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Author Edd Wilder-James
In an age where everything is measurable, understanding big data is an essential. From creating new data-driven products through to increasing operational efficiency, big data has the potential to make your organization both more competitive and more innovative.As t....
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Author Jeff Carollo , Jason Arbon , James A. Whittaker
2012 Jolt Award finalist!Pioneering the Future of Software TestDo you need to get it right, too? Then, learn from Google. Legendary testing expert James Whittaker, until recently a Google testing leader, and two top Google experts reveal exactly how Google tests sof....
Release Date 2012/03 -
Pro JavaFX 2: A Definitive Guide to Rich Clients with Java Technology
Author Johan Vos Ph.D. , Weiqi Gao Ph.D. , Dean Iverson , Stephen Chin , James L. Weaver
In Pro JavaFX 2: A Definitive Guide to Rich Clients with Java Technology, Jim Weaver, Weiqi Gao, Stephen Chin, Dean Iverson, and Johan Vos show you how you can use the JavaFX platform to create rich-client Java applications. You'll see how JavaFX provides a powerfu....
Release Date 2012/02 -
Beginning Kinect Programming with the Microsoft Kinect SDK
Author James Ashley , Jarrett Webb
Beginning Kinect Programming with the Microsoft Kinect SDK gets you up and running developing Kinect applications for your PC using Microsoft tools and the official SDK. You will have a working Kinect program by the end of the first chapter! The following chapters w....
Release Date 2012/02 -
The Professional's Guide to Fair Value: The Future of Financial Reporting
Author James P. Catty
An all-encompassing guide to the elements and basics of fair valueWith the important role fair value is playing in the creation of a converged set of global accounting standards, demand for products in this category is growing spectacularly. The elements and basics ....
Release Date 2012/02 -
Fixing the Housing Market: Financial Innovations for the Future
Author James R. Barth , Franklin Allen , Glenn R. Yago
Ever since the ancient Greeks, financial innovation has enabled more people to purchase homes. Today is no different: in fact, responsible financial innovation is now the best tool available for "rebooting" crippled housing markets, improving their efficiency, and m....
Release Date 2012/02 -
Author Mark Noble , Trevor James
Drupal open source content management is the perfect solution for small business websites, and this book takes you through the whole process step-by-step, from installing Drupal to incorporating sophisticated e-commerce modules.Build a Drupal 7 powered website for y....
Release Date 2012/01 -
Improving Business Performance With Lean
Author James Bradley
This textbook is a concise introduction to the essential concepts and tools used in the "Lean" method of improving business processes; it constitutes a sufficient "toolkit" to enable a reader to successfully improve business processes in their workplace. While Lean....
Release Date 2012/01 -
Foreign Exchange: The Complete Deal
Author James Sharpe
The foreign exchange market is the largest and most liquid financial market in the world. In recent years its volatility has been especially pronounced, which has posed problems for investors, companies and governments attempting to manage their economies. The ....
Release Date 2012/01 -
Developing Enterprise iOS Applications
Author James Turner
If you plan to develop iOS applications in a corporate setting—for internal consumption or for sale to end users—you need to read this book. Veteran developer James Turner shares best practices and lessons learned from his recent on-the-ground experience planning, b....
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LEGO® MINDSTORMS® NXT: Mars Base Command
Author Christopher Smith , James Floyd Kelly
Congratulations! You're on Mars Base Alpha, the first human outpost on the red planet. Don't relax, though. It's not all roses and unicorns up here. Mars isn't called "The Bringer of War" for nothing! You've just been rained on by a meteor shower and it's up t....
Release Date 2011/12 -
Author Craig James Johnston , Lonzell Watson
Step-by-step instructions with callouts to HTC EVO™ 3D photos that show you exactly what to doHelp when you run into problems or limitations with your HTC EVO 3DTips and Notes to help you get the most from your HTC EVO 3D, the Android OS, and the 4G serviceFull-colo....
Release Date 2011/12 -
Building iOS 5 Games: Develop and Design
Author James Sugrue
Mobile-app development, and mobile-game-app development in particular, is attracting developers with the promise of a large and growing user base and ginormous unit sales. For example, over during the Christmas holiday, Tapulous reported iOS users were downloading t....
Release Date 2011/12 -
Author James Carafano , Mark Sauter
The definitive guide to the homeland security enterprise—updated with critical changes in missions, tactics, and strategies“[T]he best. . . .The book is extremely well organized for an undergraduate class in homeland security.”—Homeland Security Affairs“Homeland Sec....
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Identity Shift: Where Identity Meets Technology in the Networked-Community Age
Author Christina James , Allison Cerra
Explore the intersection of technology and identityDoes technology cause a shift in how we perceive our relationships and ourselves?To find the answer, global communications leader Alcatel-Lucent commissioned an extensive research study. Subjects crossed geographic,....
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Organizational Behavior, 12th Edition
Author James G. Hunt , Mary Uhl-Bien , Richard N. Osborn , John R. Schermerhorn , Jr.
