Business the Speed of Thought or Linux System Administration

Business @ the Speed of Thought: Succeeding in the Digital Economy

Author: Bill Gates

The CEO and chairman of Microsoft shows how technology has become key factor in effectively operating businesses; discusses how the creation of a worldclass digital nervous system will provide constant learning and promote success; and provides indepth examples of companies that used technology to turn failure into victory.

BusinessWeek

For CEOs and other executives, it is a clear, richly detailed guide to the fast-emerging E-business Age.

USA Today

This book lays out a road map for managers trying to build their own businesses into an era where information flows as fast as light through a fiberoptic cable.

Table of Contents:

	Introduction	xiii
I	Information Flow is Your Lifeblood
1	Manage with the Force of Facts	3
2	Can Your Digital Nervous System Do This?	22
3	Create a Paperless Office	39
II	Commerce: The Internet Changes Everything
4	Ride the Inflection Rocket	63
5	The Middleman Must Add Value	72
6	Touch Your Customers	91
7	Adopt the Web Lifestyle	114
8	Change the Boundaries of Business	133
9	Get to Market First	141
III	Manage Knowledge to Improve Strategic Thought
10	Bad News Must Travel Fast	159
11	Convert Bad News to Good	184
12	Know Your Numbers	201
13	Shift People into Thinking Work	222
14	Raise Your Corporate IQ	236
15	Big Wins Require Big Risks	262
IV	Bring Insight to Business Operations
16	Develop Processes That Empower People	281
17	Information Technology Enables Reengineering	295
18	Treat IT as a Strategic Resource	317
V	Special Enterprises
19	No Health Care System Is an Island	333
20	Take Government to the People	357
21	When Reflex Is a Matter of Life and Death	372
22	Create Connected Learning Communities	387
VI	Expect the Unexpected
23	Prepare for the Digital Future	407
Appendix	Build Digital Processes on Standards	417
	Glossary	441
	Customer Acknowledgments	453
	Index	457

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Linux System Administration

Author: Tom Adelstein

As Linux continues to grow in market share as an enterprise operating system, system administrators need to solve problems in a wide range of applications and work environments. To help you get to the bottom of real-life problems quickly, "Linux System Administration" is organized around three common administration scenarios: Linux as a hub for a home or small office, Linux as LAMP system (Linux-Apache web server-MySQL database- PHP/Perl/Python scripting languages), and remote administration of Linux machines.
You will be able to move beyond the basics of individual Linux tools in order to competently support users and maintain systems in actual work environments. "Linux System Administration" provides a solid background for Linux desktop users who want to move beyond the basics of Linux, and for experienced system administrators who are looking to gain more advanced skills.