Kategoria BISAC: Computers >> Database Administration & Management

The rapid growth of the Internet has dramatically changed the capabilities of information systems (IS) and the role of database management. They have become vital components of successful inter-networked enterprises and organizations. This volume considers fundamental issues and technical development in the integrated section of the fields of databases and modern IS.

The book contains a collection of 24 high quality papers written by 56 authors. These articles present original results that constitute a survey of both the research and technological dimensions related to the modern IS and...

Die Autoren adressieren die Sandwich-Position, in der sich die IT heute in vielen grosseren Unternehmen befindet: Zum einen der Druck, Governance-Anforderungen wie Sarbanes-Oxley oder Compliance-Anforderungen abdecken zu mussen, und zugleich der Druck, die Kosten weiter reduzieren zu mussen. Zum anderen steht dem der eigene Anspruch entgegen, sich als innovativer Dienstleister aufzustellen, der im Verbund mit den Fachbereichen die Prozesskompetenz besitzt. Dieses Buch erlautert die Herausforderungen an die IT und zeigt anhand konkreter Praxisbeispiele effektive Wege auf, wie die IT...

Im Zusammenhang mit IT-Governance, Sarbanes-Oxley Act und Basel II ist Information Lifecycle Management (ILM), ein Thema, das jeder CIO beherrschen muss. Information ist ein Produkt, das einem Lebenszyklus unterliegt. Jede Phase dieses Zyklus erfordert andere IT-Methoden, um Information kostenbewusst zu speichern sowie zu be- und verarbeiten. Das Buch beschreibt wie ein Projekt zur Implementierung eines ILM aufgesetzt und durchgefuhrt wird. Plus: Uberblick uber die technischen Realisierungsansatze gangiger Hersteller. Leser erhalten Entscheidungshilfen zur Implementierung eines...

The database industry is a multi-billion, world-wide, all-encompassing part of the software world. Quantifiers in Action: Generalized Quantification in Query, Logical and Natural Languages introduces a query language called GQs Generalized Quantification in Query. Most query languages are simply versions of First Order Logic (FOL). GQs are an extension of the idea of quantifier in FOL. GQs are a perfect example of a practical theory within databases.

This book provides a brief background in logic and introduces the concept of GQs, and then develops a query language...

Information Systems Development (ISD) progresses rapidly, continually creating new challenges for the professionals involved. New concepts, approaches and techniques of systems development emerge constantly in this field. Progress in ISD comes from research as well as from practice.

This conference will discuss issues pertaining to information systems development (ISD) in the inter-networked digital economy. Participants will include researchers, both experienced and novice, from industry and academia, as well as students and practitioners. Themes will include methods and...

Used by corporations, industry, and government to inform and fuel everything from focused advertising to homeland security, data mining can be a very useful tool across a wide range of applications. Unfortunately, most books on the subject are designed for the computer scientist and statistical illuminati and leave the reader largely adrift in technical waters.

Revealing the lessons known to the seasoned expert, yet rarely written down for the uninitiated, Practical Data Mining explains the ins-and-outs of the detection, characterization, and exploitation...

Data and knowledge play a key role in both current and future GRIDs. The issues concerning representation, discovery, and integration of data and knowledge in dynamic distributed environments can be addressed by exploiting features offered by GRID Technologies. Current research activities are leveraging the GRID for the provision of generic- and domain-specific solutions and services for data management and knowledge discovery.

Knowledge and Data Management in GRIDs is the third volume of the CoreGRID series and brings together scientific contributions by researchers and scientists...

Using a practical, hands-on approach, this book will take you through all the facets of developing Access-based solutions, such as...

Social network analysis applications have experienced tremendous advances within the last few years due in part to increasing trends towards users interacting with each other on the internet. Social networks are organized as graphs, and the data on social networks takes on the form of massive streams, which are mined for a variety of purposes.

Social Network Data Analytics covers an important niche in the social network analytics field. This edited volume, contributed by prominent researchers in this field, presents a wide selection of topics on social network data mining...