This book is a comprehensive guide to the usage and syntax of the Business Process Execution Language for Web Services (BPEL4WS). Two major BPEL4WS servers, the Oracle BPEL Process Manager and Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004 are covered in detail, and an overview of other major BPEL4WS servers is provided. The book contains practical examples on using BPEL4WS.

Web services provide the core functionality for distributed e-business applications using SOAP, WSDL and UDDI. These building blocks can then be orchestrated into a complete business process using BPEL4WS.

Web services provide the basic technical platform required for application interoperability. They do not, however, provide higher level control, such as which web services need to be invoked, which operations should be called and in what sequence. Nor do they provide ways to describe the semantics of interfaces, the workflows, or e-business processes. BPEL is the missing link to assemble and integrate web services into a real business process.

* Nine minibooks spanning more than 800 pages make this an indispensable guide for Outlook power users

* Covers the new Outlook interface and features and offers detailed coverage of Outlook tools, techniques, and tricks  

* Minibooks include: Outlook basics; e-mail, RSS, and news; personal information management; managing and controlling information; collaboration; functional forms; VBA programming; managing business information; and maintenance, management, and troubleshooting  

* Office has more than 120 million users worldwide-90 percent of the business productivity software market-and most of these users look to Outlook for e-mail, calendaring, and personal information management

This fast-paced book teaches you the basics of Access 2007 so you can start using this popular database program right away. You'll learn how to work with Access' most useful features to design databases, maintain them, search for valuable nuggets of information, and build attractive forms for quick-and-easy data entry.

The new Access is radically different from previous versions, but with this book, you'll breeze through the new interface and its timesaving features in no time with:

Ideal for small businesses and households, Access runs on PCs and manages large stores information, including numbers, pages of text, and pictures — everything from a list of family phone numbers to an enormous product catalog. Unfortunately, each new version of the program crammed in yet another set of features — so many that even the pros don't know where to find them all. Access 2007 breaks the mold: Microsoft changed the user interface by designing a tabbed toolbar that makes features easy to locate.

Fast-paced and easy to read, this new book teaches you the basics of PowerPoint 2007 so you can start using the program right away. This concise guide shows readers how to work with PowerPoint's most useful features and its completely redesigned interface. With clear explanations, step-by-step instructions, lots of illustrations, and plenty of timesaving advice, PowerPoint 2007 for Starters: The Missing Manual will quickly teach you to:

• Create, save, set up, run, and print a basic bullets-and-background slideshow
• Learn how to add pictures, sound, video, animated effects, and controls (buttons and links) to your slides
• Discover how to incorporate text, spreadsheets, and animations created in other programs

The new PowerPoint is radically different from previous versions. Over the past decade, PowerPoint has grown in complexity, but its once-simple toolbar has been packed with so many features that not even the pros could find them all. For PowerPoint 2007, Microsoft redesigned the user interface completely, adding a tabbed toolbar that makes every feature easy to locate.

Here is your essential companion to the best-selling Wii game console. The Nintendo Wii Pocket Guide steers you through how to

 -Set up your Wii and connect it to your network.
 -Make your way around the Wii Channels.
 -Pick and use Wii controllers,including the Wii Remote, Nunchuk, and Classic and GameCube controllers.
 -Create and edit your own Mii—using Wii software or third-party tools—and take charge of other Miis.
 -Go beyond games and use the Wii to browse the Internet, send and receive email, set parental controls, and create memos and calendars.
 -Shop the Wii Shop Channel and buy and spend Wii Points to purchase Virtual Console games.
 -Choose the best Wii games and play older Nintendo games on the Wii.
 -Find handy accessories.
 -Tinker with your Wii to get the most out of the game console.

Data warehousing with MySQL, a free and popular database, has never been made easier with this step-by-step tutorial on building dimensional data warehouses. Topics include star-schema modeling, populating (Extract, Transform, and Load: ETL), testing, and dimensional querying. It comes complete with a hands-on case—scaled-down from a real project—as well as an electronic copy of all MySQL scripts and sample data available for download. Computer programmers who need to build a data warehouse will find relevant examples and information written in a thorough, easy-to-follow style.

Apache can be hacked. As companies have improved perimeter security, hackers have increasingly focused on attacking Apache Web servers and Web applications. Firewalls and SSL won't protect you: you must systematically harden your Web application environment. Preventing Web Attacks with Apache brings together all the information you'll need to do that: step-by-step guidance, hands-on examples, and tested configuration files.

Building on his groundbreaking SANS presentations on Apache security, Ryan C. Barnett reveals why your Web servers represent such a compelling target, how significant exploits are performed, and how they can be defended against. Exploits discussed include: buffer overflows, denial of service, attacks on vulnerable scripts and programs, credential sniffing and spoofing, client parameter manipulation, brute force attacks, web defacements, and more.

Tuning of SQL code is generally cheaper than changing the data model. Physical and configuration tuning involves a search for bottlenecks that often points to SQL code or data model issues. Building an appropriate data model and writing properly performing SQL code can give 100%+ performance improvement. Physical and configuration tuning often gives at most a 25% performance increase. Gavin Powell shows that the central theme of Oracle10gR2 Performance Tuning is four-fold: denormalize data models to fit applications; tune SQL code according to both the data model and the application in relation to scalability; create a well-proportioned physical architecture at the time of initial Oracle installation; and most important, mix skill sets to obtain the best results.

Make the jump to distributed application programming using the .NET Framework—and introduce a new level of performance, scalability, and security to your network and enterprise applications. Expert .NET developer Matthew MacDonald shares proven techniques for fully exploiting .NET Remoting, XML Web services, and other .NET technologies and integrating them into your real-world solutions. MacDonald digs into key .NET building blocks and architectural issues, explaining which features and designs will best serve your customized distributed application projects—and when to use them. Case studies with full code examples illustrate these practical techniques in action, as well as demonstrating their benefits and tradeoffs.

It's been roughly seven years since distributed application architecture first gained recognition in the business world. Back then, exciting new technologies such as COM/DCOM and CORBA/IIOP promised to revolutionize the way that large-scale, resource-intensive applications were built. Instead of trying to host a single monolithic application on a single computer, distributed architecture allowed software to be modeled as a group of objects communicating across different machines. Best of all, these machines no longer needed to be proprietary mainframes—instead, developers could use inexpensive servers running the MS Windows operating system. Increasing the overall throughput of the system was often as easy as just adding an extra computer to the mix.

Teaching-you Job Interview Skills Training CD + Bonus Book | 479 MB | Graphics: 800 x 600 | English

Have you ever been in a job interview and been asked questions that have made your mind go blank? Questions like “what are your strengths?”, or even worse – “what are your weaknesses?” Have you ever been in a job interview and been asked questions that have made your mind go blank? Questions like “what are your strengths?”, or even worse – “what are your weaknesses?” Whether you’re new to the job market, out of work or looking for a new challenge, Teaching-you Job Interview Skills helps you gauge the best answers to even the toughestquestions that an interviewer can fire at you. No two job interviews are the same and the key to success lies in thorough preparation and practice. Teaching-you Job Interview Skills provides everything you need to make a good impression and supply the interviewer with the answers they’re looking for. Designed to eliminate stress and nerves, Teaching-you Job Interview Skills will boost your confidence and prepare you for anything the interviewer decides to throw at you. With random interviewer selection and random question choice, the interview practice is reflective of a real interview situation. Practice answering over 500 video interview questions, with the added advantage of a useful hints section which explains the nature of the question and provides examples of what you should - and shouldn’t - say. Teaching-you Job Interview Skills gives you the confidence and interview know-how to go out there and secure the job of your dreams.