Absolute Beginner's Guide to Computer Basics (4th Edition)

Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach (4th Edition)

Addison Wesley, 2007

Building on the successful top-down approach of previous editions, the Fourth Edition of Computer Networking continues with an early emphasis on application-layer paradigms and application programming interfaces, encouraging a hands-on experience with protocols and networking concepts. With this edition, Kurose and Ross bring the...

Introduction to Information Retrieval

Cambridge University Press, 2008

Class-tested and coherent, this groundbreaking new textbook teaches web-era information retrieval, including web search and the related areas of text classification and text clustering from basic concepts. Written from a computer science perspective by three leading experts in the field, it gives an up-to-date treatment of all aspects of the design...

Distributed Systems: Concepts and Design (4th Edition)

Addison Wesley, 2005

This fourth edition of OUf textbook appears at a time when the Internet and the Web are mature systems, supporting a wide variety of di stdbuted applications on a scale far greater than could have been anticipated when our third edition was published almost five years ago.

The book aims to provide an understanding...

Manager's Guide to Business Planning (Briefcase Books)

McGraw-Hill, 2009

Get the business results you want by creating and executing a solid plan!

One simple thing usually makes the difference between business success and failure: a well-laid plan. Whether you want to enact a long-term strategic initiative or set short-term revenue targets, Manager’s Guide to Business...

Mono: A Developer's Notebook

O'Reilly, 2004

This no-fluff, lab-style guide jumps right into Mono 1.0 as you work through nearly fifty mini-projects that introduce you to the most important and compelling aspects of the 1.0 release. You'll learn how to acquire, install, and run Mono on Linux, Windows, or Mac OS X. You'll work with the various Mono components: Gtk#, the Common Language...

Information Technology Policy: An International History

Oxford University Press, 2004

This book brings together a series of country-based studies to examine, in depth, the nature and extent of IT policies as they have evolved from a complex historical interaction of politics, technology, institutions, and social and cultural factors. In doing so many key questions are critically examined. Where can we find successful examples of IT...