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Mapping the Enterprise: Modeling the Enterprise as Services with Enterprise Canvas
by Tom GravesOne of the hardest tasks strategists and enterprise architects face is mapping an enterprise in a form that creates and supports making sense of the whole. This book introduces an alternate approach to create consistency at every level by modelling the enterprise as services with the Enterprise Canvas. This new model type that can be used to describe just about anything in any area and at any level of the enterprise, and that acts as a consistent frame for all the other models that we need in our architectures. It is also simple enough to scribble on the back of a napkin - and engage all of your stakeholders in the enterprise-scale conversations you need. There is also a simple notation for Enterprise Canvas that is suitable for use in service-design toolsets. The book teaches the use of architectural techniques to describe any aspect of the enterprise. It will help you identify the business reasons and business value for every activity, and you will also learn how to align strategy, tactics and operations to enterprise vision and values. By the end of this book, you will understand how an enterprise works as a web of services, and what needs to be done to make your enterprise work in the best possible way. What You'll Learn Gain insight into the concepts of service to enhance agility, adaptability and resilience.Understand how to enhance efficiency and effectiveness throughout the enterprise.Grasp how an enterprise is made up of services that each serve an overall set of needs Who This Book Is For Enterprise architects, Business architects, IT architects and process designers.
The Service-Oriented Enterprise: Learn Enterprise Architecture and Its Viable Services
by Tom GravesA service-oriented architecture is fundamental to many new IT applications, from web development to social software and cloud computing. The same principles can be applied to every aspect of the service-oriented enterprise – not just in IT. In this book, you’ll explore how an enterprise architecture and viable services can link together to create a simpler yet far more powerful view of the enterprise, as a dynamic, unified whole. You can use the ideas, principles and methods described here in business transformation, workflow mapping, system design and much else besides, in every type of enterprise - including those in which there may be little or no IT at all. Step by step, you’ll walk through the basics of service-oriented architectures, the four key categories of services and how they connect, and how all of this comes together in real-world service design, implementation and operations. From this, you’ll discover how to identify and describe the different types of services that you need for your enterprise, and how to distinguish between the services that you can safely outsource, versus those that you do need to keep in-house. By the end of this book, you’ll learn how to construct function models and service models of your enterprise as a base for service-mapping, and how to pinpoint and map the information flows you need for service-management and service-performance, to keep everything on-track to purpose. What You'll LearnSee how an enterprise architecture can work as a literal architecture Understand Stafford Beer’s "Viable System Model" and adapt it as a robust modelStudy how a Viable Services Model provides a template for service design that covers functionals, non-functionals and operational governance for servicesWho This Book Is ForEnterprise architects, Business architects, Service designers, Workflow designers
End Game (The Midnight Library #3)
by Damien GravesSimon prefers computer games to reality, but a shockingly real turn of events might mean "Game Over" -- forever. This story and two additional contributions equal three more ways to define the word "fear".
Ebay Amazon Arbitrage: Unleashes an Endless Tsunami of High Ticket Paydays
by Brian GravesUnleashes An Endless Tsunami Of High Ticket Paydays Book Description Underground Amazon seller discovers the magical missing word and unleashes an endless tsunami of high ticket paydays. I will provide you with full details of the niche I make money in. I made $82 on the first Item. I bought more from the same seller until I’d bought over 100 Items from him, making between $70 and $150 on each product. I take you through a case study where I show you exactly how to do it. Templates are also provided where necessary to make things as simple as possible. What You Will Learn Buying offline to sell on Ebay and Amazon Buying on other sites to sell on Ebay and Amazon Even more arbitrage tactics to add to you arsenal Case study to show you the exact steps Finding Your Niche And loads more....
How To Get Back Links: 10 Extremely Powerful Backlinks Sources To Building Website Backlinks And Exploding Your Traffic
by Brian GravesOver 60 website examples where you can find these 10 different back linking types, ranging from PR4-PR9.You also get strategies for each link type that you can use to increase website traffic.
Native Ads
by Brian GravesBasically, what we are doing in this special method is that we send cheap traffic to simple domains we own that have sponsored ads on them. How do we get the ads on the domains? We simply park the domain with a provider that will put the ads on our domain automatically.
