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61. |  Greening the Data Center: A Pocket Guide By: George Spafford Publisher: IT Governance Ltd Publication Date: 02-APR-2009 Insert Date: 11-JUN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Greening the Data Center: A Pocket Guide
Save the planet, and save money too!
The information economy depends on the old energy economy. Without the electricity that powers computer and communications systems, no IT business could function. Moreover, computers use a lot of electricity. Much of the world's electricity is generated in coal- or gas-fired power stations. So the more electricity computers use, the bigger their carbon footprint.
Forward planning
Information is vital to how you understand your customers and increase your sales. Almost certainly, this information will be stored and updated...
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62. |  Tools for Mobile Multimedia Programming and Development By: D. Tjondronegoro Publisher: IGI Global Publication Date: 31-MAY-2013 Insert Date: 11-JUN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Tools for Mobile Multimedia Programming and Development Mobile devices are rapidly developing into the primary technology for users to work, socialize, and play in a variety of settings and contexts. Their pervasiveness has provided researchers with the means to investigate innovative solutions to ever more complex user demands. Tools for Mobile Multimedia Programming and Development investigates the use of mobile platforms for research projects, focusing on the development, testing, and evaluation of prototypes rather than final products, which enables researchers to better understand the needs of users through image processing, object...
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63. |  Information Security Risk Management for ISO27001/ISO27002 By: Alan Calder; Steve Watkins Publisher: IT Governance Ltd Publication Date: 27-APR-2010 Insert Date: 11-JUN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Information Security Risk Management for ISO27001/ISO27002
Plan and carry out a risk assessment to protect your business information.
In the knowledge economy, organisations have to be able to protect their information assets. Information security management has, therefore, become a critical corporate discipline. The international code of practice for an information security management system (ISMS) is ISO27002.
As the code of practice explains, information security management enables organisations to 'ensure business continuity, minimise business risk, and maximise return on investments and business opportunities'.
Information...
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64. |  IT Asset Management: A Pocket Survival Guide By: Martyn Hobbs Publisher: IT Governance Ltd Publication Date: 04-AUG-2011 Insert Date: 11-JUN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: IT Asset Management: A Pocket Survival Guide
"Implement Asset Management and reap the rewards!
IT Asset Management (ITAM) is the set of business practices that join financial, contractual and inventory functions to support life cycle management for elements found in the business environment, namely software and hardware.
Build your hardware asset listing first
Software is one of the most critical elements of information and communications technologies and most organisations have huge investments in software, whether internally developed or external procured. However, with a major objective of IT Asset Management usually being...
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65. |  Risk Assessment for Asset Owners By: Alan Calder; Steve Watkins Publisher: IT Governance Ltd Publication Date: 01-MAY-2007 Insert Date: 11-JUN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Risk Assessment for Asset Owners
"Understand ISO 38500: the standard for the corporate governance of IT
ISO/IEC38500 is the international standard for the corporate governance of information and communication technology. The purpose of the standard is to create a framework to ensure that the Board is appropriately involved in the governance of the organisation's IT. The standard sets out guiding principles for directors on how to ensure the effective, efficient and acceptable use of IT within their company.
This useful pocket guide provides an account of the scope and objectives of the standard. It outlines the...
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66. |  Enterprise Architecture: A Pocket Guide By: Tom Graves Publisher: IT Governance Ltd Publication Date: 16-JUN-2009 Insert Date: 11-JUN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Enterprise Architecture: A Pocket Guide
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Enterprise architecture makes a vital contribution to the running of a large organisation. It was originally developed in order to manage a rapid growth in the cost and complexity of IT systems, using knowledge gained from software structure and design. For this reason, enterprise architecture is often thought of as a component of IT governance. However, the discipline has evolved and extended its scope. Enterprise architecture is now about structuring business capabilities and processes in order to support your long-term business strategy. Effective application of enterprise architecture...
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67. |  The Data Governance Imperative By: Steve Sarsfield Publisher: IT Governance Ltd Publication Date: 23-APR-2009 Insert Date: 11-JUN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Data Governance Imperative
"Take control of your data for a more intelligent, responsive business
Proactive management of your corporate information has never been more important. Data governance isn't a challenge solely for the IT team - it's every inch a business issue.
Seamless processes and a personal commitment to clean data give you the ability to generate accurate business intelligence and financial reports, and gain an instant snap shot of the health of your business. Most importantly, they also help you run a more intelligent, agile, fast-moving business than your competitors.
