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Posted: October 25th, 2008, 7:09am CEST
To many XML believers and purists, there’s been a canker at the heart of the beautiful rose that is XML since its very inception. Worse still, some believe that canker was put there by design. That canker is, of course, the Document Type Definition, or DTD, that defines the very essence of XML. DTDs are “foreign imports” based on an older, more complex markup metalanguage called the Standard Generalized Markup Language, otherwise known as SGML.
Why would some characterize this apparently innocuous SGML DTD as a “canker at the heart of the beautiful rose”? you might ask. Perhaps it’s because SGML uses its own different (and complex) syntax and structures to define markup and document structures. Perhaps it’s because SGML is a bear to learn and a monster to master. Perhaps it’s simply because XML should be capable of defining itself, given its nearly universal capabilities to capture and represent data and metadata of all kinds.
To the most ardent XML lovers, XML Schema is the perfect replacement for the SGML canker that would otherwise stay in XML’s heart. This is because XML Schema lets you use XML structure, syntax, namespaces, and all the other appurtenances you’ll find in the XML environment to define XML documents, not just to express particular document instances.
Of course, not everyone agrees that SGML DTDs are evil, and not everyone thinks that XML Schema should replace SGML DTDs altogether. Each of these document definition technologies has its strengths and weaknesses, and each is particularly suitable for certain applications. Then, too, SGML’s been around for nearly 20 years, and XML Schema is less than a year old as a standard, less than 3 years in its current making. Thus, experience and knowledge weigh more heavily on the SGML DTD side than on the XML Schema side—at least for the time being. Within the ins and outs of these technologies, and in the details that make XML Schema such a powerful and capable tool, lie the seeds of XML documents, data structures, applications, and information exchanges as yet unknown. We hope to map out this strange and wonderful territory and compare the major XML metadata alternatives in a way that permits content creators and software developers to make the best of both of these worlds.
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Posted: October 25th, 2008, 7:09am CEST
To many XML believers and purists, there’s been a canker at the heart of the beautiful rose that is XML since its very inception. Worse still, some believe that canker was put there by design. That canker is, of course, the Document Type Definition, or DTD, that defines the very essence of XML. DTDs are “foreign imports” based on an older, more complex markup metalanguage called the Standard Generalized Markup Language, otherwise known as SGML.
Why would some characterize this apparently innocuous SGML DTD as a “canker at the heart of the beautiful rose”? you might ask. Perhaps it’s because SGML uses its own different (and complex) syntax and structures to define markup and document structures. Perhaps it’s because SGML is a bear to learn and a monster to master. Perhaps it’s simply because XML should be capable of defining itself, given its nearly universal capabilities to capture and represent data and metadata of all kinds.
To the most ardent XML lovers, XML Schema is the perfect replacement for the SGML canker that would otherwise stay in XML’s heart. This is because XML Schema lets you use XML structure, syntax, namespaces, and all the other appurtenances you’ll find in the XML environment to define XML documents, not just to express particular document instances.
Of course, not everyone agrees that SGML DTDs are evil, and not everyone thinks that XML Schema should replace SGML DTDs altogether. Each of these document definition technologies has its strengths and weaknesses, and each is particularly suitable for certain applications. Then, too, SGML’s been around for nearly 20 years, and XML Schema is less than a year old as a standard, less than 3 years in its current making. Thus, experience and knowledge weigh more heavily on the SGML DTD side than on the XML Schema side—at least for the time being. Within the ins and outs of these technologies, and in the details that make XML Schema such a powerful and capable tool, lie the seeds of XML documents, data structures, applications, and information exchanges as yet unknown. We hope to map out this strange and wonderful territory and compare the major XML metadata alternatives in a way that permits content creators and software developers to make the best of both of these worlds.
With the explosive growth of data exchange and the availability of access to services over the Web, the Trusted Information requirement is more and more an issue to providers and users of these services.
Addressing this security issue, this volume is divided into eleven parts covering the essentials of information security technologies, including application-related topics, and issues relating to application development and deployment:
- Security Protocols;
- Smart Card;
- Network Security and Intrusion Detection;
- Trusted Platforms;
- eSociety;
- TTP Management and PKI;
- Secure Workflow Environment;
- Secure Group Communications;
- Risk Management;
- Security Policies;
- Trusted System Design and Management.
This book comprises the proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Information Security (Sec'01), which was sponsored by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) and organized by IFIP Technical Committee 11. The conference was held in June 2001 in Paris, France.
Trusted Information: The New Decade Challenge is essential reading for computer science researchers and application developers.
With the explosive growth of data exchange and the availability of access to services over the Web, the Trusted Information requirement is more and more an issue to providers and users of these services.
