PRODUCTION, INDUSTRY, COMMERCE HD30
2009-000669
HD9435
978-1-4200-5285-5
Information security management metrics; a definitive guide to effective security monitoring and measurement. Brotby, W. Krag. Auerbach Publications, ©2009 223 p. $79.95 Information security training consultant Brotby has 20-plus years of experience in the computer security industry. He shares that knowledge in a text for those involved in developing and managing organization information risk. Coverage includes an overview of the current state of information security, governance, and the metrics imperative; a summary of current diverse options for measures, metrics, and monitoring; an exploration of the attributes of and criteria for good metrics; what can be measured and how; processes and methods for developing effective security management metrics; and a detailed, practical approach to meet strategic, management, and operational metrics requirements. Distributed by Taylor & Francis. HD30
2008-053883
978-0-13-700282-5
Winning the hardware-software game; using game theory to optimize the pace of new technology adoption. Fisher, Ruth D. Prentice Hall, ©2009 240 p. $34.99 (pa) Fisher, an independent business operations consultant, shows project managers how to coordinate hardware, software and connectivity components of product development by applying the basics of game theory. The author uses clear and non-technical language to identify obstacles that may delay adoption from customers and users and to achieve the “tipping point” for product acceptance earlier in the product cycle. This book also uses case studies (Blu-Ray and HD DVD, for instance) to compare competing technologies and analyze why certain products gain traction in the marketplace before others. HD69
2008-038297
978-1-4200-7205-1
Project management of complex and embedded systems; ensuring product integrity and program quality. Pries, Kim H. and Jon M. Quigley. CRC / Taylor & Francis, ©2009 355 p. $89.95 Quigley, the manager of an electrical/electronics systems and verification group, has joined with Pries, a director of product integrity and reliability for an electronics company, to write this field manual for project managers who are working on embedded products “from concept to production.” The authors define the role of the project manager and discuss each stage of the project including product development, process development, release to production, failure reporting, corrective actions and product support. Case studies are used from such companies as General Motors and the US Department of Defense to illustrate these development methods. HD1691
978-1-84339-236-1
Creditor reporting system; aid activities in support of water supply and sanitation, 2001-2006. Title main entry. OECD, ©2008 204 p. $61.00 (pa) This OECD report examines data on aid in support of water supply and sanitation over 2001-2006, based on donors’ reporting on Official Development Assistant committees and disbursements to the Creditor Reporting System Aid Activity Database. The report contains an analysis of aid to water supply and sanitation over 2001-2006 including trends in the donors’ aid, the degree of targeting of countries most in need, and a methodological note; individual donor profiles with summary statistics in the form of charts and tables, and descriptions of donors’ development cooperation policies in the water sector; and the record of aid activities for the water supply and sanitation sector, with amounts and descriptions, reported by bilateral and multilateral donors in 2006. Co-published with the World Water Council/World Water Forum; distributed in the UK by IWA Publishing. HD2341
2009-003303
978-0-07-161481-8
Small business web sites made easy. Holzner, Steven. (Made easy) McGraw-Hill, ©2009 264 p. $21.99 (pa) This guide for beginners explains how to use build a website for a small business using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, and other tools. Holzner, a web entrepreneur and author, describes creating visual effects, using cookies, website design, web-based marketing, including marketing on Facebook, search engine optimization, pay-per- click advertising, and taking credit cards online, among other topics.
SciTech Book News June 2009
978-90-8686-103-3
European pork chains; diversity and quality challenges in consumer-oriented production and distribution. Title main entry. Ed. by Jacques Trienekens et al. Wageningen Academic Publishers, ©2009 285 p. $93.00 Editors Trienekens (social sciences, Wageningen U., The Netherlands), Petersen (preventative health management, Institute for Animal Science, Germany), Wognum (social sciences, Wageningen U., The Netherlands) and Brinkmann (FoodNetCenter, U. of Bonn, Germany) have gathered research from the EU 6th Framework Programme that analyzes current consumer demands for pork products, and how the European pork sector has been inefficient in terms of quality management systems, distribution and chain logistics. These papers describe current practices in European food production and note environmental, informational and organizational issues for several EU member nations. A concluding chapter from Trienekens and Wognum informs EU policymakers and pork industry management of major innovations in the market as well as regional challenges throughout Europe. Distributed in the US by Enfield. HD9502
978-1-86914-141-7
Climate change, carbon trading and civil society; negative returns on South African investments. Title main entry. Ed. by Patrick Bond et al. U. of KwaZulu-Natal Press, ©2009 231 p. $38.95 (pa) As a developing country, South Africa is not required to reduce its emissions of greenhouse gases. However, as Bond (Centre for Civil Society/development studies, U. of KwaZulu-Natal) explains, it is in the country’s interests to do so because of its fossil fuel energy-intensive economy. In the context of the history of carbon trading, South Africa’s often anti-ecological practices are discussed. Dedicated to the memory of a South African activist who attributed her cancer to living near a dump, the book includes recommendations for World Bank reforms, South African policies relating to clean development and carbon trading, and the founding statement of the “Climate Justice Now!” coalition. Distributed by ISBS. HD9502
2008-032968
978-0-313-34877-8
Energy. Dukert, Joseph M. (Greenwood guides to business and economics) Greenwood Press, ©2009 217 p. $55.00 Dukert (Center for Strategic and International Studies) identifies the sources of energy consumed in the United States as electricity or transportation fuel, and sorts out the interplay among cost factors, supply reliability, the effects on human environment, and time. He explains the different measuring units and why experts are able to generate divergent arguments through the manipulation of statistics. The closing chapters label most calls for energy independence as scams and propose an adaptive approach to a sustainable energy future. HD9710
2008-050166
978-1-60566-338-8
Automotive informatics and communicative systems; principles in vehicular networks and data exchange. Title main entry. Ed. by Huaqun Guo. Information Science Reference, ©2009 341 p. $195.00 Thirty-seven international academics, researchers, and professionals from a variety of fields including computer science and engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, and telecommunications contribute 15 chapters providing an overview of the information and communications technologies that are to be deployed in the next generation of vehicles. The text provides valuable insights into the technologies for vehicular networks and data exchange, from both theoretical and practical standpoints, and is suitable as a reference for graduate-level university courses and as training material for automotive industry professionals. Coverage includes an overview of vehicular networks in the forms of Intra-Vehicle (InV), Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V), and Vehicle-toInfrastructure (V2I) communications; technologies related to InV, V2V, and V2I communications which will enable applications for safety, traffic efficiency, driver assistance, and infotainment; privacy, security and reliability; simulation architectures; communication-among-vehicles models; vehicle mobility features; and in-vehicle network architectures for the next-generation vehicles.
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