Management Information Systems

A fast, up-to-date, and convenient desk reference for Excel users of any skill level. Excel veterans Michael Alexander and Dick Kusleika distil the most essential and useful tasks you need to understand about the world's most popular spreadsheet program, from functions to charts, graphs, formulas and more.

This updated edition provides a comprehensive overview of software architecture's many aspects, with five new chapters covering the latest insights from the field. Aspiring and existing architects alike will examine architectural characteristics, architectural patterns, component determination, diagramming architecture, governance, data, generative AI, team topologies, and many other topics.

Peer under the hood of the systems you already use, and learn to use them more effectively;
make informed decisions by identifying the strengths and weaknesses of different tools;
navigate the trade-offs around consistency, scalability, fault tolerance, and complexity;
understand the distributed systems research upon which modern databases are built; and
peek behind the scenes of major online services, and learn from their architectures