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DevOps For Dummies

by Emily Freeman ...

Develop faster with DevOpsDevOps embraces a culture of unifying the creation and distribution of technology in a way that allows for faster release cycles and more resource-efficient product updating. DevOps For Dummies provides a guidebook for those on the development or operations side in need of a primer on this way of working.Inside, DevOps evangelist Emily Freeman provides a roadmap for ... Read more

$24.99 CAD

Develop faster with DevOpsDevOps embraces a culture of unifying the creation and distribution of technology in a way that allows for faster release cycles and more resource-efficient product updating. DevOps For Dummies provides a guidebook for those on the development or operations side in need of a primer on this way of working.Inside, DevOps evangelist Emily Freeman provides a roadmap for
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Twitter Marketing For Dummies

by Kyle Lacy ...

Get the latest tweets, tools, tips, and techniques and kick-start your Twitter marketing campaign!As the fastest-growing social networking service with more than 50 million tweets posted per day, Twitter poses a plethora of marketing possibilities. Boasting more than 50 percent new or updated content, this fun and friendly second edition reflects the latest features that Twitter has implemented to ... Read more

$19.99 CAD

Get the latest tweets, tools, tips, and techniques and kick-start your Twitter marketing campaign!As the fastest-growing social networking service with more than 50 million tweets posted per day, Twitter poses a plethora of marketing possibilities. Boasting more than 50 percent new or updated content, this fun and friendly second edition reflects the latest features that Twitter has implemented to
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Thinking Functionally with Haskell

by Richard Bird ...

Richard Bird is famed for the clarity and rigour of his writing. His new textbook, which introduces functional programming to students, emphasises fundamental techniques for reasoning mathematically about functional programs. By studying the underlying equational laws, the book enables students to apply calculational reasoning to their programs, both to understand their properties and to make them ... Read more

$61.99 CAD

Richard Bird is famed for the clarity and rigour of his writing. His new textbook, which introduces functional programming to students, emphasises fundamental techniques for reasoning mathematically about functional programs. By studying the underlying equational laws, the book enables students to apply calculational reasoning to their programs, both to understand their properties and to make them
... Read more
Microsoft Project 2007: The Missing Manual

The Missing Manual

by Bonnie Biafore ...

Schedules, budgets, communications, resources. Projects big and small include them all, and Microsoft Project 2007 can help you control these variables -- not be controlled by them. But Project is complex software, and learning it is, well, a project in itself. Get up to speed fast with Microsoft Project 2007: The Missing Manual. Written by project management expert Bonnie Biafore, this book ... Read more

$28.99 CAD

Schedules, budgets, communications, resources. Projects big and small include them all, and Microsoft Project 2007 can help you control these variables -- not be controlled by them. But Project is complex software, and learning it is, well, a project in itself. Get up to speed fast with Microsoft Project 2007: The Missing Manual. Written by project management expert Bonnie Biafore, this book
... Read more
Using Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012

Updated for Version R2

by Andreas Luszczak ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
Precise descriptions and instructions enable users, students and consultants to easily understand Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012. Microsoft offers Dynamics AX as its premium ERP solution to support large and mid-sized organizations with a complete business management solution which is easy to use. Going through a simple but comprehensive case study – the sample company ‘Anso Technologies Inc.’ – this ... Read more

$47.99 CAD

Precise descriptions and instructions enable users, students and consultants to easily understand Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012. Microsoft offers Dynamics AX as its premium ERP solution to support large and mid-sized organizations with a complete business management solution which is easy to use. Going through a simple but comprehensive case study – the sample company ‘Anso Technologies Inc.’ – this
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Enhanced Living Environments

Algorithms, Architectures, Platforms, and Systems

Edited by Ivan Ganchev, Nuno M. Garcia, Ciprian Dobre, Constandinos X. Mavromoustakis, Rossitza Goleva ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This open access book was prepared as a Final Publication of the COST Action IC1303 “Algorithms, Architectures and Platforms for Enhanced Living Environments (AAPELE)”. The concept of Enhanced Living Environments (ELE) refers to the area of Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) that is more related with Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). Effective ELE solutions require appropriate ICT ... Read more

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This open access book was prepared as a Final Publication of the COST Action IC1303 “Algorithms, Architectures and Platforms for Enhanced Living Environments (AAPELE)”. The concept of Enhanced Living Environments (ELE) refers to the area of Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) that is more related with Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). Effective ELE solutions require appropriate ICT
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R in a Nutshell

A Desktop Quick Reference

by Joseph Adler ...

