The Surface Texture Book Over 800 colour and texture samples for every surface, furnishing and finish

The answer to every decorator's prayer - an entire virtual showroom in a handy-to-carry book Over 250 pages of surface swatches: from metals and glass to plaster, stone and wood; and from natural and man-made textiles to paper, cork and cane Large-for...

 Supersonic Visuals for Music

In 2004, we published Sonic, our bestseller that presented visuals for music. Along with the continuing proliferation and success of MP3s and the iPod over the last three years, engaging cover and packaging design have become even more important reasons f...

 Sherlock Holmes in Babylon and Other Tales of Mathematical History

This book is a collection of 44 articles on the history of mathematics, published in MAA journals over the past 100 years. Covering a span of almost 4000 years, from the ancient Babylonians to the eighteenth century, it chronicles the enormous changes...

 Digital Photography Before and After Makeovers

Over 200 full-color images, an attractive two-column design, and a price under $30 make this guide a must for digital photographers who want to take their skills to the next level Presents step-by-step instructions in uncluttered, highly visual format ...

 Deploying Voice over Wireless LANs

The definitive guide to planning, architecting, deploying, supporting, and creating Voice over Wireless LAN solutions Recent advances make it possible to deliver high-quality voice and video communications over a wireless LAN (WLAN), replacing cost...

 Service Strategy Management moves for customer results

Looking at issues like segmentation, measurement, loyalty and people this book provides a systematic approach to service strategy, distilled from over twelve years work with over 100 companies. The second edition is thoroughly revised, adding even more pr...

 Asterisk for Dummies

Asterisk is an open source software solution that allows businesses and organizations to create their own Private Branch Exchange (PBX) phone system, implement VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol, or Internet telephony), and drastically slash their phone...

 Voice Over IP Fundamentals A systematic approach to understanding the basics of voice over IP

Understand the basics of enterprise and public telephony networking, IP networking, and how voice is transported over IP networks Learn the various caveats of converging voice and data networks Examine the basic VoIP signaling protocols (H.323, MGCP/H...

 Risk Management for IT Projects How to Deal with Over 150 Issues and Risks

The rate of failure of IT projects has remained little changed in survey after survey over the past 15-20 years-over 40-50%. This has happened in spite of new technology, innovative methods and tools, and different management methods. One reason for this ...

 Newton's Telecom Dictionary

This is the world's bestselling and most comprehensive reference book on telecom, data communications, networking, computing and the Internet, with over 725,000 copies sold. Featuring 500 new terms and hundreds more definitions updated and expanded, the 2...

 IP/ATM Mobile satellite networks

Gain the knowledge needed to execute end-to-end performance analysis over satellite links and networks, evaluate throughput and capacity over satellite systems, and understand IP/ATM over SATCOM issues and limitations with this in-depth, practical resourc...

 Voice Over IP First-Step Your First Step Into the World of IP Telephony

Your first step to the world of IP telephony begins here! Learn how voice and data communications merge in voice-over-IP technology Use this reader-friendly guide to understand the benefits of this technology Explore real-life applications and theo...

 Wireless Home Networking for Dummies

Wireless networking is experiencing explosive growth, with over 56,000 wireless "hot spots" worldwide and 4.2 million wireless LAN users in North America today-a number that's expected to jump to over 31 million by 2007 This perfect beginner's guide de...

 Video Over IP A Practical Guide to Technology and Applications

Video Over IP gives you everything you need to know to choose from among the many ways of transferring your video over a network. The information is presented in an easy to read format, with comparison charts provided to help you understand the benefits a...

 The Digital bits : insider's guide to DVD

Finally . . . a DVD book for everyone! Heres your personal handbook to DVD . . . the ultimate guide to enjoying every last bit of fun this exciting format has to offer Bill Hunt and Todd Doogan have been reporting on DVD at The Digital Bits website since...

 Windows XP Timesaving Techniques for Dummies Over 70 Timesavers - Expert insights that help you work like a pro! - The bestselling guide--now updated for Windows XP Service Pack 2

Improve security, find files faster, and post pictures online Over 70 techniques that help you save time by... Customizing the desktop and Start menu Speeding the restart or shutdown process Preventing automatic program launches Streamlining Ou...

 IP Telephony Deploying Voice-Over-IP Protocols

IP (internet protocol) Telephony, enabled by softswitches, is going to usher in a new era in telecommunications. By putting voice and data over one IP network, operators can enjoy lower costs and create new, revenue-generating "multimedia" services. Th...

