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[null,null,"Autore",null,"Corniou Jean-Pierre"]
[null,null,"Titolo",null,"Looking back and going forward in IT / / Jean-Pierre Corniou"]
[null,null,"Pubbl/distr/stampa",null,"London ; ; Newport Beach, CA, : ISTE, c2006"]
[null,null,"ISBN",null,"1-280-51064-1"]
[{"$nulls":4},"9786610510641"]
[{"$nulls":4},"1-84704-508-1"]
[{"$nulls":4},"0-470-61217-7"]
[{"$nulls":4},"0-470-39482-X"]
[{"$nulls":4},"1-84704-608-8"]
[null,null,"Edizione",null,"[1st ed.]"]
[null,null,"Descrizione fisica",null,"1 online resource (199 p.)"]
[null,null,"Collana",null,"ISTE"]
[null,null,"Disciplina",null,"004.09"]
[null,null,"Soggetti",null,"Information technology - History"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Management information systems"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Information technology - Social aspects"]
[null,null,"Lingua di pubblicazione",null,"Inglese"]
[null,null,"Formato",null,"Materiale a stampa"]
[null,null,null,"Livello bibliografico","Monografia"]
[null,null,null,"Note generali","Description based upon print version of record."]
[null,null,null,"Nota di bibliografia","Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-196)."]
[null,null,"Nota di contenuto",null,"Looking Back and Going Forward in IT; Table of Contents; Foreword; Introduction - All Set for an E-journey; Chapter 1. The First Information Revolution; 1.1. Information: the catalyst for the development of the human community; 1.2. Writing; 1.3. Counting; 1.4. Sorting: Hollerith's tabulating machines; 1.5. Europe lagging behind; Chapter 2. From Electromechanics to Electronics; 2.1. The NCR crucible; 2.2. A company named CTR; 2.3. IT: a product of World War II; 2.4. IT: a complex, precious and expensive commodity; 2.4.1. The UNIVAC venture; 2.4.2. The IBM riposte; 2.4.3. The BUNCH"]
[{"$nulls":4},"2.5. The trials and tribulations of IT in Europe2.5.1. France: caught between state intervention and US domination; 2.5.2. Great Britain's vanishing greatness; 2.6. Centralization of IT power and work organization; Chapter 3. The Dawn of the Digital Era; 3.1. The quest for new freedom; 3.2. The colorful saga of major firsts; 3.2.1. The first micro-computers; 3.2.2. Sources of inspiration; 3.2.2.1. PARC; 3.2.2.2. MIT; 3.2.3. The first groundbreaking software; 3.2.3.1. The spreadsheet revolution; 3.2.3.2. An e-mail odyssey; 3.2.3.3. The birth of Bill Gates and Microsoft"]
[{"$nulls":4},"3.2.3.4. The world of games3.2.4. A three-dimensional world; 3.2.5. "]
[{"$nulls":4},"Scientific instrumentation through servers: the story of HP; 3.3. The internet explosion; 3.3.1. From ARPANET to the web; 3.3.2. 1993: the official birth of the web; Chapter 4. Light and Shade in the Digital World; 4.1. The family tree of the digital world; 4.1.1. Stalwarts undergoing change; 4.1.1.1. Honor to whom honor is due; 4.1.1.2. Telephone companies; 4.1.2. How golden was my Valley!; 4.1.3. Integrated software editors; 4.1.4. Microsoft: an entirely separate case; 4.1.5. The web generation"]
[{"$nulls":4},"4.1.6. The inescapable consultants and service providers4.2. The slippery slope; 4.2.1. The victims of the second wave; 4.2.2. Ousted leaders; 4.2.3. Micro-computing à la française; 4.2.4. Broken promises: could do better!; 4.3. The engines powering progress in the digital era; 4.3.1. Human/machine interface; 4.3.2. The laws in the new world; 4.3.2.1. Moore's Law; 4.3.2.2. Metcalfe's Law; 4.3.2.3. Ruettger's Law; 4.3.2.4. Gilder's Law; 4.3.2.5. Shannon's Law; 4.3.3. Machine diversification and interoperability; Chapter 5. The Promise and Reality of New Technology"]
[{"$nulls":4},"5.1. IT effectiveness called into question5.2. The value of IT; 5.2.1. IT and economic savings: can the case be closed?; 5.2.1.1. The macroeconomic approach; 5.2.1.2. The microeconomic approach; 5.3. The IT sector set up as a model; 5.4. Telecommunications in the eye of the storm; 5.5. Shifting boundaries and extended companies; 5.6. Corporate network players; 5.6.1. The customer is always right!; 5.6.2. Marketplaces; 5.6.3. Employee-centric; 5.7. New opportunities and new competition; 5.8. The new time/space framework; Chapter 6. IT Policies in Efficient Enterprises"]
[{"$nulls":4},"6.1. Reduce the shortfall between promises and reality"]
[null,null,null,"Sommario/riassunto","This book places IT in perspective by tracing its development through time, covering its origins in business, the massive expansion of the role of IT at the end of the 20th century, the growth of the internet, and the successes and failures of companies involved in this development.Despite its ubiquity in the modern world, the author highlights that efficient use of IT by businesses can only be gained by a good understanding of its potentials and pitfalls, highlighting how its informed use in practice is essential for companies to succeed. Finally, questions are raised concerning the futur"]