IT Bookworm Blog » Meghan-Kiffer Press http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/bookworm Free sample chapters from IT books Tue, 14 May 2013 18:48:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Power in the Cloud http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/bookworm/power-in-the-cloud/ http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/bookworm/power-in-the-cloud/#comments Thu, 09 Jul 2009 05:00:12 +0000 BrentSheets http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/bookworm/?p=476 Overview: “This book is a guide to building information systems at the “edge of chaos”–that sweet spot for productive change, where front line workers have the capability to pursue their own solutions with minimal central control. The advent of cloud computing presents an unprecedented opportunity for organizations to revolutionize the way in which they build information systems, and in so doing, transform their business. Information systems will become increasingly more critical to the success of every enterprise. How they are built and how they are used should therefore be foremost on the mind of anyone responsible for the well-being of an organization.”

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Power in the Cloud by Jonathan Sapir Written by
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ISBN-13 		Jonathan Sapir
Power in the Cloud
Meghan-Kiffer Press
June 1, 2009
0929652312
978-0929652313

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Chapter 2: Why we need a new approach

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But this is not a technical book about Cloud Computing technologies; it’s a business book. It’s about what the Cloud portends for business … about transformation in the ways companies are managed … and about business models for the 21st century. It’s about how companies carry out their work in the Cloud instead of office buildings and skyscrapers, and how they deliver their “services” in the Cloud. It’s also about human interactions in the Cloud, and about the end of management and the rise of self-organizing, self-managed “Bioteams.”

Even more, it’s about unlocking human potential in business, about unleashing passion. All this points to your company’s future, and your future, set in the context of the biggest economic downturn since World War II. So ultimately, it’s about lighting a fire under all of us.”

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Dot Cloud by Peter Fingar Written by
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Dot Cloud: The 21st Century Business Platform
Meghan-Kiffer Press
February 18, 2009
0929652495
978-0929652498

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Chapter 2: The Gathering Storm: Get your head into the clouds

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