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Raw Data Is an Oxymoron

Edited by Lisa Gitelman ...

Series series Infrastructures
Episodes in the history of data, from early modern math problems to today's inescapable “dataveillance,” that demonstrate the dependence of data on culture.We live in the era of Big Data, with storage and transmission capacity measured not just in terabytes but in petabytes (where peta- denotes a quadrillion, or a thousand trillion). Data collection is constant and even insidious, with every click ... Read more

$29.99 USD

Episodes in the history of data, from early modern math problems to today's inescapable “dataveillance,” that demonstrate the dependence of data on culture.We live in the era of Big Data, with storage and transmission capacity measured not just in terabytes but in petabytes (where peta- denotes a quadrillion, or a thousand trillion). Data collection is constant and even insidious, with every click
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The Year in Tech, 2023: The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review

by Harvard Business Review, Beena Ammanath, Andrew Ng, Michael Luca, Bhaskar Ghosh ...

Series series HBR Insights Series
A year of HBR's essential thinking on tech—all in one place.Easy-to-use AI tools, contactless commerce, crypto for business, the mature metaverse—new technologies like these are reshaping organizations at the hybrid office, on factory floors, and in the C-suite. What should you and your company be doing now to take advantage of the new opportunities these technologies are creating—and avoid ... Read more

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A year of HBR's essential thinking on tech—all in one place.Easy-to-use AI tools, contactless commerce, crypto for business, the mature metaverse—new technologies like these are reshaping organizations at the hybrid office, on factory floors, and in the C-suite. What should you and your company be doing now to take advantage of the new opportunities these technologies are creating—and avoid
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Python Data Analysis

by Ivan Idris ...

This book is for programmers, scientists, and engineers who have knowledge of the Python language and know the basics of data science. It is for those who wish to learn different data analysis methods using Python and its libraries. This book contains all the basic ingredients you need to become an expert data analyst. ... Read more

$27.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This book is for programmers, scientists, and engineers who have knowledge of the Python language and know the basics of data science. It is for those who wish to learn different data analysis methods using Python and its libraries. This book contains all the basic ingredients you need to become an expert data analyst.
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Data Engineering with dbt

A practical guide to building a cloud-based, pragmatic, and dependable data platform with SQL

by Roberto Zagni ...

Use easy-to-apply patterns in SQL and Python to adopt modern analytics engineering to build agile platforms with dbt that are well-tested and simple to extend and run Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBookKey FeaturesBuild a solid dbt base and learn data modeling and the modern data stack to become an analytics engineerBuild automated and reliable pipelines to deploy, test, ... Read more

$35.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Use easy-to-apply patterns in SQL and Python to adopt modern analytics engineering to build agile platforms with dbt that are well-tested and simple to extend and run Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBookKey FeaturesBuild a solid dbt base and learn data modeling and the modern data stack to become an analytics engineerBuild automated and reliable pipelines to deploy, test,
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STEP BY STEP TUTORIAL: JAVA/MYSQL With Object-Oriented Programming Using Apache NetBeans IDE PART 2

by Vivian Siahaan, Rismon Hasiholan Sianipar ...

Series Book 2 - STEP BY STEP TUTORIAL: JAVA/MYSQL With Object-Oriented Programming Using Apache NetBeans IDE
The sakila database consists of 15 tables including film, film_category, actor, customer, rental, payment and inventory among others. The sakila sample database, which is a fictitious database designed to represent a DVD rental store, is intended to provide a standard schema that can be used for examples in books, tutorials, articles, samples, and so forth.Our previous book, part 1, implements the ... Read more

$5.99 USD

The sakila database consists of 15 tables including film, film_category, actor, customer, rental, payment and inventory among others. The sakila sample database, which is a fictitious database designed to represent a DVD rental store, is intended to provide a standard schema that can be used for examples in books, tutorials, articles, samples, and so forth.Our previous book, part 1, implements the
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Data Source Handbook

A Guide to Public Data

by Pete Warden ...

If you're a developer looking to supplement your own data tools and services, this concise ebook covers the most useful sources of public data available today. You'll find useful information on APIs that offer broad coverage, tie their data to the outside world, and are either accessible online or feature downloadable bulk data. You'll also find code and helpful links.This guide organizes APIs by ... Read more

$11.99 USD

If you're a developer looking to supplement your own data tools and services, this concise ebook covers the most useful sources of public data available today. You'll find useful information on APIs that offer broad coverage, tie their data to the outside world, and are either accessible online or feature downloadable bulk data. You'll also find code and helpful links.This guide organizes APIs by
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Neo4j - A Graph Project Story

by Frank Kutzler, Nicolas Rouyer, Nicolas Mervaillie, Sylvain Roussy ...