Addressing this security issue, this volume is divided into eleven parts covering the essentials of information security technologies, including application-related topics, and issues relating to application development and deployment:
- Security Protocols;
- Smart Card;
- Network Security and Intrusion Detection;
- Trusted Platforms;
- eSociety;
- TTP Management and PKI;
- Secure Workflow Environment;
- Secure Group Communications;
- Risk Management;
- Security Policies;
- Trusted System Design and Management.
This book comprises the proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Information Security (Sec'01), which was sponsored by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) and organized by IFIP Technical Committee 11. The conference was held in June 2001 in Paris, France.
Trusted Information: The New Decade Challenge is essential reading for computer science researchers and application developers.
The book is at its best when it is distinguishing between the various versions of the Everett interpretation, and would certainly be useful to anyone who whishes to pursue Everett's approach. Barrett wisely separates out what can be reasonably ascribed to Everett, and what work remains to turn Everetts writings into a complete interpretation. Barrett does a good, clear job with this material and reader interested in the Everett tradition will likely find things that are useful for their purposes. The Philosophical Review
Jeffrey Barrett presents the most comprehensive study yet of a problem that has puzzled physicists and philosophers since the 1930s. The standard theory of quantum mechanics is one of the most successful physical theories ever, predicting the behavior of the basic constituents of all physical things; no other theory has ever made such accurate empirical predictions. However, if one tries to understand the theory as a complete and accurate framework for the description of behavior of all physical interactions, it becomes evident that the theory is ambiguous, even logically inconsistent. To deal with this dilemma, in the 1950s, Hugh Everett III initiated the quantum measurement problem. Barrett gives a careful and challenging examination and evaluation of Everett's work and of those who have followed him. Barrett's informal approach and engaging narrative make this book accessible and illuminating for philosophers, physicists, and anyone interested in the interpretation of quantum mechanics.
About the Author
Jeffrey A. Barrett is an Associate Professor of Logic and Philosophy of Science, University of California, Irvine.
The book is at its best when it is distinguishing between the various versions of the Everett interpretation, and would certainly be useful to anyone who whishes to pursue Everett's approach. Barrett wisely separates out what can be reasonably ascribed to Everett, and what work remains to turn Everetts writings into a complete interpretation. Barrett does a good, clear job with this material and reader interested in the Everett tradition will likely find things that are useful for their purposes. The Philosophical Review
Jeffrey Barrett presents the most comprehensive study yet of a problem that has puzzled physicists and philosophers since the 1930s. The standard theory of quantum mechanics is one of the most successful physical theories ever, predicting the behavior of the basic constituents of all physical things; no other theory has ever made such accurate empirical predictions. However, if one tries to understand the theory as a complete and accurate framework for the description of behavior of all physical interactions, it becomes evident that the theory is ambiguous, even logically inconsistent. To deal with this dilemma, in the 1950s, Hugh Everett III initiated the quantum measurement problem. Barrett gives a careful and challenging examination and evaluation of Everett's work and of those who have followed him. Barrett's informal approach and engaging narrative make this book accessible and illuminating for philosophers, physicists, and anyone interested in the interpretation of quantum mechanics.
About the Author
Jeffrey A. Barrett is an Associate Professor of Logic and Philosophy of Science, University of California, Irvine.
"...an excellent set of reviews of some of the most exciting areas of research in gravitational physics...I have not found a comparable compilation of valuable information on the current status of general relativity." American Scientist
Einstein's General Theory of Relativity leads to two remarkable predictions: first, that the ultimate destiny of many massive stars is to undergo gravitational collapse and to disappear from view, leaving behind a 'black hole' in space; and secondly, that there will exist singularities in space-time itself. These singularities are places where space-time begins or ends, and the presently known laws of physics break down. They will occur inside black holes, and in the past are what might be construed as the beginning of the universe. To show how these predictions arise, the authors discuss the General Theory of Relativity in the large. Starting with a precise formulation of the theory and an account of the necessary background of differential geometry, the significance of space-time curvature is discussed and the global properties of a number of exact solutions of Einstein's field equations are examined. The theory of the causal structure of a general space-time is developed, and is used to study black holes and to prove a number of theorems establishing the inevitability of singualarities under certain conditions. These conditions are shown to be satisfied in the vicinity of stars of more than twice the solar mass near the endpoint of their nuclear evolution, and in a time-reversed sense for the universe as a whole. In the first case, the singularity in our past. A discussion of the Cauchy problem for General Relativity is also included in the book.
