After years of experience with building systems, the information systems (IS) community is still challenged by systems delivery, that is, planning the implementation project, determining system features and requirements, sourcing and deploying the software, and managing its evolution. High-quality systems are still elusive. Yet...
Students with a basic understanding of the environment and concern for its future know the importance of preserving biological diversity. Biodiversity is the variety of living things on Earth or in a specific area. This definition seems simple enough to understand, yet the concept of biodiversity has deeper meanings that challenge even trained...
What does it mean to be at the forefront of a characterization technique? Novel implementation and research, finding new ways to visualize composites, and new techniques all play a role. Yet with the myriad of advances in the field, keeping up with new and advanced techniques, often from many different areas, has become a challenge....
Penetration testers are faced with a combination of firewalls, intrusion detection
systems, host-based protection, hardened systems, and teams of knowledgeable
analysts that pour over data collected by their security information management
systems. In an environment such as this, simply running automated tools will
typically...
Take your hobby to the next level and turn your blog into real income
Anyone who blogs knows that it is a fun, creative way for sharing thoughts and opinions. Now imagine making money from that hobby! This practical, how-to guide shows you how you can get serious about using your blog and implement advertising, sponsorship,...
In this volume, the authors apply insights from a variety of perspectives to explore the alignment among strategy, organization design, process and human resource management, and e-business practices on developing successful social networking programsâwith particular regard to applying such initiatives against the backdrop of the global...
An introductory guide to effectively using Twitter to grow your business!
The field of social media marketing is exciting, cutting-edge, and...open to almost anything! Twitter's style of quick remarks lends itself to a carefree, conversational tone, ripe for passing along a plug, sharing a suggestion, or referencing a...
Image registration is the process of finding correspondence between all points in
two images of a scene. This correspondence is required in stereo depth perception,
3-D scene reconstruction, object detection and recognition, change detection, image
fusion, object tracking and motion analysis. Analysis of two or more images of a...
While many companies have trouble measuring the effectiveness of their learning and development efforts, the picture at Rockwell Collins is crystal clear. In the span of just three years, Rockwell went from having a traditional (and characteristically drab) training program to possessing a dynamic, strategically aligned initiative featuring...
The most comprehensive introduction to the core concepts and methods of data warehousing
Data warehouses provide a much-needed strategy for organizations to collect, store, and analyze vast amounts of business data. As businesses expand both brick-and-mortar and online activities, the field of data warehousing has become increasingly important....
You may be passionate about photography, and own a digital SLR with perhaps more advanced equipment as well. But do the photographs you take with this powerful equipment come out as well as you'd like?
With this fascinating and beautifully illustrated book, you learn how to apply the techniques and principles of classic photography...
Establish a successful corporate blog to reach your customers
Corporate blogs require careful planning and attention to legal and corporate policies in order for them to be productive and effective. This fun, friendly, and practical guide walks you through using blogging as a first line of communication to customers and...
