User Management in Zenoss

We should set up a user name for each person who will be using Zenoss, and all the users should log in using their user account, not as the admin user. Individual users can be granted the same privileges as the admin account. The security of the user accounts is important. Various roles and groups can be assigned to a user. In this article by Michael Badger, the following is discussed:

• How to add new users and edit the properties of their user accounts
• The various available roles and their privileges
• Administered objects such as devices and systems
• Creating and editing custom event views
• Attaching alerts to users or groups of users
• Creating alert escalations
• Customizing alert messages
• Setting a schedule for each alerting rule
• Adding and editing groups and assigning users to groups

Users and Permissions with CMS Made Simple 1.6: Part 1

In this two-part article by Sofia Hauschildt, author of CMS Made Simple 1.6: Beginner's Guide, we shall look into:

• Roles, users, and groups
• Permissions on content
• Special designer permissions
• Archiving and restoring different versions
• Overview of all default permissions
• User notifications

Users, Profiles, and Connections in Elgg

Ever been to a night club on a Monday morning? There's you, there are chairs, and the potential to host a party on the weekend. There are lots of buttons, lots of potential, but no one there except you. Unlike a night club, you don't have to wait for the weekend to host your friends on Elgg. Invite them as soon as you're done setting up the software. Elgg is designed to make it easier for you to invite people. If you've ever setup a blog or rolled out your own website, how long did it take before you could invite your friends over? You had to put up all sorts of content to indulge them, and also fiddle around decorating the portal so that it doesn't look dull.

That's where a social network is different from a regular website. Websites follow a two-way, one-to-many style of interaction, where the owner of the website, or blog, talks to all his visitors who respond with their comments, either on the website, or via e-mail. In this article by Mayank Sharma, we discuss about social networking software that follows a many-to-many style of interaction. Members interact with each other, and create their own content, which is then shared with all. This is then discussed and commented on by everyone. The owner of the site is like the perfect host. They mingle, discuss with everyone, but don't stamp their authority, unless you're naughty. They're like every other member, except for the fact that they own the place. Sounds familiar? So, you don't have to worry about content before inviting your friends. Your friends bring their own content.

Users, Roles, and Pages in DotNetNuke 5- An Extension

In this article series by Michael Washington and Ian Lackey, we will discuss:

• Creating and modifying user accounts
• How user accounts tie into the security of your site
• What DotNetNuke pages are and how to create and administer them
• How to structure your site using pages
• The new Membership Provider Model

Read Users, Roles, and Pages in DotNetNuke 5 here.

Using An Object Oriented Approach for Implementing PHP Classes to Interact with Oracle

This article by Yuli Vasiliev examines the object-oriented approach for developing PHP/Oracle applications, as an efficient means to reduce the development time and complexity, and increase the maintainability and flexibility of your applications.

In the following sections, you will learn how to create a simple PHP class to interact with Oracle and then how that class can be modified and reused in different scripts.

Using ASP.NET Controls in SharePoint

As SharePoint and the underlying .NET Framework developed over the years, more readymade controls have become available for us to use in our applications. Such controls allow us to drop common, and often complex, features into our site. For example, if we would like to add user registration and login features (often referred to as personalization and membership) to our site, it is a chore to build everything we require (registration form with validation, login box, password reminder, change password, etc.) each time we build a site. Microsoft has built these controls for us so that we can easily add them to our site. In this article by Mike Poole, we will examine the use of these controls.

Very occasionally, we find that we are not able to do what we would like to do with the SharePoint configuration that comes "out of the box". A common example of this is using forms authentication in our site. Later on in the article, we will also make some configuration changes to SharePoint and associated products, such as Internet Information Services (IIS), SQL Server, and Visual Studio, to demonstrate how forms authentication can be enabled.

Using Asterisk as a PSTN Gateway for OpenSER

PSTN or Public Switched Telephone Network is the collection of all the telephone networks, which are interconnected in the world. If we want to be able to route calls from and to the PSTN using OpenSER, we need to be connected to a PSTN. To send calls to the PSTN, we need a device called PSTN gateway. There are several manufacturers such as Cisco, Nortel, and others who manufacture this kind of equipment. You can also use an Asterisk PBX box for this task. Asterisk makes an affordable PSTN gateway that is very competitive with the big players mentioned above. In this article by Flavio E. Goncalves, we will see how to use asterisk as a PSTN gateway for OpenSER.

Using Business Rules to Define Decision Points in Oracle SOA Suite 11g R1- An Introduction

In this article by Antony Reynolds and Matt Wright, authors of Oracle SOA Suite 11g R1 Developer's Guide, we will discuss the new Rules Editor in 11gR1, including Decision Tables and how we can incorporate rules as decision points within a BPEL Process.

Using Business Rules to Define Decision Points in Oracle SOA Suite: Part 2

In the previous part of the article we looked at how we can use the Oracle Business Rules engine to implement business rules, and how we can invoke these from within BPEL as a decision service.

In this part by Matt Wright, we will have a look at how to create a Decision Service.