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Product Reviews: Part 3

Broke the Amazon New Reviewer Rank of #2000 for the first time today, jumping from #2017 to #1961 in less than 24 hours, although this ranking fluctuates and is bound to dip again before going back up. Almost exactly two years ago, I posted the following comment in my first

New Book Review: "The Practitioner's Guide to Data Quality Improvement"

New book review for The Practitioner's Guide to Data Quality Improvement, by David Loshin, Morgan Kaufmann, 2010, reposted here: Some of the other reviews that have been posted here provide some interesting observations from perspectives that are not always centered on data architecture or general enterprise architecture, and

New Book Review: "Million Dollar Speaking"

New book review for Million Dollar Speaking: The Professional's Guide to Building Your Platform, by Alan Weiss, Ph.D., McGraw-Hill, 2011, reposted here: As Alan Weiss states in his preface, this book was written for the professional career speaker (one who gets paid to speak), even though "

Past Book Review (January 10, 2009): "The World's Newest Profession"

Past book review (i.e. posted prior to starting this blog) for The World's Newest Profession: Management Consulting in the Twentieth Century, by Christopher D. McKenna, Cambridge University Press, 2006, reposted here: A discussion of the consulting industry from its early origins in the late 1800s is what

New Book Review: "Unthinking"

Recently posted book review for Unthinking: The Surprising Forces Behind What We Buy, by Harry Beckwith, Business Plus, 2011, reposted here: In my comments on Beckwith's "Selling the Invisible: A Field Guide to Modern Marketing" a couple years ago, I indicated that in the words of

New Book Review: "Just Enough Software Architecture"

Recently posted book review for Just Enough Software Architecture: A Risk-Driven Approach, by George H. Fairbanks, Marshall & Brainerd, 2010, reposted here: During my last year of graduate school several years ago, I wrote reviews for two software books that I still consider exemplary: "Object Technology: A Manager'

New Book Review: "Borrowing Brilliance"

Recently posted book review for Borrowing Brilliance: The Six Steps to Business Innovation by Building on the Ideas of Others, by David Kord Murray, Gotham Books (Penguin), 2009, reposted here: The assignment given to Murray by Intuit that led to this book involved coming up with new ideas and teaching

New Book Review: "Project Decisions"

Recently posted book review for Project Decisions: The Art and Science, by Lev Virine and Michael Trumper, Management Concepts, 2008, reposted here: Reading this text was a follow-up by this reviewer on reading "Why Can't You Just Give Me the Number?", by Patrick Leach, and "

New Book Review: "Information Systems Transformation"

Recently posted book review for Information Systems Transformation: Architecture-Driven Modernization Case Studies, by William M. Ulrich and Philip Newcomb, Morgan Kaufmann, 2010, reposted here: Since the marketplace is largely absent of texts discussing the modernization of software systems architecture, this reviewer did not know what to expect from authors William

New Book Review: "Mastering VMware vSphere 4"

Recently posted book review for Mastering VMware vSphere 4: Install and Maintain VMware vSphere 4, Create and Manage Virtual Networks, by Scott Lowe, Sybex, 2009, reposted here: In case the potential reader of this text is wondering to what extent VMware vSphere 4 is covered, the subtitles explain a majority