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Specific operational requirements drive early network architectural and design decisions for 4G networks. 4G: Deployment Strategies and Operational Implications evaluates the specific design and deployment options and strategies for LTE network business development. LTE is a...

Software modernisation or re-engineering as a concept lacksuniversal clarity. System Building with APL + Win seeks toclarify this problem by identifying the solution to the long termsurvival of the APL application as the elimination of APL specificconsiderations in the choice of a development tool. The authorshows how to deploy...

The definitive guide to using Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Web services technologies to simplify IT infrastructure and improve business agility. Renowned experts Eric Newcomer and Greg Lomow offer practical strategies and proven best practices for every facet of SOA planning and implementation. Newcomer and Lomow pick...

Creating Business Agility: How Convergence of Cloud, Social, Mobile, Video, and Big Data Enables Competitive Advantage provides a game plan for integrating technology to build a smarter, more customer-centric business. Using a series of case studies as examples throughout, the book describes the agility that comes from collaborative...

It's the trap that ensnares virtually every business. We focus on process: "how" we're doing the job. And we forget about the bigger issue: "what" we're doing and "why" we're doing it. That's why we're leaving so much value on the table. In Rethink, business architect Ric Merrifield...

In today’s dynamic business environment, IT departments are under permanent pressure to meet two divergent requirements: to reduce costs and to support business agility with higher flexibility and responsiveness of the IT infrastructure. Grid and Cloud Computing enable a new approach towards IT. They enable increased scalability and more...