 C Primer Plus

A lean revision of a computer industry classic that has sold over 500,000 copies in previous editions. Fifth Edition contains over 20 new programming exercises and newly improvedexamples. C and C++ account for 30% of developers, about three million,...

 C++ Primer Plus

Update to a computer industry classic; over 100,000 copies sold in previous editions. Contains over 20 new programming exercises and newly improved examples. Suitable as a tutorial or as the core text for C++ programming courses. Teaches fundamenta...

 Voice Over MPLS Planning and designing networks

MPLS is many things to many people. If you're moving IP voice traffic, it may mean performance gains for you. Daniel Minoli's Voice Over MPLS gives you the technical and business lowdown on innovative new solutions for packet-based voice. What does it ta...

  Imperfect C++ Practical Solutions for Real-Life Programming

C++, although a marvelous language, isn't perfect. Matthew Wilson has been working with it for over a decade, and during that time he has found inherent limitations that require skillful workarounds. In this book, he doesn't just tell you what's wrong wit...

 Voice Over 802.11

Wi-Fi can further enhance your organization's productivity and savings by increasing portability and eliminating charges for PBX maintenance and for wire-line and cellular phone service. However, concerns about the QoS of Wi-Fi and VoIP prevent many organ...

 Deploying Cisco Voice over IP Solutions

Learn real-world voice over IP deployment solutions and strategies from the Cisco experts! Deploying Cisco Voice over IP Solutions provides networking professionals the knowledge, advice, and insight necessary to design and deploy VoIP networks that meet ...

 Deploying and managing IP over WDM networks

Although IP and WDM technologies are expected to become the dominant network technologies, they will be introduced gradually complementing and replacing current ATM and SDH network solutions. This book represents a comprehensive review and research result...

 XDoclet in action

Are you tired of writing the same Java code, over and over again? XDoclet will take the burden of repetitive development tasks off your shoulders by automating them. XDoclet is a metadata-driven, code generation engine for Java. Starting from simple J...

 The Call Heard 'Round the World Voice Over Internet Protocol and the Quest for Convergence

What started as a search for cheap phone service is changing the face of voice communication and media delivery. The Internet still has many great applications left up its sleeve. Chief among them is the seamless integration of voice transmission with te...

 Voice over DSL Understanding and implementind VoDSL

Ever wish that you could magically turn one phone line into four? Or 12? Or 24? And get high-speed access to the Internet in the bargain? This is the unprecedented opportunity offered by voice over DSL (VoDSL), a technology that truly revitalizes the copp...

 Wireless Internet Access over GSM and UMTS

The book provides a comprehensive investigation of the performance and problems of the TCP/IP protocol stack, when data is transmitted over GSM, GPRS and UMTS. It gives an introduction to the protocols used for Internet access today, and also the Wireless...

 Cisco Voice over Frame Relay, ATM, and IP

Cisco Voice Over Frame Relay, ATM, and IP is a direct complement to the Cisco authorized training course of the same name. Based on the content of the CVoice course, this book provides an intermediate-level treatment of Cisco voice technologies. The overa...

 Delivering Voice over Ip Networks

Develop cost-effective, long-term solutions for packetized voice Analysts agree that within the next decade virtually all telecommunications traffic will travel over packet networks. Should your packetized voice be delivered over Layer 2 networks such as ...

 Carrier Grade Voice Over IP

In the race to put carrier-quality voice over IP (VolP) -- those using this book run faster and falter less. International expert Daniel Collins' greatly enhanced Carrier Grade Voice over IP brings you leading-edge signaling schemes, protocol apps, and qu...

 Voice Over IP Fundamentals

The main focus of Voice over IP Fundamentals is to explain the basic concepts of VoIP technology. In order for the reader to understand each of the technologies surrounding packet voice (VoIP) it is important to begin with a base understanding of how the ...

 Implementing voice over IP

Public and private networks will eventually be configured in such a way that all voice calls are routed using Internet protocols Reviews existing and emerging standards for voice over IP Provides detailed guidance on how to engineer an efficient VoIP n...

 IP over WDM Building the Next-Generation Optical Internet

The key technology to delivering maximum bandwidth over networks is Dense Wave-length Division Multiplexing (DWDM) Describes in detail how DWDM works and how to implement a range of transmission protocols Covers device considerations, the pros and cons...