If you’re considering R for statistical computing and data visualization, this book provides a quick and practical guide to just about everything you can do with the open source R language and software environment. You’ll learn how to write R functions and use R packages to help you prepare, visualize, and analyze data. Author Joseph Adler illustrates each process with a wealth of examples from ... Read more

$54.99 CAD

If you’re considering R for statistical computing and data visualization, this book provides a quick and practical guide to just about everything you can do with the open source R language and software environment. You’ll learn how to write R functions and use R packages to help you prepare, visualize, and analyze data. Author Joseph Adler illustrates each process with a wealth of examples from
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MongoDB Applied Design Patterns

Practical Use Cases with the Leading NoSQL Database

by Rick Copeland ...

Whether you’re building a social media site or an internal-use enterprise application, this hands-on guide shows you the connection between MongoDB and the business problems it’s designed to solve. You’ll learn how to apply MongoDB design patterns to several challenging domains, such as ecommerce, content management, and online gaming. Using Python and JavaScript code examples, you’ll discover how ... Read more

$25.99 CAD

Whether you’re building a social media site or an internal-use enterprise application, this hands-on guide shows you the connection between MongoDB and the business problems it’s designed to solve. You’ll learn how to apply MongoDB design patterns to several challenging domains, such as ecommerce, content management, and online gaming. Using Python and JavaScript code examples, you’ll discover how
... Read more
Algorithms for Big Data

DFG Priority Program 1736

Edited by Hannah Bast, Claudius Korzen, Ulrich Meyer, Manuel Penschuck ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This open access book surveys the progress in addressing selected challenges related to the growth of big data in combination with increasingly complicated hardware.It emerged from a research program established by the German Research Foundation (DFG) as priority program SPP 1736 on Algorithmics for Big Data where researchers from theoretical computer science worked together with application ... Read more

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This open access book surveys the progress in addressing selected challenges related to the growth of big data in combination with increasingly complicated hardware.It emerged from a research program established by the German Research Foundation (DFG) as priority program SPP 1736 on Algorithmics for Big Data where researchers from theoretical computer science worked together with application
... Read more
Information Security Governance Simplified

From the Boardroom to the Keyboard

by Todd Fitzgerald ...

Security practitioners must be able to build a cost-effective security program while at the same time meet the requirements of government regulations. This book lays out these regulations in simple terms and explains how to use the control frameworks to build an effective information security program and governance structure. It discusses how organizations can best ensure that the information is ... Read more

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Security practitioners must be able to build a cost-effective security program while at the same time meet the requirements of government regulations. This book lays out these regulations in simple terms and explains how to use the control frameworks to build an effective information security program and governance structure. It discusses how organizations can best ensure that the information is
... Read more
Amazon.com

Get Big Fast

by Robert Spector ...

In Amazon.com Jeff Bezos built something the world had never seen. He created the most recognized brand name on the Internet, became for a time one of the richest men in the world, and was crowned "the king of cyber-commerce."Yet for all the media exposure, the inside story of Amazon.com has never really been told. In this revealing, unauthorized account, Robert Spector, journalist and best ... Read more

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In Amazon.com Jeff Bezos built something the world had never seen. He created the most recognized brand name on the Internet, became for a time one of the richest men in the world, and was crowned "the king of cyber-commerce."Yet for all the media exposure, the inside story of Amazon.com has never really been told. In this revealing, unauthorized account, Robert Spector, journalist and best
... Read more
Decoding Reality

The Universe as Quantum Information

by Vlatko Vedral ...

Series series Oxford Landmark Science
For a physicist, all the world is information. The Universe and its workings are the ebb and flow of information. We are all transient patterns of information, passing on the recipe for our basic forms to future generations using a four-letter digital code called DNA. In this engaging and mind-stretching account, Vlatko Vedral considers some of the deepest questions about the Universe and ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

For a physicist, all the world is information. The Universe and its workings are the ebb and flow of information. We are all transient patterns of information, passing on the recipe for our basic forms to future generations using a four-letter digital code called DNA. In this engaging and mind-stretching account, Vlatko Vedral considers some of the deepest questions about the Universe and
... Read more
The Audiobook Revolution

Harnessing AI for Cheap, Fast, and Exceptional Narration

by Jack Pemberton ...

Demystifying AI in Audiobook Production: The Guide to Affordable, High-Quality NarrationDive into the fascinating world of audiobooks and artificial intelligence with our groundbreaking guide, "The Audiobook Revolution: Harnessing AI for Cheap, Fast, and Exceptional Narration." This comprehensive book takes you through the seismic shift occurring in the audiobook industry due to the advent of AI ... Read more

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Demystifying AI in Audiobook Production: The Guide to Affordable, High-Quality NarrationDive into the fascinating world of audiobooks and artificial intelligence with our groundbreaking guide, "The Audiobook Revolution: Harnessing AI for Cheap, Fast, and Exceptional Narration." This comprehensive book takes you through the seismic shift occurring in the audiobook industry due to the advent of AI
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Practical Computer Vision with SimpleCV

The Simple Way to Make Technology See

by Kurt Demaagd, Nathan Oostendorp, Anthony Oliver, Katherine Scott ...

