Electronic-data-interchange Books

This provided the necessary information for our physicians office to automate processes with our various trading partners. Very informative, and I encourge all to purchase it in the physicians practice field.

a must for all e-commerce student

Rakesh does an excellent job in expaining Identity & Security in various types of networking environments Sensor Networks, NG Networks, 4G Networks, Progammable Networks, IMS Networks, IN Services, and OAM/OSS Services. If your interested in the application of Identity and Security in Telecom Environments you need to read this book. I had a chance to meet Rakesh earlier this year in Paris and with his background and knowledge you can see why SUN is a leader in managing Security and Identity in Telecom and Cable Environments.

Gary E. Smith
THE SOA NETWORK
www.soanetwork.net

Guidelines for Electronic Payment of Healthcare Claims Using the ANSI Asc X12 electron by James J. Moynihan, Marcia L. McLure

The book is a basic guide for those purchasing professional who are willing to seriously re-think the whole Procurement Process with a creative problem-solving approach. "Procurement Reengineering" provides you with all the necessary tools to analyse your current Purchasing organization and reinvent it giving also a few theoretical concepts about the BPR, best practices and fresh ideas. It is the necessary starting point even for the implementation of e-procurement projects.

This book is a real eye-opener about what and how can be done with XSLT. It is a great Cookbook with a huge variety of extremely useful solutions for various problems.
Viktor Melekhine

This book was very helpful in getting my first XSLT transform up and running in just a few days. Its Problem -- Solution -- Discussion format provides ready-made solutions for a range of transformation problems, from the simple to the more complex. In my case, I quickly found clear and straightforward illustrations of how to produce multiple text output files from an XML input file.

This book is not an XSLT language reference. But it is a good supplement to, for instance, Michael Kay's XSLT 2.0 and XPath 2.0 programmer's references.

I've just completed a job where one of my primary functions was editing, teaching, and solving problems with XSLT. I started that job as an experienced programmer with little experience in XSLT. I frequently referred to this book whenever I thought, "I bet XSLT can do this, but how?" For example, if you are already familiar with common scripting languages and programming libraries, one of the first things you will notice about XSLT is a lack of regular expression functionality. I referred to the "search and replace" function in this book several times. This book is a real problem solver.

This book is for the experienced XSLT developer. It will provide many, many code samples right from the beginning. I purchased this book thinking I can learn XSLT but, this book is not for the beginner. With that, I am not saying you should not purchase it. What I am saying is that I found a very good companion book: XSLT FOR DUMMIES. Believe it or not, this was my first for dummies book. Don't let the title fool you, this is a great first book to understand XSLT. I think the cookbook will start you where the dummies book ends but with a very different approach: To give you ideas. From the dummies book, you will understand what XPath and other key topics which you will already need to understand for the cookbook. For example, the cookbook goes right to covering XPATH in chapter one but assumes you know what and how it works. I hope this review will help everyone understand what this book will do for you and the correct approach in using it.

This is a great book with a collection of XSLT solutions to difficult and non-trivial XSLT problems. It covers XSLT 2.0 and shows to you how elegant 2.0 solution can be comparable to ugly and monstrous 1.0 listing.

But don't make the same mistake as I did! It is not a learning book! It is a book for programmers that already know XSLT at least a bit and want to improve their skills in this language. If you don't know XSLT at all, it would be better to you to purchase another book together with this one.

Ah, BizTalk Server.... one of those Microsoft products that, watched from afar, always appeared so frighteningly towering. Training to climb Mount Everest would probably be a less strenuous endeavour. My previous experience with it was just the 2002 version's installation procedure, and that totally left me perceiving it like learning diving in the open sea - going about alone can get pretty scary without the instruction and guidance of a master diver. It quickly became one of those "if I ever have too much free time" items that I never acted upon for years.

Now the situation is different. Now it has become my job to learn the latest incarnation of 2006 R2 and use its capabilities to demonstrate its worth in a lucrative government POC. Now, I need to learn it _fast_. I needed to climb Mount Everest before the season closes. How does one get familiar and comfortable with the concepts of this monstrous product? In fact, I never truly understood what BizTalk does exactly. I am one of those who cannot absorb useful information from vague marketing overviews; I needed someone experienced to talk me through to using its features. That someone is Daniel Woolston.

This author has managed to compress most of BizTalk Server's core concepts and features into 14 chapters, spanning a mere 262 pages. Using concise language and short practicals, he takes apprehensive beginners (e.g. me) through an eye-opening tour of BizTalk Server. Taking things a step at a time, the practicals continuously build on previous experience and incrementally introducing more features to accomplish more and more feats. Daniel Woolston's style of tutelage quickly demystifies BizTalk Server operations and reveals that getting into it is not quite as insurmountable as it seems from the outside. On completing the last chapter I felt that grasping the foundations of BizTalk Server was definitely not a lofty goal of this book.