The new edition of Organizational Behavior includes a rich array of exercises, cases, and applied materials such as the Kouzes and Posner Leadership Practices Inventory and Pfeiffer Annual Edition exercises available in the OB Skills Workbook. It also focuses more ....
Release Date 2011/11 -
Author Craig James Johnston
My Droid 2/e covers the following Android phones:DROID 3/Milestone 3, DROID Pro/Motorola Pro and DROID X2 by Motorola, DROID Incredible 2/Incredible S by HTC, and DROID CHARGE by SamsungStep-by-step instructions with callouts to DROID phone images so that you can se....
Release Date 2011/10 -
SAP Applications on IBM PowerVM
Author Olaf Rutz , Walter Orb , James Nugen , Irene Hopf , Elmar Billen , Christian Bartels
IBM® invented the virtualization technology starting in the 1960s on the mainframe, and the functionalities evolved and were ported to other platforms and improved the reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS) features. With virtualization, you achieve bet....
Release Date 2011/10 -
The New Entrepreneurial Leader
Author H. James Wilson , Kate McKone-Sweet , Danna Greenberg
In years past, the keywords for leaders were confidence, single-minded purpose, and strategic planning. But today's vastly complex, globalized, and fast-evolving world requires a different kind of leadership. This game-changing book details a new approach—entr....
Release Date 2011/09 -
Supply-Chain Survival in the Age of Globalization
Author James A. Pope
The purpose of this book is to trace the history of globalization and its impact on supply chain management and to look at the problems and some of the solutions facing global supply chains in the current era. The current challenge is surviving the challenge of glob....
Release Date 2011/09 -
Author Marc de Vinck , James Floyd Kelly
Get started with MintDuino, the Maker Shed kit that's perfect for learning or teaching the fundamentals of how microcontrollers work. This hands-on book shows you how to build a complete MintDuino project from start to finish. Learn how to assemble the microcontrol....
Release Date 2011/09 -
Author Aleksa Vukotic , James Goodwill
Apache Tomcat is the most popular open-source de-facto Java Web application server, standard for today's Web developers using JSP/Servlets. Apache Tomcat 7 covers details on installation and administration of Apache Tomcat 7. It explains key parts of the Tomcat arc....
Release Date 2011/09 -
Author James Simpson
Today's wine industry is characterized by regional differences not only in the wines themselves but also in the business models by which these wines are produced, marketed, and distributed. In Old World countries such as France, Spain, and Italy, small family viney....
Release Date 2011/09 -
Administrative Assistant's and Secretary's Handbook, 4th Edition
Author Jennifer WAUSON , Kevin WILSON , James STROMAN
An administrative professional’s job requires a diverse range of abilities. From managing schedules, coordinating meetings, and fielding calls to planning events, deciphering legal documents, and creating PowerPoint presentations, today’s administrative ....
Release Date 2011/09 -
Learning HTML5 Game Programming: Build Online Games with Canvas, SVG, and WebGL
Author James L. Williams
Get Started Fast with HTML5 Online Game Programming!HTML5 will transform web and mobile gaming. As new browsers rapidly adopt it, HTML5 will do everything “legacy” technologies such as Flash and Silverlight have done—and much more. In Learning HTML5 Game Programming....
Release Date 2011/09 -
Considerations for Transitioning Highly Available Applications to System z
Author David Ward , Dore Teichman , Michael Onoufriou , Eduardo Costa de Oliveira , James M
You may have several triggers to investigate the feasibility of moving a workload or set of workloads to the IBM® System z® platform. These triggers could be concerns about operational cost, manageability, or delivering the agreed service levels, among others. I....
Release Date 2011/09 -
Author James Ford
Over 60 recipes for integrating the Flash applications with the Graph API and Facebook.Work with the key Graph API objects and their social connections, using the Facebook ActionScript 3 SDK.Create new Checkins at Facebook Places and plot existing Checkins and Faceb....
Release Date 2011/08 -
Sams Teach Yourself Mint.com in 10 Minutes
Author James Floyd Kelly
With more than 1 million users and growing, Mint.com has proven its value as a tool for helping you manage your savings, investments, loans, and more. Mint.com provides a free - and simple - service: an online single-point-of access for all areas of your financial l....
Release Date 2011/08 -
The Culture Cycle: How to Shape the Unseen Force that Transforms Performance
Author James Heskett
The contribution of culture to organizational performance is substantial and quantifiable. In The Culture Cycle, renowned thought leader James Heskett demonstrates how an effective culture can account for 20-30% of the differential in performance compared with "cult....
Release Date 2011/08 -
The Experience Economy, Updated Edition
Author James H. Gilmore , B. Joseph Pine II
In 1999, Joseph Pine and James Gilmore offered this idea to readers as a new way to think about connecting with customers and securing their loyalty. As a result, their book The Experience Economy is now a classic, embraced by readers and companies worldwide and rea....
Release Date 2011/07