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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Facebook, 3rd Edition
Author Mikal E. Belicove , Joe Kraynak
Facebook is by far the most popular social networking site, but it is not as user-friendly as the service would like people to think. It leaves many users scratching their heads over even the most fundamental features, such as the difference between their Wall and t....
Release Date 2012/10 -
Author Alex Holmes
SummaryHadoop in Practice collects 85 Hadoop examples and presents them in a problem/solution format. Each technique addresses a specific task you'll face, like querying big data using Pig or writing a log file loader. You'll explore each problem step by step, lea....
Release Date 2012/10 -
Selection Management: For Systems and Services
Author Jacquie Wakeford
Make your business more efficient with a tried and tested process for selection management.Selecting a new system or service can often be a crucial business decision, but small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) don't do it very often and, as a result, lack experie....
Release Date 2012/10 -
Piwik Web Analytics Essentials
Author Stephan A. Miller
A complete guide to tracking visitors on your web sites, e-commerce shopping carts, and apps using Piwik Web Analytics.Track customers on your websites and apps and improve conversion rates right away Customize your tracking for every application and situationEmbed ....
Release Date 2012/10 -
Author Ivan Idris
If you're a Python developer with basic NumPy skills, the 70+ recipes in this brilliant cookbook will boost your skills in no time. Learn to raise productivity levels and code faster and cleaner with the open source mathematical library.Do high performance calculat....
Release Date 2012/10 -
Oracle ADF Real World Developer's Guide
Author Jobinesh Purushothaman
Become an ADF expert with essential tips n' tricks and case studies for leveraging your ADF applicationsFull of illustrations, diagrams, and tips with clear step-by-step instructions and real-time examples.Get to know the visual and declarative programming model of....
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Oracle 11g Anti-hacker's Cookbook
Author Adrian Neagu
Make your Oracle database virtually impregnable to hackers using the knowledge in this book. With over 50 recipes, you’ll quickly learn protection methodologies that use industry certified techniques to secure the Oracle database server.Learn to protect your sensiti....
Release Date 2012/10 -
Author Jon Reade , Rachel Clements
Unleash the new features of SQL Server 2012Upgrade your skills to the latest version of SQL Server Discover the new dimensional model in Analysis ServicesUtilize data alerts and render reports to the latest versions of Excel and Word Build packages to leverage the n....
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Open Source Software in Life Science Research
Author M Forster , L Harland
The free/open source approach has grown from a minor activity to become a significant producer of robust, task-orientated software for a wide variety of situations and applications. To life science informatics groups, these systems present an appealing proposition -....
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IBM System Storage N series Hardware Guide
Author Marco Schwarz , Tom Provost , Steven Pemberton , Dirk Peitzmann , Jeff Lin , Roland T
This IBM® Redbooks® publication provides a detailed look at the features, benefits, and capabilities of the IBM System Storage® N series hardware offerings.The IBM System Storage N series systems can help you tackle the challenge of effective data management by usin....
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Definitive XML Schema, Second Edition
Author Priscilla Walmsley
“XML Schema 1.1 has gone from strong data typing to positively stalwart—so powerful it can enforce database level constraints and business rules, so your data transfer code won’t have to. This book covers the 1.1 changes—and more—in its 500 revisions to Priscilla Wa....
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Microsoft® SQL Server 2012 Management and Administration, Second Edition
Author Ross Mistry
If you need to deploy, manage, or secure Microsoft SQL Server 2012, this is the complete, fast-paced, task-based reference you’ve been searching for. Authored by a worldclass expert on running SQL Server in the enterprise, this book goes far beyond the basics, takin....
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Color in Computer Vision: Fundamentals and Applications
Author Jan-Mark Geusebroek , Joost van de Weijer , Arjan Gijsenij , Theo Gevers
While the field of computer vision drives many of today's digital technologies and communication networks, the topic of color has emerged only recently in most computer vision applications. One of the most extensive works to date on color in computer vision, this b....
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Bayesian Statistics: An Introduction, 4th Edition
Author Peter M. Lee
Bayesian Statistics is the school of thought that combines prior beliefs with the likelihood of a hypothesis to arrive at posterior beliefs. The first edition of Peter Lee's book appeared in 1989, but the subject has moved ever onwards, with increasing emphasis on ....
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Loss Models: From Data to Decisions, 4th Edition
Author Gordon E. Willmot , Harry H. Panjer , Stuart A. Klugman
Praise for the Third Edition"This book provides in-depth coverage of modelling techniques used throughout many branches of actuarial science. . . . The exceptional high standard of this book has made it a pleasure to read." —Annals of Actuarial ScienceNewly organize....
Release Date 2012/09 -
Author Brian Tracy
Praise for The Power of Self-Confidence"Brian Tracy is the master in understanding and teaching self-enrichment. In this priceless book, he unlocks the key to your door of success and fulfillment—belief in your own potential. Internalize his wisdom and you will sure....
