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Designing Data-Intensive Applications

The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems

by Martin Kleppmann, Chris Riccomini ...

Data is at the center of many challenges in system design today. Difficult issues such as scalability, consistency, reliability, efficiency, and maintainability need to be resolved. In addition, there's an overwhelming variety of systems, including relational databases, NoSQL datastores, data warehouses, and data lakes. There are cloud services, on-premises services, and embedded databases. What ... Read more

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Data is at the center of many challenges in system design today. Difficult issues such as scalability, consistency, reliability, efficiency, and maintainability need to be resolved. In addition, there's an overwhelming variety of systems, including relational databases, NoSQL datastores, data warehouses, and data lakes. There are cloud services, on-premises services, and embedded databases. What
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Microsoft Project For Dummies

by Cynthia Snyder Dionisio ...

Blow past the jargon and get hands-on, practical guidance on managing any project with Microsoft ProjectLean. Agile. Hybrid. It seems that project management these days comes with more confusing buzzwords than ever. But you can make managing your next project simple and straightforward with help from Microsoft Project For Dummies.This book unpacks Microsoft’s bestselling project management ... Read more

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Blow past the jargon and get hands-on, practical guidance on managing any project with Microsoft ProjectLean. Agile. Hybrid. It seems that project management these days comes with more confusing buzzwords than ever. But you can make managing your next project simple and straightforward with help from Microsoft Project For Dummies.This book unpacks Microsoft’s bestselling project management
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AI Engineering

Building Applications with Foundation Models

by Chip Huyen ...

Recent breakthroughs in AI have not only increased demand for AI products, they've also lowered the barriers to entry for those who want to build AI products. The model-as-a-service approach has transformed AI from an esoteric discipline into a powerful development tool that anyone can use. Everyone, including those with minimal or no prior AI experience, can now leverage AI models to build ... Read more

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Recent breakthroughs in AI have not only increased demand for AI products, they've also lowered the barriers to entry for those who want to build AI products. The model-as-a-service approach has transformed AI from an esoteric discipline into a powerful development tool that anyone can use. Everyone, including those with minimal or no prior AI experience, can now leverage AI models to build
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Confessions of a Public Speaker

by Scott Berkun ...

In this hilarious and highly practical book, author and professional speaker Scott Berkun reveals the techniques behind what great communicators do, and shows how anyone can learn to use them well. For managers and teachers -- and anyone else who talks and expects someone to listen -- Confessions of a Public Speaker provides an insider's perspective on how to effectively present ideas to anyone. ... Read more

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In this hilarious and highly practical book, author and professional speaker Scott Berkun reveals the techniques behind what great communicators do, and shows how anyone can learn to use them well. For managers and teachers -- and anyone else who talks and expects someone to listen -- Confessions of a Public Speaker provides an insider's perspective on how to effectively present ideas to anyone.
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Excel Formulas Revealed - Master Math & Trig Formulas in Microsoft Excel

by Scott Falls ...

Series series Master Excel Training
From the author of “The Excel Answer Book” comes the fastest and easiest method to Master the Most Useful Math & Trig Formulas in Microsoft ExcelLet's face it. Using Microsoft Excel as glorified typewriter isn't it's intented purpose.To make Excel a truly useful tool you need to learn how to master it's functions.I will explain to you IN PLAIN ENGLISH with ILLUSTRATIONS exactly how to use Excel's ... Read more

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From the author of “The Excel Answer Book” comes the fastest and easiest method to Master the Most Useful Math & Trig Formulas in Microsoft ExcelLet's face it. Using Microsoft Excel as glorified typewriter isn't it's intented purpose.To make Excel a truly useful tool you need to learn how to master it's functions.I will explain to you IN PLAIN ENGLISH with ILLUSTRATIONS exactly how to use Excel's
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Rage Inside the Machine

The Prejudice of Algorithms, and How to Stop the Internet Making Bigots of Us All

by Robert Elliott Smith ...

Shortlisted for the 2020 Business Book AwardsWe live in a world increasingly ruled by technology; we seem as governed by technology as we do by laws and regulations. Frighteningly often, the influence of technology in and on our lives goes completely unchallenged by citizens and governments. We comfort ourselves with the soothing refrain that technology has no morals and can display no prejudice, ... Read more

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Shortlisted for the 2020 Business Book AwardsWe live in a world increasingly ruled by technology; we seem as governed by technology as we do by laws and regulations. Frighteningly often, the influence of technology in and on our lives goes completely unchallenged by citizens and governments. We comfort ourselves with the soothing refrain that technology has no morals and can display no prejudice,
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ERP Implementation

by Shyamala Nemana ...