But of course, the key word of this book is really just "foundations". Daniel Woolston has targetted this material at newbies, sticking with the simplest of demonstrations. He does not even teach the usage of other adapters for Receiving and Sending; only the File-based adapter is demonstrated. It certainly is debatable; keeping practicals simple enables speedy progress, no doubt; but at the same time I cannot help but feel "we're done already? how about this, how about that..." as I paced through the chapters.

If you ever wanted to learn anything deep, or even just intermediate, about BizTalk, you will be left with _many_ unanswered questions. You would then be reminded on several pages to refer to [Pro BizTalk 2006] for that. If you want a quick _introductory_functional_ tour of BizTalk Server, however, look no further and grab this book.

Overall rating: 8/10
Good - Lightning fast practicals; concepts quick and easy to follow
Bad - Purely beginner basics; only File-based inputs and outputs

This is an ok introduction to BizTalk. It does a decent job of introducing you to the different pieces involved. I also like fact that it gives you exercises to practive with.

With that being said, there are some negatives in the book and I am surprised no one else brought them up. The book sometimes ask you to reference Visual Studio projects midstream that were never mentioned in any previous text or chapter. I also ran into a section that involves using expressions and the exercise references properties that do not exist on the message object. Also, steps are sometimes skipped. Finally, there is a lot of steps I was doing in the exercises, but I didn't understand WHY I was doing it.

I usually never get all the way through a software book for a variety of reasons, but this one I read twice. It has as thorough and step by step set of procedures for getting a new product up and running as I have ever seen. I doubt if the MS installation guide is as thorough. In addition to the step by step instructions for installation it also shows you how to set up the main components of Biztalk as well as giving a helpful overview of the product and its uses and requirements. As someone who resides mostly in the mainframe world this was very beneficial for me; I don't even know XML but was still able to follow along. Even for a web/pc person the detailed level of the instructions is likely to be helpful without being too elementary. And even if you are a dot net c sharp java whatever expert it's likely useful to have this book for the first week or so to help get things up and running, although the author freely and continuously points out that you will probably need to get a more advanced book soon.

The writing style is light without being flippant, most instructions are concise and examples are well thought out. The chapter on Orchestration I found a little difficult to follow- it is where the meat of the logic takes place in a BizTalk process, typically, but this was probably due to my unfamiliarity with dot net terminology more than with a flawed presentation.

A good book, written especially for the beginner, but would probably save anyone time with the helpful step-by-step instructions for installing and setting things up. Very, very highly recommend- although check back in a few weeks after we migrate to the product and see if my review stays this rosy.

First Day and I read 9 chapters. Looks like will be done with the book tomorrow. This is my first time hands on on Biztalk even though I have read some white papers before but this book rocks!. Samples are easy to understand and implement and very well chosen so you start to get the hang of biztalk.

This is great addition on my shelf and highly recommend to the ones who are venturing into biztalk for first time.

Got the book on Monday and was able to read through it and work with the examples and finished the book by Friday (had some down time at work). I had never worked with BizTalk before so this book was very helpful in getting points accross and examples were mostly spot on.

Author had a very easy going writing skills with little humor and did not bore me with lot of technical jargons. Liked the way the book was organized.

I wish there was a chapter on how to debug and monitor your Orchestrations using BizTalk Health and Activity Tracker tool. That would have come in handy when I goofed some of the examples. But I found out about Orchestration debugging from blogs and Microsoft site and was able to work through the examples.

Like other reviewers had mentioned this book is very elementary and will get your feet barely wet with BizTalk. You need to buy an advanced book to compliment this one. I myself have bought the Pro BizTalk 2006 from apress.

If you have already worked with BizTalk before then you may find this book of no use to you. Neverthless a good start and kudos to the author on a job well done.

This book is great it has everithing you want to know about rfid thanks

The book was in excellent condition, and the service was prompt!

Are you a developer or systems architect or project manager? If you are, then this book is for you! Authors Bill Glover and Himanshu Bhatt, have done an outstanding job of writing a book that shows you how to get that first RFID prototype out the door.

