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Distributed Ledgers

Design and Regulation of Financial Infrastructure and Payment Systems

by Robert M. Townsend ...

An economic analysis of what distributed ledgers can do, examining key components and discussing applications in both developed and emerging market economies.Distributed ledger technology (DLT) has the potential to transform economic organization and financial structure. In this book, Robert Townsend steps back from the hype and controversy surrounding DLT (and the related, but not synonymous, ... Read more

$25.99 USD

An economic analysis of what distributed ledgers can do, examining key components and discussing applications in both developed and emerging market economies.Distributed ledger technology (DLT) has the potential to transform economic organization and financial structure. In this book, Robert Townsend steps back from the hype and controversy surrounding DLT (and the related, but not synonymous,
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A Beginner’s Guide to Internet of Things Security

Attacks, Applications, Authentication, and Fundamentals

by Aakanksha Tewari, Brij B. Gupta ...

A Beginner’s Guide to Internet of Things Security focuses on security issues and developments in the Internet of Things (IoT) environment. The wide-ranging applications of IoT, including home appliances, transportation, logistics, healthcare, and smart cities, necessitate security applications that can be applied to every domain with minimal cost.IoT contains three layers: application layer, ... Read more

$33.99 USD

A Beginner’s Guide to Internet of Things Security focuses on security issues and developments in the Internet of Things (IoT) environment. The wide-ranging applications of IoT, including home appliances, transportation, logistics, healthcare, and smart cities, necessitate security applications that can be applied to every domain with minimal cost.IoT contains three layers: application layer,
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Scalable and Secure Internet Services and Architecture

by Cheng-Zhong Xu ...

Series series Chapman & Hall/CRC Computer and Information Science Series
Scalable and Secure Internet Services and Architecture provides an in-depth analysis of many key scaling technologies. Topics include: server clusters and load balancing; QoS-aware resource management; server capacity planning; Web caching and prefetching; P2P overlay network; mobile code and security; and mobility support for adaptive grid computi ... Read more

$91.99 USD

Scalable and Secure Internet Services and Architecture provides an in-depth analysis of many key scaling technologies. Topics include: server clusters and load balancing; QoS-aware resource management; server capacity planning; Web caching and prefetching; P2P overlay network; mobile code and security; and mobility support for adaptive grid computi
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System Design for the LLM Era

Patterns and principles for production-grade AI architecture

by Sampriti Mitra ...

STOP building fragile AI wrappers; START designing resilient AI systems.Key FeaturesFrom LLM fundamentals to real-world practicalitiesPatterns and principles for architecting LLM-based systemsLearn from in-depth case studiesDecouple from premium models using tiered fallbackEvent-driven architectures for decoupling high-latency agentic workflowsCost management approachesSecurity strategies for LLM ... Read more

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STOP building fragile AI wrappers; START designing resilient AI systems.Key FeaturesFrom LLM fundamentals to real-world practicalitiesPatterns and principles for architecting LLM-based systemsLearn from in-depth case studiesDecouple from premium models using tiered fallbackEvent-driven architectures for decoupling high-latency agentic workflowsCost management approachesSecurity strategies for LLM
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Ceph Cookbook

Practical recipes to design, implement, operate, and manage Ceph storage systems

by Vikhyat Umrao, Michael Hackett, Karan Singh ...

Over 100 effective recipes to help you design, implement, and troubleshoot manage the software-defined and massively scalable Ceph storage system.Key FeaturesImplement a Ceph cluster successfully and learn to manage it.Recipe based approach in learning the most efficient software defined storage systemImplement best practices on improving efficiency and security of your storage clusterLearn to ... Read more

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Over 100 effective recipes to help you design, implement, and troubleshoot manage the software-defined and massively scalable Ceph storage system.Key FeaturesImplement a Ceph cluster successfully and learn to manage it.Recipe based approach in learning the most efficient software defined storage systemImplement best practices on improving efficiency and security of your storage clusterLearn to
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Cloud Native Spring in Action

With Spring Boot and Kubernetes

by Thomas Vitale ...

