“…Data professionals seeking to excel in Transact-SQL (T-SQL) for Microsoft SQL Server and Azure SQL Database often lack comprehensive resources. …”

“…Embark on a transformative journey to becoming a cloud solution architect with a roadmap, expert insights, and practical knowledge to excel in your career Key Features Gain clarity on where to start your journey into cloud architecture Debunk common misconceptions about cloud platforms for informed decision-making Equip yourself with strategies for career success, skill enhancement, and certifications Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook Book Description In the fast-paced tech world where businesses rely ever more on cloud infrastructure, the role of a cloud solution architect serves as the backbone of operations. …”

“…You'll prepare for the exam, learn the information you need in an industry interview, and get ready to excel in your first networking role. These practice tests gauge your skills in deploying wired and wireless devices; understanding network documentation and the purpose of network services; work with datacenter, cloud, and virtual networking concepts; monitor network activity; and more. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Accessing DB2 dimensional data using Office Connect -- 6.1 Product overview -- 6.2 Architecture and components -- 6.3 Accessing OLAP metadata and data in DB2 -- 6.3.1 Prepare metadata -- 6.3.2 Launch Excel and load Office Connect Add-in -- 6.3.3 Connect to OLAP-aware database (data source) in DB2 -- 6.3.4 Import cube metadata -- 6.3.5 Bind data to Excel worksheet -- 6.4 OLAP style operations in Office Connect -- 6.5 Saving and deleting reports -- 6.6 Refreshing data -- 6.7 Optimizing for better performance -- 6.7.1 Enable SQLDebug trace in Office Connect -- 6.7.2 Use DB2 Explain to check if SQL is routed to the MQT -- 6.7.3 Scenario demonstrating benefit of optimization -- Chapter 7. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…ISDR-ICL Sendai Partnerships 2015-2025 -- The ISDR-ICL Sendai Partnerships 2015-2025: Background and Content -- Forum lectures -- Rupestrian world heritage sites: Instability investigation and sustainable mitigation -- Subaerial landslide-generated waves: Numerical and laboratory simulations -- Rockfall occurrence and fragmentation -- Contribution from signatory organizations of the Sendai Partnerships -- International Consortium on Landslides (ICL) -- International Consortium on Landslides (ICL) - The proposing organization of the ISDR-ICL Sendai partnerships 2015-2025 -- United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) -- UNISDR‘s Contribution to Science and Technology for Disaster Risk Reduction and the Role of the International Consortium on Landslides (ICL) -- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) -- UNESCO’s Contribution to the Implementation of UNISDR’s Global Initiative and ICL -- United Nations University (UNU) -- The United Nations University: Research and Policy Support for Environmental Risk Reduction -- World Meteorological Organization (WMO) -- Concerted International Efforts for Advancing Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems -- International Council for Science (ICSU) -- On Future Challenges for the Integration of Science into International Policy Development for Landslide Disaster Risk Reduction -- World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO) -- World Federation of Engineering Organizations Activities in Disaster Risk Reduction -- Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University -- National Civil Protection Department, Italian Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Government of Italy -- Understanding and Reducing Landslide Disaster Risk: Challenges and Opportunities for Italian Civil Protection -- Landslide Dynamics: ISDR-ICL Landslide Interactive Teaching Tools (LITT) -- Progress of the World Report on Landslides -- International Programme on Landslides (IPL): Objectives, History and List of World Centres of Excellence and IPL Projects -- UNESCO-KU-ICL UNITWIN Cooperation Programme for Landslides and Water-Related Disaster Risk Management. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- ISSUES AND PROBLEMS GOING FORWARD -- Bibliography -- 6 - The Business and Government Interface -- THE GOALS OF BUSINESS -- Private Goals -- Social Goals -- THE GOALS OF GOVERNMENT -- Business Partner or Police Officer -- The Transaction Cost Approach -- PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS -- Definition -- Intent -- Some Examples -- Operations Collaboration: The Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations -- Research Collaboration: DHS Centers of Excellence -- Limitations and Outsourcing Security -- ISSUES AND PROBLEMS GOING FORWARD -- Bibliography -- 7 - Trade Efficiency and Security: Are They a Trade-off? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…BPQM: Studying the Tailoring of a General Quality Model to a Specific Domain -- An Ontological Approach for the Quality Assessment of Computer Science Conferences -- Using Practitioners for Assessing the Understandability of UML Statechart Diagrams with Composite States -- RIGiM 2007 – International Workshop on Requirements, Intentions and Goals in Conceptual Modelling -- Preface to RIGiM 2007 -- Keynote -- An Ontology for Requirements -- Requirements and Goals – Methods -- GOORE : Goal-Oriented and Ontology Driven Requirements Elicitation Method -- Early Prioritisation of Goals -- Goal-Aligned Requirements Generation -- A Model-Driven Goal-Oriented Requirement Engineering Approach for Data Warehouses -- Visually Effective Goal Models Using KAOS -- Agent Based Executable Conceptual Models Using i* and CASO -- Requirements and Goals – Concepts -- Achieving, Satisficing, and Excelling -- On the Adequacy of i* Models for Representing and Analyzing Software Architectures -- Extending Argumentation to Goal-Oriented Requirements Engineering -- SeCoGIS 2007 – International Workshop on Semantic and Conceptual Issues in Geographic Information Systems -- Preface to SeCoGIS 2007 -- Moving Objects -- Modeling Historical and Future Spatio-temporal Relationships of Moving Objects in Databases -- Towards a Semantic Spatial Model for Pedestrian Indoor Navigation -- Modeling Collaborative Semantics with a Geographic Recommender -- Dynamically Traveling Web Service Clustering Based on Spatial and Temporal Aspects -- Advances in Conceptual Modelling for GIS -- A Graph-Oriented Model and Query Language for Events -- PLR Partitions: A Conceptual Model of Maps -- A Conceptual Framework to Support Semantic Interoperability of Geospatial Datacubes -- Integrity Constraints and Approximate Reasoning -- On Languages for the Specification of Integrity Constraints in Spatial Conceptual Models -- Approximate Queries by Relaxing Structural Constraints in GIS -- Ensuring the Semantic Correctness of Complex Regions…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…4.4 SAP Java Connector: Accessing the SAP System from the Oracle Database4.5 Excel-like Expression Parser in the Database; Chapter 5. