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21. |  Changing how you manage and communicate change By: Naomi Karten Publisher: IT Governance Ltd Publication Date: 31-MAR-2009 Insert Date: 13-JUN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Changing how you manage and communicate change
Order today and transform the way you manage and communicate change in your business!
How has your organisation changed recently? How did the people in it or associated with it react? Was it in exactly the same way? Do you have more changes coming up?
People's reactions vary depending on a number of factors, including personality types, misconceptions, their personal circumstances and the influences of their work and life experiences. This new book will enable you to recognise and accept these differences, and even harness them for the benefit of the business.
'Changing...
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22. |  IT Induction and Information Security Awareness By: Valerie Maddock Publisher: IT Governance Ltd Publication Date: 09-FEB-2010 Insert Date: 13-JUN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: IT Induction and Information Security Awareness
The only guide on the market to cover IT Induction and Information Security Awareness!
Where your information security is concerned, prevention is better than cure.
If you want to tackle the problem of information security, you cannot rely on the help of technology alone. Information security breaches tend to occur as a result of human, as well as technological, failings. However, the human factor usually receives far less attention.
Training
Computer systems are complex, so people who work with them often need to be trained in how to use...
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23. |  By: Alan Calder Publisher: IT Governance Ltd Publication Date: 01-MAY-2007 Insert Date: 13-JUN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: IT Governance: A Pocket Guide
An Introduction to IT Governance
If you are unsure what IT governance is, or how it is relevant to your business, this pocket guide is for you. It outlines the key drivers for IT governance in the modern global economy, with particular reference to corporate governance requirements and the need for companies to protect their information assets.
IT Governance for "Non-geeks"
The guide examines the role of IT governance in the management of strategic and operational risk. It also looks at the most important considerations when setting up an IT governance framework, and introduces...
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24. |  ISO27001 Assessments Without Tears By: Steve G. Watkins Publisher: IT Governance Ltd Publication Date: 07-MAR-2007 Insert Date: 13-JUN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: ISO27001 Assessments Without Tears
The audit process can be a daunting one as an auditor can direct questions at any employee within your organisation. Written in a clear plain style, this pocket guide offers a tried and tested briefing, and should be issued to staff in advance of the audit to help them prepare for the experience and be well equipped to answer questions when asked.
This pocket book explains what an ISO 27001 assessment is, why organisations bother with them, and what individual staff should do and, perhaps as importantly, not do if an auditor chooses to question them.
The book covers:
What an...
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25. |  Atlassian Confluence 5 Essentials By: Stefan Kohler; Publisher: Packt Publishing Publication Date: 10-JUN-2013 Insert Date: 13-JUN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Atlassian Confluence 5 Essentials
Learn how to install, configure, and manage Atlassian Confluence 5 to build an enterprise-grade collaboration platform
Create and manage project documentation with Confluence
Share and collaborate on documentation between departments and teams
Install, configure, manage, and extend Confluence
In Detail
Every idea, concept, and project needs documentation, which is traditionally kept in a variety of documents on different devices. Confluence 5 centralizes that documentation and provides it in one single location, available from almost any device and location.
Atlassian...
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26. |  IT Governance: Guidelines for Directors By: Alan Calder Publisher: IT Governance Ltd Publication Date: 28-APR-2005 Insert Date: 13-JUN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: IT Governance: Guidelines for Directors
"A director's guide to IT governance
This book is an essential read for those sitting on the board of any organisation that
wants to secure its information, its intellectual property and its competitive advantage.
Written for a non-technical, commercially-minded audience, this book offers a comprehensive
introduction to the critical subject of IT governance.
Why is IT governance important?
Your business will stand or fall on the quality of its IT governance. Information technology can enable you to improve your operations and cut costs. And by changing the way you deal with your...
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27. |  Agile: An Executive Guide - Real results from IT budgets By: Jamie Lynn Cooke Publisher: IT Governance Ltd Publication Date: 12-MAY-2011 Insert Date: 13-JUN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Agile: An Executive Guide - Real results from IT budgets
A summary of the challenges facing today's IT project manager
Discussions on project management forums highlight many of the challenges facing a project manager during the course of a project. Unclear requirements, scope creep and undefined roles are well-trodden issues that can derail a project. Other challenges are less obvious, often more subtle, but equally destructive.
