A truly innovative approach to teaching computer concepts, now updated throughout to include the latest information on technology developments, innovations, and trends. Succeeding with Technology, Second Edition presents students with the underlying principles of technologies that have an impact on our lives and how those principles are related to real-world activities. By focusing on the application of technology and how technology may be used by students for personal and professional gain, this text gives students the information they need to prosper.

• Why Study Computers and Digital Technologies?
• Hardware Designed to Meet the Need
• Software Solutions for Personal and Professional Gain
• The Internet and World Wide Web
• Telecommunications, Wireless Technologies, and Computer Networks
• Digital Media for Work and Leisure
• Database Systems
• E-Commerce
• Information, Decision Support, Artificial Intelligence, and Special-Purpose Systems
• Systems Development
• Computer Crime and Information Security
• Digital Society, Ethics, and Globalization