Build and deliver production-grade cloud-native apps with Spring framework and Kubernetes.In Cloud Native Spring in Action you’ll learn:Cloud native best practices and design patternsBuild and test cloud native apps with Spring Boot and Spring CloudHandle security, resilience, and scalability in imperative and reactive applicationsConfigure, deploy, and observe applications on KubernetesContinuous ... Read more

$49.99 USD

Build and deliver production-grade cloud-native apps with Spring framework and Kubernetes.In Cloud Native Spring in Action you’ll learn:Cloud native best practices and design patternsBuild and test cloud native apps with Spring Boot and Spring CloudHandle security, resilience, and scalability in imperative and reactive applicationsConfigure, deploy, and observe applications on KubernetesContinuous
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Ultimate GraphQL for Scalable Web Apps

by Robins Gupta ...

Master GraphQL to build scalable, production-ready web applications.Key Features● Build a complete Netflix-style streaming platform using GraphQL, React, Node.js, and Apollo.● Master production-grade concepts including DataLoader, caching, scalability, and performance tuning.● Learn by doing, and progress from GraphQL fundamentals to advanced real-world full-stack development.Book DescriptionAPIs ... Read more

$21.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Master GraphQL to build scalable, production-ready web applications.Key Features● Build a complete Netflix-style streaming platform using GraphQL, React, Node.js, and Apollo.● Master production-grade concepts including DataLoader, caching, scalability, and performance tuning.● Learn by doing, and progress from GraphQL fundamentals to advanced real-world full-stack development.Book DescriptionAPIs
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Getting Started with Storm

Continuous Streaming Computation with Twitter's Cluster Technology

by Jonathan Leibiusky, Gabriel Eisbruch, Dario Simonassi ...

Even as big data is turning the world upside down, the next phase of the revolution is already taking shape: real-time data analysis. This hands-on guide introduces you to Storm, a distributed, JVM-based system for processing streaming data. Through simple tutorials, sample Java code, and a complete real-world scenario, you’ll learn how to build fast, fault-tolerant solutions that process results ... Read more

$13.99 USD

Even as big data is turning the world upside down, the next phase of the revolution is already taking shape: real-time data analysis. This hands-on guide introduces you to Storm, a distributed, JVM-based system for processing streaming data. Through simple tutorials, sample Java code, and a complete real-world scenario, you’ll learn how to build fast, fault-tolerant solutions that process results
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Ultimate IBM Granite for Enterprise Applications

by Alan S. Bluck ...

Build Future-ready Enterprise AI with IBM Granite and Watsonx AI. Key Features ● Step-by-step instructions to install and configure Granite 3.0 using GitHub and VSCode on both Windows and Red Hat Linux systems. ● Build advanced prompt strategies using Python and Ansible to enhance LLM response accuracy and adaptability in enterprise scenarios. ● Prepare for the future of enterprise AI with forward ... Read more

$19.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Build Future-ready Enterprise AI with IBM Granite and Watsonx AI. Key Features ● Step-by-step instructions to install and configure Granite 3.0 using GitHub and VSCode on both Windows and Red Hat Linux systems. ● Build advanced prompt strategies using Python and Ansible to enhance LLM response accuracy and adaptability in enterprise scenarios. ● Prepare for the future of enterprise AI with forward
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Mastering Spring Cloud

Build self-healing, microservices-based, distributed systems using Spring Cloud

by Piotr Mińkowski ...

Learn how to build, test, secure, deploy, and efficiently consume services across distributed systems.Key Features- Explore the wealth of options provided by Spring Cloud for wiring service dependencies in microservice systems.- Create microservices utilizing Spring Cloud's Netflix OSS- Architect your cloud-native data using Spring Cloud.Book DescriptionDeveloping, deploying, and operating cloud ... Read more

$41.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Learn how to build, test, secure, deploy, and efficiently consume services across distributed systems.Key Features- Explore the wealth of options provided by Spring Cloud for wiring service dependencies in microservice systems.- Create microservices utilizing Spring Cloud's Netflix OSS- Architect your cloud-native data using Spring Cloud.Book DescriptionDeveloping, deploying, and operating cloud
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Parallel and High Performance Programming with Python (2nd Edition)

by Fabio Nelli ...

