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Effective Computer User Support: How to Manage the It HelpDesk
Authors: Noel Bruton
Venue:  (1996)

:Effective User Support provides years and years of User Support experience packed into one volume. The 'How To' book that every IT department needs, it will help turn your helpdesk into a company asset. Noel Bruton clearly shows how the helpdesk can increase the productivity of its clients as well as solving problems, and, using simple calculations, he demonstrates how to justify User Support expenditure. This book will help you design and launch your helpdesk and Support services, measure their success and ensure the user's satisfaction. Effective User Support gives you techniques for justifying staff and other expenditure, gaining senior management support, getting the users on your side, running a motivated and productive team, and designing and managing services and service levels. This book offers tools for measuring productivity and features ten key steps for successful support, while User Support successes and failures are revealed in true life case studies.
Modelling and managing software federations
Authors: J. Estublier, H. Verjus, P. Y. Cunin
Venue: ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes (2001)

Building large software applications from Commerical Off The Shelf tools (COTS) is not an industrial reality so far. This work presents a new approach to solve the different problems found when building a federation of COTS.
The Code Book: The Evolution of Secrecy from Mary, Queen of Scots, to Quantum Cryptography, 1st edition
Authors: Simon Singh
Venue:  (1999)

:Codes have decided the fates of empires, countries, and monarchies throughout recorded history. Mary, Queen of Scots was put to death by her cousin, Queen Elizabeth, for the high crime of treason after spymaster Sir Francis Walsingham cracked the secret code she used to communicate with her conspirators. And thus the course of British history was altered by a few sheets of cryptic prose. This is just one link in humankind's evolutionary chain of secret communication, and just one of the fascinating incidents recounted in The Code Book, written by bestselling author Simon Singh.Combining a superb storyteller's sense of drama and a scientist's appreciation for technical perfection, Singh traces the evolution of secret writing from ancient Greek military espionage to the frontiers of computer science. The result is an epic tale of human ingenuity, with examples that range from the poignant to the peculiar to the world-historical.There is the case of the Beale ciphers, which involves Wild West escapades, a cowboy who amassed a vast fortune, a buried treasure worth $20 million, and a mysterious set of encrypted papers describing its whereaboutspapers that have baffled generations of cryptanalysts and captivated hundreds of treasure hunters.A speedier end to a bloody war was the only reward that could be promised to the Allied code breakers of World Wars I and II, whose selfless contributions altered the course of history; but few of them lived to receive any credit for their top-secret accomplishments. Among the most moving of these stories is that of the World War II British code breaker Alan Turing, who gave up a brilliant career in mathematics todevote himself to the Allied cause, only to end his years punished by the state for his homosexuality, while his heroism was ignored. No less heroic were the Navajo code talkers, who volunteered without hesitation to risk their lives for the Allied forces in the Japanese theater, where they were routinely mistaken for the enemy.Interspersed with these gripping stories are clear mathematical, linguistic, and technological demonstrations of codes, as well as illustrations of the remarkable personalitiesmany courageous, some villainous, and all obsessivewho wrote and broke them.All roads lead to the present day, in which the possibility of a truly unbreakable code looms large. Singh explores this possibility, and the ramifications of our increasing need for privacy, even as it begins to chafe against the stated mission of the powerful and deeply secretive National Security Agency. Entertaining, compelling, and remarkably far-reaching, this is a book that will forever alter your view of history, what drives it, and how private that e-mail you just sent really is.Included in the book is a worldwide Cipher Challengea $15,000 award will be given by the author to the first reader who cracks the code successfully. Progress toward the solution will be tracked on The Code Book website.
AutoCAD for Windows
Authors: Alfred J. Yarwood
Venue:  (1994)

:AutoCAD for Windows is an introductory course of work for learning how to use the software for constructing mechanical, architectural and building drawings, as well as for the more general graphics possible with the package. Through a logical sequence of study, extensive use of diagrams and end-of-chapter exercises, the reader is encouraged to develop first class drawing skills using the software. Although the book's contents recognize that two-dimensional (2D) technical drawing is used to a greater extent than three-dimensional (3D), the rendering capabilities of the software that enable the production of photo-realistic representations of 3D solid models are well covered and are illustrated by 16 colour plates. In addition, over 350 line drawings and screen dumps show examples of both 2D and 3D technical drawings, and illustrate the software's pull-down menus and large variety of dialogue and message boxes. This essential book provides unrivalled coverage of AutoCAd for Windows suitable for students undertaking BTEC and CGLI engineering courses where CAD is taught. Those in industry who wish to learn how to produce drawings using AutoCAD for Windows will welcome the accessible text and excellent use of drawings.
Networking Essentials
Authors: Michael A. Pastore
Venue:  (1998)

