Название: Building Data Integration Solutions: Unifying Data for Enhanced Decision Making
Автор: Jay Borthen
Издательство: O’Reilly Media, Inc.
Год: 2026
Страниц: 376
Язык: английский
Формат: epub
Размер: 10.5 MB

Are you struggling to manage and make sense of the vast streams of data flowing into your organization? In today's data-driven world, the ability to effectively unify and organize disparate data sources is not just an advantage—it's a necessity. The challenge lies in navigating the complexities of data diversity, volume, and regulatory demands, which can overwhelm even the most seasoned data professionals. In this essential book, Jay Borthen offers a comprehensive guide to understanding the art of data integration. This book dives deep into the processes and strategies necessary for creating effective data pipelines that ensure consistency, accuracy, and accessibility of your data. Whether you're a novice looking to understand the basics or an experienced professional aiming to refine your skills, Borthen's insights and practical advice, grounded in real-world case studies, will empower you to transform your organization's data handling capabilities. For the hands-on parts in the later chapters of the book, familiarity with Linux, Python, Structured Query Language (SQL), and Amazon Web Services (AWS) would be beneficial, but I’ll attempt to explain what takes place at each step in simple terms.

Название: AI Made Simple - 1st Edition, 2025
Автор: Jacqueline Snowden (Editor)
Издательство: Future Publishing
Год: 2025
Страниц: 116
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf (true)
Размер: 56.0 MB

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is expected to trigger the next industrial revolution, completely changing the way many of us work and organise our lives. But when a technology is advancing so rapidly, it can become hard to keep up. In this guide, we make things simple by breaking down the jargon and explaining how AI can help you. We’ll give you an overview of the various AI tools available, and explain their capabilities and limitations. Discover the ways in which AI can help streamline everyday tasks, and learn more about how to use these technologies effectively and responsibly.

Название: Data Engineering for Beginners
Автор: Chisom Nwokwu
Издательство: Wiley
Год: 2026
Страниц: 384
Язык: английский
Формат: PDF, True/Retail EPUB
Размер: 12.3 MB

A hands-on technical and industry roadmap for aspiring data engineers. In Data Engineering for Beginners, big data expert Chisom Nwokwu delivers a beginner-friendly handbook for everyone interested in the fundamentals of data engineering. Whether you're interested in starting a rewarding, new career as a data analyst, data engineer, or data scientist, or seeking to expand your skillset in an existing engineering role, Nwokwu offers the technical and industry knowledge you need to succeed. This book is for curious beginners, anyone starting their career or pivoting into data engineering. This book was written specifically for you; it’s a roadmap that gives you a solid starting point. It breaks down data engineering concepts with clear explanations and practical examples, giving you a strong foundation. I remember how intimidating it was when I first started, and I wanted to create something that feels like a friendly guide, not a textbook. This book is also for software engineers, data analysts and scientists, and AI engineers in the room who keep hearing about data engineering at work but aren’t quite sure what it entails.

Название: Apache Hudi: The Definitive Guide: Building Robust, Open, and High-Performing Data Lakehouses (Final Release)
Автор: Shiyan Xu, Prashant Wason, Bhavani Sudha Saktheeswaran, Rebecca Bilbro
Издательство: O’Reilly Media, Inc.
Год: 2026
Страниц: 354
Язык: английский
Формат: epub
Размер: 10.1 MB

Overcome challenges in building transactional guarantees on rapidly changing data by using Apache Hudi. With this practical guide, data engineers, data architects, and software architects will discover how to seamlessly build an interoperable lakehouse from disparate data sources and deliver faster insights using your query engine of choice. Authors Shiyan Xu, Prashant Wason, Bhavani Sudha Saktheeswaran, and Rebecca Bilbro provide practical examples and insights to help you unlock the full potential of data lakehouses for different levels of analytics, from batch to interactive to streaming. You'll also learn how to evaluate storage choices and leverage built-in automated table optimizations to build, maintain, and operate production data applications. This book is written for practitioners: the engineers, architects, and technical leaders who design, build, and operate large-scale data platforms.

Название: Microsoft Power BI Visual Calculations: Simplifying DAX
Автор: Jeroen ter Heerdt, Madzy Stikkelorum, Marc Lelijveld
Издательство: Microsoft Press/Pearson Education
Год: 2026
Страниц: 353
Язык: английский
Формат: epub
Размер: 59.6 MB

Seasoned experts Jeroen ter Heerdt, Madzy Stikkelorum, and Marc Lelijveld help you master visual calculations in Power BI for transformative data insights Microsoft Power BI Visual Calculations: Simplifying DAX is a comprehensive guide that demystifies the innovative feature of visual calculations in Power BI. Jeroen, a Principal Product Manager at Microsoft, Madzy, a Data Analytics Consultant, and Marc, a Microsoft Data Platform MVP, bring their extensive expertise to this book, offering you a practical approach to mastering visual calculations. The book is designed to simplify DAX, making it accessible to beginners and empowering you to transform raw data into actionable insights. You will learn to implement visual calculations, understand their benefits, and apply them effectively in real-world scenarios, ultimately enhancing your ability to make data-driven decisions. DAX is a critical piece of Power BI. It allows authors to build reusable semantic models to power exploration, reporting, and AI. DAX measures express business logic as dynamic, reusable calculations that work across a variety of dimensions and scenarios.

