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Understanding the InnerSource Checklist
Author Silona Bonewald
Although many large corporations are reluctant to release the software they use in-house publicly as open source, those companies can still use principles and processes of open source for developing their in-house software—a practice popularly known as InnerSource.....
Release Date 2017/07 -
Understanding the Internet: A Clear Guide to Internet Technologies
Author Keith Sutherland
The Internet continues to grow at a very rapid rate. Together with this growth there is an accompanying growth of the technologies on which it is based. These technologies make use of TCP/IP as their foundation. To start to make sense of all these interrelated....
Release Date 2007/06 -
Understanding the Linux Kernel, Second Edition
Author Marco Cesati , Daniel P. Bovet
To thoroughly understand what makes Linux tick and why it's so efficient, you need to delve deep into the heart of the operating system--into the Linux kernel itself. The kernel is Linux--in the case of the Linux operating system, it's the only bit of software to....
Release Date 2002/12 -
Understanding the Linux® Virtual Memory Manager
Author Mel Gorman
Finally, a comprehensive guide to the Linux VM!VM's behavior affects every Linux kernel subsystem and dramatically impacts overall performance. But until now, there was only one way to understand VM: study the poorly documented source one line at a time. Now there....
Release Date 2004/04 -
Understanding the Marketing Exceptionality of Prestige Perfumes
Author Howard Moskowitz , David Moskowitz , Nithda Horoszko
Women have an affinity with the brand of perfume they wear. People often hold strong emotional connections to different scents, such as their mother’s perfume or the body spray they wore as a teen. Despite huge marketing budgets, the launches of established brands ....
Release Date 2018/03 -
Understanding the Network: A Practical Guide to Internetworking
Author Martin J. Michael
The growing dependence of enterprise networks on Internet connectivity is forcing professional system and network administrators to turn to technologies that they may not fully understand for solutions. This book will provide those connectivity solutions, delivering....
Release Date 2000/03 -
Understanding the Predictive Analytics Lifecycle
Author Alberto Cordoba
A high-level, informal look at the different stages of the predictive analytics cycleUnderstanding the Predictive Analytics Lifecycle covers each phase of the development of a predictive analytics initiative. Through the use of illuminating case studies across a ran....
Release Date 2014/08 -
Understanding the Risk of Investing with ETFs and Why They Still Beat Mutual Funds
Author Andrew Hyman , Jeffrey Feldman
This Element is an excerpt from Three Paths to Profitable Investing: Using ETFs in Healthcare, Infrastructure, and the Environment to Grow Your Assets (9780137054268) by Jeffrey Feldman and Andrew Hyman. Available in print and digital formats.Systematically evaluate....
Release Date 2010/09 -
Understanding Uncertainty, Revised Edition
Author Dennis V. Lindley
Praise for the First Edition"...a reference for everyone who is interested in knowing and handling uncertainty."—Journal of Applied StatisticsThe critically acclaimed First Edition of Understanding Uncertainty provided a study of uncertainty addressed to scholars in....
Release Date 2013/12 -
Author Alan B. Craig , William R. Sherman
Understanding Virtual Reality arrives at a time when the technologies behind virtual reality have advanced to the point that it is possible to develop and deploy meaningful, productive virtual reality applications. The aim of this thorough, accessible exploration is....
Release Date 2002/09 -
Author Tom Barker
Among the many key performance indicators discussed in high-level executive meetings, one is rarely included: web performance. Yet, this particular metric is critical for tracking positive customer experience as well as the success of your digital transformation pr....
Release Date 2017/12 -
Understanding Web Services: XML, WSDL, SOAP, and UDDI
Author Eric Newcomer
Web services enable the new generation of Internet-based applications. These services support application-to-application Internet communication--that is, applications at different network locations can be integrated to function as if they were part of a single, larg....
Release Date 2002/05 -
Understanding What Financial Help You Need
Author Bonnie Kirchner
This Element is an excerpt from Who Can You Trust With Your Money? Get the Help You Need Now and Avoid Dishonest Advisors (9780137033652), by Bonnie Kirchner. Available in print and digital formats.The components of an integrated financial plan--and how to start put....
Release Date 2010/06 -
Understanding Wind Power Technology: Theory, Deployment and Optimisation
Author Alois Schaffarczyk
Wind energy technology has progressed enormously over the last decade. In coming years it will continue to develop in terms of power ratings, performance and installed capacity of large wind turbines worldwide, with exciting developments in offshore installations.De....
Release Date 2014/06 -
Author Catherine Courage , Kathy Baxter
Today many companies are employing a user-centered design (UCD) process, but for most companies, usability begins and ends with the usability test. Although usability testing is a critical part of an effective user-centered life cycle, it is only one componen....
