkit for IT Professionals

Whether you work for a publicly traded or pre-IPO company or as an IT consultant, you are familiar with the daunting task of complying with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. You have no doubt seen the hour and dollar estimates for compliance go up and up. With this book, you can now regain control of your budget and schedule. This ground-breaking, fully integrated book and bootable “live” CD provide all the information and the Open Source tools for you to use to achieve IT SOX compliance. This book illustrates the many Open Source cost-saving opportunities that public companies can deploy in their IT organizations to meet the mandatory compliance requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

* Streamline IT SOX Compliance Using the Live CD
* Use the tools on the bootable Linux CD to automate and manage workflow, disseminate information, track projects, manage groups, and much more. Understand the Liability of Noncompliance
* Learn the penalties associated with noncompliance resulting from both intentional and unintentional filing of an inaccurate certification. Deploy COBIT Standards and Best-Known Methods (BKMs) in Your Organization
* Master the six components of COBIT: Executive summary, framework, control objective, control practices, management guidelines, and audit guidelines. Create an IT SOX Compliance Policy
* Learn to write, implement, and enforce an effective IT compliance policy that will be supported by both users and management. Realize the Benefits of Open Source Tools
* Deploy Open Source applications throughout your enterprise to reduce cost and improve security. Plan and Organize Your COBIT Strategy
* Develop strategic IT plans that support business objectives and can stand the test of time. Acquire Requisite Applications and Implement Your Plan
* Ensure that you have the right people, skills, and tools to implement, test, certify, and maintain both existing and newly developed systems. Deliver and Support New Systems
* Ensure that new systems perform as expected upon implementation and that they continue to perform in accordance with established expectations. Monitor the Progress of Your COBIT Deployment
Use service level agreements (SLAs) or established baselines to quantify performance against expectations and proactively troubleshoot problems.
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If you’re one of the many Unix developers drawn to Mac OS X for its Unix core, you’ll find yourself in surprisingly unfamiliar territory. Unix and Mac OS X are kissing cousins, but there are enough pitfalls and minefields in going from one to another that even a Unix guru can stumble, and most guides to Mac OS X are written for Mac aficionados. For a Unix developer, approaching Tiger from the Mac side is a bit like learning Russian by reading the Russian side of a Russian-English dictionary. Fortunately, O’Reilly has been the Unix authority for over 25 years, and in Mac OS X Tiger for Unix Geeks, that depth of understanding shows. This is the book for Mac command-line fans. Completely revised and updated to cover Mac OS X Tiger, this new edition helps you quickly and painlessly get acclimated with Tiger’s familiar-yet foreign-Unix environment.

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With every update, Mac OS X grows more powerful, more dependable, and easier to use–and Mac OS X Tiger is no exception. But along with the new features come fresh issues–new areas to troubleshoot, new functionality to unravel, and new glitches waiting to confound even the savviest Mac users. Not to worry.

Best-selling author and Mac guru Ted Landau turns his diagnostician’s eye on Mac OS X Tiger, arming readers with fix-it knowledge This popular fix-it classic offers more troubleshooting information, tips, and hacks than any other single volume. Chock-full of detailed, understandable advice for maintaining and troubleshooting Mac OS X Tiger, this comprehensive reference is where users will turn before they head to the repair shop. Readers will find solutions for every Mac OS X problem under the sun plus the technical grounding they need to turn a diagnostic eye on their own operating systems. Filled with tips, tools, and preventive measures, the guide includes in-depth coverage of Library directories and folders, file and font maintenance, crash prevention and recovery, and more.

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Intrusion Prevention Fundamentals offers an introduction and in-depth overview of Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS) technology. Using real-world scenarios and practical case studies, this book walks you through the lifecycle of an IPS project–from needs definition to deployment considerations. Implementation examples help you learn how IPS works, so you can make decisions about how and when to use the technology and understand what “flavors” of IPS are available. The book will answer questions like:

Whether you are evaluating IPS technologies or want to learn how to deploy and manage IPS in your network, this book is an invaluable resource for anyone who needs to know how IPS technology works, what problems it can or cannot solve, how it is deployed, and where it fits in the larger security marketplace.

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