"...an excellent set of reviews of some of the most exciting areas of research in gravitational physics...I have not found a comparable compilation of valuable information on the current status of general relativity." American Scientist
Einstein's General Theory of Relativity leads to two remarkable predictions: first, that the ultimate destiny of many massive stars is to undergo gravitational collapse and to disappear from view, leaving behind a 'black hole' in space; and secondly, that there will exist singularities in space-time itself. These singularities are places where space-time begins or ends, and the presently known laws of physics break down. They will occur inside black holes, and in the past are what might be construed as the beginning of the universe. To show how these predictions arise, the authors discuss the General Theory of Relativity in the large. Starting with a precise formulation of the theory and an account of the necessary background of differential geometry, the significance of space-time curvature is discussed and the global properties of a number of exact solutions of Einstein's field equations are examined. The theory of the causal structure of a general space-time is developed, and is used to study black holes and to prove a number of theorems establishing the inevitability of singualarities under certain conditions. These conditions are shown to be satisfied in the vicinity of stars of more than twice the solar mass near the endpoint of their nuclear evolution, and in a time-reversed sense for the universe as a whole. In the first case, the singularity in our past. A discussion of the Cauchy problem for General Relativity is also included in the book.
The content goes from the basics to advanced topics such as off-shoring, anti-circumvention, open source business models, user-created content, reverse engineering, mobile media distribution, web and game development, mash-ups, web widgets, and massively multiplayer games.
This book is designed to empower you to:
* Understand the interaction between law, money and technology
* Obtain and exploit a portfolio of IP assets
* Build and reinforce positive relationships with other companies
* Leverage your technologies
* Manage risks in markets with many uncertainties
* Make better deals and close deals more quickly
* Act more decisively and confidently in legal matters
This book will make you much smarter about spotting issues, perceiving risk, thinking strategically, setting priorities and using legal services effectively and efficiently. This is the most comprehensive layperson's book on the subject.
Key Features:
* A "need-to-know" legal companion for those competing in digital business markets in the US and around the world
* Points out the relationship between legal issues and business strategies, needs and goals
* Based on 15 years of legal practice in all aspects of digital, IT, software and computer law
About the Author
Gene K. Landy is a shareholder of Ruberto, Israel & Weiner, P.C., Boston, MA, where he is the head of the firm's Technology Group. His practice covers domestic and international transactions for high technology businesses, from start-ups to publicly traded companies. His work includes licensing, intellectual property, technology transfer, business sales and acquisitions and investments. He is a graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard Law School. Editing and additional content supplied by Amy J. Mastrobattista, a graduate of Smith College and New York University Law School. Amy is a shareholder at Ruberto, Israel & Weiner, PC and a member of the Technology Group. She is active in technology licensing, finance and corporate transactions. She was recognized as one of Bostons Top 10 Lawyers by the Womens Business Boston readers poll.
The content goes from the basics to advanced topics such as off-shoring, anti-circumvention, open source business models, user-created content, reverse engineering, mobile media distribution, web and game development, mash-ups, web widgets, and massively multiplayer games.
This book is designed to empower you to:
* Understand the interaction between law, money and technology
* Obtain and exploit a portfolio of IP assets
* Build and reinforce positive relationships with other companies
* Leverage your technologies
* Manage risks in markets with many uncertainties
* Make better deals and close deals more quickly
* Act more decisively and confidently in legal matters
This book will make you much smarter about spotting issues, perceiving risk, thinking strategically, setting priorities and using legal services effectively and efficiently. This is the most comprehensive layperson's book on the subject.
Key Features:
* A "need-to-know" legal companion for those competing in digital business markets in the US and around the world
* Points out the relationship between legal issues and business strategies, needs and goals
* Based on 15 years of legal practice in all aspects of digital, IT, software and computer law
About the Author
Gene K. Landy is a shareholder of Ruberto, Israel & Weiner, P.C., Boston, MA, where he is the head of the firm's Technology Group. His practice covers domestic and international transactions for high technology businesses, from start-ups to publicly traded companies. His work includes licensing, intellectual property, technology transfer, business sales and acquisitions and investments. He is a graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard Law School. Editing and additional content supplied by Amy J. Mastrobattista, a graduate of Smith College and New York University Law School. Amy is a shareholder at Ruberto, Israel & Weiner, PC and a member of the Technology Group. She is active in technology licensing, finance and corporate transactions. She was recognized as one of Bostons Top 10 Lawyers by the Womens Business Boston readers poll.
The iPhone and iPod touch aren’t just attracting millions of new users; their breakthrough development platform enables programmers to build tomorrow’s killer applications. If you’re getting started with iPhone programming, this book brings together tested, ready-to-use code for hundreds of the challenges you’re most likely to encounter. Use this fully documented, easy-to-customize code to get productive fast—and focus your time on the specifics of your application,
not boilerplate tasks.
Leading iPhone developer Erica Sadun begins by exploring the iPhone delivery platform and SDK, helping you set up your development environment, and showing how iPhone applications are constructed. Next, she offers single-task recipes for the full spectrum of iPhone/iPod touch programming jobs:
- Utilize views and tables
- Organize interface elements
- Alert and respond to users
- Access the Address Book (people), Core Location (places), and Sensors (things)
- Connect to the Internet and Web services
- Display media content
- Create secure Keychain entries
- And much more
You’ll even discover how to use Cover Flow to create gorgeous visual selection experiences that put scrolling lists to shame!
