What are the world’s greatest destinations? Where are the best places to travel solo? From airport fashion to road trip rules, professional traveller Brooke Saward shows us where to go, what to do and how to get that holiday feeling without even leaving home. Full of beautiful photographs that will ignite the imagination and featuring enduring favourites like Paris, New York, and London, this is the book that will inspire you to make every day an adventure.
Now in its fourth edition, this industry classic networking reference gives readers real world, in-depth explanations of confusing networking architectures and protocols, and helps them track down and repair costly networking problems.
"This book explores the origin and future of "upgrade culture," a collection of cultural habits and orientations based on the assumption that new technologies will rapidly, perpetually, and inevitably emerge. By analyzing discourses of technological change and the practices of marketing workers inside the consumer technology industry between the early 1980s and the late 2010s, the book describes the genesis, maintenance, and future of upgrade culture. Based on archival and popular sources, first-hand interviews with a range of industry professionals, and participant observations at industry-only events, the book attends to issues both intimate to the culture of marketing work and structural to the organization of the consumer technology industry. This book will have a broad appeal to social/cultural theorists of technology, marketing, and consumerism, as well as to scholars in business history, communication, cultural studies, media studies, sociology, and anthropology"--
Managing Systems Migrations and Upgrades is the perfect book for technology managers who want a rational guide to evaluating the business aspects of various possible technical solutions. Enterprises today are in the middle of the R&D race for technology leadership, with providers who increasingly need to create markets for new technologies while shortening development, implementation, and life cycles. The cost for the current tempo of technology life cycles is endless change-management controls, organizational chaos, production use of high-risk beta products, and greater potential for failure of existing systems during migration.Burkey and Breakfield help you answer questions such as, "Is the only solution open to me spending more that the industry average in order to succeed?" and "What are the warning signs that tell me to pass on a particular product offering?" as well as "How can my organization avoid the 'technical death marches' typical of the industry?" This book will take the confusion out of when to make shifts in your systems and help you evaluate the value proposition of these technology changes.·Provides a methodology for decision making and implementation of upgrades and migrations·Avoids marketing hype and the "technical herding" instinct·Offers a tool to optimize technology changes for both staff and customers
"Installing, Upgrading and Maintaining Oracle E-Business Suite Applications Release 11.5.10+" is OnCallDBA and Solution Beacon's latest collaboration. Topics include Release 11i Concepts and Architecture, Oracle10g, Installing Release 11i, Upgrading or Migrating to Release 11i, Maintaining Release 11i, Administering Release 11i, Securing Release 11i, Setting Up the Concurrent Manager, Using the Concurrent Manager, Release 11i Reporting, and Tuning and Troubleshooting. Co-authored by Barbara Matthews, John Stouffer, Randy Giefer, Karen Brownfield, Jeff Holt, James Morrow, Bruno Coon, Tim Sharpe and Faun deHenry, this book covers Oracle10g and E-Business Release 11.5.10+
The 7 Key Principles to achieving YOUR business and life goals What could a graffiti artist, eminent neurologist, star athlete, celebrity chef, fashion designer, rocket scientist, and Grammy Award–winning musician possibly have in common? In this groundbreaking new book, Rana Florida shares their formula, giving you the tools to achieve unimaginable success in work and life. Upgrade gathers the best practices, not just from CEOs and business executives but from entrepreneurs, innovative thinkers, and creative leaders. Upgrade includes interviews with Sir Ken Robinson, Dan Pink, Mark Cuban, Andre Agassi, Kenny Scharf, Zaha Hadid, Governor Martin O’Malley, Tory Burch, Tim Brown, and many other leading figures. Despite this cast’s vastly different backgrounds and skills, Florida’s research concludes that there are seven key principles to achieving your business and life goals: Envision the future Find your passion Get creative Design your time Collaborate Take risks Embrace failure Unfortunately, this is exactly what the majority of us don’t do. Instead of developing a real strategy to upgrade and optimize our lives, too many of us just slog through life in a state of “managed dissatisfaction.” But it’s never too late to envision an entirely different future—or to actively upgrade your life. It’s not about finding more time, money, or resources. Anyone can do it. This smart and entertaining guide delves deep into each principle, giving you the insights, tools, and inspiration to take your life from ordinary to extraordinary. Praise for Upgrade “Why ride in coach, when you can upgrade? A must-read for a better journey through life.” Don Tapscott, bestselling author, Wikinomics and Grown Up Digital “Upgrade is an a-ha book that will change how you look at life’s challenges and give you tools to upgrade your life.” Touré, cohost of MSNBC’s The Cycle “Read Upgrade for its stories, examples, and strategies and get ready to live the life you always wanted.” Frank Toskan, founder, M.A.C. Cosmetics “Creative and innovative strategies to upgrade your work and life, with seven simple principles.” Tony Hsieh, CEO, Zappos.com, Inc., and New York Times bestselling author of Delivering Happiness “Rana’s perspective on business and life is a fresh new take, breaking the traditional corporate mold. Upgrade is a must-read for anyone not buying into the conventional wisdom.” Ali Velshi, CNN Chief Business Correspondent; anchor, CNN-I World Business Today; and host, CNN Your Money “Upgrade welcomes you to take a fresh approach to everything you do to get the most out of work and life.” Nelly Furtado, Grammy Award–winning musician “If I’m going to listen to anyone’s good advice about how to improve my approach to work and life, it’s Rana’s.” Kate Betts, contributing editor, TIME, and columnist, The Daily Beast "Rana's voice is refreshing--as real as a memoir and a great vessel for this self-help and business book wrapped up in one easily-digestible package." Paper Magazine "A very interesting book." Business Learning Solutions
