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Get a vendor-neutral overview of your virtualization options: This sample chapter from Practical Virtualization Solutions examines popular virtualization strategies from an application and performance perspective and looks at the pros and cons of each technology. Title: Practical Virtualization Solutions: Virtualization from the Trenches Authors: Kenneth Hess and Amy...; Tags: Pearson Education Inc., Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Virtualization, Utility Computing, Storage, Hardware; Book chapters 2009-10-27
Utilities for Microsoft Access: Microsoft Access can be a powerful tool for database development and management. But it's not trivial to learn, and if one wants more than the built-in functionality it offers, he may need to look around for some assistance. This paper discusses some of the available resources for helping one to...; Tags: Pearson Education Inc., Microsoft Access, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Databases, Office Suites, Software, Enterprise Software, Data Management; White papers 2006-10-13
Certified Ethical Hacker Exam Prep: Understanding Footprinting and Scanning: This paper helps to prepare for the EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker CEH Exam by covering foot printing and scanning. Sample exam questions with detailed answers are provided to help the reader prepare for the Certified Ethical Hacker exam. The EC-Council divides information gathering into seven basic steps. These include gathering...; Tags: Pearson Education Inc., Document Management, Networking, Wireless, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting; White papers 2006-06-09
All About the PMP Certification: If a person is a project manager who's looking to add a valuable certification, generally revered by the industry and indicating both experience and education then he or she needs to look no further. This paper guides a person through the steps in acquiring the Project Management Professional PMP -...; Tags: Pearson Education Inc., Certification, Project Management, Quality, Tools & Techniques, Training And Certification, Professional Development, Strategy, It Operations, It service Management, Business Operations, Management, Career; White papers 2006-04-07
CCNA Exam Cram: Concepts in IP Addressing: The CCNA exams require a near-perfect fluency in subnetting. Success requires speed and accuracy in answering the many questions one will see on this topic. The key to this level of fluency is practice - one must work at own skills until they become second nature. This paper discusses binary...; Tags: Pearson Education Inc., CCNA, IP; White papers 2006-01-13

CISSP Security-Management Practices: This paper provides an overview of security management with an eye towards passing the CISSP exam, including sample questions with detailed answers to help one to prepare. The paper helps the reader prepare for the security-management domain. Security management addresses the identification of the organization's information assets. The security-management domain...; Tags: Pearson Education Inc., Domain, Security Management, Security; White papers 2005-10-28
The Importance of Service Level Agreements in Outsourcing Contracts: Effective SLAs are extremely important to ensure effective outsourcing engagements. The metrics used to measure and manage performance to SLA commitments are the heart of a successful agreement and are a critical factor in long-term success. Lack of experience in the use and implementation of performance metrics can cause problems...; Tags: Pearson Education Inc., SLA, Performance, Service Level Management, Outsourcing, It Operations, It service Management, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting; White papers 2005-09-16
MCSE Prep: Setting Up, Managing, and Troubleshooting Security Accounts and Policies: This paper covers everything one needs to know about security accounts in Windows XP Professional with sample questions to help one to prepare for the MCSE 70-270 exam. The Local Users and Groups snap-in enables to manage local users and groups. A person can get to the snap-in by choosing...; Tags: Pearson Education Inc., Security, MCSE, Productivity, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software; White papers 2005-08-19
Understanding Networking Components and Devices for the Network+ Exam: To complete the examination of networking on a physical level, this paper looks at the network devices used to create networks. The paper covers the various networking devices used in modern networks with an eye toward passing the Network+ Exam and covers CompTIA-specified objectives for the "Media and Topologies" and...; Tags: Pearson Education Inc., Network, Networking; White papers 2005-07-29
Service-Level Agreements That Really Work: This paper presents some helpful tips on how to generate Service-Level Agreements SLAs that are mutually beneficial to both the IT department offering them and the user department that monitors them. The initial discussion traces the evolution of IT departments into service organizations. It's important to understand how IT evolved...; Tags: Pearson Education Inc., SLA, Information Technology, Service Level Management, It Operations, It service Management; White papers 2005-06-28