The Data Governance...
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68. |  By: Sarah Cook Publisher: IT Governance Ltd Publication Date: 24-FEB-2009 Insert Date: 11-JUN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Leading for Success
Every business, especially in today's troubled economic climate, has to adapt to change. And the IT department of a business will always find itself at the cutting edge of such changes.
Change requires leadership. Impressive technical and administrative skills are not enough, and people in IT departments are now increasingly expected to use their soft skills as well.
IT is no longer merely a back-office function. People in IT are now being called on to drive through improvements in the wider operations of their business. Both as agents and enablers of change, IT professionals need...
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69. |  Practical IT Service Management: A Concise Guide for Busy Executives By: Thejendra BS Publisher: IT Governance Ltd Publication Date: 18-MAR-2008 Insert Date: 11-JUN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Practical IT Service Management: A Concise Guide for Busy Executives
What do you have to do to make sure that IT headaches will not jeopardise your business?
Today, your IT system is no longer an optional extra. Instead, it is integral to how you demonstrate your core competences.
A stitch in time saves nine...
Getting to grips with IT service management is crucial for managers as well as for technical specialists.
It is not enough for the manager of an IT department to have an up-to-date knowledge of the latest technical developments. If you want your company to succeed, everyone in the IT department must also understand how...
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70. |  Computer Forensics: A Pocket Guide By: Dr. Nathan Clarke Publisher: IT Governance Ltd Publication Date: 06-APR-2010 Insert Date: 11-JUN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Computer Forensics: A Pocket Guide
How would your organisation cope with a cyber attack? Pinpoint and close vulnerabilities using effective computer forensics!
The primary purpose of computer forensics is to enable organisations to pinpoint where the malware has infected their computer systems and which files have been infected, so that they can close the vulnerability. More and more organisations have realised that they need to acquire a forensic capability to ensure they are ready to cope with an information security incident.
This pocket guide illustrates the technical complexities involved in computer forensics,...
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71. |  IT Regulatory Compliance in the UK By: Alan Calder Publisher: IT Governance Ltd Publication Date: 01-MAY-2007 Insert Date: 11-JUN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: IT Regulatory Compliance in the UK
In today's computer-driven world, every modern business depends on its information technology. This means that IT systems have to be protected and regulated. If you run a company that is based in or has a presence in Britain, you need to be familiar with the UK laws and standards that relate to IT governance.
This pocket guide provides you with a concise and accessible guide to the relevant UK legislation, including the Data Protection Act 1998, the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000. It explains the importance of...
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72. |  Agile SAP: Introducing flexibility, transparency and speed to SAP implementations By: Sean Robson Publisher: IT Governance Ltd Publication Date: 24-JAN-2013 Insert Date: 11-JUN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Agile SAP: Introducing flexibility, transparency and speed to SAP implementations
"Invaluable practical advice
Many SAP projects use waterfall methodologies, but these often run into budgeting and scheduling problems. In this unique book, Sean Robson presents ways of improving SAP implementations and offers practical advice on the most effective way to see a project through from beginning to end. Basing his strategies on the twelve principles of the Agile Manifesto, and drawing on his vast experience, he particularly focuses on the use of Scrum and Kanban and their suitability for certain types of projects, enabling you to select the most appropriate method for the task...
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73. |  Measuring your IT: Identifying the metrics that matter By: John Stewart Publisher: IT Governance Ltd Publication Date: 15-NOV-2012 Insert Date: 11-JUN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Measuring your IT: Identifying the metrics that matter
"Does your IT measure up? How would you know? This pocket guide tells you how...
Regardless of whether you are client or provider, if you want to understand, assess or improve your IT, you first need to measure it.
But what do you measure? How and when do you take those measurements? Who does the measuring? And what do you do with the measurements once you've taken them?
Getting the measure of IT measurement
This pocket guide brings together client and provider perspectives on IT and outlines a set of common measures that both sides can relate to. It seeks to emphasise the...
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74. |  No One of Us is as Strong as All of Us: Services, catalogs and portfolios By: Dan McLean Publisher: IT Governance Ltd Publication Date: 23-AUG-2012 Insert Date: 11-JUN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: No One of Us is as Strong as All of Us: Services, catalogs and portfolios
Stories in transforming ITIL® best practice into operational success – the second book of the series has arrived!
Fresh from tackling incidents, changes and problems in The ITSM Iron Triangle, Chris is back in this fantastic follow-up title.
