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Author Mike Barlow , Jon Bruner
Artificial intelligence has made enormous progress in the last five years, and after a decade of texting and messaging on smartphones, people have become comfortable with conversational interfaces. Put together, those two trends mean we’ll soon be chatting with con....
Release Date 2016/09 -
What CEOs Get Wrong About Vision and How to Get It Right
Author Dan Ciampa
Many executives don’t understand how to craft a compelling vision for change that will gain widespread commitment within their organization. Leaders should start by asking themselves: What will people see, hear, and feel once the changes have been achieved? ....
Release Date 2017/10 -
Author Alex Gorelik
A revolution is occurring in data management regarding how data is collected, stored, processed, governed, managed, and provided to decision makers. The data lake is a popular approach that harnesses the power of big data and marries it with the agility of self-service. W....
Release Date 2020/11 -
Author Ben Lorica , Mike Loukides
As this brief article explains, AI broadly defines many systems designed to answer questions and solve problems. Consider Amazon’s recommendation system. Or the GPS navigation system that talks to you. Like plumbing or electricity, we’ll soon take AI for granted as....
Release Date 2018/04 -
What Is Artificial Intelligence?
Author Ben Lorica , Mike Loukides
From computer vision to game playing, artificial intelligence (AI) has made a lot of progress in the past few years. Companies such as Google and Facebook have already placed huge bets on this technology, and over the next decade, AI features will steadily creep in....
Release Date 2016/06 -
Author Alice LaPlante
As your business tries to make sense of today’s staggering amount of structured and unstructured data, traditional analytics will take you only so far. The key to success over the next few years will depend on augmented analytics, a method that embeds machine learn....
Release Date 2019/10 -
Author Lewis Gavin
The demand for data scientists is well-known, but when it comes time to build solutions based on data, your company also needs data engineers—people with strong data warehousing and programming backgrounds. In fact, whether you’re powering self-driving cars or crea....
Release Date 2019/12 -
What Is Data Governance? Understanding the Business Impact
Author Andy Petrella
Data isn't just a commodity. It's a capital asset for driving businesses, creating value, and inspiring new ventures. Like money, data must be treated sustainably and with a serious dose of respect. Once you govern it properly and instill confidence in its quality, data....
Release Date 2020/12 -
What Is Database Design, Anyway?
Author C.J. Date
Since databases are at the center of the IT world, their proper design would seem to be paramount. And yet, some of the popular references on database design theory and design best practice show a curious lack of understanding by the IT industry at large. In this O....
Release Date 2016/01 -
Author Alvin J. Silk
This book explores what marketing is and how an enterprise can differentiate itself from others in attracting and retaining customers. The book is organized according to the design of the first-year marketing course in the two-year MBA program at the Harvard Busines....
Release Date 2006/10 -
Author Mark Treveil , Lynn Heidmann
For years, organizations have struggled to move data science, machine learning, and AI projects from the realm of experimental to having real business impact. One reason is because pivoting operations around these technologies involves more than just technology--the orche....
Release Date 2020/11 -
Author Michael Scott , Karim Walji , Samuel Smith , Parker Mathewson , Ryan Bouchard , Larry
DFSMSrmm is an IBM z/OS feature that is a fully functioning tape management system to manage your removable media. In the last decade, many enhancements were made to DFSMSrmm. This IBM Redbooks publication is intended to help you configure and use the newer functions and features that are now availa....
Release Date 2022/10 -
Author Matthew Harrison , Jake VanderPlas
Why has Python become an essential tool for programmers, engineers, researchers, and data scientists across academia and industry? This programming language is known for its simplicity and beauty, as well as its large ecosystem of domain-specific tools such as NumP....
Release Date 2018/04 -
Author Dean Wampler
The use of distributed programming is increasing. High availability requires multiple machines and often multiple data centers. Machine learning and AI models are run as parallel tasks on clusters to reduce training time. But distributed programming has always been hard t....