The initials ERP originated as an extension of MRP (material requirements planning; later manufacturing resource planning) and CIM (Computer Integrated Manufacturing). It was introduced by research and analysis firm Gartner in 1990. ERP systems now attempt to cover all core functions of an enterprise, regardless of the organization's business or charter. These systems can now be found in non ... Read more

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The initials ERP originated as an extension of MRP (material requirements planning; later manufacturing resource planning) and CIM (Computer Integrated Manufacturing). It was introduced by research and analysis firm Gartner in 1990. ERP systems now attempt to cover all core functions of an enterprise, regardless of the organization's business or charter. These systems can now be found in non
... Read more
OOXML Hacking

Unlocking Microsoft Office's Secrets

by John Korchok ...

Crack open Microsoft Office files to make them do what you can't do in the programs. This unique book shows you how to create custom table styles in PowerPoint, how to lock pictures in Excel and add custom AutoText content in Word.Written for both Mac and Windows users, this book includes topics that Mac users will treasure, like how to modify the Office Ribbon without using Windows software.But ... Read more

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Crack open Microsoft Office files to make them do what you can't do in the programs. This unique book shows you how to create custom table styles in PowerPoint, how to lock pictures in Excel and add custom AutoText content in Word.Written for both Mac and Windows users, this book includes topics that Mac users will treasure, like how to modify the Office Ribbon without using Windows software.But
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The Ultimate Guide to Pivot Tables and Charts - Master Data Analysis - Buy it now

by Scott Falls ...

Series series Master Excel Training
From the author of “The Excel Answer Book” comes the fastest and easiest method to instantly manage data using Pivot Tables and Charts in Microsoft Excel!!!Sometimes you don’t need an entire course but learning just a few key elements that will make all the different in your workflow and analysis.Listen, if you’re anything like me you find it so frustrating not being able to provide answers ... Read more

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From the author of “The Excel Answer Book” comes the fastest and easiest method to instantly manage data using Pivot Tables and Charts in Microsoft Excel!!!Sometimes you don’t need an entire course but learning just a few key elements that will make all the different in your workflow and analysis.Listen, if you’re anything like me you find it so frustrating not being able to provide answers
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Practical Guide to Evernote : Everything You Want to Know About Evernote With Advanced Tips and Tricks

by Prof. Jeffrey Owens ...

Evernote will capture anything, allow you to access it anywhere and find things easily.Although this statement pretty much covers everything that Evernote does, it still does not make any compelling image about what Evernote is and so most people assume they are better off with Evernote and they simply discard it. But in reality, if used fully, Evernote can do so much more!This is a step by step ... Read more

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Evernote will capture anything, allow you to access it anywhere and find things easily.Although this statement pretty much covers everything that Evernote does, it still does not make any compelling image about what Evernote is and so most people assume they are better off with Evernote and they simply discard it. But in reality, if used fully, Evernote can do so much more!This is a step by step
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Tidy First?

A Personal Exercise in Empirical Software Design

by Kent Beck ...

Tidying up messy software is a must. And that means breaking up the code to make it more readable, and using guard clauses and helping functions to make it understandable. In this practical guide, author Kent Beck, creator of Extreme Programming and pioneer of software patterns, suggests when and where you might apply tidyings in your code.Instead of trying to master tidying all at once, this book ... Read more

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Tidying up messy software is a must. And that means breaking up the code to make it more readable, and using guard clauses and helping functions to make it understandable. In this practical guide, author Kent Beck, creator of Extreme Programming and pioneer of software patterns, suggests when and where you might apply tidyings in your code.Instead of trying to master tidying all at once, this book
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User-Centered Design

A Developer's Guide to Building User-Friendly Applications

by Travis Lowdermilk ...

How do you design engaging applications that people love to use? This book demonstrates several ways to include valuable input from potential clients and customers throughout the process. With practical guidelines and insights from his own experience, author Travis Lowdermilk shows you how usability and user-centered design will dramatically change the way people interact with your application ... Read more

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How do you design engaging applications that people love to use? This book demonstrates several ways to include valuable input from potential clients and customers throughout the process. With practical guidelines and insights from his own experience, author Travis Lowdermilk shows you how usability and user-centered design will dramatically change the way people interact with your application
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Office 2013 For Dummies

by Wallace Wang ...

