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Inside Oracle Designer/2000 (Oracle Press Series) 17 reviews
Albert Lulushi
Prentice Hall PTR, 1997
This book is an excellent book
The book gives the Top down approach,with excellebt diagrams to explain the process of designer 2000.
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Client/Server and Beyond: Strategies for the 21st Century 1 review
Lisa Ann L. Barnes, David J. Shimberg
Prentice Hall, 1997
A Great Start -- Let's See More!
This book shows you how to manuever the tricky waters of managing client/server projects in which multi-disciplinary skill sets are required to be successful. Though it only hinted at the coming web revolution, its precepts are valuable if applied judiciously in the management of client/server ...
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Solaris System Administrator's Guide (3rd Edition)14 reviews
Janice Winsor, Sunsoft Inc. Sunsoft Press
Prentice Hall PTR, 2000
review of the condition of the book upon receipt
the book is in excellent condition and kudos to the sellers and shippers galleonport inc.
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Informix Performance Tuning 3 reviews
Elizabeth Suto
Prentice Hall, 1996
Extremely Clear and Useful
+ Great for anyone who has to focus on performance issues
As an Informix novice, I've learned a great deal by plowing through the official documentation, but Suto's book really allowed me to leap forward by putting things in context and giving clear rules of thumb for a variety of configuration and performance issues. I've also written technical ...
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Step-By-Step Isdn: The Internet Connection Handbook (Sun Microsystems Press)
Ben Catanzaro
Prentice Hall, 1997
Integrated Services Digital Network, or ISDN, can be a wonderfully fast connection to the Net, but it can be tricky to install. Ben Catanzaro, business technology advisor for Sun Microsystems, admits that "setting up an ISDN system is not exactly a turn-key exercise." In this book, he offers a coherent step-by-step approach to preparing for ISDN installation, including information on what ...
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Building a Data Warehouse for Decision Support4 reviews
Vidette Poe, Laura L. Reeves
Prentice Hall, 1995
DW / DSS Development Common Sense and Practical Advice
+ very practical
+ This is the book you give to people who say "a data what?"
As someone who has been architecting, managing and implementing Data Warehouses and DSS since the beginning of the 80's I can conclude that this book is a very good introduction to Building a Data Warehouse for Decision Support. I think it would also serve as an excellent introductory book for ...
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Computer Security Policies and SunScreen Firewalls 1 review
Kathryn M. Walker, Linda Croswhite Cavanaugh
Prentice Hall PTR, 1998
Light on detail
This book is a basic overview, not a technical reference for the Sunscreen product. Unfortunately like most books from Sun you get very little content for what you pay.
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Oracle SQL High-Performance Tuning 24 reviews
Guy Harrison
Prentice Hall PTR, 1997
Great tuning book
+ Fantastics Oracle SQL Tuning Book!
+ There is no other book on SQL Tuning
+ A must for DBAs and plus for developers, One of the Best
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Security in Computing, Second Edition24 reviews
Charles P. Pfleeger
Prentice Hall, 1996
Great Service!!
+ Great Buy
+ Good resource
I received this book prompt and in great condition. Thank you for the excellent service!!
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Java Developer's Resource: A Tutorial and On-Line Supplement (Resource Series) 6 reviews
Elliotte Rusty Harold
Prentice Hall, 1996
excellent for beginning Java
+ I wish he wrote more on Java.
+ java tutorial
+ a bit dry, but the best Java resource I have bought thus far
+ Well done textbook
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Developing Oracle Forms Applications4 reviews
Albert Lulushi
Prentice Hall PTR, 1996
A very good tutorial book, however, needs to be updated.
+ Solid book on Oracle forms development
+ Good introductory to Oracle Forms
I'm an old hand at Oracle Forms, having worked with it since version 1.3. When a friend recommended this book, I thought it would be another week wasted, glossing over the same old commands and explanations. I couldn't have been more wrong. Much to my suprise (and embarrassment) this book is ...
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Building a Better Data Warehouse1 review
Don Meyer, Casey Cannon
Prentice Hall PTR, 1997
Okay overview of the process...light on most topics, though.
Reasonable overview of the process required to build a data warehouse...however, most topics are given only light treatment. There are better books than this on data warehousing.
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Solaris 8 System Administrator's Reference (2 Volume Set)6 reviews
Janice Winsor
Prentice Hall PTR, 2000
Not that Bad!!
I've been doing a combination of Cisco Engineering and Solaris administration (outside my personal Linux activities) for most of the last 5 years. This book is not the be all and end all guide to Solaris System Administration. I just scanned most of the book and paid special interest to those ...
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Hands-On Intranets (Sun Microsystems Press)
Vasanthan S. Dasan, Luis R. Ordorica
Prentice Hall, 1997
Hands-On Intranets tells you everything you really need to know to deploy an intranet quickly, securely, and cost-effectively - and to manage it for maximum payoff. You will learn proven techniques for day-to-day intranet administration, including user account management, troubleshooting, performance and security monitoring, and much more.
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Secure Electronic Commerce: Building the Infrastructure for Digital Signatures and Encryption5 reviews
Warwick Ford, Michael S. Baum
Prentice Hall, 1997
Greak Book for a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Overview
+ Nice book
+ Solid Basis for understanding encryption and certificates
+ The best I've seen
+ Clearly written guide to public key infrastructure
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Halting the Hacker: A Practical Guide to Computer Security (Bk/CD-ROM) 8 reviews
Donald L. Pipkin
Prentice Hall, 1996
Second Edition is First Rate!
+ Hooray for "Halting"
+ Valuable for anyone needing to know about info security
+ Good Starting Overview
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The Emergence of Net-Centric Computing: Network Computers, Internet Appliances, and Connected PCs2 reviews
Bernard Conrad Cole
Prentice Hall, 1999
1st edition is flaky, but content is very good
+ Wow!
My context is as a student researching Thin Client computing. This books is excellent, covering many of the hardware and software technologies relevant to net-centric computing. The breadth in this books is superb.
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Step-By-Step Isdn: The Internet Connection Handbook (Sun Microsystems Press)
Ben Catanzaro
Prentice Hall, 1997
Integrated Services Digital Network, or ISDN, can be a wonderfully fast connection to the Net, but it can be tricky to install. Ben Catanzaro, business technology advisor for Sun Microsystems, admits that "setting up an ISDN system is not exactly a turn-key exercise." In this book, he offers a coherent step-by-step approach to preparing for ISDN installation, including information on what ...
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The Emergence of Net-Centric Computing: Network Computers, Internet Appliances, and Connected PCs2 reviews
Bernard Conrad Cole
Prentice Hall, 1999
1st edition is flaky, but content is very good
+ Wow!
My context is as a student researching Thin Client computing. This books is excellent, covering many of the hardware and software technologies relevant to net-centric computing. The breadth in this books is superb.
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Computer Security Policies and SunScreen Firewalls1 review
Kathryn M. Walker, Linda Croswhite Cavanaugh
Prentice Hall PTR, 1998
Light on detail
This book is a basic overview, not a technical reference for the Sunscreen product. Unfortunately like most books from Sun you get very little content for what you pay.
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