Here is a nice, straight forward, CrashCourse on AJAX Programming at library.igcar.gov.in. This short course on AJAXprogramming will help you to learn AJAX right from the basics to someof the more advanced features. After going through these tutorials youwill be able to create interactive web applications or rich Internetapplications more efficiently and thereby adding the power […]

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Here are 2Web and Ajax Programming Tutorials, located atlibrary.igcar.gov.in. These web development tutorials explain Web 2.0programming and Ajax programming. Some of the interesting topics thatare covered by these are Rich Internet Applicationtechnologies, why do we use Ajax, and some some key aspects of Web 2.0.Web2.0 Programming Web 2.0 Programmingusing AJAX & using AJAX &Blueprints  (pdf, 534 […]

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Complete Series: Improving Application Performance Troubleshooting
by Don Jones

Tired of having your entire team spend hours - or even days - troubleshooting poor performance in a single application? Maybe you should rethink the way you troubleshoot and the tools you use! In The Essentials Series: Improving Application Performance Troubleshooting, IT expert Don Jones explains why up to 80% of application performance problems wind up being “fixed” multiple times by different IT team members - costing companies an average of $45,000 per hour of downtime. You’ll learn about new tools and approaches to performance troubleshooting, making your first tier of tech support better able to hand off application problems to the team member who can actually solve them, and helping your entire team quickly identify root performance causes more quickly and effectively.Articles in this complete series include:Article 1: Why Diagnosing Application Problems Is Too HardArticle 2: Faster, More Efficient Application TroubleshootingArticle 3: Becoming Proactive in Application Management and Monitoring

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Complete Series: Best Practices in Virtual Network Management
by Eric Beehler

Virtualization has disrupted the IT department and put network administrators in a position to service the technology without full reach into all of the networking components. The virtualization software, which is layered with networks in every virtual machine, puts an uncontrolled piece of network equipment into each host. In The Essentials Series: Best Practices for Virtual Network Management, Eric Beehler offers a strong understanding of virtualization so that IT departments may create a consensus for managing the virtual network.Article 1: Correctly Managing Virtual SwitchesArticle 2: Addressing the Complexities of Virtual Network DevicesArticle 3: Integrating Daily Network Management into Virtualization

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Complete Series: Configuring High Availability for Windows Server 2008 Environments
by Richard Siddaway

System downtime can be very expensive in terms of lost revenue and reputation. Today’s global markets mean we need our systems to be available at the times our customers want to use them. In The Essentials Series: Configuring High Availability for Windows Server 2008 Environments, author and IT expert Richard Siddaway explains the numerous ways to configure high availability for our Windows Server 2008 environments. You will learn what is meant by high availability, why it is needed, and its relationship to disaster recovery. You will also learn about advances in the failover clustering included with Windows Server 2008, as well as the latest non-native technologies used for Windows Server high availability, including data replication, virtualization, application-controlled high availability, and synchronized systems.Article 1: The Art of High AvailabilityArticle 2: Windows Server 2008 Native TechnologiesArticle 3: Non-Native Options for High Availability

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Complete eBook: Using e-Documents for Collaboration
by Dan Sullivan

In today’s enterprises, IT departments are faced with a wide array of challenges when it comes to document sharing and collaboration. Keeping costs down, sharing documents across and outside of the enterprise, following compliance and security standards, and optimizing business processes are each high priority concerns when determining a methodology for document creation, collaboration, and exchange. Fortunately, e-document tools are evolving to meet these needs.The Shortcut Guide to Using e-Documents for Collaboration offers an expert examination into the specific challenges of document creation, collaboration and exchange, as well as how e-Document technology features can be incorporated to address them. Both business requirements (cost savings, environmental concerns, productivity goals, etc.) as well as functional requirements (document creation, data collection, review and approval processes, etc.) are discussed. Lastly, the eBook offers a set of best practices to align business strategy with document and forms management, as well as establish supportive workflow processes and security policies for the entire e-Document creation process.Chapter 1: The Evolution of Content Sharing and the Changing Concept of the “Document”Chapter 2: The Top Four Considerations in Improving Document Creation and CollaborationChapter 3: Using e-Documents to Meet Business and Operational RequirementsChapter 4: Best Practices for e-Document Collaboration and Exchange

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Chapter 1: Common Challenges in SharePoint Administration
by Wendy Henry

Microsoft SharePoint has emerged as a market leader in satisfying corporate needs for data storage, archiving, collaboration, and delivery due in part to its scalability and customization potential. But SharePoint’s scalability and customizability can be a double-edged swords, despite the best of deployment or governance plans. As in most organic systems, lack of content control can lead to data sprawl, endangering network resources and thwarting your company’s ability to make timely strategic decisions. In large enterprises the overhead of SharePoint’s native decentralized administration tools can quickly undermine scaling advantages. In The Shortcut Guide to Centralized SharePoint Administration, you will learn how to implement reliable data management policies across scaled SharePoint environments with the least amount of administrative overhead. Author Wendy Henry will explore data deployment and migration methods as well as content compliance and availability strategies, both native and third party. You will gain a deep understanding of the SharePoint administration hierarchy and how it applies to Microsoft’s three-tiered administration model for SharePoint. You will also learn how to manage access security and data across multiple SharePoint locations. The eBook concludes with an informative set of best practices for archiving and reporting on SharePoint data.

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Here are 5Python Tutorials and Learning Resources at New Mexico Tech Computer Center. Through these fivetutorials you will come to understand and learn about all things thatyou need to know about the Python programming language. The five Pythontutorials and references below cover the following: an introduction toPython Programming, Python Quick Reference, Python GUI, Python ImagingLibrary […]

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This book focuses on the human users of search engines and the tools available for interaction and visualization in searches. It summarizes the state of the art in search interface design, both in academic research and for commercial systems.

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This book argues through theory and example that intellectual monopoly is not necessary for innovation and as a practical matter is damaging to growth, prosperity and liberty.

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