Unleash the Full Power of Python to Run Faster Code, Scale Smarter, and Compute Without Limits. Key Features ● Get a free one-month digital subscription to www.avaskillshelf.com ● Master end-to-end Python parallelism from multithreading and multiprocessing to distributed computing on GPUs, clusters, and the cloud. ● Accelerate real-world workloads using cutting-edge frameworks like Ray, Dask, ... Read more

$24.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Unleash the Full Power of Python to Run Faster Code, Scale Smarter, and Compute Without Limits. Key Features ● Get a free one-month digital subscription to www.avaskillshelf.com ● Master end-to-end Python parallelism from multithreading and multiprocessing to distributed computing on GPUs, clusters, and the cloud. ● Accelerate real-world workloads using cutting-edge frameworks like Ray, Dask,
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Ultimate Llama for Natural Language Processing (NLP)

by Gaurav Singh ...

Build, Scale and Optimize Cutting-Edge NLP with Llama for Next Gen AI. Key Features ● Explore Llama’s evolution and innovations for next-gen NLP. ● Implement real-world NLP tasks with step-by-step examples. ● Fine-tune, optimize, and deploy Llama at enterprise scale. Book Description Llama models have rapidly emerged as a cornerstone in natural language processing, redefining how AI systems ... Read more

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Build, Scale and Optimize Cutting-Edge NLP with Llama for Next Gen AI. Key Features ● Explore Llama’s evolution and innovations for next-gen NLP. ● Implement real-world NLP tasks with step-by-step examples. ● Fine-tune, optimize, and deploy Llama at enterprise scale. Book Description Llama models have rapidly emerged as a cornerstone in natural language processing, redefining how AI systems
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Mastering AI System Design

by Soudamini Sreepada ...

From Whiteboards to Workloads - Bridging AI Theory and Practice.Key Features● Practical frameworks, trade-off discussions, and mock interviews to prepare for modern system design.● Master LLMs, RAG, fine-tuning, edge AI, and multimodal systems through practical, domain-specific examples.● Connects academic AI foundations with industrial implementations to help readers designend-to-end systems.Book ... Read more

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From Whiteboards to Workloads - Bridging AI Theory and Practice.Key Features● Practical frameworks, trade-off discussions, and mock interviews to prepare for modern system design.● Master LLMs, RAG, fine-tuning, edge AI, and multimodal systems through practical, domain-specific examples.● Connects academic AI foundations with industrial implementations to help readers designend-to-end systems.Book
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Cloud Native Development Patterns and Best Practices

Practical architectural patterns for building modern, distributed cloud-native systems

by John Gilbert ...

Learn to apply cloud-native patterns and practices to deliver responsive, resilient, elastic, and message-driven systems with confidenceKey FeaturesUnderstand the architectural patterns involved in cloud-native architecturesMinimize risk by evolving your monolithic applications into distributed cloud-native systemsDiscover best practices for applying cloud-native patterns to your enterprise-level ... Read more

$37.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Learn to apply cloud-native patterns and practices to deliver responsive, resilient, elastic, and message-driven systems with confidenceKey FeaturesUnderstand the architectural patterns involved in cloud-native architecturesMinimize risk by evolving your monolithic applications into distributed cloud-native systemsDiscover best practices for applying cloud-native patterns to your enterprise-level
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Mastering Concurrency in Python

Create faster programs using concurrency, asynchronous, multithreading, and parallel programming

by Quan Nguyen ...

