Free Information Technology (IT) Books

Download Business Information Systems by Elizabeth Hardcastle in pdf format. …

Free eBook “Business Information Management” in pdf format. Information management is vital for today’s businesses. It requires significant investment and supports critical business processes. …

Free book “Introduction to Information Retrieval” by Christopher D. Manning, Prabhakar Raghavan and Hinrich Schütze. …

“The Fourth Paradigm: Data-Intensive Scientific Discovery” is a free 287 page book from Microsoft Research.This book presents the first broad look at the rapidly emerging field of data-intensive science, with the goal of influencing the worldwide scientific and computing research communities and inspiring the next generation of scientists. …

Download each chapter in pdf format from free eBook “Lessons from the Identity Trail: Anonymity, Privacy and Identity in a Networked Society”. …

The software industry is, just occasionally, more absurd than one would dare to imagine. Having spent most of his working life in its clutches, Phil Factor has pretty much “seen it all” and what’s more, here, in his “Confessions of an IT Manager“, he’s prepared to tell what he knows. …

“Beyond Code: Learn to Distinguish Yourself in 9 Simple Steps!” by Rajesh Setty can be downloaded in pdf format for free. …

This revised edition of Introduction to Metadata, first published in 1998 and updated in an online version in 2000, provides an overview of metadata—its types, roles, and characteristics; a discussion of metadata as it relates to Web resources; a description of methods, tools, standards, and protocols for publishing and disseminating digital collections; and a handy glossary. …

The Unicode Standard, Version 5.0 is available as a free download. Each chapter can be downloaded in pdf format. …