Phil Simon: 16 books

Book cover of Too Big to Ignore

Too Big to Ignore

The Business Case for Big Data

by Phil Simon
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013

Residents in Boston, Massachusetts are automatically reporting potholes and road hazards via their smartphones. Progressive Insurance tracks real-time customer driving patterns and uses that information to offer rates truly commensurate with individual safety. Google accurately predicts local flu...
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The Visual Organization

Data Visualization, Big Data, and the Quest for Better Decisions

by Phil Simon
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2014

The era of Big Data as arrived, and most organizations are woefully unprepared. Slowly, many are discovering that stalwarts like Excel spreadsheets, KPIs, standard reports, and even traditional business intelligence tools aren't sufficient. These old standbys can't begin to handle today's increasing...
Book cover of Analytics

Analytics

The Agile Way

by Phil Simon
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2017

For years, organizations have struggled to make sense out of their data. IT projects designed to provide employees with dashboards, KPIs, and business-intelligence tools often take a year or more to reach the finish line...if they get there at all. This has always been a problem. Today, though,...
Book cover of The Age of the Platform

The Age of the Platform

How Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google Have Redefined Business

by Phil Simon
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2011

Buoyed by the success of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google, thousands of companies of all sizes are fundamentally rethinking how they do business. They are creating vibrant ecosystems and, in the process, reaping big rewards. In the tradition of The Long Tail, The Age of the Platform demonstrates how...
Book cover of The New Small

The New Small

How a New Breed of Small Businesses Is Harnessing the Power of Emerging Technologies

by Phil Simon
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2010

A small seafood restaurant attracts new customers with virtually no marketing budget. An iPad case manufacturer generates more than $1M in revenue in four months with only four employees. A voiceover company is able to connect thousands of artists with opportunities, all without expensive hardware...
Book cover of The Next Wave of Technologies

The Next Wave of Technologies

Opportunities in Chaos

by Phil Simon
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2010

Your all-inclusive guide to all the latest technologies Providing you with a better understanding of the latest technologies, including Cloud Computing, Software as a Service, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Open Source, Mobile Computing, Social Networking, and Business Intelligence, The...
Book cover of Message Not Received

Message Not Received

Why Business Communication Is Broken and How to Fix It

by Phil Simon
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2015

Get your message across the right way with clear communication Message Not Received provides the tools and techniques that make an effective writer and public speaker. Particularly on topics related to data and technology, effective communication can present a challenge in business settings....
Book cover of Verve Flash
by Rick Sanders, Jeffrey Belanger, Barbara Cohea
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2018

Grab a cuppa and enjoy the ride on the short road to big fiction. ***This multi-genre anthology features over 40 flash-fiction pieces by 17 authors, who are as diverse as these exceptional stories. ***Consider this anthology a chocolate sampler filled with “verve-alicious” bite-sized reads,...
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A Medieval Manor House Rediscovered

Excavations at Longforth Farm, Wellington, Somerset by Simon Flaherty, Phil Andrews and Matt Leivers

by Simon Flaherty, Phil Andrews, Matt Leivers
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2016

Excavations in advance of housing development at Longforth Farm, Wellington revealed limited evidence for late prehistoric settlement, but the principal discovery was the remains of a previously unknown high status medieval building complex. This is thought to have been a manor house and though heavily...
Book cover of Technology Tools for Students With Autism

Technology Tools for Students With Autism

Innovations that Enhance Independence and Learning

by Gregory Abowd D.Phil., Rosa Arriaga Ph.D., Emma Ashwin Ph.D.
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2014

Technology holds great promise for helping students with autism learn, communicate, and function effectively in the modern world. Start leveraging that power today with this forward-thinking book, your in-depth guided tour of technologies that support learners with autism and help them fully participate...
Book cover of Education and Training for the Oil and Gas Industry

Education and Training for the Oil and Gas Industry

Localising Oil and Gas Operations

by Phil Andrews, Simon Augustus, Jim Playfoot
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2016

Education and Training for the Oil and Gas Industry: Localising Oil and Gas Operations, Volume Four in the Getenergy series will set out the case for localising the oil and gas operations within hydrocarbon-producing countries. The focus of this final Volume in the series will be to explore the value...
Book cover of Education and Training for the Oil and Gas Industry: The Evolution of Four Energy Nations
by Phil Andrews, Jim Playfoot, Simon Augustus
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2015

The third book in the Getenergy Guides series, The Evolution of Four Energy Nations considers how four very different countries have evolved as oil and gas-producing nations and how the interventions of government, industry and the education and training sector have addressed workforce and skills...
Book cover of Pork
by Phil Vickery, Simon Boddy
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2018

This celebration of all that is great about pork showcases its fantastic versatility. Chapters cover Shoulder & Ribs, Belly, Loin & Fillet, Ham, Bacon, Sausages and Oddbits (offal), and cover the recipes and techniques needed to make everything from Dry-cured Ham, Chorizo and Salami to Smoked...
Book cover of Psychiatry in Prisons

Psychiatry in Prisons

A Comprehensive Handbook

by Janet Parrott, Ceri Evans, Charles Scott
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2009

Psychiatry in Prisons provides a comprehensive overview of the history, problems and development of psychiatric health care in prisons, focusing particularly on the UK. The contributors tackle a broad range of issues, from familiar mental health issues such as substance misuse, self-injury and health...
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