This book explores the unity of life. It proposes that the concept of information is the inner essence of what we today call life. The importance of information for our species is obvious. Human beings are highly dependent on information, constantly exchanging with conspecifics. In a less apparent way, we are the product of genetic and epigenetic information which determines our development in a given environment from a fertilized egg to the adult...

"If you are looking for a career where each day includes new challenges, and you love learning new ideas and technologies, you should consider the Information Technology (IT) field. This field includes jobs that involve the use of computers to store and use data, applications, and information. IT also includes any job involving the hardware, software, and network connections associated with computers"-- Provided by publisher.

This title bridges the gap between formal best-practice training and the realities that ITSM practitioners face when they begin implementation. It provides practical guidance on how to manage the many challenges of change management in the context of the organizational culture, regardless of the frameworks chosen.

Laut Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie (BMWi) ist der Mittelstand der Motor für Wachstum, Beschäftigung und Innovation. Mittelständische Unternehmen stellen 99,7% aller Unternehmen in Deutschland dar.Sie verspüren aber einen immer stärkeren internationalen Wettbewerbsdruck. Eine Möglichkeit, dem zu begegnen, ist der Einsatz leistungsfähiger und innovativer Informationssysteme. Kleine und mittelständische Unternehmen...

Your iPad at Work, Second Edition Supercharge your business effectiveness with any model of iPad - in the office, on the road, everywhere! Do you have an iPad? Put it to work! If you're a manager, entrepreneur, or professional, a consultant, salesperson, or freelancer, this book will make you more efficient, more effective, and more successful! Your iPad at Work includes the latest information about the new iPad (third generation) and iOS 5.1, but...

"Digital age", "digital society", "digital civilization": many expressions are used to describe the major cultural transformation of our contemporary societies. Digital Dictionary presents the multiple facets of this phenomenon, which was born of computers and continues to permeate all human activity as it progresses at a rapid pace. In this multidisciplinary work, experts, academics and practitioners invite us to discover the digital world from various...

Learn how to succeed in the digital economy. The paradigms of big business have changed. Business models that were once lucrative now seem to barely move the needle. Incumbents of the old guard find themselves superseded by new, digitally-charged, data-fuelled organisations that leverage platform-based business models. How can pre-digital businesses survive? They're loaded with resources, brand power and deeply embedded networks, they just need a...

A secret history of the industrial wars behind the rise and fall of the 20th century's great information empires--Hollywood, the broadcast networks, and AT&T--asking one big question: Could history repeat itself, with one giant entity taking control of American information?-- Publisher

The recent "concept of 2.0"", a consequence of ""Web 2.0"", discusses the emergence of a new style, emancipated from the Web, which finds applications in all areas of social activity: management, innovation, education , organization, territory, etc.This book considers the implications of the changing paradigm for competitive, economic and territorial intelligence applied to innovation, value creation and enhancement of territories. Competitive intelligence...