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Akamai State of the Internet / Connectivity Report

Q4 2016

by Akamai Technologies ...

Akamai’s globally distributed Intelligent Platform™ allows us to gather massive amounts of data on many metrics including Internet connection speeds, network connectivity/availability issues, and IPv6 adoption progress as well as traffic patterns across leading web properties and digital media providers. Each quarter, Akamai publishes the State of the Internet Report based on this data.This ... Read more

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Akamai’s globally distributed Intelligent Platform™ allows us to gather massive amounts of data on many metrics including Internet connection speeds, network connectivity/availability issues, and IPv6 adoption progress as well as traffic patterns across leading web properties and digital media providers. Each quarter, Akamai publishes the State of the Internet Report based on this data.This
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Oracle Regular Expressions Pocket Reference

Tutorial & Quick Reference

by Jonathan Gennick, Peter Linsley ...

Support for regular expressions in SQL and PL/SQL is one of the most exciting features of Oracle Database 10G. Oracle has long supported the ANSI-standard LIKE predicate for rudimentary pattern matching, but regular expressions take pattern matching to a new level. They provide a powerful way to select data that matches a pattern, as well as to manipulate, rearrange, and change that data.This ... Read more

$8.99 CAD

Support for regular expressions in SQL and PL/SQL is one of the most exciting features of Oracle Database 10G. Oracle has long supported the ANSI-standard LIKE predicate for rudimentary pattern matching, but regular expressions take pattern matching to a new level. They provide a powerful way to select data that matches a pattern, as well as to manipulate, rearrange, and change that data.This
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Building Machine Learning Systems with Python

by Willi Richert, Luis Pedro Coelho ...

This is a tutorial-driven and practical, but well-grounded book showcasing good Machine Learning practices. There will be an emphasis on using existing technologies instead of showing how to write your own implementations of algorithms. This book is a scenario-based, example-driven tutorial. By the end of the book you will have learnt critical aspects of Machine Learning Python projects and ... Read more

$34.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

This is a tutorial-driven and practical, but well-grounded book showcasing good Machine Learning practices. There will be an emphasis on using existing technologies instead of showing how to write your own implementations of algorithms. This book is a scenario-based, example-driven tutorial. By the end of the book you will have learnt critical aspects of Machine Learning Python projects and
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How Data Happened

A History from the Age of Reason to the Age of Algorithms

by Chris Wiggins, Matthew L. Jones ...

**“Fascinating.” —Jill Lepore, The New YorkerA sweeping history of data and its technical, political, and ethical impact on our world.**From facial recognition—capable of checking people into flights or identifying undocumented residents—to automated decision systems that inform who gets loans and who receives bail, each of us moves through a world determined by data-empowered algorithms. But ... Read more

$18.99 CAD

**“Fascinating.” —Jill Lepore, The New YorkerA sweeping history of data and its technical, political, and ethical impact on our world.**From facial recognition—capable of checking people into flights or identifying undocumented residents—to automated decision systems that inform who gets loans and who receives bail, each of us moves through a world determined by data-empowered algorithms. But
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Big Data

A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work, and Think

by Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, Kenneth Cukier ...

A revelatory exploration of the hottest trend in technology and the dramatic impact it will have on the economy, science, and society at large.Which paint color is most likely to tell you that a used car is in good shape? How can officials identify the most dangerous New York City manholes before they explode? And how did Google searches predict the spread of the H1N1 flu outbreak?The key to ... Read more

$14.99 CAD

A revelatory exploration of the hottest trend in technology and the dramatic impact it will have on the economy, science, and society at large.Which paint color is most likely to tell you that a used car is in good shape? How can officials identify the most dangerous New York City manholes before they explode? And how did Google searches predict the spread of the H1N1 flu outbreak?The key to
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Graph Databases

New Opportunities for Connected Data

by Ian Robinson, Jim Webber, Emil Eifrem ...

Discover how graph databases can help you manage and query highly connected data. With this practical book, you’ll learn how to design and implement a graph database that brings the power of graphs to bear on a broad range of problem domains. Whether you want to speed up your response to user queries or build a database that can adapt as your business evolves, this book shows you how to apply the ... Read more

$45.99 CAD

Discover how graph databases can help you manage and query highly connected data. With this practical book, you’ll learn how to design and implement a graph database that brings the power of graphs to bear on a broad range of problem domains. Whether you want to speed up your response to user queries or build a database that can adapt as your business evolves, this book shows you how to apply the
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Learning R

A Step-by-Step Function Guide to Data Analysis

by Richard Cotton ...

