Handbook of Serial Communications Interfaces: A Comprehensive Compendium of Serial Digital Input/Output (I/O) Standards

Pro SQL Server 2008 XML (Expert's Voice in SQL Server)

Apress, 2008

Back in 1999, I was working for a dot-com when I was first exposed to the interesting new technology known as XML. My imagination ran wild, and I immediately began working on dozens of applications for XML, like custom reporting from our legacy inventory system and Web-based business-to-business ordering. I was as excited as a kid on...

Governing the Euro Area in Good Times and Bad

Oxford University Press, 2011

Can the euro area survive without a more centralized economic policy? What lessons can be drawn from Economic and Monetary Union about new modes of policy-making in the European Union? Have euro area members spoken with one voice on the international stage and what does this mean for the European Union's ambitions to be a global actor in...

One-to-One Web Marketing: Build a Relationship Marketing Strategy One Customer at a Time, Second Edition

John Wiley & Sons, 2001

Markets are becoming increasingly fragmented as the result of global competition. As more companies vie for niche market positions, they spin out a broader array of product and service offerings. The Web, with its relatively low barriers to entry, has accelerated this competition by orders of magnitude. The wide availability of online...

Multiple User Interfaces: Cross-Platform Applications and Context-Aware Interfaces

John Wiley & Sons, 2004

Today’s communication systems consist of a bewildering array of devices and technologies. Mobile phones, PDAs, personal computers, corporate servers, Internet sites, even wearable devices – all of these compete for our attention and require us to interact with them in different ways.

A Multiple User Interface (MUI) helps with...

Learning iOS Programming: From Xcode to App Store

O'Reilly, 2013

The arrival of the iPhone changed everything. Or, at the very least, it changed the direction of software development for mobile platforms, which is a pretty big thing. It has spawned an entire generation of copycat devices and brought an entire multibilliondollar industry to its knees. Despite this, it still fits in...

Artificial Intelligence Illuminated

Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2004

Artificial Intelligence Illuminated presents an overview of the background and history of artificial intelligence, emphasizing its importance in today’s society and potential for the future. The book covers a range of AI techniques, algorithms, and methodologies, including game playing, intelligent agents, machine learning, genetic...