中文名称：英文原版计算机信息技术图书
英文名称：Embedded Systems : Desktop Integration
版本：新增《嵌入式系统在PC机的应用》[pdf][chm]
发行时间：2005年06月01日
简介：
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60.Embedded Systems : Desktop Integration
嵌入式系统在PC机的应用
by Oliver H. Bailey

• Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: Wordware Publishing, Inc. (June, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1556229941
• List Price: $59.95
Wordware出版的《嵌入式系统在PC机的应用》。
内容简介：
Book Description
This is the first book to combine embedded design, development, interface selection, and PC interfaceing within the same context.

About the Author
Oliver Bailey has been developing hardware, software, and mechanical tools for almost 30 years. He began his hardware and software career working on the DOSPLUS operating system for Radio Shack Computers in the late 1970s, and also worked on MACRO-MON, a machine language debugger. In 1980 he began working on a project that became one of the first commercially sold programs for the IBM PC, "The Programmer." He also was software development director for one of the first online services. In 1985 he started his own company, specializing in embedded, real-time, and communications hardware and software, and has developed systems for industrial machine vision, machine control, warehousing, bar code, and telecommunications tracking devices. Currently he is developing several motion control systems for garden railroads and woodworking machines.

59.Directx 9 Graphics: The Definitive Guide to Direct 3d
Directx9图像：D3D的权威指南
by Alan Thorn

• Paperback: 500 pages
• Publisher: Wordware Publishing (May, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1556222297
• List Price: $44.95
Wordware出版的《Directx9图像：D3D的权威指南》。
内容简介：
DirectX 9 Graphics: The Definitive Guide to Direct3D provides a detailed and comprehensive guide to getting started with DirectX, with a specific focus on Direct3D, a technology designed to create interactive multimedia products. This book demystifies DirectX, starting with the basics of setting up a DirectX application and finishing with the intricacies of real-time 3D animation.
Learn how to: * Create and render 3D worlds. * Use index and vertex buffers to represent 3D primitives. * Apply 3D mathematical theory to graphic design. * Export 3D models from 3D rendering applications and import them into DirectX as meshes. * Save and load data using X files. * Create snow, rain, fog, and more using point sprites and particle systems. * Animate pixel data on textures. * Enhance your game world with real-time lighting and texture mapping. * Employ skeletal animation to animate meshes.

以下7月12日更新

58.Access 2003 Programming by Example with VBA, XML, and ASP
利用VBA、XML和ASP来对Access2003编程应用举例
by Julitta Korol

• Paperback: 600 pages
• Publisher: Wordware Publishing, Inc. (March, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1556222238
• List Price: $39.95
Wordware出版的《利用VBA、XML和ASP来对Access2003编程应用举例》。
内容简介：
Book Description
This book is designed to take Access users to the next step--programming--and consists of six parts that cover an introduction to VBA programing AKO, DDL, event programming, ASP and XML.

About the Author
Julitta Korol studied 10 world languages before switching her language passion to computers. She is a software consultant who delivers custom-tailored hands-on training and develops advanced database and spreadsheet applications. She has written a dozen computer books published exclusively by MIKOM Publishing in Warsaw, Poland. Her books from Wordware include Learn Microsoft Excel 2002 VBA Programming with XML and ASP, Learn Microsoft Access 2000 Programming by Example, and Microsoft Excel VBA 2000 Programming. She lives on Long Island, New York.

57.Software Quality Engineering : Testing, Quality Assurance, and Quantifiable Improvement
软件质量工程：测试、质量保证和可见的改进
by Jeff Tian

• Hardcover: 440 pages
• Publisher: Wiley-Interscience (February 11, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471713457
• List Price: $69.95
Wiley-Interscience 出版的《软件质量工程：测试、质量保证和可见的改进》。
内容简介：
The one resource needed to create reliable software

This text offers a comprehensive and integrated approach to software quality engineering. By following the author's clear guidance, readers learn how to master the techniques to produce high-quality, reliable software, regardless of the software system's level of complexity.

The first part of the publication introduces major topics in software quality engineering and presents quality planning as an integral part of the process. Providing readers with a solid foundation in key concepts and practices, the book moves on to offer in-depth coverage of software testing as a primary means to ensure software quality; alternatives for quality assurance, including defect prevention, process improvement, inspection, formal verification, fault tolerance, safety assurance, and damage control; and measurement and analysis to close the feedback loop for quality assessment and quantifiable improvement.

The text's approach and style evolved from the author's hands-on experience in the classroom. All the pedagogical tools needed to facilitate quick learning are provided:
* Figures and tables that clarify concepts and provide quick topic summaries
* Examples that illustrate how theory is applied in real-world situations
* Comprehensive bibliography that leads to in-depth discussion of specialized topics
* Problem sets at the end of each chapter that test readers' knowledge

This is a superior textbook for software engineering, computer science, information systems, and electrical engineering students, and a dependable reference for software and computer professionals and engineers.

56.Advanced Computer Architecture and Parallel Processing
高级计算系统结构和并行处理
by Hesham El-Rewini, Mostafa Abd-El-Barr

• Hardcover: 288 pages
• Publisher: Wiley-Interscience (January 14, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471467405
• List Price: $98.95
Wiley-Interscience 出版的《高级计算系统结构和并行处理》。
内容简介：
From Book News, Inc.
This graduate textbook presents advanced computer architectures that utilize parallelism via multiple processing units. El-Rewini (computer science, Southern Methodist University) and Abd-el-Barr (information science, Kuwait University) describe a variety of shared memory and message passing architectures, abstract models for evaluating parallel algorithms, the parallel virtual machine (PVM) programming system, and the message passing interface (MPI) standard for writing portable programs.Copyright © 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Book Description
Computer architecture deals with the physical configuration, logical structure, formats, protocols, and operational sequences for processing data, controlling the configuration, and controlling the operations over a computer. It also encompasses word lengths, instruction codes, and the interrelationships among the main parts of a computer or group of computers. This two-volume set offers a comprehensive coverage of the field of computer organization and architecture.

以下7月12日更新

55.2-D and 3-D Image Registration : for Medical, Remote Sensing, and Industrial Applications
2D和3D的图像配准：应用于医学、遥感和现代工业应用
by A. Ardeshir Goshtasby

• Hardcover: 280 pages
• Publisher: Wiley-Interscience (February 25, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471649546
• List Price: $79.95
Wiley-Interscience 出版的《2D和3D的图像配准：应用于医学、遥感和现代工业应用》，在Amazon得到五星评价。
内容简介：
To master the fundamentals of image registration, there is no more comprehensive source than 2-D and 3-D Image Registration. In addition to delving into the relevant theories of image registration, the author presents their underlying algorithms. You’ll also discover cutting-edge techniques to use in remote sensing, industrial, and medical applications. Examples of image registration are presented throughout, and the companion Web site contains all the images used in the book and provides links to software and algorithms discussed in the text, allowing you to reproduce the results in the text and develop images for your own research needs. 2-D and 3-D Image Registration serves as an excellent textbook for classes in image registration as well as an invaluable working resource.

