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Economics-Driven Software Architecture
Author Yuanyuan Zhang , Rick Kazman , Rami Bahsoon , Ivan Mistrik
Economics-driven Software Architecture presents a guide for engineers and architects who need to understand the economic impact of architecture design decisions: the long term and strategic viability, cost-effectiveness, and sustainability of applications and system....
Release Date 2014/06 -
The Intelligent International Negotiator
Author Eliane Karsaklian
In today’s business world, people negotiate every day, everywhere, using techniques learned from various books, experience, and education. Some are more culturally aware and others much less. Some forget that negotiation is, first of all, a human interaction. Some s....
Release Date 2014/05 -
Micro- and Nanoengineering of the Cell Surface
Author Weian Zhao , Jeffrey M Karp
Micro- and Nanoengineering of the Cell Surface explores the direct engineering of cell surfaces, enabling materials scientists and chemists to manipulate or augment cell functions and phenotypes. The book is accessible for readers across industry, academia, and in c....
Release Date 2014/05 -
Author Ville Valtokari , Kimmo Karvinen , Tero Karvinen
Make: Sensors is the definitive introduction and guide to the sometimes-tricky world of using sensors to monitor the physical world. With dozens of projects and experiments for you to build, this book shows you how to build sensor projects with both Arduino and Rasp....
Release Date 2014/05 -
Author Kailash C. Kapur
An Integrated Approach to Product DevelopmentReliability Engineering presents an integrated approach to the design, engineering, and management of reliability activities throughout the life cycle of a product, including concept, research and development, design, man....
Release Date 2014/04 -
Salesforce.com For Dummies, 5th Edition
Author Matt Kaufman , Liz Kao , Tom Wong
Your fun and easy introduction to Salesforce.com and its latest toolsThe frontrunner in the customer relationship management (CRM) market, Salesforce.com has a rapidly expanding influence over the way companies across the globe interact with their clientele. Salesfo....
Release Date 2014/04 -
Think Smarter: Critical Thinking to Improve Problem-Solving and Decision-Making Skills
Author Michael Kallet
Train your brain for better decisions, problem solving, and innovationThink Smarter: Critical Thinking to Improve Problem-Solving and Decision-Making Skills is the comprehensive guide to training your brain to do more for you. Written by a critical thinking trainer ....
Release Date 2014/04 -
Facilitator's Guide to Participatory Decision-Making, 3rd Edition
Author Sam Kaner
Unleash the transformative power of face to face groupsThe third edition of this ground-breaking book continues to advance its mission to support groups to do their best thinking. It demonstrates that meetings can be much more than merely an occasion for solving a p....
Release Date 2014/04 -
The Confidence Code - The Science and Art of Self-Assurance---What Women Should Know
Author Katty Kay
Confidence. We want it. We need it. But it can be maddeningly enigmatic and out of reach. The authors of the New York Times bestseller Womenomics deconstruct this essential, elusive, and misunderstood quality and offer a blueprint for bringing more of it into our l....
Release Date 2014/04 -
Exposing and Managing Enterprise Services with IBM API Management
Author Chris Wood , Dinesh G Shetty , Katherine Sanders , John Falkl , Simon Dickerson , And
This IBM® Redbooks® publication provides insight into what application programming interfaces (APIs) are and why they are important. It also provides insight into how to use IBM API Management to create, subscribe, and connect to APIs, how to secure and test APIs, a....
Release Date 2014/04 -
An Introduction to Information Design
Author Andy Ellison , Kathryn Coates
Information design is the visualization of information through graphic design. This invaluable guide provides a creative, informative, and practical introduction to the general principles of information design. With chapters on understanding the audience, structure....
Release Date 2014/03 -
Mobile Clouds: Exploiting Distributed Resources in Wireless, Mobile and Social Networks
Author Frank H. P. Fitzek , Marcos D. Katz
Includes a preface written by Professor Leonard Kleinrock, Distinguished Professor of Computer Science, UCLA, USAThis book discusses and explores the concept of mobile cloud, creating an inspiring research space for exploiting opportunistic resource sharing, and cov....
Release Date 2014/03 -
Economic and Business Forecasting: Analyzing and Interpreting Econometric Results
Author Sam Bullard , Sarah Watt , Kaylyn Swankoski , Azhar Iqbal , John Silvia
Discover the secrets to applying simple econometric techniques to improve forecastingEquipping analysts, practitioners, and graduate students with a statistical framework to make effective decisions based on the application of simple economic and statistical methods....
Release Date 2014/03 -
Enhance Inbound and Outbound Marketing with a Trusted Single View of the Customer
Author David Radley , Holger Kache , Brett Hildreth , Deirdre Clyne , Jon Case , Chuck Balla
IBM Campaign® and IBM Interact are critical components in an Enterprise Marketing Management (EMM) platform. They are the foundation for optimizing your marketing campaign effectiveness, marketing operations, and multi-channel marketing execution. However, the effec....
