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&>The Start-to-Finish, Best-Practice Guide to Implementing and Using DITA   Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) is today’s most powerful toolbox for constructing information. By implementing DITA, organizations can gain more value from their technical documentation than ever before. Now, three DITA pioneers offer the first complete roadmap for successful DITA adoption, implementation, and usage.   Drawing on years of experience helping large organizations adopt DITA, the authors answer crucial questions the “official” DITA documents ignore, including: Where do you start? What should you know up front? What are the pitfalls in implementing DITA? How can you avoid those pitfalls?   The authors begin with topic-based writing, presenting proven best practices for developing effective topics and short descriptions. Next, they address content architecture, including how best to set up and implement DITA maps, linking strategies, metadata, conditional processing, and content reuse. Finally, they offer “in the trenches” solutions for ensuring quality implementations, including guidance on content conversion.   Coverage includes:   Knowing how and when to use each DITA element–and when not to Writing “minimalist,” task-oriented information that quickly meets users’ needs Creating effective task, concept, and reference topics for any product, technology, or service Writing effective short descriptions that work well in all contexts Structuring DITA maps to bind topics together and provide superior navigation Using links to create information webs that improve retrievability and navigation Gaining benefits from metadata without getting lost in complexity Using conditional processing to eliminate redundancy and rework Systematically promoting reuse to improve quality and reduce costs Planning, resourcing, and executing effective content conversion Improving quality by editing DITA content and XML markup  If you’re a writer, editor, information architect, manager, or consultant who evaluates, deploys, or uses DITA, this book will guide you all the way to success.   Also see the other books in this IBM Press series: Developing Quality Technical Information: A Handbook for Writers and Editors The IBM Style Guide: Conventions for Writers and Editors Minimize

"Major enterprises and small start-ups are beginning to emb ... Read more

"Major enterprises and small start-ups are beginning to embrace cloud computing for the scalability and reliability that cloud vendors can provide. This book demonstrates how to implement robust and highly scalable cloud computing applications. Filled with comparative charts and decision trees to help navigate the many implementation alternatives, the author describes the major available commercial offerings and guides readers in choosing the best combination of platform, tools, and services for a small,growing start-up or an established enterprise. Aimed at software developers and their managers, the text details cloud development environments, lifecycles, and project management"-- Minimize

If you want to get started with Virtualization, there's nev ... Read more

If you want to get started with Virtualization, there's never been a better time. In this informative training course, learn from Karl W. Palachuk and Dave Sobel -- Two virtualization experts who run their own businesses with virtual environments and have sold hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of virtual solutions. This educational DVD/CD set includes: - Virtualization Basics - Designing a Virtual Environment - Virtualization Tools - Right-Sizing Your Hardware for Virtualization Success - Implementing a Virtual Project - Profitably - Managing the Virtual Environment - Licensing Scenarios - Building the Future: Hosted machines, instant backups, fast implementations, and more. 4-hour seminar on 2 DVDs Audio-only seminar on 2 CDs Minimize

If you want to get started with Virtualization, there's nev ... Read more

If you want to get started with Virtualization, there's never been a better time. In this informative training course, learn from Karl W. Palachuk and Dave Sobel -- Two virtualization experts who run their own businesses with virtual environments and have sold hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of virtual solutions. This educational DVD/CD set includes: - Virtualization Basics - Designing a Virtual Environment - Virtualization Tools - Right-Sizing Your Hardware for Virtualization Success - Implementing a Virtual Project - Profitably - Managing the Virtual Environment - Licensing Scenarios - Building the Future: Hosted machines, instant backups, fast implementations, and more. 4-hour seminar on 2 DVDs Audio-only seminar on 2 CDs Minimize

