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Knowledge Bomb
* Monitoring is not set for individual services by default in Zenoss Core. If you want to monitor a service, you need to explicitly enable it.
* In Away3D, QuadrantRenderer is a real CPU killer. Try to avoid using it for depth sorting in your applications. SpriteRenderSession or pushfront/pushback is the best alternative.
50th Oracle Book Offer
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| July 2011 | Oracle
Since 2006 Packt has published a number of Oracle best-sellers such as Getting Started With Oracle SOA Suite 11g R1 – A Hands-On Tutorial, Oracle Coherence 3.5, Oracle Fusion Middleware Patterns and many more.
To celebrate the publication of its 50th Oracle book, Packt is offering a series of attractive discounts on all Oracle books.
- Buy any Oracle print book and get 20% off
- Buy any Oracle eBook book and get 30% off
This offer will last for a limited period only. Grab your copy now!
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| July 2011 |
Buy 5 eBooks for $45
At the beginning of the year, we ran an offer giving you the opportunity to buy a bundle of Packt eBooks at a discounted price. The feedback we received on this was overwhelming and you'll be pleased when you hear that this June, we are running the promotion again.
This offer enables you to purchase any 5 Open Source eBooks of your choice for just $45| £27| €31.
Start browsing our books and bolster your collection today!
Read 5 4 $45 - Super Saver Month in fullWordPress Month
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| July 2011 | Content Management WordPress
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WordPress is a flexible and powerful tool that's ideal for creating both blog and non-blog websites. You can customize the features, incorporate your own design, and even write your own plug-ins with ease. To celebrate the publication of the WordPress 3 Ultimate Security, Packt is offering a series of attractive discounts on all WordPress books.
* Buy any WordPress print book and get 20% off * Buy any WordPress eBook and get 30% off This offer will last for a limited period only. Grab your copy now ! |
Blender 2.5: Modeling a Basic Humanoid Character
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John E. Herreño | July 2011 | Open Source Web Graphics & Video
It is very common to see newcomers to 3D art who want to create something "human", mostly a face. The complexity of creating a fully detailed body or even a face is too high for a project. So in this article by John E. Herreño, author of Blender 2.5 HOTSHOT, let's work on creating a basic humanoid character and learn a simple but effective methodology to model in Blender 3D.
Read Blender 2.5: Modeling a Basic Humanoid Character in fullBest Practices for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Administration
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Satya Shyam K Jayanty | June 2011 | Cookbooks Enterprise Articles Microsoft
As a DBA and advanced user of SQL Server 2008 R2, you have to develop best practices that combine a streamline of services for deployment, migration, and management of your data platform. SQL Server 2008 R2 has rich and intuitive GUI management tools, which lower the costs in data management by incorporating automation and delegation of administrative tasks. This article covers the SSMS features that are new and enhanced in SQL Server 2008 R2 to enable operational efficiency in developing the joint best practices and integrated solutions.
In this article by Satya Shyam K Jayanty, author of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Administration Cookbook, we will cover:
- Implementing Utility and Non-utility collection sets
- Designing and refreshing Scalable Share database features and enhancements
- Managing SQL Server Replication processes
- Implementing security for SQL Server Agent jobs management
SQL Server 2008 R2: Multiserver Management Using Utility Explorer
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Satya Shyam K Jayanty | June 2011 | Cookbooks Enterprise Articles Microsoft
SQL Server 2008 R2 improves the ability to manage multiple servers centrally with Utility Control Point (UCP). In order to manage multiple instances efficiently, there are certain settings available within the Utility Explorer tool. In this recipe by Satya Shyam K Jayanty, author of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Administration Cookbook, we will focus on how to manage multiple instances using Utility Explorer by setting global policies for data-tier applications (DAC), and managed instances.
Read SQL Server 2008 R2: Multiserver Management Using Utility Explorer in fullPackt Slashdot Review Insight
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| June 2011 |
Over the years, Packt has received many positive reviews on the popular Open Source website Slashdot.org, which have given good exposure to our books and also an insight into what other readers thought about them. We now have Slashdot reviews for 28 books and to celebrate this, we are pleased to announce a series of discounts on some of the most popular and bestselling books that we have had reviewed there.
- Buy any of the following eBooks and get 40% off
- You can also purchase any 5 open source eBooks mentioned in the following pages for just $45 | £27 | €31
This is a limited period offer, so grab your copies now!
Please Note: To take advantage of this offer, simply add 5 eBooks of your choice to your shopping cart and click "Update Cart". The discount will be applied automatically.
Read Packt Slashdot Review Insight in fullLITE Edition books
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| June 2011 | Beginner's Guides Cookbooks
LITE Edition books are focused books extracted from Packt’s Full Edition books. Available in eBook format for $9.99, books in the LITE Edition require minimum effort to consume while providing maximum value to get developers up and running.
There are LITE Edition books extracted from the Packt Open Source and Enterprise brands and the range of LITE Editon books are built around the motto “minimum effort, maximum value”, focusing on sharing the experiences of your fellow IT professionals, refining and distilling it into an easily digestible book.
Read LITE Edition books in full
Manifest Assurance: Security and Android Permissions for Flash
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Joseph Labrecque | June 2011 | Cookbooks
Android has in place a very specific permissions and security system based around manifest file declarations which allow or restrict applications from accessing various device capabilities. This article by Joseph Labrecque, author of Flash Development for Android Cookbook, will detail how to enable your Flash Platform applications to correctly identify the permissions needed to take advantage of the Android Market filtering, apply local application database encryption, and other useful tidbits!
This article will cover the following recipes:
- Setting application permissions with the Android Manifest file
- Preventing the device screen from dimming
- Establishing Android Custom URI Schemes
- Anticipating Android Compatibility Filtering
- Instructing an Application to be installed to Device SDCard
- Encrypting a Local SQLite Database
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2: Managing the Core Database Engine
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Satya Shyam K Jayanty | June 2011 | Cookbooks Enterprise Articles Microsoft
The core database engine is the main platform for managing all of the business data for your organization—both archived and current—in a relational database management system. Managing the Core Database Engine, enables the user to produce a resilient data platform, which is possible with new features of SQL Server 2008 R2 such as Utility Control point, multi-server management, and implementing central management feature enhancements.
In this article by Satya Shyam K Jayanty, author of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Administration Cookbook, we will cover:
- Implementing Central Management feature enhancements
- Designing Multi-server management from SQL Server 2008 R2
- Managing Utility Control Point data warehouse database
