Authors: CPP, PSP, CSC, Thomas L. Norman.
Hardcover, 472 pages
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
Publication Date: 2007-02-06
Edition: 1

Reviews :

    Integrated Security Systems Design is a one-stop resource for security directors, consultants, engineers and installation managers who are interested in providing enterprise-class security in goverment and corporate installations worldwide. An integrated security system is a system that has been incorporated into other programs (such as Access Control, Private Branch Exchanges, Human Relations, Security Video, and Intercommunications) to perform tasks in a manner consistent with corporate or agency policies and procedures. This book explains how to accomplish such integration, thereby saving a company both time and money.

Integrated Security Systems Design is arranged to go from the strategic to the technical to the tactical. The strategic section covers the why of design, the technical section explains how it's done, and the tactical section provides the cultural knowledge that leads to project success. Norman also offers guidance in avoiding pitfalls out of which lawsuits have arisen. Many of the subjects covered, such as how to make a security system invisible on an Information Technology System network, include material not available in any other book.

* Centralize monitoring of security, of business processes and of adherence to policy
* Learn the what-not-to-do's of security design from an experienced practitioner
* Maximize your organization's safety while reducing liability and operating costs...

Authors: Michael Wallace. Lawrence Webber.
Hardcover, 416 pages
Publisher: AMACOM
Publication Date: 2004-07


Reviews :

    Without careful planning, organizations often do not survive major interruptions in the operation of their business. The Disaster Recovery Handbook gives readers proven processes and techniques to develop a disaster recovery plan and protect their organizations in the face of extraordinary circumstances.

Featuring a CD-ROM with templates for process and skill matrices, contact databases, risk-assessment score sheets, and more, the book gives detailed instructions for:

* Assembling a recovery team * Building an interim plan * Setting up an emergency operations center * Recovering vital records * And more.

Filled with practical solutions and immediately usable tools, The Disaster Recovery Handbook gives readers everything they need to keep their businesses running as smoothly as possible after a disaster....

Authors: Thomas R. Peltier.
Hardcover, 400 pages
Publisher: Auerbach Publications
Publication Date: 2008-11-18
Edition: 1

Reviews :

    Based on the seminars of Tom Peltier, this volume presents the various processes that your organization can employ in assessing risk, fully detailing each of its strengths and weaknesses. This information will allow managers to determine what processes best fit the needs of a given situation to mitigate risk levels. Always conscious of the bottom line, Peltier discusses the cost-benefit of risk mitigation and looks at specific ways to manage costs. The conclusions presented are supported by numerous case studies and explained through diagrams which show how to apply risk management skills in your organization with regard to any business endeavor....

Authors: Elwood N. Chapman.
Paperback, 96 pages
Publisher: Crisp Learning
Publication Date: 2002-11-04
Edition: 4th

Reviews :

    Guide to becoming a successful supervisor. Introduces the challenges and opportunities found in a leadership role; such as delegating, prioritizing, and coaching. Exercises and examples show how to remain positive under stress, transmit a winning attitude, set discipline lines, and communicate effectively. Previous edition: c1992. Softcover. ...

Authors: John Hight. Jeannie Novak.
Paperback, 320 pages
Publisher: Delmar Cengage Learning
Publication Date: 2007-03-27
Edition: 1

Reviews :

    Game Development Essentials: Game Project Management is the only book on the market that offers a comprehensive introduction to game project management in an informal and accessible style, while concentrating on both theory and practice. This book offers an overview of the game project management process including: roles and responsibilities of team members; phases of production; concept development; testing, marketing; scheduling; and budgeting. The fast-growing game industry has fueled rapid upward movement of game production staff into the ranks of management. This book will train readers in the tools and techniques necessary to become effective team leaders....

