Thursday, January 1, 2009

Operating Systems or Enterprise Resource Planning

Operating Systems: Internals and Design Principles

Author: William Stallings

Serving as both a basic reference and an up-to-date survey of the state of the art, this book covers the concepts, structure, and mechanisms of operating systems. Stallings presents the nature and characteristics of modern-day operating systems clearly and completely. Updated treatment of Windows as a case study to cover Windows Vista. Online animations with references incorporated throughout. A new chapter on Embedded Operating Systems. Part Six (Distributed Systems and Security) moved online, reducing the cost and size of the book without loss of content. Expanded coverage of security. New figures added, with many existing figures updated to enhance clarity. A useful reference for programmers, systems engineers, network designers and others involved in the design of computer products, information system and computer system personnel.

Booknews

An operating systems text blending a theoretical foundation of operating systems design with real-world applications. Explains key mechanisms of modern operating systems, types of design tradeoffs and decisions involved in system design, and the context within which the operating system functions. Running examples of Windows NT, UNIX SVR4, and Solaris 2.x illustrate concepts and tie them to real-world design choices. Includes chapter problems. Useful as a text for a one- semester undergraduate course in operating systems for computer science, computer engineering, and electrical engineering majors. This third edition incorporates changes in the field in the past three years, with expanded material on multithreading, microkernals, clusters, and object-oriented design. This edition also provides information on three software packages that can serve as frameworks for student projects. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Booknews

New edition of a text on the concepts, structure, and mechanisms of contemporary operating systems, with coverage of design principles and implementation issues. Intended for both an academic and a professional audience. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)



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Enterprise Resource Planning

Author: Mary Sumner

This book takes a generic approach to enterprise resource planning systems and their interrelationships, covering all functional areas of this new type of management challenge. It discusses the re-design of business processes, changes in organizational structure, and effective management strategies that will help assure competitiveness, responsiveness, productivity, and global impact for many organizations in the years ahead.

Specific chapter topics cover the evolution of enterprise resource planning systems; their planning, design, and implementation; relationship to sales and marketing, accounting and finance, and production and materials management; managing an ERP project; and supply chain management and the eMarketplace.

For business consultants and management personnel involved in process re-engineering, and information systems specialists.



Table of Contents:
Ch. 1A foundation for understanding enterprise resource planning systems1
Ch. 2Re-engineering and enterprise resource planning systems17
Ch. 3Planning, design, and implementation of enterprise resource planning systems39
Ch. 4ERP systems : sales and marketing58
Ch. 5ERP systems : accounting and finance72
Ch. 6ERP systems : production and materials management87
Ch. 7ERP systems : human resources102
Ch. 8Managing and ERP project112
Ch. 9Supply chain management and the emarketplace132
Integrated case study : Bandon Group, Inc.151

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