David White Bücher

Secure the network edge with the premier book on Network Admission Control (NAC) deployment and management. By highlighting what protection NAC provides when a virus outbreak occurs, this book is a guide for any network professional who manages network security and monitors organizational infrastructure for day-zero threats.

The eighteenth century equivalent of the cruiser, the frigate was used for a wide variety of roles from fleet reconnaissance to patrolling sea lanes. Built in 1793, Diana was a typical British frigate of the period, whose long and active career spanned virtually all of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. In 1815 she was sold to the Dutch navy, which she continued to serve until destroyed by an accidental fire in 1839. First published in 1987, this popular volume includes a new large-scale plan of the ship on the reverse of the extended fold-out jacket and over 100 perspective and three-dimensional drawings accompanied by in-depth descriptive keys and photos. Both accurate and impressively detailed, this volume is an essential reference for age of sail enthusiasts and modelers alike. 24 photographs. 300 line drawings.101/2 x 91/2 inches.

Growth is the number one strategic concern of virtually every company and executive today. Following the recent years of heavy cost-cutting, companies everywhere are now lean and mean, and desperate for growth. Based upon a major study of 40 of the world's greatest growth companies of recent times (including Disney, Bertelsmann, Gillette, Lotus, Coca-Cola, Nokia) by the world's leading management consultancy, McKinsey & Co, this book provides the most powerful and practical methodology for growth and profitability so far. In examining these leading growth companies, and finding out how they approach and (more important) implement their growth strategies, the authors have discovered that high growth is achieved not by bold leaps but by a series of measured steps. Each of these successful companies share a distinctive pattern in their growth strategy in the form of a 'staircase' of manageable steps. Few if any single steps are dramatic - but when linked together as a staircase of sequential growth, the results are dramatic. This book contains detailed case studies of the main growth companies, and extracts from them the key lessons and methods for corporate growth in today's complex business environment.

„Die Alchemie des Wachstums ist eine Pflichtlektüre, egal, ob Sie ein junges oder ein gestandenes Unternehmen auf Wachstumskurs bringen wollen. Nachdem Sie dieses aufschlußreiche Buch gelesen haben, werden Sie Ihr eigenes Unternehmen besser verstehen.“ (Lou Dobbs, Präsident, CNN Financial News)

This textbook, designed for courses on microbial physiology/bacterial metabolism, presents microbial metabolism in the context of the chemical and physical problems that cells must solve in order to grow. It provides a modern perspective on the diversity of microorganisms