:A guide to the "core requirement" course that all MCSE candidates must pass to become Microsoft Certified Systems Engineers: Networking Essentials. Readers can set their own pace with frequent review questions, hands-on activities, vocabulary checklists, and troubleshooting summaries to measure their improvement. It includes a CD-ROM with hundreds of test questions and quick links to the book's text to explain answers. It is part of the MCSE Rapid Review Study Guides: Core Requirements Collection.
Discover Access 97, 1st edition
Authors: Ricardo Birmele
Venue:  (1997)

:Almost everyone uses Microsoft Word and Excel but not everyone takes the plunge into the powerful database member of the Microsoft Office suite: Access. Discover Access 97 shows you everything you've been missing out on -- from creating your own personal contact database to cobbling together the myriad inventory, sales, and other databases you may be using now. With author and Access whiz Ricardo Birmele to introduce you to this latest version of Access and guide you in developing your own databases, crafting queries that zero in on the information you need, and producing useful, professional-looking reports on demand, Discover Access 97 is the essential guidebook for every Access beginner. Plus, like all the titles in our Discover series, Discover Access 97 features the 6-Point Advantage Color Tear-Out Card -- Key information and shortcuts that get you up to speed fast Discovery Center -- Quick summaries of the chapters' major points collected at the back of the book Real-Life Vignettes -- Winning stories on how real people use technology to improve their lives Visual Index -- Convenient picture maps direct you to the features you're looking for Web Path -- Handy references to feature- or topic-related Web sites Bonus Section -- Added-value tips and timesaving techniques at the end of each chapter
Running an Effective Help Desk, 2nd edition
Authors: Barbara Czegel
Venue:  (1998)

:The thoroughly revised, updated, and expanded Second Edition of the critically acclaimed, first-ever guide to running an effective Help Desk, this book tells you everything you need to know to plan, budget, staff, implement, track, upgrade, and even outsource your organization's Help Desk. Drawing upon her extensive experience as a leading North American expert on Help Desk planning and management, author Barbara Czegel guides you step-by-step through every phase of setting up traditional and Web-related Help Desks for the Internet and an intranet; provides a wealth of practical advice on all technical, management, and human-factor aspects of running an effective Help Desk; and supplies ready-to-use templates in both Word and HTML formats for an array of Help Desk projects. On the companion website you'll find real-life Web-based Help Desk examples, and all the templates from the book in HTML and Word formats.
Windows Shell Programming
Authors: Scott Seely
Venue:  (2000)

From the Book:PREFACE: While writing this book I got a lot of help and encouragement from many people. This whole project started as a result of an interview I went on almost two years ago. While going through my technical evaluation, one interviewer asked me if I had ever done any interesting side projects. Of course I had. I explained an animated icon class I had written that allows an individual to easily put icons into the system tray (the area by the clock on the taskbar) and animate them. The person asked if I read Windows Developers Journal (WDJ) and mentioned that the whole idea might make good article. About four months later, I proposed the idea to Ron Burk at WDJ. He liked the idea, so I wrote the article. By November 1998, I had my first article published. I got a lot of positive feedback on it, which encouraged me to keep writing. Exhilarated by the first article, I wrote a second for WDJ this time on screen savers. While waiting for the article to be published in the March 1999 WDJ, I got an e-mail from Tim Moore at Prentice Hall. He liked the style of the November 1998 article and wondered if I had a desire to write a book. We talked on the phone and I threw the idea of a book on the Windows shell at him. As a result of that conversation, I wrote up a proposal, sent it to Tim, and waited. By March 1999, I had a signed contract and started writing this book. Almost a year later, I finished the darn thing. During the course of this project, I received help from a lot of people. First and foremost, my wife Jean and my son Vince have been unbelievably supportive and helpful throughout the whole project. If they had not taken uptheslack in the household duties, this book would have been impossible to write. I also need to thank my parents and my in-laws for helping out when I needed some extra time to get a chapter done. My grandparents and my sister also helped motivate me when the job seemed to take forever. I received a good deal of help from people outside of my family, as well. Thanks to Andy Skwierawski, Thad Phetteplace, Arjen deKlerk, and Hunter Hudson for reviewing the book. I also want to thank the Microsoft shell development team for answering my questions on the msnews.microsoft.com news server. If you ever need their help, they hang out in the microsoft.public.platformsdk.ui_shell group and will answer most questions quickly. Be careful about flaming the documentation or the product  the tech writers and developers read the group too, and they prefer constructive comments. Most of them do this on their own time, so be happy that they are willing to answer your questions without making you go through Microsoft support. Finally, I want to thank the staff at Prentice Hall for all the effort that they put into developing this book, from the idea stage to the final product. If I did not have the support of this great company, I would not have been able to get this book out. This has been a lot of fun.
Computational geometry
Authors: Joseph S. B. Mitchell, Joseph O'Rourke
Venue: ACM SIGACT News (2001)

