This astounding declaration was made by the former PepsiCo executive and
Apple CEO John Sculley, the same visionary responsible for ousting Steve Jobs
in 1985. While some traditional marketers might still agree with his statement,
today most marketing executives recognize data-driven decisions will shape
the future of...
In less than half a decade, the iOS platform has changed the way that we, the public, think about our mobile computing devices. Only a few years ago, we were thrilled by phones with postage-stamp-sized screens, tinny audio, built-in tip calculators, and text-based web browsing. Times have indeed...
With the dramatic changes in computing power and wider availability of software
tools for design and production, engineers are now using CAD/CAM/CAE systems
for everyday tasks, not just for demonstrations. International competition, de-
creased availability of skilled labor, and increased emphasis on quality are also
forcing...
The origin of queueing theory and its application traces back to Erlang’s historical
work for telephony networks as recently celebrated by the Erlang Centennial, 100
Years of Queueing, Copenhagen, recalling his first paper in 1909. Ever since, the
simplicity and fundamental flavour of Erlang’s famous expressions, such as his...
Grid Computing was a vision of using and sharing computers and data in the early
1990s. The integration, coordination, and sharing of computer resources which are
geographically disperse among different physical domains and organizations
became an every day reality. This emerging infrastructure aims to provide a mechanism
for sharing...
The use of modular and parallel programming languages, and the development of distributed architectures is having a profound influence on computer programming and systems design; hardware and performance can now conspire to produce much higher operating speeds than could previously be achieved through sequential processing. Executing...
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Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube have changed everything. Some managers fear their employees will waste entire days using online social media. Smart managers, though, understand that social media is a powerful tool for engaging customers and growing...
When the first edition of this book was published, the idea of combining a text on digital
design with one on VHDL seemed novel. At about the same time, several other books
with similar themes were published. This book has now been adopted by several universities
as a core text. Moreover, the first edition has now been translated into...
Mechanical engineering is a broad and complex field
within the world of engineering and has close relations
to many other fields. It is an important economic factor
for all industrialized countries and the global market
allows for wide international competition for products
and processes in this field. To stay up to date with...
It was a real pleasure to have taken part in organizing the 10th International Conference
on Cryptography and Network Security (CANS 2011). It was held during
December 10–12, 2011, at the International Asia Pacific Convention Center in
Sanya, on the subtropical island of Hainan (China). CANS 2011 was sponsored
by the National...
The Android mobile platform has quickly risen from its first phone in October 2008
to the most popular mobile operating system in the world by early 2011. The
explosive growth of the platform has been a significant win for consumers with
respect to competition and features. However, forensic analysts and security engineers
have...
PEOPLE TAKE UP MOBILE DEVELOPMENT these days for a lot of reasons. For some it is all about learning something new, but for many it comes out of necessity of a job or career. Perhaps you see mobile development as the next big thing, just like client-server development was in the 1990s, or web development became in the 2000s. Maybe...