Facing up to the challenges
This book offers a focused and concise summary of 50 challenges facing today's IT project manager. The authors draw on years of practical experience (rather than classroom theory) to...
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28. |  By: Li Wenbo; Publisher: Packt Publishing Publication Date: 12-JUN-2013 Insert Date: 13-JUN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Opa Application Development
A rapid and secure web development framework to develop web applications in Opa
Discover the Opa framework in a progressive and structured way
Build secure, powerful web applications with Opa.
Create three complete web application demos with Opa.
In Detail
Opa is a full-stack Open Source web development framework for JavaScript that lets you write secure and scalable web applications. It generates standard Node.js/MongoDB applications, natively supports HTML5 and CSS and automates many aspects of modern web application programming. It handles all aspects of web...
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29. |  By: Harlan Harris; Sean Murphy; Marck Vaisman Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Publication Date: 14-JUN-2013 Insert Date: 13-JUN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Analyzing the Analyzers There has been intense excitement in recent years around activities labeled "data science," "big data," and "analytics." However, the lack of clarity around these terms and, particularly, around the skill sets and capabilities of their practitioners has led to inefficient communication between "data scientists" and the organizations requiring their services. This lack of clarity has frequently led to missed opportunities. To address this issue, we surveyed several hundred practitioners via the Web to explore the varieties of skills, experiences, and viewpoints in the emerging data science...
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30. |  By: Tao Liu Publisher: Microsoft Press Publication Date: 18-JUN-2013 Insert Date: 13-JUN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: F# for C# Developers Extend your C# skills to F#—and create analytical, data-rich computational and parallel software components faster. Topics include F# for OOP, functional, and imperative programming; F# and C# data structures; design patterns; real-world apps....
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31. |  By: Jamie Lynn Cooke Publisher: IT Governance Ltd Publication Date: 27-JUL-2010 Insert Date: 13-JUN-2013 Slots: 1.0 |
Agile Principles Unleashed: Proven approaches for achieving real productivity gains in any organisation
An essential tool for anyone whose job it is to deliver high-quality results on time and to budget!
In today's challenging economic climate, organisations faced with limited budgets and frozen staffing levels need proven, common-sense approaches to maximise their productivity. Agile approaches are business practices with a proven track record for helping organisations achieve greater efficiency, higher-quality outputs and increased customer satisfaction. They enable...
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32. |  IT Governance: Implementing Frameworks and Standards for the Corporate Governance of IT By: Alan Calder Publisher: IT Governance Ltd Publication Date: 13-MAR-2009 Insert Date: 13-JUN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: IT Governance: Implementing Frameworks and Standards for the Corporate Governance of IT
Use an IT Governance strategy to reduce risk
An Introduction for Directors and IT professionals
The modern organisation is increasingly working within the context of corporate governance.
The subject dictates their day-to-day and strategic activities, especially corporate
information asset risk management and investment, and the ICT infrastructure within which those information assets are collected, manipulated, stored and deployed.
But what is corporate governance, and why is it important to the IT professional? Why is IT governance important to the company director, and what do...
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33. |  IT Governance to Drive High Performance By: Robert Kress Publisher: IT Governance Ltd Publication Date: 09-MAR-2010 Insert Date: 13-JUN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: IT Governance to Drive High Performance
This book will show you the state-of-the-art IT governance model that was developed by the largest consulting firm in the world!
This pocket guide provides you with an insider's detailed description of Accenture's IT governance policy and details its governance structure. It will show how effective IT governance links IT strategy and IT decisions to Accenture's business strategy and business priorities.
Following the best practices approach set out in this pocket guide will serve as an excellent starting point for any organisation with ambitions to achieve high...
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34. |  HTML5 Game Programming with enchant.js By: Brandon McInnis; Ryo Shimizu; Hidekazu Furukawa; Ryohei Fushimi; Ryo Tanaka; Kevin Kratzer Publisher: Apress Publication Date: 31-MAY-2013 Insert Date: 13-JUN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: HTML5 Game Programming with enchant.js
HTML5 Game Programming with enchant.js gives first-time programmers of all ages the tools to turn their video game ideas into reality. A step-by-step guide to the free, open-source HTML5 and JavaScript engine enchant.js, it is ideally suited for game fans who have always wanted to make their own game but didn't know how. It begins with the foundations of game programming and goes on to introduce advanced topics like 3D.