A compendium of thirty previously published open problems in computational geometry is presented
'TSUNAGARI' communication: fostering a feeling of connection between family members
Authors: Yoshihiro Itoh, Asami Miyajima, Takumi Watanabe
Venue: CHI '02 extended abstracts on Human factors in computing systems (2002)

Families in Japan increasingly have one or more members living outside of the family household, but many people don't want to lose the bond between family members when they live apart. We have developed a concept called 'Tsunagari' communication aimed at fostering a feeling of connection between people and maintaining their social relationships. A system based on this concept, called the Family Planter system, was also developed for family use. We have field tested this system with family members living apart, and our interviews of users have shown that the users' family relationships tend to be slightly improved by use of this system.
FASE: a software engineering, education, training and professional issues publication
Authors: Donald J. Bagert
Venue: ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes (2001)

FASE (pronounced like "phase"), the Forum for Advancing Software engineering Education, was started in 1991 by members of the software engineering education community in order to have a electronic forum for the dissemination and discussion of events related to software engineering education. The original acronym for FASE was Forum for Academic Software Engineering, but was subsequently changed so that it was more inclusive to industrial and government training issues (which led to a co-editor in that area). In recent years, FASE has also covered a wide variety of professional issues (e.g. licensing, certification, ethics, body of knowledge, and accreditation), which has also led to the addition of yet another co-editor for this area.FASE is an independently-published newsletter, not affiliated with ACM, IEEE-CS or any other organization. As of October 2000, 129 issues have been published. Since August 1997, FASE has been published monthly, and is released on the 15th of each month in ASCII format. FASE has several hundred subscribers in over 50 countries and provinces. There is also a FASE-TALK discussion list.The FASE web page is at http://www.cs.ttu.edu/fase. It contains subscription information, article submission guidelines, and an archive of all FASE issues and FASE-TALK postings to date.The FASE Staff: Thomas B. Hilburn, Academic Editor Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University David Carter, Corporate/Government Editor Independent Consultant Donald J. Bagert, P.E., Professional Issues Editor Texas Tech University Laurie Werth, Advisory Committee Member The University of Texas at Austin Nancy Mead, Advisory Committee Member Software Engineering Institute
C by Example, 1st edition
Authors: Greg M. Perry
Venue:  (1994)

:The newest edition of this revolutionary book-comprehensive coverage with liberal use of program listing call-outs and cross-referencing.Short chapters make for quick progress and easy learningFeatures extensive use of icons, illustrations, and margin notesPresents complex programming logic in easy-to-understand pseudocode resembling simple sentences
A survey in indexing and searching XML documents
Authors: Robert W.P. Luk, H. V. Leong, Tharam S. Dillon, Alvin T.S. Chan, W. Bruce Croft, James Allan
Venue: Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (2002)

XML holds the promise to yield (1) a more precise search by providing additional information in the elements, (2) a better integrated search of documents from heterogeneous sources, (3) a powerful search paradigm using structural as well as content specifications, and (4) data and information exchange to share resources and to support cooperative search. We survey several indexing techniques for XML documents, grouping them into flat-file, semistructured, and structured indexing paradigms. Searching techniques and supporting techniques for searching are reviewed, including full text search and multistage search. Because searching XML documents can be very flexible, various search result presentations are discussed, as well as database and information retrieval system integration and XML query languages. We also survey various retrieval models, examining how they would be used or extended for retrieving XML documents. To conclude the article, we discuss various open issues that XML poses with respect to information retrieval and database research.
Videoconferencing and Videotelephony--Technology and Standards
Authors: Richard Schaphorst
Venue:  (1996)

:Here's a comprehensive description of recent developments in audio and video coding standards, including those applicable to PSTN, N-ISDN, B-ISDN, LAN and mobile networks. It offers you today's most complete summary of video and speech coding techniques, coupled with extensive coverage of standards for communication of multimedia signals, including videophone, video conferencing, and remote access to multimedia databases. Offering a comprehensive and detailed engineering-level treatment of compression techniques and standards, the book addresses the technologies of video and audio compression, data communication protocols, digital TV, digital audio and multimedia. As it breaks new ground in its field, this authoritative volume enables you to:  Better understand the standards for communicating multimedia signals  Master the base technology of video and audio coding  Solve the problem of building marketable multimedia equipment that complies with standards  Determine how you can contribute to the standardization process Featuring nearly 100 illustrations and 20 equations, Videoconferencing & Videotelephony: Technology and Standards is a must for corporate communication managers, manufacturers of multimedia communications equipment, and research managers in the audiovisual area. Graduate-level students will also find the book an important reference.
Lycos Europe: Lycos Europe
Authors: Jens Jonason
Venue: interactions (2002)