The Kingmakers: How the Media Threatens Our Security and Our Democracy
by Mike Gravel David EisenbachWhy does the media always blow the big stories? From 9/11 and Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction to Iran's nuclear program and presidential elections, the divide between reality and the so-called "news" has never been more dramatic or dangerous. In The Kingmakers, Senator Mike Gravel and Dr. David Eisenbach argue that the media's failure to present the public with an accurate view of the world poses a greater threat to American lives than terrorism. They also show how the greatest threat to our democracy is not money— it's the media. Long before the majority of voters pay attention to elections, the media Kingmakers filter the presidential field and anoint the "leading candidates." Gravel and Eisenbach propose a powerful antidote to the Kingmakers' poisonous influence on American politics: participatory journalism. Blogs, chat rooms, virtual worlds, and internet contributions have empowered ordinary citizens to change the course of American and world history.
Exploring Microsoft Office 2007
by Robert T. GrauerExploring has been Prentice Hall's most successful Office Application series of the past 15 years. For Office 2007, Exploring has undergone the most extensive changes in its history, so that it can truly more today's student "beyond the point and click."
Exploring Microsoft Office Excel 2007, Comprehensive Second Edition
by Robert Grauer Judy Scheeren Keith MulberyFor introductory Office Application courses that cover Excel 2007. The goal of the Exploring Series has been to move students beyond the point and click, helping them understand the why and how behind each skill. Students go to college now with a different set of skills than they did 5 years ago. The new edition of Exploring moves students beyond the basics of the software at a faster pace, without sacrificing fundamental skills to ensure that they will be engaged throughout the book.
Advances in Robotics Research: ECHORD++: Robotic Science Supporting Innovation (Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics #132)
by Antoni Grau Yannick Morel Ana Puig-Pey Francesca CecchiIn this book Part I presents first an overview of the ECHORD++ project, with its mission and vision together with a detailed structure of its functionalities and instruments: Experiments, Robotic Innovation Facilities and Public end-user Driven Technology Innovation PDTI. Chapter 1 explains how the project is born, the partners, the different instruments and the new concept of cascade funding projects. This novelty made ECHORD++ a special project along the huge number of research groups and consortia involved in the whole project. So far, it is the European funded project with more research team and partners involved in the robotic field. In Chapter 2, one of the instruments in ECHORD++ is explained in detail: RIF. Robotic innovation facilities are a set of laboratories across Europe funded with the project with the goal of hosting consortia involved in any experiment that have special needs when testing their robotic research. In the chapter the three different and specific RIFs will be described and analyzed. Chapter 3 explains an important instrument in ECHORD++: the Experiments. In this part, a big number of research groups have been involve in short time funded research projects. The chapter explains the management of such Experiments, from the call for participation, the candidate’s selection, the monitoring, reviews and funding for each of the 36 experiments funded for Echord. Chapter 4 is very special because it presents the innovation of funding public end-user driven technology, in particular, robotic technology. The robotic challenge is the key of such an instruments together with the management of the different consortia that participated competitively in the success of the robotic challenge proposed by a public entity, selected also with a very special and innovative process.
Practical LaTeX
by George GrätzerPractical LaTeX covers the material that is needed for everyday LaTeX documents. This accessible manual is friendly, easy to read, and is designed to be as portable as LaTeX itself. A short chapter, Mission Impossible, introduces LaTeX documents and presentations. Read these 30 pages; you then should be able to compose your own work in LaTeX The remainder of the book delves deeper into the topics outlined in Mission Impossible while avoiding technical subjects. Chapters on presentations and illustrations are a highlight, as is the introduction of LaTeX on an iPad. Students, faculty, and professionals in the worlds of mathematics and technology will benefit greatly from this new, practical introduction to LaTeX. George Grätzer, author of More Math into LaTeX (now in its 4th edition) and First Steps in LaTeX, has been a LaTeX guru for over a quarter of century. From the reviews of More Math into LaTeX: ``There are several LaTeX guides, but this one wins hands down for the elegance of its approach and breadth of coverage. '' --Amazon. com, Best of 2000, Editors Choice ``A very helpful and useful tool for all scientists and engineers. '' --Review of Astronomical Tools``A novice reader will be able to learn the most essential features of LaTeX sufficient to begin typesetting papers within a few hours of time. . . An experienced TeX user, on the other hand, will find a systematic and detailed discussion of all LaTeX features, supporting software, and many other advanced technical issues. '' --Reports on Mathematical Physics
Follow Me! Creating a Personal Brand with Twitter
by Sarah-Jayne GrattonMake the most of Twitter as a tool for creating a personal brandTwitter boasts more than 100 million active users with 50 million of them actively tweeting every day, making Twitter an indisputably powerful marketing platform. With this insightful book, author and Twitter guru Sarah-Jayne Gratton offers real-world examples and proven techniques for capturing a Twitter audience and using that audience to spread the word about you to build a personal brand.Details ways in which you can use Twitter to build a personal brandShows you how to maximize Twitter?s potential as a powerful marketing tool for your own benefitEncourages you to take advantage of Twitter?s vast audienceFollow Me! Creating a Personal Brand with Twitter escorts you through using Twitter to create and execute a surefire personal marketing campaign that spans the globe.