This book is organized for fast access: related tasks are grouped together, and you can jump directly to the right solution, even if you don’t know which class or framework to use. All code is based on Apple’s publicly released iPhone SDK, not a beta. No matter what iPhone projects come your way, The iPhone Developer’s Cookbook will be your indispensable companion.
About the Author
Erica Sadun has written, coauthored, and contributed to about three dozen books about technology, particularly in the areas of programming, digital video, and digital photography. An unrepentant geek, Sadun has never met a gadget she didn’t need. Her checkered past includes run-ins with NeXT, Newton, iPhone, and myriad successful and unsuccessful technologies. When not writing, she and her geek husband parent three adorable geeks-in-training, who regard their parents with restrained bemusement.
The iPhone and iPod touch aren’t just attracting millions of new users; their breakthrough development platform enables programmers to build tomorrow’s killer applications. If you’re getting started with iPhone programming, this book brings together tested, ready-to-use code for hundreds of the challenges you’re most likely to encounter. Use this fully documented, easy-to-customize code to get productive fast—and focus your time on the specifics of your application,
not boilerplate tasks.
Leading iPhone developer Erica Sadun begins by exploring the iPhone delivery platform and SDK, helping you set up your development environment, and showing how iPhone applications are constructed. Next, she offers single-task recipes for the full spectrum of iPhone/iPod touch programming jobs:
- Utilize views and tables
- Organize interface elements
- Alert and respond to users
- Access the Address Book (people), Core Location (places), and Sensors (things)
- Connect to the Internet and Web services
- Display media content
- Create secure Keychain entries
- And much more
You’ll even discover how to use Cover Flow to create gorgeous visual selection experiences that put scrolling lists to shame!
This book is organized for fast access: related tasks are grouped together, and you can jump directly to the right solution, even if you don’t know which class or framework to use. All code is based on Apple’s publicly released iPhone SDK, not a beta. No matter what iPhone projects come your way, The iPhone Developer’s Cookbook will be your indispensable companion.
About the Author
Erica Sadun has written, coauthored, and contributed to about three dozen books about technology, particularly in the areas of programming, digital video, and digital photography. An unrepentant geek, Sadun has never met a gadget she didn’t need. Her checkered past includes run-ins with NeXT, Newton, iPhone, and myriad successful and unsuccessful technologies. When not writing, she and her geek husband parent three adorable geeks-in-training, who regard their parents with restrained bemusement.
Robotics is a relatively young field of modern technology that crosses traditional engineering boundaries. Understanding the complexity of robots and their applications requires knowledge of electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, systems and industrial engineering, computer science, economics, and mathematics. New disciplines of engineering, such as manufacturing engineering, applications engineering, and knowledge engineering have emerged to deal with the complexity of the field of robotics and factory automation.
This book is concerned with fundamentals of robotics, including kinematics, dynamics, motion planning, computer vision, and control. Our goal is to provide a complete introduction to the most important concepts in these subjects as applied to industrial robot manipulators, mobile robots, and other mechanical systems. A complete treatment of the discipline of robotics would require several volumes. Nevertheless, at the present time, the majority of robot applications deal with industrial robot arms operating in structured factory environments so that a first introduction to the subject of robotics must include a rigorous treatment of the topics in this text.
Robotics is a relatively young field of modern technology that crosses traditional engineering boundaries. Understanding the complexity of robots and their applications requires knowledge of electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, systems and industrial engineering, computer science, economics, and mathematics. New disciplines of engineering, such as manufacturing engineering, applications engineering, and knowledge engineering have emerged to deal with the complexity of the field of robotics and factory automation.
This book is concerned with fundamentals of robotics, including kinematics, dynamics, motion planning, computer vision, and control. Our goal is to provide a complete introduction to the most important concepts in these subjects as applied to industrial robot manipulators, mobile robots, and other mechanical systems. A complete treatment of the discipline of robotics would require several volumes. Nevertheless, at the present time, the majority of robot applications deal with industrial robot arms operating in structured factory environments so that a first introduction to the subject of robotics must include a rigorous treatment of the topics in this text.
Mobilizing Generation 2.0
Mobilizing Generation 2.0 is a practical and immediately useful guide for nonprofits, political campaigns, organizers, and individuals who want to better understand how to use Web 2.0 technologies. In easy-to-understand terms, this accessible book describes how readers can leverage new media (blogs, socialnetworking websites, photo- and video-sharing websites, mobile phones, wikis, online maps, and virtual worlds) to recruit, engage and mobilize young people.
Bringing together valuable guidance; big picture advice from recognized experts (Beth Kanter, Evan Wiiliams, danah boyd, Fred Stutzman, Steve Grove, Jonah Sachs, Seth Godin, Zack Exley, Martin Kearns, Jason Fried, Mitch Kapor, Katrin Verclas) as well as real-life stories of success; the book provides the information you need on the most widely used technologies like Blogger, MySpace, YouTube, Facebook, Flickr, and Second Life. Chapter by chapter, the author walks you through How Organizations Are Using It, How It Works, How to Get Started, Strategic Considerations, and Challenges and Opportunities.