This book provides you with a concrete approach of using Neo4j in a production context. Written in the style of a play, it reports the debates between the members of a technical team specialized in strongly connected data. It focuses on methodology, integrations with existing systems, performance, monitoring and security.You may already have an idea of what Neo4j is and how it works, and maybe you ... Read more

$28.99 USD

This book provides you with a concrete approach of using Neo4j in a production context. Written in the style of a play, it reports the debates between the members of a technical team specialized in strongly connected data. It focuses on methodology, integrations with existing systems, performance, monitoring and security.You may already have an idea of what Neo4j is and how it works, and maybe you
... Read more
Getting Started with Couchbase Server

Extreme Scalability at Your Fingertips

by MC Brown ...

Do you know what to do if your web application goes viral and usage suddenly explodes? This concise guide introduces you to Couchbase Server, an extremely fast NoSQL database that automatically distributes data across a cluster of commodity servers or virtual machines. You’ll learn hands-on how to build a Couchbase cluster without changing your application, and how to expand your database on the ... Read more

$13.99 USD

Do you know what to do if your web application goes viral and usage suddenly explodes? This concise guide introduces you to Couchbase Server, an extremely fast NoSQL database that automatically distributes data across a cluster of commodity servers or virtual machines. You’ll learn hands-on how to build a Couchbase cluster without changing your application, and how to expand your database on the
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Puppet 3 Cookbook

by John Arundel ...

Puppet 3 Cookbook is written in a Cookbook style, showing you how to set up and expand your Puppet infrastructure. It not only gives you everything you need to become a Puppet expert, but includes powerful code samples and techniques developed over many years of production experience. With it, you'll save time and effort by automating tedious manual processes, impress your boss by delivering ... Read more

$26.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Puppet 3 Cookbook is written in a Cookbook style, showing you how to set up and expand your Puppet infrastructure. It not only gives you everything you need to become a Puppet expert, but includes powerful code samples and techniques developed over many years of production experience. With it, you'll save time and effort by automating tedious manual processes, impress your boss by delivering
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MySQL Troubleshooting

What To Do When Queries Don't Work

by Sveta Smirnova ...

Stuck with bugs, performance problems, crashes, data corruption, and puzzling output? If you’re a database programmer or DBA, they’re part of your life. The trick is knowing how to quickly recover from them. This unique, example-packed book shows you how to handle an array of vexing problems when working with MySQL.Written by a principal technical support engineer at Oracle, MySQL Troubleshooting ... Read more

$11.99 USD

Stuck with bugs, performance problems, crashes, data corruption, and puzzling output? If you’re a database programmer or DBA, they’re part of your life. The trick is knowing how to quickly recover from them. This unique, example-packed book shows you how to handle an array of vexing problems when working with MySQL.Written by a principal technical support engineer at Oracle, MySQL Troubleshooting
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SQL Crash Course

A Practical Guide From Beginner to Interview-Ready Expert

by Vajo Lukic ...

SQL Crash Course: From SQL Beginner to SQL Interview-Ready ExpertMaster SQL database development, query optimization, and data analysis with this comprehensive guide featuring 350+ practical examples and 140+ interview questions. Progress from basic SQL commands to advanced database management, covering PostgreSQL, MySQL, and SQL Server techniques.Transform your data engineering skills through ... Read more

$9.31 USD

SQL Crash Course: From SQL Beginner to SQL Interview-Ready ExpertMaster SQL database development, query optimization, and data analysis with this comprehensive guide featuring 350+ practical examples and 140+ interview questions. Progress from basic SQL commands to advanced database management, covering PostgreSQL, MySQL, and SQL Server techniques.Transform your data engineering skills through
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Learning ELK Stack

Build mesmerizing visualizations, analytics, and logs from your data using Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana

by Saurabh Chhajed ...

Key FeaturesBook DescriptionThe ELK stack—Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana, is a powerful combination of open source tools. Elasticsearch is for deep search and data analytics. Logstash is for centralized logging, log enrichment, and parsing. Kibana is for powerful and beautiful data visualizations. In short, the Elasticsearch ELK stack makes searching and analyzing data easier than ever before ... Read more

$37.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Key FeaturesBook DescriptionThe ELK stack—Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana, is a powerful combination of open source tools. Elasticsearch is for deep search and data analytics. Logstash is for centralized logging, log enrichment, and parsing. Kibana is for powerful and beautiful data visualizations. In short, the Elasticsearch ELK stack makes searching and analyzing data easier than ever before
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Natural Language Processing for the Semantic Web

by Diana Maynard, Kalina Bontcheva, Isabelle Augenstein ...

