With financial crisis, CFOs are always looking for ways to improve productivity by implementing new technology systems that increase revenue & decrease spending. This title addresses specific phases of implementation, such as scoping, planning, designing, & deploying. ...

Illustrates how value from IT is derived indirectly, through innovation of business processes & development of organisational ...

Classic Fifties sci-fi. Astronomer John Putnam (Richard Carlson) is intrigued when he observes what appears to be a meteor in the night skies of Arizona. However, when the object lands in the desert Putnam becomes convinced that it is no natural phenomenon. The locals are distrustful, seeing the astronomer as an eccentric intellectual, & refuse to listen to his theories. He then discovers that the UFO was in fact an alien spacecraft, whose occupants are now replacing the local community with exact doubles! ...

An eclectic & insightful collection of essays predicated on the hypothesis that popular cultural documents provide unique insights into the concerns, anxieties & desires of their times. 1950s popular culture is analysed by leading scholars & critics such as Christopher Frayling, Mark Jancovich, Kim Newman & David J. Skal. ...

Helping you to build your information technology career in almost any economy, this title features market-focused skills. It shows you how to: present the value of your technical skills in the job market; position yourself as the primary commodity of your career; remove the guesswork out of job searches; & more. ...