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The AI-Savvy Leader

Nine Ways to Take Back Control and Make AI Work

by David De Cremer ...

Leaders, don't let AI get the best of you.The AI transformation is underway, but where are the leaders who will ensure their companies implement AI successfully and responsibly? Up until now, leaders have largely ceded their role in the AI transformation, pushing strategy formulation out to tech teams and leaving investment decisions to groups that don't have a full view of the organization or its ... Read more

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Leaders, don't let AI get the best of you.The AI transformation is underway, but where are the leaders who will ensure their companies implement AI successfully and responsibly? Up until now, leaders have largely ceded their role in the AI transformation, pushing strategy formulation out to tech teams and leaving investment decisions to groups that don't have a full view of the organization or its
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STEP BY STEP TUTORIAL: JAVA/MYSQL With Object-Oriented Programming Using Apache NetBeans IDE PART 2

by Vivian Siahaan, Rismon Hasiholan Sianipar ...

Series Book 2 - STEP BY STEP TUTORIAL: JAVA/MYSQL With Object-Oriented Programming Using Apache NetBeans IDE
The sakila database consists of 15 tables including film, film_category, actor, customer, rental, payment and inventory among others. The sakila sample database, which is a fictitious database designed to represent a DVD rental store, is intended to provide a standard schema that can be used for examples in books, tutorials, articles, samples, and so forth.Our previous book, part 1, implements the ... Read more

$5.99 USD

The sakila database consists of 15 tables including film, film_category, actor, customer, rental, payment and inventory among others. The sakila sample database, which is a fictitious database designed to represent a DVD rental store, is intended to provide a standard schema that can be used for examples in books, tutorials, articles, samples, and so forth.Our previous book, part 1, implements the
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Data Source Handbook

A Guide to Public Data

by Pete Warden ...

If you're a developer looking to supplement your own data tools and services, this concise ebook covers the most useful sources of public data available today. You'll find useful information on APIs that offer broad coverage, tie their data to the outside world, and are either accessible online or feature downloadable bulk data. You'll also find code and helpful links.This guide organizes APIs by ... Read more

$11.99 USD

If you're a developer looking to supplement your own data tools and services, this concise ebook covers the most useful sources of public data available today. You'll find useful information on APIs that offer broad coverage, tie their data to the outside world, and are either accessible online or feature downloadable bulk data. You'll also find code and helpful links.This guide organizes APIs by
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Neo4j - A Graph Project Story

by Frank Kutzler, Nicolas Rouyer, Nicolas Mervaillie, Sylvain Roussy ...

This book provides you with a concrete approach of using Neo4j in a production context. Written in the style of a play, it reports the debates between the members of a technical team specialized in strongly connected data. It focuses on methodology, integrations with existing systems, performance, monitoring and security.You may already have an idea of what Neo4j is and how it works, and maybe you ... Read more

$28.99 USD

This book provides you with a concrete approach of using Neo4j in a production context. Written in the style of a play, it reports the debates between the members of a technical team specialized in strongly connected data. It focuses on methodology, integrations with existing systems, performance, monitoring and security.You may already have an idea of what Neo4j is and how it works, and maybe you
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Developing High-Frequency Trading Systems

Learn how to implement high-frequency trading from scratch with C++ or Java basics

by Sebastien Donadio, Sourav Ghosh, Romain Rossier ...

Use your programming skills to create and optimize high-frequency trading systems in no time with Java, C++, and PythonKey FeaturesLearn how to build high-frequency trading systems with ultra-low latencyUnderstand the critical components of a trading systemOptimize your systems with high-level programming techniquesBook DescriptionThe world of trading markets is complex, but it can be made easier ... Read more

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Use your programming skills to create and optimize high-frequency trading systems in no time with Java, C++, and PythonKey FeaturesLearn how to build high-frequency trading systems with ultra-low latencyUnderstand the critical components of a trading systemOptimize your systems with high-level programming techniquesBook DescriptionThe world of trading markets is complex, but it can be made easier
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Getting Started with Couchbase Server

Extreme Scalability at Your Fingertips

by MC Brown ...

Do you know what to do if your web application goes viral and usage suddenly explodes? This concise guide introduces you to Couchbase Server, an extremely fast NoSQL database that automatically distributes data across a cluster of commodity servers or virtual machines. You’ll learn hands-on how to build a Couchbase cluster without changing your application, and how to expand your database on the ... Read more

$13.99 USD

Do you know what to do if your web application goes viral and usage suddenly explodes? This concise guide introduces you to Couchbase Server, an extremely fast NoSQL database that automatically distributes data across a cluster of commodity servers or virtual machines. You’ll learn hands-on how to build a Couchbase cluster without changing your application, and how to expand your database on the
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Puppet 3 Cookbook

by John Arundel ...

