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Competing in the Information Age: Strategic Alignment in Practice, 1st edition
Authors: Jerry N. Luftman
Venue:  (1996)

:Stemming from IBM's highly regarded Consulting Group, combining the expertise of consultants and leading academics, Competing in the Information Age shows managers how to avoid being blindsided by information technology. It outlines how to match information systems with business strategy to forge a strong competitive edge and bring powerful solutions to bear on real-world problems. The bottom line, Luftman contends, is that a firm must coordinate, or align, four elements: its business strategy, the strategy of its information systems, its organizational infrastructure, and its information technology infrastructure. To this end, he adds to his own expertise contributors who offer models, frameworks, and methods that can help companies in any industry discover their ideal strategic alignment. The contributors have a wide variety of backgrounds and approach information technology from a number of illuminating angles. They discuss how to distinguish between information systems that automate human skills and those that augment them; how to put together worldwide, flexible information structures that seamlessly connect people, products, and processes; and how to gauge the benefits of object-oriented programming and connected computer networks. A recurrent theme is the amount to which an executive should be versed in technology, with the caveat that technological jargon sometimes inhibits business opportunities. Other crucial topics include how inter- and intra-organizational systems (IOS) and Electronic Data Exchange (EDI) are creating a whole new raft of management challenges; and how corporate culture affects attitudes toward information technology. The book also offers a six-stage process of transformation to technology, with suggested roles for the CEO, CIO, and other players, and gives advice on coping with the changes and clashes sparked by new information systems. Managers also get advice on how to benchmark information technology strategic alignment, looking
How to Use Windows 95, 2nd edition
Authors: Douglas A. Hergert
Venue:  (1997)

:How to Use Windows 95 presents you with a straightforward, visual approach to learning. The steps and graphics guide you through every task you'll need to perform in Windows 95.
Economics and National Strategy in the Information Age: Global Networks, Technology Policy, and Cooperative Competition
Authors: James Reed Golden
Venue:  (1994)

:The Information Age has dawned at the same time the global political system is in transition. High technology performance and economic productivity are converging across the major developed regions of North America, East Asia, and Europe. If U.S. economic, military, and political leadership is to continue, it must depend more on flexible adaptation to the new technical and organizational realities and less on technological dominance. The heart of this adaptation lies in the evolution of a national technology policy that emphasizes market forces and the exploitation of network linkages within and among commercial and military organizations. The ACM Portal is published by the Association for Computing Machinery. Copyright © 2010 ACM, Inc. Terms of Usage Privacy Policy Code of Ethics Contact Us Useful downloads: Adobe Acrobat QuickTime Windows Media Player Real Player
Algebraic and symbolic manipulation of Poisson series
Authors: Félix San-Juan, Alberto Abad
Venue: Journal of Symbolic Computation (2001)

Efficiency in handling Poisson series is essential to obtain high-accuracy analytical theories in celestial mechanics and non-linear dynamics in general. A good knowledge of the mathematical structure of these objects is fundamental to create data structures to store and handle efficiently its equivalent computational object. In this paper we analyse the mathematical, symbolic and computational structure of Poisson series. Copyright 2001 Academic Press.
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 Official Strategy Guide: For Sega Dreamcast
Authors: Brady Games
Venue:  (2000)

:Meet the Pros, Beat the Pros! Choose between thirteen professional skaters, or create your own skater from scratch. Inside, each skater is listed with his or her signature moves, or if you're ready to challenge the pros, the Tricks section is the ultimate guide to building your custom skater's skills. Skate a Park, Create a Park! With the help of detailed level maps, rip through five historic locations, destroy the competition at three contests and complete every level. When you're finished, use the tips to create your own skate park. Game Secrets, Hidden characters, cheat codes, and More!
Evaluating document clustering for interactive information retrieval
Authors: Anton Leuski
Venue: Proceedings of the tenth international conference on Information and knowledge management (2001)

We consider the problem of organizing and browsing the top ranked portion of the documents returned by an information retrieval system. We study the effectiveness of a document organization in helping a user to locate the relevant material among the retrieved documents as quickly as possible. In this context we examine a set of clustering algorithms and experimentally show that a clustering of the retrieved documents can be significantly more effective than traditional ranked list approach. We also show that the clustering approach can be as effective as the interactive relevance feedback based on query expansion while retaining an important advantage -- it provides the user with a valuable sense of control over the feedback process.
A+ Certification for Dummies
Authors: Ron Gilster
Venue:  (1998)

:Complete with a CD-ROM loaded with test-like exam questions written just for this book, A+ Certification For Dummies brings you everything you need to pass both the core hardware exam and the DOS/Windows exam - and make every second count.
Generalized loop-back recovery in optical mesh networks
Authors: Muriel Médard, Richard A. Barry, Steven G. Finn, Wenbo He, Steven S. Lumetta
Venue: IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (TON) (2002)