Spray Labs is one of three software development organizations within Lycos Europe, a major European network of Web portals. Spray Labs is located in Stockholm, Sweden, and specializes in building communities, mobile services, and games.
Proceedings of the 13th international symposium on System synthesis
Venue: International Symposium on Systems Synthesis (2000)

As the accelerated progress of electronic technology pushes the integration of more and more complex systems on a single chip, and promotes the combination of sophisticated hardware and software components to achieve very high levels of performance at decreasing costs, system designers are permanently committed to devising new ways of merging automation and abstraction techniques to deal with this complexity, and obtain competitive designs in shorter times. In this challenging scenario the International Symposium on System Synthesis has been serving, during the last fifteen years, as a forum of reference for discussion of the latest developments in system level design methodologies and tools.Having begun as the High-Level Synthesis Workshop in 1984, ISSS has reached maturity by continually promoting the interaction between academic and industrial agents, and widening its scope to include emerging topics in system design. ISSS 2000, the 13th edition of this successful series of symposia, includes the following topics: System-level synthesis Hardware-software co-design Programmable (multi-) processor-based design and synthesis System design experience and methodologies Embedded and real-time system software High-level and architectural synthesis Synthesis for low power, testability and verifiability in the above areas This year we have received 61 paper submissions coming from 19 different countries, which consolidates the tradition of ISSS as a truly international event. All the submission and review processes were fully electronic. Based on the result of the first round of the review process, where each paper was sent to at least five independent reviewers, a first selection of "clearly accepted" and "clearly rejected" papers was made. All the remaining papers were further debated in two subsequent rounds until a consensus on the selection of 18 high quality papers was finally reached. Also based on quality criteria the Program Committee decided to include six additional papers as short presentations.ISSS 2000 also features three special sessions with invited talks that have been organized by leading experts from academia (Giovanni De Micheli, Donatella Sciuto) and industry (Don MacMillen). In addition, two embedded tutorials organized by Peter Marwedel and Mateo Valero, and a panel session on the trends and achievements in system level design, have been programmed.
Exam Cram Photoshop 5: Adobe Ceretified Expert
Authors: Mike Cuenca
Venue:  (1998)

:Are you looking for the most efficient and reliable way to study for the Adobe Photoshop 5 Product Proficiency exam? Then read Adobe Photoshop 5 Exam Cram, and you'll be on the road to certification success. Specially designed and written to help you pass the Adobe Photoshop 5 Product Proficiency(Exam 9AO-006)Features special sections on proven test-taking strategies, warnings on trick questions, and time-saving study tips.Provides practice exams with special questions designed to prepare you to take the exam.Bonus: Provides a special Cram Sheet with tips and memory joggers you can use to take the certification exam. In This Book You'll Learn How To: Install and configure Photoshop 5Calibrate your systemUse the new History paletteDetermine the optimum scanning resolution for imagesMake selections with the new Magnetic Lasso toolUse LevelsUse CurvesUse Pen tools to create precise pathsIdentify different Blending modesUse the new Type layerApply Layer effectsCreate and edit Alpha channelsAutomate your workPass the Photoshop 5 exam
Type Management, 1st edition
Authors: Robin B. McAllister
Venue:  (1996)

:This book explores type and how it has evolved from the traditional typesetting function to being managed on the desktop. It offers the student valuable information on today's type standards of Truetype and PostScript, how to correctly use and manage fonts, and what to expect from the printed document. 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
Virtua Fighter 3tb: Official Strategy Guide
Authors: Brady Games
Venue:  (1999)

:Continuing in the same direction as the very popular Virtua Fighter 3 arcade game, Virtua Fighter 3tb has the same characters, combo moves, and backgrounds fans know and love. The great variety of gameplay options range from single-player practice to two-player tournament battle mode in up to 13 3D environments. Running at 60 frames per second, Virtua Fighter 3tb allows all six characters to have natural movements and characteristics, while transitioning smoothly between tournaments.
Official NetScape Navigator 4.0 Book-Windows, 10th edition
Authors: Phil James
Venue:  (1997)

:Communicator is the first suite to integrate key intranet and Internet communications services into a single, smart interface. From simple e-mail to workgroup collaboration - do it all with Communicator! Master browsing and more, subscribe to Netcaster, enhance your e-mail communications, share information and ideas, and design multimedia Web documents.
Java & XML
Authors: Brett McLaughlin
Venue:  (2001)

This second edition of Java & XML adds chapters on Advanced SAX and Advanced DOM, new chapters on SOAP and data binding, and new examples throughout. A concise chapter on XML basics introduces concepts, and the rest of the book focuses on using XML from your Java applications. Java developers who need to work with XML, or think that they will in the future--as well as developers involved in the new peer-to-peer movement, messaging, or web services--will find the new Java & XML a constant companion.