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Dataset, Inc.: A Corporate Intrigue - Couverture souple

Rossiter, Alan

 
9780595138050: Dataset, Inc.: A Corporate Intrigue
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0595138055 ISBN 13 : 9780595138050
Editeur : iUniverse, 2000

Synopsis

Dataset, Inc. is a multinational software company, the leader in its particular niche market but something is wrong. The development of the next generation of Windows-based software is badly behind schedule, and the companys competitive position is in jeopardy. The companys owner, suspecting that the delays are deliberate, bugs the office of the Chief Executive Officer. A boardroom rift follows and a deadly, high-stakes international struggle ensues for mastery of the software business.Meanwhile Jim Thornton, a mid-level manager in Dataset, Inc., is thrust into prominence by the resignation of his senior colleagues, and becomes the companys Regional Manager for the US Gulf Coast. He tries to stabilize the situation, but things continue to deteriorate rapidly. Soon Jim is battling to save the business and protect his own job and those of his colleagues and perhaps also his life.Dataset, Inc. is a story of loyalty, greed and betrayal set in the cutthroat world of the contemporary software industry.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Dataset, Inc. is a multinational software company, the leader in its particular niche market but something is wrong. The development of the next generation of Windows-based software is badly behind schedule, and the companys competitive position is in jeopardy. The companys owner, suspecting that the delays are deliberate, bugs the office of the Chief Executive Officer. A boardroom rift follows and a deadly, high-stakes international struggle ensues for mastery of the software business.Meanwhile Jim Thornton, a mid-level manager in Dataset, Inc., is thrust into prominence by the resignation of his senior colleagues, and becomes the companys Regional Manager for the US Gulf Coast. He tries to stabilize the situation, but things continue to deteriorate rapidly. Soon Jim is battling to save the business and protect his own job and those of his colleagues and perhaps also his life.Dataset, Inc. is a story of loyalty, greed and betrayal set in the cutthroat world of the contemporary software industry.

Biographie de l'auteur

Alan Rossiter holds a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Cambridge. He has lived and worked in Africa, England and North America, and for a time was president of a small engineering and software company. He lives in Bellaire, Texas with his wife Belinda and two sons, Daniel and Jason.

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Éditeur
iUniverse
Date d'édition
2000
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0595138055
ISBN 13 
9780595138050
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
208
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Personne responsable
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