The book, and its up-to-date website (www.mobilizingyouth.org), are filled with handy resources, tips, best practices, and more.
Praise for Mobilizing Generation 2.0
"Young voters, in increasing numbers, are tuning in and taking charge. This book is a great look at how to reach them more effectively."
—Congressman George Miller, chairman of the House Education and Labor?Committee
"Ben Rigby has pulled together the ultimate guide to using social media for political organizing."
—Micah Sifry, cofounder, Personal Democracy Forum and TechPresident
"Ben Rigby helps the people working hard to create change make sense of the vast array of technologies available."
—Marnie Webb, coCEO, TechSoup/NetSquared.org
"Mobilizing Generation 2.0 is an outstanding field manual for all nonprofits."
—Holly Ross, executive director, NTEN: The Nonprofit Technology Network
About the Author
Ben Rigby has worked as CTO and president of several new media firms developing and devising web and mobile strategies for nonprofits and Fortune 1000 companies. Rigby?also founded MobileVoter.org, an organization dedicated to using new media to politically empower young people.
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Posted: October 25th, 2008, 6:44am CEST
Mobilizing Generation 2.0
Mobilizing Generation 2.0 is a practical and immediately useful guide for nonprofits, political campaigns, organizers, and individuals who want to better understand how to use Web 2.0 technologies. In easy-to-understand terms, this accessible book describes how readers can leverage new media (blogs, socialnetworking websites, photo- and video-sharing websites, mobile phones, wikis, online maps, and virtual worlds) to recruit, engage and mobilize young people.
Bringing together valuable guidance; big picture advice from recognized experts (Beth Kanter, Evan Wiiliams, danah boyd, Fred Stutzman, Steve Grove, Jonah Sachs, Seth Godin, Zack Exley, Martin Kearns, Jason Fried, Mitch Kapor, Katrin Verclas) as well as real-life stories of success; the book provides the information you need on the most widely used technologies like Blogger, MySpace, YouTube, Facebook, Flickr, and Second Life. Chapter by chapter, the author walks you through How Organizations Are Using It, How It Works, How to Get Started, Strategic Considerations, and Challenges and Opportunities.
The book, and its up-to-date website (www.mobilizingyouth.org), are filled with handy resources, tips, best practices, and more.
Praise for Mobilizing Generation 2.0
"Young voters, in increasing numbers, are tuning in and taking charge. This book is a great look at how to reach them more effectively."
—Congressman George Miller, chairman of the House Education and Labor?Committee
"Ben Rigby has pulled together the ultimate guide to using social media for political organizing."
—Micah Sifry, cofounder, Personal Democracy Forum and TechPresident
"Ben Rigby helps the people working hard to create change make sense of the vast array of technologies available."
—Marnie Webb, coCEO, TechSoup/NetSquared.org
"Mobilizing Generation 2.0 is an outstanding field manual for all nonprofits."
—Holly Ross, executive director, NTEN: The Nonprofit Technology Network
About the Author
Ben Rigby has worked as CTO and president of several new media firms developing and devising web and mobile strategies for nonprofits and Fortune 1000 companies. Rigby?also founded MobileVoter.org, an organization dedicated to using new media to politically empower young people.
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Posted: October 25th, 2008, 6:44am CEST
Are you ready to reap the benefits of the bestselling contact relationship manager (CRM) software on the market today? Well, then—get into the act with ACT! 2008 and find out how the latest version of this exciting software enables you to set up a database that’s right for you so that you can focus on your business and career growth while also saving time and money.
With this fun and friendly guide in hand, you’ll discover how ACT! organizes customer information in one place, safely shares customer info between workgroups, and provides you with forecast tools, reports, and a contact database. Whether you’re new to the features of ACT! or you are familiar with the basics but have not yet put to use ACT!’s more advanced abilities, this nuts-and-bolts reference has been updated and revised to make sure that you are up to speed on the most efficient way to organize your customer relationships and activities.
Author and full-time ACT! Certified Consultant and ACT! Premier Trainer Karen Fredricks walks you through tasks such as:
- Setting up the contact database
- Adding multiple contacts to a group and adding contacts to a company
- Changing contact-level security access
- Scheduling activities
- Using the basic ACT! Reports
- Designing new reports
- Automating the backup process
- Integrating with Outlook
- Creating groups
ACT! by Sage For Dummies, 9th Edition also boasts a companion Web site that includes all the updates for the 2008 version of ACT! You’ll be amazed by just how quickly you’ll be able to set up a database and get it to act for you.