Office 2013 For Dummies is the key to your brand new Office!Packed with straightforward, friendly instruction, this update to one of the bestselling Office books of all time gets you thoroughly up to speed and helps you learn how to take full advantage of the new features in Office 2013. After coverage of the fundamentals, you'll discover how to spice up your Word documents, edit Excel ... Read more

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Office 2013 For Dummies is the key to your brand new Office!Packed with straightforward, friendly instruction, this update to one of the bestselling Office books of all time gets you thoroughly up to speed and helps you learn how to take full advantage of the new features in Office 2013. After coverage of the fundamentals, you'll discover how to spice up your Word documents, edit Excel
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Building Microservices

Designing Fine-Grained Systems

by Sam Newman ...

As organizations shift from monolithic applications to smaller, self-contained microservices, distributed systems have become more fine-grained. But developing these new systems brings its own host of problems. This expanded second edition takes a holistic view of topics that you need to consider when building, managing, and scaling microservices architectures.Through clear examples and practical ... Read more

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As organizations shift from monolithic applications to smaller, self-contained microservices, distributed systems have become more fine-grained. But developing these new systems brings its own host of problems. This expanded second edition takes a holistic view of topics that you need to consider when building, managing, and scaling microservices architectures.Through clear examples and practical
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Data Governance

How to Design, Deploy and Sustain an Effective Data Governance Program

by John Ladley ...

Series series The Morgan Kaufmann Series on Business Intelligence
This book is for any manager or team leader that has the green light to implement a data governance program. The problem of managing data continues to grow with issues surrounding cost of storage, exponential growth, as well as administrative, management and security concerns – the solution to being able to scale all of these issues up is data governance which provides better services to users and ... Read more

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This book is for any manager or team leader that has the green light to implement a data governance program. The problem of managing data continues to grow with issues surrounding cost of storage, exponential growth, as well as administrative, management and security concerns – the solution to being able to scale all of these issues up is data governance which provides better services to users and
... Read more
The Excel Answer Book - THE ONLY GUIDE YOU'LL EVER NEED! -The Fastest, Easiest and Most Fun Way to Learn Microsoft Excel - Get it NOW!

by Scott Falls ...

Series series Master Excel Training
The fastest and easiest method to instantly manage data using Microsoft Excel!!!Listen, if you’re anything like me you find it so frustrating not being able to provide answers immediately. Having data that should be useful but just isn’t because it’s not organized with any logic.Do you PULL YOU’RE HAIR OUT when you see co-workers using Excel like a glorified typewriter??How about watching people ... Read more

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The fastest and easiest method to instantly manage data using Microsoft Excel!!!Listen, if you’re anything like me you find it so frustrating not being able to provide answers immediately. Having data that should be useful but just isn’t because it’s not organized with any logic.Do you PULL YOU’RE HAIR OUT when you see co-workers using Excel like a glorified typewriter??How about watching people
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Mastering Software Project Management

Best Practices, Tools and Techniques

by Murali Chemuturi, Thomas M. Cagley Jr. ...

This unique guide explains software project management from the standpoint of a software project manager working in a professional software development organization. It covers the subject of software project management in its entirety, including project acquisition and execution with backward linkages to concepts that play a facilitation role in successful project management, such as general ... Read more

$59.06 AUD

This unique guide explains software project management from the standpoint of a software project manager working in a professional software development organization. It covers the subject of software project management in its entirety, including project acquisition and execution with backward linkages to concepts that play a facilitation role in successful project management, such as general
... Read more
Designing Machine Learning Systems

An Iterative Process for Production-Ready Applications

by Chip Huyen ...

Machine learning systems are both complex and unique. Complex because they consist of many different components and involve many different stakeholders. Unique because they're data dependent, with data varying wildly from one use case to the next. In this book, you'll learn a holistic approach to designing ML systems that are reliable, scalable, maintainable, and adaptive to changing environments ... Read more

$61.70 AUD

Machine learning systems are both complex and unique. Complex because they consist of many different components and involve many different stakeholders. Unique because they're data dependent, with data varying wildly from one use case to the next. In this book, you'll learn a holistic approach to designing ML systems that are reliable, scalable, maintainable, and adaptive to changing environments
... Read more
Excel Formulas Revealed - Master Date & Time Formulas in Microsoft Excel

by Scott Falls ...