The Handbook of Personal Area Networking Technologies and Protocols
by Dean Anthony GrattonThis handbook offers an unparalleled view of wireless personal area networking technologies and their associated protocols. It lifts the lid on their growing adoption within the consumer electronics, home automation, sports, health and well-being markets. Bluetooth low energy, ZigBee, EnOcean and ANT+ are comprehensively covered, along with other WPAN technologies including NFC, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth classic and high speed, and WHDI. It also features 802. 11ac, the Internet of Things, Wireless USB, WiGig and WirelessHD. The handbook shows how white space radio, cellular and Femtocells have inadvertently blurred the boundaries between personal and wide area communications, creating disruptive topologies through technology convergence. It explores how pervasive WAN technologies have spawned a new generation of consumers through the Lawnmower Man Effect and explains how our personal space has become integral to social media streams, including Twitter, Facebook and Pinterest. An essential read for students, software engineers and developers, product planners, technical marketers and analysts.
OpenLayers 3: Beginner's Guide
by Thomas Gratier Paul SpencerWhether you are a hobbyist or a professional web developer, if you wish to use maps on your website, then this book is for you. A basic understanding of JavaScript will be helpful, but is not necessary. If you've never worked with maps before, this book will introduce you to some common mapping topics and will guide you through the OpenLayers library. Experienced developers can also use this book as a reference to OpenLayers 3 components and to further enhance their knowledge.
OpenLayers 3 Beginner's Guide
by Thomas Gratier<P><P>About This Book <P><P>Create and display maps online with the latest HTML5 features available, using the OpenLayers 3 library <P><P>Learn how to interact with the map and learn best practices to improve the loading time for a map <P><P>A practical beginner's guide, which also serves as a quick reference with useful screenshots and detailed code explanations <P><P>Who This Book Is For <P><P>Whether you are a hobbyist or a professional web developer, if you wish to use maps on your website, then this book is for you. A basic understanding of JavaScript will be helpful, but is not necessary. If you've never worked with maps before, this book will introduce you to some common mapping topics and will guide you through the OpenLayers library. Experienced developers can also use this book as a reference to OpenLayers 3 components and to further enhance their knowledge. <P><P>What You Will Learn <P><P>Build a complete, real-world OpenLayers application optimized for production use <P><P>Work with different raster data sources to create a base map <P><P>Overlay vector data sources and work with vector features directly <P><P>Customize the appearance of vector layers <P><P>Understand the concept of map projections and how to use them <P><P>Manage and work with interactions such as click and touch <P><P>Work with controls to enhance the user experience <P><P>Target mobile platforms and explore challenges presented by mobile development <P><P>In Detail <P><P>This book is a practical, hands-on guide that provides you with all the information you need to get started with mapping using the OpenLayers 3 library. <P><P>The book starts off by showing you how to create a simple map. Through the course of the book, we will review each component needed to make a map in OpenLayers 3, and you will end up with a full-fledged web map application. You will learn the key role of each OpenLayers 3 component in making a map, and important mapping principles such as projections and layers. You will create your own data files and connect to backend servers for mapping. A key part of this book will also be dedicated to building a mapping application for mobile devices and its specific components.
