Designing Storage Area Networks or Real World Digital Video with DVD

Designing Storage Area Networks: A Practical Reference for Implementing Fibre Channel and IP SANs, Second Edition

Author: Tom Clark

Designing Storage Area Networks, Second Edition, succinctly captures the key technologies that are driving the storage networking industry. Tom Clark's works are helping to educate the IT community to the benefits and challenges of shared storage and are recommended reading for anyone wishing to understand this exciting new technology."

—Sheila Childs, VP Product Management, Legato Systems Chairperson, SNIA

Fibre Channel SANs have become a mainstay at the backend of the biggest corporations on the planet. The second edition of Designing Storage Area Networks brings the next wave of connection (IP) points and management into context, helping the user to quickly understand all the benefits before them."

—Steve Duplessie, Founder and Senior Analyst, Enterprise Storage Group

Designing Storage Area Networks, Second Edition, provides a practical roadmap through the ever-changing landscape of SAN technology. The new Fibre Channel, IP, and virtualization initiatives covered in this work will enable customers to implement comprehensive shared storage solutions that reduce management overhead and cost."

—John Webster, Founder and SeniorAnalyst, Data Mobility Group

Storage Area Networks (SANs) are now recognized as the preferred solution for fulfilling institutions' and enterprises' critical data-storage needs. Whether powered by Fibre Channel or TCP/IP and Gigabit Ethernet technology, SANs far exceed the capabilities of traditional storage access methods. SANs are quickly becoming the solution of choice for organizations that require high-volume data-handling capacity.

Written for networkdevelopers, IT consultants, administrators, and managers, this updated and greatly expanded edition of the best-selling Designing Storage Area Networks goes far beyond a straight description of technical specifications and standards. The text offers practical guidelines for using diverse SAN technologies to solve existing networking problems in large-scale corporate networks. With this book you will learn how the technologies work and how to organize their components into an effective, scalable design. In doing so, you will discover today's best methods for managing storage area networks, including new troubleshooting techniques.

Designing Storage Area Networks, Second Edition, also features detailed case studies that demonstrate how SANs can solve a number of commonly encountered business challenges, including LAN-free and server-free tape backup, server clustering, and disaster recovery. As an information-systems professional, you must keep pace with this powerful, evolving technology.

Key topic coverage includes:

Using the SNIA Shared Storage Model

Fibre Channel layers and protocols

Fabrics and fabric switches

Host bus adapters

Fibre Channel RAID and Fibre Channel JBODs

iSCSI and IP storage protocols and products

SAN management and problem isolation techniques

Building extended SANs for data center and remote storage access

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Go to: Outsourcing Security or The Case of Abraham Lincoln

Real World Digital Video with DVD

Author: Gerald Jones

Now, virtually anyone with a vision can also have a voice. The formerly formidable barriers to producing highly professional video projects are crumbling as high-quality camcorders and nonlinear editing software become increasingly affordable. And this powerful creative medium is finding its way into the hands of all kinds of people -- company training directors, aspiring moviemakers, independent news hawks, product promotion specialists, documentarians, even home-movie Andy Warhols. What story do you want to tell?

Table of Contents:

	Introduction
Ch. 1	All You Can Achieve with Digital Video	1
Ch. 2	Yes, You Need a Script	29
Ch. 3	DV Technology and the Camcorder	47
Ch. 4	Using Your Camcorder Like a Pro	75
Ch. 5	Shots and Shot Plans	105
Ch. 6	Lighting for DV	135
Ch. 7	Sound on the Set	181
Ch. 8	Preproduction	211
Ch. 9	On the Set	255
Ch. 10	In the Cutting Room	289
Ch. 11	Polishing Sound and Images	319
Ch. 12	Distribution and E-Publishing	355
Ch. 13	Coming Attractions	399
App. A	Digital Video Technology in Depth	403
App. B	Selecting and Building an NLE System	421
	Glossary	443
	References and Web Links	479
	Index	489

Social Theory and Philosophy for Information Systems John Wiley Series in Information Systems or Developing Series 60 Applications

Social Theory and Philosophy for Information Systems ) John Wiley Series in Information Systems)

Author: John Mingers

As Information Systems matures as a discipline, there is a gradual move away from pure statistics towards consideration of alternative approaches and philosophies. This has not been incorporated into the literature of the field. Until now. Collecting major social theorists and philosophers into one volume, Social Theory and Philosophy for Information Systems provides a historical and critical analysis of each that is both authoritative and firmly focused on practical relevance to IS. The result is an insightful text for researchers, academics and students that will provide an up-to-date starting point for those considering alternative approaches.

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Developing Series 60 Applications: A Guide for Symbian OS C++ Developers

Author: Leigh Edwards

"The robust, advanced technologies of Symbian OS are accessible to developers today in millions of phones worldwide through the Series 60 Platform. Inside Developing Series 60 Applications there are sixty example applications, focused entirely on native Symbian OS C++ programming, which will help developers take advantage of the rapidly growing opportunities in Symbian OS smartphone software development.

