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Meganets

How Digital Forces Beyond Our Control Commandeer Our Daily Lives and Inner Realities

by David B. Auerbach ...

How the autonomous digital forces jolting our lives – as uncontrollable as the weather and plate tectonics – are transforming life, society, culture, and politics.David Auerbach’s exploration of the phenomenon he has identified as the meganet begins with a simple, startling revelation: There is no hand on the tiller of some of the largest global digital forces that influence our daily lives: from ... Read more

$18.99 USD

How the autonomous digital forces jolting our lives – as uncontrollable as the weather and plate tectonics – are transforming life, society, culture, and politics.David Auerbach’s exploration of the phenomenon he has identified as the meganet begins with a simple, startling revelation: There is no hand on the tiller of some of the largest global digital forces that influence our daily lives: from
... Read more
Apache Iceberg: The Definitive Guide

Data Lakehouse Functionality, Performance, and Scalability on the Data Lake

by Tomer Shiran, Jason Hughes, Alex Merced ...

Traditional data architecture patterns are severely limited. To use these patterns, you have to ETL data into each tool—a cost-prohibitive process for making warehouse features available to all of your data. The lack of flexibility with these patterns requires you to lock into a set of priority tools and formats, which creates data silos and data drift. This practical book shows you a better way ... Read more

$43.99 USD

Traditional data architecture patterns are severely limited. To use these patterns, you have to ETL data into each tool—a cost-prohibitive process for making warehouse features available to all of your data. The lack of flexibility with these patterns requires you to lock into a set of priority tools and formats, which creates data silos and data drift. This practical book shows you a better way
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Streaming Architecture

New Designs Using Apache Kafka and MapR Streams

by Ted Dunning, Ellen Friedman ...

More and more data-driven companies are looking to adopt stream processing and streaming analytics. With this concise ebook, you’ll learn best practices for designing a reliable architecture that supports this emerging big-data paradigm.Authors Ted Dunning and Ellen Friedman (Real World Hadoop) help you explore some of the best technologies to handle stream processing and analytics, with a focus ... Read more

$15.99 USD

More and more data-driven companies are looking to adopt stream processing and streaming analytics. With this concise ebook, you’ll learn best practices for designing a reliable architecture that supports this emerging big-data paradigm.Authors Ted Dunning and Ellen Friedman (Real World Hadoop) help you explore some of the best technologies to handle stream processing and analytics, with a focus
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MongoDB for C# by Example

by Agus Kurniawan ...

Code illustration for MongoDB programming using C#. Book topics cover:* Development Environment* Connecting to MongoDB* Create and Delete Database* Create, Read and Delete Database Collection* Create, Read, Update and Delete Collection Data* Finding and Querying Data* Binary and Image Collection Data* Working with GridFS* Embedded Document* LINQ ... Read more

$4.81 USD

Code illustration for MongoDB programming using C#. Book topics cover:* Development Environment* Connecting to MongoDB* Create and Delete Database* Create, Read and Delete Database Collection* Create, Read, Update and Delete Collection Data* Finding and Querying Data* Binary and Image Collection Data* Working with GridFS* Embedded Document* LINQ
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Hadoop Operations

A Guide for Developers and Administrators

by Eric Sammer ...

If you’ve been asked to maintain large and complex Hadoop clusters, this book is a must. Demand for operations-specific material has skyrocketed now that Hadoop is becoming the de facto standard for truly large-scale data processing in the data center. Eric Sammer, Principal Solution Architect at Cloudera, shows you the particulars of running Hadoop in production, from planning, installing, and ... Read more

$30.99 USD

If you’ve been asked to maintain large and complex Hadoop clusters, this book is a must. Demand for operations-specific material has skyrocketed now that Hadoop is becoming the de facto standard for truly large-scale data processing in the data center. Eric Sammer, Principal Solution Architect at Cloudera, shows you the particulars of running Hadoop in production, from planning, installing, and
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Impact for Marketing Data Analytics Making Data-Driven Decisions

IMPACT Marketing Series: A Complete Courses, #13

by Mustafa Al-Dori ...