Learn how to build your own computer vision (CV) applications quickly and easily with SimpleCV, an open source framework written in Python. Through examples of real-world applications, this hands-on guide introduces you to basic CV techniques for collecting, processing, and analyzing streaming digital images. You’ll then learn how to apply these methods with SimpleCV, using sample Python code. All ... Read more

$16.99 CAD

Learn how to build your own computer vision (CV) applications quickly and easily with SimpleCV, an open source framework written in Python. Through examples of real-world applications, this hands-on guide introduces you to basic CV techniques for collecting, processing, and analyzing streaming digital images. You’ll then learn how to apply these methods with SimpleCV, using sample Python code. All
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Artificial You

AI and the Future of Your Mind

by Susan Schneider ...

Hailed by the Washington Post as “a sure-footed and witty guide to slippery ethical terrain,” a philosophical exploration of AI and the future of the mind that Astronomer Royal Martin Rees calls “profound and entertaining”Humans may not be Earth’s most intelligent beings for much longer: the world champions of chess, Go, and Jeopardy! are now all AIs. Given the rapid pace of progress in AI, many ... Read more

$19.99 CAD

Hailed by the Washington Post as “a sure-footed and witty guide to slippery ethical terrain,” a philosophical exploration of AI and the future of the mind that Astronomer Royal Martin Rees calls “profound and entertaining”Humans may not be Earth’s most intelligent beings for much longer: the world champions of chess, Go, and Jeopardy! are now all AIs. Given the rapid pace of progress in AI, many
... Read more
SQL for Data Analysis

Advanced Techniques for Transforming Data into Insights

by Cathy Tanimura ...

With the explosion of data, computing power, and cloud data warehouses, SQL has become an even more indispensable tool for the savvy analyst or data scientist. This practical book reveals new and hidden ways to improve your SQL skills, solve problems, and make the most of SQL as part of your workflow.You'll learn how to use both common and exotic SQL functions such as joins, window functions, ... Read more

$57.99 CAD

With the explosion of data, computing power, and cloud data warehouses, SQL has become an even more indispensable tool for the savvy analyst or data scientist. This practical book reveals new and hidden ways to improve your SQL skills, solve problems, and make the most of SQL as part of your workflow.You'll learn how to use both common and exotic SQL functions such as joins, window functions,
... Read more
Cybersecurity All-in-One For Dummies

by Joseph Steinberg, Kevin Beaver, Ira Winkler, Ted Coombs ...

Over 700 pages of insight into all things cybersecurityCybersecurity All-in-One For Dummies covers a lot of ground in the world of keeping computer systems safe from those who want to break in. This book offers a one-stop resource on cybersecurity basics, personal security, business security, cloud security, security testing, and security awareness. Filled with content to help with both personal ... Read more

$38.99 CAD

Over 700 pages of insight into all things cybersecurityCybersecurity All-in-One For Dummies covers a lot of ground in the world of keeping computer systems safe from those who want to break in. This book offers a one-stop resource on cybersecurity basics, personal security, business security, cloud security, security testing, and security awareness. Filled with content to help with both personal
... Read more
Natural-Born Cyborgs

Minds, Technologies, and the Future of Human Intelligence

by Andy Clark ...

From Robocop to the Terminator to Eve 8, no image better captures our deepest fears about technology than the cyborg, the person who is both flesh and metal, brain and electronics. But philosopher and cognitive scientist Andy Clark sees it differently. Cyborgs, he writes, are not something to be feared--we already are cyborgs. In Natural-Born Cyborgs, Clark argues that what makes humans so ... Read more

$17.99 CAD

From Robocop to the Terminator to Eve 8, no image better captures our deepest fears about technology than the cyborg, the person who is both flesh and metal, brain and electronics. But philosopher and cognitive scientist Andy Clark sees it differently. Cyborgs, he writes, are not something to be feared--we already are cyborgs. In Natural-Born Cyborgs, Clark argues that what makes humans so
... Read more
Music Technology and the Project Studio

Synthesis and Sampling

by Dan Hosken ...