Puppet 3 Cookbook is written in a Cookbook style, showing you how to set up and expand your Puppet infrastructure. It not only gives you everything you need to become a Puppet expert, but includes powerful code samples and techniques developed over many years of production experience. With it, you'll save time and effort by automating tedious manual processes, impress your boss by delivering ... Read more

$26.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Puppet 3 Cookbook is written in a Cookbook style, showing you how to set up and expand your Puppet infrastructure. It not only gives you everything you need to become a Puppet expert, but includes powerful code samples and techniques developed over many years of production experience. With it, you'll save time and effort by automating tedious manual processes, impress your boss by delivering
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Building Knowledge Graphs

A Practitioner's Guide

by Jesus Barrasa, Jim Webber ...

Incredibly useful, knowledge graphs help organizations keep track of medical research, cybersecurity threat intelligence, GDPR compliance, web user engagement, and much more. They do so by storing interlinked descriptions of entities—objects, events, situations, or abstract concepts—and encoding the underlying information. How do you create a knowledge graph? And how do you move it from theory ... Read more

$55.99 USD

Incredibly useful, knowledge graphs help organizations keep track of medical research, cybersecurity threat intelligence, GDPR compliance, web user engagement, and much more. They do so by storing interlinked descriptions of entities—objects, events, situations, or abstract concepts—and encoding the underlying information. How do you create a knowledge graph? And how do you move it from theory
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MySQL Troubleshooting

What To Do When Queries Don't Work

by Sveta Smirnova ...

Stuck with bugs, performance problems, crashes, data corruption, and puzzling output? If you’re a database programmer or DBA, they’re part of your life. The trick is knowing how to quickly recover from them. This unique, example-packed book shows you how to handle an array of vexing problems when working with MySQL.Written by a principal technical support engineer at Oracle, MySQL Troubleshooting ... Read more

$11.99 USD

Stuck with bugs, performance problems, crashes, data corruption, and puzzling output? If you’re a database programmer or DBA, they’re part of your life. The trick is knowing how to quickly recover from them. This unique, example-packed book shows you how to handle an array of vexing problems when working with MySQL.Written by a principal technical support engineer at Oracle, MySQL Troubleshooting
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SQL Crash Course

A Practical Guide From Beginner to Interview-Ready Expert

by Vajo Lukic ...

SQL Crash Course: From SQL Beginner to SQL Interview-Ready ExpertMaster SQL database development, query optimization, and data analysis with this comprehensive guide featuring 350+ practical examples and 140+ interview questions. Progress from basic SQL commands to advanced database management, covering PostgreSQL, MySQL, and SQL Server techniques.Transform your data engineering skills through ... Read more

$9.31 USD

SQL Crash Course: From SQL Beginner to SQL Interview-Ready ExpertMaster SQL database development, query optimization, and data analysis with this comprehensive guide featuring 350+ practical examples and 140+ interview questions. Progress from basic SQL commands to advanced database management, covering PostgreSQL, MySQL, and SQL Server techniques.Transform your data engineering skills through
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Learning ELK Stack

Build mesmerizing visualizations, analytics, and logs from your data using Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana

by Saurabh Chhajed ...

Key FeaturesBook DescriptionThe ELK stack—Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana, is a powerful combination of open source tools. Elasticsearch is for deep search and data analytics. Logstash is for centralized logging, log enrichment, and parsing. Kibana is for powerful and beautiful data visualizations. In short, the Elasticsearch ELK stack makes searching and analyzing data easier than ever before ... Read more

$37.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Key FeaturesBook DescriptionThe ELK stack—Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana, is a powerful combination of open source tools. Elasticsearch is for deep search and data analytics. Logstash is for centralized logging, log enrichment, and parsing. Kibana is for powerful and beautiful data visualizations. In short, the Elasticsearch ELK stack makes searching and analyzing data easier than ever before
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Natural Language Processing for the Semantic Web

by Diana Maynard, Kalina Bontcheva, Isabelle Augenstein ...

Series series Synthesis Lectures on the Semantic Web: Theory and Technology
This book introduces core natural language processing (NLP) technologies to non-experts in an easily accessible way, as a series of building blocks that lead the user to understand key technologies, why they are required, and how to integrate them into Semantic Web applications. Natural language processing and Semantic Web technologies have different, but complementary roles in data management. ... Read more

$53.99 USD

This book introduces core natural language processing (NLP) technologies to non-experts in an easily accessible way, as a series of building blocks that lead the user to understand key technologies, why they are required, and how to integrate them into Semantic Web applications. Natural language processing and Semantic Web technologies have different, but complementary roles in data management.
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Introduction to R for Business Intelligence

Profit optimization using data mining, data analysis, and Business Intelligence

by Jay Gendron ...

