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Chatbots for eCommerce: Learn how to build a virtual shopping assistant
Author Joshua Hoover , Rania Zyane , Amit Kothari
If you are a developer interested in learning how to build your own conversational bot from scratch, this book is for you. Upon completion of this book you will be able to build a text-based Facebook Messenger bot and a voice-based custom skill for Amazon’s A....
Release Date 2017/08 -
Linux Hardening in Hostile Networks: Server Security from TLS to Tor
Author Kyle Rankin
Implement Industrial-Strength Security on Any Linux ServerIn an age of mass surveillance, when advanced cyberwarfare weapons rapidly migrate into every hacker's toolkit, you can't rely on outdated security methods-especially if you're responsible for Internet-fa....
Release Date 2017/07 -
Protect Your Project From Escalating Doubts
Author Thomas G. Lechler , Aaron J. Shenhar , Dov Dvir , Steven Spear , Ranga V. Ramasesh
Many projects are launched with great promise but lose traction and momentum during project delivery, when the real work of the initiative is underway. Shifting organizational priorities, changes in leadership, and distrust of information about the project’s....
Release Date 2017/04 -
Cloud Data Sharing with IBM Spectrum Scale
Author Larry Coyne , Ranjith Rajagopalan Nair , Stan Li , Rishika Kedia , Ryan Marchese , Al
This IBM® Redpaper™ publication provides information to help you with the sizing, configuration, and monitoring of hybrid cloud solutions using the Cloud data sharing feature of IBM Spectrum Scale™. IBM Spectrum Scale, formerly IBM General Parallel File System (IBM....
Release Date 2017/02 -
Airborne Electronic Hardware Design Assurance
Author Roy Vandermolen , Randall Fulton
Written by a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) consultant designated engineering representative (DER) and an electronics hardware design engineer who together taught the DO-254 class at the Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics, Inc. (RTCA) in Washington, D....
Release Date 2017/01 -
Author Tom Phoenix , brian d foy , Randal L. Schwartz
If you’re just getting started with Perl, this is the book you want—whether you’re a programmer, system administrator, or web hacker. Nicknamed "the Llama" by two generations of users, this bestseller closely follows the popular introductory Perl course taught by t....
Release Date 2016/10 -
Mastering Business Intelligence with MicroStrategy
Author Ning Ma , Himani Rana , Dmitry Anoshin
Build world-class enterprise Business Intelligence solutions with MicroStrategy 10About This BookFix the gap between BI tools and implementation/integration processes with big data and predictive analytics using this comprehensive guide to MicroStrategy 10Highly pr....
Release Date 2016/07 -
Author James F. Ransome , John W. Rittinghouse
Cloud Computing: Implementation, Management, and Security provides an understanding of what cloud computing really means, explores how disruptive it may become in the future, and examines its advantages and disadvantages. It gives business executives the knowledge n....
Release Date 2016/04 -
How Walmart Became a Cloud Services Provider with IBM CICS
Author Matthew Webster , Phil Wakelin , Kellie Mathis , Rich Jackson , Mark Hollands , Randy
The world has changed. With the new cloud options, enterprises no longer must rely on only their IT organization to meet their computing needs. Business units now have options that were not available just a few years ago. They can get some of their needs met by tra....
Release Date 2016/04 -
Author Li Ran , Chong Ng
Offshore Wind Farms: Technologies, Design and Operation provides the latest information on offshore wind energy, one of Europe’s most promising and quickly maturing industries, and a potentially huge untapped renewable energy source which could contribute signific....
Release Date 2016/03 -
Modeling and Optimization of Parallel and Distributed Embedded Systems
Author Sanjay Ranka , Ann Gordon-Ross , Arslan Munir
This book introduces the state-of-the-art in research in parallel and distributed embedded systems, which have been enabled by developments in silicon technology, micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS), wireless communications, computer networking, and digital ele....
Release Date 2016/02 -
Author Yvonne Randle , Eric G. Flamholtz
An insightful and practical toolkit for managing organizational growthGrowing Pains is the definitive guide to the life cycle of an organization, and the optimization strategies that make the organization stronger. Whether growth is rapid, slow, or not occurring at....
Release Date 2015/11 -
Author Daniel Murphy , Randall W. Ferris
Workplace Safety: Establishing an Effective Violence Prevention Program includes a powerful model on how to overcome organizational rationalization, objection, and denial when confronted with proposing a workplace violence protection program. The book offers real-....
Release Date 2015/10 -
Author Vishal Ranapariya , Yogesh Prajapati
Over 50 recipes to help you build dynamic and powerful real-time Java Hibernate applicationsAbout This BookLearn to associate JDBC and Hibernate with object persistenceManage association mappings, implement basic annotations and learn cachingGet to grips with Hiber....
Release Date 2015/09 -
Project Sponsorship: Achieving Management Commitment for Project Success, Second Edition
Author Alfonso Bucero , Randall Englund
The second edition of Project Sponsorship—which includes an Appendix with new case studies, expanded assessment tools, and templates—shows how project sponsors and project managers can develop the skills they need to manage successful projects. Randall ....
