Business Information Technology

A Practical Guide for Beginners, Professionals & Business Leaders Unlock the Power of Technology in Your Career and Business In today’s fast-paced digital world, understanding technology isn’t optional—it’s essential. Whether you're a complete beginner, a working professional, or a business leader, Mastering Information Technology is your all-in-one guide to building confidence and competence in tech. From the basics of computing and networking to cutting-edge AI and digital transformation strategies, this book offers practical, real-world knowledge you can apply immediately—no ...

The incredible true story of the card-counting mathematics professor who taught the world how to beat the dealer and, as the first of the great quantitative investors, ushered in a revolution on Wall Street. A child of the Great Depression, legendary mathematician Edward O. Thorp invented card...

Tracy Kidder's "riveting" (Washington Post) story of one company's efforts to bring a new microcomputer to market won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award and has become essential reading for understanding the history of the American tech industry. Computers have changed since...

From the bestselling author of Blood, Sweat, and Pixels comes the next definitive, behind-the-scenes account of the video game industry: how some of the past decade's most renowned studios fell apart—and the stories, both triumphant and tragic, of what happened next. Jason Schreier's...

With the onslaught of cloud solutions, consumerization of technology, and increasingly tech-savvy business people, it's time for a manifesto for leaders who recognize - and are nervous about - the demands of the digital age. Whether you're an executive, department head, or IT manager, The New IT provides an action-ready blueprint for building and strengthening the role of IT in your company - and prescribing IT's future.  

Managed Service Providers (MSPs): Strategies for Success in the Digital Era offers a comprehensive guide to understanding, building, and thriving within the rapidly evolving world of managed services. Written by Ronald Joseph Legarski, Jr., an experienced leader at the intersection of technology, communication, and strategic operations, this book delivers essential insights for MSP professionals, business leaders, and entrepreneurs alike. In today’s digital economy, organizations depend on technology not just for operations, but for innovation, security, and competitive advantage. Managed...

One day, everything is working. The dashboards are green. Revenue is climbing. Investors are happy. Then—without warning—everything breaks. Not because of the market. Not because of competition. But because of a decision you didn’t know you were making. Most companies don’t fail from bad strategy. They fail from invisible technology decisions made years earlier—quietly, rationally, and delegated to “someone technical.” Master of Information Technology is not a book about coding. It is a field manual for modern power. Written for CEOs, founders, VPs, board members, and senior ...

Many companies automatically assume that they have to hire an accountant to be capable of getting their business to the idea that they need it nevertheless, you won't need to hire an accountant. You merely should try to learn the fundamentals of accounting and you'll be in a position to be the financial expert of your business.

The era of human-speed cybersecurity is officially over. Enterprise networks are under relentless siege by automated, agentic AI threats that evolve significantly faster than any traditional security operations center can respond. The core problem is no longer just technical; it is fundamentally managerial. Legacy perimeter defenses and reactive incident response plans are catastrophically failing against machine-speed attacks and sophisticated deepfakes. When adversaries seamlessly deploy artificial intelligence to continuously scale their attacks, organizations relying on outdated ...

This engaging business story helps you navigate the challenges of leading AI transformation. Follow a CEO's journey as two mentors reveal how to successfully lead organizations through AI adoption while keeping people at the center of change. Through simple storytelling and practical examples, discover: • How to develop an effective AI leadership strategy • Ways to build trust during technological change • Methods for transforming resistance into innovation • Techniques for measuring transformation success • Strategies for sustainable AI growth This book, part of the Fast EZ Reads...

“The CTO’s key tasks are not those of lab director writ large but, rather, of a technical businessperson deeply involved in shaping and implementing overall corporate strategy.” - MIT Sloan Management Review What does it take to be a great CTO? Leadership - Expertise - Innovation - Teamwork - Relationships - Passion In the 21st century, every company that is going to be a leader in its industry needs an executive who is focused on identifying, tracking, developing, and profiting from new and emerging technologies. General Electric, Motorola, Cisco, Intel, Microsoft and hundreds of ...