54.Information Systems : Achieving Success by Avoiding Failure
信息系统：避免失败，取得成功
by Joyce Fortune, Geoff Peters

• Paperback: 234 pages
• Publisher: Wiley (March 4, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0470862556
• List Price: $50.00
Wiley出版的《信息系统：避免失败，取得成功》，在Amazon得到五星评价。
内容简介：
Despite people's best efforts information systems are particularly prone to failure. Some systems never materialize, others appear late and/or over budget and those that are implemented often fail to deliver the promised levels of performance. The consequences of these failures affect people throughout the organization concerned and beyond, sometimes to the point where they even threaten a company's future survival. They also damage the companies that develop and supply such systems. Worse still, the same types of problems occur again and again; even the most exhaustive methods are not able to ensure success.
This book aims to help all those people involved with information systems to break that repeating pattern of failure. Using real life examples it introduces a sophisticated approach based around the notion of system to come to grips with the causes of actual and potential failure. It presents a model of a system capable of action without failure that can be used as a yardstick to judge existing and planned information systems and suggest measures that need to be taken to achieve success.

以下7月11日更新

53.The Business Case for Storage Networks
存储网络的商业应用
by Bill Williams

• Paperback: 264 pages
• Publisher: Cisco Press (October 19, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1587201186
• List Price: $39.95
Cisco Press出版的《存储网络的商业应用》。
内容简介：
Understand the business case for storage networks and lower your total cost of ownership with this comprehensive guide

Introduces the benefits of storage networks, providing a comprehensive business case for the adoption and deployment of storage networking solutions
Provides a complete overview of the TCO methodology for storage networks
Summarizes the EVA, NPV, and ROI metrics used to evaluate projects, ensuring their financial success
Outlines the best practices for executing a storage migration strategy
Includes a TCO calculator and decision-making checklist that you can use to assess your decision
When adopting a storage networking solution, you need to understand the business case for your decision. Yet this process is fraught with many business and technical considerations. How will the adoption of a storage networking solution affect your current infrastructure? How will your IT team grapple with the addition of a new technology? How can you turn the cost of your storage network into a business benefit, strengthening your bottom line and paving the way for future success?

Storage networking technologies promise a high return on investment (ROI) and have the potential to reduce the cost of corporate IT functions, which can result in significant savings. The increased efficiency associated with networked storage also promises a lower total cost of ownership (TCO) for storage, and a lower, fully burdened cost of storage means greater long-term savings for large and small corporate datacenter environments. SAN technologies also offer increased business continuance capabilities for increased uptime and availability.

The Business Case for Storage Networks covers the problem of direct-attached storage (DAS) and the solutions offered by storage area networks. It details the experiences of IT decision makers and implementers who have deployed SAN solutions to address the formidable problems facing their companies, which are now overwhelmed with expensive, inefficient, and difficult-to-manage DAS solutions. The Business Case for Storage Networks addresses the problems of storage growth and increased consumption, the role of the IT department as a cost center, and how SAN technologies can help save money in the long run, helping you make an informed decision about your storage networking investment.

This volume is in the Network Business Series offered by Cisco Press. Books in this series provide IT executives, decision makers, and networking professionals with pertinent information on today's most important technologies and business strategies.

52.The Business Case for E-Learning
E-Learning的商业应用
by Thomas M Kelly, Nader A Nanjiani

• Paperback: 225 pages
• Publisher: Cisco Press; 1st edition (October 19, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1587200864
• List Price: $24.99
Cisco Press出版的《E-Learning的商业应用》。
内容简介：
Realize productivity gains from network-driven communication, training, and assessment

What sets apart The Business Case for E-Learning?

Unified approach to e-learning. Covering knowledge sharing, training, and assessment. E-learning components such as online testing and certifications are uniquely combined.
Productivity. The cause for rather than a consequence of e-learning. The Business Case for E-Learning demonstrates cases and methods in e-learning to those seeking productivity advantages for their organizations and ecosystems.
Focus on ecosystem. Those seeking productivity advantages across the entire supply chain or value chain of delivery can benefit from the presented perspective.
Recommendations go beyond organizational gains to cover resellers and customers.
Results and returns. See case studies and empirical evidence of the value and return on investment (ROI) that demonstrate the success of a cohesive e-learning program. Learn how Cisco Systems saved $142 million in one year using e-learning.
I have always truly believed that the Internet and education are the two great equalizers in life, and this book provides information about how to combine the two for productivity and profitability gains, based on real successes.
-John Chambers, President and CEO of Cisco Systems

The Business Case for E-Learning is the first book that demonstrates the productivity gains provided by Internet learning through a unique approach combining e-communication, e-training, and e-assessment. Beyond theory, The Business Case for E-Learning is based on practical experience in developing and deploying programs that bolster profitability. This book offers you practical recommendations for best practices and return on investment and provides lessons learned from real-world experiences.

The Business Case for E-Learning presents several case studies that range from the challenges of learning in Africa to the emergence of corporate knowledge-sharing communities. Case studies on Toyota, BearingPoint, Element K, and other e-learning leaders demonstrate how e-learning best practices can yield value for any organization. One case study quantifies how Cisco Systems in one year generated $16 in value for every dollar spent on an e-learning program.

Managers need to prove to companies that an e-learning program can result in demonstrable productivity gains. Through The Business Case for E-Learning, you learn to avoid unnecessary trial and error with e-learning and take advantage of the e-learning experience documented by authors Tom Kelly and Nader Nanjiani.

You can visit the companion website for The Business Case for E-Learning at www.cisco.com/go/book/elearning.

This volume is in the Network Business Series offered by Cisco Press. Books in this series provide IT executives, decision makers, and networking professionals with pertinent information about today's most important technologies and business strategies.

51.IPSec VPN Design
IPSec VPN设计
by Vijay Bollapragada, Mohamed Khalid, Scott Wainner

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Cisco Press (March 29, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1587051117
• List Price: $55.00
Cisco Press出版的《IPSec VPN设计》。
内容简介：
The definitive design and deployment guide for secure virtual private networks

Learn about IPSec protocols and Cisco IOS IPSec packet processing
Understand the differences between IPSec tunnel mode and transport mode
Evaluate the IPSec features that improve VPN scalability and fault tolerance, such as dead peer detection and control plane keepalives
Overcome the challenges of working with NAT and PMTUD
Explore IPSec remote-access features, including extended authentication, mode-configuration, and digital certificates
Examine the pros and cons of various IPSec connection models such as native IPSec, GRE, and remote access
Apply fault tolerance methods to IPSec VPN designs
Employ mechanisms to alleviate the configuration complexity of a large- scale IPSec VPN, including Tunnel End-Point Discovery (TED) and Dynamic Multipoint VPNs (DMVPN)
Add services to IPSec VPNs, including voice and multicast
Understand how network-based VPNs operate and how to integrate IPSec VPNs with MPLS VPNs
Among the many functions that networking technologies permit is the ability for organizations to easily and securely communicate with branch offices, mobile users, telecommuters, and business partners. Such connectivity is now vital to maintaining a competitive level of business productivity. Although several technologies exist that can enable interconnectivity among business sites, Internet-based virtual private networks (VPNs) have evolved as the most effective means to link corporate network resources to remote employees, offices, and mobile workers. VPNs provide productivity enhancements, efficient and convenient remote access to network resources, site-to-site connectivity, a high level of security, and tremendous cost savings.