Release Date 2015/09 -
Expert Oracle Exadata, Second Edition
Author Tanel Poder , Kerry Osborne , Randy Johnson , Frits Hoogland , Andy Colvin , Karl Ara
Expert Oracle Exadata, 2nd Edition opens up the internals of Oracle's Exadata platform so that you can fully benefit from the most performant and scalable database hardware appliance capable of running Oracle Database. This edition is fully-updated to cover Exadata....
Release Date 2015/08 -
The New Mission for Multinationals
Author Jonathan Doh , George S. Yip , Yadong Luo , U. Srinivasa Rangan , Pankaj Ghemawat , K
Not long ago, many observers worried that ever-expanding multinationals — many of which had revenues exceeding the gross domestic products of smaller countries — were going to take over the world. But as globalization marches onward, pow....
Release Date 2015/07 -
The Art, Science, and Craft of Great Landscape Photography
Author Glenn Randall
The Art, Science, and Craft of Great Landscape Photography teaches photographers how to convert their visual peak experiences-moments of extraordinary natural beauty that evoke a sense of wonder and awe-into stunning images that elicit the same awestruck emotion in ....
Release Date 2015/03 -
Author Tim Meyer , Glenn Rand
Glenn Rand, longtime photographic educator, and Tim Meyer, Lead Portrait Instructor at Brooks Institute, have collaborated to create a thorough and balanced textbook on the modern techniques and practice of portrait photography. They have crafted a definitive resour....
Release Date 2014/11 -
Author K. Aava Rani
Learn to implement physics in interactive development using the powerful components of Unity3D In DetailUnity is a powerful game development engine that provides rich functionalities to create 2D and 3D games. Developers get the opportunity to build cross-platform m....
Release Date 2014/10 -
Autodesk 3ds Max 2015 Essentials: Autodesk Official Press
Author Dariush Derakhshani , Randi L. Derakhshani
Get up to speed quickly with this compelling, full-color guide to Autodesk 3ds MaxWith its real-world, hands-on exercises, Autodesk 3ds Max 2015 Essentials helps new users learn the fundamentals of Autodesk 3ds Max quickly become productive. The task-based tutorials....
Release Date 2014/07 -
Author S. Ranganathan , Jien-Wei Yeh , B.S. Murty
This book provides a complete review of the current state of the art in the field of high entropy alloys (HEA). The conventional approach to alloy design is to select one principal element and add elements to it in minor quantities in order to improve the properties....
Release Date 2014/06 -
Developing Successful Marketing Strategies
Author Gary W. Randazzo
What’s your organization’s marketing strategy? Does your company meet real life marketing challenges head on and with success? This book provides a unique approach by using your organization’s mission and vision statements to guide the development of marketing goals....
Release Date 2014/05 -
Professional Application Lifecycle Management with Visual Studio 2013
Author Martin Woodward , Brian Keller , Brian Keller , Brian A. Randell , Martin Hinshelwoo
Ramp up your software development with this comprehensive resourceMicrosoft's Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) makes software development easier and now features support for iOS, MacOS, Android, and Java development. If you are an application developer, some ....
Release Date 2014/03 -
Volcanic Gas Reservoir Characterization
Author Min Tong , Lin Yan , Yuanhui Sun , Yongjun Wang , Qiquan Ran
Volcanic gas reservoirs are the new natural gas frontier. Once thought too complex, too harsh on the drilling bit, and too difficult to characterize, reservoir engineers and petroleum geologists alike now manage more advanced seismic and logging tools, making these ....
Release Date 2014/03 -
IBM zEnterprise System Technical Introduction
Author Chen Zhu , Andre Spahni , Vicente Ranieri Jr. , Martijn Raave , Ewerson Palacio , Fra
In a smarter planet, information-centric processes are exploding in growth. The mainframe has always been the IT industry's leading platform for transaction processing, consolidated and secure data serving, and support for available enterprise-wide applications. IB....
Release Date 2014/03 -
Acquisition Essentials, 2nd Edition
Author Mr. Peter Howson , Mr. Denzil Rankine
The comprehensive and crystal-clear companion to making the right acquisition decisions and executing them well:Acquisition is the most powerful corporate development tool available to companies and will therefore always be on the business agenda. Very practical an....
Release Date 2014/01 -
Microsoft SharePoint 2013 Administration Inside Out
Author CA Callahan Randy Williams Chris Givens , Milan Gross , Brian Alderman , and Javier
Conquer Microsoft SharePoint 2013 administration—from the inside out!Dive into SharePoint 2013 administration—and really put your systems expertise to work! This supremely organized reference packs hundreds of timesaving solutions, troubleshooting tips, and workarou....
Release Date 2014/01 -
Author Anmol Misra , James Ransome
"... an engaging book that will empower readers in both large and small software development and engineering organizations to build security into their products. ... Readers are armed with firm solutions for the fight against cyber threats."—Dr. Dena Haritos Tsamiti....
Release Date 2013/12 -
IBM zEnterprise EC12 Technical Guide
Author Parwez Hamid , Chen Zhu , Andre Spahni , Ewerson Palacio , Vicente Ranieri , Frank Pa
The popularity of the Internet and the affordability of IT hardware and software have resulted in an explosion of applications, architectures, and platforms. Workloads have changed. Many applications, including mission-critical ones, are deployed on various platform....
Release Date 2013/12