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This is both a practical and theoretical guide detailing how to deploy a successful ProVision 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 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, 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 knowled...

This book is a comprehensive beginner's guide that teaches you to use GnuCash from scratch with jargon-free step-by-step tutorials packed with tips. There are multiple choice questions to make learning more interesting and additional challenges thrown at the more adventurous user for a deep grasp of the topic. This book is written for you the self-employed, the owner, partner or leader of micro-enterprises, home businesses, Small Office/Home Office (SOHO), and other small businesses to help you maintain your books of accounts using GnuCash. This book is also for you office-bearers of non-profits and students who want to learn accounting hands-on. If you are using a spreadsheet to maintain your business books and are wasting time, or you are handin...

This book is a step-by-step, tutorial-driven guide to game or application development using Panda3D that follows the process used in professional development. You will learn through first-hand experience how a Panda3D developer goes from literally nothing to a finished product. Along the way there are illustrations to explain difficult topics and to display the results of progress, as well as a complete archive of thoroughly explained code for every tutorial. Every single code file the reader saves is mirrored in the example code, finished and explained. In addition, every art and audio asset required by the tutorials is provided, so the user need not provide any assets of their own. If you are an independent developer interested in creating your own...

Over 80 recipes for developing 3D games with Panda3D, a full-scale 3D game engine Dive into the advanced features of the Panda3D engine Take control of the renderer and use shaders to create stunning graphics Give your games a professional look using special effects and post-processing filters Extend the core engine libraries using C++ Explained ready-to-use sample code along with plenty of screenshots for easier and quicker learning In Detail Panda3D is a free and open source game engine. It has been used successfully by hobbyists as well as big studios to create games ranging from quick prototypes to full-scale commercial MMOs. Panda3D makes it easy to use models, textures, and sounds to create impressive interactive experiences. With this book,...

Improve the performance of your network using the caching and access control capabilities of Squid Overview Get the most out of your network connection by customizing Squid's access control lists and helpers Set up and configure Squid to get your website working quicker and more efficiently No previous knowledge of Squid or proxy servers is required Part of Packt's Beginner's Guide series: lots of practical, easy-to-follow examples accompanied by screenshots In Detail Squid Proxy Server enables you to cache your web content and return it quickly on subsequent requests. System administrators often struggle with delays and too much bandwidth being used, but Squid solves these problems by handling requests locally. By deploying Squid in accelerator mo...