Information Technology or The Human Venture

Information Technology: Principles, Practices, and Opportunities

Author: James Senn

The emphasis is on the way information technology is used and applied for problem solving; the new and emerging technologies as they are being implemented in real organizations; applications to personal and professional practice; and the challenges and opportunities of IT in international business situations. Beginning with an introduction to Information Technology, this book covers hardware, database, and network technologies; IT applications development; and current Information Technology issues. Those interested in keeping current with the development and applications of Information Technology.

Table of Contents:

I. INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.
 1. Information Technology: Principles, Practices, and Opportunities.

 2. Essentials of Computing.

 3. Essentials of the Internet and the Worldwide Web.

II. HARDWARE TECHNOLOGY.
 4. The Central Processor and Memory.

 5. Storage and Input/Output Devices.

III. DATABASE TECHNOLOGY.
 6. Personal and PC Databases.

 7. Enterprise Databases and Warehouses.

IV. NETWORK TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS.
 8. Enterprise and Personal Communications Networks.

 9. Electronic Commerce and Electronic Business.

V. DEVELOPING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS.
10. Launching Application Development Projects.

11. Creating Enterprise Applications.

12. Creating Web-Enabled Applications.

VI. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ISSUES.
13. Information Systems in the Enterprise.

14. Issues in Information Technology.

Concise Dictionary of IT Terminology.

Credits.

Subject Index.

Name, Company, and Product Index.

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The Human Venture: From Prehistory to Present (Combined Edition)

Author: Anthony Esler

Written from a truly global perspective, this narrative tells the story of human events on the move—the exciting "event history" of wars and politics, booms and busts, the rise and fall of empires, and more. It also reaches beyond the events that have shaped world history to trace the broader development of human institutions and ideas as they evolve through time. Coverage of both events and broader trends is presented as part of major global movements, through the lives of the people who lived them, and as succinctly and vividly as possible.

The author has made a substantial effort to restructure this fifth edition of The Human Venture with emphasis on classroom use, student appeal, and clarifying the broad patterns of human history. New features include:

• Reorganization to a thirty-chapter format.
• New "Glance Ahead" chapter openers to introduce main themes early on.
• Many new "Voices from the Past" boxes to make some of these long-vanished people "come alive."
• New timelines in each section and a number of new maps and photos.