Functions and formulas are the secret weapon in every spreadsheet user’s arsenal. They help you quickly analyze huge amounts of data or build interactive models that let you try different scenarios before you commit your time and money to a project. If you ever want to compare prices or financing options, or find out when you are going to break even, you should be using formulas to make such …
The six chapters and its associated ten appendixes of this edition of field manual (FM) 5-0, The Operations Process, constitute the Army’s view on planning, preparing, executing, and assessing operations. Together with FM 6-0, Mission Command: Command and Control of Army Forces, this manual provides the Army with a common philosophy and language for the exercise of command and control thro…
I asked security expert John Viega to help find the authors for this book out of frustration concerning the way ordinary computer users view security. Apart from the lurid descriptions of break-ins and thefts they read about in the press, average folks think of security as boring. Security, to many, is represented by nagging reminders from system administrators to create backup folders, and by…
Employer commitment to health and safety is the foundation on which effective safety management practices are built. Employers who are committed to health and safety, who involve their employees and who lead by example will usually create a safer working environment than employers who dictate changes to employees and who rely on paper-based systems that are not implemented into day-to-day workp…
Although the origins of radio frequency based wireless networking can be traced back to the University of Hawaii’s ALOHANET research project in the 1970s, the key events that led to wireless networking becoming one of the fastest growing technologies of the early 21st century have been the ratification of the IEEE 802.11 standard in 1997, and the subsequent development of interoperability ce…
In today‟s world of ever-increasing complexities of business as well as management, every business organization, in order to survive and grow, must have a properly planned, analyzed, designed and maintained Management Information System (MIS) so that it provides timely, reliable and useful information to enable the management to take speedy, effective and rational decisions. There are varieti…
This pocket reference covers Bash, particularly version 4.1, the primary shell for GNU/Linux and Mac OS X. Bash is available for Solaris and the various BSD systems, and can be easily compiled for just about any other Unix system. The following topics are covered: • History • Overview of features • Invoking the shell • Syntax • Functions • Variables • Arithmetic expressions • Co…
VSAT, now a well established acronym for Very Small Aperture Terminal, was initially a trademark for a small earth station mar- keted in the 1980s by Telcom General in the USA. Its success as a generic name probably comes from the appealing association of its first letter V, which establishes a ‘victorious’ context, or may be per- ceived as a friendly sign of participation, and SAT which de…
The topic of barcodes serves as the common thread running through the chapters of this book, but you can dive into specific chapters to learn about particular technologies. Here’s a quick overview of what you will find in each of the chapters. Chapter 1 introduces you to the barcode types that are natively supported starting with iOS 7. You’ll become a barcode guru and be able to hold your …
BackTrack is a penetration testing and security auditing platform with advanced tools to identify, detect, and exploit any vulnerabilities uncovered in the target network environment. Applying appropriate testing methodology with defined business objectives and a scheduled test plan will result in robust penetration testing of your network. BackTrack 4: Assuring Security by Penetration Testing …
The incrementing of variables in Asterisk is one of the more common functionalities you’ll encounter, especially as you start building more complex dialplans where you need to iterate over several values. In versions of Asterisk prior to 1.8, the most common method for incrementing (and decrementing) the value of a counter variable was with the use of the dialplan conditional matching format,…
Over the past decade, Asia has rapidly grown in importance to the global economy. Its share of global GDP, measured in purchasing-power parity terms, increased from 26.8% in 2001 to 33.8% in 2010.2 By 2016, the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) expects this proportion to rise to 38.9%. There are three broad trends associated with Asia’s rapid growth and development that have been driving its …
Business intelligence, including reporting and analytics, is essential to an organization’s survival and growth. Understanding your data and turning it into actionable insights is the key to sustaining and growing your business. As companies recognize this need, the employees that facilitate these insights, also known as “data scientists,” are highly sought after across the board. Microso…
Microsoft and Cisco are two of the largest technology vendors in the infor- mation technology industry today. Microsoft’s Windows 2000 is its latest network operating system (NOS), and Cisco is pushing the limits for routing and switching voice, video, and data across internetworks. Beyond this, Microsoft and Cisco have partnered in order to integrate their respec- tive systems using director…
The main aims and objectives of this study are, to explore the procedures, tools and problems related to primary health care data collection, storage, use and information flows and to offer ideas and suggestions on how to improve the systems of routine data collection, storage, analysis and use of information and more generally to improve the flows of information and health care information…
Management Information Systems (MIS) is the key factor to facilitate and attain efficient decision making in an organization. This research explores the extent to which management information systems implemented to make successful decisions at two selected financial organizations. The research examined whether the selected financial institutions of Bahrain vary as to the use of Management I…