Vendor independent portal information
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This book presents practical portal design principles in a vendor independent manner, emphasizing business process, ease of use, and deep integration of applications.  Deploying a portal so "users check their email from the web or read the latest company press release" is not enough!  The common goal is enterprise wide integration.  The chapter on Return of Investment (ROI) presents how to make the ROI calculation and more importantly emphasizes business justification of the portal. This book uses a three-tier architecture of presentation, application server, and enterprise information service.  The case studies presented and associated best practices were all useful but perhaps I would have enjoyed some examples of failures.. there must be a lot out there!
Data warehouse architecture is a huge topic (see for example books by Ralph Kimball), but this book introduces how portals can be delivery vehicle for "business intelligence" reporting (through ad hoc query tools, dashboards, and visualizations tools).  Sullivan also discusses e-commerce portals, collaboration portals, and portals with unstructured and "tacit knowledge". He describes how metadata management can help in search for unstructured documents and applications.  The final chapter on implementing your own portal is weak for planning purposes, but books like Moss and Arte  "Business Intelligence Roadmap" offer more planning details.
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I just bought a RVL200 and completed deployment.

It supports both IPSec and SSL VPN, and several authentication types for SSL user management. I  use the existing Active Directory Server for user management with easy configuration, and my colleagues in branch office, work at home and outside mobile sales people can access network resource and their desktop just like they are at office.

You could buy one and give it a try.
4338257
Good product. Was able to access the console port of my router and use an RS232 to TTL converter.

Vendor is very responsive to questions and issues.
4976799
This book is a great source for information on the dangers of instant messaging and p2p networks. Although this material can apply to personal use, it is geared more towards system administrators and networked environments.

The structure of the book is very well laid out, giving you the ability to jump from product to product or area of interest (such as AIM, eDonkey, or IRC as a whole). This approach makes it easy to locate the information you are looking for quickly, making it an excellent reference. The author has done a great job in being realistic is the approach to these systems. Rather than totally restricting their use, this book helps you to live with these systems, recognizing that they are often used or required for businesses.

If you are running a network, you almost definitely have this type of traffic on it. This book is definitely an excellent resource with large amounts of information on multiple types of systems
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I purchased Janine's ebook and I found it to be a easy read and full of Outstanding and Insightfulinformation to Assist any VA whether new or seasoned you will benefit from purchasing the Ebook. And it does what it says it takes a regular RFP to a Noticeable RFP. I Thank You Janine for your insight and trial and error to putting this information out there for us VA's.  kudos
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Mr. Fox has written a vendor-neutral book that will help IT Managers understand how these types of technologies work at the high-level, the important questions to ask when designing these solutions and, perhaps most importantly, how to sell this to your CFO/CEO.  I specifically like his discussion around the importance of SLAs at the application level.  I think there are a number of consultants in this world selling to IT Management on the vast savings and improvements these products will provide in IT Operations without consideration for the end users.  The purpose of IT is to enable and support individuals so they can focus on their role and not be hindered by the tools they use to do it.  If their productivity decreases as a result of moving to a virtual desktop infrastructure, you have done a disservice to your organization.

If you are considering virtualizing desktops within your organization, regardless of the method or vendor, this book will help provide you the framework to plan and make this transition successfully.
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Who needs a specialist distro or Vyatta?  Get this book and you'll be up and running in no time.  I thought the content was presented in a logical manner, concise, clear and very informative.  From IPTables novice to expert, there is a lot of good information in this book.  If you want to understand the inner-workings of firewall based distros or products like Vyatta - or Brocade, whatever they call themselves these days - this is a good start.  It introduces IPS/IDS basics, how to configure adaptive firewalls, and following the examples you will have the ability to set up a good, secure firewall in no time.  I certainly recommend this book to anyone looking to get into the security field as well.
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I found the product to be easy to setup but missing software and user rights.  It assumes that it will be used as a public source of information, within a private network.
2001158
This honest review is for the Anytime Organizer Deluxe 15 by Individual Software.

I have used this basic product for over twenty years and was recently speaking with Customer Service representative Joe Farmer about how the product has changed over the years.  One thing has not changed though and that is the Individual Software's motto - Customers are our #1 priority!  This company wants to hear from their customers and their experiences with their software to gain additional ideas as to how they can improve on their products.  When you call Individual Software you can speak with knowledgeable employees that can assist in your understanding and operation of the software as well as the details of new additions and corrections made since the last revision.  I give this company and the support staff a big five star rating because of the satisfaction I receive whenever I have opportunity to call...

Sincerely,
Sam Bralley
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I've been using Davis weather station equipment and software for 10 years and when I updated to the latest ISS, I bought the WeatherLink IP software and memory module which acts as an independent web based "server" sending information automatically to the free Davis WeatherLink "Network" where you (and your friends) can access your weather station data from anywhere in world by Internet. Previously I had to have software running continuously on my computer which uploaded data to an FTP site I had to pay for and then access it with proprietary software to see the graphic output. This is just "turnkey" setup and frees up the computer.
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Some people call it vaporware or vainshware or restrictedware or whatever but for my clients who don't need full blown versions of everything this has to offer they are absolutely thrilled. Adding CALs is the only annoyance so I won't rate the CALs very high. Other than that the administrative side of things with SBS2011 is very easy and so much of the little work is done for you and the business it cuts support cost/time down considerably. Just an overall fantastic product for the right customer. At 50 users it's really time to move on to the full products as things can get cluttered... you still get full access to the admin consoles within this like Exchange and Sharepoint so I guess you could go even more with it. I don't like that it's all on one server so that's something to consider... one server goes down and the network goes down.
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An excellent techno/ functional  guide and well written users guide.  Even though it is written for functional folks, i able to follow along, even though I'm just a dumb security and GRC guy! It has become my go to resource when I need to authorize business processes for users who don't "speak security".  I've been able to use this book to help me understand multiple sides of processes where segregation of duties is a concern.
2753358
Great product, but the vendor spams requests for reviews.
2124757
This is a a great book for web hosts and businesses alike that are wanting to resell services or find the type of web hosts best for their business. A practical guide to learning about all the types of web hosts out there, filled with key resources and tips for deciding on a web hosting specialty, improving customer service, and developing business partnerships. Covers many types of technologies, PHP, ASP, JSP, and include security and provider considerations. Alot of material is covered here, all very useful.
216413
This book covers the very specific case of SharePoint databases where you don't use GUIDS.  if that's what you need, its good.  If you're looking for other information, its not applicable.  But that's what's advertised and described, so can't be disappointed.
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There is a major error in the book in chapter 7 pages 286,287 and 288 where the 'show ip ospf database' command is examined. It appears that the field descriptions that follow Figure 7-8 relate to the previous 'show ip interface' command. Despite repeated e-mails to ciscopress I have yet to receive the details omitted from the publication.
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Very nice gateway, requires installing configuration app on a local machine for full control. Easy to mount up in my rack and worked well.