InfoWorld


Book Description

InfoWorld is targeted to Senior IT professionals. Content is segmented into Channels and Topic Centers. InfoWorld also celebrates people, companies, and projects.




Enterprise Directory and Security Implementation Guide


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The Internet is connecting enterprises into a global economy. Companies are exposing their directories, or a part of their directories, to customers, business partners, the Internet as a whole, and to potential "hackers." If the directory structure is compromised, then the whole enterprise can be at risk. Security of this information is of utmost importance. This book provides examples and implementation guidelines on building secure and structured enterprise directories. The authors have worked with corporations around the world to help them design and manage enterprise directories that operate efficiently and guard against outside intrusion. These experts provide the reader with "best practices" on directory architecture, implementation, and enterprise security strategies.




Venture Capital


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First published in 1990, this is the first text to offer a goegraphicand regional study of venture capitalism. Although the importance of this type of capitalism in creating and nurturing small firms has long been recognized, it does not have a uniform global character. Drawing on previously unused data, Green's book offers a geographic comparison which displays the diverse forms of venture capitalist markets from the well established to the newly emerging and the rapidly dissapearing.







A Survey of Direct U. S. Private Capital Investment in Research and Development Facilities in Japan


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The first comprehensive survey of investment in Japanese R&D facilities by U.S. firms. It has increased recently, and this trend has important implications for U.S. technological competititveness. Such facilities allow U.S. industry to tap Japan's technology base, improve market access, and respond quickly to customer needs. Graphs.




One Hundred Years of Sci-Tech Libraries


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This book, first published in 1988, celebrates the development of sci-tech libraries in honour of the one hundredth anniversary of the founding of the first library school in the United States. The expert contributors provide a survey of the development of sci-tech libraries as well as some thoughts about their future. This comprehensive volume covers several types of sci-tech libraries, information retrieval, and library education. Library professionals will be fascinated but the journey of progress detailed in these well-written chapters.




The Geodesic Network


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Information Industry Directory


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Comprehensive directory of databases as well as services "involved in the production and distribution of information in electronic form." There is a detailed subject index and function/service classification as well as name, keyword, and geographical location indexes.




How to Get It


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Comprehensive guide to identifying and acquiring government-sponsored documents, maps, patents, specifications, and other resources. Describes each item and gives its source, acronym, series designation or short title, cost, where it is indexed, and telephone numbers to call for more information. It emphasizes research development, testing, and evaluation programs.