Digital Performance in Everyday Life
by Lyndsay Michalik Gratch Ariel GratchDigital Performance in Everyday Life combines theories of performance, communication, and media to explore the many ways we perform in our everyday lives through digital media and in virtual spaces. Digital communication technologies and the social norms and discourses that developed alongside these technologies have altered the ways we perform as and for ourselves and each other in virtual spaces. Through a diverse range of topics and examples—including discussions of self-identity, surveillance, mourning, internet memes, storytelling, ritual, political action, and activism—this book addresses how the physical and virtual have become inseparable in everyday life, and how the digital is always rooted in embodied action. Focusing on performance and human agency, the authors offer fresh perspectives on communication and digital culture. The unique, interdisciplinary approach of this book will be useful to scholars, artists, and activists in communication, digital media, performance studies, theatre, sociology, political science, information technology, and cybersecurity—along with anyone interested in how communication shapes and is shaped by digital technologies.
UML 2.0 in Action: A project-based tutorial
by Patrick Grassle Philippe Baumann Barrie DempsterThe book is uniquely practical. A richly textured case study is used throughout the book. Although some aspects of the Airport Passenger Services business process are simplified for sake of clarity and efficiency, it provides a comprehensive practical grounding for theoretical UML knowledge. The case study itself was developed in partnership with employees of Zurich Airport. The book was written for business analysts, technical architects and developers. It does not require detailed programming knowledge, nor is prior experience of UML mandatory. It shows how, with UML, simple models of business processes and specification models can be created and read with little effort.
Augmented Reality for Android Application Development
by Dr Raphael Grasset Jens GrubertA step-by-step tutorial-based guide aimed at giving you hands-on practical experience to develop AR applications for Android.Augmented Reality for Android Application Development is for Android mobile application developers who are familiar with Android Development Tools and deployment, JMonkeyEngine, and the Vuforia SDK.
Quantum Cryptography: From Key Distribution to Conference Key Agreement (Quantum Science and Technology)
by Federico GrasselliRising concerns about the security of our data have made quantum cryptography a very active research field in recent years. Quantum cryptographic protocols promise everlasting security by exploiting distinctive quantum properties of nature. The most extensively implemented protocol is quantum key distribution (QKD), which enables secure communication between two users. The aim of this book is to introduce the reader to state-of-the-art QKD and illustrate its recent multi-user generalization: quantum conference key agreement. With its pedagogical approach that doesn’t disdain going into details, the book enables the reader to join in cutting-edge research on quantum cryptography.
3D ohne 3D-Brille: Handbuch der Autostereoskopie (X.media.press)
by Armin GrasnickSeit dem kommerziellen Erfolg des 3D-Blockbusters ,,Avatar" im Jahr 2009 kommen immer mehr 3D-Filme und 3D-Fernseher auf den Markt. Mittlerweile gibt es Autostereoskopie-Verfahren, bei denen Zuschauer keine 3D-Brille mehr benötigen. In dem Band werden die derzeit verfügbaren Technologien der Autostereoskopie, ihre Funktionsweise, Anwendung und Limitierung allgemeinverständlich beschrieben. Zu jeder Technologie liefert der Band Anleitungen und Beispiele für die Erstellung von 3D-Inhalten. Alle Tools sind auf der begleitenden Internetseite verfügbar.
Basics of Virtual Reality: From the Discovery of Perspective to VR Glasses
by Armin GrasnickToday, the reality we know can be recorded and reproduced true to reality using technical processes. Space and time are recreated virtually as a copy in artificial reality. However, the reproduction of virtual reality is not limited to a mere copy of what exists. A visitor to the virtual space does not have to be content with the pixelated image of the old familiar, but can encounter unreal phenomena in the illusory world that never existed in real life or are even physically impossible. This enables an expansion of the recorded reality and allows the perception of surprisingly new perspectives.A perspective denotes the perception of a fact from a certain point of view and corresponds to the way of looking at things. But a perspective is also the observation of a scene from a viewing position. From different perspectives the illusion of reality arises during the reproduction by observation. This vision is not based on imagination or hallucination, but is the basic function of virtual reality. This book describes the concepts, systems, and technologies used to create virtual reality from its ancient beginnings to the present, and provides a glimpse into a possible future.This book is a translation of the original German 1st edition Grundlagen der virtuellen Realität by Armin Grasnick, published by Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature in 2020. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation. Springer Nature works continuously to further the development of tools for the production of books and on the related technologies to support the authors.