Current means of providing loop-back recovery, which is widely used in SONET, rely on ring topologies, or on overlaying logical ring topologies upon physical meshes. Loop-back is desirable to provide rapid preplanned recovery of link or node failures in a bandwidth-efficient distributed manner. We introduce generalized loop-back, a novel scheme for performing loop-back in optical mesh networks. We present an algorithm to perform recovery for link failure and one to perform generalized loop-back recovery for node failure. We illustrate the operation of both algorithms, prove their validity, and present a network management protocol algorithm, which enables distributed operation for link or node failure. We present three different applications of generalized loop-back. First, we present heuristic algorithms for selecting recovery graphs, which maintain short maximum and average lengths of recovery paths. Second, we present WDM-based loop-back recovery for optical networks where wavelengths are used to back up other wavelengths. We compare, for WDM-based loop-back, the operation of generalized loop-back operation with known ring-based ways of providing loop-back recovery over mesh networks. Finally, we introduce the use of generalized loop-back to provide recovery in a way that allows dynamic choice of routes over preplanned directions.
Peachtree 3 for Windows Made Easy: The Basics and Beyond, 2nd edition
Authors: John V. Hedtke
Venue:  (1995)

:Peachtree Accounting for Windows Made Easy: The Basics & Beyond! complements the Peachtree Accounting documentation by covering accounting basics and providing detailed explanations of the software's modules for every major accounting function, including general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, invoicing, payroll, and inventory.
Year 2000 Solutions for Dummies, 1st edition
Authors: Kelly C. Bourne
Venue:  (1997)

:The year 2000 is quickly approaching. Many computers and the programs that run on them won't be able to handle dates past December 31, 1999. Year 2000 Solutions For Dummies explains why this problem is going to occur, what types of computers and software will be affected, and how to prepare for it. The time to deal with this problem is NOW! This book shows you where to start, how to proceed, and how to make it safely into the next millennium! Inside, find helpful advice on how to Understand why the year 2000 will cause your computer problems Recognize potential year 2000 pitfalls in your organization Test PCs to determine whether they are year 2000 compliant Prepare your year 2000 project plan Assemble your year 2000 project team Identify tools to make your efforts easier and more productive Handle data coming in from other organizations Recognize potential legal repercussions of the year 2000 problem Acquire the hardware and software your team will need Explore the World Wide Web for year 2000 assistance The ACM Portal is published by the Association for Computing Machinery. Copyright © 2010 ACM, Inc. Terms of Usage Privacy Policy Code of Ethics Contact Us Useful downloads: Adobe Acrobat QuickTime Windows Media Player Real Player
Modula-3 network objects over ANSA: heterogeneous object-based RPC in a modern systems programming language
Authors: David Evers, Peter Robinson
Venue: Proceedings of the 5th workshop on ACM SIGOPS European workshop: Models and paradigms for distributed systems structuring (1992)

Modula-3 provides language-level features such as threads, objects and exceptions which are useful in distributed systems. The ANSA testbench provides a complete infrastructure for object-based distributed systems, but currently requires the use of C as the main programming language. We describe a successful attempt to marry the two, which provides a practical example of how a modern systems programming language can make the construction of object-based distributed systems more congenial for the application programmer.
Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML 3.2 in a Week, 3rd edition
Authors: Laura Lemay
Venue:  (1996)

:If you want to create a home page, present information about products on the Web, or combine text, images, sound, and video in online World Wide Web creations, this book is for you. It's the easiest way to learn how to produce attractive, well-designed Web pages -- and more -- using Hypertext markup Language (HTML). With Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML 3.2 in a Week, you'll quickly master HTML fundamentals and discover the best way to present information in this exciting new medium.
Discrete Mathematics: Numbers and Beyond
Authors: Stephen Barnett
Venue:  (1998)

:With an emphasis on methods and applications rather than rigorous proofs, the book's coverage is based an the essential topics of numbers, counting and numerical processes. Discrete Mathematics: Numbers and Beyond supplies the reader with a thorough grounding in number systems, modular arithmetic, combinatorics, networks and graphs, coding theory and recurrence relations. Throughout the book, learning is aided and reinforced by the following features: a wealth of exercises and problems of varying difficulty a wide range of illustrative applications of general interest numerous worked examples and diagrams team-based student projects in every chapter concise, informal explanations tips for further reading Discrete Mathematics: Numbers and Beyond is an ideal textbook for an introductory discrete mathematics course taken by students of economics, computer science, mathematics, business, finance, engineering and the sciences. The ACM Portal is published by the Association for Computing Machinery. Copyright © 2010 ACM, Inc. Terms of Usage Privacy Policy Code of Ethics Contact Us Useful downloads: Adobe Acrobat QuickTime Windows Media Player Real Player
Access Programming by Example, 2nd edition
Authors: Greg M. Perry
Venue:  (1994)

