Sams Teach Yourself Networking in 24 Hours (4th Edition)

Publisher: Sams Publishing Publication: 2009, English ISBN: 9780768685763 Pages: 432 In just 24 sessions of one hour or less, learn how to use today's key networking techniques and technologies to build, secure, and troubleshoot both wired and wireless networks. Using this book's straightforward, step-by-step approach, you master every skill you need—from working with Ethernet and Bluetooth to spam prevention to network troubleshooting. Each lesson builds on what you've already learned, giving you a rock-solid foundation for real-world success!   Step-by-step instructions carefully walk you through the most common networking tasks.   Q&A sections at the end of each hour help you test your knowledge.   By the Way notes present interesting information related to the discussion.   Did You Know? tips offer advice or show you easier ways to perform tasks.   Watch Out! cautions alert you to possible problems and give you advice on how to avoid them.   Learn how to… Choose the right network hardware and software and use it to build efficient, reliable networks Implement secure, high-speed Internet connections Provide reliable remote access to your users Administer networks to support users of Microsoft, Linux, and UNIX environments Use low-cost Linux servers to provide file and print services to Windows PCs Protect your networks and data against today's most dangerous threats Use virtualization to save money and improve business flexibility Utilize RAID technologies to provide flexible storage at lower cost Troubleshoot and fix network problems one step at a time Preview and prepare for the future of networking About the Author Uyless Black has written 35 books on computer networks. He was one of the first writers to publish a book on Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and related Internet protocols. His book Voice over IP (VoIP) remains a best seller in the field of data communications texts. Uyless has many years of experience as a programmer and in creating and managing data communications networks.   His educational credentials include a B.S. from the University of New Mexico, an M.S. in computer systems from the American University, and a graduate degree from Rutgers' Stonier Graduate School of Banking.

Oracle Procure-to-Pay Guide (Osborne ORACLE Press Series)

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Publication: 2009, English ISBN: 9780071622271 Pages: 302 Some of the greatest technological advancements in business have been made in the procure-to-pay processes, not only in automation, but also in connectivity between the supplier and the purchaser. As with all areas, when technology steps in and automates the processes, the steps required to perform the automation are swept away, where they linger, still the backbone for the process but lost to common knowledge. I have seen this repeated over and over throughout the years. As automation takes over, the steps, required to perform the task, are buried under a blanket of automation. In order to understand the automation, users must first understand the steps involved. This lost knowledge became the premise for this book, identifying and outlining the manual tasks that automation is built on. This book, the Oracle Procure-to-Pay Guide, is designed to walk functional users and techies alike through the setup and processing steps to create an integrated and automated procure-to-pay system. Both new and old functionality is covered in detail, with field-by-field explanations and references back to the controlling setups. While functional users were my main focus when writing the book, support analysts and programmers will also greatly benefit from it. The setups are usually done by consultants, who then walk out the door with all the knowledge, and this book will assist in delivering some of that knowledge back to the company itself, and just may help you avoid creating a customization or two for a functionality that already exists, just begging to be found and used.