Kategoria BISAC: Computers >> Information Technology

Lori Kendall is one of the first to explore the brave new world of social relations as they have evolved on the Internet. In this highly readable ethnography, she examines how men and women negotiate their gender roles on an online forum she calls BlueSky. The result is a first-rate analysis of the emerging social phenomenon of Internet-mediated communication and a ground-breaking study of the social and cultural effects of a medium that allows participants to assume identities of their own choosing. Despite the common assumption that the personas these men and women craft for themselves bear...

Information technology (IT) is a singularly pervasive field; its applications affect people in all walks of life as few technologies do. This nontechnical and realistic overview increases the reader's understanding of the capabilities and limitations of IT. A recognized authority on computers, Laver equips the reader with sufficient information to critically evaluate proposals for new IT uses. He examines the impact of IT in particular areas and assesses its influence on people and communities. The book concludes with an agenda for anyone interested in IT systems.

Information technology (IT) is a singularly pervasive field; its applications affect people in all walks of life as few technologies do. This nontechnical and realistic overview increases the reader's understanding of the capabilities and limitations of IT. A recognized authority on computers, Laver equips the reader with sufficient information to critically evaluate proposals for new IT uses. He examines the impact of IT in particular areas and assesses its influence on people and communities. The book concludes with an agenda for anyone interested in IT systems.

This book examines technological innovation and workplace restructuring carried out by News Corporation in its newspaper holdings in Britain, the United States and Australia. Timothy Marjoribanks finds that while some outcomes at various local sites were similar, many were dramatically different. His study reveals that existing social relations in a particular location have a major impact on workplace reforms. Significantly, it emphasizes the importance of analyzing the connections between events occurring locally, nationally and globally if we are to understand the growing influence of...

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""The Relentless Pursuit of Information Technology Excellence" is nothing less than a call to manage the IT function as a business. If you are a CIO or IT manager trying to rebuild trust with other areas of the organization, this book is for you. It might even save your job."
--Rob Austin, Associate Professor, Harvard Business School, and co-author of "Artful Making"

"IT communities in all developing countries must read "The Relentless Pursuit of Information Technology Excellence" because it offers important management lessons and uncovers opportunities for outsourcing...

"SAP and BW Data Warehousing: How to Plan and Implement" is an introductory book for professionals and end-users associated with SAP and BW. It addresses their need to obtain an overview of SAP and BW features and functionality as well as project planning and implementation. "SAP and BW Data Warehousing: How to Plan and Implement" will be beneficial to a broad audience including those planning an SAP or BW project, senior executives, directors, functional managers and analysts, power users, end-users, project managers and project implementation team members (including technical staff,...

"SAP(r) BEx Simplified: Business Explorer for End-Users" covers both Excel and web-based reporting. The topics covered include an overview of data warehousing and the Business Warehouse (BW), how to launch reports (via the Analyzer, web or Portal), how to specify report selection criteria, anatomy of Excel and web reports, tools and techniques (Excel and web), working with the BEx Browser, navigation and analysis functions, and customizing query properties. The execution of various functions is demonstrated in a step-by-step manner, with liberal use of screenshots.

'The best and most...

Interconnection issues associated with Internet Protocol (IP) networks and applications are fundamentally different and more complex than that of telecommunications legislation, regulation, and policy makers have previously had to grapple with. This book presents a layered policy framework and offers a guide to interconnection.

PRAISES

""The Relentless Pursuit of Information Technology Excellence" is nothing less than a call to manage the IT function as a business. If you are a CIO or IT manager trying to rebuild trust with other areas of the organization, this book is for you. It might even save your job."
--Rob Austin, Associate Professor, Harvard Business School, and co-author of "Artful Making"

"IT communities in all developing countries must read "The Relentless Pursuit of Information Technology Excellence" because it offers important management lessons and uncovers opportunities for outsourcing...

In the Industrial Age, citizens thrived by buying private property and engaging in commerce. In today's Information Age, people need access to city public services in order to ensure their welfare. In "Electronic cities & Web-based urbanization integrated systems," Maryam Kamrani and Amir Alikhanzadeh, experts in their respective fields, lay out a plan for cities to build an informational infrastructure that is essential for every individual's well-being. The authors argue that building e-cities based on broad strategies and master plans is necessary so that everyone will have equal access to...

Advance praise for "Get Out of I.T. While You Can." "This simple message eludes many in this world. Our job is to support the business-if people don't get this, success is impossible." -Mike Jones, CIO, Children's Hospital "Craig's book is really about leadership. He articulates a key thought process that drives great leaders at all levels of successful organizations." -Dirk Debbink, president, MSI General "Craig's message is universal. Anyone in any department (not just IT) can benefit from this message. And it applies to private sector and public sectors equally. The more we understand...

Ten years ago, groupware bundled with email and calendar applications helped track the flow of work from person to person within an organization. Workflow in today's enterprise means more monitoring and orchestrating massive systems. A new technology called Business Process Management, or BPM, helps software architects and developers design, code, run, administer, and monitor complex network-based business processes

BPM replaces those sketchy flowchart diagrams that business analysts draw on whiteboards with a precise model that uses standard graphical and XML representations, and...

The Virtual Self is an engaging and exciting text that addresses issues relating to our rapidly changing society, social structure, and communication needs. In doing so, it addresses major issues in sociology that inform virtually all of a student's course work.

• Introduces students to concepts of the self and society in an age of rapid technology and high speed communication
• Examines the relationship between everyday life and social structure in key domains of communication, personality, work/family, leisure and entertainment, and economics
• Written in a...

Bridging the Digital Divide investigates problems of unequal access to information technology. The author redefines this problem, examines its severity, and lays out what the future implications might be if the digital divide continues to exist.

• Examines unequal access to information technology in the United States.
  
• Analyses the success or failure of policies designed to address the digital divide.
  
• Draws on extensive fieldwork in several US cities.
  
• Makes recommendations for future public policy.
  
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Bridging the Digital Divide investigates problems of unequal access to information technology. The author redefines this problem, examines its severity, and lays out what the future implications might be if the digital divide continues to exist.

• Examines unequal access to information technology in the United States.
  
• Analyses the success or failure of policies designed to address the digital divide.
  
• Draws on extensive fieldwork in several US cities.
  
• Makes recommendations for future public policy.
  
...

The Internet in Everyday Life is the first book to systematically investigate how being online fits into people's everyday lives.

• Opens up a new line of inquiry into the social effects of the Internet.


• Focuses on how the Internet fits into everyday lives, rather than considering it as an alternate world.


• Chapters are contributed by leading researchers in the area.


• Studies are based on empirical data.


• Talks about the reality of being online now, not hopes or...

The Internet in Everyday Life is the first book to systematically investigate how being online fits into people's everyday lives.

• Opens up a new line of inquiry into the social effects of the Internet.


• Focuses on how the Internet fits into everyday lives, rather than considering it as an alternate world.


• Chapters are contributed by leading researchers in the area.


• Studies are based on empirical data.


• Talks about the reality of being online now, not hopes or...