IPSec VPN Design is the first book to present a detailed examination of the design aspects of IPSec protocols that enable secure VPN communication. Divided into three parts, the book provides a solid understanding of design and architectural issues of large-scale, secure VPN solutions. Part I includes a comprehensive introduction to the general architecture of IPSec, including its protocols and Cisco IOS® IPSec implementation details. Part II examines IPSec VPN design principles covering hub-and-spoke, full-mesh, and fault-tolerant designs. This part of the book also covers dynamic configuration models used to simplify IPSec VPN designs. Part III addresses design issues in adding services to an IPSec VPN such as voice and multicast. This part of the book also shows you how to effectively integrate IPSec VPNs with MPLS VPNs.

IPSec VPN Design provides you with the field-tested design and configuration advice to help you deploy an effective and secure VPN solution in any environment.

This security book is part of the Cisco Press® Networking Technology Series. Security titles from Cisco Press help networking professionals secure critical data and resources, prevent and mitigate network attacks, and build end-to-end self-defending networks.

50.Fault-Tolerant IP and MPLS Networks
容错IP和MPLS网络
by Iftekhar Hussain

• Hardcover: 336 pages
• Publisher: Cisco Press (November 11, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1587051265
• List Price: $60.00
Cisco Press出版的《容错IP和MPLS网络》。
内容简介：
Design and deploy high availability IP and MPLS network architectures with this comprehensive guide

Includes a detailed overview of the IP/MPLS forwarding and control plane protocols, including OSPF, IS-IS, LDP, BGP, and RSVP
Analyze fault-tolerant IP/MPLS control plane architectures with the explanations in this book
Develop a clear understanding of various high availability aspects of IP/MPLS networks
Learn how to seamlessly deploy IP/MPLS control plane restart mechanisms
Master the application of fault-tolerant control-plane architectures in designing and deploying highly reliable and available MPLS applications, such as traffic engineering, L2VPNs, and L3VPNs
Understand the layered architecture of network-level fault recovery mechanisms, such as optical, SONET, MPLS, and interactions between different layers
In the wake of increased traffic, today's service providers and enterprises must assure high availability across a variety of networked services and applications. Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) is the enabling technology for the widespread deployment of IP networks in core and Metro Ethernet applications. Many service providers need to move their legacy Layer 2 and Layer 3 services onto converged MPLS and IP-enabled networks, but high availability is a prerequisite for offering profitable carrier-class services. Although most carrier-class routers do provide an adequate level of hardware redundancy, control-plane software is still vulnerable to and, in many cases, the cause of router failures.

Fault-Tolerant IP and MPLS Networks provides you with an in-depth analysis of the mechanisms that improve the reliability and availability of IP and MPLS control plane components. The IP/MPLS control-plane architecture and all its restart mechanisms are explained with examples and deployment considerations.

This explanation of IP/MPLS control-plane architecture begins with a service view of the network, moves on to the node-level view by partitioning the network into its constituent network elements, and then advances to the component-level view to explore various techniques that can be used to improve the reliability and availability of each component. The top-down and example-oriented approach facilitates a solid understanding of the constituent components before moving on to more advanced MPLS applications involving multiple components.

Fault-Tolerant IP and MPLS Networks is your practical guide for understanding, designing, and deploying carrier class IP/MPLS networks.

This book is part of the Networking Technology Series from Cisco Press‚ which offers networking professionals valuable information for constructing efficient networks, understanding new technologies, and building successful careers.

49.CSS Hacks and Filters : Making Cascading Stylesheets Work
by Joseph W. Lowery

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (May 30, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764579851
• List Price: $29.99
内容简介：
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is a method of describing how a Web page should look in a Web browser, but a growing number of browsers do not support CSS in the same way, forcing developers to constantly play catch-up to keep their sites consistent
Bestselling author Joe Lowery eases the pain for those Web developers who aren't feeling the CSlove-he guides readers through real-world workarounds that will help a CSS-based site look and work the way it was meant to
Readers will grit their teeth, clench their fists, and roll their eyes for the last time once they learn how to craft fluid multi-column layouts, build interactive navigation, fix the Box Model, implement CSS hacks in Dreamweaver, and more cool tricks

48.Beating IT Risks
击败IT危机
by Ernest Jordan, Luke Silcock

• Hardcover: 292 pages
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (January 14, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN: 047002190X
• List Price: $70.00
John.Wiley.and.Sons出版的《击败IT危机》，能为在信息技术方面缺乏的所有人提供基本指南。本书所提供已被证实的模型和评估工具能为团队成员、高级管理层、IT领导者和商业单位管理人员在处于决策、监控和谈判角色时进行指导。
内容简介：
Beating IT Risks is the essential guide for anyone at risk from information technology failure. The book provides proven models and evaluation tools that will guide board members, senior management, IT leaders and business unit managers in decision-making, monitoring and negotiation roles. Featuring real-world PA Consulting Group case studies along with the authors' own direct experience in managing IT risks, this book will sit above more specialist titles to help you develop an integrated and comprehensive understanding of different IT risks and how to combat them. The authors cover all types of IT risk, and offer explicit guidance about what to consider when implementing a risk management approach to best meet an individual company's needs.

47.Arithmetic and Logic in Computer Systems
计算机中的算法与逻辑
by Mi Lu

• Hardcover: 246 pages
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (January 16, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471469459
• List Price: $62.95
John Wiley and Sons出版社出版《计算机中的算法与逻辑》
内容简介：
Lu (Texas A&M U.) presents algorithms for conducting addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division operations in digital systems. Intending the work as a textbook for advanced students of electronic engineering or computer sciences, her main goal is to describe the concepts behind the algorithms and to provide guidance on alternative approaches. Chapters cover such topics as high-sped adding, sequential and parallel multiplication, sequential division, fast array dividers, floating point operations, residue number operations, operations through logarithms, and signed-digit number operations.Copyright © 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

46.Getting the Message: A History of Communications
获取消息：通信的历史
by Laszlo Solymar, L. Solymar

• Hardcover: 311 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press (November 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198503334
• List Price: $44.50
牛津大学出版社出版的《获取消息：通信的历史》。
内容简介：
Getting The Message: A History of Communications is a strange book. Is it a gift for someone's coffee table, a textbook, or serious history? Laszlo Solymar's quirky commentary mixes colorful character studies with social criticism, technical explanation with personal prejudice. It starts with fire signals and ends with Internet firewalls. He tells us that he would join a Campaign for Curbing the Spread of Acronyms. He regrets that e-mail means you get contacted by forgotten acquaintances sending you details about their offspring. He points out that Dudayev, the Chechen rebel leader, was blown to smithereens because he was too fond of his mobile phone, and all this is mixed in with explanations of "The principles of a triode amplifier."
The narrative in this book is brisk, and there are an amazing number of illustrations and cartoons, which make Solymar's points perfectly. For example, a prescient "Punch" cartoon from 1879 shows two people videoconferencing, and there's a picture of an eavesdropping device used by Alexander the Great.