:Perfect for database users who want to explore programming!Building blocks for understanding Access BasicIncludes review questions and exercisesCommon database programming glossary and database terms
Geometric modeling with splines: an introduction
Venue:  (2001)

Written by researchers who have helped to found and shape the field, this book is a definitive introduction to geometric modeling. The authors present a broad base of fundamentally important techniques for curve and surface representations in computer-aided modeling with a focus on how the techniques can be used in design. In achieving a balance between mathematical rigor and broad applicability, they show how theoretical properties can be harnessed to drive practical algorithms, how a somewhat more abstract treatment can occasionally provide unifying elegance and implementational advantage.
Data Warehousing with Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 Technical Reference with Cdrom, 1st edition
Authors: Jake Sturm
Venue:  (2000)

:Data warehouses help users view information in new ways to spot trends, gain insights, and make better business decisions. But building data warehouses can be difficult without practical knowledge of how to define user needs, map corporate data, and consolidate information in a coherent format. Data Warehousing with Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 Technical Reference simplifies this complex process by showing you how to take advantage of the features of SQL Server 7.0 to design, build, and manage a data warehouse.
Targeting Ada95/DSA for distributed simulation of multiprotocol communication networks
Authors: Dhavy Gantsou
Venue: Proceedings of the 2001 annual ACM SIGAda international conference on Ada (2001)

This paper describes the use of Ada95/DSA as middleware for modeling network's entities into distributed objects which can be used for both distributed execution and simulation without transformation of the model. First, general issues of simulation of network's entities are briefly presented. Then, the paper shows how DSA features are used to abstract these entities in a manner as they can be executed or simulated on a cluster of workstations. The DSA based model of distributed simulation is built on a combination of two kinds of classes: the first one support general purpose of distributed objects computing and the second deal with the development of distributed network elements. To illustrate the feasibility of this approach, a partial implementation of classes that have been used to model routers running a subset of border gateway protocol (BGP) is presented.
Compiler-Directed Collective-I/O
Authors: Mahmut Kandemir
Venue: IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (2001)

Current approaches to parallel I/O demand extensive user effort to obtain acceptable performance. This is in part due to difficulties in understanding the characteristics of a wide variety of I/O devices and in part due to inherent complexity of I/O software. While parallel I/O systems provide users with environments where persistent data sets can be shared between parallel processors, the ultimate performance of I/O-intensive codes depends largely on the relation between data access patterns exhibited by parallel processors and storage patterns of data in files and on disks. In cases where access patterns and storage patterns match, we can exploit parallel I/O hardware by allowing each processor to perform independent parallel I/O. In order to keep performance decent under circumstances in which data access patterns and storage patterns do not match, several I/O optimization techniques have been developed in recent years. Collective I/O is such an optimization technique that enables each processor to do I/O on behalf of other processors if doing so improves the overall performance. While it is generally accepted that collective I/O and its variants can bring impressive improvements as far as the I/O performance is concerned, it is difficult for the programmer to use collective I/O in an optimal manner. In this paper, we propose and evaluate a compiler-directed collective I/O approach which detects the opportunities for collective I/O and inserts the necessary I/O calls in the code automatically. An important characteristic of the approach is that instead of applying collective I/O indiscriminately, it uses collective I/O selectively only in cases where independent parallel I/O would not be possible or would lead to an excessive number of I/O calls. The approach involves compiler-directed access pattern and storage pattern detection schemes that work on a multiple application environment. We have implemented the necessary algorithms in a source-to-source translator and within a stand-alone tool. Our experimental results on an SGI/Cray Origin 2000 multiprocessor machine demonstrate that our compiler-directed collective I/O scheme performs very well on different setups built using nine applications from several scientific benchmarks. We have also observed that the I/O performance of our approach is only 5.23 percent worse than an optimal scheme.
Computer Speech Technology, 1st edition
Authors: Robert D. Rodman
Venue:  (1999)

