Inside Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server or Understanding DB2

Inside Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server

Author: Patrick Tisseghem

Build enterprise content management solutions with deep, architectural insights from an expert.

Take a detailed look at SharePoint Server 2007 internals—and master the intricacies of developing intranets, extranets, and Web-based applications. An expert in collaboration technologies takes you deep inside SharePoint Server architecture, delivering task-oriented guidance and extensive code samples to help you build robust enterprise content management solutions.

Discover how to:

•Build collaboration and publishing portals for your intranet and extranet
•Customize and brand your site with master pages, CSS, and navigation options
•Programmatically support search administration and execute search queries
•Create scripts to customize the provisioning flow of your portal
•Use the Business Data Catalog to integrate collaborative workspaces with line-of-business applications
•Add browser-based form capabilities with InfoPath Forms Services
•Develop Web-based business intelligence solutions using Excel Services
•Apply policy and document routing frameworks to help enforce information management rules

PLUS—Get Microsoft Visual C# code samples on the Web

Interesting textbook: MATLAB Advanced GUI Development or Professional Photoshop

Understanding DB2: Learning Visually with Examples

Author: Raul F Chong

The Easy, Visual Way to Master IBM® DB2 for Linux®, UNIX®, and Windows®-Fully Updated for Version 9.5
IBM DB2 9 and DB2 9.5 provide breakthrough capabilities for providing Information on Demand, implementing Web services and Service Oriented Architecture, and streamlining information management. Understanding DB2: Learning Visually with Examples, Second Edition, is the easiest way to master the latest versions of DB2 and apply their full power to your business challenges.

Written by four IBM DB2 experts, this book introduces key concepts with dozens of examples drawn from the authors' experience working with DB2 in enterprise environments. Thoroughly updated for DB2 9.5, it covers new innovations ranging from manageability to performance and XML support to API integration. Each concept is presented with easy-to-understand screenshots, diagrams, charts, and tables.

This book is for everyone who works with DB2: database administrators, system administrators, developers, and consultants. With hundreds of well-designed review questions and answers, it will also help professionals prepare for the IBM DB2 Certification Exams 730, 731, or 736.

Coverage includes

• Choosing the right version of DB2 for your needs
• Installing and configuring DB2
• Understanding the DB2 environment, instances, and databases
• Establishing client and server connectivity
• Working with database objects
• Utilizing breakthrough pureXML™ technology, which provides for nativeXML support
• Mastering administration, maintenance, performance optimization, troubleshooting, and recovery
•Understanding improvements in the DB2 process, memory, and storage models
• Implementing effective database security
• Leveraging the power of SQL and XQuery