Cases on database technologies and applications.1599044005 Cases on database technologies and applications. Ed. by Mehdi Khosrow-Pour. Idea Group Publishing 2006 292 pages $69.95 Paperback HD30 For students and professionals, this collection of 15 case studies discusses the successful use of database technologies, database research, systems analysis and design, and the utilization of software engineering technologies in database applications and management. Cases describe a library database, data warehouses, non-profit organizations A non-profit organization (abbreviated "NPO", also "non-profit" or "not-for-profit") is a legally constituted organization whose primary objective is to support or to actively engage in activities of public or private interest without any commercial or monetary profit purposes. , the use of a geographic information system geographic information system (GIS) Computerized system that relates and displays data collected from a geographic entity in the form of a map. The ability of GIS to overlay existing data with new information and display it in colour on a computer screen is used primarily to , information technology and law enforcement, online course management systems at universities, document management, data mining, Conceptual Schema A conceptual schema, or conceptual data model is a map of concepts and their relationships. This describes the semantics of an organization and represents a series of assertions about its nature. , and IT architecture at a real estate firm. Khosrow-Pour, the editor-in-chief of Journal of Cases on Information Technology is executive director of the Information Resources (1) The data and information assets of an organization, department or unit. See data administration. (2) Another name for the Information Systems (IS) or Information Technology (IT) department. See IT. Management Association, has taught courses on information systems, and has written about 30 books on information technology management. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland Portland, town, England Portland, town (1991 pop. 12,945), Dorset, S England. It is on the Isle of Portland, a small rocky peninsula. Portland stone has been used in St. Paul's Cathedral and other important London buildings. Lobsters and crabs are harvested. , OR) |
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