Learn how to leverage the power of R for Business IntelligenceKey Features\[\*\] Use this easy-to-follow guide to leverage the power of R analytics and make your business data more insightful.\[\*\] This highly practical guide teaches you how to develop dashboards that help you make informed decisions using R.\[\*\] Learn the A to Z of working with data for Business Intelligence with the help of ... Read more

$27.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Learn how to leverage the power of R for Business IntelligenceKey Features\[\*\] Use this easy-to-follow guide to leverage the power of R analytics and make your business data more insightful.\[\*\] This highly practical guide teaches you how to develop dashboards that help you make informed decisions using R.\[\*\] Learn the A to Z of working with data for Business Intelligence with the help of
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SQL Server 2019 Administrator's Guide

A definitive guide for DBAs to implement, monitor, and maintain enterprise database solutions

by Marek Chmel, Vladimír Mužný ...

Use Microsoft SQL Server 2019 to implement, administer, and secure a robust database solution that is disaster-proof and highly availableKey FeaturesExplore new features of SQL Server 2019 to set up, administer, and maintain your database solution successfullyDevelop a dynamic SQL Server environment and streamline big data pipelinesDiscover best practices for fixing performance issues, database ... Read more

$34.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Use Microsoft SQL Server 2019 to implement, administer, and secure a robust database solution that is disaster-proof and highly availableKey FeaturesExplore new features of SQL Server 2019 to set up, administer, and maintain your database solution successfullyDevelop a dynamic SQL Server environment and streamline big data pipelinesDiscover best practices for fixing performance issues, database
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Learning Geospatial Analysis with Python

Unleash the power of Python 3 with practical techniques for learning GIS and remote sensing

by Joel Lawhead ...

Harness the powerful Python programming language to navigate the realms of geographic information systems, remote sensing, topography, and more, while embracing a guiding framework for effective geospatial analysisKey FeaturesCreate GIS solutions using the new features introduced in Python 3.10Explore a range of GIS tools and libraries, including PostGIS, QGIS, and PROJIdentify the tools and ... Read more

$30.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Harness the powerful Python programming language to navigate the realms of geographic information systems, remote sensing, topography, and more, while embracing a guiding framework for effective geospatial analysisKey FeaturesCreate GIS solutions using the new features introduced in Python 3.10Explore a range of GIS tools and libraries, including PostGIS, QGIS, and PROJIdentify the tools and
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Data Science on the Google Cloud Platform

Implementing End-to-End Real-Time Data Pipelines: From Ingest to Machine Learning

by Valliappa Lakshmanan ...

Learn how easy it is to apply sophisticated statistical and machine learning methods to real-world problems when you build using Google Cloud Platform (GCP). This hands-on guide shows data engineers and data scientists how to implement an end-to-end data pipeline with cloud native tools on GCP.Throughout this updated second edition, you'll work through a sample business decision by employing a ... Read more

$48.99 USD

Learn how easy it is to apply sophisticated statistical and machine learning methods to real-world problems when you build using Google Cloud Platform (GCP). This hands-on guide shows data engineers and data scientists how to implement an end-to-end data pipeline with cloud native tools on GCP.Throughout this updated second edition, you'll work through a sample business decision by employing a
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Backup & Recovery

Inexpensive Backup Solutions for Open Systems

by W. Curtis Preston ...

Packed with practical, freely available backup and recovery solutions for Unix, Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X systems -- as well as various databases -- this new guide is a complete overhaul of Unix Backup & Recovery by the same author, now revised and expanded with over 75% new material.Backup & Recovery starts with a complete overview of backup philosophy and design, including the basic backup ... Read more

$33.99 USD

Packed with practical, freely available backup and recovery solutions for Unix, Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X systems -- as well as various databases -- this new guide is a complete overhaul of Unix Backup & Recovery by the same author, now revised and expanded with over 75% new material.Backup & Recovery starts with a complete overview of backup philosophy and design, including the basic backup
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Scaling CouchDB

Replication, Clustering, and Administration

by Bradley Holt ...

This practical guide offers a short course on scaling CouchDB to meet the capacity needs of your distributed application. Through a series of scenario-based examples, this book lets you explore several methods for creating a system that can accommodate growth and meet expected demand. In the process, you learn about several tools that can help you with replication, load balancing, clustering, and ... Read more

$8.99 USD

This practical guide offers a short course on scaling CouchDB to meet the capacity needs of your distributed application. Through a series of scenario-based examples, this book lets you explore several methods for creating a system that can accommodate growth and meet expected demand. In the process, you learn about several tools that can help you with replication, load balancing, clustering, and
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AI & Data Literacy

Empowering Citizens of Data Science

by Bill Schmarzo ...

