Accessing remote instrumentation worldwide is one of the goals of e-Science. The task of enabling the execution of complex experiments that involve the use of distributed scientific instruments must be supported by a number of different architectural domains, which inter-work in a coordinated fashion to provide the necessary functionality....

Throughout history, advances in technology have come in spurts. A single great idea can often spur rapid change as the idea takes hold and is propagated, often in totally unexpected directions. Exadata embodies such a change in how we think about and manage relational databases. The key change lies in the concept of offloading SQL processing...

The brain, more complex than any computer that has ever been invented, is a unique and special organ: It is what makes us human. The science of the brain—neuroscience—has emerged as one of the most exciting fields of research and now occupies a central role as a substrate for clinical medicine. At the heart of...

The McGraw-Hill 36-Hour Course: Online Marketing is a book that will teach you about online marketing tools and how to apply them to support marketing credibility, visibility, and sellability. This book is written for students, entrepreneurs, marketers, and professionals—in short, anyone who wants to understand the art and...

Drawing from theories originating in the natural sciences, mathematics, and...

Programmers have a lot on their minds . Programming languages, programming techniques, development environments, coding style, tools, development process, deadlines, meetings, software architecture, design patterns, team dynamics, code, requirements, bugs, code quality. And more. A lot. There is an art, craft, and science to programming that...