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Building Real-time Mobile Solutions with MQTT and IBM MessageSight
Author Vladimir Kislicins , Vasfi Gucer , Rahul Gupta , Nguyen Van Duy , Michael P Robertso
Message Queuing Telemetry Transport (MQTT) is a messaging protocol designed for the Internet of Things (IoT). It is lightweight enough to be supported by the smallest devices, yet robust enough to ensure that important messages get to their destinations every time. ....
Release Date 2014/11 -
Information Security Analytics
Author Jason Martin , Inez Miyamoto , Robert McPherson , Mark Talabis
Information Security Analytics gives you insights into the practice of analytics and, more importantly, how you can utilize analytic techniques to identify trends and outliers that may not be possible to identify using traditional security analysis techniques.Inform....
Release Date 2014/11 -
The Integrated Reporting Movement: Meaning, Momentum, Motives, and Materiality
Author Michael Krzus , Robert Eccles
An in-depth, enlightening look at the integrated reporting movementThe Integrated Reporting Movement explores the meaning of the concept, explains the forces that provide momentum to the associated movement, and examines the motives of the actors involved. The book ....
Release Date 2014/11 -
Disaster Planning for Libraries
Author Guy Robertson
Libraries are constantly at risk. Every day, many libraries and their collections are damaged by fire, flooding, high winds, power outages, and criminal behaviour. Every library needs a plan to protect its staff, sites and collections, including yours. Disaste....
Release Date 2014/12 -
Construction Project Management, 6th Edition
Author S. Keoki Sears , Glenn A. Sears , Richard H. Clough , Jerald L. Rounds , Robert O. S
A thoroughly updated edition of the classic guide to project management of construction projectsFor more than thirty years, Construction Project Management has been considered the preeminent guide to all aspects of the construction project management process, includ....
Release Date 2015/01 -
Twenty-Two Ways to Develop Leadership in Staff Managers
Author Michael Lombardo , Robert Eichinger
A person who works exclusively in staff jobs throughout a career is less likely to develop important leadership competencies than a person who works exclusively in line jobs. This report shows why and offers several specific ways to increase the leadership potentia....
Release Date 2015/01 -
Invest with the Fed: Maximizing Portfolio Performance by Following Federal Reserve Policy
Author Luis Garcia-Feijoo , Gerald R. Jensen , Robert R. Johnson
A research-based portfolio strategy that uses Fed signals to forecast security market performance It's often said that the chairman of the Fed is the second most powerful person in the world, next only to the president of the United States. Some say the chair....
Release Date 2015/03 -
Handbook of Public Administration, 3rd Edition
Author James L. Perry , Robert K. Christensen
The fundamentals of public administration, from the world's leading practitionersHandbook of Public Administration is the classic, comprehensive guide to the field, featuring original writings from the world's foremost public administration thought leaders and pra....
Release Date 2015/03 -
Construction Contracting: A Practical Guide to Company Management, 8th Edition
Author Richard H. Clough , Glenn A. Sears , S. Keoki Sears , Robert O. Segner , Jerald L. R
The definitive contracting reference for the construction industry, updated and expandedConstruction Contracting, the industry's leading professional reference for five decades, has been updated to reflect current practices, business methods, management techniques,....
Release Date 2015/04 -
Author Greg Baldwin , Robert J. Rosenthal
VolunteerMatch taps expert knowledge from today's volunteerism professionals to help nonprofits take a more inventive approach to volunteer engagementVolunteer Engagement 2.0: Ideas and Insights Changing the World shows you many of the innovative approaches to eng....
Release Date 2015/05 -
Big Data and the Internet of Things: Enterprise Information Architecture for a New Age
Author Louis Nagode , Venu Mantha , Art Licht , Robert Stackowiak
Enterprise Information Architecture for a New Age: Big Data and The Internet of Things, provides guidance in designing an information architecture to accommodate increasingly large amounts of data, massively large amounts of data, not only from traditional sources, ....
Release Date 2015/05 -
Dialogic Organization Development
Author Gervase R. Bushe , Robert J. Marshak , Edgar H. Schein
A Dynamic New Approach to Organizational ChangeDialogic Organization Development is a compelling alternative to the classical action research approach to planned change. Organizations are seen as fluid, socially constructed realities that are continuously created th....
Release Date 2015/05 -
Infinispan Data Grid Platform Definitive Guide
Author Wagner Roberto dos Santos
Master Infinispan to create scalable and high-performance applicationsIn DetailInfinispan is an extremely scalable, highly available key/ value data store and data grid platform. In-memory data grids (IMDG) have recently been gaining a lot of attention, and the mark....
Release Date 2015/05 -
Introduction to Programming in Python: An Interdisciplinary Approach
Author Robert Sedgewick , Kevin Wayne , Robert Dondero
Today, anyone in a scientific or technical discipline needs programming skills. Python is an ideal first programming language, and Introduction to Programming in Python is the best guide to learning it.Princeton University’s Robert Sedgewick, Kevin Wayne, and Robert....
Release Date 2015/06 -
Aftershock: Protect Yourself and Profit in the Next Global Financial Meltdown, 4th Edition
Author Cindy S. Spitzer , Robert A. Wiedemer , David Wiedemer
Secure your financial future before the next big bubble burstsAftershock provides a definitive look at the economic climate still ahead in 2015—and beyond—and details the steps you can take now to secure your financial future. Written by the authors who accurately ....