High-performing IT organizations
High-performing IT organizations know success is more dependent on transforming behaviors than on the state of their technology. They've learned how to change behaviors as effectively as they change technology.
Your success depends on mastering the toughest task in business – transforming people's...
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75. |  Penetration Testing: Protecting Networks and Systems By: Kevin M. Henry Publisher: IT Governance Ltd Publication Date: 21-JUN-2012 Insert Date: 11-JUN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Penetration Testing: Protecting Networks and Systems
"Preparation for the Certified Penetration Testing Engineer (CPTE) examination
Penetration testing is the simulation of an unethical attack of a computer system or other facility to prove how vulnerable that system would be in the event of a real attack. The Certified Penetration Testing Engineer (CPTE) examination provides a widely recognized certification for penetration testers.
The fundamentals of penetration testing
This book is a preparation guide for the CPTE examination, yet is also a general reference for experienced penetration testers, ethical hackers, auditors,...
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76. |  Cloud Computing: Assessing the Risks By: Jared Carstensen; JP Morgenthal; Bernard Golden Publisher: IT Governance Ltd Publication Date: 17-APR-2012 Insert Date: 11-JUN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Cloud Computing: Assessing the Risks
Do you trust the Cloud? Should you trust the Cloud?
'Cloud Computing' are the words on everyone's lips – it's the latest technology, the way forward. But how safe is it? Is it reliable? How secure will your information be?
Questions ...
Cloud Computing: Assessing the risks answers these questions and many more. Using jargon-free language and relevant examples, analogies and diagrams, it is an up-to-date, clear and comprehensive guide the security, governance, risk, and compliance elements of Cloud Computing.
Written by three internationally renowned experts, this book...
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77. |  Everything you want to know about Agile By: Jamie Lynn Cooke Publisher: IT Governance Ltd Publication Date: 04-APR-2012 Insert Date: 11-JUN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Everything you want to know about Agile
Deliver exceptional results from your IT department using Agile approaches. This book will show you how.
The bottom line:
Everything you want to know about Agile comprehensively addresses the issues that IT departments face when they try to implement Agile approaches within the constraints of their traditional organizations, including existing project frameworks, budgeting structures, contracts and corporate reporting. It is an essential resource for IT departments that want to deliver successful Agile results, even in the most challenging environments.
Making Agile...
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78. |  ISO/IEC 20000: An Introduction to the global standard for service management, Second Edition By: David Clifford Publisher: IT Governance Ltd Publication Date: 01-NOV-2011 Insert Date: 11-JUN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: ISO/IEC 20000: An Introduction to the global standard for service management, Second Edition
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A newly revised, up-to-date pocket guide to show you how to manage your IT services more effectively.
Whatever your business, your capacity to supply products and services to your customers depends on your IT. Yet, all too often, companies and government departments fail to take effective control of their IT systems. Instead, organisations rely on a confused mish-mash of different technologies and ad hoc working practices.
The solution: an ITSMS
To avoid this fate, your organisation needs to adopt an IT Service Management System (ITSMS). Employing an ITSMS will enable...
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79. |  Software Life Cycle Management Standards By: David Wright Publisher: IT Governance Ltd Publication Date: 26-JUL-2011 Insert Date: 11-JUN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Software Life Cycle Management Standards
Software Life Cycle Management Standards - Real-world scenarios and solutions for savings
Follow the ISO/IEC 19770 road and watch your profits grow.
The advent of ISO/IEC 19770 is a leap forward for all who have an interest in the software life cycle, from designer to consumer. In five parts, three of which are still under development, the Standard defines best practice for all aspects of software asset management and introduces SWID (software identification) tags and SWEID (software licensing entitlement) tags.
Software Publishers - your route to financial...
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80. |  Breaking the Addiction to Process: An Introduction to Agile Project Management By: Elizabeth Scanlon Thomas Publisher: IT Governance Ltd Publication Date: 05-APR-2011 Insert Date: 11-JUN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Breaking the Addiction to Process: An Introduction to Agile Project Management
"A clear, practical guide to Agile development methods. Transform your working practices and save time and money!
We live and work in an age in which clients' needs are changing rapidly. Deadlines are shortening and existing development methodologies are relatively inflexible. Projects undertaken using these systems are coming up against increasing difficulties. Modern processes need to be fast-moving and adaptable to cope with the pace of business today.
Revolutionise your working practices with Agile
Agile development methods offer greater flexibility than traditional methods....
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