Bill Steadman is just an average teenager with dreams of interplanetary adventure. Then one day those dreams explode into reality as he is whisked off to Mars, where he is welcomed by a race of humans who have developed a unique and peaceful way of life. He is shown the wonders of The Red Planet and learns their deepest secrets, some terrible secrets that might just mean the end of their existence and perhaps even mankind's existence on Planet Earth. When he returns to Earth with the help of his new Martian friends, he finds himself the victim of greed and betrayal. He also has to face the American secret service, who want him silenced - permanently, and the Russians, who want his secrets to achieve their cosmic ambitions. Will his Martian friends tune in to his pleas and arrive in time to save him? Secret of the Red Planet, races along with the imagination of Harry Potter and the high spirits of Escape to Witch Mountain. This is a series which will delight the younger reader in your life and the one in you. Secret of The Red Planet is the first book in The Mars Series.

Secret of the Red Planet

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Hawley, Chris

Fantasy

Mirador Publishing

Are you satisfied with the way your company responds to IT incidents? How prepared is your response team to handle critical, time-sensitive events such as service disruptions and security breaches? IT professionals looking for effective response models have successfully adopted the Incident Management System (IMS) used by firefighters throughout the US. This practical book shows you how to apply the same response methodology to your own IT operation.
You’ll learn how IMS best practices for leading people and managing time apply directly to IT incidents where the stakes are high and outcomes are uncertain. This book provides use cases of some of the largest (and smallest) IT operations teams in the world. There is a better way to respond. You just found it.
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<li>Assess your IT incident response with the PROCESS programmatic evaluation tool</li>
<li>Get an overview of the IMS all-hazard, all-risk framework</li>
<li>Understand the responsibilities of the Incident Commander</li>
<li>Form a unified command structure for events that affect multiple business units</li>
<li>Systematically evaluate what broke and how the incident team responded</li>
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Incident Management for Operations

Business & Money

Schnepp, Rob

Vidal, Ron

Management & Leadership

O'Reilly Media

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