Solymar, an Oxford professor of engineering, mentions his debt to his fellow dons in the dedication. The exchange of academic ideas has enriched his text. His mind reaches beyond the scientific: he seems perfectly at ease as a historian describing how, during the Russian Revolution, Kerensky and Kornilov had to communicate using the telegraph. Had Russia been less backward, they would have used the telephone. Had they been even more backward, they would have met in person. But they used the telegraph, misunderstood each other, and thus set in motion the October Revolution.

This book sets out to be technical, polemical, historical, analytical, and readable. With the exception of a few longueurs, the author, through his breadth of reference and determination to be accessible, has succeeded. --Brian Jenner, amazon.co.uk

以下7月10日更新

45.Professional Oracle Programming (Programmer to Programmer)
Oracle编程指南
by Rick Greenwald, Robert Stackowiak, Gary Dodge, David Klein, Ben Shapiro, Christopher G. Chelliah

• Paperback: 792 pages
• Publisher: Wiley (June 6, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764574825
• List Price: $39.99
Wiley出版的图书：Oracle编程指南，在amazon上得到五星评价。
内容简介：
One of the only Oracle books to focus exclusively on database programming rather than administration
Oracle owns sixty percent of the commercial database market
Provides full coverage of the latest Oracle version, 10g-including new features such as regular expressions and the MODEL SQL clause-as well as versions 8, 8i, and 9i
The authors are well-known as Oracle gurus-Greenwald is the author of Oracle in a Nutshell and the coauthor, with Stackowiak, of Oracle 9 Essentials
Shows how to use Oracle data and data structures to build robust, scalable database applications using Java, SQL, and PL/SQL

From the Back Cover
Professional Oracle Programming
If you are a developer who wants to use Oracle to build effective, robust, and scalable software applications, look no further. Written by a team of leading authorities on the Oracle database, this example-packed book is divided into three main areas: how the Oracle database works, how to use SQL and programming languages to access Oracle, and how to use the features of Oracle effectively in creating your applications.

After an overview of the topics you need to know in order to use the Oracle database effectively, you'll get helpful tips, techniques, code samples, and examples written in Oracle Database 10g. Along the way, you'll learn how to access and manipulate data in the Oracle database, implement logic with various programming techniques, use raw data in a database, and, ultimately, create successful applications.

What you will learn from this book

How to leverage Oracle's strengths in both its functionality and operations
Various database issues that have a direct impact on the operation and performance of Oracle applications
Techniques for using triggers, regular expressions, object types, XML, and HTML-DB with Oracle
How Oracle processes SQL requests and the implication this can have on application code
Ways Oracle determines optimal access paths to data and how to shape the behavior of an Oracle database
Who this book is for

This book is for anyone whose primary job is to create application systems and who wants to use the Oracle database for such systems. A basic knowledge of Oracle, Java, and SQL is recommended.

Wrox Professional guides are planned and written by working programmers to meet the real-world needs of programmers, developers, and IT professionals. Focused and relevant, they address the issues technology professionals face every day. They provide examples, practical solutions, and expert education in new technologies, all designed to help programmers do a better job.

44.Signals and Systems
信号与系统
by Bernd Girod, Rudolf Rabenstein, Alexander Stenger

• Paperback: 577 pages
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (June 15, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471988006
• List Price: $65.00
Wiley 出版发行的图书《信号与系统》。
内容简介：
This book provides a comprehensive, modern approach to signals and systems, concentrating on those aspects that are most relevant for applications such as communication systems and signal processing. Emphasis is placed on building the reader's intuition and problem-solving ability, rather than formal theorems and proofs.
"The coverage of the book is comprehensive, providing a broad overview, using a whole host of exercises. The wealth of the worked examples and problems complemented by solutions is particularly attractive. The level of mathematics is not too daunting for the good average student and the authors do their utmost to mitigate the difficulties, skilfully using worked examples."
Prof. Lajos Hanzo, University of Southampton
author of Mobile Radio Communications and Single-and Multi-carrier QAM
Check out the companion Website for 'Systool' simulation software using Java applets to animate many of the key examples and exercises from the book.



43.Learn JavaScript
学会编写JAVa脚本
by Chuck Easttom

• Paperback: 350 pages
• Publisher: Wordware Publishing, Inc.; 1st edition (January 15, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1556228562
• List Price: $29.95
Wordware.Publishing出版的《学会编写JAVa脚本》。
内容简介：
Book Description
This introductory title in JavaScript targets one of the most popular programming languages for Web development. The title has a unique approach, using building blocks so readers have developed a complete Web site by the end of the title.

Book Info
Takes a practical approach to demonstrating how to enhance web pages using JavaScript. Explains how to create simple games using JavaScript and includes a chapter on tips and tricks. Softcover. CD-ROM included.

42.The Power of PROC FORMAT
程序格式的重要功能

• Paperback: 124 pages
• Publisher: SAS Publishing (March, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1590475739
• List Price: $29.95
SAS Publishing 出品的电子书《程序格式的重要功能》。
内容简介：
Are you a programmer, statistician, or data analyst tasked with generating reports? Discover how you can put the powerful FORMAT procedure to work for you with The Power of PROC FORMAT. Written in an easy-to-follow tutorial style and illustrated with real-world examples and solutions, this handy guide introduces beginning to intermediate SAS users to the functionality of the FORMAT procedure. Learn how the FORMAT procedure can recategorize data values while doing a variety of tasks, including building user-defined formats and informats, implementing a table lookup in SAS, using the DATA step and other SAS procedures, assigning descriptive labels to data values, creating new variables and finding unexpected values, generating data extracts, and merging data sets.

41.Professional DotNetNuke ASP.NET Portals
.NetNuke ASP .NET门户开发指南
by Shaun Walker, Patrick J. Santry, Joe Brinkman, Daniel Caron, Scott McCulloch, Scott Willhite, Bruce Hopkins

• Paperback: 456 pages
• Publisher: Wrox (May 30, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764595636
• List Price: $39.99
Wrox出版的书籍：.NetNuke ASP .NET门户开发指南。由.NETNuke工程的作者亲自编写。
内容简介：
* This hands-on guide covers various real-world scenarios for developing and administering portals created with DotNet Nuke, the ASP.NET-based solution for quick and efficient building of Microsoft ASP.NET Web sites
* Written by the creator and programmers of the DotNetNuke project
* Features step-by-step instructions on administering DotNetNuke and applying it in various real-world situations
* Discusses some of the more common issues that developers are likely to face when setting up DotNetNuke, such as Webfarms, capacity planning, and databases
* Covers the new DotNetNuke version 3.0 and examines key differences between it and the older 2.4 release

40.Content Networking : Architecture, Protocols, and Practice
网络架构、协议和实践
by Markus Hofmann, Leland R. Beaumont

• Hardcover: 352 pages
• Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann (February 15, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1558608346
• List Price: $54.95
Morgan.Kaufmann出版的《网络架构、协议和实践》
内容简介：
As the Internet has grown, so have the challenges associated with delivering static, streaming, and dynamic content to end-users. This book is unique in that it addresses the topic of content networking exclusively and comprehensively, tracing the evolution from traditional web caching to today's open and vastly more flexible architecture. With this evolutionary approach, the authors emphasize the field's most persistent concepts, principles, and mechanisms--the core information that will help you understand why and how content delivery works today, and apply that knowledge in the future.