—David Levin, CEO, Symbian Ltd.

The first official book on Series 60 Platform development—from design to deployment

Series 60 smartphone developers are deploying the next wave of mobile services. With more than 60% of all mobile phone manufacturers licensing Series 60 Platform, Series 60 represents the smartphone market with the largest user base for mobile application developers.

To help nurture this growing market, Nokia has worked directly with EMCC Software, a leading Symbian and Series 60 Competence Center, to create Developing Series 60 Applications, the definitive guide to Series 60 development for C++ programmers and software designers. Fully reviewed by Nokia's subject matter experts, the authors cover the entire development process—from design, programming, and testing to debugging and deployment—while providing sixty complete projects, each with full C++ source code and installation scripts.

Developing Series 60 Applications includes coverage of:

• Series 60 development tools, IDEs, and C++ SDKs
• The underlying Symbian OS
• Application design with the Series 60 framework architecture
• User interface controls, menus, dialogs, lists, and editors
• Basic and advanced Series 60communications APIs
• Multimedia development: drawings, fonts, bitmaps, animation, and audio
• Invoking standard application views and using application engines
• Building more powerful applications with C++ APIs
• Series 60 Developer Platforms 1 and 2

Table of Contents:

	Foreword
	Foreword
	Preface
	Introduction to Symbian OS and Series 60 Platform
	Acknowledgements
	Authors and Contributors
1	Getting Started
2	Development Reference	25
3	Symbian OS Fundamentals	75
4	Application Design	173
5	Application UI Components	223
6	Dialogs	289
7	Lists	341
8	Editors	395
9	Communications Fundamentals	429
10	Advanced Communication Technologies	489
11	Multimedia: Graphics and Audio	553
12	Using Application Views, Engines and Key System APIs	617
13	Testing and Debugging	657
	App.: Emulator Shortcut Keys	699
	Glossary	705
	References	721
	Index	725
	About EMCC Software Ltd	747

CISA Prep Guide or 3 D Human Modeling and Animation 2nd Edition

CISA Prep Guide: Mastering the Certified Information Systems Auditor Exam

Author: John Kramer

• This is the first commercially available book to offer CISA study materials

• The consulting editor, Ronald Krutz, is the co-author of The CISSP Prep Guide (0-471-26802-X)

• Provides definitions and background on the seven content areas of CISA

• Includes many sample test questions and explanations of answers

• More than 10,000 people registered for the CISA exam in 2002

• CD-ROM contains annual updates to the exam so the book remains current for a number of years

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3-D Human Modeling and Animation, 2nd Edition

Author: Peter Ratner

All the tools and know-how to create digital characters that can move, express emotions, and talk

3-D Human Modeling and Animation demonstrates how you can use your artistic skills in figure drawing, painting, and sculpture to create animated human figures using the latest computer technology. This easy-to-follow book guides you through all the necessary steps to create and animate digital humans. Students and professional 3-D artists will find this book to be an invaluable resource.

This Second Edition combines detailed, practical information about creating and animating 3-D human models. More than 400 images, interactive files, and exciting animations included on the CD-ROM detail the modeling and animation processes for both male and female figures. Chapter objectives and exercises are tied to the CD-ROM, which also provides color example images, sample models, modeling templates, textures, lesson plans, and relevant animation movies that allow you to start modeling and animating right away!

Computer Arts Special

With the advent of apps such as Poser, creating 3D human figures has been greatly automated. In this detailed course you're shown how the human form can be constructed from scratch with splines and NURBS, to produce a believable model that will animate with realism.

Profusely illustrated, each element of the figure is covered in detail. Not intended to be program specific, users of LightWave 3D though, will find that many of the techniques, and much of the advice, is relevant to their software.

Beginning with a discussion of the creation of modeling primitives, the supporting tutorials on spline and NURB construction are concise and lead to more detailed information on the use of texture mapping. Concluding with two chapters on preparing your figure for animation, and how the human figure behaves when in motion, this book is thorough, comprehensive, and flexible.

Overall, this is an excellent guide to creating the human form with your favorite 3D modelling package; especially when you need more control over the modeling structure as detailed advice is given on Metaball, polygonal, lattice deformations, as well as seamless spline based modeling.

Library Journal

This how-to art book covers the basics and theory of 3-D modeling and animation. It is not a book about using any particular application. Ratner explains general design approaches for complete figure building, from seamless models and body construction to preparation for animation and creating human motion. Liberal graphics include 40 full-color illustrations of models. This book will have a wide audience and a long shelf life; a first choice along with Callihan.