Immerse yourself in the world of Python concurrency and tackle the most complex concurrent programming problemsKey FeaturesExplore the core syntaxes, language features and modern patterns of concurrency in PythonUnderstand how to use concurrency to keep data consistent and applications responsiveUtilize application scaffolding to design highly-scalable programsBook DescriptionPython is one of the ... Read more

$37.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Immerse yourself in the world of Python concurrency and tackle the most complex concurrent programming problemsKey FeaturesExplore the core syntaxes, language features and modern patterns of concurrency in PythonUnderstand how to use concurrency to keep data consistent and applications responsiveUtilize application scaffolding to design highly-scalable programsBook DescriptionPython is one of the
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Big Data on Kubernetes

A practical guide to building efficient and scalable data solutions

by Neylson Crepalde ...

Gain hands-on experience in building efficient and scalable big data architecture on Kubernetes, utilizing leading technologies such as Spark, Airflow, Kafka, and Trino Key FeaturesLeverage Kubernetes in a cloud environment to integrate seamlessly with a variety of toolsExplore best practices for optimizing the performance of big data pipelinesBuild end-to-end data pipelines and discover real ... Read more

$30.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Gain hands-on experience in building efficient and scalable big data architecture on Kubernetes, utilizing leading technologies such as Spark, Airflow, Kafka, and Trino Key FeaturesLeverage Kubernetes in a cloud environment to integrate seamlessly with a variety of toolsExplore best practices for optimizing the performance of big data pipelinesBuild end-to-end data pipelines and discover real
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Programming Massively Parallel Processors

A Hands-on Approach

by David B. Kirk, Wen-mei W. Hwu ...

Programming Massively Parallel Processors: A Hands-on Approach, Third Edition shows both student and professional alike the basic concepts of parallel programming and GPU architecture, exploring, in detail, various techniques for constructing parallel programs. Case studies demonstrate the development process, detailing computational thinking and ending with effective and efficient parallel ... Read more

$56.99 USD

Programming Massively Parallel Processors: A Hands-on Approach, Third Edition shows both student and professional alike the basic concepts of parallel programming and GPU architecture, exploring, in detail, various techniques for constructing parallel programs. Case studies demonstrate the development process, detailing computational thinking and ending with effective and efficient parallel
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Mastering DevOps in Kubernetes

Maximize your container workload efficiency with DevOps practices in Kubernetes (English Edition)

by Soumiyajit Das Chowdhury ...

DevOps with Kubernetes combines two powerful technologies to bring efficiency and speed to the software development process. Kubernetes has become the de facto standard for container orchestration, while DevOps practices are rapidly becoming essential for organizations to manage their software development and delivery pipelines. By using Kubernetes and DevOps practices together, teams can ... Read more

$14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

DevOps with Kubernetes combines two powerful technologies to bring efficiency and speed to the software development process. Kubernetes has become the de facto standard for container orchestration, while DevOps practices are rapidly becoming essential for organizations to manage their software development and delivery pipelines. By using Kubernetes and DevOps practices together, teams can
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Micro Frontends Architecture for Scalable Applications

by Vanderlei Alves da Silva ...

Unleash Agility and Scale with Micro Frontend Architecture. Key Features ● Gain a solid understanding of micro frontend principles, patterns, and benefits. ● Explore integration strategies with real-world examples and practical guidance. ● Discover best practices for adoption, testing, deployment, and long-term scalability. Book Description As modern web applications grow in complexity, micro ... Read more

$19.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Unleash Agility and Scale with Micro Frontend Architecture. Key Features ● Gain a solid understanding of micro frontend principles, patterns, and benefits. ● Explore integration strategies with real-world examples and practical guidance. ● Discover best practices for adoption, testing, deployment, and long-term scalability. Book Description As modern web applications grow in complexity, micro
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Hands-On Kubernetes on Azure

Run your applications securely and at scale on the most widely adopted orchestration platform

by Shivakumar Gopalakrishnan, Gunther Lenz ...