Music Technology and the Project Studio: Synthesis and Sampling provides clear explanations of synthesis and sampling techniques and how to use them effectively and creatively. Starting with analog-style synthesis as a basic model, this textbook explores in detail how messages from a MIDI controller or sequencer are used to control elements of a synthesizer to create rich, dynamic sound. Since ... Read more

$119.99 CAD

Music Technology and the Project Studio: Synthesis and Sampling provides clear explanations of synthesis and sampling techniques and how to use them effectively and creatively. Starting with analog-style synthesis as a basic model, this textbook explores in detail how messages from a MIDI controller or sequencer are used to control elements of a synthesizer to create rich, dynamic sound. Since
... Read more
AI Money Machine: Unlock the Secrets to Making Money Online with AI

by Lucas Bennett ...

Transform your Finances with AI: Discover Hidden Opportunities in the Digital Age!Imagine unlocking a world where AI technology becomes your ally in creating diverse, lucrative income streams. AI Money Machine is your key to this world of endless possibilities. This isn't just about learning AI tools – it's about reshaping your financial future. Whether you're a budding entrepreneur, a digital ... Read more

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Transform your Finances with AI: Discover Hidden Opportunities in the Digital Age!Imagine unlocking a world where AI technology becomes your ally in creating diverse, lucrative income streams. AI Money Machine is your key to this world of endless possibilities. This isn't just about learning AI tools – it's about reshaping your financial future. Whether you're a budding entrepreneur, a digital
... Read more
Cybernetic Revolutionaries

Technology and Politics in Allende's Chile

by Eden Medina ...

A historical study of Chile's twin experiments with cybernetics and socialism, and what they tell us about the relationship of technology and politics.In Cybernetic Revolutionaries, Eden Medina tells the history of two intersecting utopian visions, one political and one technological. The first was Chile's experiment with peaceful socialist change under Salvador Allende; the second was the ... Read more

$36.79 CAD

A historical study of Chile's twin experiments with cybernetics and socialism, and what they tell us about the relationship of technology and politics.In Cybernetic Revolutionaries, Eden Medina tells the history of two intersecting utopian visions, one political and one technological. The first was Chile's experiment with peaceful socialist change under Salvador Allende; the second was the
... Read more
Augmented Human

How Technology Is Shaping the New Reality

by Helen Papagiannis ...

Augmented Reality (AR) blurs the boundary between the physical and digital worlds. In AR’s current exploration phase, innovators are beginning to create compelling and contextually rich applications that enhance a user’s everyday experiences. In this book, Dr. Helen Papagiannis—a world-leading expert in the field—introduces you to AR: how it’s evolving, where the opportunities are, and where it’s ... Read more

$35.99 CAD

Augmented Reality (AR) blurs the boundary between the physical and digital worlds. In AR’s current exploration phase, innovators are beginning to create compelling and contextually rich applications that enhance a user’s everyday experiences. In this book, Dr. Helen Papagiannis—a world-leading expert in the field—introduces you to AR: how it’s evolving, where the opportunities are, and where it’s
... Read more
FreeSWITCH 1.0.6

Follow this course and you‚Äôll be amazed at how feasible it is to get a sophisticated telephony system up and running by yourself. From basics to advanced features, it takes you step-by-step through the powerful capabilities of FreeSWITCH. CH

by Darren Schreiber, Anthony Minessale II, Anthony Minessale (Project) ...

Follow this course and you‚Äôll be amazed at how feasible it is to get a sophisticated telephony system up and running by yourself. From basics to advanced features, it takes you step-by-step through the powerful capabilities of FreeSWITCH. CHKey FeaturesInstall and configure a complete telephony system of your own even if you are using FreeSWITCH for the first timeIn-depth discussions of ... Read more

$37.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Follow this course and you‚Äôll be amazed at how feasible it is to get a sophisticated telephony system up and running by yourself. From basics to advanced features, it takes you step-by-step through the powerful capabilities of FreeSWITCH. CHKey FeaturesInstall and configure a complete telephony system of your own even if you are using FreeSWITCH for the first timeIn-depth discussions of
... Read more
Software Architecture Metrics

Case Studies to Improve the Quality of Your Architecture

by Christian Ciceri, Dave Farley, Neal Ford, Andrew Harmel-Law, Michael Keeling, Carola Lilienthal, João Rosa, Alexander von Zitzewitz, Rene Weiss, Eoin Woods ...

Software architecture metrics are key to the maintainability and architectural quality of a software project and they can warn you about dangerous accumulations of architectural and technical debt early in the process. In this practical book, leading hands-on software architects share case studies to introduce metrics that every software architect should know.This isn't a book about theory. It's ... Read more

$57.99 CAD

Software architecture metrics are key to the maintainability and architectural quality of a software project and they can warn you about dangerous accumulations of architectural and technical debt early in the process. In this practical book, leading hands-on software architects share case studies to introduce metrics that every software architect should know.This isn't a book about theory. It's
... Read more

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