Learn how to perform data analysis with the R language and software environment, even if you have little or no programming experience. With the tutorials in this hands-on guide, youâ??ll learn how to use the essential R tools you need to know to analyze data, including data types and programming concepts.The second half of Learning R shows you real data analysis in action by covering everything ... Read more

$47.99 CAD

Learn how to perform data analysis with the R language and software environment, even if you have little or no programming experience. With the tutorials in this hands-on guide, youâ??ll learn how to use the essential R tools you need to know to analyze data, including data types and programming concepts.The second half of Learning R shows you real data analysis in action by covering everything
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The Economics of Data, Analytics, and Digital Transformation

The theorems, laws, and empowerments to guide your organization's digital transformation

by Bill Schmarzo ...

Build a continuously learning and adapting organization that can extract increasing levels of business, customer and operational value from the amalgamation of data and advanced analytics such as AI and Machine LearningKey FeaturesMaster the Big Data Business Model Maturity Index methodology to transition to a value-driven organizational mindsetAcquire implementable knowledge on digital ... Read more

$38.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Build a continuously learning and adapting organization that can extract increasing levels of business, customer and operational value from the amalgamation of data and advanced analytics such as AI and Machine LearningKey FeaturesMaster the Big Data Business Model Maturity Index methodology to transition to a value-driven organizational mindsetAcquire implementable knowledge on digital
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Getting Started with GEO, CouchDB, and Node.js

New Open Source Tools for Location Data

by Mick Thompson ...

Today's mobile devices have GPS and standard APIs to give you access to coordinates—but what can you do with that data? With this concise book, application developers learn how to work with location data quickly and easily, using Node.js, CouchDB, and other open source tools and libraries.Node.js makes it simple to run event code on the Web, and the CouchDB document-oriented database lets you ... Read more

$13.99 CAD

Today's mobile devices have GPS and standard APIs to give you access to coordinates—but what can you do with that data? With this concise book, application developers learn how to work with location data quickly and easily, using Node.js, CouchDB, and other open source tools and libraries.Node.js makes it simple to run event code on the Web, and the CouchDB document-oriented database lets you
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Oracle PL/SQL Programming: A Developer's Workbook

Oracle Development Languages

by Steven Feuerstein, Andrew Odewahn ...

However excellent they are, most computer books are inherently passive--readers simply take in text without having any opportunity to react to it. The Oracle PL/SQL Developer's Workbook is a different kind of animal! It's designed to engage you actively, to get you solving programming problems immediately, and to help you apply what you've learned about PL/SQL--and in the process deepen your ... Read more

$43.99 CAD

However excellent they are, most computer books are inherently passive--readers simply take in text without having any opportunity to react to it. The Oracle PL/SQL Developer's Workbook is a different kind of animal! It's designed to engage you actively, to get you solving programming problems immediately, and to help you apply what you've learned about PL/SQL--and in the process deepen your
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Analyzing the Analyzers

An Introspective Survey of Data Scientists and Their Work

by Harlan Harris, Sean Murphy, Marck Vaisman ...

Despite the excitement around "data science," "big data," and "analytics," the ambiguity of these terms has led to poor communication between data scientists and organizations seeking their help. In this report, authors Harlan Harris, Sean Murphy, and Marck Vaisman examine their survey of several hundred data science practitioners in mid-2012, when they asked respondents how they viewed their ... Read more

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Despite the excitement around "data science," "big data," and "analytics," the ambiguity of these terms has led to poor communication between data scientists and organizations seeking their help. In this report, authors Harlan Harris, Sean Murphy, and Marck Vaisman examine their survey of several hundred data science practitioners in mid-2012, when they asked respondents how they viewed their
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Data Warehousing in the Age of Big Data

by Krish Krishnan ...

Series series The Morgan Kaufmann Series on Business Intelligence
Data Warehousing in the Age of the Big Data will help you and your organization make the most of unstructured data with your existing data warehouse.As Big Data continues to revolutionize how we use data, it doesn't have to create more confusion. Expert author Krish Krishnan helps you make sense of how Big Data fits into the world of data warehousing in clear and concise detail. The book is ... Read more

$40.99 CAD

Data Warehousing in the Age of the Big Data will help you and your organization make the most of unstructured data with your existing data warehouse.As Big Data continues to revolutionize how we use data, it doesn't have to create more confusion. Expert author Krish Krishnan helps you make sense of how Big Data fits into the world of data warehousing in clear and concise detail. The book is
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Big Data Now: 2012 Edition

by O'Reilly Media, Inc. ...