Series series Synthesis Lectures on the Semantic Web: Theory and Technology
This book introduces core natural language processing (NLP) technologies to non-experts in an easily accessible way, as a series of building blocks that lead the user to understand key technologies, why they are required, and how to integrate them into Semantic Web applications. Natural language processing and Semantic Web technologies have different, but complementary roles in data management. ... Read more

$53.99 USD

This book introduces core natural language processing (NLP) technologies to non-experts in an easily accessible way, as a series of building blocks that lead the user to understand key technologies, why they are required, and how to integrate them into Semantic Web applications. Natural language processing and Semantic Web technologies have different, but complementary roles in data management.
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Introduction to R for Business Intelligence

Profit optimization using data mining, data analysis, and Business Intelligence

by Jay Gendron ...

Learn how to leverage the power of R for Business IntelligenceKey Features\[\*\] Use this easy-to-follow guide to leverage the power of R analytics and make your business data more insightful.\[\*\] This highly practical guide teaches you how to develop dashboards that help you make informed decisions using R.\[\*\] Learn the A to Z of working with data for Business Intelligence with the help of ... Read more

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Learn how to leverage the power of R for Business IntelligenceKey Features\[\*\] Use this easy-to-follow guide to leverage the power of R analytics and make your business data more insightful.\[\*\] This highly practical guide teaches you how to develop dashboards that help you make informed decisions using R.\[\*\] Learn the A to Z of working with data for Business Intelligence with the help of
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SQL Server 2019 Administrator's Guide

A definitive guide for DBAs to implement, monitor, and maintain enterprise database solutions

by Marek Chmel, Vladimír Mužný ...

Use Microsoft SQL Server 2019 to implement, administer, and secure a robust database solution that is disaster-proof and highly availableKey FeaturesExplore new features of SQL Server 2019 to set up, administer, and maintain your database solution successfullyDevelop a dynamic SQL Server environment and streamline big data pipelinesDiscover best practices for fixing performance issues, database ... Read more

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Use Microsoft SQL Server 2019 to implement, administer, and secure a robust database solution that is disaster-proof and highly availableKey FeaturesExplore new features of SQL Server 2019 to set up, administer, and maintain your database solution successfullyDevelop a dynamic SQL Server environment and streamline big data pipelinesDiscover best practices for fixing performance issues, database
... Read more
The Data Journalism Handbook

Towards A Critical Data Practice

Edited by Liliana Bounegru, Jonathan Gray ...

Series series Digital Studies
The Data Journalism Handbook: Towards a Critical Data Practice provides a rich and panoramic introduction to data journalism, combining both critical reflection and practical insight. It offers a diverse collection of perspectives on how data journalism is done around the world and the broader consequences of datafication in the news, serving as both a textbook and a sourcebook for this emerging ... Read more

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The Data Journalism Handbook: Towards a Critical Data Practice provides a rich and panoramic introduction to data journalism, combining both critical reflection and practical insight. It offers a diverse collection of perspectives on how data journalism is done around the world and the broader consequences of datafication in the news, serving as both a textbook and a sourcebook for this emerging
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iPhone 12 User Guide

The Simplified Manual For Beginners and Seniors on How To Master Your iPhone 12, Mini, Pro and Pro Max Using iOS14 (Tips and Tricks Version) 4th Edition

by Stone O. Crux ...

iPhone 12 is packed full with many novel features that promises to give every user the ‘WOW experience’: with a powerful A14 Bionic processor, it boasts to be one of the fastest devices on the planet. Apple has also improved on the camera of the iPhone, with 3 rear cameras, each of which packs 12-megapixel lenses, and another 12 megapixels in the front camera.The iPhone 12 Series comes with a ... Read more

$5.50 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

iPhone 12 is packed full with many novel features that promises to give every user the ‘WOW experience’: with a powerful A14 Bionic processor, it boasts to be one of the fastest devices on the planet. Apple has also improved on the camera of the iPhone, with 3 rear cameras, each of which packs 12-megapixel lenses, and another 12 megapixels in the front camera.The iPhone 12 Series comes with a
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Data Science on the Google Cloud Platform

Implementing End-to-End Real-Time Data Pipelines: From Ingest to Machine Learning

by Valliappa Lakshmanan ...

Learn how easy it is to apply sophisticated statistical and machine learning methods to real-world problems when you build using Google Cloud Platform (GCP). This hands-on guide shows data engineers and data scientists how to implement an end-to-end data pipeline with cloud native tools on GCP.Throughout this updated second edition, you'll work through a sample business decision by employing a ... Read more

$48.99 USD

Learn how easy it is to apply sophisticated statistical and machine learning methods to real-world problems when you build using Google Cloud Platform (GCP). This hands-on guide shows data engineers and data scientists how to implement an end-to-end data pipeline with cloud native tools on GCP.Throughout this updated second edition, you'll work through a sample business decision by employing a
... Read more
Backup & Recovery

Inexpensive Backup Solutions for Open Systems

by W. Curtis Preston ...

