Although today's job market requires IT professionals to understand cloud computing theories and have hands-on skills for developing real-world database systems, there are few books available that integrate coverage of both. Filling this void, Cloud Database Development and Management explains how readers can take advantage of the cloud environment

Cloud computing is the most significant technology transformation since the introduction of the Internet in the early 1990s. This book covers the key networking and system administration concepts as well as the vital hands-on skills you need to master cloud technology. It is designed to help you quickly get started in deploying cloud services for a real-world business. It provides detailed step-by-step instructions for creating a fully functioning cloud-based IT infrastructure using Micros...

To help readers understand virtualization and cloud computing, this book is designed to cover the theories and concepts enough to understand the cutting-edge technology. Meanwhile, in this book, the reader can gain hands-on skills on VMware Cloud Suite to create a private cloud. With the academic support from VMware, readers can use the VMware supported software to create various virtualized IT infrastructures sophisticated enough for various sized enterprises. Then, the virtualized IT inf...

Today's database professionals must understand how to apply database systems to business processes and how to develop database systems for both business intelligence and Web-based applications. Database Development and Management explains all aspects of database design, access, implementation, application development, and management, as well

In the simmering chaos of the Vietnam War, truth and trust are battlefield casualties. A seasoned sniper sees potential in a recruit with mystifying skills, until a fateful ambush breeds suspicion of a mole. To expose the potential traitor means venturing deeper into perilous enemy territory, unsure who will survive.Meanwhile, a daring photojournalist chases rumors of covert operations along the Cambodian border. But shadowy forces mark her for elimination if she gets too close. As...

Nach der Flucht aus einem Transportschiff, das plötzlich von Kreaturen aus einer anderen Dimension überrannt wurde, finden sich zwei Jugendliche, Laura, 16, und ihr Bruder Jared, 11, an Bord eines Rettungsboots im Totraum gestrandet wieder. Drei Monate sind vergangen, und die Vorräte gehen zur Neige. Ein Seestern bewegt sich durch die Schwärze und heftet sich an das Außenfenster. Schließlich sind sie nicht mehr allein.Plötzlich öffnet sich eine Kommunikationsverbindung. Sie wurden ...

Moira thought she was an ordinary girl in a mystical world of hover-boards and slumlords. She couldn't have been more wrong.When Moira's older brother died, it fell on her to feed and protect her family, but dystopian world of the Empire of Embers was harsh and its people were even harsher. After being caught hunting wild gryphons on sacred land, Moira finds her life forever changed when she's brought before the emperor--a horrid man who pings at her memories in th...

Tragedy.Betrayal.Revenge.These words have been haunting the Dragons as of late. Loyalty is the one thing they value more than anything else, and it will be tested, yet once again.Preacher is a ruthless man, the reaper of the Dragons. He revels in death, he bathes in the blood of his enemies, showing no compassion for the weak and no mercy for the powerful. Preacher's brotherhood is his life; the ones that he will protect, even if he has to leave a trail of bod...

Enjoy this collection of short stories and poetry where chaos, mayhem, and confusion are found hidden within the crevices of the Catskills Mountains. Within these pages you'll find danger, surprises and laughter. Experience journeys gone wrong, advice not taken, and secrets revealed. So come along with 518 Publishing Company as we celebrate authors local and from around the country on a journey through the Catskill Mountains.

The "Vampire Tales" is the biggest, hungriest, undeadliest collection of vampire stories ever assembled. Dark, stormy, and delicious, once it sinks its teeth into you there's no escape. Vampires! Whether imagined by Bram Stoker or Anne Rice, they are part of the human lexicon and as old as blood itself. They are your neighbors, your friends, and they are always lurking. Now we have compiled the darkest, the scariest, and by far the most evil collection of vampire stories ever, with over 80...

What happens when the sweetest employee learns her boss's evil secrets? This opposites-attract ice queen romance asks: Can a villain truly be redeemed?CEO Michelle Hastings has foolishly promoted a kind, clueless activist to her full-time staff. Now, on top of fighting her inconvenient feelings, Michelle must hide the evil they do. Eden Lawless relishes her new job, the hot boss who gives her butterflies, and her eccentric workmates who tell weird jokes about their...

Aan het einde van de zomer van 2005 richtte orkaan Katrina gigantische verwoestingen aan. Lijken drijven door de straten, wetteloosheid en chaos overheersen. Plunderaars bevolken het gebied en het recht van de sterkste geldt. Inspecteur Robicheaux moet in deze chaos proberen de wet te handhaven en gaat op zoek naar een groepje serieverkrachters, een aan morfine verslaafde priester en een moordenaar. In zijn unieke stijl die het genre overstijgt, schept James Lee Burke een kil beeld van het...