Authors: Bill Holtsnider. Brian D. Jaffe.
Paperback, 632 pages
Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann
Publication Date: 2006-10-13
Edition: 2

Reviews :

    Many technical professionals are tossed into their new position of managing an IT department without enough training or experience - let alone a clear idea of what is expected of them. Other technicians are trying to decide if they should join the ranks of management, and want the real facts about managing - and managing other technical pros - before they decide.

To compound the issue, most companies have become highly dependent on their IT departments for their day-to-day business operations - often including revenue generation - so the tasks are critical and the learning curve is steep.

The IT Manager's Handbook, 2nd edition provides essential information needed to manage the new responsibilities thrust on you (or the ones you would like to have): vital tasks such as creating budgets, evaluating technologies, administering compliance, and managing staff.

A completely updated and expanded second edition that provides practical, easily accessible management advice written specifically for new IT managers:
· Brings you up to speed on those business practices most critical to effective IT operations: recruiting, budgeting, resource planning, managing personnel, and working with vendors.
· Includes expanded coverage on such critical IT management topics as security, disaster recovery, storage, government/regulatory compliance, and project management.
· Organizes information modularly so you can delve directly into only the topics that you need.
· Provides a unique management perspective on those specific technical issues with the most significant business ramifications.
· Includes new material on key technology topics such as open source, wireless, handhelds, outsourcing, offshoring, and operations, as well as updated coverage of e-commerce, remote access, intranets, and LAN/WAN management....

Authors: Carl L. Pritchard.
Paperback, 416 pages
Publisher: ESI International
Publication Date: 2005-09-01
Edition: Third Edition

Reviews :

    Gain a higher-level perspective on risk management. This third edition contains 35 tool-packed chapters focusing on a systematic approach to risk management. It highlights specific techniques to enhance organizational rish identification, assessment and management....

Authors: Leonard Jessup. Joseph Valacich.
Hardcover, 624 pages
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Publication Date: 2007-04-08
Edition: 3

Reviews :

    Information Systems Today, 3e, speaks directly to WHY IS MATTERS today by focusing on what every business student needs to know about IS including its leading role in the globalization of business....

Authors: Dr. Joseph E. Kasser.
Paperback, 378 pages
Publisher: BookSurge Publishing
Publication Date: 2007-09-10


Reviews :

    People who can effectively lead the implementation of the information technology, commercial and military systems acquisition and development process within the cost and schedule constraints are scarce. These people are becoming known as systems engineers and the approach they use is systems engineering. However, there is no generally accepted definition of systems engineering, nor is there a generally accepted body of knowledge for systems engineering. Mixing ingredients from systems engineering (Beer, Hall, Jackson, Checkland etc.), management (Taylor, Ford, Drucker, Peters, Hammer and Champy etc.), and Quality (Deming, Juran and Crosby etc.), together with some original thoughts, this book takes you on an exploratory journey, and, by documenting the application of systems thinking to the problem of understanding systems engineering, provides you with a unique perspective for understanding systems engineering and management and how they relate to each other....

Authors: Julian Dibbell.
Paperback, 336 pages
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication Date: 2007-09-10


Reviews :

    A wild ride to the outer limits of the virtual world, where real money meets fantasy gaming.

Play Money explores the remarkable new phenomenon of MMORPGs, or Massively MultiPlayer Online Role-Playing Games, in which hundreds of thousands of players operate fantasy characters in virtual environments. With city-sized populations, these games generate their own cultures, governments, and social systems and, inevitably, their own economies, which spill over into the real world.

The desire for virtual goods--magic swords, enchanted breastplates, and special, hard-to-get elixirs--has spawned a cottage industry of "virtual loot farmers": people who play the games just to obtain fantasy goods that they can sell in the real world. The best loot farmers can make between six figures a year and six figures a month.

Play Money is an extended walk on the weird side: a vivid snapshot of a subculture whose denizens were once the stuff of mere sociological spectacle but now--with computer gaming poised to eclipse all otherentertainments in dollar volume, and with the lines between play and work, virtual and real increasingly blurred--look more and more like the future....