Series Book 13 - IMPACT Marketing Series: A Complete Courses
Your Crash Course in Making Data Your Marketing SidekickPicture this: you're sipping coffee, flipping through a book that makes marketing analytics feel like a fun puzzle, not a headache. That's Impact for Marketing Data Analytics: Making Data-Driven Decisions, your no-fluff guide to turning numbers into campaign wins. Part of a killer marketing series, it's like a workshop with a buddy who's ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Your Crash Course in Making Data Your Marketing SidekickPicture this: you're sipping coffee, flipping through a book that makes marketing analytics feel like a fun puzzle, not a headache. That's Impact for Marketing Data Analytics: Making Data-Driven Decisions, your no-fluff guide to turning numbers into campaign wins. Part of a killer marketing series, it's like a workshop with a buddy who's
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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

$20.99 USD

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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OCA/OCP Oracle Database 12c All-in-One Exam Guide (Exams 1Z0-061, 1Z0-062, & 1Z0-063)

by John Watson, Roopesh Ramklass, Bob Bryla ...

Series series All-in-One
This Oracle Press certification exam guide prepares you for the new Oracle Database 12c certification track, including the core requirements for OCA and OCP certification.OCA/OCP Oracle Database 12c All-in-One Exam Guide (Exams 1Z0-061, 1Z0-062, & 1Z0-063) covers all of the exam objectives on the Installation and Administration, SQL Fundamentals, and Advanced Administration exams in detail. Each ... Read more

$58.99 USD

This Oracle Press certification exam guide prepares you for the new Oracle Database 12c certification track, including the core requirements for OCA and OCP certification.OCA/OCP Oracle Database 12c All-in-One Exam Guide (Exams 1Z0-061, 1Z0-062, & 1Z0-063) covers all of the exam objectives on the Installation and Administration, SQL Fundamentals, and Advanced Administration exams in detail. Each
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Data Management at Scale

Modern Data Architecture with Data Mesh and Data Fabric

by Piethein Strengholt ...

As data management continues to evolve rapidly, managing all of your data in a central place, such as a data warehouse, is no longer scalable. Today's world is about quickly turning data into value. This requires a paradigm shift in the way we federate responsibilities, manage data, and make it available to others. With this practical book, you'll learn how to design a next-gen data architecture ... Read more

$43.99 USD

As data management continues to evolve rapidly, managing all of your data in a central place, such as a data warehouse, is no longer scalable. Today's world is about quickly turning data into value. This requires a paradigm shift in the way we federate responsibilities, manage data, and make it available to others. With this practical book, you'll learn how to design a next-gen data architecture
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Learning GraphQL

Declarative Data Fetching for Modern Web Apps

by Eve Porcello, Alex Banks ...

Why is GraphQL the most innovative technology for fetching data since Ajax? By providing a query language for your APIs and a runtime for fulfilling queries with your data, GraphQL presents a clear alternative to REST and ad hoc web service architectures. With this practical guide, Alex Banks and Eve Porcello deliver a clear learning path for frontend web developers, backend engineers, and project ... Read more

$24.99 USD

Why is GraphQL the most innovative technology for fetching data since Ajax? By providing a query language for your APIs and a runtime for fulfilling queries with your data, GraphQL presents a clear alternative to REST and ad hoc web service architectures. With this practical guide, Alex Banks and Eve Porcello deliver a clear learning path for frontend web developers, backend engineers, and project
... Read more
MySQL Pocket Reference

SQL Functions and Utilities

by George Reese ...

To help you be more efficient in your work, this handy pocket reference gives you instant reminders on how to use important MySQL functions, especially in conjunction with key parts of the LAMP open source infrastructure. This powerful database system is so rich in features that no administrator or programmer can stay familiar with all of them. MySQL Pocket Reference is an ideal on-the-job ... Read more

$9.99 USD

To help you be more efficient in your work, this handy pocket reference gives you instant reminders on how to use important MySQL functions, especially in conjunction with key parts of the LAMP open source infrastructure. This powerful database system is so rich in features that no administrator or programmer can stay familiar with all of them. MySQL Pocket Reference is an ideal on-the-job
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Learning MySQL

Get a Handle on Your Data

by Vinicius M. Grippa, Sergey Kuzmichev ...

Get a comprehensive overview on how to set up and design an effective database with MySQL. This thoroughly updated edition covers MySQL's latest version, including its most important aspects. Whether you're deploying an environment, troubleshooting an issue, or engaging in disaster recovery, this practical guide provides the insights and tools necessary to take full advantage of this powerful ... Read more

$41.99 USD

Get a comprehensive overview on how to set up and design an effective database with MySQL. This thoroughly updated edition covers MySQL's latest version, including its most important aspects. Whether you're deploying an environment, troubleshooting an issue, or engaging in disaster recovery, this practical guide provides the insights and tools necessary to take full advantage of this powerful
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Experimentation for Engineers

From A/B testing to Bayesian optimization

by David Sweet ...