:Computer Speech Technology This new book is the first to provide a truly understandable, non-technical overview of all the major areas in the computer processing of human speech -- speech recognition, speech synthesis, speaker recognition, language identification, lip synchronization, and co-channel separation. It takes a unique, nonmathematical approach in exploring the nature of human language and its impact on the science and methodologies of computer voice technology. In one, easy-to-read source, you gain a deeper understanding of the fundamentals, uses, and applications of the technology itself and of the strengths and weaknesses of various systems. A time-saving glossary of technical terms is included. The book's intuitive approach uses illustrations, analogies, and both historical and state-of-the-art descriptions to explain relatively profound concepts. Specifically, it helps you: Learn the professional jargon used in different areas of speech processing Evaluate speech processing systems for specific applications Understand how the various technologies of speech processing actually work Identify practical applications for speech technology in the commercial world Relate speech technology to actual spoken language This book is written for a broad range of non-technical professionals who need a better understanding of topics such as speech compression, transmission and storage, speech recognition, speech synthesis, speaker verification and identification, and facial animation. These include everyone from managers, consultants, and marketing and sales personnel 1/4 to industrial engineers and military technologists 1/4 to speech and hearing specialists and healthcare professionals 1/4 to law enforcement officials and governmental policy makers 1/4 to human-computer interface practitioners 1/4 to academicians.
Multimedia Communications, 1st edition
Authors: Fred Halsall
Venue:  (2000)

:B> This book addresses the main subject areas associated with multimedia communications (applications, networks, protocols, and standards) at a level that enables the reader to develop an in-depth understanding of the technical issues associated with this rapidly evolving subject. It is an updated approach to the author's Data Communications, Computer Networks and Open Systems, Fourth Edition, set in the context of the increasingly important area of multimedia. The book identifies the different types of multimedia applications, quantifies their communication requirements, and describes the operation and protocols of the different kinds of networks that are used to support them. These networks include LANs, the Internet and World Wide Web, and home-entertainment networks such as cable and satellite. It also includes coverage of the main compression algorithms used with text, images, speech, audio, and video. This book is suitable for programmers interested in learning the integral multimedia aspects of networked communications.
How to run successful projects III: the silver bullet, 3rd edition
Venue:  (2001)

How to Run Successful Projects III --- The Silver Bullet builds on the success of the first and second editions and reminds us all, in the post dot com era, just how important good project management practices are. Third Edition. This new edition now compares the 'Ten Steps' of structured project management with any other methodology (including PRINCE). How to do the least amount of project management possible and still be sure of a successful outcome. How to identify and monitor your projects 'vital signs'. Has a quick and easy way to assess project plans and proposals ensuring that you catch potential disasters before they happen. Includes daily, weekly, and monthly routines for any project manager to seamlessly incorporate Structured Project Management into their working lives. There is a new comprehensive self-study course in MS Project 2000. How to Run Successful Projects III --- The Silver Bullet covers the essential elements of project success packaged in an easy to apply and common sense approach which thousands of readers will attest works.
Active electronic mail
Authors: S. Karnouskos, A. Vasilakos
Venue: Proceedings of the 2002 ACM symposium on Applied computing (2002)

Network infrastructures have evolved tremendously over the last years, offering new capabilities to the applications in higher levels. Email is a widely used communication tool that could benefit of an intelligent and active underlying network in order to support sophisticated services. We explore in this paper an infrastructure based on intelligent mobile agents and active networks, and point out how and where advanced features can be introduced to our current passive email platform in order to make it more flexible, open, secure, intelligent, and ubiquitous as possible.
Investigating Computer Crime: A Primer for Security Managers
Authors: Ronald L. Mendell
Venue:  (1998)

:New advancements being made every day in the field of computer technology have created an equally new and high-tech method of illegal activity - computer crime. To help combat this offense, the author has designed a comprehensive primer to provide a fundamental investigative foundation for readers while moving through the basic phases of a computer crime investigation. The topics discussed cover everything from establishing evidence to developing the case for prosecution. At the conclusion of each chapter, there is a section on "Ideas for Discussion", offering the opportunity for an in-depth exploration of the material presented. This book will be an indispensable resource for college-level students of security, veteran law enforcement personnel, security professionals, and concerned business men and women. The ACM Portal is published by the Association for Computing Machinery. Copyright © 2010 ACM, Inc. Terms of Usage Privacy Policy Code of Ethics Contact Us Useful downloads: Adobe Acrobat QuickTime Windows Media Player Real Player
Making distributed systems work: position paper
Authors: Alan J Dempster
Venue: Proceedings of the 2nd workshop on Making distributed systems work (1986)

This paper outlines the current research interests of members of the Conic Group at Imperial College. The main research area is that of real-time distributed systems and the group has recently made its toolkit available for those who wish to develop applications in this area. The ACM Portal is published by the Association for Computing Machinery. Copyright © 2010 ACM, Inc. Terms of Usage Privacy Policy Code of Ethics Contact Us Useful downloads: Adobe Acrobat QuickTime Windows Media Player Real Player
OSF/Motif Style Guide: Revision 1.2 (for OSF/Motif Release 1.2), 1st edition
Authors: Open Software Foundation
Venue:  (1992)

:This manual describes how an application should interact with the user. Guidelines for application programming, new widget development, and customization and extensions are provided. The Release 1.2 version includes all the new features as well as key topics such as conformance language and virtual key bindings. Includes an easy-to-use reference section.