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SysAdmin downloadable Software

SysAdmin is an application designed to empower an Information Technology Professional or Consultant with the ability to track the crucial configuration information related to organizations or job responsibilities network devices, servers, workstations, etc. SysAdmin can store all your configuration information, from hardware, support details, software, services, disk/storage, services, networking properties, NATs, and general notes, to local and wide area network devices and machines.This is the evaluation version of the SysAdmin Handheld Version 1.3. It is limited by the disabling of the first field of each edit form, and the first three on the "Edit/Add Record" entry form.However, we have included a .PDB file to be installed the SAME identical way the .PRC file is to provide a sample populated DB to see how it works and edit the data, etc. Registered version does not contain this limitation.- Desktop Interface COMING SOON!!! -

Standalone Sysadmin
$0.99
Standalone Sysadmin caters to IT administrators who manage small infrastructures and who want to learn and grow professional and technical skills. Kindle blogs are fully downloaded onto your Kindle so you can read them even when you're not wirelessly connected. And unlike RSS readers which often only provide headlines, blogs on Kindle give you full text content and images, and are updated wirelessly throughout the day.

Linux Administration Handbook (2nd Edition)
$49.99
If you are new or have been using Linux for a short period of time, then this book is not for you.
Also, you do need to have administrator access privilege to Linux system. As a regular user you will not benefit from this book.
I used this book for a college course in Linux administration. Frankly it was not of much help as I did (and do) not have access to a Linux system as administrator. (The course was online. Although I could use the "prompt command" environment as a regular user, I was unable to perform many tasks, execute many commands, and access many files on the college's Linux server simply because online students do not have administrator access privilege).
So, if you want to get this book, first make sure that you can use your Linux system as an administrator. This can be achieved by installing a Linux OS on you computer (you need to consider many issues regarding running a Linux based OS on you PC), or asking the organization where you have (or will have) access to a Linux system if you are allowed to login as administrator. (Note: if you are planning to enroll at an online Linux course that will cover administrators tasks, make sure to verify that you will be able to use the Linux based system of that online offering party as and administrator before enrolling and buying this or any other Linux book which mainly target Linux administrators tasks).

The book has good coverage of Linux administration tasks. However, it is not a step by step how to do book. Do not expect to find (1,2,3.... Or a, b, c...) list of how to perform a task. You may need to jump to different chapter to get a better idea about how a command or file works.

And finally, you will need hand on practice of many topics of the book. As a result you might render the Linux based system you are using a functionless system and thus you may find yourself in problems. (That is why not every organization does allow any Tom, Dick or Harry to get administrator privilege).

Practice of System and Network Administration, The (2nd Edition)
$59.99
If you've been or are planning to be in the hot seat when it comes to running a orginization's computer systems than this book is for you. I read this after being an SA for 12 years for some of the biggest names in the business (IBM, EDS, NetApp, Sprint) and it still has information that's useful to me. I'm no slouch but the fact is that most of us have learned how to do our jobs by feeling pain and working to make that pain go away. This book lets you learn from *others* pain, as well as taking a step back from the "I NEED IT NOW" we all deal with to look in a logical and comprehensive fashion at the many aspects of system administration. I cannot recommend this highly enough.

I don't agree with everything the authors say (I think DDNS is a decent system for most companies for instance), but informed discusion on these topics is a must even if you (as you should) come to your own conclusions. If you're not an SA and you have not read this book chances are you're not doing as good a job as you could be. Seriously.