Step away from boredom and reclaim your life Feeling unfulfilled? Do you dream of a lifestyle where you can have it all – good health, wealth, freedom and happiness? You’re not alone. Upgrade Your Life is your guide to taking the power back and becoming the master of your own fate and that of your business. Author Pat Divilly has worked with an array of small business owners to help them achieve a growing business based on purpose, passion and profit whilst also maintaining a healthy work-life balance. Pat offers a practical approach to setting and achieving personal and business goals, understanding that both are necessary in order to succeed in life. By promoting personal development and daily success rituals Upgrade Your Life inspires its readers to dream big and not give up in the search for fulfilment. Using the author’s own experiences, mixed in with valuable neuroscience research and popular psychology, Upgrade Your Life will help fast-track you and your business on the road to success. Learn how to implement your own game plan of simple daily steps to achieve your goals Get tips on creating the perfect work-life balance Update your daily routine to become more productive Includes a 42-day success planner to help you stay on top of your dreams
As the owner or director of a small business, you know how important your people and teams are to your company’s success. Having motivated, engaged, driven teams, who are focused on your customers, in-tune with your goals, and firing on all cylinders is key to your company’s success. Whatever size of business you are, your people are everything -- and positively or negatively, the people you employ have a direct impact on your business results. But getting everybody in your team -- whether that is 5, 10, 100 people or more -- performing each day at their highest level is not easy. It requires strong leadership (from you and your fellow directors) as well as a proactive and thoughtful approach to team development. Whilst your larger competitors have access to big budget team development resources you could only dream about, your ‘small biz’ pockets are not so deep and your investment needs to be more carefully considered. So what can you do as a leader in a small business, to actively develop your team(s) making sure every employee comes to work each day and performs their work at a superior level, and delivers stronger business results for you? Enter Enterprise LEADER.. a ‘low-cost’, ready made team development program which is proven to help small businesses -- like yours -- improve team performance and financial and operational results (i.e. more sales, more customers, more profits, more cash, better service, better quality… faster, quicker, easier and with less resources). In this short and easy to digest guide, you’ll discover how -- as a leader in a small business -- you and your fellow directors can use Enterprise LEADER to develop your own people and teams, so that your workforce truly becomes a key part of your competitive advantage. You’ll discover how you can compete with the ‘big boys’ and bring the world class people development tools of Enterprise LEADER to your own company... on a tiny budget. Download this guide today, and learn how you can use Enterprise LEADER to develop your own teams and make your own small business ‘stand out’ for its excellence... even against the ‘corporate big boys’ with deeper pockets and richer resources.
Inspired by the true story of a flight with Sir Richard Branson,Millionaire Upgrade blows the lid off the accepted beliefthat successful entrepreneurs are a breed apart, possessing somespecial magic. Through the combined wisdom of interviews with 50 self-mademillionaire entrepreneurs, this book takes you on your own personalmaster class in success, as experienced through the eyes of Tom, afrustrated employee who is upgraded on a long haul flight, andfinds himself sitting next to self made millionaire Michael. Duringthe flight Michael shares the science and secrets behind his ownsuccess. Better than any in-flight movie, Millionaire Upgrade getsyou inside the minds of successful entrepreneurs and self-mademillionaires giving you the inside track on how they think andact. Praise for Millionaire Upgrade: "It took me a long time to learn this stuff—I wishI’d been on that plane 30 years ago!" —Simon Woodroffe - YO! Sushi & Dragons Den "The principles of success apply equally whether you are anaspiring entrepreneur, chief executive of a large plc or simplylooking for inspiration for your own personal life. Here’swhere you start, by reading this book." —Allan Leighton - Chairman, Royal Mail "If you want a toolkit to help you become a successfulentrepreneur, read this book. Then put it into practice." —Duncan Bannatyne - Bannatyne Leisure & DragonsDen "Everything in business is a learning experience. I should know!I'd recommend all would-be entrepreneurs to read this book and beinspired to boldly set out on your own entrepreneurial journey. Youwon't regret it." —Rachel Elnaugh – Red Letter Days and Dragons'Den "It is refreshing to find a book that describes the keydifference between the entrepreneur and the rest – attitude.So often in life a cigarette paper’s thickness separatessuccess from failure and Richard has written a book that perfectlycaptures this and suggests a way of thinking that can transform thetin of dog food into a thoroughbred racehorse." —Tim Smit - Eden Project "Millionaire Upgrade captures the essence of what it takes to besuccessful in anything you choose to do. The rules of success aretimeless and simply explained so you can apply them in your ownbusiness or personal life." —BJ Cunningham - Founder of Death Cigarettes "In Millionaire MBA, Richard decoded entrepreneurs and unpickedtheir millionaire mindset. With Millionaire Upgrade, he has put itall back together again through IBELIEVE and a compelling story.Very clever and a must read for any budding entrepreneur!" —Rene Carayol - Leadership Guru "It takes a certain mindset to succeed in creating your ownbusiness. This book spells out how you need to think and act tosucceed – whether you are an entrepreneur or a professionalmanager. It’s a great read too." —Matthew Barrett - Chairman, Barclays Bank
Are you a business owner in the UK, US, ANZ or another English speaking region? Are you looking for ways to drive CHANGE, and improve the PERFORMANCE and RESULTS of your team and overall company? If so, The ‘Business Owner Guide to Getting the Best From Your Team’ is a must read for you. In this short yet practical ‘how to’ guide, you’ll learn about Enterprise LEADER, a ‘low-cost’, ready made team development program which business owners -- like you -- are using to improve team performance and financial and operational results (i.e. more sales, more customers, more profits, more cash, better service, better quality, better results… faster, quicker, easier and with less resources). If you lead a team of people in your own company, the ideas, tools and strategies outlined in this book will help you get your team(s) tuned in to your business, performing at a higher level, and achieving greater results than you ever thought possible. Download and read today!