About the Author
Karen S. Fredricks has implemented ACT! for businesses ranging from sole practitioners to Fortune 500 companies and has written software manuals on ACT!. She established and runs a large ACT! user group.
Are you ready to reap the benefits of the bestselling contact relationship manager (CRM) software on the market today? Well, then—get into the act with ACT! 2008 and find out how the latest version of this exciting software enables you to set up a database that’s right for you so that you can focus on your business and career growth while also saving time and money.
With this fun and friendly guide in hand, you’ll discover how ACT! organizes customer information in one place, safely shares customer info between workgroups, and provides you with forecast tools, reports, and a contact database. Whether you’re new to the features of ACT! or you are familiar with the basics but have not yet put to use ACT!’s more advanced abilities, this nuts-and-bolts reference has been updated and revised to make sure that you are up to speed on the most efficient way to organize your customer relationships and activities.
Author and full-time ACT! Certified Consultant and ACT! Premier Trainer Karen Fredricks walks you through tasks such as:
- Setting up the contact database
- Adding multiple contacts to a group and adding contacts to a company
- Changing contact-level security access
- Scheduling activities
- Using the basic ACT! Reports
- Designing new reports
- Automating the backup process
- Integrating with Outlook
- Creating groups
ACT! by Sage For Dummies, 9th Edition also boasts a companion Web site that includes all the updates for the 2008 version of ACT! You’ll be amazed by just how quickly you’ll be able to set up a database and get it to act for you.
About the Author
Karen S. Fredricks has implemented ACT! for businesses ranging from sole practitioners to Fortune 500 companies and has written software manuals on ACT!. She established and runs a large ACT! user group.
Bioinformatics is an evolving field that is gaining popularity due to genomics, proteomics and other high-throughput biological methods. The function of bioinformatic scientists includes biological data storage, retrieval and in silico analysis of the results from large-scale experiments. This requires a grasp of knowledge mining algorithms, a thorough understanding of biological knowledge base, and the logical relationship of entities that describe a process or the system. Bioinformatics researchers are required to be trained in multidisciplinary fields of biology, mathematics and computer science. Currently the requirements are satisfied by ad hoc researchers who have specific skills in biology or mathematics/computer science. But the learning curve is steep and the time required to communicate using domain specific terms is becoming a major bottle neck in scientific productivity. This workbook provides hands-on experience which has been lacking for qualified bioinformatics researchers.
Bioinformatics is an evolving field that is gaining popularity due to genomics, proteomics and other high-throughput biological methods. The function of bioinformatic scientists includes biological data storage, retrieval and in silico analysis of the results from large-scale experiments. This requires a grasp of knowledge mining algorithms, a thorough understanding of biological knowledge base, and the logical relationship of entities that describe a process or the system. Bioinformatics researchers are required to be trained in multidisciplinary fields of biology, mathematics and computer science. Currently the requirements are satisfied by ad hoc researchers who have specific skills in biology or mathematics/computer science. But the learning curve is steep and the time required to communicate using domain specific terms is becoming a major bottle neck in scientific productivity. This workbook provides hands-on experience which has been lacking for qualified bioinformatics researchers.
Data Mining for Business Applications presents the state-of-the-art research and development outcomes on methodologies, techniques, approaches and successful applications in the area. The contributions mark a paradigm shift from “data-centered pattern mining” to “domain driven actionable knowledge discovery” for next-generation KDD research and applications. The contents identify how KDD techniques can better contribute to critical domain problems in theory and practice, and strengthen business intelligence in complex enterprise applications. The volume also explores challenges and directions for future research and development in the dialogue between academia and business.
Data Mining for Business Applications presents the state-of-the-art research and development outcomes on methodologies, techniques, approaches and successful applications in the area. The contributions mark a paradigm shift from “data-centered pattern mining” to “domain driven actionable knowledge discovery” for next-generation KDD research and applications. The contents identify how KDD techniques can better contribute to critical domain problems in theory and practice, and strengthen business intelligence in complex enterprise applications. The volume also explores challenges and directions for future research and development in the dialogue between academia and business.
This book is a comprehensive guide to how organizations can use the internet to support their marketing activities and covers all aspects of Internet marketing - environment analysis, strategy development and implementation. Building on the successful and widely regarded first edition, this second edition has a completely revised structure and streamlined content, increasing the marketing orientation of the text by decreasing technical background about the internet. New to this edition: a revised structure providing a clear sequence to the stages of strategy development and implementation; a new chapter on how the Internet can be used to vary the marketing mix; new chapters on the micro- and macro-environment for the Internet, providing a foundation for strategy development, strategy chapter has been updated to reflect latest thinking; greater detail on Internet marketing communications, including the latest techniques, such as pay-per-click search engines and viral marketing; new case studies; relationship marketing chapter now takes a CRM-oriented approach; new, four-color design to improve clarity.
