Management of IT

The calculus of IT support for the banking, securities and insurance industries has changed dramatically and rapidly over the past few years. Unheard of just a few years ago, corporate intranets are now used for everything from job postings to enhanced team communications. Whole new departments are ..

This book on performance fundamentals covers UNIX, OpenVMS, Linux, Windows, and MVS. Most of the theory and systems design principles can be applied to other operating systems, as can some of the benchmarks. The book equips professionals with the ability to assess performance characteristics in unfa..

This book covers a wide variety of topics in business and management, including the banking sector, female entrepreneurship and leadership in corporate boardrooms, and will appeal to students, researchers and professionals in the field of business and management...

This significantly expanded and newest edition of the bestselling HIMSS Dictionary of Health Information Technology Terms, Acronyms, and Organizations has been developed and extensively reviewed by more than 50 industry experts. The fourth edition of this dictionary serves as a quick reference for s..

The healthcare industry is under privacy attack. The book discusses the issues from the healthcare organization and individual perspectives. Someone hacking into a medical device and changing it is life-threatening. Personal information is available on the black market. And there are increased medic..

Thoroughly explaining the concept of the scorecard framework from both the corporate and IT perspectives, Implementing the IT Balanced Scorecard: Aligning IT with Corporate Strategy lays the groundwork for implementation of the scorecard approach. It provides examples, case studies, histories, and c..

With an abundance of improvement methodologies and frameworks quickly gaining momentum, many question where to begin. This book surveys and integrates the quantitative improvement approaches gaining popularity—including Goal Driven Measurements (GQM), Business Process Management (BPM), Lean Methodol..

Here is an instructive guide for librarians planning to start an information brokerage, whether as an entrepreneur or as a member of a document delivery group in a library. Knowledgeable professionals can repeat the successful methods of firms and librarians gathered together in this helpful book. I..

Security practitioners must be able to build a cost-effective security program while at the same time meet the requirements of government regulations. This book lays out these regulations in simple terms and explains how to use the control frameworks to build an effective information security progra..

A compilation of the fundamental knowledge, skills, techniques, and tools required by all security professionals, this text forms the basis on which all IT security programs and certifications are created. Considered the gold-standard reference of information security, the Handbook includes coverage..

_x005F_x000D_ Updated annually to keep up with the increasingly fast pace of change in the field, the Information Security Management Handbook is the single most comprehensive and up-to-date resource on information security and assurance. Compiling the fundamental skills, techniques, tools, and unde..

Since the publication of the groundbreaking first edition, the increasing rate of change in today’s business landscape has amplified the value of IT in driving adaptive responses. Focusing on the critical role IT plays in organizational development, this second edition shows how to employ action lea..