Sun Identity Management (IDM) Tutorial Data Center Security Policy: Solutions that work in your environment. Today’s enterprise is operating an increasing number of secure systems and applications and, at the same time, moving beyond its traditional boundaries to work with more and more outside partners who have their own secure IT infrastructures. By making it possible to securely share identity information across internal and external resources, effective identity management enables secure, efficient interoperability in even the most diverse environments. Without it, secure administration and management of all these systems and applications would be a nightmare, if not an impossibility. more>

Recently added to the Business Objects BI tool set, Crystal Xcelsius, is a stand-alone Windows application, designed to create interactive dashboards. Crystal Xcelsius uses a point-and-click interface that lets you create dashboards and visual business models from Crystal reports, personal spreadsheets, webservices or corporate data, and easily distribute them via PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, PDF, and the web (as flash SWF files). more>

Start learning to use SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services with this free SSRS training course module available from AppDev via download or CD. more>

Begin learning Java Web development with this free training course module from AppDev. more>

In this IBM Certification Exam 735 tutorial, we will teach you about the DB2 SQL Procedural Language including declaring conditions, variables, and handlers, iterative statements and flow of control, and error-handling strategies. This tutorial is part one in a six part tutorial series to assist in your preparation for the IBM Certification Exam 735 for DB2 9.5 SQL Procedure Developer. This part of the series focuses on Section 1 of the exam, titled “SQL Procedure Language”.

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View and compare the differences between Crystal Report viewers. more>

Contains 115 Java code samples from the Crystal Reports documentation, Customer Support Sites, and Product Management for the Java Reporting Component, RAS, and the Enterprise Framework (scheduling, publishing, user administration). more>

Solaris 10 Container Virtualization Primer: One of the key breakthrough technologies in Solaris 10, Solaris Container has the ability to promote server consolidation, as well as improve application availability and manageability. In this interview, Inner Circle plays 20-plus questions with Sun virtualization experts Joost Pronk van Hoogeveen, Jeff Victor, and Chien-Hua Yen to more fully understand the potential, capabilities, and limitations of Solaris Containers and Solaris Zones. more>

XPages, a recent addition to the IBM Lotus Domino Web development technology toolkit, is probably the most cutting edge and powerful of the set. Xpages provides for capabilities that were previously not thought possible to have in the Domino Web application development environment. XPages gives you the capability to easily develop Web 2.0 type user experiences for your existing web applications. This tutorial will demonstrate the power of XPages by illustrating how to update the Domino address book template with Web 2.0 functionality. Check out this Lotus Domino XPages tutorial now.

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Get started with Java development using this free training course module on Java fundamentals. more>

This Flash demo illustrates how to access and transform data into information in visual formats. more>

New Technologies for AJAX and Web App Dev. Get tech tips into using the Project Phobos lightweight Web application framework to build applications with JavaScript, AJAX, and the Java EE stack. more>

Access cutting edge new Crystal Reports samples from the Diamond Community more>

This IBM Certification Exam 735 tutorial will teach you about DB2 temporary tables, savepoints, ADMIN_CMD, and various advanced SQL functionality. This is part five in a six part tutorial series for preparing for the IBM Certification Exam 735 for DB2 9.5 SQL Procedure Developer. Start this free IBM tutorial for DB2 9.5. advanced SQL features.

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Software as a Service Tutorial SaaS Market ERP Servers: In this letter, I plan to turn my attention to software as a service (SaaS) — an exciting delivery model for software. In the most basic terms, SaaS involves delivering and receiving software as bytes over the Internet instead of buying and installing software locally as bits. Given the recent hoopla over SaaS, it is no exaggeration to say that it has been a big hit in many areas. Many consumers use SaaS every day with services like Google, Yahoo!, and eBay, but now those services and many others in the ERP space are moving into the enterprise. In case there are still any SaaS doubters, let's take a moment to examine some of the numbers. more>

Crystal Reports XI is the latest version of the report writer from Business Objects. Local reports guru David McAmis takes the new version for a spin. more>

Building an SOA? Get this technical how-to paper on ways that Sun's Java Composite Application Platform Suite can help streamline development and orchestrate services across systems. more>

Contains 118 C# and VB.NET samples from the Crystal Reports documentation, Customer Support Sites, and Product Management for CR.NET, RAS, and the Enterprise Framework (scheduling, publishing, user administration). more>

Software Digital Logic Integrated Circuit Design Fundamentals: Learn how Sun Distinguished Engineer Steve Rubin invented a method of designing integrated circuits that he thinks is a "no brainer". more>