Dave Chaffey (www.davechaffey.com) is an Internet marketing trainer and consultant for Marketing Insights Limited. He is a lecturer on e-marketing courses at Cranfield and Warwick Universities and the Institute of Direct Marketing. Dave has been recognised by the CIM as one of the 50 marketing 'gurus' worldwide who have shaped the future of marketing.
Fiona Ellis-Chadwick is a lecturer in Marketing at the Business School at Loughborough University and is a member of the Marketing and Retailing Research Group. Her work has been published in Journal of Business Research, International Journal of Retail Distribution and Management, European Journal of Marketing, Internet Research, and Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services.
Richard Mayer is a Senior Lecturer in Marketing at the University of Derby, where he is the programme manager for CIM qualifications. He is also the Director of his own Marketing Training Company, specialising in Strategic Marketing, Business to Business Marketing and Marketing Communications.
Kevin Johnston is a Senior Lecturer at Liverpool John Moores University, specialising in marketing, strategy and e-commerce. He previously lectured at the University of Derby, where he created one of the UK’s first e-commerce degree programmes.
This book is a comprehensive guide to how organizations can use the internet to support their marketing activities and covers all aspects of Internet marketing - environment analysis, strategy development and implementation. Building on the successful and widely regarded first edition, this second edition has a completely revised structure and streamlined content, increasing the marketing orientation of the text by decreasing technical background about the internet. New to this edition: a revised structure providing a clear sequence to the stages of strategy development and implementation; a new chapter on how the Internet can be used to vary the marketing mix; new chapters on the micro- and macro-environment for the Internet, providing a foundation for strategy development, strategy chapter has been updated to reflect latest thinking; greater detail on Internet marketing communications, including the latest techniques, such as pay-per-click search engines and viral marketing; new case studies; relationship marketing chapter now takes a CRM-oriented approach; new, four-color design to improve clarity.
Dave Chaffey (www.davechaffey.com) is an Internet marketing trainer and consultant for Marketing Insights Limited. He is a lecturer on e-marketing courses at Cranfield and Warwick Universities and the Institute of Direct Marketing. Dave has been recognised by the CIM as one of the 50 marketing 'gurus' worldwide who have shaped the future of marketing.
Fiona Ellis-Chadwick is a lecturer in Marketing at the Business School at Loughborough University and is a member of the Marketing and Retailing Research Group. Her work has been published in Journal of Business Research, International Journal of Retail Distribution and Management, European Journal of Marketing, Internet Research, and Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services.
Richard Mayer is a Senior Lecturer in Marketing at the University of Derby, where he is the programme manager for CIM qualifications. He is also the Director of his own Marketing Training Company, specialising in Strategic Marketing, Business to Business Marketing and Marketing Communications.
Kevin Johnston is a Senior Lecturer at Liverpool John Moores University, specialising in marketing, strategy and e-commerce. He previously lectured at the University of Derby, where he created one of the UK’s first e-commerce degree programmes.
Handling inherent uncertainty and exploiting compositional structure are fundamental to understanding and designing large-scale systems. Statistical relational learning builds on ideas from probability theory and statistics to address uncertainty while incorporating tools from logic, databases, and programming languages to represent structure. In
Introduction to Statistical Relational Learning, leading researchers in this emerging area of machine learning describe current formalisms, models, and algorithms that enable effective and robust reasoning about richly structured systems and data.
The early chapters provide tutorials for material used in later chapters, offering introductions to representation, inference and learning in graphical models, and logic. The book then describes object-oriented approaches, including probabilistic relational models, relational Markov networks, and probabilistic entity-relationship models as well as logic-based formalisms including Bayesian logic programs, Markov logic, and stochastic logic programs. Later chapters discuss such topics as probabilistic models with unknown objects, relational dependency networks, reinforcement learning in relational domains, and information extraction.
By presenting a variety of approaches, the book highlights commonalities and clarifies important differences among proposed approaches and, along the way, identifies important representational and algorithmic issues. Numerous applications are provided throughout.
About the Author
Lise Getoor is Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Maryland.
Ben Taskar is Assistant Professor in the Computer and Information Science Department at the University of Pennsylvania.
Handling inherent uncertainty and exploiting compositional structure are fundamental to understanding and designing large-scale systems. Statistical relational learning builds on ideas from probability theory and statistics to address uncertainty while incorporating tools from logic, databases, and programming languages to represent structure. In
Introduction to Statistical Relational Learning, leading researchers in this emerging area of machine learning describe current formalisms, models, and algorithms that enable effective and robust reasoning about richly structured systems and data.
The early chapters provide tutorials for material used in later chapters, offering introductions to representation, inference and learning in graphical models, and logic. The book then describes object-oriented approaches, including probabilistic relational models, relational Markov networks, and probabilistic entity-relationship models as well as logic-based formalisms including Bayesian logic programs, Markov logic, and stochastic logic programs. Later chapters discuss such topics as probabilistic models with unknown objects, relational dependency networks, reinforcement learning in relational domains, and information extraction.