Packed with practical, freely available backup and recovery solutions for Unix, Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X systems -- as well as various databases -- this new guide is a complete overhaul of Unix Backup & Recovery by the same author, now revised and expanded with over 75% new material.Backup & Recovery starts with a complete overview of backup philosophy and design, including the basic backup ... Read more

$33.99 USD

Packed with practical, freely available backup and recovery solutions for Unix, Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X systems -- as well as various databases -- this new guide is a complete overhaul of Unix Backup & Recovery by the same author, now revised and expanded with over 75% new material.Backup & Recovery starts with a complete overview of backup philosophy and design, including the basic backup
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Scaling CouchDB

Replication, Clustering, and Administration

by Bradley Holt ...

This practical guide offers a short course on scaling CouchDB to meet the capacity needs of your distributed application. Through a series of scenario-based examples, this book lets you explore several methods for creating a system that can accommodate growth and meet expected demand. In the process, you learn about several tools that can help you with replication, load balancing, clustering, and ... Read more

$8.99 USD

This practical guide offers a short course on scaling CouchDB to meet the capacity needs of your distributed application. Through a series of scenario-based examples, this book lets you explore several methods for creating a system that can accommodate growth and meet expected demand. In the process, you learn about several tools that can help you with replication, load balancing, clustering, and
... Read more
Writing Effective Business Rules

by Graham Witt ...

Writing Effective Business Rules moves beyond the fundamental dilemma of system design: defining business rules either in natural language, intelligible but often ambiguous, or program code (or rule engine instructions), unambiguous but unintelligible to stakeholders. Designed to meet the needs of business analysts, this book provides an exhaustive analysis of rule types and a set of syntactic ... Read more

$53.99 USD

Writing Effective Business Rules moves beyond the fundamental dilemma of system design: defining business rules either in natural language, intelligible but often ambiguous, or program code (or rule engine instructions), unambiguous but unintelligible to stakeholders. Designed to meet the needs of business analysts, this book provides an exhaustive analysis of rule types and a set of syntactic
... Read more
The Road to General Intelligence

by Jerry Swan, Eric Nivel, Neel Kant, Jules Hedges, Timothy Atkinson, Bas Steunebrink ...

Series series Intelligent Technologies and Robotics (R0)
Humans have always dreamed of automating laborious physical and intellectual tasks, but the latter has proved more elusive than naively suspected. Seven decades of systematic study of Artificial Intelligence have witnessed cycles of hubris and despair. The successful realization of General Intelligence (evidenced by the kind of cross-domain flexibility enjoyed by humans) will spawn an industry ... Read more

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Humans have always dreamed of automating laborious physical and intellectual tasks, but the latter has proved more elusive than naively suspected. Seven decades of systematic study of Artificial Intelligence have witnessed cycles of hubris and despair. The successful realization of General Intelligence (evidenced by the kind of cross-domain flexibility enjoyed by humans) will spawn an industry
... Read more
Learning Geospatial Analysis with Python

Unleash the power of Python 3 with practical techniques for learning GIS and remote sensing

by Joel Lawhead ...

Harness the powerful Python programming language to navigate the realms of geographic information systems, remote sensing, topography, and more, while embracing a guiding framework for effective geospatial analysisKey FeaturesCreate GIS solutions using the new features introduced in Python 3.10Explore a range of GIS tools and libraries, including PostGIS, QGIS, and PROJIdentify the tools and ... Read more

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Harness the powerful Python programming language to navigate the realms of geographic information systems, remote sensing, topography, and more, while embracing a guiding framework for effective geospatial analysisKey FeaturesCreate GIS solutions using the new features introduced in Python 3.10Explore a range of GIS tools and libraries, including PostGIS, QGIS, and PROJIdentify the tools and
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Deep Learning with PyTorch

A practical approach to building neural network models using PyTorch

by Vishnu Subramanian ...

Build neural network models in text, vision and advanced analytics using PyTorchKey FeaturesLearn PyTorch for implementing cutting-edge deep learning algorithms.Train your neural networks for higher speed and flexibility and learn how to implement them in various scenarios;Cover various advanced neural network architecture such as ResNet, Inception, DenseNet and more with practical examples;Book ... Read more

$34.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Build neural network models in text, vision and advanced analytics using PyTorchKey FeaturesLearn PyTorch for implementing cutting-edge deep learning algorithms.Train your neural networks for higher speed and flexibility and learn how to implement them in various scenarios;Cover various advanced neural network architecture such as ResNet, Inception, DenseNet and more with practical examples;Book
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