This book is written in simple, easy to understand format with lots of screenshots and step-by-step explanations. If you are an IBM WebSphere Portal developer, looking to develop and enhance enterprise portals by understanding the complete portal project lifecycle, then this is the best guide for you. This book assumes that you have a fundamental knowledge of working in the WebSphere Portal environment.

Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011: Dashboards Cookbook is packed with practical step-by-step recipes covering tasks which utilize all of the new dashboard features of Dynamics CRM 2011. If you are a developer who is excited about creating, customizing, and designing Dashboards in Dynamics CRM 2011, this book is for you. You should be comfortable with general Dynamics CRM functionality for this or a previous release. This book may also be valuable to End Users and Power Users interested in the new Dashboard features of this release.

This book contains multiple choice questions similiar to what you will get in the actual exam. How should we know? Because although we got our BW Certification five years back, we have re-certified with the latest version of the Associate Certification test. Before you start here are some Key features of the BI (BW) Associate Certification Exam - The exam is Computer based and you have three Hours to answer 80 Questions. - The Questions are (mostly) multiple choice type and there is NO penalty for an incorrect answer. - Some of the Questions have more than one correct answers. You must get ALL the options correct for you to be awarded points. This book contains over 175 questions covering each & every topic in the Certification.

Welcome to the essential SharePoint 2010 guide for getting started with taxonomies, tags, and content types in SharePoint 2010. The SharePoint 2010 Consultant's Handbook (First Edition) summarizes our field guides and best practices for planning, installing, customizing and using the Managed Metadata Service in SharePoint. Based on real world examples for how a Microsoft Partner trains its field consultants and works with clients, you will: - get a hands on review of the new tools for managing taxonomies, folksonomies, tags and content types - see how to define a central hierarchy of document tags and groups to share across the enterprise - learn about end user tags and trends ("folksonomy") - get Tips and Tricks on how to prepare your organization to use MMS effectively from day one

This book is written in the style of a cookbook, with emphasis on practical, step-by-step recipes augmented with real screenshots and little to no theory. This approach will help you follow each step, each link, and see the bigger picture,If you are a user with basic knowledge of Cognos BI (any version) and want to learn the advanced and latest dashboarding capabilities shipped with IBM Cognos BI, this book is for you.

This book is packed with practical steps and screenshots to make learning fun and addictive. You will learn to build a complete Airline Compensation Management system using Dynamics CRM 2011. If you want a focused book that gets you up-to-speed with the new features of Microsft Dynamics CRM 2011 then this is the perfect book for you.

This book exposes the SAP experts' eye on an emerging solution i.e. OpenERP. It puts into perspective the advantages of their implementation methodologies, the differences in the features, customization approaches, etc. SAP users will discover in this book how OpenERP solves the same problems as SAP but with a totally different approach and point of view. At the other end, OpenERP users will discover what makes SAP the world leader in the enterprise management software market. In this book you will learn: * how to assess differently OpenERP and SAP based on your specific needs, * where are the costs of an OpenERP or SAP implementation, * the advantages of different implementation methodologies: ASAP vs Agile, * what makes SAP such a good and popular product, * why recent technologies may change the "old" ERP market.

This book is a hands-on certification guide with practical examples and Q&As to help .NET developers prepare for and pass the (70-506): TS: Microsoft Silverlight 4 Development exam. If you are a .NET developer who wants to create and maintain rich interactive applications (RIA) using Silverlight 4, then this book is for you. Basic experience of Silverlight development, Microsoft .NET development, and consuming data services is required.

The hands-on example solutions in this book are based on fictitious business development briefs, and they illustrate practical ways of using SharePoint in various business scenarios. A chapter is dedicated to each example SharePoint solution covering step-by-step instructions for building the SharePoint solutions, aided by the extensive use of screenshots. This book is for SharePoint developers, consultants, and administrators who want to build a range of SharePoint solutions that extend the SharePoint platform, and see how to apply the many available SharePoint features in different scenarios.

Mobile user experience is a new frontier. Untethered from a keyboard and mouse, this rich design space is lush with opportunity to invent new and more human ways for people to interact with information. Invention requires casting off many anchors and conventions inherited from the last 50 years of computer science and traditional design and jumping head first into a new and unfamiliar design space.