Learn the key skills and capabilities that empower Citizens of Data Science to not only survive but thrive in an AI-dominated world. Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBookKey FeaturesPrepare for a future dominated by AI and big dataEnhance your AI and data literacy with real-world examplesLearn how to leverage AI and data to address current and future challengesBook ... Read more

$15.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Learn the key skills and capabilities that empower Citizens of Data Science to not only survive but thrive in an AI-dominated world. Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBookKey FeaturesPrepare for a future dominated by AI and big dataEnhance your AI and data literacy with real-world examplesLearn how to leverage AI and data to address current and future challengesBook
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Writing Effective Business Rules

by Graham Witt ...

Writing Effective Business Rules moves beyond the fundamental dilemma of system design: defining business rules either in natural language, intelligible but often ambiguous, or program code (or rule engine instructions), unambiguous but unintelligible to stakeholders. Designed to meet the needs of business analysts, this book provides an exhaustive analysis of rule types and a set of syntactic ... Read more

$53.99 USD

Writing Effective Business Rules moves beyond the fundamental dilemma of system design: defining business rules either in natural language, intelligible but often ambiguous, or program code (or rule engine instructions), unambiguous but unintelligible to stakeholders. Designed to meet the needs of business analysts, this book provides an exhaustive analysis of rule types and a set of syntactic
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The Data Journalism Handbook

Towards A Critical Data Practice

Edited by Liliana Bounegru, Jonathan Gray ...

Series series Digital Studies
The Data Journalism Handbook: Towards a Critical Data Practice provides a rich and panoramic introduction to data journalism, combining both critical reflection and practical insight. It offers a diverse collection of perspectives on how data journalism is done around the world and the broader consequences of datafication in the news, serving as both a textbook and a sourcebook for this emerging ... Read more

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The Data Journalism Handbook: Towards a Critical Data Practice provides a rich and panoramic introduction to data journalism, combining both critical reflection and practical insight. It offers a diverse collection of perspectives on how data journalism is done around the world and the broader consequences of datafication in the news, serving as both a textbook and a sourcebook for this emerging
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Kibana 7 Quick Start Guide

Visualize your Elasticsearch data with ease

by Anurag Srivastava ...

A quick start guide to visualize your Elasticsearch dataKey FeaturesYour hands-on guide to visualizing the Elasticsearch data as well as navigating the Elastic stackWork with different Kibana plugins and create effective machine learning jobs using KibanaBuild effective dashboards and reports without any hassleBook DescriptionThe Elastic Stack is growing rapidly and, day by day, additional tools ... Read more

$22.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

A quick start guide to visualize your Elasticsearch dataKey FeaturesYour hands-on guide to visualizing the Elasticsearch data as well as navigating the Elastic stackWork with different Kibana plugins and create effective machine learning jobs using KibanaBuild effective dashboards and reports without any hassleBook DescriptionThe Elastic Stack is growing rapidly and, day by day, additional tools
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Microsoft Access

Database Creation and Management through Microsoft Access

by Steven Bright ...

This Microsoft Access manual will help you to learn how to use Microsoft Access to create and manage relational database.It also contains Microsoft Access multiple choice question and answers that will be of great help to you. These are what you will learn:*Database Terminologies*Relationships in Relational Database*Database Application Areas*Starting and Exiting Microsoft Access*Microsoft Access ... Read more

$2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This Microsoft Access manual will help you to learn how to use Microsoft Access to create and manage relational database.It also contains Microsoft Access multiple choice question and answers that will be of great help to you. These are what you will learn:*Database Terminologies*Relationships in Relational Database*Database Application Areas*Starting and Exiting Microsoft Access*Microsoft Access
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Python Data Cleaning and Preparation Best Practices

A practical guide to organizing and handling data from various sources and formats using Python

by Maria Zervou ...

Take your data preparation skills to the next level by converting any type of data asset into a structured, formatted, and readily usable dataset Key FeaturesMaximize the value of your data through effective data cleaning methodsEnhance your data skills using strategies for handling structured and unstructured dataElevate the quality of your data products by testing and validating your data ... Read more

$34.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Take your data preparation skills to the next level by converting any type of data asset into a structured, formatted, and readily usable dataset Key FeaturesMaximize the value of your data through effective data cleaning methodsEnhance your data skills using strategies for handling structured and unstructured dataElevate the quality of your data products by testing and validating your data
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