What People Are Saying

Nick Pavlovic
3-D Human Modeling and Animation fills a tremendous void that has become even more evident with the successful use of 3-D in movies like Disney's Toy Story. While there has been much written about drawing the human form in relation to art, commercial design, and 2-D cartooning, the subject of 3-D modeling and animation of the human form has been neglected at the same time that the use of 3-D tools has been exploding. It is my judgment that [this] book will become the reference that professional and student artists and animators turn to in order to master one of the most challenging yet exciting subjects to model and animate the human form.
— (Nick Pavlovic, CEO, Visual Information Development, Inc., Monrovia, CA)

Table of Contents:

	Preface
	About the CD-ROM
Ch. 1	Beginning Modeling Techniques	1
Ch. 2	Intermediate Modeling Techniques	25
Ch. 3	Anatomy of the Human Figure	55
Ch. 4	Advanced Modeling Techniques, Part 1	81
Ch. 5	Advanced Modeling Techniques, Part 2	97
Ch. 6	Advanced Modeling Techniques, Part 3	111
Ch. 7	Advanced Modeling Techniques, Part 4	131
Ch. 8	Advanced Modeling Techniques, Part 5	151
Ch. 9	Setting Up the Human Model for Animation	183
Ch. 10	Surfacing and Lighting Details	215
Ch. 11	Fundamentals of Human Animation	243
Ch. 12	Human Animation Principles	271
	Bibliography	311
	Index	313
	About the Author	317

Skype or Real Time Collision Detection

Skype(tm): The Definitive Guide

Author: Harry Max

Learn how to make free phone calls to more than 75 million people, and dirt-cheap phone calls to practically everyone else, anywhere on Earth! You can do it with Skype. This book will help you get started fast, with any computer: Windows, Mac, Linux, even Pocket PC. Then, take Skype to the limit, with SkypeIn, SkypeOut, instant messaging, secure file transfer, even video calling.

 

• Set up and customize Skype in just minutes

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  Real-Time Collision Detection

  Author: Christer Ericson

  Today's sophisticated 3D games, virtual reality applications, and physical simulators involve rich graphical environments of millions of polygons. In these worlds, hundreds, perhaps even thousands of detailed animated objects may be interacting not only with these complex environments but also amongst themselves. With a typical update rate of 60 frames per second, a minimal amount of time is available for determining the intersection status of all objects in the world at a given time in order to maintain a believable simulation. Real-Time Collision Detection is a comprehensive, in-depth survey of the data structures and algorithms that make this possible. Taking a practical approach, the book discusses all the important components of an efficient real-time collision detection system. Topics covered include object representations, intersection tests, and distance queries, and the mathematics behind them: hierarchical and spatial partitioning methods, numerical and geometrical robustness issues, hardware acceleration methods, and advanced optimization for modern computer architectures. This book extends and broadens the discussion of collision detection in Collision Detection in Interactive 3D Environments.

  
  
  

  Table of Contents:

  Ch. 1	Introduction	1
  Ch. 2	Collision detection design issues	7
  Ch. 3	A math and geometry primer	23
  Ch. 4	Bounding volumes	75
  Ch. 5	Basic primitive tests	125
  Ch. 6	Bounding volume hierarchies	235
  Ch. 7	Spatial partitioning	285
  Ch. 8	BSP tree hierarchies	349
  Ch. 9	Convexity-based methods	383
  Ch. 10	GPU-assisted collision detection	413
  Ch. 11	Numerical robustness	427
  Ch. 12	Geometrical robustness	465
  Ch. 13	Optimization	511

Easy Scrapbooking or When Pancakes Go Bad

Easy Scrapbooking: Use Your Home Computer to Create Stylish Layouts for Weddings, Holidays and Other Occasions

Author: Patty Hoffman Brah

Bonus CD includes fonts, graphics, borders and patterns.

New and experienced scrapbookers alike will adore the stylish layouts and innovative approach offered by this exciting new book. Expanding on Quarry's Easy Invitations, Easy Scrapbooking teaches readers how to use their home computers as creative tools for easy printing of photos, titles, journals, borders and stickers. Easy Scrapbooking helps scrapbookers bridge the digital divide by introducing a new approach called "computer-assisted scrapbooking." Readers will learn ways to combine easy digital and printing techniques with traditional cutting and pasting to save time while producing stylish pages. Chapters and layouts are grouped by life events, including weddings, babies, birthdays, holidays, celebrations, travel and everyday memories. Each chapter presents scrapbook design techniques, including photo cropping, journaling, layout, and use of patterns, color, embellishments and fonts. Advanced techniques include text on a curve, patterned text, photo re-coloring, photo border design, pattern design, and electronic sharing via email and websites.

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When Pancakes Go Bad: Optical Delusions with Photoshop

Author: Avi Muchnick

If you've ever found yourself looking at funny images and thinking "Hey, how'd they do that?", this is the book that will give you the answer! You'll learn how to have fun with photos, such as taking still images and making the characters in them invisible while leaving the clothes untouched and combining images of animals to produce unrealistic characters. With the growing use of digital cameras, this kind of photographic humor is growing in popularity among average digital camera users who like cartoon collections as well as those looking to learn Adobe Photoshop. While taking a humorous approach, "When Pancakes Go Bad" is also very educational. The end-of-chapter tutorials are tongue-in-cheek, yet contain useful, easy-to-understand information. Organized into chapters by the general theme of the images, this book is packed with fun and interesting photos that will keep you entertained until the end.