1004 Pages 107 B/W Illustrations
    by Auerbach Publications

    IT management and staff are called upon to perform the almost-impossible tasks of evaluating, purchasing, integrating, and maintaining complex IT systems, and directing these systems to meet the ever-changing goals of an organization. Add to that the spending restraints of a down economy, and IT managers find themselves in need of a thoughtful, real-world guide that can maximize resources and bring efficiency to often chaotic environments.

    IS Management Handbook, Eighth Edition details how IT professionals can align people, information, and technology with the strategic goals of an organization. The handbook offers technical and business insight from dozens of leading names from the technology sector, with a major focus on maximizing the performance of existing resources during tough economic times.

    The handbook provides the information that allows IT managers to effectively organize people and processes, and efficiently integrate and maintain infrastructure, applications, support systems, e-business tools, and databases.



    ACHIEVING STRATEGIC IT ALIGNMENT
    Strategic IT Capabilities
    IT Leadership Roles
    Sourcing Alternatives

    DESIGNING AND OPERATING AN ENTERPRISE INFRASTRUCTURE
    Managing a Distributed Computing Environment
    Developing and Maintaining the Networking Infrastructure
    Data Warehousing
    Quality Assurance and Control
    Security and Risk Management

    PROVIDING APPLICATION SOLUTIONS
    New Tools and Applications
    Systems Development Approaches
    Project Management
    Software Quality Assurance

    LEVERAGING E-BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
    E-Business Strategy and Applications
    Security and Privacy Issues

    FACILITATING KNOWLEDGE WORK
    Providing Support and Controls
    Supporting Remote Workers
    Knowledge Management

    Biography

    Carol V. Brown, Heikki Topi

    [This book] provides very useful information for Information Technology managers on the State of the Art management techniques from a number of practicing IS experts. The comprehensive information contained within the book provide guidelines to IT professionals from the various perspectives such as systems analysis, quality assurance and control, systems development and improving productivity and services.
    E-Streams, Vol. 7, No. 5 - May 2004


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