Taming Information Technology
Lessons from Studies of System Administrators
1st Edition
Published on 17. July 2012
313 pages
978-0-19-970589-4 (ISBN)
Description
Information technology is at the center of modern life. It supports most day-to-day activities: talking on the phone, getting money from an ATM, or working in the office. Whether for work, commerce, or fun, we interact with computers, networks, and databases -- all sorts of information technology. How does it work? Certainly, technological advances helped create this world. But what keeps it running? The answer is people. These people -- computer system administrators -- are the unsung heroes of the modern age. This book, ten years in the making, is the result. It tells the story of system administration through the narratives of real system administrators. It documents dynamic systems of people and machines, of specialists working together to tame hugely complex information technology infrastructures, developing and adapting their own tools and practices over time to create productive work environments. The authors hope Taming Information Technology will lead the way to a future in which the important work of these IT workers is better appreciated, better understood, and better supported.
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Eser Kandogan | Paul Maglio | Eben Haber
Taming Information Technology
Lessons from Studies of System Administrators
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09/2012
Oxford University Press Inc
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Content
- Cover
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue: Why We Wrote This Book
- 1. Motivations and Methods
- 2. People and Collaboration
- 3. Technologies and Complexity
- 4. Practices and Innovation
- 5. Tools and Automation
- 6. Organizations and Information
- 7. Communities and Trust
- 8. Findings and Lessons
- Epilogue: Where are They Now?
- References
- Author Index
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- Subject Index
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