CISA Exam Cram: Technical Infrastructure and Operational Practices and Infrastructure: As an IS auditor, one will need to understand the technical infrastructure of the organization, the IS organizational structure, and the operational practices including working with networking devices, servers and operating systems, data storage systems, applications, and the standards and protocols associated with network communication. This paper will help the...; Tags: Pearson Education Inc., Data Storage, Network, Infrastructure, Storage Management, Networking, Storage, Hardware; White papers 2005-05-12
Oracle Versus SQL Server in the Enterprise: As an Oracle DBA in an organization replete with SQL Server installations, the author receives comments or questions on a regular basis regarding differences in the two products. Having to manage an enterprise-class system SAP, the author prefers to use a multiuser database. After all, there are plenty of customers...; Tags: Pearson Education Inc., Oracle Corp., Microsoft SQL Server, Server, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management; White papers 2005-03-25
A+ Exam Cram: Operating System Technology: To effectively administer a network one needs both an understanding of the operating system and the ability to troubleshoot it. Troubleshooting relies on the knowledge of how the operating system functions. In addition to knowledge, IT professionals must understand the tools at their disposal. With sample questions and detailed answers,...; Tags: Pearson Education Inc., Knowledge, Operating System, Operating Systems, Software; White papers 2005-03-11
Emerging Trends in RFID: The etymology of the word trend denotes both movement in a general direction as well as roundabout twists and turns. Technology trends, in particular, are not only shaped by technological invention and advancements but by economic, social, and political factors. These add a new dimension of complexity to predicting the...; Tags: Trend, Pearson Education Inc., RFID, Wireless, Security, Biometrics; White papers 2004-12-17
Physical Security in the CISSP Exam: This paper provides sample questions from the CISSP exam with a focus on physical security, including extensive explanations for the correct answers. As a CISSP, a person is tasked with protecting not only the company's assets, but also its employees. The list provided in this paper includes some key areas...; Tags: Pearson Education Inc., Physical Security; White papers 2004-12-10
Introduction to Infrastructure Security: Companies invest millions of dollars annually in their computing infrastructure on items such as networking equipment and its maintenance, workstation and server hardware and software, and security devices, among many others. Security professionals must be familiar with the latest products and understand the security implications of their use in a...; Tags: Pearson Education Inc., Security; White papers 2004-11-24
Using Variables, Constants, and Data Types in Access: Access's relational spreadsheets rely on variables and syntax to manipulate the data, but understanding how these things actually function can be confusing. This paper explains how to manipulate these functions using VBA. The key to learning VBA is the same as if a person were learning a foreign language. The...; Tags: Pearson Education Inc., Microsoft Access, Microsoft VBA, Scripting Languages, Microsoft Office, Databases, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Office Suites, Software, Enterprise Software, Data Management; White papers 2004-10-08
Building Plugins With C# Part 3: Adding LDAP, SQL, and Configuration: This paper shows you how to use inheritance to re-use code, and how your applications can load their own configuration files. This paper overviews how to build two new plug-ins that require configuration. The first plug-in requires an LDAP root and the name of a domain in which to find...; Tags: Pearson Education Inc., SQL, Plug-in, LDAP, Directory Services, C#, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Data Management; White papers 2004-09-10
Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Name Resolution Infrastructure for MCSE Exam 70-293: In today's well-connected network-centric world, name resolution is a critical component of any Windows Server 2003 network. The Windows Internet Naming Service WINS has fallen out of favor with the move away from the Network Basic Input/Output System NetBIOS and NetBIOS Extended User Interface NetBEUI, but it is still lingering...; Tags: Pearson Education Inc., Name Resolution, Network, Microsoft Windows Server, NetBIOS, Windows Internet Naming Service, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Servers, Operating Systems, Networking, Software, Hardware; White papers 2004-04-09
Hardware and the OSI Model for the CCNA Exam: This paper will help to prepare for the CCNA exam by explaining networking hardware and techniques. The CCNA exam covers far more material than can be memorized. Many of the questions will require to determine the best answer based on the knowledge of how and why things work the way...; Tags: Pearson Education Inc., OSI, CCNA, Hardware; White papers 2004-03-26