Series series Master Excel Training
From the author of “The Excel Answer Book” comes the fastest and easiest method to Master the Most Useful Date & Time Formulas in Microsoft ExcelLet's face it. Using Microsoft Excel as glorified typewriter isn't it's intented purpose.To make Excel a truly useful tool you need to learn how to master it's functions.I will explain to you IN PLAIN ENGLISH with ILLUSTRATIONS exactly how to use Excel's ... Read more

$1.52 AUD

From the author of “The Excel Answer Book” comes the fastest and easiest method to Master the Most Useful Date & Time Formulas in Microsoft ExcelLet's face it. Using Microsoft Excel as glorified typewriter isn't it's intented purpose.To make Excel a truly useful tool you need to learn how to master it's functions.I will explain to you IN PLAIN ENGLISH with ILLUSTRATIONS exactly how to use Excel's
... Read more
Microsoft Office Publisher 2007 For Dummies

by Jim McCarter, Jacqui Salerno Mabin ...

This is supposed to be the age of instant and constant communication, right? And if you have a business, belong to an organization, or have a cause you want to promote, a great-looking flyer or brochure can say a lot.If you have Microsoft Office Professional, Small Business, or Ultimate on your PC, you already have a great communication tool hidden inside—Publisher 2007. Use it to promote your ... Read more

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This is supposed to be the age of instant and constant communication, right? And if you have a business, belong to an organization, or have a cause you want to promote, a great-looking flyer or brochure can say a lot.If you have Microsoft Office Professional, Small Business, or Ultimate on your PC, you already have a great communication tool hidden inside—Publisher 2007. Use it to promote your
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Monolith to Microservices

Evolutionary Patterns to Transform Your Monolith

by Sam Newman ...

How do you detangle a monolithic system and migrate it to a microservice architecture? How do you do it while maintaining business-as-usual? As a companion to Sam Newman’s extremely popular Building Microservices, this new book details a proven method for transitioning an existing monolithic system to a microservice architecture.With many illustrative examples, insightful migration patterns, and a ... Read more

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How do you detangle a monolithic system and migrate it to a microservice architecture? How do you do it while maintaining business-as-usual? As a companion to Sam Newman’s extremely popular Building Microservices, this new book details a proven method for transitioning an existing monolithic system to a microservice architecture.With many illustrative examples, insightful migration patterns, and a
... Read more
Microsoft Office Home and Student Edition 2013 All-in-One For Dummies

by Peter Weverka ...

The go-to reference for the new Office Home & Student 2013The Home & Student version of Microsoft Office targets the home and education markets, covering the four applications most used outside the workplace: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote. The minibooks in this essential All-in-One guide include real-world examples and projects that cover the new features and capabilities of Office 2013. ... Read more

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The go-to reference for the new Office Home & Student 2013The Home & Student version of Microsoft Office targets the home and education markets, covering the four applications most used outside the workplace: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote. The minibooks in this essential All-in-One guide include real-world examples and projects that cover the new features and capabilities of Office 2013.
... Read more
Business Intelligence For Dummies

by Swain Scheps ...

You're intelligent, right? So you've already figured out that Business Intelligence can be pretty valuable in making the right decisions about your business. But you’ve heard at least a dozen definitions of what it is, and heard of at least that many BI tools. Where do you start?Business Intelligence For Dummies makes BI understandable! It takes you step by step through the technologies and the ... Read more

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You're intelligent, right? So you've already figured out that Business Intelligence can be pretty valuable in making the right decisions about your business. But you’ve heard at least a dozen definitions of what it is, and heard of at least that many BI tools. Where do you start?Business Intelligence For Dummies makes BI understandable! It takes you step by step through the technologies and the
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Microsoft Project 2010: The Missing Manual

by Bonnie Biafore ...

Microsoft Project is brimming with features to help you manage any project, large or small. But learning the software is only half the battle. What you really need is real-world guidance: how to prep your project before touching your PC, which Project tools work best, and which ones to use with care. This book explains it all, helping you go from project manager to project master.Get a project ... Read more

$38.71 AUD

Microsoft Project is brimming with features to help you manage any project, large or small. But learning the software is only half the battle. What you really need is real-world guidance: how to prep your project before touching your PC, which Project tools work best, and which ones to use with care. This book explains it all, helping you go from project manager to project master.Get a project
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