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Creating the first Circos diagram

by Tom Schenk Jr. | April 2013 | Open Source

In this article, by Tom Schenk Jr., the author of Circos Data Visualization How-to, we will create a very basic Circos diagram containing links (ribbons) showing the relationship between hair and eye color. Throughout this task, we will become acquainted with Circos' genome-based terminology. As Circos' roots are in biology, the program does not read the typical tables most users are accustomed to.

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Active Directory migration

by Santhosh Sivarajan | April 2013 | Enterprise Articles Microsoft

In this article by Santosh Sivarajan, author of Instant Migration from Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2 to 2012 How-to , we get a brief idea about the details of Active Directory migration prerequisites, schema upgrade procedure, verifying the schema version, and installing the Windows Server 2012 Domain Controller in the existing Windows Server 2008 and Server 2008 R2 domain. We will start with the Active Directory migration.

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Examining the Oracle Architecture

by Steve Ries | April 2013 | Enterprise Articles Oracle

In this article by Steve Ries author of OCA Oracle Database 11g: Database Administration I: A Real-World Certification Guide, we will explore what Oracle has to offer. It covers the Oracle architecture and how it operates to provide data integrity and high performance in an Oracle system.

In this article we will:

  • Understand the distinction between a database and an instance

  • Explore the Oracle instance

  • Understand Oracle's process architecture

  • Examine the Oracle memory cache architecture

  • Explore the Oracle database

  • Investigate Oracle's datafile structure

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Installing and Setting up Sure Step

by Andrew Birch Keith Dunkinson | April 2013 | Enterprise Articles Microsoft

The article, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 with Sure Step 2012, provides a comprehensive guide to implementing Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 with Sure Step 2012, and is the prefect accompaniment for project team members of all levels. In this article by Keith Dunkinson and Andrew Birch, authors of Implementing Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 with Sure Step 2012, provides complete information on installation of Sure Step and the setup of projects, and also discusses the project offerings within it.

In this article, we will examine the installation of Sure Step and setting it up for a specific project including some of the key choices we need to make, and activities that should be undertaken at this time. After reading this article, we should be able to: download and install the Sure Step client, create an appropriate Sure Step project, and initiate key activities for our Dynamics AX project.

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So, what is EaselJS?

by Fabio Biondi | April 2013 | Open Source

This article by Fabio Biondi , author of Instant EaselJS Starter helps you to learn what EaselJS actually is, what you can do with it, and why it's so great. It will also help you on how to create your first HTML5 canvas application "Hello World".

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