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Get acquainted with Citrix Systems' CPSM and CPBM in order to administer cloud services smoothly and comprehensively Overview Overview of CPSM and CPBM architectures, and planning CPSM and CPBM Become efficient in product management, workflow management, and billing and pricing management Provision services efficiently to cloud consumers and clients In Detail Cloud computing is emerging as a hot technology, thereby creating a lot of new jobs, and providing a lot of opportunities for IT service providers to run and manage clouds. Citrix CloudPortal Business Manager enables cloud builders to manage and deliver any cloud or IT service through a single, comprehensive cloud services platform which unifies and simplifies the commercial, user management, ...

Develop and deploy applications using the OSGi-based runtime container, Apache Karaf Overview Understand Apache Karaf's commands and control capabilities Gain familiarity with its provisioning features Explore various application deployments targets experientially In Detail Apache Karaf is more than just an OSGi-based runtime container; it's an ecosystem of open source technologies that makes operating and managing applications easier. Karaf supports hot deployment of OSGi bundles by monitoring jar files inside the [home]/deploy directory. Each time a jar is copied in this folder, it will be installed inside the runtime. You can then update or delete it, and changes will be handled automatically. In addition, Karaf also supports exploded bundles an...

Learn how to develop exciting tablet and PC games for Windows 8 using practical, hands-on examples Overview Use cutting-edge technologies like DirectX to make awesome games Discover tools that will make game development easier Bring your game to the latest touch-enabled PCs and tablets In Detail With the recent success of a lot of smaller games, game development is quickly becoming a great field to get in to. Mobile and PC games are on the rise, and having a way to create a game for all types of devices without rewriting everything is a huge benefit for the new Windows 8 operating system. In this book, you will learn how to use cutting-edge technologies like DirectX and tools that will make creating a game easy. This book also allows you to make mo...

Over 50 recipes to develop network applications in both the iOS and OS X environment Overview Use several Apple and third-party APIs to develop both server and client networked applications Shows you how to integrate all of the third-party libraries and APIs with your applications Includes sample projects for both iOS and OS X environments In Detail Darwin, which forms the core set of components for OS X and iOS, is compatible with the Single UNIX Specification Version 3 and POSIX UNIX. Therefore OS X and iOS are UNIX operating systems. While there are numerous books and articles written to teach network development in a UNIX environment there is surprisingly little dedicated to teaching network development specifically in an Apple environment. In ...

Exploit IntelliJ IDEAs unique features to rapidly develop web and Java Enterprise applications Overview Exhibit techniques that improve development performance Present framework support Create an application that explores the features of the integrated development environment (IDE) In Detail IntelliJ IDEA is a commercial Java development tool which competes with the free Eclipse and NetBeans projects. It is an integrated development environment (IDE) designed to automate parts of the coding process; to support a large number of different frameworks, tools, and targets; to work with multiple languages; and not to get in the way of the developers work. IntelliJ IDEA also does a good job of keeping up-to-date with the Java platform, subject to the exp...