This week's top treat from the Reg associate IT-minds.com literary cookie jar is DB2 Universal Database V8 for Linux, Unix, and Windows Database Administration Certification Guide. Straight from IBM, this is the only book to offer complete, start-to-finish coverage of DB2 Universal Database V8 administration and development for UNIX, Linux, Windows, and OS/2 exam, and is available to Register visitors at £33.59 - a saving of 30 per cent.

Also up for grabs at 30 per cent off is HP-UX 11i Systems Administration Handbook and Toolkit - the most detailed and practical guide to HP-UX system administration. The book has recently been updated to reflect all the latest enhancements included in HP-UX 11i. It's now the definitive single source for everything from basic UNIX commands through enterprise-class techniques for maximising scalability, robustness, and security. Register readers can get it for £30.79.

And there's more: Interprocess Communications in Linux: The Nooks and Crannies is the essential guide to interprocess communication for Linux - a must-have for serious software developers and system administrators! Order it now for £27.99.

The best of the rest at 30 per cent off this week are:

• Essential ASP.NET with Examples in Visual Basic.NET
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• Essential ASP.NET with Examples in C#
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• .NET Web Services: Architecture and Implementation
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• Database Access with Visual Basic.NET
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• CCNP BSCI Exam Certification Guide (CCNP Self Study)
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• Beyond Software Architecture
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• The .NET and COM Interoperability Handbook

As ever,

readers get all

titles at a permanent 20 per cent discount. Lovely. ®