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*PostgreSQL accepts, but does not act on nested transactional control commands. The commands after the first commit will be assumed to be transactions in their own right and will persist, should the script fail.

*It's a good idea to use the --sysconfdir=/etc/squid/ option with configure, so that you can share the configuration across different Squid installations while testing.

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Moodle March

by | March 2011 | Moodle
Packt is pleased to announce...

Moodle March

Moodle is currently the world's most popular E-learning platform. Moodle is a free, open-source PHP web application for producing modular internet-based courses.

To celebrate the forthcoming publication of the Science Teaching with Moodle 2.0 book, Packt is offering a seriesof attractive discounts on all Moodle books.

   

   * Buy any Moodle print book and get 20% off

   * Buy any 4 Moodle eBooks from Packt at an unbelievable price of $60 / £38 / €45


This offer will last for a limited period only. Grab your copy now !
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HP Network Node Manager 9: Understanding Smart Plug-Ins

by Marius Vilemaitis | March 2011 | Enterprise Articles

Network Node Manager is a tool which can help us to keep an eye on our network, find issues, recognize outages related to network, and help us improve our network availability and performance. Even so, it's a tool. NNMi, as any other tool, will not replace your network administrator, but will help him/her instead. iSPI is a Smart Plugin, which can be installed on top of the Network Node Manager for feature expansion.

In this article by Marius Vilemaitis, author of HP Network Node Manager 9: Getting Started, we will look at the following iSPIs:

  • iSPI for Performance
  • IP Telephony
  • Network Engineering toolset
  • iSPI for MPLS
  • iSPI for Multicast
Read HP Network Node Manager 9: Understanding Smart Plug-Ins in full

Oracle Fusion Middleware Patterns - Packt Enterprise's Book of the Moment

by | March 2011 | Enterprise Articles Oracle
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Oracle GoldenGate 11g: Performance Tuning

by John P Jeffries | March 2011 | Enterprise Articles Oracle

Performance tuning is one of the main aspects of any IT project. Many leave it to the end and then realize that it is not possible to make the necessary changes without significant additional investment or time constraints. Performance must be considered at the beginning and throughout the lifetime of your project. Closely coupled to the design, this article hones in on individual performance tuning methods.

In this article by John P. Jeffries, author of Oracle GoldenGate Implementer's Guide, we learn the following:

  • Balancing load across multiple processes
  • Splitting large or transaction intensive tables across parallel process groups
  • Adding additional Replicats to a process group
  • Improving Replicat throughput by reducing commit delay
  • Exploring the GoldenGate 11.1.1 new features
  • Tuning the network
Read Oracle GoldenGate 11g: Performance Tuning in full

Spring Security 3: Tips and Tricks

by Peter Mularien | February 2011 | Open Source

Spring Security exists to fill a gap in the universe of Java third-party libraries, much as the Spring Framework originally did when it was first introduced. Standards such as Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS) or Java EE Security do offer some ways of performing some of the same authentication and authorization functions, but Spring Security is a winner because it packages up everything you need to implement a top-to-bottom application security solution in a concise and sensible way. Additionally, Spring Security appeals to many because it offers out of the box integration with many common enterprise authentication systems; so it's adaptable to most situations with little effort (beyond configuration) on the part of the developer.

This article will provide you with a few tips and tricks on Spring Security.

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Getting Started With Cocos2d

by Pablo Ruiz | February 2011 | Open Source

Cocos2d for iPhone is a framework for building 2D games, applications, presentations, demos, and more. It was originally made for Python and then ported to IPhone by Ricardo Quesada as an open source project with the MIT license.

In this article by Pablo Ruiz, author of the book Cocos2d for iPhone 0.99 Beginner's Guide, we shall:

  • Learn how to get the example projects (called templates) working
  • Play with those templates
  • Take a look at the basic structure of a Cocos2d game

So let's get on with it.

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FAQ on Web Services and Apache Axis2

by | February 2011 | Web Services Open Source

This FAQ deals with ways of enabling the SOA functionally in your organization. We discuss three key approaches—existing messaging system, plain old XML, and web services. We then look at the standard bodies of web service and the web service model. Finally, we discuss Apache Axis2 and how to download and use it.

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IBM Tuesday

by | February 2011 | Enterprise Articles IBM

Coming up to its 100th Anniversary, IBM isn't the only one celebrating this year...

On Tuesday 22nd February Packt has published an unprecedented three new IBM books in one day

To celebrate this occassion Packt has a special offer on all IBM print books

BUY ANY IBM PRINT BOOK AND RECEIVE A 20% DISCOUNT THROUGHOUT FEBRUARY

Click here to enter Packt's IBM Tuesday Competition
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BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5: MDS Applications

by Mitesh Desai | February 2011 | Networking & Telephony

In this article by Mitesh Desai, author of BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5 Implementation Guide, we will have a look at the MDS (Mobile Data Service) runtime applications that can be deployed to the BlackBerry Smartphone. MDS enables the BlackBerry to truly become a Smartphone by allowing administrators to deploy critical applications to the Smartphone. This article will show you how to distribute an MDS application to a BlackBerry device. We will also custom develop applications to run on the BlackBerries or use third-party applications to push on to the devices. Finally, we will further secure the application usage on the device by using IT policies.

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New Joomla! books from Packt Publishing

by | February 2011 | Joomla!

 

A Quick round-up of the latest Joomla! books published by Packt

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