Название: Supercomputers for Linux SysAdmins: Managing Modern HPC Clusters and Supercomputers from Software to Hardware
Автор: Sergey Zhumatiy
Издательство: Apress
Год: 2025
Страниц: 464
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf
Размер: 14.0 MB

Supercomputers and High Performance Computing (HPC) clusters are not so exotic as people imagine these days. They give companies the power of computation like no one server can give alone. They make new drugs and materials discoveries, universe modeling and AI training, crash simulations and market research possible – all thanks to HPC clusters. Building or renting a HPC cluster is not so difficult either as cloud providers can give you resources to build one cheap and performative enough to use yourself, so If you are or want to become HPC cluster Sysadmin or manager, this book is for you. This book helps those with a strong foundational knowledge in Linux, to deal with supercomputers and HPC clusters. We start with the basic principles of supercomputer management, fundamentals of Linux and UNIX, Shell Scripting and systemd and well as other open source tools and frameworks, taking you thorough the security, monitoring and hardware requirements for supercomputers and HPC clusters.

Название: Snowflake: The Definitive Guide: Architecting, Designing, and Deploying on the AI Data Cloud, 2nd Edition (Early Release)
Автор: Joyce Kay Avila
Издательство: O’Reilly Media, Inc.
Год: 2025-10-22
Страниц: 107
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf, epub
Размер: 10.1 MB

Snowflake is reshaping data management by integrating AI, analytics, and enterprise workloads into a single cloud platform. Snowflake: The Definitive Guide, second edition, is a comprehensive resource for data architects, engineers, and business professionals looking to harness Snowflake's evolving capabilities, including Cortex AI, Snowpark, and Polaris Catalog for Apache Iceberg. This updated edition provides real-world strategies and hands-on activities for optimizing performance, securing data, and building AI-driven applications. With hands-on SQL examples and best practices, this book helps readers process structured and unstructured data, implement scalable architectures, and integrate Snowflake's AI tools seamlessly. Whether you're setting up accounts, managing access controls, or leveraging generative AI, this guide equips you with the expertise to maximize Snowflake's potential.

Название: The SAP Fiori Handbook: A Step-By-Step Guide to SAP Fiori Essentials
Автор: Manpreet S. Brara, Subba Rao M. V. Parvathaneni
Издательство: Apress
Год: 2025
Страниц: 858
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf
Размер: 24.6 MB

The SAP Fiori Handbook is your one-stop-shop to turbo charge your UX skills to ensure your enterprise applications are more user-friendly and accessible. This handbook is broadly divided into four sections and provides you with an in-depth exploration of the SAP Fiori system with chapters offering a theoretical context as well as detailed, step-by-step explanations of the key concepts providing you with a systematic approach to deepen your understanding of the SAP Fiori environment. The book will cover everything from introductory concepts and installation before moving through the key elements of the SAP Fiori system, from the Fiori App, Launchpad Content Manager and SAP Fiori UI. We will also cover important topics like app support and troubleshooting and diving into SAP Fiori Reports too. SAP Fiori is the award-winning design system for all SAP products, available to you to create your own business applications with a great user experience (UX) – for web and mobile. For SAP Fiori administrators, consultants and Business Analysts as well as anyone responsible for configuring and maintaining the SAP Fiori launchpad experience for their company.

Название: FinOps for Snowflake: A Guide to Cloud Financial Optimization
Автор: Y V Ravi Kumar, Velu Natarajan, Parag Bhardwaj
Издательство: Apress
Год: 2025
Страниц: 383
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf
Размер: 22.0 MB

Unlock the full financial potential of your Snowflake environment. Learn how to cut costs, boost performance, and take control of your cloud data spend with FinOps for Snowflake—your essential guide to implementing a smart, automated, and Snowflake-optimized FinOps strategy. In today’s data-driven world, financial optimization on platforms like Snowflake is more critical than ever. Whether you're just beginning your FinOps journey or refining mature practices, this book provides a practical roadmap to align Snowflake usage with business goals, reduce costs, and improve performance—without compromising agility. Grounded in real-world case studies and packed with actionable strategies, FinOps for Snowflake shows how leading organizations are transforming their environments through automation, governance, and cost intelligence. You'll learn how to apply proven techniques for architecture tuning, workload and storage efficiency, and performance optimization—empowering you to make smarter, data-driven decisions. For data professionals, cloud engineers, FinOps practitioners, and finance teams seeking to improve cost visibility, operational efficiency, and financial accountability in Snowflake environments.

Название: How to Use Excel for Beginners
Автор: Grant D. Harper
Издательство: Grant D. Harper
Год: 2025
Формат: epub
Страниц: 175
Размер: 20.7 Мб
Язык: английский

Microsoft Excel can feel intimidating—but it doesn’t have to be. Imagine confidently organizing data, automating calculations, and creating professional reports—even if you’ve never touched a spreadsheet before.