Release Date 2015/07 -
Author Arthur Levitt Jr. , Robert F. Bruner
A detailed look at the worst M&A deals ever and the lessons learned from them It's common knowledge that about half of all merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions destroy value for the buyer's shareholders, and about three-quarters fall short of the expe....
Release Date 2015/09 -
IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack on z Systems V4.2
Author Qi Ye , Livio Sousa , Roberto Mosqueda , Bo Chang Liu , Li Yong Li , Bill White
IBM® Cloud Manager with OpenStack for z Systems™, V4.2 is an easy-to-use cloud management solution that serves as a control point for cloud managed resources based on the OpenStack Juno distribution. IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack for z Systems, V4.2 can operate ....
Release Date 2015/09 -
Author Jeff Link , Robert McLeish
Radio Production is for professionals and students interested in understanding the radio industry in today’s ever-changing world. This book features up-to-date coverage of the purpose and use of radio with detailed coverage of current production techniques in the s....
Release Date 2015/09 -
Robertson on Library Security and Disaster Planning
Author Guy Robertson
Robertson on Library Security and Disaster Planning presents a collection of highly-cited, author published articles on security and disaster planning for libraries. The book represents the only place where these articles are compiled, making it a go-to volume for ....
Release Date 2015/10 -
Author William A. Adams , Robert J. Anderson
Is your leadership a competitive advantage, or is it costing you? How do you know? Are you developing your leadership effectiveness at the pace of change?For most leaders today, complexity is outpacing their personal and collective development. Most leaders are in ....
Release Date 2015/11 -
Improving Healthcare Management at the Top
Author Milan Frankl , Sharon Roberts
In this book the authors explore the influence of gender on organizational performance in the health care sector. They argue that gender diversity of boards improves health care organizational performance when compared to homogeneous boards. The theoretical framewo....
Release Date 2015/11 -
IBM z/OS V2R2: Unix Systems Services
Author Paul Robert Hering , Keith Winnard
This IBM® Redbooks® publication familiarizes you with the technical changes that were introduced into the UNIX System Services areas with IBM z/OS® V2R2.This book is one of a series of IBM Redbooks publications that take a modular approach to providing information ....
Release Date 2015/12 -
IBM z/OS V2R2: User Interfaces
Author Paul Robert Hering , Keith Winnard
This IBM® Redbooks® publication helps you to become familiar with the technical changes that were introduced into the User Interface areas of IBM z/OS® V2R2.This publication is one in a series of IBM Redbooks publications that take a modular approach to providing i....
Release Date 2015/12 -
Author Yee Pin Yheng , Matthew Roberts , Hector H. Diaz Lopez , Alexander Kelly , Rajeev Ka
Systems of record (SORs) are engines that generates value for your business. Systems of engagement (SOE) are always evolving and generating new customer-centric experiences and new opportunities to capitalize on the value in the systems of record. The highest value....
Release Date 2015/12 -
Author Paul Robert Hering , Wilson de Figueiredo , Jose Gilberto Biondo Jr , Keith Winnard
This IBM® Redbooks® publication helps you to become familiar with the technical changes that were introduced to the security areas with IBM z/OS® V2R2. The following chapters are included:- Chapter 1, “RACF updates” on page 1: In this chapter, we describe the read-....
Release Date 2015/12 -
Author Alvaro Salla , Robert Hering , Wilson de Figueiredo , Jose Gilberto Biondo Jr , Keit
This IBM® Redbooks® publication helps you to become familiar with the technical changes that were introduced into the performance areas with IBM z/OS® V2R2.This book is one of a series of IBM Redbooks publications that take a modular approach to providing informati....
Release Date 2015/12 -
Author Ewerton Waki , Jaqueline Mourao , Paul Robert Hering , Wilson de Figueiredo , Jose G
This IBM® Redbooks® publication helps you to become familiar with the technical changes that were introduced into the Operations areas with IBM z/OS® V2R2. This book includes the following chapters:- Chapter 1, “SMFLIMxx parmlib member” on page 1 describes how to s....
Release Date 2015/12 -
Author Dorothy Grover Bolton , Robert Bolton
Corporate trainers are tasked with an awesome responsibility—helping individuals develop the skills they need to advance their careers and boost their organizations’ bottom lines. It’s a challenging job, but What Great Trainers Do is here to help—providing a proven....
Release Date 2015/12 -
Leading in the Age of Super-Transparency
Author David M. Upton , Robert Austin
When Martha Payne, a 9-year-old student in Argyll, Scotland, started a blog in April 2012 to photograph and rate her school lunches, she had no idea of the stir she would cause. The blog logged 2 million hits in its first six weeks. When the local area council aske....
Release Date 2016/01 -
The Big Fish Experience: Create Memorable Presentations That Reel In Your Audience
Author Luke Jones , Robert Killeen , Gus Murillo , Kenny Nguyen
From one of Inc. magazine's "Coolest College Startups"—the revolutionary three-step method that will transform every presentation into an experience for the audienceRid the world of bad presentations with:Engaging Content + Memorable and Simple Design + Powerful D....
Release Date 2016/01