Release Date 2005/01 -
Understanding Your Users, 2nd Edition
Author Kelly Caine , Catherine Courage , Kathy Baxter
This new and completely updated edition is a comprehensive, easy-to-read, "how-to" guide on user research methods. You'll learn about many distinct user research methods and also pre- and post-method considerations such as recruiting, facilitating activities or mod....
Release Date 2015/05 -
Author Tobias Friedrich
Underwater photography is a fascinating pursuit for those who aspire to capture the magical world found within our oceans and bring it to the surface. In this book, award-winning photographer Tobias Friedrich teaches us how to create stunning underwater images, cove....
Release Date 2014/09 -
Underwater: Options When Your Mortgage Is Upside Down
Author Chris Lauer
Just about every month, housing values in the U.S. fall. That, in turn, increases the number of people who owe more on their houses than they are worth—either trapping them in homes they may no longer want or putting them in danger of financial catastrophe if they l....
Release Date 2012/12 -
Author Leslie S. Hiraoka
He covers the anti-trust case against Microsoft; the successes of eBay, Amazon, Yahoo, and Google; road-kills along the information highway such as the forgotten eToys; as well as the Enron implosion and other corporate scandals. After tracing this amazing story he....
Release Date 2017/03 -
Unearthing Business Requirements
Author Kathleen B. Hass , Rosemary Hossenlopp
A Volume of the Business Analysis Essential Library Series Learn how the business analyst works collaboratively with the project manager and other core team members to create plans that customize elicitation activities to the unique needs of the project. The a....
Release Date 2007/10 -
Author Howard Wainer
Uneducated Guesses challenges everything our policymakers thought they knew about education and education reform, from how to close the achievement gap in public schools to admission standards for top universities. In this explosive book, Howard Wainer uses statisti....
Release Date 2011/08 -
Unequal Protection, 2nd Edition
Author Thom Hartmann
Unequal taxes, unequal accountability for crime, unequal influence, unequal control of the media, unequal access to natural resources—corporations have gained these privileges and more by exploiting their legal status as persons. How did something so illogical ....
Release Date 2010/06 -
Author James A. Runde
The real secret to career success and what it takes to get ahead is EQUNEQUALED is the client service professional's guide to getting ahead and achieving professional goals. You're smart and hard working, but guess what—so is everyone else. So how do you stand ou....
Release Date 2016/09 -
Author Jessica Kriegel
A blueprint for managing people, not generationsUnfairly Labeled challenges the very concept of "generational differences" as an unfair generalization, and offers a roadmap to intergenerational understanding. While acknowledging that generational stereotypes exist,....
Release Date 2016/02 -
Unfear: Transform Your Organization to Create Breakthrough Performance and Employee Well-Being
Author Gaurav Bhatnagar , Mark Minukas
Two top experts on high-performing organizations show you how to reframe your—and your employees’—relationship with fear and anxiety to create a learning culture of engaged workers at the top of their game.Fear and uncertainty have been undermining performance and well-being in the workplace for as ....
Release Date 2021/10 -
Author Donnel B. Stern
In this powerful and wonderfully accessible meditation on psychoanalysis, hermeneutics, and social constructivism, Donnel Stern explores the relationship between two fundamental kinds of experience: explicit verbal reflection and "unformulated experience," or ....
Release Date 2013/06 -
Author Jamie Pride
The real-world secrets to startup successUnicorn Tears is the smart entrepreneur’s guide to startups. A full 92% of startups fail in the first three years — but failure is not inevitable. Most of these companies self-sabotage, unconsciously eliminating any chance a....
Release Date 2018/01 -
Unified Communications Forensics
Author Joseph II Shaw , Nicholas Mr. Grant
Unified Communications Forensics: Anatomy of Common UC Attacks is the first book to explain the issues and vulnerabilities and demonstrate the attacks, forensic artifacts, and countermeasures required to establish a secure (UC) environment. This book is written by l....
Release Date 2013/10 -
Unified Messaging: EXCERPT from Microsoft® Exchange Server 2013 Inside Out
Author Paul Robichaux
This content is a direct excerpt of Chapter 6 from the book Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Inside Out: Connectivity, Clients, & UM (ISBN 9780735678378). This concise ebook is offered independently of the larger book for Exchange administrators seeking specific, ....
Release Date 2013/10 -
Unified Modeling Language User Guide, The, Second Edition
Author Ivar Jacobson , James Rumbaugh , Grady Booch
For nearly ten years, the Unified Modeling Language (UML) has been the industry standard for visualizing, specifying, constructing, and documenting the artifacts of a software-intensive system. As the de facto standard modeling language, the UML facilitates communic....
Release Date 2005/05