+ Focuses on the principles that will give you a deep and timely understanding of content networking.
+ Offers dozens of protocol-specific examples showing how real-life Content Networks are currently designed and implemented.
+ Provides extensive consideration of Content Services, including both the Internet Content Adaptation Protocol (ICAP) and Open Pluggable Edge Services (OPES).
+ Examines methods for supporting time-constrained media such as streaming audio and video and real-time media such as instant messages.
+ Combines the vision and rigor of a prominent researcher with the practical experience of a seasoned development engineer to provide a unique combination of theoretical depth and practical application.

39.C# 2.0 : Practical Guide for Programmers
C# 2.0:程序员实践指南
by Michel de Champlain, Brian G. Patrick

• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann (February 22, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0121674517
• List Price: $21.95
Morgan.Kaufmann出版的《C# 2.0:程序员实践指南》
内容简介：
You dont need coddling; you dont need to be told what you already know. What you need is a book that uses your experience as a Java or C++ programmer to give you a leg up into the challenges and rewards of C#. And this Practical Guide is precisely what youre after.

Written by a team that boasts extensive experience teaching C# to professionals, this book provides a practical, efficient explanation of the language itself, covering basic to advanced features and calling out all thats new in 2.0. Its instruction is always firmly situated within the context of the .NET framework and bolstered by code examples, key lessons in object-oriented programming, and installments of a realistic application programming tutorial. Concise and incisive, this is the best way to master the worlds fastest-growing and most marketable programming language.

Features
* Provides a carefully focused explanation of every aspect of the C# language, including entire chapters on the unified type system, advanced types, collections, generics, reflection and attributes.
* Highlights all features new to the latest version of C# and organizes its presentation of C# according to the key principles of object-oriented programming and the .NET framework.
* Using end-of-chapter exercises, incrementally develops a cohesive application programming tutorial.
* Includes an easy-to-use appendix on the grammatical rules of C# and provides downloadable example code via the companion website.

* Provides a carefully focused explanation of every aspect of the C# language, including entire chapters on the unified type system, advanced types, collections, generics, reflection and attributes.
* Highlights all features new to the latest version of C# and organizes its presentation of C# according to the key principles of object-oriented programming and the .NET framework.
* Using end-of-chapter exercises, incrementally develops a cohesive application programming tutorial.
* Includes an easy-to-use appendix on the grammatical rules of C# and provides downloadable example code via the companion website.

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38.A+ Certification Practice Questions Exam Cram 2 (Exam Cram 2)
A+认证考试220-301, 220-302的问题集
by Charles J. Brooks, Ed Tittel

• Paperback: 408 pages
• Publisher: Que; Bk&CD-Rom edition (March 10, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0789731088
• List Price: $24.99
Que出版的A+认证考试220-301, 220-302的问题集。
内容简介：
The A+ certification is the most popular certification program in the world, certifying more than 500,000 individuals since its inception in 1998. These exams certify readers knowledge of basic computer hardware and operating systems. This certification is extremely popular because it is essential to anybody who requires a baseline set of skills or competencies: high school students, technicians in your company's IT support group, even the delivery-truck driver who wants to explore a better career opportunity.

The A+ Practice Questions Exam Cram 2 provides readers with nearly 1,000 practice test questions as well as complete answer explanations, giving readers the perfect complementary tool for their A+ studies. Features relevant Exam Notes to heop readers score better on the tests, plus the ever popular "Cram Sheet" tearcard, which is used for last-minute cramming.

37.Absolute Beginner's Guide to Creating Web Pages (2nd Edition)
网页制作－初学者完全指南
by Todd Stauffer

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Que; 2 edition (October 30, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0789728958
• List Price: $18.95
Que出版的《网页制作－初学者完全指南》，讲述如何制作网页，在amazon上得到五星评价。
内容简介：
Absolute Beginner's Guide to Creating Web Pages assumes that readers are true beginners - no prior Web page experience is necessary!

This hands-on tutorial teaches readers the fundamentals of creating Web pages, along with more advanced ideas like message areas, chat, and e-commerce options to make the page look like it was created by a professional. The book begins by explaining the need for HTML and the basics of good Web page design. It then covers using HTML tags and tools, formatting text, adding images, and building links. Later chapters demonstrate how to add features to Web pages including tables, colors, frames, multimedia content, JavaScript, Style Sheets and Dynamic HTML. The author has also included several hundred pages of useful additional information, perfect for the beginning Web designer.

36.CISA Exam Cram 2 : Certified Information Systems Auditor
CISA考试参考书（认证信息系统分析员）
by Allen Keele, Keith Mortier

• Paperback: 456 pages
• Publisher: Que; Bk&CD-Rom edition (April 20, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0789732726
• List Price: $34.99
Que出版的《CISA考试参考书（认证信息系统分析员）》。
内容简介：
Want an affordable yet innovative approach to studying for the Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) 2005 exam? CISA 2005 Exam Cram 2 is your solution. You will have the essential material for passing the CISA 2005 exam right at your fingertips. All exam objectives are covered and you'll find practice exams, exam alerts, notes, tips and cautions to help guide you through your exam preparation. A CD also provides you with a video introduction to the exam and complete explanations of answers to the practice questions from Certified Tech Trainers (CTT). As a special bonus, you will receive $75 in discounts on CTT products and services. For your smartest, most efficient way to get certified, choose CISA 2005 Exam Cram 2.

35.MCSA/MCSE 70-270 Exam Prep 2 : Windows XP Professional (Exam Prep 2)
MCSA和MCSE 70-270认证考试
by Melissa Craft, Don Poulton

• Paperback: 744 pages
• Publisher: Que; Bk&CD-Rom edition (April 22, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0789733633
• List Price: $59.99
Que出版的MCSA和MCSE 70-270认证考试书籍，适用于Windows XP专业版。
内容简介：
The MCSA/MCSE 70-270 Exam Prep 2: Windows XP Professional is the most comprehensive, accurate study guide for this popular MCSE exam. Updated with Service Pack 2 information, this in-depth approach to the exam objectives also explains the core concepts of the technology to help you pass the exam. Organized by exam objective, you will be able to quickly and easily assess your understanding of key exam topics. The real-world examples, extensive hands-on exercises and end-of-chapter exercises support exam objectives and reinforce learning. Notes, tips, warnings, key terms, study strategies, fast facts and self-assessment opportunities will also help you score better on the exam. Additional practice questions are included on a test-engine CD, provided by MeasureUp. With all of these great features and proven study methods, MCSA/MCSE 70-270 Exam Prep 2: Windows XP Professional is your smartest way to get certified.