By presenting a variety of approaches, the book highlights commonalities and clarifies important differences among proposed approaches and, along the way, identifies important representational and algorithmic issues. Numerous applications are provided throughout.
About the Author
Lise Getoor is Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Maryland.
Ben Taskar is Assistant Professor in the Computer and Information Science Department at the University of Pennsylvania.
The first book that covers convergence of voice, video and data networks from a vendor-neutral perspective.
*Covers the latest standards and those being developed in an ever-evolving field
*Provides insight into the latest technology of video and data over wireless networks and how convergence will be a driving force in this industry
*Provides an understanding of the true capabilities behind each vendor's solution to allow for informed buying decisions
A recent survey of 500 U.S. companies with multiple locations found that 81% are planning to implement IP Telephony on their local area networks (LANs) in 2003, and two-thirds are looking at convergence for their wide area networks (WANs) as well. This includes voice, video and data over hard line and wireless networks.
Today, new standards and technologies are being developed to support convergence and voice over IP (VoIP) and Video over IP and wireless. Because convergence covers the voice and data world, it will be critical to understand all of these environments.
This book provides detailed information on convergence network models, protocol stacks, routing algorithms, gateways and switches required to support these networks.
About the Author
Juanita Ellis has been at the forefront in working with corporations in the areas of convergence, computer Security and e-business. Some of these companies include Sony, JCPenney, SWBell, Boeing, Xerox, Bell Atlantic, MCI, Citibank and Toyota.
Currently, she works with companies in helping deploy voice and data networks, converged solutions, VPN security and call center applications. In addition, she was a technical manager at Lotus/IBM for the southern, mid-Atlantic, and eastern regions of the United States. As a technical manager, she was responsible for designing and architecting enterprise-wide applications that integrated with enterprise resource planning systems, Internet technologies, and relational and transaction-based systems. She is currently an independent consultant.
The first book that covers convergence of voice, video and data networks from a vendor-neutral perspective.
*Covers the latest standards and those being developed in an ever-evolving field
*Provides insight into the latest technology of video and data over wireless networks and how convergence will be a driving force in this industry
*Provides an understanding of the true capabilities behind each vendor's solution to allow for informed buying decisions
A recent survey of 500 U.S. companies with multiple locations found that 81% are planning to implement IP Telephony on their local area networks (LANs) in 2003, and two-thirds are looking at convergence for their wide area networks (WANs) as well. This includes voice, video and data over hard line and wireless networks.
Today, new standards and technologies are being developed to support convergence and voice over IP (VoIP) and Video over IP and wireless. Because convergence covers the voice and data world, it will be critical to understand all of these environments.
This book provides detailed information on convergence network models, protocol stacks, routing algorithms, gateways and switches required to support these networks.
About the Author
Juanita Ellis has been at the forefront in working with corporations in the areas of convergence, computer Security and e-business. Some of these companies include Sony, JCPenney, SWBell, Boeing, Xerox, Bell Atlantic, MCI, Citibank and Toyota.
Currently, she works with companies in helping deploy voice and data networks, converged solutions, VPN security and call center applications. In addition, she was a technical manager at Lotus/IBM for the southern, mid-Atlantic, and eastern regions of the United States. As a technical manager, she was responsible for designing and architecting enterprise-wide applications that integrated with enterprise resource planning systems, Internet technologies, and relational and transaction-based systems. She is currently an independent consultant.
Filled with hundreds of hands-on tutorials, tips, and techniques, this is the thorough, in-depth reference that every Second Life resident needs. Learn how to create a unique avatar and then explore, build, socialize--and even earn real money. Inside, you'll find exclusive coverage of all the menus, features, and utilities. Whether you're a newbie or an old hand, this book will help you get the most out of Second Life.
You’re holding the book I wish I’d had during my first year in Second Life. In fact, even though I wrote it, I still find myself using it as a reference. It’s packed with valuable information that will greatly enhance your enjoyment of SL.
My primary goal while writing this book was to provide you with news you can use. News because many topics covered here are not covered elsewhere. Use because the topics are useful, not just human interest, historical background, or otherwise merely academic.
Filled with hundreds of hands-on tutorials, tips, and techniques, this is the thorough, in-depth reference that every Second Life resident needs. Learn how to create a unique avatar and then explore, build, socialize--and even earn real money. Inside, you'll find exclusive coverage of all the menus, features, and utilities. Whether you're a newbie or an old hand, this book will help you get the most out of Second Life.
You’re holding the book I wish I’d had during my first year in Second Life. In fact, even though I wrote it, I still find myself using it as a reference. It’s packed with valuable information that will greatly enhance your enjoyment of SL.
My primary goal while writing this book was to provide you with news you can use. News because many topics covered here are not covered elsewhere. Use because the topics are useful, not just human interest, historical background, or otherwise merely academic.