The Business-Focused, Best-Practice Guide to Succeeding wit ... Read more

The Business-Focused, Best-Practice Guide to Succeeding with ITIL Change and Release Management   ITIL® (Information Technology Infrastructure Library®) can help organizations streamline and integrate their operations, dramatically improving efficiency and delivering greater business value. For the first time, there's a comprehensive best-practice guide to succeeding with two of the most crucial and challenging parts of ITIL: change and release management.   Leading IBM® ITIL expert and author Larry Klosterboer shares solid expertise gained from real implementations across multiple industries. He helps you decide where to invest, avoid ITIL pitfalls, and build successful, long-term processes that deliver real return on investment. You’ll find detailed guidance on each process, integrated into a comprehensive roadmap for planning, implementation, and operation—a roadmap available nowhere else.   Klosterboer offers in-depth coverage of the crucial issues every implementer will face, including make-or-break challenges most consultants can’t or won’t talk about. For example, he demonstrates how to set a reasonable project scope, migrate data, execute successful pilot programs, and continually improve quality once ITIL practices are in place.   This book’s practical insights will be invaluable to every IT executive, professional, and user who wants to bring their current change and release practices in line with ITIL—and transform them from a source of frustration into a source of value. Coverage includes   Discovering and managing your change and release management requirements Identifying the resources you’ll need to succeed Building comprehensive schedules for executing change/release management projects Moving from planning to real-world implementation Choosing the right tools—or modifying the tools you’ve already invested in Using change/release management to facilitate auditing and ensure compliance Leveraging the full business benefits of mature change/release management processes Covers ITIL version 3  Acknowledgments xv About the Author xvi   Part I: Planning 1 Chapter 1: Change and Release Management: Better Together 3 Chapter 2: Discovering and Managing Requirements 13 Chapter 3: Defining Change and Release Management Processes 27 Chapter 4: Building Logical Work Flows 41 Chapter 5: Completing the Implementation Plan 51   Part II: Implementing 65 Chapter 6: Choosing the Tools 67 Chapter 7: Migrating or Consolidating Data 85 Chapter 8: Bringing the Process to Life 97 Chapter 9: Choosing and Running a Pilot 109 Chapter 10: Moving from Pilot to Production 121   Part III: Operational Issues 133 Chapter 11: The Forward Schedule of Change 135 Chapter 12: Building the Definitive Media Library 143 Chapter 13: Defining Release Packages 153 Chapter 14: Auditing and Compliance Management 163   Part IV: Reaping the Benefits 173 Chapter 15: Business Impact Analysis 175 Chapter 16: Reports and Service Levels 185 Chapter 17: Linking to Other Processes 199   Index 209   Minimize

There is no such thing as "perfect security" when it comes ... Read more

There is no such thing as "perfect security" when it comes to keeping all systems intact and functioning properly. Good penetration (pen) testing creates a balance that allows a system to be secure while simultaneously being fully functional. With this book, you'll learn how to become an effective penetrator (i.e., a white hat or ethical hacker) in order to circumvent the security features of a Web application so that those features can be accurately evaluated and adequate security precautions can be put in place.After a review of the basics of web applications, you'll be introduced to web application hacking concepts and techniques such as vulnerability analysis, attack simulation, results analysis, manuals, source code, and circuit diagrams. These web application hacking concepts and techniques will prove useful information for ultimately securing the resources that need your protection.What you will learn from this book* Surveillance techniques that an attacker uses when targeting a system for a strike* Various types of issues that exist within the modern day web application space* How to audit web services in order to assess areas of risk and exposure* How to analyze your results and translate them into documentation that is useful for remediation* Techniques for pen-testing trials to practice before a live projectWho this book is forThis book is for programmers, developers, and information security professionals who want to become familiar with web application security and how to audit it.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. Minimize

Written by two successful Program Management Professionals ... Read more

Written by two successful Program Management Professionals (PgMPs), this second edition is a complete guide that presents a step-by-step methodology, suitable for the novice to the seasoned professional, enabling managers to seamlessly move their programs from theory to practice. Minimize

The Practitioner’s Guide to Implementing SOA with Java EE T ... Read more

The Practitioner’s Guide to Implementing SOA with Java EE Technologies   This book brings together all the practical insight you need to successfully architect enterprise solutions and implement them using SOA and Java EE technologies. Writing for senior IT developers, strategists, and enterprise architects, the authors cover everything from concepts to implementation, requirements to tools.    The authors first review the Java EE platform’s essential elements in the context of SOA and web services deployment, and demonstrate how Java EE has evolved into the world’s best open source solution for enterprise SOA. After discussing standards such as SOAP, WSDL, and UDDI, they walk through implementing each key aspect of SOA with Java EE. Step by step, you’ll learn how to integrate service-oriented web and business components of Java EE technologies with the help of process-oriented standards such as BPEL/CDL into a coherent, tiered enterprise architecture that can deliver a full spectrum of business services.   Implementing SOA Using Java™ EE concludes with a section-length case study that walks through analyzing a company’s requirements, creating an effective SOA architecture, and building a concise proof-of-concept prototype with NetBeans IDE. Coverage includes •  Using Java EE technologies to simplify SOA implementation •  Mastering messaging, service descriptions, registries, orchestration, choreography, and other essential SOA concepts •  Building an advanced web services infrastructure for implementing SOA •  Using Java Persistence API to provide for persistence •  Getting started with Java Business Integration (JBI), the new open specification for delivering SOA •  Implementing SOA at the web and business tiers •  Developing, configuring, and deploying SOA systems with NetBeans IDE •  Constructing SOA systems with NetBeans SOA Pack Minimize