34.Achieving Software Quality through Teamwork
通过团队工作完成软件质量标准
by Isabel Evans

• Hardcover: 324 pages
• Publisher: Artech House Publishers (May 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN: 158053662X
• List Price: $85.00
内容简介：
Successful software depends not only on technical excellence but on how members of the software team work together. Written in easy to understand language by a leading expert in the field, this ground-breaking volume provides an overview of the team culture required to develop quality software. Reflecting the different views on the nature of software quality, the book helps groups in a software team to communicate more effectively and to overcome the conflict created by their different perceptions of quality. You learn the roles and activities of team members (including customers) throughout the life of a software product, from before the software development starts and during the software development lifecycle, to after the software has been deployed and is in use.

33.Real-Time Cinematography for Games (Game Development Series)
游戏开发中的实时电影摄影术
by Brian Hawkins

• Paperback: 326 pages
• Publisher: Delmar Thomson Learning (January 28, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1584503084
• List Price: $49.95
内容简介：
Today’s game audiences expect Hollywood-quality cinematography. But to produce this quality in games, programmers need to understand the traditional film principles of lighting, camera positioning, and motion. Unlike movies, games provide non-linear, interactive storytelling, so to use film and T.V. techniques effectively, the techniques need to be modified for games.
Real-Time Cinematography for Games provides this translation by teaching programmers and artists how to incorporate tried-and-true filmmaking techniques into their games. Beginning with an overview of filmmaking and cinematography basics, the book teaches how to tell a compelling story using camera placement based on character and environment. It explains how to handle a camera for panning, zooming, and cradle movement, and it details how to program these techniques into your games through code examples. From there, camera lenses and methods for achieving a variety of effects with software cameras are explored. Hands-on examples illustrate the importance of good lighting and how to handle transitions to new lighting arrangements. The next part of the book covers the essential areas of filters, sound effects, interactive music, movement, and dialog, including coverage of current voice recognition technology. The book wraps up with coverage of directing essentials.
Programmers will find the entire book extremely useful, and designers and artists will find the large amount of creative uses of filmmaking techniques invaluable. Every chapter is written with two major parts: creative and technical. The creative section looks into the techniques and practices of the film industry and teaches how artists and designers can use these techniques in games. The technical sections then explain how to implement these techniques into games through practical code and equations. The technical sections require knowledge of basic programming and computer graphics concepts. This is the one resource programmers and designers need to ensure that they are producing Hollywood-quality graphics that will keep your players coming back for more!
TOPICS COVERED:
* Cinematography—Position
* Cinematography—Motion
* Acting—Dialogue
* Acting—Hitting the Mark
* Cinematography—Lenses
* Foley Artist—Sound Effects
* Lighting—Reality versus Hollywood
* Editing—Filters and Effects
* Composing—Making Music
* Editing—Transitions
* Editing—Selection
* Directing
Key Features
* Presents traditional film techniques adapted for use in games
* Provides practical code examples that can be easily implemented
* Includes an extensive color insert illustrating the techniques covered
* Focuses on the concepts of cinematographic lighting to improve real-time lighting
* Integrates coverage of graphics, editing, sound, and artificial intelligence
* Includes insightful interviews with leading professionals in the film industry
* Includes a companion Web site with all the source code for the examples in the book, new code, videos, and other useful tools covered in the book

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32.Java In A Nutshell, 5th Edition
JAVA技术手册第5版
by David Flanagan

• Paperback: 1264 pages
• Publisher: O'Reilly; 5 edition (March 15, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0596007736
• List Price: $44.95
Oreilly出版的JAVA技术手册第5版，1224 页。这本书是供所有Java程序员进行快速查阅的一本精华参考手册，对Java语言及其主要的API进行了精辟的介绍，经验丰富的程序员可以借此立即开始编写Java代码
内容简介：
With more than 700,000 copies sold to date, Java in a Nutshell from O'Reilly is clearly the favorite resource amongst the legion of developers and programmers using Java technology. And now, with the release of the 5.0 version of Java, O'Reilly has given the book that defined the "in a Nutshell" category another impressive tune-up.
In this latest revision, readers will find Java in a Nutshell, 5th Edition does more than just cover the extensive changes implicit in 5.0, the newest version of Java. It's undergone a complete makeover--in scope, size, and type of coverage--in order to more closely meet the needs of the modern Java programmer.

To wit, Java in a Nutshell, 5th Edition now places less emphasis on coming to Java from C and C++, and adds more discussion on tools and frameworks. It also offers new code examples to illustrate the working of APIs, and, of course, extensive coverage of Java 5.0. But faithful readers take comfort: it still hasn't lost any of its core elements that made it such a classic to begin with.

This handy reference gets right to the heart of the program with an accelerated introduction to the Java programming language and its key APIs--ideal for developers wishing to start writing code right away. And, as was the case in previous editions, Java in a Nutshell, 5th Edition is once again chock-full of poignant tips, techniques, examples, and practical advice.

For as long as Java has existed, Java in a Nutshell has helped developers maximize the capabilities of the program's newest versions. And this latest edition is no different.

31.Microsoft Reporting Services in Action(In Action series)
Microsoft Reporting Services报表服务实战
by Teo Lachev

• Paperback: 656 pages
• Publisher: Manning Publications (August 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1932394222
• List Price: $49.95
Manning出版的《Microsoft Reporting Services报表服务实战》，在Amazon上得到五星评价。
内容简介：
Written for developers and administrators who have been asked to add reporting features to an enterprise application, this book explains how to author reports with Microsoft SQL server 2000 reporting services and how to integrate reporting services with Windows forms, web- based, and OLAP applications. Lachev, who works for Hewlett- Packard, uses expressions and functions to extend reports, embeds Visual Basic .NET code and external code in the form of .NET assemblies, discusses different ways of managing the report catalog, and explores the role-based security model. Distributed in the US and Canada by Independent Publishers Group.Copyright © 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Brian Welcker, Group Program Manager, SQL Server Reporting
Services, Microsoft Corporation
"I encourage you to use the ideas in this book and take Reporting Services to the next level."

30.Level of Detail for 3D Graphics (Series in Computer Graphics and Geometric Modeling)
3D图形的层次细节
by David Luebke, Martin Reddy, Jonathan D. Cohen, Amitabh Varshney, Benjamin Watson

• Hardcover: 432 pages
• Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann; 1st edition (July 22, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1558608389
• List Price: $73.95
Morgan.Kaufmann出版的《3D图形的层次细节》，在Amazon上得到五星评价。
内容简介：
Level of detail (LOD) techniques are increasingly used by professional real-time developers to strike the balance between breathtaking virtual worlds and smooth, flowing animation. Level of Detail for 3D Graphics brings together, for the first time, the mechanisms, principles, practices, and theory needed by every graphics developer seeking to apply LOD methods.

