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1. |  By: Daniel Williams; Publisher: Packt Publishing Publication Date: 13-JUN-2013 Insert Date: 17-JUN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Corona SDK Application Design
A quick and easy guide to creating your very own mobile apps with Corona
SDK
Build apps that can be used on multiple platforms
Test your apps and publish them on GooglePlay and Apple’s App store
Develop your own apps with the help of interactive examples
In Detail
Corona SDK is a software development kit, which allows programmers to build mobile applications on iOS and Android devices. It is used by developers to build, both business and gaming apps at record speeds.
"Corona SDK Application Design" will show you the power behind Corona SDK and how to make best use of...
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Instant Yii 1.1 Application Development Starter By:Â Jacob Mumm; Mark Safronov Publisher:Â Packt Publishing Publication Date:Â 05-JUN-2013 Insert Date:Â 17-JUN-2013 Slots:Â 1.0 | Overview: Instant Yii 1.1 Application Development Starter
Get started with building attractive PHP web applications with the Yii framework
Learn something new in an Instant! A short, fast, focused guide delivering immediate results
Set up your development environment and plan your application
Use Yii's automatic code generators to scaffold routes, forms, and list views
Learn about some of the most popular extensions that add functionality to your application
In Detail
PHP is one of the most popular languages for building web sites and applications. While the Yii framework came a little bit later to the PHP scene, it has...
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3. |  By: Mark Lutz Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Publication Date: 24-JUN-2013 Insert Date: 17-JUN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Learning Python, 5th Edition Get a comprehensive, in-depth introduction to the core Python language with this hands-on book. Based on author Mark Lutz’s popular training course, this updated fifth edition will help you quickly write efficient, high-quality code with Python. It’s an ideal way to begin, whether you’re new to programming or a professional developer versed in other languages....
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4. |  Project Governance: The Essentials By: Rod Beecham Publisher: IT Governance Ltd Publication Date: 07-APR-2011 Insert Date: 17-JUN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Project Governance: The Essentials
Developing IT project managers - the only way.
In line with the course objectives of the ISEB Foundation Certificate in IS Project Management, the book explains the principles of IT-related project management, including project planning, monitoring and control, change management, risk management and communication between project stakeholders.
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For a step-by-step guide, IT Project Management: 30 steps to success
Project Management for IT Related Projects, is the only textbook tailored specifically to match the ISEB syllabus - so you can be...
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5. | Rough Cuts  By: Simon St. Laurent; J. David Eisenberg Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Publication Date: 15-DEC-2013 Insert Date: 15-JUN-2013 | Overview: Introducing Elixir Elixir is smooth, powerful, and small, an excellent place for newcomers to learn about functional programming. Elixir combines the robust functional programming of Erlang with an approach that looks more like Ruby. Going well beyond simplifying some of Erlang's odder corners, Elixir reaches toward metaprogramming with poweful macro features....
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6. | Rough Cuts  By: Neil Middleton; Richard Schneeman Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Publication Date: 15-AUG-2013 Insert Date: 15-JUN-2013 | Overview: Heroku: Up and Running Build, deploy, and manage applications in the cloud with Heroku, one of the first PaaS platforms to offer sophisticated hosting and development services. You’ll learn how to use Heroku’s Cedar runtime stack, a polyglot platform with native support for several languages and frameworks....
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7. |  Getting Started with Amazon Redshift By: Stefan Bauer; Publisher: Packt Publishing Publication Date: 14-JUN-2013 Insert Date: 15-JUN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Getting Started with Amazon Redshift
Enter the exciting world of Amazon Redshift for big data, cloud computing, and scalable Data Warehousing
Step-by-step instructions to create and manage your Redshift cluster
Understand the technology behind the database engine, as you learn about compression, block level storage, and column stores
Learn the implementation and database design considerations you will need to understand to successfully implement your own Amazon Redshift cluster
In Detail
Amazon Redshift is a fast, fully managed, petabyte-scale data warehouse service. It provides an excellent approach to...
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8. | Rough Cuts  VCP5-Cloud Official Cert Guide: VMware Certified Professional - Cloud By: Tom Ralph; Nathan Raper Publisher: VMware Press Publication Date: 08-APR-2014 Insert Date: 15-JUN-2013 | Overview: VCP5-Cloud Official Cert Guide: VMware Certified Professional - Cloud  The Official VCP-Cloud Cert
Guide is a key component to studying for the certification on
VMware vCloud Suite. With more than 200,000 VCPs currently in the
marketplace, and VMware’s vCloud Director suite becoming the
standard for private and hybrid cloud deployments, this guide will
assist existing VCPs secure their VCP-Cloud certification, as well
as assist new administrators interested in procuring the
certification on vCloud Director....
