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Author Harvard Business Review , Frances X. Frei , Anne Morriss , Morten T. Hansen , Robert
A year's worth of management wisdom, all in one place.We've reviewed the ideas, insights, and best practices from the past year of Harvard Business Review to keep you up-to-date on the most cutting-edge, influential thinking driving business today. With authors from Frances Frei to Morton T. Hanse....
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The Year in Tech 2022: The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review
Author Harvard Business Review , Larry Downes , Jeanne C. Meister , David B. Yoffie , Maell
A year of HBR's essential thinking on tech—all in one place.From quantum computing and next-generation digital health tools to virtual reality training and the dawn of the commercial space age, new technologies are reshaping business on the factory floor and in the C-suite. What should you and your....
Release Date 2021/10 -
The Human Factor in Mergers, Acquisitions, and Transformational Change
Author Dr. Muhammad Rafique
M&A failures is an established phenomenon. Human factors, such as acceptance of and readiness for change at the individual level, conflict of interest and cultural incompatibility are the key attributes of the success or failure of a merger or transformational change.Balancing theory with practi....
Release Date 2021/10 -
Kafka: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition
Author Gwen Shapira , Todd Palino , Rajini Sivaram
Every enterprise application creates data, whether it consists of log messages, metrics, user activity, outgoing messages, or something else. Moving all of this data is just as important as the data itself. This book’s updated second edition shows application architects, ....
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Game Development with MonoGame: Build a 2D Game Using Your Own Reusable and Performant Game Engine
Author Louis Salin , Rami Morrar
Create a polished game that includes many levels and fights using MonoGame. This book will show you how to add AI agents and 2D physics into your game, while improving the performance of the game engine. By the end of Game Development with MonoGame, you will have created a game worthy of being publi....
Release Date 2021/10 -
Capital Allocation: Principles, Strategies, and Processes for Creating Long-Term Shareholder Value
Author David R. Giroux
Seize the competitive edge through intelligent, differentiated capital allocationThe intelligent deployment of capital is one of the most effective ways to create long-term value. But despite this, there are very few capital allocation experts on the boards of the largest publicly traded companies, ....
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Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High, Third Edition, 3rd Edition
Author Joseph Grenny , Kerry Patterson , Ron McMillan , Al Switzler , Emily Gregory
Keep your cool and get the results you want when faced with crucial conversations. This New York Times bestseller and business classic has been fully updated for a world where skilled communication is more important than ever. The book that revolutionized business communications has been updated fo....
Release Date 2021/10 -
Author Sanjay Rishi , Benjamin Breslau , Peter Miscovich
Accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the world of work has undergone a lasting transformation. Individuals, organizations and institutions are seeking the right balance of workspace opportunities. Workers want to know how remote work can fit into their lives, and how the office can meet their needs....
Release Date 2021/10 -
Continuous API Management, 2nd Edition
Author Mehdi Medjaoui , Erik Wilde , Ronnie Mitra , Mike Amundsen
A lot of work is required to release an API, but the effort doesn't always pay off. Overplanning before an API matures is a wasted investment, while underplanning can lead to disaster. The second edition of this book provides maturity models for individual APIs and multi-API landscapes to help you ....
Release Date 2021/10 -
Fabric Resiliency and Best Practices for IBM c-type Products
Author David Green , David Lutz , Lyle Ramsey , Bhavin Yadav
This IBM Redpaper publication describes best practices for deploying and using advanced Cisco NX-OS features to identify, monitor, and protect Fibre Channel (FC) Storage Area Networks (SANs) from problematic devices and media behavior.The paper focuses on the IBM c-type SAN switches with firmware Ci....
Release Date 2021/10 -
Data Science for Marketing Analytics
Author Mirza Rahim Baig , Gururajan Govindan , Vishwesh Ravi Shrimali
Turbocharge your marketing plans by making the leap from simple descriptive statistics in Excel to sophisticated predictive analytics with the Python programming languageKey FeaturesUse data analytics and machine learning in a sales and marketing contextGain insights from data to make better busines....
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Author Harvard Business Review , Michael E. Porter , Rita Gunther McGrath , Thomas H. Dave
Become a digital-first organization—and avoid disruption.If you read nothing else on the principles and practices that lead to successful digital transformation, read these 10 articles. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help yo....
Release Date 2021/09 -
PostGIS in Action, Third Edition
Author Leo S. Hsu , Regina O. Obe
PostGIS in Action, Third Edition shows you how to solve real-world geodata problems. You’ll go beyond basic mapping, and explore custom functions for your applications. Inside this fully updated edition, you’ll find coverage of new PostGIS features such as PostGIS Window functions, parallelization o....
Release Date 2021/09 -
Learning the vi and Vim Editors, 8th Edition
Author Arnold Robbins , Elbert Hannah
vi and its derivatives are perhaps the most important family of text editors in the programming community. With this updated guide, Unix and Linux users will learn text editing basics for both vi and Vim ("vi improved") before moving onto advanced editing tools for each e....
Release Date 2021/09 -
Pro Exchange 2019 and 2016 Administration: For Exchange On-Premises and Office 365
Author Michel de Rooij , Jaap Wesselius
Use this one-stop resource for both basic and advanced administration of Exchange Server 2019 and 2016. It will help you in running an Exchange environment, whether it be 100% on-premises or a hybrid configuration with Exchange Online (as part of Office 365).This revised version is divided into four....