This book doesn't assume any prior experience with Dynamics NAV reporting. It is designed as an easy to follow guide, where each chapter builds upon the previous one, but can also be read completely separately. Basically this book is for everyone who is using Microsoft Dynamics NAV or has an interest on the reporting capabilities of NAV 2009. The book does not have major prerequisites, although it is mainly focused on Dynamics NAV 2009, RDLC and Business Intelligence. Whether you are a Dynamics NAV consultant, developer, customer, project manager, or just interested in the reporting capabilities of Dynamics NAV, this book can provide you with information from a helicopter view down to the smallest details, tips and tricks, and workarounds. Empowered with the information in this book you should be able to master, analyse and deliver the most challenging reporting requirements in Dynamics NAV.

A five-step office automation plan for small businesses to use cloud computing technology to simplify business planning, project management, and accounting. Written for non-technical business readers.

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The Internet is considered among one of those inventions of modern age which have just revolutionized the world. It's most powerful & versatile source of knowledge for every common man today. It has touched every aspect of our life. Be it some delicate medical condition, be it decorating your home and diet of your loving pets, be it finding the whereabouts of one of your dearest friend of your school, be it very personal problem in your life and many more; information pertaining to anything and everything that we can think of, can be obtained through the Internet.

In this book, You will be introduced with the masterminds who were behind the idea of creating a world at the back of a monitor screen. From just an idea, they have created technology that has brought about a difference in our lives. They who made our life easier by making our day to day work just a few click away. They who brought us close to our dear ones. They are referred to "Kings of Internet." They are the ones who took the technology to common hands with the powerful tools they have invented and transformed Internet into huge market place. Here we are trying to honor those Kings with few sentences on their early life, their struggle, the achievement they have made and their future place for us.

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If you want to build applications that fully complement SAP Business Suite software and meet the highest expectations for integration, support, usability, and reliability, then you need the SAP Guidelines for Best-Built Applications That Integrate with SAP Business Suite. The guidelines provide recommendations to developers of complementary solutions, both at SAP partners and in customer organizations, to help ensure that their solutions adhere to architectural approaches, standards, and industry best practices similar to the ones used by SAP. The end result? Reduced customer integration, training, administration, and upgrade costs-leading to an amazing product experience. The guidelines are updated regularly so that customers and partners can make effective choices among technology and integration options, based on the most current innovations available from SAP. The guidelines provide clear statements about which technologies SAP recommends and does not recommend for new development. They provide concrete, actionable guidance for developers interested in aligning with SAP's direction. The guidelines are developed by SAP subject matter experts and carefully reviewed both internally and externally by the SAP Mentors. Through an agile content development process, the guidelines are both long-lived and stable while incrementally incorporating the newest SAP products. Visit http: //bestbuiltapps.sap.com to read the latest blogs, contribute to the forum, register for an online education session, engage with the ASUG Influence Council, and become part of the conversation.

Be your own consultant Based on years of experience working with SharePoint for Fortune 500 companies and national clients, the SharePoint 2010 Consultant's Handbook is a summary of field guides and best practices for planning, installing, customizing and using SharePoint 2010. It's derived from the internal training and education offered to consultants, and is now available to you. The Second Edition is almost all new content - building on the first edition coverage of Managed Metadata. You'll find information on business intelligence, architecture, installation, upgrade, Office 365, SQL Server 2012 "Denali," and Service Pack 1.

This guide to SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards 4.0 (formerly Xcelsius )is a cookbook packed full of practical recipes written in a clear, concise manner with annotated examples to empower readers to quickly accomplish specific dashboard tasks. If you are a developer with a good command and knowledge of creating dashboards, but are not yet an advanced Dashboard Design user, then this is the perfect book for you. You should have a good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel as well as knowledge of basic dashboard practices, though experience of Dashboard Design as a specific dashboard tool is not essential.