Optimize the performance of your systems with practical experiments used by engineers in the world’s most competitive industries.In Experimentation for Engineers: From A/B testing to Bayesian optimization you will learn how to:Design, run, and analyze an A/B testBreak the "feedback loops" caused by periodic retraining of ML modelsIncrease experimentation rate with multi-armed banditsTune multiple ... Read more

$49.99 USD

Optimize the performance of your systems with practical experiments used by engineers in the world’s most competitive industries.In Experimentation for Engineers: From A/B testing to Bayesian optimization you will learn how to:Design, run, and analyze an A/B testBreak the "feedback loops" caused by periodic retraining of ML modelsIncrease experimentation rate with multi-armed banditsTune multiple
... Read more
Redis Cookbook

Practical Techniques for Fast Data Manipulation

by Tiago Macedo, Fred Oliveira ...

Two years since its initial release, Redis already has an impressive list of adopters, including Engine Yard, GitHub, Craigslist, and Digg. This open source data structure server is built for speed and flexibility, making it ideal for many applications. If you're using Redis, or considering it, this concise cookbook provides recipes for a variety of issues you're likely to face.Each recipe solves ... Read more

$12.99 USD

Two years since its initial release, Redis already has an impressive list of adopters, including Engine Yard, GitHub, Craigslist, and Digg. This open source data structure server is built for speed and flexibility, making it ideal for many applications. If you're using Redis, or considering it, this concise cookbook provides recipes for a variety of issues you're likely to face.Each recipe solves
... Read more
Efficient MySQL Performance

Best Practices and Techniques

by Daniel Nichter ...

You'll find several books on basic or advanced MySQL performance, but nothing in between. That's because explaining MySQL performance without addressing its complexity is difficult. This practical book bridges the gap by teaching software engineers mid-level MySQL knowledge beyond the fundamentals, but well shy of deep-level internals required by database administrators (DBAs).Daniel Nichter shows ... Read more

$41.99 USD

You'll find several books on basic or advanced MySQL performance, but nothing in between. That's because explaining MySQL performance without addressing its complexity is difficult. This practical book bridges the gap by teaching software engineers mid-level MySQL knowledge beyond the fundamentals, but well shy of deep-level internals required by database administrators (DBAs).Daniel Nichter shows
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SQL in a Nutshell

A Desktop Quick Reference

by Kevin Kline, Regina O. Obe, Leo S. Hsu ...

For programmers, analysts, and database administrators, this Nutshell guide is the essential reference for the SQL language used in today's most popular database products. This new fourth edition clearly documents SQL commands according to the latest ANSI/ISO standard and details how those commands are implemented in Microsoft SQL Server 2019 and Oracle 19c, as well as in the MySQL 8, MariaDB 10.5 ... Read more

$48.99 USD

For programmers, analysts, and database administrators, this Nutshell guide is the essential reference for the SQL language used in today's most popular database products. This new fourth edition clearly documents SQL commands according to the latest ANSI/ISO standard and details how those commands are implemented in Microsoft SQL Server 2019 and Oracle 19c, as well as in the MySQL 8, MariaDB 10.5
... Read more
Python Web Scraping Cookbook

Over 90 proven recipes to get you scraping with Python, microservices, Docker, and AWS

by Michael Heydt, Lazar Telebak, Mei Lu ...

Untangle your web scraping complexities and access web data with ease using Python scriptsKey FeaturesHands-on recipes for advancing your web scraping skills to expert levelOne-stop solution guide to address complex and challenging web scraping tasks using PythonUnderstand web page structures and collect data from a website with easeBook DescriptionPython Web Scraping Cookbook is a solution ... Read more

$34.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Untangle your web scraping complexities and access web data with ease using Python scriptsKey FeaturesHands-on recipes for advancing your web scraping skills to expert levelOne-stop solution guide to address complex and challenging web scraping tasks using PythonUnderstand web page structures and collect data from a website with easeBook DescriptionPython Web Scraping Cookbook is a solution
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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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Learning TensorFlow

A Guide to Building Deep Learning Systems

by Tom Hope, Yehezkel S. Resheff, Itay Lieder ...