Release Date 2014/03 -
New Functional Biomaterials for Medicine and Healthcare
Author Roy J. Crawford , Kateryna Bazaka , Elena P. Ivanova
New Functional Biomaterials for Medicine and Healthcare provides a concise summary of the latest developments in key types of biomaterials. The book begins with an overview of the use of biomaterials in contemporary healthcare and the process of developing novel bio....
Release Date 2014/02 -
Author Nicolas Leroux and Sietse de Kaper
SummaryPlay for Java shows you how to build Java-based web applications using the Play 2 framework. The book starts by introducing Play through a comprehensive overview example. Then, you'll look at each facet of a typical Play application, both by exploring simple....
Release Date 2014/02 -
Author Tom Stern , Lester Kaufman , Jane Straus
A revised and updated new edition of the bestselling workbook and grammar guideThe Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation is a concise, entertaining workbook and guide to English grammar, punctuation, and usage. This user-friendly resource includes simple explanations....
Release Date 2014/02 -
Enhanced Networking on IBM z/VSE
Author Rene Trumpp , Don Stoever , Karsten Graul , Ingo Franzki , Jeffrey Barnard , Joerg Sc
The importance of modern computer networks is steadily growing as increasing amounts of data are exchanged over company intranets and the Internet. Understanding current networking technologies and communication protocols that are available for the IBM® mainframe an....
Release Date 2014/02 -
Author Wajahat Karim , Muhammad Usama bin Aftab
If you already know at least the basics of Android, this is an opportunity to enhance your knowledge and acquire a deep understanding of Android Intents, allowing you to develop apps faster and more effectively.In DetailAndroid is an emerging technology with loads o....
Release Date 2014/01 -
Love 'Em or Lose 'Em, 5th Edition
Author Sharon Jordan-Evans , Beverly Kaye
NEW EDITION, REVISED AND UPDATED Since employees who walk out the door cost their companies up to 200 percent of their annual salaries to replace, retention is one of the most important issues facing businesses today. And with so many surveys reporting that employe....
Release Date 2014/01 -
Author Maryann Karinch
To get the truth from someone, you need two sets of skills. The first are the interpersonal skills necessary to get the facts. But the second group of skills is equally if not more important: they enable you to assess whether the facts actually fit together whether ....
Release Date 2014/01 -
Architecting the Cloud: Design Decisions for Cloud Computing Service Models (SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS)
Author Michael Kavis
An expert guide to selecting the right cloud service model for your businessCloud computing is all the rage, allowing for the delivery of computing and storage capacity to a diverse community of end-recipients. However, before you can decide on a cloud model, you ne....
Release Date 2014/01 -
Ready to Be a Thought Leader?: How to Increase Your Influence, Impact, and Success
Author Guy Kawasaki , Denise Brosseau
The how-to guide to becoming a go-to expertWithin their fields, thought leaders are sources of inspiration and innovation. They have the gift of harnessing their expertise and their networks to make their innovative thoughts real and replicable, sparking sustainable....
Release Date 2014/01 -
Mobile Web Triage: What to Do When Your Website Is Not Mobile Friendly
Author Dennis Kardys
Maybe you’ve pulled up your website on a smartphone, and it needs some serious help. Page layouts have gone awry and navigation is painfully tedious to use. In meetings, your boss barks about the importance of mobile while pointing out (once again) that the site doe....
Release Date 2014/01 -
Author Joydip Kanjilal
An opportunity for ASP.NET web developers to advance their knowledge with a practical course, designed from the ground up, to help you investigate REST-based services with C# 5. An essential, real-world tutorial.Clear and concise guide to the ASP.NET Web API with pl....
Release Date 2013/12 -
The Thinking Executive's Guide to Sustainability
Author Kerul Kassel
We live in an increasingly global economy in which the effects of shrunken economies, broadened communication, and widespread meteorological incidents associated with climate change are leaving virtually no one untouched. As a result, a working knowledge of con....
Release Date 2013/12 -
Author Anna Kaziunas France
The 3D printing revolution is well upon us, with new machines appearing at an amazing rate. With the abundance of information and options out there, how are makers to choose the 3D printer that's right for them? MAKE is here to help, with our Ultimate Guide to 3D P....
Release Date 2013/12 -
Advanced Topics in Java: Core Concepts in Data Structures
Author Noel Kalicharan
Java is one of the most widely used programming languages today. It was first released by Sun Microsystems in 1995. Over the years, its popularity has grown to the point where it plays an important role in most of our lives. From laptops to data centers, game consol....
Release Date 2013/12 -
Office 365: Migrating and Managing Your Business in the Cloud
Author Don Crawford , Matthew Katzer
Written for the IT professional and business owner, this book provides the business and technical insight necessary to migrate your business to the cloud using Microsoft Office 365. This is a practical look at cloud migration and the use of different technologies to....
Release Date 2013/12 -
Microsoft System Center Optimizing Service Manager
Author Kathleen Wilson Thomas Ellermann Karsten Nielsen , John Clark , Mitch Tulloch
Part of a series of specialized guides on System Center - this book provides focused guidance for deploying and customizing Service Manager, an integrated platform for automating and adapting an organization’s IT service management best practices. Led by series edit....
Release Date 2013/12