Release Date 2020/09 -
What Sets Breakthrough Strategies Apart
Author Todd Zenger , Teppo Felin
Composing valuable strategies requires seeing the world in new and unique ways. It requires asking novel questions that prompt fresh insight. Even the most sophisticated, deep learning-enhanced computers or algorithms simply cannot generate such an outlook. Innovat....
Release Date 2018/01 -
What To Do When There's Too Much To Do
Author Laura Stack
Look at your to-do list. It’s ridiculous. You can’t get all that done. You’re already at capacity. And it probably doesn’t even list every single thing you need to do. The last thing you want to do is more. As a skeptical audience member once told author Laura Stack....
Release Date 2012/07 -
What to Expect From Artificial Intelligence
Author Avi Goldfarb , Joshua S. Gans , Ajay K. Agrawal
To understand how advances in artificial intelligence are likely to change the workplace — and the work of managers — in coming years, you need to know where AI delivers the most value. Show and hide more
Release Date 2017/04 -
What to Know About Locating in a Cluster
Author Sen Chai , Willy C. Shih
A study of two industry clusters in Denmark shows that the factors that can make clusters attractive — easy people movement and knowledge spillovers — can also make it harder for individual companies to retain proprietary knowledge. The authors present ....
Release Date 2015/10 -
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....
Release Date 2012/10 -
Author Romeo Kienzler , Jerome Nilmeier
Since its 2015 release, TensorFlow has become a de facto standard among enterprise AI technologies. This comprehensive report introduces the new features of TensorFlow 2.x and Keras to developers and data scientists with machine learning skills. Many companies consider Te....
Release Date 2020/07 -
Who Knew You Could Do That with RPG IV? Modern RPG for the Modern Programmer
Author Paul Tuohy , Tim Rowe , Kody Robinson , Jon Paris , Jeff Minette , Susan Gantner , Jim
Application development is a key part of IBM® i businesses. The IBM i operating system is a modern, robust platform to create and develop applications. The RPG language has been around for a long time, but is still being transformed into a modern business language.....
Release Date 2016/12 -
Author Willy Shih , Matt Taddy , Susan Athey , Markus Perkmann , Florian Zettelmeyer , Lee F
As "big data" becomes increasingly integrated into many aspects of our lives, we are hearing more calls for revolutionary changes in how researchers work. To save time in understanding the behavior of complex systems or in predicting outcomes, some analysts say it ....
Release Date 2016/01 -
Author Richard WHITMIRE
The signs and statistics are undeniable: boys are falling behind in school. Contrary to conventional wisdom, the biggest culprits are not video games, pop culture, or female-dominated schools biased toward girls. The real problem is that boys have been thrust into a....
Release Date 2011/09 -
Wiley CPAexcel Exam Review 2014 Study Guide, Regulation
Author O. Ray Whittington
Everything today's CPA candidates need to pass the CPA ExamPublished annually, this Regulation volume of the comprehensive four-volume paperback reviews all current AICPA content requirements in business environment and concepts. Many of the questions are taken dir....
Release Date 2013/12 -
Will You Be Alive 10 Years from Now?
Author Paul J. Nahin
A collection of stimulating probability puzzles from bestselling math writer Paul NahinWhat are the chances of a game-show contestant finding a chicken in a box? Is the Hanukkah dreidel a fair game? Will you be alive ten years from now? These are just some of the o....
Release Date 2013/11 -
Willful Ignorance: The Mismeasure of Uncertainty
Author Herbert Weisberg
An original account of willful ignorance and how this principle relates to modern probability and statistical methodsThrough a series of colorful stories about great thinkers and the problems they chose to solve, the author traces the historical evolution of probabi....
Release Date 2014/08 -
Author Paul Breeze
Wind Power Generation is a concise, up-to-date and readable guide providing an introduction to one of the leading renewable power generation technologies. It includes detailed descriptions of on and offshore generation systems, and demystifies the relevant wind ene....
Release Date 2016/01