urchasing a software development product that different users will utilize in different ways is one of the trickiest tasks IT shops face. When selecting a tool such as a bug-tracking
et’s face it?developers are creative folk who generally like to focus on what they do best: develop code. In many ways, they are similar to master chefs who delight in
he Help sections of your applications are probably never going to be particularly sexy—and rightly so—but that doesn’t mean that you’re stuck forever with a standard, text-heavy, and uninspired user
T managers once maintained a semblance of control over what types of operating systems were run in the data center, but they may as well relinquish all hope of doing
lmost everyone nowadays knows what the neologisms “bluescreen” and “general protection fault (gpf)” mean. That these terms are so familiar attests to the fact that computer users have come to
hanks to the driving technologies of the 90s?namely, the Internet and enterprise databases?data collection and storage have become easier and cheaper than ever before. This has caused many organizations to
ctive Directory is a common repository for information about objects that reside on the network, such as users and groups, computers and printers, and applications and files. The default Active
xperience suggests the working life of applications is enhanced if developers acknowledge the inherent requirements of standards-based development. For instance, if an application is based on emerging or evolving technology,
he authors show you how to design complex software to get the best from the UNIX operating system. Using short code snippets to illustrate how to use system calls, they