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This is a comprehensive tutorial that teaches fundamental and advanced SOA design principles, supplemented with detailed case studies and technologies used to implement SOAs in the real world. ***We'll have cover endorsements from Tom Glover, who leads IBM's Web Services Standards initiatives; Dave Keogh, Program Manager for Visual Studio Enterprise Tools at Microsoft, and Sameer Tyagi, Senior Staff Engineer, Sun Microsystems. All major software manufacturers and vendors are promoting support for SOA. As a result, every major development platform now officially supports the creation of service-oriented solutions. Parts I, II, and III cover basic and advanced SOA concepts and theory that prepare you for Parts IV and V, which provide a series of step-by-step "how to" instructions for building an SOA. Part V further contains coverage of WS-* technologies and SOA platform support provided by J2EE and .NET.

This book is designed to help students learn to analyze and interpret research data using intermediate statistics. The new edition features SPSS 12.0 for Windows, but can also be used with versions 10 and 11. Each chapter introduces several related statistics and provides instructions on how to run them and interpret the outputs. The authors describe the use and interpretation of these statistics in user-friendly, non-technical, jargon-free language. The authors' goal is to demonstrate: how to choose the appropriate statistic based on the research design, how to use SPSS to answer research questions, how to interpret SPSS outputs, and how to write about the outputs in the results section of a research paper.

SAP R/3 for Everyone is the nontechnical user's guide to working with SAP R/3, the leading business enterprise software product in the world. Written and road-tested by experienced SAP R/3 users and trainers, this book saves typical SAP R/3 users time and trouble by providing them with the universal skills needed to work with any module of this complex software. SAP R/3 can be used effectively by anyone who can perform a handful of simple procedures that are employed in nearly every SAP R/3 transaction. The authors explain these procedures in plain English, using illustrations and real-world examples.After a brief explanation of the architecture and operation of SAP R/3, readers get step-by-step instruction in *Logging on and off, managing passwords, and customizing the SAP application window and screens*Navigating between screens with menu folders, transaction codes, and the menu bar*Setting up customized favorites folders with quick links to the initial screens of transactions and other useful resources...

Offers example-based coverage for various high availability solutions.
* High availability is becoming an increasingly important topic for database administrators, data architects and system architects.
* Covers choosing, planning, implementing and administering a high availability solution along with the business justifications.
* Paul Bertucci has over 20 years of database experience including consulting for numerous

Design and play your own games without worrying about the technical details of programming DirectX. DarkBasic handles the entire game engine for you! Game Programming with DarkBasic is a programming primer that teaches concepts by taking you through the creation of simple games. By the end of the book, you'll have written complete 2D and 3D games! This book is the only one on DarkBasic, so advanced programmers will need it as a complete resource as well as beginners.