Authors: Jack M. Keen. Bonnie Digrius.
Hardcover, 288 pages
Publisher: Wiley
Publication Date: 2002-11-08
Edition: 1

Reviews :

    Insuring the value of IT ventures, from implementation through execution
Over 50 percent of all Information Technology projects fail, not only costing companies considerable monetary investment but also thwarting key strategic initiatives for which the new technology was critical. This book helps executives and managers increase IT project success by using a process for identifying the true ROI value for proposed IT investments-"Real ROI"-then tracking project results against that standard. This guide provides an abundance of pragmatic tips, tools, and techniques to make the process easy to understand, focusing on implementing an ROI plan as well as on tracking IT investments and measuring results postimplementation....

Authors: Charlie Russel. Sharon Crawford. Jason Gerend.
Hardcover, 656 pages
Publisher: Microsoft Press
Publication Date: 2004-04-07


Reviews :

    This comprehensive administrator’s reference delivers the details you need to successfully deploy, manage, and support Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003. The authors, experts in Microsoft operating systems and server technologies, provide easy-to-follow procedures, practical workarounds, and key troubleshooting tactics for everyday, on-the-job results. Delve into system features and capabilities—and get hands-on insights for implementing messaging and collaboration, Internet access, data storage, printing, faxing, support for line-of-business applications, and end-to-end network administration for your small business. This book covers all Small Business Server 2003 components, including Microsoft Windows Server™ 2003,Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 technology, Microsoft Office Outlook® 2003, and Windows® SharePoint™ technologies, in a single volume—along with time-saving tools and scripts for performing security assessments and penetration testing, plus a complete eBook, on CD-ROM....

Authors: Mark D. Spivey.
Hardcover, 752 pages
Publisher: Auerbach Publications
Publication Date: 2006-11-02


Reviews :

    Examining computer security from the hacker's perspective, Practical Hacking Techniques and Countermeasures employs virtual computers to illustrate how an attack is executed, including the script, compilation, and results. It provides detailed screen shots in each lab for the reader to follow along in a step-by-step process in order to duplicate and understand how the attack works. It enables experimenting with hacking techniques without fear of corrupting computers or violating any laws. Written in a lab manual style, the book begins with the installation of the VMware® Workstation product and guides the users through detailed hacking labs enabling them to experience what a hacker actually does during an attack. It covers social engineering techniques, footprinting techniques, and scanning tools. Later chapters examine spoofing techniques, sniffing techniques, password cracking, and attack tools. Identifying wireless attacks, the book also explores Trojans, Man-in-the-Middle (MTM) attacks, and Denial of Service (DoS) attacks. Learn how to secure your computers with this comprehensive guide on hacking techniques and countermeasures By understanding how an attack occurs the reader can better understand how to defend against it. This book shows how an attack is conceptualized, formulated, and performed. It offers valuable information for constructing a system to defend against attacks and provides a better understanding of securing your own computer or corporate network....

Authors: Efraim Turban. David King.
Paperback, 537 pages
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Publication Date: 2002-08-29
Edition: United States Ed

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Offering both real-world and theoretical perspectives, this book features exceptionally comprehensive yet manageable coverage of a broad spectrum of E-commerce essentials from a global point of view. Extremely user-friendly and practical, it features vignettes, application cases, and real-world cases in each chapter. Market Mechanisms. Products and Services. Market Research and Advertisement. Company-Centric. Exchanges and Collaboration. E-Government, B2E. M-Commerce. Infrastructure and Application Developments. Privacy, Legal and Security. Payments and Order Fulfillment. Strategy, Going global, and Internet Communities. For anyone interested in e-commerce. Ideal for busy executives.

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Authors: Roger C. Schank.
Paperback, 320 pages
Publisher: Pfeiffer
Publication Date: 2005-02-14
Edition: 1

Reviews :

    From Roger C. Schank—one of the most highly respected thinkers, writers, and speakers in the training, learning, and e-learning community—comes a compelling book of essays that explore the myriad issues related to challenges faced by today’s instructional designers and trainers. The essays offer a much-needed perspective on what trainers do, why they do it, and how they do it. Lessons in Learning, e-Learning, and Training serves as a barometer to the issues that often perplex trainers and helps to illuminate three main points: what can and cannot be taught; how people think and learn; and what technology can really effectively provide. In addition, each essay is filled with practical guidance and includes a summary of ideas, tips and techniques, things to think about, checklists, and other job aids. ...