Glover and Bhatt, begin by defining RFID and introduce some of the fundamental concepts. Then, the authors describe the parts of an RFID system, their relationships to each other, and some of the functional and service-level requirements specific to RFID.
Next, the authors describe the tags that attach an identity to an item and communicate that identity to readers. The authors then examine how tags talk to readers. They continue by describing the readers that communicate with tags and connect RFID-tagged items to the network. Then, the authors cover how readers talk to middleware and applications. They then describe the middleware that manages RFID information and edge devices. Next, they examine the storage and use of RFID information. Then, they discuss some of the specific concerns related to managing RFID devices on the edge of the network. Next, the authors discuss real concerns regarding the impact of RFID on security and privacy, as well as dispelling some of the myths. Finally, they continue by providing a look at where RFID may take you in the next few years.

This most excellent book allows you to understand the major elements in an RFID system. More importantly, it shows you how to divide work, set goals, and understand vendor proposals.

I found this book one of the top two books in the field of RFID; the othe rone being RFID+ by Dr. Paul Sanghera. This book offers a comprehensive coverage of the RFID topics. But if you are a beginner, you should read Dr. Sanghera's book befroe reading this one.
Excellent book; highly recommended.

I've read several RFID books and this one is excellent. Good overview, plenty of detail, well organized and well written (i.e. readable).

the content of this book is not the same as the name of the book.
its content is too general and it is not good as an EDI dictionary.The technical content of the book can be easyily found in other computer dictionary.

I think the author intentionally spent extra time on some of the keywords in e-business that are often overlooked or misrepresented (e.g. commoditizing products, disintermediation). The ANSI X12 and EDIFACT appendix is invaluable. There are also several pages dedicated solely to supply chain, e-procurement, and EDI. Recommend it highly.

I read the dictionary cover-to-cover to prepare for a new job. Terms were easily understood and well written. The EDI information is invaluable, I haven't been able to find many resources that are current in the subject. Highly recommend!

It's hard to get too excited over a dictionary, but I needed something for my summer job doing e-commerce related work in the states. I've used it twice and both times it had the word I was looking for. I suppose I'm giving it 5 stars because it was only twenty bucks whereas other dictionarys were over fifty. Tech books are overpriced, so it's nice to see something useful at this price.

The book provides an excellent point of reference for anyone involved in logistics or E-Business. I must note that I got a sneak peak at the book before it went to publication.
Although, I personally do not deal with logistics on a regular basis, I often have to interview people who are in the business. The dictionary provides access to these professionals' very particular language and as E-Business spreads throughout the world, it would be a good idea to own a copy of the book.
Nevalainen also slips some humor into a few of the definitions -- check out "cracker" -- which makes the read more interesting and some words more memorable.

Easy to read and excellent in examples.
The best book about IDOCs/ALE.

There is quite valuable information for both EDI developers and project management leads smattered within -- my bias being from a project managment standpoint. The material is possibly worthy of four (possibly even five!) stars, but is presented quasi-reference style (read: haphazardly), in asides, and sprinkled liberally with anecdotes, quotations, and amateur pen and ink drawings. The writing style is informal, practically conversational at times, and, in small doses, refreshing. I'd be more than interested in seeing a review of the original German text... maybe it works better in the native tongue...

But the sad truth is this book was/is extremely difficult to read -- the translation from German is quite poor, almost unbelievably so at times. It's almost as if the original text was run through translation software and published as such without ever once being viewed by a native English-speaker. If Vieweg is truly interested in publishing to the English-speaking technical market, they may want to invest in SOMEONE with fluency in English so they can perform even a rudimentary edit of the material prior to publication.

Should have known when the reply card (nur auf Deutsch!) fell out of the book upon opening that this was going to be one of those challenge reads!

By far, the best book on IDOCs that I have come across. A precise, succinct and down-to-earth literature for picking up skills on ALE/EDI-IDOCs, this book also carries a very user-friendly, real-time and pragmatic approach to learning IDOCs. With an SAP System besides, this book took me just a couple of hours to master the whole of it.

The book starts with a remark - IDOCs are simple to learn, tough to explain. But the authors have dispelled the notion, disproving it totally. It is a handy book for developers/consultants, and I think it is a bare necessity for Project Managers. The time estimate given in the book for accomplishing EDI Solutions stands as a great enlightener for the Project Managers with Integration Projects at hand.

On a scale of one to five stars, this book very badly needs a ten.

Excellent reference source for consultants learning about the EDI interface and ALE. The book gives real world answers and cuts straight to the heart of the matter. I highly recommend the book for consultants working on the subsystem side as well as those consultants working EDI on the SAP side of the project.

This is the best book of the 3 available IDOC/ALE titles - but just for professionals, who want to get the essentials for the IDOC/ALE interface, and how to use workflow in that context.
It's thin (120 pages ?), but it focuses on the real important facts and informations.
It has just small chapters of explanation. But if you're familiar with SAP it's the best to get the issue in a very short time but almost complete.

(for SAP-beginners I would rather recommend the book from A. Nagpal et al)