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Microsoft SharePoint for Business Executives: Q Handbook
Author Richard Harbridge , Pavlo Andrushkiw , Peter Ward
100 Essential Questions and Answers about SharePoint 2010 for Executives considering SharePoint deploymentsForget lengthy technical SharePoint guides more suited for hands-on technical staff; get equipped with the knowledge of SharePoint’s business potential before ....
Release Date 2012/05 -
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Twitter Marketing
Author Esther Schindler , Brett Petersel
Twitter has tens of millions of users and its active "tweeters" and followers look to it to answer to the question, "What's happening?" Businesses both large and small can quickly and easily send out highly targeted messages to key customers using Twitter. However,....
Release Date 2012/05 -
Sleeping with Your Smartphone: How to Break the 24/7 Habit and Change the Way You Work
Author Leslie Perlow
Does it have to be this way?Can’t resist checking your smartphone or mobile device? Sure, all this connectivity keeps you in touch with your team and the office—but at what cost?In Sleeping with Your Smartphone, Harvard Business School professor Leslie Perlow reveal....
Release Date 2012/05 -
Social Business By Design: Transformative Social Media Strategies for the Connected Company
Author Jeff Dachis , Peter Kim , Dion Hinchcliffe
From the Dachis Group—the global leader in social business—comes the groundbreaking book on transformative social business strategies.Social Business By Design is the definitive management book on how to rethink the modern organization in the social media era. Based....
Release Date 2012/05 -
Strategies to the Prediction, Mitigation and Management of Product Obsolescence
Author Michael G. Pecht , Peter Sandborn , Ulrich Ermel , Bjoern Bartels
Supply chains for electronic products are primarily driven by consumer electronics. Every year new mobile phones, computers and gaming consoles are introduced, driving the continued applicability of Moore's law. The semiconductor manufacturing industry is highly dy....
Release Date 2012/05 -
Investment Theory and Risk Management, + Website
Author Steven Peterson
A unique perspective on applied investment theory and risk management from the Senior Risk Officer of a major pension fundInvestment Theory and Risk Management is a practical guide to today's investment environment. The book's sophisticated quantitative methods ar....
Release Date 2012/05 -
Probability, Statistics, and Stochastic Processes, 2nd Edition
Author Mikael Andersson , Peter Olofsson
Praise for the First Edition". . . an excellent textbook . . . well organized and neatly written."—Mathematical Reviews". . . amazingly interesting . . ."—TechnometricsThoroughly updated to showcase the interrelationships between probability, statistics, and stochas....
Release Date 2012/05 -
Private Equity: History, Governance, and Operations, Second Edition
Author ADAM A. WADECKI , JAMES P. MARTIN , LOUIS W. PETRO , HARRY CENDROWSKI
An authoritative guide to understanding the world of private equity (PE) investing, governance structures, and operational assessments of PE portfolio companiesAn essential text for any business/finance professional's library, Private Equity: History, Governance, a....
Release Date 2012/05 -
Author Ken Rimple , Srini Penchikala. Foreword Ben Alex.
SummarySpring Roo in Action is a unique book that teaches you how to code Java in Roo, with a particular focus on Spring-based applications. Through hands-on examples, you'll learn how Roo creates well-formed application structures and supports best practices and t....
Release Date 2012/04 -
How to Write a Statement of Work, 6th Edition
Author Michael G. Martin , Peter S. Cole
The standard on government statements of work just got better!How to Write a Statement of Work has been a standard reference for government employees and contractors for many years. Now, with this sixth edition, it is even more relevant and useful. Based on th....
Release Date 2012/04 -
Practical Load Balancing: Ride the Performance Tiger
Author Eelco Plugge , David Hows , Peter Membrey
The emergence of the cloud and modern, fast corporate networks demands that you perform judicious balancing of computational loads. Practical Load Balancing presents an entire analytical framework to increase performance not just of one machine, but of your entire i....
Release Date 2012/04 -
Forensic Accounting and Fraud Investigation for Non-Experts, 3rd Edition
Author Michael Sheetz , Howard Silverstone , Frank Rudewicz , Stephen Pedneault
Fully revised, the proven primer on forensic accounting with all-new casesA must-have reference for every business professional, Forensic Accounting and Fraud Investigation for Non-Experts, Third Edition is a necessary tool for those interested in understanding how ....
Release Date 2012/04 -
Case Study Research in Software Engineering: Guidelines and Examples
Author Björn Regnell , Austen Rainer , Martin Höst , Per Runeson
Based on their own experiences of in-depth case studies of software projects in international corporations, in this book the authors present detailed practical guidelines on the preparation, conduct, design and reporting of case studies of software engineering. This....
Release Date 2012/04 -
Introduction to Linear Regression Analysis, 5th Edition
Author G. Geoffrey Vining , Elizabeth A. Peck , Douglas C. Montgomery
Praise for the Fourth Edition"As with previous editions, the authors have produced a leading textbook on regression."—Journal of the American Statistical AssociationA comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to the fundamentals of regression analysisIntroduction to....