The Big Data Now anthology is relevant to anyone who creates, collectsor relies upon data. It's not just a technical book or just a businessguide. Data is ubiquitous and it doesn't pay much attention toborders, so we've calibrated our coverage to follow it wherever itgoes.In the first edition of Big Data Now, the O'Reilly team tracked thebirth and early development of data tools and data science. ... Read more

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The Big Data Now anthology is relevant to anyone who creates, collectsor relies upon data. It's not just a technical book or just a businessguide. Data is ubiquitous and it doesn't pay much attention toborders, so we've calibrated our coverage to follow it wherever itgoes.In the first edition of Big Data Now, the O'Reilly team tracked thebirth and early development of data tools and data science.
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Great Big World of Computers - History and Evolution : 5th Grade Science Series

Fifth Grade Book History Of Computers for Kids

by Baby Professor ...

Series series Children's Computer Hardware Books
There's no denying the fact that we are moving towards a "computer world." You want your child to keep up with the pace of learning and you can help make that possible through the introduction of the right resources. This is one of those resources. This book is a mix of colors, pictures and select text to easily drive home a point but without boring a child too much. ... Read more

$6.99 CAD

There's no denying the fact that we are moving towards a "computer world." You want your child to keep up with the pace of learning and you can help make that possible through the introduction of the right resources. This is one of those resources. This book is a mix of colors, pictures and select text to easily drive home a point but without boring a child too much.
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Oracle RMAN Pocket Reference

RMAN Syntax and Procedures

by Darl Kuhn, Scott Schulze ...

Oracle RMAN Pocket Reference is a handy guide for DBAs who intend to use Oracle Recovery Manager for database backup and recovery. Because Recovery Manager (RMAN) is a relatively new tool, many DBAs are just becoming familiar with it. They will welcome a timely book that explains clearly and concisely how to use RMAN for common backup and recovery tasks that are infrequent, yet extremely vital.The ... Read more

$8.99 CAD

Oracle RMAN Pocket Reference is a handy guide for DBAs who intend to use Oracle Recovery Manager for database backup and recovery. Because Recovery Manager (RMAN) is a relatively new tool, many DBAs are just becoming familiar with it. They will welcome a timely book that explains clearly and concisely how to use RMAN for common backup and recovery tasks that are infrequent, yet extremely vital.The
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Measuring Data Quality for Ongoing Improvement

A Data Quality Assessment Framework

by Laura Sebastian-Coleman ...

Series series The Morgan Kaufmann Series on Business Intelligence
The Data Quality Assessment Framework shows you how to measure and monitor data quality, ensuring quality over time. You'll start with general concepts of measurement and work your way through a detailed framework of more than three dozen measurement types related to five objective dimensions of quality: completeness, timeliness, consistency, validity, and integrity. Ongoing measurement, rather ... Read more

$44.99 CAD

The Data Quality Assessment Framework shows you how to measure and monitor data quality, ensuring quality over time. You'll start with general concepts of measurement and work your way through a detailed framework of more than three dozen measurement types related to five objective dimensions of quality: completeness, timeliness, consistency, validity, and integrity. Ongoing measurement, rather
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Visualizing Data

Exploring and Explaining Data with the Processing Environment

by Ben Fry ...

Enormous quantities of data go unused or underused today, simply because people can't visualize the quantities and relationships in it. Using a downloadable programming environment developed by the author, Visualizing Data demonstrates methods for representing data accurately on the Web and elsewhere, complete with user interaction, animation, and more.How do the 3.1 billion A, C, G and T letters ... Read more

$28.99 CAD

Enormous quantities of data go unused or underused today, simply because people can't visualize the quantities and relationships in it. Using a downloadable programming environment developed by the author, Visualizing Data demonstrates methods for representing data accurately on the Web and elsewhere, complete with user interaction, animation, and more.How do the 3.1 billion A, C, G and T letters
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Web Database Applications with PHP and MySQL

Building Effective Database-Driven Web Sites

by Hugh E. Williams, David Lane ...

There are many reasons for serving up dynamic content from a web site: to offer an online shopping site, create customized information pages for users, or just manage a large volume of content through a database. Anyone with a modest knowledge of HTML and web site management can learn to create dynamic content through the PHP programming language and the MySQL database. This book gives you the ... Read more

$35.99 CAD

There are many reasons for serving up dynamic content from a web site: to offer an online shopping site, create customized information pages for users, or just manage a large volume of content through a database. Anyone with a modest knowledge of HTML and web site management can learn to create dynamic content through the PHP programming language and the MySQL database. This book gives you the
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Python For Beginners.Learn Data Science in 5 Days the Smart Way and Remember it Longer. With Easy Step by Step Guidance & Hands on Examples. (Python Crash Course-Programming for Beginners)

Python for Beginners

by Arthur T. Brooks ...