For anyone who wants to be operating at a high level with the Excel Solver quickly, this is the book for you. Step-By-Step Optimization With Excel Solver is more than 200+ pages of simple yet thorough explanations on how to use the Excel Solver to solve today's most widely known optimization problems. Loaded with screen shots that are coupled with easy-to-follow instructions, this book will simplify many difficult optimization problems and make you a master of the Excel Solver almost immediately. Here are just some of the Solver optimization problems that are solved completely with simple-to-understand instructions and screen shots in this book: The famous "Traveling Salesman" problem using Solver's Alldifferent constraint and the Solver's Evolutionary method to find the shortest path to reach all customers. This also provides an advanced use of the Excel INDEX function. The well-known "Knapsack Problem" which shows how optimize the use of limited space while satisfying numerous other criteria. How to perform nonlinear regression and curve-fitting on the Solver using the Solver's GRG Nonlinear solving method. How to solve the "Cutting Stock Problem" faced by many manufacturing companies who are trying to determine the optimal way to cut sheets of material to minimize waste while satisfying customer orders. Portfolio optimization to maximize return or minimize risk. Venture capital investment selection using the Solver's Binary constraint to maximize Net Present Value of selected cash flows at year 0. Clever use of the If-Then-Else statements makes this a simple problem. How use Solver to minimize the total cost of purchasing and shipping goods from multiple suppliers to multiple locations. How to optimize the selection of different production machine to minimize cost while fulfilling an order. How to optimally allocate a marketing budget to generate the greatest reach and frequency or number of inbound leads at the lowest cost. Step-By-Step Optimization With Excel Solver has complete instructions and numerous tips on every aspect of operating the Excel Solver. You'll fully understand the reports and know exactly how to tweek all of the Solver's settings for total custom use. The book also provides lots of inside advice and guidance on setting up the model in Excel so that it will be as simple and intuitive as possible to work with. All of the optimization problems in this book are solved step-by-step using a 6-step process that works every time. In addition to detailed screen shots and easy-to-follow explanations on how to solve every optimization problem in the book, a link is provided to download an Excel workbook that has all problems completed exactly as they are in this book. Step-By-Step Optimization With Excel Solver is exactly the book you need if you want to be optimizing at an advanced level with the Excel Solver quickly.

This book uses a real-life case study to provide easy-to-follow examples that are radically practical and can be easily adapted to similar situations in Siebel CRM implementation projects. The book ensures that you know what you are doing and why you are doing it by providing useful insight along with detailed practical instructions. It contains a multitude of explanatory tables, screenshots, and precise diagrams to illustrate the topics. When you have finished the book you will feel prepared to participate in Siebel CRM implementation projects. In addition you will be able to teach the "old dogs" some new tricks. This book is written for developers who want to develop their Siebel Tools skill set. While the book is intended for beginners, even experienced developers will benefit from the topics presented in this book. Preliminary exposure to or training on technical Siebel topics would be beneficial but is not mandatory before you start reading this book.

Clearing the Production Planning & Manufacturing (PP) Certification will not automatically lead you to a job. However a Certification with some project experience will certainly open a lot of doors for you. The consultants who will benefit the most from a certification are the ones with typically less than 2 year's project experience. This is not to say that consultants with higher experience will not benefit, but at that level, having a certification matters much less. So if you have little or no SAP- PP experience, you should get yourself certified, get some project experience, and then the whole of the SAP World open for you to explore. Helping you with the first step on you ladder to success is the book: SAP Production Planning & Manufacturing (PP) Associate Certification Exam with Answers & Explanations Some unique features of this book: - There is NO Other book in the market for the SAP Production Planning & Manufacturing (PP) ERP 6.0 Certification exam. - The author has himself cleared the exam. - All questions are multiple choice format, similar the questions you will get in the actual exam. - Over 200 authentic questions, testing the exact same concepts that will be tested in Your exam

This is both a practical and theoretical guide detailing how to deploy a successful ProVision(r) strategy, using a number of real business cases along the way. Unlike other architecture books, the approach is holistic - it looks at the whole lifecycle of building a business case, through to using the product. It combines a detailed understanding of the ProVision(r) toolset with a practical grasp of the business issues that affect the implementation of a successful strategy.If you are a business architect or CIO in a large organization who wants to implement a successful strategy using Open Text ProVision(r), then this book is for you. It will also be of interest if you are an enterprise designer or architect. It might be that you already have working knowledge of ProVision(r), but do not yet have the skill to implement it in the right context; this book will help you ge