This is a must-have, comprehensive guide to SAP Manufacturi ... Read more

This is a must-have, comprehensive guide to SAP Manufacturing Integration and Intelligence (SAP MII) that will teach you how to implement and configure SAP MII to fit your different manufacturing tasks and issues. With this book, you learn how to create composite applications that connect your business processes with your plant systems. And, once you know how to link your plant systems to generate comprehensive and accurate data, the authors show you how to use SAP MII tools to generate accurate reports and dashboards for analysis and real-time monitoring, leading to a more efficient and effective shop floor. 1 Administrating and Configuring SAP MII Learn to how to set up, configure, and use the various components in SAP MII to help you develop general data reports for manufacturing integration and analytics. 2 Developing MII Composite Applications Explore the SAP MII Workbench to develop content and create different types of data queries, business logic, and visualizations to manage and view plant data. 3 Managing Plant Floor Integration Get an in-depth look at the integration aspects of SAP MII, including how to connect to manufacturing plant floor systems using data servers, and how to synchronize the plant floor with other parts of the enterprise. 4 Implementing SAP MII Composite Applications Find out about the different implementation scenarios, including the solution architectures and best practices to follow for developing and implementing SAP MII. 5 Tips and Tricks Throughout Discover the insider information you need for developing SAP MII composite applications through its model-based interface. Minimize

Learn how to be a leader in business by spearheading change ... Read more

Learn how to be a leader in business by spearheading change in your organization, a vital skill for every executive. Implementing Organizational Change: Theory into Practice provides a framework upon which readers can understand and analyze effective change management.This edition has been significantly enhanced based on recommendations for reviewers and users, and includes new research, a new chapter, and several new cases. Minimize

Identity theft and other confidential information theft hav ... Read more

Identity theft and other confidential information theft have now topped the charts as the #1 cybercrime. In particular, credit card data is preferred by cybercriminals. Is your payment processing secure and compliant? Now in its second edition, PCI Compliance has been revised to follow the new PCI DSS standard 1.2.1. Also new to this edition: Each chapter has how-to guidance to walk you through implementing concepts, and real-world scenarios to help you relate to the information and better grasp how it impacts your data. This book provides the information that you need to understand the current PCI Data Security standards and how to effectively implement security on the network infrastructure in order to be compliant with the credit card industry guidelines and protect sensitive and personally identifiable information.Completely updated to follow the PCI DSS standard 1.2.1Packed with help to develop and implement an effective security strategy to keep infrastructure compliant and secureBoth authors have broad information security backgrounds, including extensive PCI DSS experience Minimize

Numerous exercises illustrate how to use Revit Architecture ... Read more

Numerous exercises illustrate how to use Revit Architecture's sophisticated and robust capabilities as a full-featured architectural design tool-- sketched massing objects that convert to building elements, configurable components, automatic coordination of all parts of the building model with views and annotations, simply controlled yet detailed graphic representation and output, strong data management via schedules, and color diagrams. This innovative book shows how building design strengths and methods can be used and applied with Autodesk Revit Architecture 2009. Coverage explores the ways in which Revit Architecture handles design and documentation tasks and the advantages it presents for creating fully integrated building information models. Tutorial exercises early in the book illustrate how Autodesk Revit Architecture can be combined effectively with AutoCAD and Architectural Desktop drawings to make the best use of existing files and work practices. Minimize

Can you imagine a business, government agency or nonprofit ... Read more

Can you imagine a business, government agency or nonprofit organization that does not incorporate business processes into its operation? Every enterprise mission is defined by the processes' cyclical series of operations. Computer systems support many of these processes, and systems need accurate information in order to decide what to do. These decisions, then, mediate the flow of information between the actors in the enterprise. The connection between business processes and business rules is important.In this book, successful consultant and author, Tom Debevoise explores and explains the interrelated methods of Business Process Management and the Business Rules Approach. Minimize

