We are very pleased to present this fifth edition of Project Management for Information Systems. As with its predecessors, our ‘target audience’ fall into four groups:
IS project managers and systems developers who find themselves responsible for managing systems projects. Newcomers to this activity will find...
The intention of this book is to provide a thorough reference for those considering a migration
into the virtualized world. The majority of our target readers will likely be seasoned system
administrators and engineers who grew up in and still manage primarily a hardware-based
server environment containing a large assortment of both...
We all know that society is less than perfect and that crime could easily touch us all. If yon talk to friends and neighbours you will usually find that most of them have cither been the victim of crime or know somebody who has. People tear crime, they feel helpless because they think that there is nothing they can do to protect themselves,...
Engineering and technical graphics have gone through
significant changes in the last decade, due to the use of
computers and CAD software. It seems as if some new
hardware or software development that impacts technical
graphics is occurring every year. Although these changes
are important to the subject of technical graphics, there...
Before you dive into this book, I would like to first extend my warm welcome to you
as you enter the world of XOOPS. XOOPS is an acronym of eXtensible Object Oriented
Portal System. It is an open-source application platform and Content Management
System (CMS) written in PHP. It is built for developing a variety of solutions...
Throughout most of the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, computational linguistics
enjoyed an excellent reputation. A sense of the promise of the work to society
was prevalent, and high expectations were justified by solid, steady progress in
research.
Nevertheless, by the close of the 1980s, many people openly expressed doubt
about...
Are you a student with an assignment to research your ancestry? Or
maybe you’re a bit older and recently retired and looking for a hobby.
Or perhaps you simply love puzzles and mysteries, and you discovered that
genealogy is a lot like solving these. It’s even possible that you’re an experienced
researcher who is...
As I look back on my career at Microsoft, I feel fortunate
to have had a front-row seat to witness an incredible
shift in how people and organizations communicate and interact.
I started at Microsoft in October 1994—about a year after
America Online released AOL 1.0 for Windows. As early adopters
of social media,...
AS WE WRITE THIS, it has been several years since we penned the first edition
of The Official Ubuntu Book. Over that time, we have seen Ubuntu continue
its explosive growth. Updating this book drives this fact home in striking
ways. For example, the number of users and posts in the Ubuntu Forums
has nearly doubled since the last...
Haptic devices allow users to feel their interfaces and interactions. This has the
potential to radically change the way we use computers. Haptic interaction is
interaction related to the sense of touch. This could be based on force-feedback or
tactile devices. We can take advantage of our powerful sense of touch as an
alternative...
For half my life—fully 18 of my 36 years—I filled out timesheets,
accounting for every minute of my workday to corporations
both large and small who valued my time far below my
own personal estimations of its worth. Degrees and certifications
combined with long hours, hard work, and a can-do attitude
produced a...