Release Date 2021/09 -
Author Shivakumar R Goniwada
Build enterprise-grade cloud-native systems and learn all about cloud-native architecture and design. This book provides extensive in-depth details of patterns, tools, techniques, and processes with plenty of examples.Cloud Native Architecture and Design begins by explaining the fundamentals of clou....
Release Date 2021/09 -
Selling Through Tough Times: Grow Your Profits and Mental Resilience Through any Downturn
Author Paul Reilly
An indispensable guide to thriving in a challenging sales environmentAs a sales professional, you know that it’s harder to sell in tough times—whether it’s a recession, industry-wide challenge, or global pandemic. You may also have noticed that some salespeople and managers not only survive, but thr....
Release Date 2021/09 -
Author Tania Luna , LeeAnn Renninger
What if you could become a great manager, leader, and communicator faster? The Leader Lab is a high-speed leadership intensive, equipping managers with the Swiss Army Knife of skills that help you handle the toughest situations that come your way. Through painstaking research and trai....
Release Date 2021/09 -
Cloud Backup Management with PowerHA SystemMirror
Author Dino Quintero , Umamaheswara Rao Chandolu , Aruna Sree , Kevin Gee , Sandhya Kurapat
This IBM® Redpaper chapterexplains how to take a backup of your data by using either of two methods, and it explains how to recover your data if there is a disaster.This paper addresses topics for IT architects, IT specialists, developers, sellers, and anyone looking to implement and manage backups ....
Release Date 2021/09 -
Author Boudhayan Chakrabarty , Sandeep R Patil , Shashank Shingornikar , Ashish Kothekar
Having appropriate storage for hosting business-critical data and advanced Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) software for deep inspection, detection, and prioritization of threats has become a necessity for any business. This IBM® Redpaper publication explains how the storage features....
Release Date 2021/09 -
IBM DS8900F Architecture and Implementation: Updated for Release 9.2
Author Bertrand Dufrasne , Sherri Brunson , Jeff Cook , Lisa Martinez , Connie Riggins , Mik
This IBM® RedpaperRedbooks® publication describes the concepts, architecture, and implementation of the IBM DS8900F family. The WhitepaperRedpaperbook provides reference information to assist readers who need to plan for, install, and configure the DS8900F systems. This edition applies to DS8900F sy....
Release Date 2021/09 -
Integrating Db2 for z/OS Database Changes Into a CI/CD Pipeline
Author Maryela Weihrauch , Frank van der Wal , Rafael Toshio Saizaki , Kendrick Ren , Eric
The goal of this IBM® Redbooks® publication is to demonstrate the ability to perform single click automated deployments of multi-platform applications that include IBM Db2 for z/OS database schema changes by using the capabilities of IBM Db2 DevOps Experience for z/OS.Pushing the application and dat....
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Business Analysis Techniques, 3rd Edition
Author James Cadle , Debra Paul , Jonathan Hunsley , Adrian Reed , David Beckham , Paul Turn
The development of business analysis as a professional discipline has extended the role of the business analyst who now needs the widest possible array of tools and the skills and knowledge to be able to use each when and where it is required. This new edition provides 123 possible techniques and p....
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HBR's 10 Must Reads for Executives 8-Volume Collection
Author Harvard Business Review
You want the most important ideas for executives all in one place.Now you can have them—in a set of HBR's 10 Must Reads, available as an 8-volume paperback boxed set or as an ebook set. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles on topics such as emotional intelligence, comm....
Release Date 2021/08 -
The Future of Work: The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review
Author Harvard Business Review , Deborah Grayson Riegel , Brian Kropp , Ranjay Gulati , Jos
The future is here. How is your organization responding?Amid the turbulence of a global pandemic, worldwide social justice movements, and accelerated digital transformation, one thing is clear—work will no longer be the same. Employees now expect a flexible, inclusive workplace and a deeper connecti....
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HBR Guide to Collaborative Teams (HBR Guide Series)
Author Harvard Business Review
Break down the barriers to effective collaboration.For cross-functional projects to work, you need to bring together diverse ideas and resources from across your organization. But office politics, conflicting objectives, and lack of clear authority can get in the way.The HBR Guide to Collaborative T....
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DeFi and the Future of Finance
Author Campbell R. Harvey , Ashwin Ramachandran , Joey Santoro , Fred Ehrsam , Vitalik Bute
During the Global Financial Crisis in 2008, our financial infrastructure failed. Governments bailed out the very institutions that let the economy down. This episode spurred a serious rethink of our financial system. Does it make any sense that it takes two days to settle a stock transaction? Why d....
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Author Bill McNabb , Ram Charan , Dennis Carey
Long-term value creation—the board's new agenda.A big shift in public ownership has created a new set of challenges for boards. Index funds managed by firms like Vanguard, BlackRock, and State Street represent an emerging class of permanent institutional investors who are focused on creating and pr....
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Author Josh Rosso , Rich Lander , Alex Brand , J
Kubernetes has become the dominant container orchestrator, but many organizations that have recently adopted this system are still struggling to run actual production workloads. In this practical book, four software engineers from VMware bring their shared experiences run....
Release Date 2021/07 -
Author Luciano Ramalho
Python’s simplicity lets you become productive quickly, but often this means you aren’t using everything it has to offer. With the updated edition of this hands-on guide, you’ll learn how to write effective, modern Python 3 code by leveraging its best ideas.Don’t waste ti....
Release Date 2021/07