Book Description:
Software product lines provide a systematic means of managing variability in a suite of products. They have many benefits but there are three major barriers that can prevent them from reaching their full potential. First, there is the challenge of scale: a large number of variants may exist in a product line context and the number of interrelationships and dependencies can rise exponentially. Second, variations tend to be systemic by nature in that they affect the wholearchitecture of the software product line. Third, software product lines often serve different business …

Book Description
Programming in Objective-C is a concise, carefully written tutorial on the basics of Objective-C and object-oriented programming for Apple’siOS and Mac platforms.
The book makes no assumptions about prior experience with object-oriented programming languages or with the C language (which Objective-C is based upon). Because of this, both beginners and experienced programmers alike can use this book to quickly and effectively learn the fundamentals of Objective-C.
Readers can also learn the concepts of object-oriented programming without having to first learn all of the intricacies of the underlying C programming language. This unique approach to learning, combined with many small program examples and exercises …

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The definitive guide to deploying Cisco Unified Customer Voice Portal IVRs in any contact center environment
Thousands of companies are replacing legacy ACD/TDM-based contact centers with pure IP-based unified contact center solutions. One of these solutions is quickly earning market leadership: CiscoUnified Customer Voice Portal (CVP). Now, one of the leading CiscoCVP experts brings together everything network and telephony professionals need to successfully implement production Interactive Voice Response (IVR) solutions with CVP: architectural guidelines, deployment best practices, detailed insights for design and sizing, and more.
CCIE Rue Green guides you through designing unified contact centers with CVP, and deploying proven infrastructures …

Book Description:
Windows 8 is Microsoft’s upcoming operating system for PC and tablet, and IDG’s Complete Guide To Windows 8 will offer an in-depth handbook for every Windows 8 user, no matter how technically experienced they are. With simple to follow, illustrated step-by-step guides, tips and tricks, and the latest Windows 8 app reviews, The Complete Guide To Windows 8 is the only handbook you need.
eBook Details:

Paperback: 100 pages
Publisher: IDG Communications, 1 Edition, 2012
Language: English
ISBN-10: n/a
ISBN-13: n/a
Format: PDF
File Size: 97MB

Book Description
CompTIA® Network+ N10-005 Authorized Exam Cram, Fourth Editionis the perfect study guide to help you pass CompTIA’s new Network+N10-005 exam. It provides coverage and practice questions for every exam topic, including substantial new coverage of security, wireless, and voice networking. The book contains an extensive set of preparation tools, such as quizzes, Exam Alerts, and a practice exam, while the CD’s state-of-the-art test engine provides real-time practice and feedback.
Covers the critical information you’ll need to know to score higher on your Network+ (N10-005) exam!

Understand modern network topologies, protocols, and models
Work effectively with DNS and DHCP
Monitor and analyze network traffic
Understand IP addressing, routing, …

Book Description
Implement Configuration Management Databases that Deliver Rapid ROI and Sustained Business Value
Implementing an enterprise-wide Configuration ManagementDatabase (CMDB) is one of the most influential actions an IT organization can take to improve service delivery and bridge the gap between technology and the business. With a well-designed CMDB in place, companies are better positioned to manage and optimize IT infrastructure, applications, and services; automate more ITmanagement tasks; and restrain burgeoning costs. Now, there’s an objective, vendor-independent guide to making a CMDB work in your organization. The CMDB Imperative presents a start-to-finish implementation methodology that works and describes how the CMDB is shifting to the …

Book Description:
Hacking the Kinect is the technogeek’s guide to developing software and creating projects involving the groundbreaking volumetric sensor known as theMicrosoft Kinect. Microsoft’s release of the Kinect in the fall of 2010 startled the technology world by providing a low-cost sensor that can detect and track body movement in three-dimensional space. The Kinect set new records for the fastest-selling gadget of all time. It has been adopted worldwide by hobbyists, robotics enthusiasts, artists, and even some entrepreneurs hoping to build business around the technology.
Hacking the Kinect introduces you to programming for the Kinect. You’ll learn to …

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Since its release, Spring Framework has transformed virtually every aspect of Java development including web applications, security, aspect-oriented programming, persistence, and messaging. Spring Batch, one of its newer additions, now brings the same familiar Spring idioms to batch processing. Spring Batch addresses the needs of any batch process, from the complex calculations performed in the biggest financial institutions to simple data migrations that occur with many software development projects.Pro Spring Batch is intended to answer three questions:

What? What is batch processing? What does it entail? What makes it different …

Book Description
The Unreal UDK features Epic’s award-winning Unreal Engine 3, used to create bestselling games such as Infinity Blade for iOS, and popular console games like Borderlands and Bioshock. Now, you can build your own Unreal game for the iOS platform.
Beginning iOS 3D Unreal Games Development covers using the Unreal UDK game creation system to create 3D games for the iOS platform, which includes the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad.
Specifically, this book covers:

UnrealScript programming language, going beyond the limitations of the visual Kismet scripting language
The Unreal UDK code framework, basic UDK tools and other UDK items needed to build a game
Various author-created game frameworks are presented and are used to illustrate the UnrealScriptprogramming language and user input methods specific …

Book Description
Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 handsets have injected a new vibrancy into the smartphone marketplace and provided bold new opportunities for the Microsoft development community.
Take advantage of these opportunities with Beginning Windows Phone App Development, written specifically to help you learn the skills you’ll need to develop rich, functional apps for the Windows Phone 7 platform. Authors Henry Lee and Eugene Chuvyrov cover the very latest developments in the field—including the extended APIs offered in the new Mango platform update—so you’ll have timely, accurate information at your fingertips.
Beginning Windows Phone App Development starts with the basics, walking …