Grundlagen der virtuellen Realität: Von der Entdeckung der Perspektive bis zur VR-Brille
by Armin GrasnickDie uns bekannte Realität kann heute mit technischen Verfahren aufgezeichnet und wirklichkeitsgetreu wiedergegeben werden. Raum und Zeit werden in der künstlichen Realität als Kopie wieder virtuell erschaffen. Die Wiedergabe der virtuellen Realität beschränkt sich aber nicht auf die reine Kopie des Vorhandenen. Ein Besucher des virtuellen Raumes muss sich nicht mit dem verpixelten Abbild des Altbekannten begnügen, sondern kann in der Scheinwelt irrealen Erscheinungen begegnen, die real nie existiert haben oder sogar physikalisch unmöglich sind. Das ermöglicht eine Erweiterung der aufgezeichneten Realität und erlaubt die Wahrnehmung überraschend neuer Perspektiven.Eine Perspektive bezeichnet dabei die Wahrnehmung eines Sachverhaltes von einem bestimmten Standpunkt aus und entspricht der Betrachtungsweise. Eine Perspektive ist aber ebenfalls die Beobachtung einer Szene aus einer Betrachtungsposition. Aus verschiedenen Perspektiven entsteht bei der Wiedergabe durch Betrachtung die Illusion der Realität. Diese Vision beruht weder auf Einbildung noch Halluzination, sondern ist die Grundfunktion der virtuellen Realität. In diesem Buch werden die Konzepte, Systeme und Technologien zur Erzeugung der virtuellen Realität von den antiken Anfängen bis in die Gegenwart beschrieben und ein Ausblick in eine mögliche Zukunft gegeben.
Learn QGIS: Your step-by-step guide to the fundamental of QGIS 3.4, 4th Edition
by Anita Graser Andrew CuttsLearn to view, edit and analyse geospatial data using QGIS and Python 3 Key Features *Leverage the power of QGIS to add professionalism to your maps *Explore and work with the newly released features like Python 3, GeoPackage, 3D views, Print layouts in QGIS 3.4 *Build your own plugins and customize maps using QT designer Book Description QGIS 3.4 is the first LTR (long term release) of QGIS version 3. This is a giant leap forward for the project with tons of new features and impactful changes. Learn QGIS is fully updated for QGIS 3.4, covering its processing engine update, Python 3 de-facto coding environment, and the GeoPackage format. This book will help you get started on your QGIS journey, guiding you to develop your own processing pathway. You will explore the user interface, loading your data, editing, and then creating data. QGIS often surprises new users with its mapping capabilities; you will discover how easily you can style and create your first map. But that's not all! In the final part of the book, you'll learn about spatial analysis and the powerful tools in QGIS, and conclude by looking at Python processing options. By the end of the book, you will have become proficient in geospatial analysis using QGIS and Python. What you will learn *Explore various ways to load data into QGIS *Understand how to style data and present it in a map *Create maps and explore ways to expand them *Get acquainted with the new processing toolbox in QGIS 3.4 *Manipulate your geospatial data and gain quality insights *Understand how to customize QGIS 3.4 *Work with QGIS 3.4 in 3D Who this book is for If you are a developer or consultant familiar with the basic functions and processes of GIS and want to learn how to use QGIS to analyze geospatial data and create rich mapping applications, this book is for you. You'll also find this book useful if you're new to QGIS and wish to grasp its fundamentals
Learning QGIS 2.0
by Anita GraserA short book with a lot of hands-on examples to help you learn in a practical way.This book is great for users, developers, and consultants who know the basic functions and processes of a GIS but want to know how to use QGIS to achieve the results they are used to a full-fledged GIS.
Learning QGIS - Second Edition
by Anita GraserThis book is great for users, developers, and consultants who know the basic functions and processes of GIS but want to learn to use QGIS to analyze geospatial data and create rich mapping applications. If you want to take advantage of the wide range of functionalities that QGIS offers, then this is the book for you.