Continuing advances in level of detail management have brought this powerful technology to the forefront of 3D graphics optimization research. This book, written by the very researchers and developers who have built LOD technology, is both a state-of-the-art chronicle of LOD advances and a practical sourcebook, which will enable graphics developers from all disciplines to apply these formidable techniques to their own work.

* Is a complete, practical resource for programmers wishing to incorporate LOD technology into their own systems.
* Is an important reference for professionals in game development, computer animation, information visualization, real-time graphics and simulation, data capture and preview, CAD display, and virtual worlds.
* Is accessible to anyone familiar with the essentials of computer science and interactive computer graphics.
* Covers the full range of LOD methods from mesh simplification to error metrics, as well as advanced issues of human perception, temporal detail, and visual fidelity measurement.
* Includes an accompanying Web site rich in supplementary material including source code, tools, 3D models, public domain software, documentation, LOD updates, and more. Visit http://LODBook.com.

29.Java: Practical Guide for Programmers (The Practical Guide Series)
Java实例编程指导
by Michael Sikora

• Paperback: 150 pages
• Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann (December 23, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1558609091
• List Price: $21.95
Morgan Kaufmann出版的《Java实例编成指导》，在Amazon上得到五星评价。
内容简介：
"Java: Practical Guide for Programmers efficiently gives the experienced programmer a turbo jumpstart on the Java language. Readers will be surprised how fast they can grasp the language essentials. My students have been searching for this book for years!"
--An Ngoc Lam
Sr. Software Engineer, 3PARdata Inc.
Computer Science Instructor, University of California at Santa Cruz

28.Classic Shell Scripting
经典SHELL脚本编写
by Arnold Robbins, Nelson H.F. Beebe

• Paperback: 560 pages
• Publisher: O'Reilly; 1 edition (February 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0596005954
• List Price: $34.95
Oreilly计算机类从书《经典SHELL脚本编写》。
内容简介：
Shell scripting skills never go out of style. It's the shell that unlocks the real potential of Unix. Shell scripting is essential for Unix users and system administrators-a way to quickly harness and customize the full power of any Unix system. With shell scripts, you can combine the fundamental Unix text and file processing commands to crunch data and automate repetitive tasks. But beneath this simple promise lies a treacherous ocean of variations in Unix commands and standards. Classic Shell Scripting is written to help you reliably navigate these tricky waters.
Writing shell scripts requires more than just a knowledge of the shell language, it also requires familiarity with the individual Unix programs: why each one is there, how to use them by themselves, and in combination with the other programs. The authors are intimately familiar with the tips and tricks that can be used to create excellent scripts, as well as the traps that can make your best effort a bad shell script. With Classic Shell Scripting you'll avoid hours of wasted effort. You'll learn not only write useful shell scripts, but how to do it properly and portably.

The ability to program and customize the shell quickly, reliably, and portably to get the best out of any individual system is an important skill for anyone operating and maintaining Unix or Linux systems. Classic Shell Scripting gives you everything you need to master these essential skills.

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27.Game Character Development with Maya
使用Maya进行游戏人物开发

• Publisher: New Riders Games; Bk&CD-Rom edition (November 22, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN: 073571438X
• List Price: $49.99
New.Riders 出版的图书:《使用Maya进行游戏人物开发》。
内容简介：
If you thought Angelina Jolie was responsible for Lara Croft's curves, think again! Long before the Hollywood actress brought the Tomb Raider heroine to life, Alias' 3D modeling software Maya was used to create the lovely Lara; Ms. Jolie simply filled in her curves! When you're ready to start creating equally compelling characters of your own, you need this comprehensive volume! In these pages, gaming-industry veteran Antony Ward uses a combination of informative narrative, hands-on tutorials, and a slew of illustrations and screen shots to show you how to use Maya to address the most complex element of game creation-developing great characters! As you follow along, Antony uses the development of two diverse characters-a female figure and a fantastical character with outrageous proportions, wings, and a demon-like face-to demonstrate the techniques involved in modeling detailing, optimizing, texturing, rigging, binding, and animating characters with Maya. The companion CD includes lesson files, scripts, an automatic rigging tool, demo software, and more!

26.Inside 3ds max 7
3DS Max 7 技术内幕
by Sean Bonney, New Riders Team


• Paperback: 800 pages
• Publisher: New Riders Press; Book&Dvdrm edition (December 15, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0735713871
• List Price: $54.99
New.Riders 出版的图书:《3DS Max 7 技术内幕》，在Amazon上得到五星评价。
内容简介：
The world of 3D modeling and animation is a complex one. Lucky for you, with Inside 3ds max 7, you get not just one instructor but a team of expert developers and trainers who cover the newly revised program from every angle. Using case studies to uncover real-word solutions as well as hands-on tutorials to help you arrive at practical answers to everyday issues, this all-in-one reference is the answer to your 3ds max prayers. You'll find out how to use 3ds max's production tools (plus the whys behind their use) and be exposed to informative, inspirational examples of varying artistic styles. And when you're ready, you'll also find complete coverage of advanced topics: camera matching, character rigging, rendering, compositing, and more. To complete the learning package, a companion CD includes all of the book's lesson files. Whether you're a game designer, Hollywood effects wizard, or industrial designer you'll soon be creating out-of-this-word worlds with 3ds max 7 and this guide.

25.Model, Rig, Animate with 3ds max 7
利用3d max 7建模和制作动画
by Michele Bousquet

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: New Riders Press; Bk&CD-Rom edition (February 2, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0321321782
• List Price: $39.99
New Riders出版的《利用3d max 7建模和制作动画》。
内容简介：
3ds max 7 provides unparalleled character animation functionality, and in this book you will learn how to take advantage of all of these tools. Simple step-by-step tutorials, glorious full-color examples, and an easy-to-understand approach to tricky concepts will have you creating and animating your own characters within hours! Author and award-winning animator Michele Bousquet answers all your questions about character modeling, rigging, and animating in 3ds max -- in the process illuminating the techniques used by game developers, broadcast and film companies, industrial designers, and more. As you complete the book’s projects and exercises -- using the files contained on the companion CD -- you’ll learn the fundamentals of character modeling, character rigging, creating rigs with custom controls, skinning, character animation, and more.

24.End-to-End QoS Network Design : Quality of Service in LANs, WANs, and VPNs
端对端QoS网络设计 : LAN, WAN, 及VPN中的服务质量
by Tim Szigeti, Christina Hattingh

• Hardcover: 768 pages
• Publisher: Cisco Press (November 9, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1587051761
• List Price: $65.00
Cisco出版的电子书《端对端QoS网络设计 : LAN, WAN, 及VPN中的服务质量》。
内容简介：
Best-practice QoS designs for protecting voice, video, and critical data while mitigating network denial-of-service attacks

Understand the service-level requirements of voice, video, and data applications
Examine strategic QoS best practices, including Scavenger-class QoS tactics for DoS/worm mitigation
Learn about QoS tools and the various interdependencies and caveats of these tools that can impact design considerations
Learn how to protect voice, video, and data traffic using various QoS mechanisms
Evaluate design recommendations for protecting voice, video, and multiple classes of data while mitigating DoS/worm attacks for the following network infrastructure architectures: campus LAN, private WAN, MPLS VPN, and IPSec VPN
Quality of Service (QoS) has already proven itself as the enabling technology for the convergence of voice, video, and data networks. As business needs evolve, so do the demands for QoS. The need to protect critical applications via QoS mechanisms in business networks has escalated over the past few years, primarily due to the increased frequency and sophistication of denial-of-service (DoS) and worm attacks.