Authors: Roger Palmer. Anita M Palmer. Lyn Malone.
Paperback, 200 pages
Publisher: ESRI Press
Publication Date: 2008-06-01


Reviews :

    The third volume in the Our World GIS Education series promotes inquiry-based learning in world geography and other disciplines through the use of geographic information systems (GIS). Readers will be able to conduct far-ranging geographic exploration with this book and supplemental materials including a resource CD and a 180-day trial DVD of ArcView 9.2 software....

Authors: Carol V Brown. Daniel W. DeHayes. Jeffrey A. Hoffer. Wainright E. Martin. William C Perkins.
Hardcover, 784 pages
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Publication Date: 2008-03-22
Edition: 6

Reviews :

   

This MIS text gives students and active managers a thorough and practical guide to IT management practices and issues.

This edition covers hardware, software, networks, enterprise systems, e-business systems, and it lays the groundwork for understanding the range of IS leadership roles and current best practices for managing IT assets.

This text is intended to serve as a thorough guide to IT management practices and issues for managers.

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Authors: Donald A. Norman.
Paperback, 316 pages
Publisher: The MIT Press
Publication Date: 1999-08-20


Reviews :

    Honorable Mention, Business, Management & Accounting category, 1998 Professional/Scholarly Publishing Annual Awards Competition presented by the Association of American Publishers, Inc.


Technologies have a life cycle, says Donald A. Norman, and they must change as they pass from youth to maturity. Alas, the computer industry thinks it is still in its rebellious teenage years, exalting in technical complexity. Customers want change. They are ready for products that offer convenience, ease of use, and pleasure. The technology should be invisible, hidden from sight.

In this book Norman shows why the computer is so difficult to use and why this complexity is fundamental to its nature. The only answer is to develop information appliances that fit people's needs and lives. To do this, companies have to change the way they develop products. They need to start with an understanding of people: user needs first, technology last—the opposite of how things are done now....

    Currently, computer users must navigate a sea of guidebooks, frequently asked questions (FAQs), and wizards to perform a task such as searching the Web or creating a spreadsheet. While Donald Norman acknowledges that the personal computer allows for "flexibility and power," he also makes its limitations perfectly clear. "The personal computer is perhaps the most frustrating technology ever," he writes. "It should be quiet, invisible, unobtrusive." His vision is that of the "information appliance," digital tools created to answer our specific needs, yet interconnected to allow communication between devices.

His solution? "Design the tool to fit so well that the tool becomes a part of the task." He proposes using the PC as the infrastructure for devices hidden in walls, in car dashboards, and held in the palm of the hand. A word of caution: some of Norman's zealotry leads to a certain creepiness (global positioning body implants) and goofiness (electric-power-generating plants in shoes). His message, though, is reasonably situated in the concept that the tools should bend to fit us and our goals: we sit down to write, not to word process; to balance bank accounts, not to fill in cells on a spreadsheet. In evenly measuring out the future of humanity's technological needs--and the limitations of the PC's current incarnation--Norman presents a formidable argument for a renaissance of the information appliance. --Jennifer Buckendorff...

Authors: Mark Fuller. Joe Valacich. Joey George.
Paperback, 528 pages
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Publication Date: 2007-02-22


Reviews :

    For undergraduate and graduate courses in IT/IS Project Management.
 
Information Systems Project Management operates from the assumption that organizational project management is a complex team-based activity, and that various types of technologies are an inherent part of the project management process.
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Authors: CPP, James P. Muuss. CPP, David Rabern.
Hardcover, 592 pages
Publisher: Auerbach Publications
Publication Date: 2006-06-06
Edition: 1

Reviews :

    For those preparing for the Certified Protection Professional® program and designation, The Complete Guide for CPP Examination Preparation provides a thorough foundation of essential security concepts and practices in a single volume. This guide does more than impart the information required for you to pass the CPP exam, it also delivers insight into what taking the exam is like, and provides an appreciation for the work and knowledge needed to gain CPP certification. The book addresses ten critical areas: security management, investigations, protection of sensitive information, substance abuse, physical security, personnel security, emergency planning, management of a guard force, legal aspects of security, and the role of a security professional as a liaison with both management and law enforcement. The authors include sample test questions for you to take after completing each of the areas of study. Although these are not questions that appear on the actual exam, they do convey the principles and concepts that the exam emphasizes, and are valuable in determining if you have mastered the required information....