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Three DB2 for z/OS Mysteries Solved

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Renowned author and educator Bonnie Baker reveals the reasons behind some seemingly incongruous DB2 behavior, including the enigmatic SIX lock, the anomaly of index-only updates and deletes, and SORT syntax that actually improves performance.


Apply Lean Improvements To Your Office

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Most manufacturers have implemented lean tools on their factory floors. But the same techniques can also be used to eliminate waste in other processes. Learn how improvement methodologies like lean and 5S can translate into huge savings in your office too.


Using Technology to Improve the Graduation Rate: Effective and Cost Effective Solutions for Secondary Education

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In an increasingly and globally competitive world, education is the key to advancement and people without high school diplomas are not likely to do well. This eBook provides insights and solutions for increasing high school completion and solving the urban dropout crisis in effective and cost-effective ways.

But Does it Work?

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This eBook explores what we are learning from local, state-level and national research into the impact of one-to-one computing on students, teachers and schools. To what degree are these ambitious programs living up to their promise? How can they be improved? And how do we build evaluation into all our endeavors going forward so that we maximize results and improve understanding about what works and what doesn't when it comes to education and technology?

Identity Resolution: Its Increasingly Important Role Inside Enterprise Data Management

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Not so long ago, identity resolution was a pretty obscure topic. But look at today's headlines: Air travelers vetted against no-fly lists. Voter registrations verified by government databases. Mortgages defaults blamed on bad credit checks. Electronic health records promise huge cost savings. Drug pushers, tax cheats, and inside traders caught through data mining. Everywhere you turn, solutions to our biggest problems depend on correctly linking data to people within and across systems.

Getting Started with Tablet PCs: A Guide to Innovation, Flexibility, and Mobility for Learning Digitally A Tablet PC is a uniqu

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A Tablet PC is a unique type of computer that allows the user to "ink" his or her input—words, sketches, diagrams and even math and science notations—and have them saved digitally. It can offer teachers new solutions for teaching and engage students so they are excited about coming to class—or doing fieldwork—and learning. The key to innovation is in their flexibility and mobility. This eBook provides information about them and classroom examples that show how they are taking educational computing far beyond the capabilities of the conventional notebook and where they are making a difference in teaching and learning. We hope you will enjoy reading about this exciting new technology.

An Administrators' Guide to Interactive Learning: Whiteboards and High Performing Digital Classrooms

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Students today are interactive learners; they spend much of their time at home engaging with information and other people online, creating content, learning, and sharing ideas. in classrooms that value such student creativity, students are encouraged to create original content and share the results using a variety of technology tools. Classrooms that offer the opportunities that engage students in interactive learning realize better results. This eBook provides guidance on planning for technology use, addressing the needs of the district's stakeholders, and describing the technologies that work and the support that makes them effective and cost-effective solutions.

Running Lean: Use Mobility to Boost Productivity & Profitability

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Battle the true enemies of your Lean initiative: defects, waiting, and overproduction. Download this free guide on how mobility can ensure accurate information throughout your supply chain and entire business, and get more on:

  • The latest sourcing, labor and IT trends facing manufacturing

Great BI, or Getting By? How to Weather the Economic Storm Better Than the Competition

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Now more than ever, companies are looking to cut costs and concentrate existing resources on the most profitable activities. Business Intelligence (BI) technology is crucial to achieve these goals.

Download this eBook to learn more about:

  • What it takes to get BI right: from data management to security
  • Latest innovations in BI that your users will love: from complete, pre-built functional applications to advanced analytics & what-if scenario modeling to BI gadgets
  • First-hand accounts from customers who are using BI in vastly different ways – and getting great results

In these challenging times, the difference between a good BI solution and a great one can determine the winners and losers when the economic storm ends.

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