Millennium Intelligence


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A corporate consultant shows how to employ business intelligence to maximize profits.







Exploring Artificial Intelligence in the New Millennium


Book Description

This guide is a unique presentation of the spectrum of ongoing research in Artificial Intelligence. An ideal collection for personal reference or for use in introductory courses in AI and its subfields, "Exploring Artificial Intelligence in the New Millennium" is essential reading for anyone interested in the intellectual and technological challenges of AI.




The Visible Employee


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The misuse of an organization's information systems by employees, whether through error or by intent, can result in leaked and corrupted data, crippled networks, lost productivity, legal problems, and public embarrassment. As organizations turn to technology to monitor employee use of network resources, they are finding themselves at odds with workers who instinctively feel their privacy is being invaded. The Visible Employee reports the results of an extensive four-year research project, covering a range of security solutions for at-risk organizations as well as the perceptions and attitudes of employees toward monitoring and surveillance. The result is a wake-up call for business owners, managers, and IT staff, as well as an eye-opening dose of reality for employees.




Smart Services


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Focus is on the competitive information needs of service-oriented firms in this book for managers in service businesses, entrepreneurs, marketing specialists, and competitive intelligence professionals. Sawyer, president of a consulting firm, describes the forms of competition in service businesses,




Super Searchers on Wall Street


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Interviews with expert researchers reveal to day traders and investors the secrets for finding investment-related information online. The best Web sites, online databases, and other electronic resources used by investment professionals to gather and analyze market data are detailed. Experts interviewed include researchers from General Motors Investment Management Corporation, State Street Global Advisors, Oliver Wyman & Company, and other top firms.




Assessing Competitive Intelligence Software


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Value-Addedness and Information: Two Notions, One Goal -- From Data to Knowledge -- The Notion of Value -- The Value-Added Processes of Information Systems -- The Value-Added Processes of Expert and Intelligent Systems -- A Conceptual Framework for Competitive Intelligence -- The Evolution of Competitive Intelligence -- Defining Competitive Intelligence -- Competitive Intelligence and Strategy -- The Competitive Intelligence Process -- Identification of CI Needs -- Acquisition of Competitive Information -- Organization, Storage, and Retrieval. -- Analysis of Information -- Development of Intelligence Products. -- Distribution of Intelligence Products. -- Identifying the Value-Added Processes of Competitive Intelligence Software. -- Evaluating Information Technology. -- Targeting the Value-Added Dimensions. -- Other Evaluation Criteria -- Overview of Competitive Intelligence Software Applications and Related Products.]. -- A Typology of Technologies. -- Identifying CI Technology -- CI Software Products Overview. -- Evaluating Competitive Intelligence Software. -- An Evaluation Guide: Criteria and Questions -- Methodology -- Software Evaluation -- Identification of CI Needs. -- Acquisition of Competitive Information. -- Organization, Storage, and Retrieval -- Analysis of Information -- Development of CI Products -- Distribution of CI Products -- Global Assessment -- Conclusion: Competitive Intelligence Technology-Summary, Implications, and Trends -- Bibliography.




Net.people


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The art of creating a Web site is one that has emerged and been refined since the explosion of the Internet as a communications medium. But unlike authors, filmmakers, musicians, and visual artists, the faces behind even the most popular Web sites remain hidden. This book goes behind the Web curtain to reveal the personalities behind 35 of the most interesting Web sites on the Internet today. Interviews with the creators of sites for everything from wedding resources and action figure collecting to misheard song lyrics and movie reviews reveal the motivations for and experiences in starting and growing Web sites. This book provides insights for people-watchers who are curious about the faces behind the sites and for anyone interested in building an original Web site.




Nuclear Proliferation and International Order


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"Draws on papers originally presented at Nobel Symposium 142 ... on 'Peace, stability and nuclear order : theoretical assumptions, historical experiences, future challenges.' The conference took place at Oscarsborg ... on 25-27 June 2009, and gathered close to 30 international experts"--Page xii-xiii




Gideon's Spies


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In the secret world of spies and covert operations, no other intelligence service continues to be as surrounded by myth and mystery as the Mossad. Gordon Thomas reveals that all too often the truth exceeds all the fantasies about the Mossad. Revised and updated for 2015, this new edition includes: - Mossad's secret meeting in 2013 with Saudi Arabia's intelligence chief to plan for Israel to use Saudi to attack Iran should the Geneva discussion fail to be honored by Iran. - The attack on Iraq's nuclear reactor that will be the flight path to an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities. - Mossad's new cyber-war unit preparing to launch its own pre-emptive strike. - Why Mossad's former director, Meir Dagan, has spoken out against an attack on Iran. - Mossad agents who operate in the "Dark Side" of the internet to track terrorists. - Mossad's drone and its first killing. - Mossad's role in the defense of Israel's Embassy in Cairo during the Arab Spring. - An introduction to Mossad's new director, Tamir Pardo. These and other stunning details combine to give Gideon's Spies the sense of urgency and relevance that is characteristic of truly engrossing nonfiction.