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Pro SQL Server 2012 BI Solutions
Author Caryn Mason , Randal Root
Business intelligence projects do not need to cost multi-millions of dollars or take months or even years to complete! Using rapid application development (RAD) techniques along with Microsoft SQL Server 2012, this book guides database administrators, SQL programmer....
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SQL Server 2012 Integration Services Design Patterns
Author Michelle Ufford , Matt Masson , Jessica M. Moss , Andy Leonard , Tim Mitchell
SQL Server 2012 Integration Services Design Patterns is a book of recipes for SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS). Design patterns in the book show how to solve common problems encountered when developing data integration solutions. Because you do not have to bui....
Release Date 2012/09 -
SQL Server 2012 T-SQL Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach
Author Jonathan Gennick , Wayne Sheffield , Andy Roberts , David Dye , Jason Brimhall
SQL Server 2012 T-SQL Recipes is an example-based guide to the Transact-SQL language that is at the core of SQL Server 2012. It provides ready-to-implement solutions to common programming and database administration tasks. Learn to create databases, insert and updat....
Release Date 2012/09 -
Pro T-SQL 2012 Programmer's Guide, Third Edition
Author Scott Shaw , Jay Natarajan , Michael Coles , Rudi Bruchez
Pro T-SQL 2012 Programmer's Guide is every developer's key to making full use of SQL Server 2012's powerful, built-in Transact-SQL language. Discussing new and existing features, the book takes you on an expert guided tour of Transact-SQL functionality. Fully fun....
Release Date 2012/09 -
How to Create the Next Facebook: Seeing Your Startup Through, from Idea to IPO
Author Tom Taulli
In just under a decade, Facebook has gone from a Harvard prodigy's dorm-room experiment to an essential part of the social life of hundreds of millions of children, teens, and adults across the globe. It's no surprise, then, that the company has been the subject o....
Release Date 2012/09 -
Author Dario Simonassi , Gabriel Eisbruch , Jonathan Leibiusky
Even as big data is turning the world upside down, the next phase of the revolution is already taking shape: real-time data analysis. This hands-on guide introduces you to Storm, a distributed, JVM-based system for processing streaming data. Through simple tutorials....
Release Date 2012/09 -
Author Jason Rutherglen , Dean Wampler , Edward Capriolo
This comprehensive guide introduces you to Apache Hive, Hadoop’s data warehouse infrastructure. You’ll quickly learn how to use Hive’s SQL dialect—HiveQL—to summarize, query, and analyze large datasets stored in Hadoop’s distributed filesystem. This example-driven g....
Release Date 2012/09 -
Generalized Linear and Nonlinear Models for Correlated Data: Theory and Applications Using SAS
Author Edward F. Vonesh
Edward F. Vonesh's Generalized Linear and Nonlinear Models for Correlated Data: Theory and Applications Using SAS is devoted to the analysis of correlated response data using SAS, with special emphasis on applications that require the use of generalized linear mode....
Release Date 2012/09 -
A Profile of the Electric Power Industry
Author Charles E. Clark
The electric power industry was traditionally a utility to which people gave little thought. It has stable prices, low business risk, and predictable emerging issues. But great change has shaken the industry—mergers have resulted in large and powerful companies. Nat....
Release Date 2012/09 -
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Security Cookbook
Author Rudi Bruchez
Over 70 practical, focused recipes to bullet-proof your SQL Server database and protect it from hackers and security threats.Practical, focused recipes for securing your SQL Server databseMaster the latest techniques for data and code encryption, user authenticatio....
Release Date 2012/09 -
Author Johny Morris
This book is for executives, practitioners, and project managers who are tasked with the movement of data from old systems to a new repository. It uses a series of steps developed in real life situations that will get the reader from an empty new system to one that ....
Release Date 2012/09 -
Author Angelo R. Bobak
Business data integration is a complex problem that must be solved when organizations change or enhance their internal structures. The goal of this book is to present a simple yet thorough resource that describes the challenges of business data integration and the s....
Release Date 2012/09 -
Author Michael Brackett
Are you struggling with the formal design of your organization's data resource? Do you find yourself forced into generic data architectures and universal data models? Do you find yourself warping the business to fit a purchased application? Do you find yourself pus....
Release Date 2012/09 -
FileMaker® 12 Developers Reference: Functions, Scripts, Commands, and Grammars
Author Scott Love , Dawn Heady , Bob Bowers , Steve Lane
The new FileMaker 12 allows you to build unparalleled databases for a wide variety of devices, from Windows and Mac desktops to iPhones and iPad. With 10 million registered customers, FileMaker's users are "average Joes" who are knowledge workers, subject matter ex....
Release Date 2012/08