CMMI® for Services (CMMI-SVC) is a comprehensive set of guidelines to help organizations establish and improve processes for delivering services. By adapting and extending proven standards and best practices to reflect the unique challenges faced in service industries, CMMI-SVC offers providers a...
One of the most challenging tasks in today’s business and information technology (IT) environments
is to communicate a solution to an organizational problem in a simple manner that can be easily
understood by business and IT personnel alike. Is it also arduous to explain in simple words how
a remedy to an enterprise concern can be...
the emerging areas of grid computing, cloud computing, and pervasive computing.
The 6th International Conference on Grid and Pervasive Computing, GPC
2011, was held in Oulu, Finland, during May 11-13, 2011. This volume contains
the full papers that were presented at the conference. This program was
preceded by one day of workshops, a...
UMTS is real. In a continuously growing number of countries we can walk in the stores of
mobile network operators or resellers and take UMTS PC cards or even third-generation (3G)
phones home and use them instantly. Every day the number of equipments and their feature
sets gets broader. The “dream” of multimedia on mobile...
The Profitable Supply Chain: A Practitioner's Guide provides a first-principles approach to understanding the drivers of today’s successful supply chains, covering everything from inventory and demand management to network planning to technology-driven improvements in efficient supply chain management.
Service-Oriented Architecture is becoming the leading architecture for IT, and it is changing the way organisations work. IT is slowly but steadily gaining maturity, and becoming the flexible yet stable and reliable support for business it should be. At the same time, IT is regaining its potential to create real business innovation. SOA will...
To be successful, the portable electronic designer must view the prod-
uct design process as a part of a broader process of product development.
While the insights and creativity of the individual designer are critical
in creating a successful product, the designer must be prepared to
engage through every phase of product development...
Project management is more than merely parceling out work assignments to
individuals and hoping that they will somehow accomplish a desired result. In
fact, projects that could have been successful often fail because of such take-itfor-
granted approaches. Individuals need hard information and real skills to
work successfully in a...
The ideal companion guide for capturing awe-inspiring photos of Washington, D.C.!
Whether using a compact camera or a high-end dSLR, this companion guide provides you with detailed information for taking spectacular shots of some of the most recognizable architecture in the world. Whether you aim to capture memorable photos...
Cloud computing is on everyone’s lips: as an innovative technology, as the next
generation of the Internet, as a fundamental transformation of the entire IT landscape,
and as an auspicious opportunity to introduce new business ideas. But what is
actually at the heart of this notion?
Making a robot that looks and behaves like a human being has been the subject of many
popular science fiction movies and books. Although the development of such a robot
faces many challenges, the making of a virtual human has long been potentially possible.
With recent advances in various key technologies related to hardware and...
Moodle is an e-learning platform that has transformed the way in which many
teachers deliver their subject to students. Teachers who create courses for
students can now build online versions with choices and possibilities that might
not previously have existed. It has made this transition to online courses a
straightforward and...