We live in an age where smartphones and tablets have made games more ubiquitous than ever. Based around HTML5, enchant.js is ideally suited for aspiring game programmers...
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35. |  By: Ryan Stephens; Ronald Plew; Arie Jones Publisher: Pearson France Publication Date: 23-APR-2013 Insert Date: 13-JUN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: SQL, 5e édition
Ce livre, qui offre une initiation efficace et globale à la norme SQL (Structured Query Language), vous permettra de construire de puissantes bases de données relationnelles.
Très pédagogique, il vous apprendra notamment à :
extraire, trier et regrouper les données
créer et gérer des objets dans un SGBD (système de gestion de bases de données)
définir les structures des données
sécuriser les actions par l'utilisation de transactions
concevoir des requêtes élaborées
gérer les utilisateurs et améliorer les performances
Cette nouvelle édition prend en compte les...
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36. |  HTML5 iPhone Web Application Development By: Alvin Crespo; Publisher: Packt Publishing Publication Date: 24-MAY-2013 Insert Date: 13-JUN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: HTML5 iPhone Web Application Development
An introduction to web application development for mobile within the iOS Safari browser
Simple and complex problems will be covered with examples and resources that backup the approach and technique.
Real world solutions that are broken down for multiple target audiences; from beginner developers to technical architects.
Learn to build true web applications using the latest industry standards for iOS Safari.
In Detail
Create compelling web applications specifically tailored for distribution on iOS Safari. Work through real world examples with references, and in-depth...
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37. |  Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 Cookbook By: Ian Grieve; Mark Polino Publisher: Packt Publishing Publication Date: 03-JUN-2013 Insert Date: 13-JUN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 Cookbook
Over 110 immediately usable and effective recipes to solve real-world Dynamics GP problems
Understand the various tips and tricks to master Dynamics GP, and improve your system's stability in order to enable you to get work done faster
Discover how to solve real world problems in Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 with easy-to-understand and practical recipes
Access proven and effective Dynamics GP techniques from authors with vast and rich experience in Dynamics GP
In Detail
Microsoft Dynamics GP is an enterprise resource planning system, essentially an accounting system on...
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38. | 
Instant Apache Hive Essentials How-to By: Darren Lee; Publisher: Packt Publishing Publication Date: 03-JUN-2013 Insert Date: 13-JUN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Instant Apache Hive Essentials How-to
Leverage your knowledge of SQL to easily write distributed data processing applications on Hadoop using Apache Hive
Learn something new in an Instant! A short, fast, focused guide delivering immediate results
Learn to use SQL to write Hadoop jobs
Add support for data to Hive in your own file formats
Understand how the Hive query processor works to optimize common queries
In Detail
Hadoop provides a robust framework for building distributed applications, but working directly with Hadoop requires writing a lot of code. Adding structure to data and using a higher-level...
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39. |  Liferay Portal Performance Best Practices By: Samir Bhatt; Publisher: Packt Publishing Publication Date: 10-JUN-2013 Insert Date: 13-JUN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Liferay Portal Performance Best Practices
A practical tutorial to learn the best practices for building high performing Liferay-based solutions
Learn best practices for architecting high performing Liferay- based solutions
Practices for configuring a load balancer and cluster of Liferay portal
Find outKnow how to perform load testing and performance tuning activity for Liferay- based solutions
In Detail
Liferay portal is thea leading horizontal portal product available oin the market. It wais named lLeader in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Horizontal Portals. Because of the flexibility offered by Liferay Portal...
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40. |  Drupal for Education and E-Learning - Second Edition By: James R. Robertson ; Bill Fitzgerald Publisher: Packt Publishing Publication Date: 11-JUN-2013 Insert Date: 13-JUN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Drupal for Education and E-Learning - Second Edition
Create web-based, content-rich tools for teaching and learning
Create a powerful tool for communication among teachers, students, and the community with minimal programming knowledge
Produce blogs, online discussions, groups and a media hosting platform using Drupal
Step-by-step instructions in a teacher-friendly approach; creating your classroom website will be an enjoyable task
In Detail
As social networks become more popular, their role in the classroom has come under scrutiny. Drupal offers a wide variety of useful tools for educators. Within a single Drupal site,...
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