Release Date 2012/04 -
Threadsafe Considerations for CICS
Author John Tilling , Peter Klein , Em James , Philip Hale , George Bogner , Chris Rayns
Beginning with IBM® CICS® Version 2, applications can run on TCBs apart from the QR TCB, which has positive implications for improving system throughput and for implementing new technologies inside of CICS. Examples of implementing new technologies include using the....
Release Date 2012/04 -
Campaign Boot Camp 2.0, 2nd Edition
Author Christine Pelosi
Christine Pelosi presents leadership lessons from the campaign trail from a diverse array of over forty public figures, lending advice for anyone who wants to run for office, advocate for a cause, or win a public policy issue. This book draws from her leadersh....
Release Date 2012/03 -
High Performance MySQL, 3rd Edition
Author Vadim Tkachenko , Peter Zaitsev , Baron Schwartz
How can you bring out MySQL’s full power? With High Performance MySQL, you’ll learn advanced techniques for everything from designing schemas, indexes, and queries to tuning your MySQL server, operating system, and hardware to their fullest potential. This guide als....
Release Date 2012/03 -
Leading at The Edge, 2nd Edition
Author Jillian B. Murphy , MARGARET P. HOLTMAN , DENNIS N.T. PERKINS
For the 100th anniversary of the Race to the South Pole, a fresh look at what Shackleton's legendary Antarctic adventure can teach us about true leadership. Stranded in the frozen Antarctic sea for nearly two years, Sir Ernest Shackleton and his team of 27 polar ....
Release Date 2012/03 -
Author David L Pells , Luiz Rocha , Paul C Dinsmore
New projects are the key to ensuring an organization’s growth and as we enter an increasingly competitive global economy, companies of all stripes struggle to effectively govern the multiplicity of projects needed to survive and prosper.
Release Date 2012/03 -
Author Andre Perez
This book explains the evolutions of architecture for mobiles and summarizes the different technologies:- 2G: the GSM (Global System for Mobile) network, the GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) network and the EDGE (Enhanced Data for Global Evolution) evolution;- 3G....
Release Date 2012/02 -
Author Patrick Crowley , Peter Barry
Modern Embedded Computing: Designing Connected, Pervasive, Media-Rich Systems provides a thorough understanding of the platform architecture of modern embedded computing systems that drive mobile devices. The book offers a comprehensive view of developing a framewor....
Release Date 2012/01 -
Author Dwight Mulcahy , Ralph Duncan , Peder Jungck
This book introduces the tools you'll need to program with the packetC languagepacketC speeds the development of applications that live within computer networks, the kind of programs that provide network functionality for connecting "clients" and "servers" and "clo....
Release Date 2011/12 -
Meet the Kinect: An Introduction to Programming Natural User Interfaces
Author Phoenix Perry , Jonathan C. Hall , Sean Kean
Meet the Kinect introduces the exciting world of volumetric computing using the Microsoft Kinect. You'll learn to write scripts and software enabling the use of the Kinect as an input device. Interact directly with your computer through physical motion. The Kinect ....
Release Date 2011/12 -
Author Catherine Pelachaud
The Affective Computing domain, term coined by Rosalind Picard in 1997, gathers several scientific areas such as computer science, cognitive science, psychology, design and art. The humane-machine interaction systems are no longer solely fast and efficient. They aim....
Release Date 2011/12 -
Introduction to Computing Using Python: An Application Development Focus
Author Ljubomir Perkovic
Perkovic's Introduction to Programming Using Python provides an imperative-first introduction to Python focusing on computer applications and the process of developing them. The text helps develop computational thinking skills by covering patterns of how problems ....
Release Date 2011/12 -
Introduction to Infrastructure: An Introduction to Civil and Environmental Engineering
Author Philip J. Parker , Michael R. Penn
Penn and Parker's Introduction to Infrastructure is comprehensive, balanced coverage of different aspects of civil engineering that shows interconnectedness of the different civil engineering disciplines. This 1st Edition covers a broad coverage of engineering disc....
Release Date 2011/12 -
Supply Chain Excellence: A Handbook for Dramatic Improvement Using the SCOR Model
Author Robert Rosenbaum , Peter Bolstorff
To keep your sales, manufacturing, distribution, and inventory moving in perfect synchronization, you need a flawless, repeatable supply chain improvement approach that maximizes process efficiency, eliminates dysfunction, and aligns disparate organizations—globally....
Release Date 2011/12 -
Lift in Action: The Simply Functional Web Framework for Scala
Author Timothy Perrett
SummaryLift in Action is a step-by-step exploration of the Lift framework. It moves through the subject quickly using carefully crafted, well-explained examples that make you comfortable from the start. This book is written for developers who are new to both Scala a....
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Pro HTML5 Programming, Second Edition
Author Frank Salim , Brian Albers , Peter Lubbers
HTML5 is here, and with it, web applications have acquired power, ease, scalability, and responsiveness like never before. With this book, developers will learn how to use the latest cutting-edge HTML5 web technology—available in the most recent versions of modern b....
Release Date 2011/11 -
Visual Stories: Behind the Lens with Vincent Laforet
Author Ibarionex Perello , Vincent Laforet
There is an art to capturing a photo that tells a story. You need to know what belongs in the frame and what to leave out, what to emphasize in the photo that adds to the story, and how to use light, shape, and color all to express meaning while lending aesthetic va....
Release Date 2011/11