This book is intended to be accessible to undergraduate students with two years of typical mathematics experience, most likely meaning calculus with a little linear algebra and differential equations. Thus, specifically, there is no assumption oLa background inabstr&;t algebra or number theory, nor of probability, nor of linear...

If I take a letter, lock it in a safe, hide the safe somewhere in New York, then tell you to read the...

You may know When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth as a goofy humans-coexisting-withdinosaurs movie from the 1970s. However, in technology circles, “When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth” refers to a grim humans-coexisting-with-mainframes story from the 1970s. I refer, of course, to IBM and its brontosaurus-size computers (called...

The world of business and commerce is changing. As technology advances at a rate of knots and the geography of global working becomes less and less relevant, so the need to run an effective business becomes more and more important. Businesses grow at an alarming rate, often overnight. Interest in particular field can explode resulting...

In the field of IT, the markets, business activities, needs and requirements of internal and external service providers and customers are changing in ever-shortening cycles. This forces companies to increase their organizational flexibility not only as far as their structure is concerned but also with regard to established business...

Computer science, like other mathematical fields, cannot live without a tight relationship with reality. However, such a relationship is, frankly, not very common. This is probably why people so enthusiastically welcome a true meeting of theory and practice. In that sense, the coming together of XML and tree automata theory was a...

Truth is that many...

During the past decade, technology has become more pervasive, encroaching more and more on our lives. Computers, cell phones, and the internet have an enormous influence not only on how we function at work, but also on how we communicate and interact outside the office. Researchers have been documenting the effect that these types of...

Welcome to the Microsoft Office 2007 Fundamentals Projects Binder! The projects in this binder cover the primary features and commands of Office 2007 and provide valuable opportunities to apply or extend skills learned in an accompanying textbook. The 150 projects in this binder can be used with any Microsoft® Office 2007 textbook to...

When I fi rst started using Photoshop, it was a much simpler program to get to grips with compared with what we see today. Since then Adobe Photoshop CS5 has evolved to supply photographers with all the tools they need. My aim is to provide you with a working photographer’s perspective of what Photoshop CS5 can do and how to...

Information security has become a critical component in the stability and progress of the modern world. With high expectations from the public and stringent regulations from legislative and industry bodies, never have the pressures on corporations, governments and other organizations been so great to protect their own data as well as...

If you have purchased this book or if you are even thinking about purchasing this book, you probably have some interest in taking the CWSP ® (Certifi ed Wireless Security Professional) certifi cation exam or in learning what the CWSP certifi cation exam is about. The authors would like to congratulate you on this fi rst step, and we...