The Business-Focused, Best-Practice Guide to Succeeding wit ... Read more

The Business-Focused, Best-Practice Guide to Succeeding with ITIL Change and Release Management   ITIL® (Information Technology Infrastructure Library®) can help organizations streamline and integrate their operations, dramatically improving efficiency and delivering greater business value. For the first time, there's a comprehensive best-practice guide to succeeding with two of the most crucial and challenging parts of ITIL: change and release management.   Leading IBM® ITIL expert and author Larry Klosterboer shares solid expertise gained from real implementations across multiple industries. He helps you decide where to invest, avoid ITIL pitfalls, and build successful, long-term processes that deliver real return on investment. You’ll find detailed guidance on each process, integrated into a comprehensive roadmap for planning, implementation, and operation—a roadmap available nowhere else.   Klosterboer offers in-depth coverage of the crucial issues every implementer will face, including make-or-break challenges most consultants can’t or won’t talk about. For example, he demonstrates how to set a reasonable project scope, migrate data, execute successful pilot programs, and continually improve quality once ITIL practices are in place.   This book’s practical insights will be invaluable to every IT executive, professional, and user who wants to bring their current change and release practices in line with ITIL—and transform them from a source of frustration into a source of value. Coverage includes   Discovering and managing your change and release management requirements Identifying the resources you’ll need to succeed Building comprehensive schedules for executing change/release management projects Moving from planning to real-world implementation Choosing the right tools—or modifying the tools you’ve already invested in Using change/release management to facilitate auditing and ensure compliance Leveraging the full business benefits of mature change/release management processes Covers ITIL version 3  Acknowledgments xv About the Author xvi   Part I: Planning 1 Chapter 1: Change and Release Management: Better Together 3 Chapter 2: Discovering and Managing Requirements 13 Chapter 3: Defining Change and Release Management Processes 27 Chapter 4: Building Logical Work Flows 41 Chapter 5: Completing the Implementation Plan 51   Part II: Implementing 65 Chapter 6: Choosing the Tools 67 Chapter 7: Migrating or Consolidating Data 85 Chapter 8: Bringing the Process to Life 97 Chapter 9: Choosing and Running a Pilot 109 Chapter 10: Moving from Pilot to Production 121   Part III: Operational Issues 133 Chapter 11: The Forward Schedule of Change 135 Chapter 12: Building the Definitive Media Library 143 Chapter 13: Defining Release Packages 153 Chapter 14: Auditing and Compliance Management 163   Part IV: Reaping the Benefits 173 Chapter 15: Business Impact Analysis 175 Chapter 16: Reports and Service Levels 185 Chapter 17: Linking to Other Processes 199   Index 209   Minimize

Master the skills of producing and presenting business repo ... Read more

Master the skills of producing and presenting business reports. CONTEMPORARY BUSINESS REPORTS, 5e is a step-by-step guide to creating all types of reports, such as a feasibility studies, business plans, employee manuals, and more. Starting with writing fundamentals, you'll work through the processes of planning and conducting research, then drafting, revising, editing, and producing a simple report. This edition includes new content addressing the impact of and use of electronic technology in the reporting process. You'll also learn presentation techniques and skills you can use to effectively communicate the information contained in your reports. Minimize

Featuring new and updated information on computer technolog ... Read more

Featuring new and updated information on computer technologies, including networking and using the Internet as a necessary tool for professionals, Human Services Technology: Understanding, Designing, and Implementing Computer and Internet Applications in the Social Services will help individual human service professionals and agencies understand, design, implement, and manage computer and Internet applications. Combining several relevant fields, this informative guide provides you with the knowledge to effectively collect, store, manipulate, and communicate information to better serve clients and successfully manage human service agencies. Human Services Technology explains basic technological terms and gives you the history of technology uses before you explore other areas of Information Technology (IT). This essential guide will also improve your ability to find and understand recent research and information on important topics. Human Services Technology will expand your technical know-how and help you better serve clients by offering you proven methods and explanations, such as: describing terms--such as hardware, networking, and telecommunications--with easy-to-understand analogies and examples using IT applications to support social policies, improve service coordination among agencies, efficiently manage agencies in order to save time, support workers’decision making with information, and assist clients solving the problems that internal and external issues cause when determining IT needs, such as working with federal reporting requirements understanding and dealing with the 10 most critical IT issues for managementContaining dozens of graphs, tables, and figures, this knowledgeable book will help you with any IT problem you encounter. Symbols by certain subjects in the book indicate that you can find more information and references on that issue through links on the book?s accompanying Web site. Human Services Technology will enable you to thoroughly understand and use IT to help you offer improved services to clients and manage agencies with increased efficiency and effectiveness. Minimize