Series series Python for Beginners
Have you always wanted to learn computer programming but thought it was too difficult or would take too long?Do you want to know the secret to learning Python Data Science the easy way and start programming today?This book is for you.You don't need to waste your time and money learning Python the hard way through tiresome technical books, expensive online courses and difficult Python tutorials.... ... Read more

$5.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Have you always wanted to learn computer programming but thought it was too difficult or would take too long?Do you want to know the secret to learning Python Data Science the easy way and start programming today?This book is for you.You don't need to waste your time and money learning Python the hard way through tiresome technical books, expensive online courses and difficult Python tutorials....
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Thinking Clearly with Data

A Guide to Quantitative Reasoning and Analysis

by Ethan Bueno de Mesquita, Anthony Fowler ...

An engaging introduction to data science that emphasizes critical thinking over statistical techniquesAn introduction to data science or statistics shouldn’t involve proving complex theorems or memorizing obscure terms and formulas, but that is exactly what most introductory quantitative textbooks emphasize. In contrast, Thinking Clearly with Data focuses, first and foremost, on critical thinking ... Read more

$43.99 CAD

An engaging introduction to data science that emphasizes critical thinking over statistical techniquesAn introduction to data science or statistics shouldn’t involve proving complex theorems or memorizing obscure terms and formulas, but that is exactly what most introductory quantitative textbooks emphasize. In contrast, Thinking Clearly with Data focuses, first and foremost, on critical thinking
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Transact-SQL Cookbook

Help for Database Programmers

by Ales Spetic, Jonathan Gennick ...

This unique cookbook contains a wealth of solutions to problems that SQL programmers face all the time. The recipes inside range from how to perform simple tasks, like importing external data, to ways of handling issues that are more complicated, like set algebra. Authors Ales Spetic and Jonathan Gennick, two authorities with extensive database and SQL programming experience, include a discussion ... Read more

$25.99 CAD

This unique cookbook contains a wealth of solutions to problems that SQL programmers face all the time. The recipes inside range from how to perform simple tasks, like importing external data, to ways of handling issues that are more complicated, like set algebra. Authors Ales Spetic and Jonathan Gennick, two authorities with extensive database and SQL programming experience, include a discussion
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SQL in a Nutshell

A Desktop Quick Reference

by Kevin Kline, Daniel Kline, Brand Hunt ...

SQL in a Nutshell applies the eminently useful "Nutshell" format to Structured Query Language (SQL), the elegant--but complex--descriptive language that is used to create and manipulate large stores of data. For SQL programmers, analysts, and database administrators, the new second edition of SQL in a Nutshell is the essential date language reference for the world's top SQL database products. SQL ... Read more

$32.99 CAD

SQL in a Nutshell applies the eminently useful "Nutshell" format to Structured Query Language (SQL), the elegant--but complex--descriptive language that is used to create and manipulate large stores of data. For SQL programmers, analysts, and database administrators, the new second edition of SQL in a Nutshell is the essential date language reference for the world's top SQL database products. SQL
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Streaming, Sharing, Stealing

Big Data and the Future of Entertainment

by Michael D. Smith, Rahul Telang ...

How big data is transforming the creative industries, and how those industries can use lessons from Netflix, Amazon, and Apple to fight back.“[The authors explain] gently yet firmly exactly how the internet threatens established ways and what can and cannot be done about it. Their book should be required for anyone who wishes to believe that nothing much has changed.”—The Wall Street Journal ... Read more

$20.79 CAD

How big data is transforming the creative industries, and how those industries can use lessons from Netflix, Amazon, and Apple to fight back.“[The authors explain] gently yet firmly exactly how the internet threatens established ways and what can and cannot be done about it. Their book should be required for anyone who wishes to believe that nothing much has changed.”—The Wall Street Journal
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Data Science

by John D. Kelleher, Brendan Tierney ...

Series series The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series
A concise introduction to the emerging field of data science, explaining its evolution, relation to machine learning, current uses, data infrastructure issues, and ethical challenges.The goal of data science is to improve decision making through the analysis of data. Today data science determines the ads we see online, the books and movies that are recommended to us online, which emails are ... Read more

$19.99 CAD

A concise introduction to the emerging field of data science, explaining its evolution, relation to machine learning, current uses, data infrastructure issues, and ethical challenges.The goal of data science is to improve decision making through the analysis of data. Today data science determines the ads we see online, the books and movies that are recommended to us online, which emails are
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