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OCS is becoming the dominant product for large-scale collaboration–blending core functions of e-mail, file serving, and diary management with the additional functionality of web conferencing, instant messaging, and wireless access. Pro Oracle Collaboration Suite 10g provides all you need to know to install and configure OCS for use, but this book is much more than a to-do list.

It covers the architecture of the server processes and the applications, giving you the theoretical background to take OCS beyond the basics. There’s no need to worry if you’re new to the Oracle database, Oracle Components for Java environment (OC4J), HTTP web servers, or LDAP Internet directories–everything is explained carefully. But if you are already familiar with these topics, you’ll learn how to fully exploit them in order to optimize your OCS installation.

Author Information

John Watson

John Watson has been in IT since 1982. He worked for governmental, NGO, and commercial organizations in the UK and Europe doing systems and database support before serving six years with Oracle Corporation in South Africa. He now consults and lectures throughout Africa and Europe on Oracle server technologies.

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Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Unleashed offers comprehensive coverage of SQL Server 2005 that goes beyond the basic syntax and information you’ll find in the product manuals, providing in-depth information derived from the authors’ real-world experience to help you build upon your working knowledge of the product and take your experience and knowledge to a higher level. This book focuses primarily on the information needed by system and database administrators, as well as for users with overlapping duties as both DBA and developer. Included is extensive coverage of the new features and upgraded tools and capabilities of SQL Server 2005, including .NET Framework integration, Integration Services, Service Broker, Database Mirroring and Snapshots, and Reporting Services.

Detailed information on…
Installing, upgrading, and administering SQL Server 2005
Database maintenance, backup, and recovery
Creating and managing tables, views, stored procedures, triggers, and user-defined functions
Database and index design
SQL Server query optimization, and performance monitoring and tuning
Transactions, transaction management, and distributed transactions

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