End-to-End QoS Network Design is a detailed handbook for planning and deploying QoS solutions to address current business needs. This book goes beyond discussing available QoS technologies and considers detailed design examples that illustrate where, when, and how to deploy various QoS features to provide validated and tested solutions for voice, video, and critical data over the LAN, WAN, and VPN.

The book starts with a brief background of network infrastructure evolution and the subsequent need for QoS. It then goes on to cover the various QoS features and tools currently available and comments on their evolution and direction. The QoS requirements of voice, interactive and streaming video, and multiple classes of data applications are presented, along with an overview of the nature and effects of various types of DoS and worm attacks. QoS best-practice design principles are introduced to show how QoS mechanisms can be strategically deployed end-to-end to address application requirements while mitigating network attacks. The next section focuses on how these strategic design principles are applied to campus LAN QoS design. Considerations and detailed design recommendations specific to the access, distribution, and core layers of an enterprise campus network are presented. Private WAN QoS design is discussed in the following section, where WAN-specific considerations and detailed QoS designs are presented for leased-lines, Frame Relay, ATM, ATM-to-FR Service Interworking, and ISDN networks. Branch-specific designs include Cisco® SAFE recommendations for using Network-Based Application Recognition (NBAR) for known-worm identification and policing. The final section covers Layer 3 VPN QoS design-for both MPLS and IPSec VPNs. As businesses are migrating to VPNs to meet their wide-area networking needs at lower costs, considerations specific to these topologies are required to be reflected in their customer-edge QoS designs. MPLS VPN QoS design is examined from both the enterprise and service provider's perspectives. Additionally, IPSec VPN QoS designs cover site-to-site and teleworker contexts.

Whether you are looking for an introduction to QoS principles and practices or a QoS planning and deployment guide, this book provides you with the expert advice you need to design and implement comprehensive QoS solutions.

This book is part of the Networking Technology Series from Cisco Press‚ which offers networking professionals valuable information for constructing efficient networks, understanding new technologies, and building successful careers.

23.Cisco QOS Exam Certification Guide (IP Telephony Self-Study) (2nd Edition)
Cisco服务质量考试认证指南：自学IP电话原理第二版

• Hardcover: 768 pages
• Publisher: Cisco Press; 2 edition (November 18, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1587201240
• List Price: $69.95
Cisco出版的《Cisco服务质量考试认证指南：自学IP电话原理》第二版，在Amazon上得到五星评价。
内容简介：
Official self-study test preparation guide for the Cisco QOS 642-642 exam

QoS concepts, tools, and architectures
Modular QoS CLI (MQC), QoS Policy Manager (QPM), and AutoQoS
Classification and marking
Congestion management
Traffic shaping and policing
Congestion avoidance through drop policies
Compression tools and link fragmentation and interleaving (LFI) tools for link efficiency
LAN QoS
QoS best practices
The Cisco IP Telephony focused certification tracks validate proficiency in designing, installing, and supporting a multiservice network solution. A solid understanding of quality-of-service (QoS) features and implementation is essential for all of the Cisco IP Telephony focused certifications and is also a core component of the CCIP certification.

Cisco QOS Exam Certification Guide, Second Edition, is a best-of-breed Cisco exam study guide that focuses specifically on the objectives for the QOS 642-642 exam. Senior instructor and best-selling author Wendell Odom and senior AVVID consultant Michael Cavanaugh share preparation hints and test-taking tips, helping you identify areas of weakness and improve your QoS knowledge. Material is presented in a concise manner, focusing on increasing your understanding and retention of exam topics.

Cisco QOS Exam Certification Guide, Second Edition, presents you with an organized test preparation routine through the use of proven series elements and techniques. "Do I Know This Already?" quizzes open each chapter and allow you to decide how much time you need to spend on each section. Exam topic lists and Foundation Summary tables, figures, and snapshot information make referencing easy and give you a quick refresher whenever you need it. Challenging chapter-ending review questions help you assess your knowledge and reinforce key concepts. The companion CD-ROM contains a powerful testing engine that allows you to focus on individual topic areas or take complete, timed exams. The assessment engine also tracks your performance and provides feedback on a module-by-module basis, presenting question-by-question remediation to the text. Well-regarded for its level of detail, assessment features, and challenging review questions and exercises, this book helps you master the concepts and techniques that will enable you to succeed on the exam the first time.

Cisco QOS Exam Certification Guide, Second Edition, is part of a recommended learning path from Cisco Systems that includes simulation and hands-on training from authorized Cisco Learning Partners and self-study products from Cisco Press. To find out more about instructor-led training, e-learning, and hands-on instruction offered by authorized Cisco Learning Partners worldwide, please visit www.cisco.com/go/authorizedtraining.

22.Build the Best Data Center Facility for Your Business
创建自己最好的商业数据中心
by Douglas Alger

• Hardcover: 408 pages
• Publisher: Cisco Press (June 16, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1587051826
• List Price: $55.00
Cisco出版的《创建自己最好的商业数据中心》。
内容简介：
A comprehensive guide to designing and operating reliable server environments

• Keep your data center cool, clean, scalable, and secure
• Learn the five principles of effective data center design
• Avoid the natural and man-made hazards that can jeopardize a data center site
• Learn how to lay out key infrastructure objects within the data center for greatest efficiency, from buffer zones to server rows
• Apply proven installation methods by studying sample illustrations of both overhead and under-floor systems
• Extract the best practices and design strategies for both in-room and standby electrical infrastructure
• Avoid accidental downtime, improve productivity, and ensure user safety
• Safeguard and streamline your network infrastructure with a well-organized physical hierarchy
• Understand the special challenges of retrofitting overburdened server environments
• Implement solutions from a wide array of sample illustrations and examples of essential data center signage
• Safeguard servers with operations standards for people working in or visiting the data center
• Download templates used by Cisco to design its data centers, customizable to square footage and geography
• Avoid excess construction costs by designing a data center that meets your needs today and for many years to come

All data centers are unique, but they all share the same mission: to protect your company’s valuable information. Build the Best Data Center Facility for Your Business answers your individual questions in one flexible step-by-step reference guide.

Benefit from the author’s concise and practical approach to data center design and management. The author distills this complex topic by sharing his first-hand and worldwide experience and expertise. Regardless of your experience level, you can fill your knowledge gaps on how to safeguard your company’s valuable equipment and intellectual property.

This easy-to-navigate book is divided into two parts: Part I covers data center design and physical infrastructure details, and Part II covers data center management and operations. You can also access supplementary online materials for installation instructions, which include customizable data center design templates, written cabling specifications, and sample drawings.

If you need a starting point for designing your first data center, regardless