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9. | Rough Cuts  By: Stephen Wendel Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Publication Date: 15-JAN-2014 Insert Date: 14-JUN-2013 | Overview: Designing for Behavior Change This book provides step-by-step instruction for designers and product managers in Behavioral Design: the use of behavioral economics and psychology within products to help people change their daily routines and behavior.
The problem that many designers and product managers face is how to put their new knowledge of psychology to work in an actual product, especially when the behavioral goals of that product extend beyond having the user click on a particular link. Instead of another list of cognitive biases or another model of behavior, they need practical guidance. This book fills that gap:...
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10. |  Illustrating PRINCE2 - Project Management in Real Terms By: Susan Tuttle Publisher: IT Governance Ltd Publication Date: 10-JAN-2012 Insert Date: 14-JUN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Illustrating PRINCE2 - Project Management in Real Terms
Enjoy effective and profitable projects with PRINCE2®
PRINCE2® is a versatile project management method that can be tailored to any project, of any size, in any environment, by any company. It is widely recognized and extensively used. This book will show you how PRINCE2® will enable you to obtain the best possible results from all your projects.
Step by step …
Written by an experienced practitioner and trainer, this step-by-step guide breaks down the PRINCE2® methodology into bite-size chunks, giving clear explanations and practical illustrations in each section. It...
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11. |  The Chief Information Security Officer: Insights, tools and survival skills By: Barry Kouns; Jake Kouns Publisher: IT Governance Ltd Publication Date: 05-MAY-2011 Insert Date: 14-JUN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Chief Information Security Officer: Insights, tools and survival skills
The Chief Information Security Officer: Insights, tools and survival skills
Discover the skills you need to be a successful CISO in today's changing world
The role of the Chief Information Security Officer has evolved enormously in recent years in response to security threats and a challenging business environment. Instead of being primarily a master technician, today's CISO has to be a trusted advisor to senior management.
The Changing Role of the Information Security Officer
The CISO has overall...
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12. |  By: Jamie Lynn Cooke Publisher: IT Governance Ltd Publication Date: 16-SEP-2010 Insert Date: 14-JUN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Agile Productivity Unleashed
In today's challenging economic climate, organizations faced with limited budgets and frozen staffing levels need proven, common-sense approaches to maximize their productivity. Agile approaches are business practices with a proven track record for helping organizations achieve greater efficiency, higher-quality outputs and increased customer satisfaction. They enable organizations to avoid the trappings of extensive up-front planning and up-front budget commitments by encouraging staff to regularly produce high-value business outputs; and by basing ongoing financial and resource...
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13. |  By: Patrick Niemeyer; Daniel Leuck Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Publication Date: 25-JUN-2013 Insert Date: 14-JUN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Learning Java, 4th Edition If you’re new to Java, the fourth edition of this bestselling guide provides an example-driven introduction to the latest language features and APIs in Java 6 and 7. Advanced Java developers will be able to take a deep dive into areas such as concurrency and JVM enhancements....
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14. |  The Quantum Age of IT: Why everything you know about IT is about to change By: Charles Araujo Publisher: IT Governance Ltd Publication Date: 29-NOV-2012 Insert Date: 13-JUN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Quantum Age of IT: Why everything you know about IT is about to change
The guide to modern IT
'IT as we know it is dead.'
Forces are at work that are reshaping the very fabric of the IT organisation. Driven by our own history, changing perceptions of how technology should work and newfound, but very real, competition, IT organisations are struggling to evolve – but into what?
Keep your IT ahead of the competition
In The Quantum Age of IT, Charles Araujo examines what has led us to this point and what it means to the future of IT organisations. With a broad perspective on the fundamental changes affecting the industry, he offers practical guidance...
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15. |  By: George Spafford Publisher: IT Governance Ltd Publication Date: 11-DEC-2008 Insert Date: 13-JUN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Governance of Green IT
Do you know what your IT systems cost your business in electricity?
Organisations are not always aware of how much of their electricity bill goes on data storage. This is because the amount of money they are spending on the electricity for IT systems is often hidden inside the bigger electricity bill. Many businesses have already been confronted with the heavy operational costs associated with increased data storage. So unless you keep track of the problem, your business may be pouring money down the drain without you even realising it. If you care at all about growth, this is a...
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16. |  The Green Agenda: A Business Guide By: Alan Calder Publisher: IT Governance Ltd Publication Date: 05-MAR-2009 Insert Date: 13-JUN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Green Agenda: A Business Guide
Reap the rewards of a Green IT Strategy with this essential guide
Climate change can be an emotive issue. This book takes a cool look at the subject and shows you what makes it relevant to your business. A big part of the answer is energy. Computers consume a lot of energy, and energy costs money. The cost of powering and cooling data servers over three years is currently 1.5 times the cost of purchasing the server hardware. Over the next two decades, global demand for energy is predicted to rise by 50%, which means that your long-term energy costs are also likely to increase....
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17. |  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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18. |  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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19. |  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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20. |  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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