The purpose of this study was to relate the strength of Chief Information Officer (CIO) transformational leadership behaviors to innovation in the form of the computing platforms selected for a firm’s critical business applications. At their inception, nearly all computing platforms are seen as innovative. Over time, though, innovative platforms naturally become outdated as they give way to a new crop of more contemporary, capable, and agile business-enabling platforms. Firms that embrace platform innovations may reap benefits related to business agility, but those same firms can also ...

Pre-mortem strategies are proactive strategies that assume a failure has occurred and then work backward to come up with reasons for that failure. All potential reasons are analyzed by a diverse team of organizational stakeholders who select those most likely to be the cause. A plan is then put in place to prevent the failure from happening in the future; thereby circumventing the need for a dreaded post-mortem strategy. This book examines pre-mortem strategies for information technology. First, it describes information technology and discusses its advantages and disadvantages. Next, it ...

"A FUNNY, HARD-HITTING, SYSTEMS-THINKING APPROACH TO BUSINESS & IT!" Most books: Here's *my* opinion on how to do technology. UNF*CK IT!: Here's a process to analyze your Business & IT and to apply systems-thinking & continuous improvement methodologies to improve your business-technology alignment. A PG-rated rewrite of the author's first title, UNSUCK IT keeps all of the humor and pop-culture references but none of the language that would make a sailor blush. UNSUCK IT! presents a comprehensive, systematic plan to improve IT performance, Business-IT alignment, & reduce IT costs. Using six...

"A FUNNY, HARD-HITTING, SYSTEMS-THINKING APPROACH TO BUSINESS & IT!" Most books: Here's *my* opinion on how to do technology. UNF*CK IT!: Here's a process to analyze your Business & IT and to apply systems-thinking & continuous improvement methodologies to improve your business-technology alignment. With a liberal amount of F-bombs added for salty goodness. Full of pop-culture references and language that would make a sailor blush, UNF*CK IT! presents a comprehensive, systematic plan to improve IT performance, Business-IT alignment, & reduce IT costs. Using six hard-hitting case studies ...

In today’s rapidly evolving world, technology is no longer optional—it’s essential. Living in the IT Era is your ultimate guide to understanding and navigating the modern digital landscape. Whether you're a student, educator, entrepreneur, or tech enthusiast, this book equips you with the fundamental knowledge and practical insights needed to thrive in the 21st century. 📖 Inside This Book, You'll Discover: ✅ Core IT Concepts – Learn how information technology shapes daily life, industries, and global progress. ✅ Essential Digital Skills – Master computer literacy, internet ...

The AI Revolution Isn't Coming. It's Already Here. This is the AI education your MBA didn't include. Using the improv principle of "yes, and" - accept reality, then build on it - Leading AI Well gives leaders the frameworks to act decisively without becoming technical experts. What's inside: What happens to your business model when AI makes your core offerings abundant? Why your competitive moat may be deeper, or more fragile, then you think. How to answer the question your competitors can't: why do customers still need you? Why AI implementation gets worse before it gets better, and how to...

A fascinating insider view into Reddit—the wildly popular, often misunderstood website that has changed the culture of the Internet. Reddit hails itself as "the front page of the Internet." It's the third most-visited website in the United States—and yet, millions of Americans have no idea...

We are living through the greatest economic transformation in history. In the past, power was defined by land, gold, oil and industry. Today, the most valuable resource in the world is data. Companies, governments and nations compete for information as never before. Artificial intelligence, Big Data, digital platforms and cloud computing are redefining the economy, geopolitics and the organization of society itself. This book explains clearly, deeply and strategically how we are entering an era where: Who controls data controls power. Who dominates information dominates the economy. Who ...

The inside story of the booming video game industry from the late 1990s to the present, as told by the Managing Director of Ubisoft's Massive Entertainment (The Division, Far Cry 3, Assassin's Creed: Revelations). At Massive Entertainment, a Ubisoft studio, a key division of one of the largest...