Roughly inspired by the human brain, deep neural networks trained with large amounts of data can solve complex tasks with unprecedented accuracy. This practical book provides an end-to-end guide to TensorFlow, the leading open source software library that helps you build and train neural networks for computer vision, natural language processing (NLP), speech recognition, and general predictive ... Read more

$36.99 USD

Roughly inspired by the human brain, deep neural networks trained with large amounts of data can solve complex tasks with unprecedented accuracy. This practical book provides an end-to-end guide to TensorFlow, the leading open source software library that helps you build and train neural networks for computer vision, natural language processing (NLP), speech recognition, and general predictive
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Data Visualization with Microsoft Power BI

How to Design Savvy Dashboards

by Alex Kolokolov, Maxim Zelensky ...

The first book that delivers data viz best practices precisely for Power BIThis practical guide shows how to quickly create visualizations and build savvy dashboards, with 25 chapters that explore different chart types plus 40 visuals from the AppSource gallery, from default to advanced, all over 400 color pages.Key features:Beautiful examples of charts, along with specific use casesStep-by-step ... Read more

$36.99 USD

The first book that delivers data viz best practices precisely for Power BIThis practical guide shows how to quickly create visualizations and build savvy dashboards, with 25 chapters that explore different chart types plus 40 visuals from the AppSource gallery, from default to advanced, all over 400 color pages.Key features:Beautiful examples of charts, along with specific use casesStep-by-step
... Read more
Splunk Essentials

Operational Intelligence at your fingertips

by Erickson Delgado, Betsy Page Sigman, Somesh Soni ...

A fast-paced and practical guide to demystifying big data and transforming it into operational intelligenceKey Features\[\*\]Want to get started with Splunk to analyze and visualize machine data? Open this book and step into the world of Splunk.\[\*\]Leverage the exceptional analysis and visualization capabilities to make informed decisions for your business\[\*\]This easy-to-follow, practical ... Read more

$34.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

A fast-paced and practical guide to demystifying big data and transforming it into operational intelligenceKey Features\[\*\]Want to get started with Splunk to analyze and visualize machine data? Open this book and step into the world of Splunk.\[\*\]Leverage the exceptional analysis and visualization capabilities to make informed decisions for your business\[\*\]This easy-to-follow, practical
... Read more
50 Tips and Tricks for MongoDB Developers

Get the Most Out of Your Database

by Kristina Chodorow ...

Getting started with MongoDB is easy, but once you begin building applications with it, you'll face some complex issues. What are the tradeoffs between normalized and denormalized data? How do you handle replica set failure and failover? This collection of MongoDB tips, tricks, and hacks helps you resolve issues with everything from application design and implementation to data safety and ... Read more

$13.99 USD

Getting started with MongoDB is easy, but once you begin building applications with it, you'll face some complex issues. What are the tradeoffs between normalized and denormalized data? How do you handle replica set failure and failover? This collection of MongoDB tips, tricks, and hacks helps you resolve issues with everything from application design and implementation to data safety and
... Read more
Building Data Streaming Applications with Apache Kafka

Design, develop and streamline applications using Apache Kafka, Storm, Heron and Spark

by Manish Kumar, Chanchal Singh, Manisha Sethi, Anshul Joshi ...

Design and administer fast, reliable enterprise messaging systems with Apache KafkaKey Features\[\*\]Build efficient real-time streaming applications in Apache Kafka to process data streams of data\[\*\]Master the core Kafka APIs to set up Apache Kafka clusters and start writing message producers and consumers\[\*\]A comprehensive guide to help you get a solid grasp of the Apache Kafka concepts in ... Read more

$37.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Design and administer fast, reliable enterprise messaging systems with Apache KafkaKey Features\[\*\]Build efficient real-time streaming applications in Apache Kafka to process data streams of data\[\*\]Master the core Kafka APIs to set up Apache Kafka clusters and start writing message producers and consumers\[\*\]A comprehensive guide to help you get a solid grasp of the Apache Kafka concepts in
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Mindmasters

The Data-Driven Science of Predicting and Changing Human Behavior

by Sandra Matz ...

A fascinating exploration of how algorithms penetrate the most intimate aspects of our psychology—from the pioneering expert on psychological targeting.There are more pieces of digital data than there are stars in the universe. This data helps us monitor our planet, decipher our genetic code, and take a deep dive into our psychology.As algorithms become increasingly adept at accessing the human ... Read more

$21.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

A fascinating exploration of how algorithms penetrate the most intimate aspects of our psychology—from the pioneering expert on psychological targeting.There are more pieces of digital data than there are stars in the universe. This data helps us monitor our planet, decipher our genetic code, and take a deep dive into our psychology.As algorithms become increasingly adept at accessing the human
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