An executive's guide to information technology : principles, business models, and terminology / Robert Plant and Stephen Murrell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Plant, Robert T., author.

Murrell, Stephen, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Information technology.

Industrial management--Information technology.

Industrial management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 374 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Assessing the most valuable technology for an organization is becoming a growing challenge for business professionals confronted with an expanding array of options. This 2007 book is an A-Z compendium of technological terms written for the non-technical executive, allowing quick identification of what the term is and why it is significant. This is more than a dictionary - it is a concise review of the most important aspects of information technology from a business perspective: the major advantages, disadvantages and business value propositions of each term are discussed, as well as sources for further reading, and cross-referencing with other terms where applicable. The essential elements of each concept are covered in a succinct manner so the reader can quickly obtain the required knowledge without wading through exhaustive descriptions. With over 200 terms, this is a valuable reference for non- and semi-technical managers, executives and graduate students in business and technology management.

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; ACM (Association for Computing; Advertising; Agent; AIS (Association for Information; Algorithm; Analog; Anti-virus software; Application development methods; Application generator; Application server; Application service provider (ASP); Architecture; Artificial intelligence (AI); ASCII; Assembler; Audio; Backup; Bandwidth; Bar code; Batch processing; BCS (British Computer Society); Benchmark; Binary; Biometrics; Bit; Bluetooth; Broadband; Bug, debugging; Bus; Business continuity service provider; Business intelligence (BI)

Business process re-engineeringC, C++, C#; Cable Communications Policy Act of; Cables and connectors; Cache; CAD/CAM (computer aided design/; Capacity planning; Cell computing; Chaos theory; CIO (chief information officer); Click-stream tracking; Client; Client-server; Clone; Cluster; Cobol; Collaborative commerce; Compiler; Complexity; Compression; Computability; Computer; Computer-based training (CBT); Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, 1986; Computer Misuse Act of 1990; Connectivity standard; Cookies; CPU (central processing unit); Cracking; Database; Database administrator (DBA)

Data-flow diagramData mining; Data pool; Data Protection Act (UK only); Data quality audit; Data warehouse; Decision support system (DSS); Denial-of-service attack; DHCP (Dynamic Host Control Protocol); Digital; Digital cash; Digital certificate; Digital Millennium Copyright; Digital signature; Disclosure and interception of; Disk; Distributed database; Domain name; Dvorak/QWERTY keyboards; Dynamic web pages; e-Commerce/e-business; Efficiency; Electronic data interchange (EDI); Email; Encryption; End-user development; Enterprise information portal (EIP); Enterprise resource planning (ERP)

Entity-relationship diagram (ERD)Ethernet; ETL (extracting, transforming, and; European Union Directive on Privacy; Fiber optics; File server; File system; Firewall; Flash memory; Formal methods; Fortran; Fourth generation; FTP (file transfer protocol); Functional programming; Fuzzy logic; Global positioning system; Groupware; Hacker; Hardware, software, firmware,; Health Insurance Portability and; Host, host name, hosting; Human-computer interaction; Hypertext, HTML; IEEE (Institute of Electrical and; Index; Information lifecycle management; Information Technology; Instant messaging (IM)

InternetInternet protocol (IP); ISO/IEC 17799; ISP (Internet service provider); Java; JavaScript; Joint application design (JAD); Knowledge-based systems; Knowledge engineer; Knowledge management; LAN/WAN/subnet/internet/intranet; Law cross-reference; Legacy system; Logic programming; Machine learning; Maintenance; Memory; Memory and disk size; Middleware; MIS (management information; Modem; Motherboard; Multicast; Natural language processing (NLP); Network; Network-address translation (NAT); Network devices; Neural network; Normalization; Object-oriented; OLAP (online analytical processing)

One-way hash

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-16560-1

1-280-85062-0

9786610850624

0-511-27879-9

0-511-27939-6

0-511-27762-8

0-511-32190-2

0-511-54344-1

0-511-27821-7

OCLC:

159932947