If you're afraid your organization is lagging in e-commerce, you're actually in good company. While the media seems to abound in Internet business success stories, the reality is that few companies have made the transition. Even fewer have done it profitably. Nonetheless, sales through e-commerce are predicted to grow to $1.2 trillion by 2002. To capture your share of the action, the time to implement your strategy is now. This book provides a uniquely practical blueprint - one focused on measurable return on investment.
Extensible Markup Language (XML) is revolutionizing Web content, electronic commerce and enterprise computing. As with most technology revolutions, the concept behind XML is deceptively simple--to provide a standardization for specifying the meaning of information exchanged over networks. However, the implications for such a capability ripple throughout the entire field of distributed computing. Read on for the SDTimes "Book Watch" review .
An unbiased introduction to COM+ and its relationship with other Microsoft technologies. COM+ is the next generation of COM, DCOM, and MTS. Microsoft's answer to CORBA and Enterprise JavaBeans, COM+ will provide the foundation for all of Microsoft's enterprise technologies, including databases, programming languages, and messaging. This introductory book offers an unbiased overview of COM+ as well as a review of how it works with Microsoft's other technologies, including clusters (Wolfpak), messaging (MSMQ), databases (SQL Server 7), programming languages (Visual Basic 6), and security. It also compares COM+ with its rival technologies, CORBA 3.0 and Enterprise JavaBeans. Read on for the SDTimes "Book Watch" review .
When people think of methodology, they usually imagine the theorists of IT pontificating on the virtues of an application development strategy. Methodology, in truth, is very important to the success of a data warehousing project. Without methodology, a team can walk blindly into a dark room and come out with the stab wounds of a failed effort.
Use this book to build a business plan that works for the online environment, then follow through with tips on building a great project team and managing to achieve your goals.
Real-life case studies give you guidance on keeping your project cost-effective and timely. The advice in this book is applicable in small or large companies, local or multinational.
Author: Kevin Forsberg, PhD, Hal Mooz, PMP, Howard Cotterman
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ISBN: 0-471-35760-X
Project management today has become a competition for the faster, better, cheaper project. To avoid creating a faster, better, cheaper failure, use this book and its pioneering project management methods.
In the era of information, having a knowledge management strategy is crucial. This book provides a jargon-free place to get advice, study real-life examples and develop a strategy to conquer the evolving landscape of knowledge management.
The Internet is a powerful tool for all businesses regardless of size. This book shows you how to harness the Internet for a business intelligence system and find customers, increase sales, track cometitors and more. Turn your small company into serious competition for the giants!
How do you move your Visual C++/MFC expereince into building multi-tier environments? With the help of this book, you will gain a better understanding of OLE DB and ADO, view in-depth code examples and learn master design techniques to create more robust distributed applications.
