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The SAIC Solution: How We Built an $8 Billion Employee-Owned Technology Company

John Wiley & Sons, 2007

For more than three decades, Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)—the largest employee-owned research and technology company in the United States—has achieved unparalleled success in the areas of science, engineering, and technology, all while flying well below the radar of most casual business observers.

As the...

Newton: A Very Short Introduction

Oxford University Press, 2007

This Very Short Introduction uses Newton's own unpublished writings to provide fascinating insight into the man who kept the Royal Society under his thumb, was Head of the Mint, and whose contributions to our understanding of the heavens and the earth are considered by many to be unparalleled. The author begins with the legends surrounding...

Raman Amplifiers for Telecommunications 1: Physical Principles (Springer Series in Optical Sciences)

Springer, 2003

There has been a revived interest in Raman amplification due to the availability of high pump powers and improvements in small core size fibers. Two general categories of Raman amplifiers exist: distributed and discrete, also known as DRAs. They improve the noise figure and reduce the nonlinear penalty of the amplifier, allowing for longer...

Web Information Systems and Technologies: International Conferences WEBIST 2005 and WEBIST 2006, Revised Selected Papers

Springer, 2007

This book contains the best papers from the first two instances of the International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies (WEBIST 2005 and 2006), organized by the Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Control and Communication (INSTICC) in collaboration with the OMG (Object Management Group), held in Miami (USA)...

Great People Decisions: Why They Matter So Much, Why They are So Hard, and How You Can Master Them

John Wiley & Sons, 2007

Great organizations are made up of great people. And for leaders at all levels within those organizations, the ability to find, hire, integrate, and retain great people is an absolutely critical skill—critical to their organization's success, and critical to their own success.

But for most people, making great appointments is difficult,...

Inside the Publishing Revolution: The Adobe Story

Adobe Press, 2002

Tech journalist Pamela Pfiffner explores the rich history behind the modernpublishing revolution, as seen through the lens of one of its most importantplayers. In the past 20 years, Adobe Systems has become synonymous withgreat design tools, and the company's impact on how we work in publishing,graphic arts, and on the Web is unmatched. Join...

Grid Computing: Software Environments and Tools

Springer, 2005

Grid computing combines aspects from parallel computing, distributed computing and data management, and has been playing an important role in pushing forward the state-of-the-art in computer science and information technologies. There is considerable interest in Grid computing at present, with a significant number of Grid projects being launched...

Object-Oriented ActionScript 3.0

Friends of Ed, 2007

Object-oriented programming (OOP) is something that is usually considered a black art for hardcore programmers, not a topic of conversation for Flash developers. However, when adobe introduced actionscript 3.0 to the mix, it changed everything. actionscript 3.0 is much more powerful than previous versions, allowing Flash developers to produce...

CNET Do-It-Yourself Digital Home Office Projects

McGraw-Hill, 2007

This book is designed to help you create a tech-savvy home office environment so you can do what you do best: your work. Each of the 24 projects in this book was carefully planned to meet your needs as a home office worker.

The book is organized into parts, with projects in each section ranging in difficulty from easy to advanced. Every...

Copyediting & Proofreading For Dummies (Language & Literature)

For Dummies, 2007

Turn your knack for language into a lucrative career

Must-know techniques and resources for maximizing your accuracy and speed

Interested in becoming a copyeditor or proofreader? Want to know more about what each job entails? This friendly guide helps you position yourself for success. Polish...

Conceptual Modelling in Information Systems Engineering

Springer, 2007

Conceptual modeling has always been one of the cornerstones for information systems engineering as it describes the general knowledge of the system in the so-called conceptual schema.

Krogstie, Opdahl and Brinkkemper compiled 20 contributions from renowned researchers covering all aspects of conceptual modeling on the occasion of Arne...

Tech Terms, Third Edition: What Every Telecommunications and Digital Media Professional Should Know

Focal Press, 2006

The purpose of this book is to provide telecommunications and digital media professionals with a collection of must-know terms and concepts that are likely to pop up in their daily conversations or appear in news articles or informational media that address our increasingly technological world. It is also intended for anyone who simply wants to...

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