Deploy and manage Kubernetes clusters on a cloud efficientlyKey FeaturesDeploy highly scalable applications with Kubernetes on AzureLearn to scale your application infrastructure dynamically with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)Increase the efficiency of container orchestration service on the cloudBook DescriptionMicrosoft is now one of the most significant contributors to Kubernetes open source ... Read more

$27.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Deploy and manage Kubernetes clusters on a cloud efficientlyKey FeaturesDeploy highly scalable applications with Kubernetes on AzureLearn to scale your application infrastructure dynamically with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)Increase the efficiency of container orchestration service on the cloudBook DescriptionMicrosoft is now one of the most significant contributors to Kubernetes open source
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龙芯电脑使用解析（统信 UOS版）

by 龙芯中科技术有限公司 ...

本书全面讲述基于统信桌面操作系统（统信UOS）的龙芯电脑的使用方法。全书分为三篇，共12章。第一篇介绍了龙芯电脑的相关知识，龙芯电脑操作系统和统信操作系统；第二篇介绍了在日常及办公场景下龙芯电脑常见功能的详细使用方法，包括龙芯电脑桌面入门，应用商店管理，文件和目录管理，内容的输入、编辑和输出，上网，常用应用等；第三篇介绍了龙芯电脑配置和管理，包括系统环境监控、系统配置和管理、统信UOS安装等。 ... Read more

$15.99 USD

本书全面讲述基于统信桌面操作系统（统信UOS）的龙芯电脑的使用方法。全书分为三篇，共12章。第一篇介绍了龙芯电脑的相关知识，龙芯电脑操作系统和统信操作系统；第二篇介绍了在日常及办公场景下龙芯电脑常见功能的详细使用方法，包括龙芯电脑桌面入门，应用商店管理，文件和目录管理，内容的输入、编辑和输出，上网，常用应用等；第三篇介绍了龙芯电脑配置和管理，包括系统环境监控、系统配置和管理、统信UOS安装等。
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Enabling Microservice Success

Managing Technical, Organizational, and Cultural Challenges

by Sarah Wells ...

Microservices can be a very effective approach for delivering value to your organization and to your customers. If you get them right, microservices help you to move fast by making changes to small parts of your system hundreds of times a day. But if you get them wrong, microservices will just make everything more complicated.In this book, technical engineering leader Sarah Wells provides ... Read more

$41.99 USD

Microservices can be a very effective approach for delivering value to your organization and to your customers. If you get them right, microservices help you to move fast by making changes to small parts of your system hundreds of times a day. But if you get them wrong, microservices will just make everything more complicated.In this book, technical engineering leader Sarah Wells provides
... Read more
Ultimate Redis for High-Performance Applications

by Karnish Master ...

Redis is one of the world’s fastest and most versatile data platforms—but most teams use only a fraction of what it can do. Ultimate Redis for High-Performance Applications takes you far beyond basic caching and gives you the practical, production-ready knowledge needed to design, scale, and operate Redis with confidence. Hence, whether you are building microservices, streaming systems, gaming ... Read more

$24.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Redis is one of the world’s fastest and most versatile data platforms—but most teams use only a fraction of what it can do. Ultimate Redis for High-Performance Applications takes you far beyond basic caching and gives you the practical, production-ready knowledge needed to design, scale, and operate Redis with confidence. Hence, whether you are building microservices, streaming systems, gaming
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Kickstart Modern Data Structures and Algorithms

by Ms. Divyashree Mallarapu ...

Kickstart Modern Data Structures and Algorithms takes you on a structured journey from the core principles of data organization to advanced problem-solving techniques used in real-world applications. The book begins with fundamental concepts, building clarity around arrays, linked lists, stacks, queues, hashing, trees, and graphs. It then progresses into essential algorithmic strategies, including ... Read more

$19.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Kickstart Modern Data Structures and Algorithms takes you on a structured journey from the core principles of data organization to advanced problem-solving techniques used in real-world applications. The book begins with fundamental concepts, building clarity around arrays, linked lists, stacks, queues, hashing, trees, and graphs. It then progresses into essential algorithmic strategies, including
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