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Linear Programming Methods for Optimum Design 6.1 Definition of a Standard Linear Programming Problem; 6.2 Basic Concepts Related to Linear Programming Problems; 6.3 Basic Ideas and Steps of the Simplex Method; 6.4 Two-Phase Simplex Method-Artificial Variables; 6.5 Postoptimality Analysis; 6.6 Solution of LP Problems Using Excel Solver; Exercises for Chapter 6; 7. More on Linear Programming Methods for Optimum Design; 7.1 Derivation of the Simplex Method; 7.2 Alternate Simplex Method; 7.3 Duality in Linear Programming; Exercises for Chapter 7…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Programming -- Graphical -- Problems solved by Simulink -- Software specification -- Software development -- Software testing -- Simulink drawbacks -- Where Simulink excels -- Summary -- 2. Creating a Model -- The MATLAB environment -- Command Window - how MATLAB talks to us -- The workspace - our treasury chest -- The working folder - where MATLAB saves our work -- The path - where MATLAB finds the tools -- The Simulink interface -- Our first model - a cruise controller -- Step 1 - create and save the model -- Step 2 - do comment the code! …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…ve now got -- Persuade more people to say "yes" -- Understand what really motivates people -- Say things that excite people -- Align your agenda to everyone else's -- Get an enthusiastic "yes" very quickly -- Prove you're someone's best option -- Make a sale -- Write a winning proposal or sales presentation -- Stand out from the crowd -- Cause long-term change, not a short-term blip -- Use the best communication channel to get a quick "yes -- Create titles that instantly grab people -- Write eye-catching introductions -- Use analogies to make your point -- Structure your communications so they're more persuasive -- Pass an exam -- Get a job interview -- Enjoy your job more -- Ensure everyone : including you : thinks you're great -- Build powerful relationships quickly -- Get things right first time -- Deliver interesting presentations that impress everyone -- Use "word pictures" to help people remember things -- Use initials to help people remember things -- Use games and activities to make your point -- Enjoy using powerpoint -- Create great visuals to enhance your message -- Start a presentation brilliantly (when your audience is large and/or doesn't know you) -- Appear polished, even if you haven't practiced much -- Prepare for and deliver an excellent q&a session -- Ensure your important initiatives succeed -- Have good two-way conversations -- Enjoy attending networking events -- Help people read your documents quickly -- Improve people's performance through observation and coaching -- Improve people's performance after annual reviews -- Improve people's performance when you delegate to them -- Section E: Eliminate the negatives -- Stop saying "no" too quickly -- Say "no" in a way that doesn't cause you problems -- Come up with good ideas, but can't think of any -- R emove someone's concerns about what you're planning to do -- Remove someone's final reason for saying "no" -- Get good outcomes from challenging conversations -- Stop procrastinating about having challenging conversations -- Stop your messages becoming diluted -- Stop diluting other people's messages -- Stop hating presentations -- Avoid people instantly doubting your credibility -- Stop wasting your time with people who can't make decisions -- Prevent avoidable disasters -- Stop saying irrelevant stuff -- Break the pattern of hearing useful ideas, but doing nothing with them -- Conclusion: build momentum : to keep your snowball rolling, just turn right -- Appendix: Useful communication templates -- And for more help -- Acknowledgments -- About andy bounds -- Index…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Getting the Most Out of Your Scripts; ADSI; ADO; Defining Variables and Error Checking; Using Command-Line Options in a Script; Writing the Output of a Script to a File; Sending the Output of a Script in Email; Reading and Writing from Excel…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Lora Saalman, Senior Fellow, EastWest Institute; Associate Senior Fellow, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute -- 8 Influence Operations and the Modern Information Environment / Björn Palmertz, Senior Analyst, CATS, Swedish Defence University -- 9 Hybrid Threats and New Challenges for Multilateral Intelligence Cooperation / Henrik Hg̃gström, Senior Analyst, Center for Asymmetric Threat Studies (CATS), Swedish Defence University -- 10 Cyberwarfare and the Internet: the Implications of a More Digitalized World / Anne-Marie Eklund-Löwinder, Head of Security, The Swedish Internet Foundation and Cryptographic Officer at the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Anna Djup, Analyst, Information Assurance, Center for Asymmetric Threat Studies (CATS), Swedish Defence University -- 11 The US and Hybrid Challenges: Past, Present and Future / Jed Willard, Director of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Center for Global Engagement, Harvard University -- 12 China's Political Warfare in Taiwan: Strategies, Methods, and Global Implication Dr Gulizar Haciyakupoglu, Research Fellow, the Centre of Excellence for National Security (CENS), S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore / Dr Michael Raska, Assistant Professor, Coordinator of Military Transformations Programme, IDSS, RSIS, Singapore -- 13 Hybrid Warfare in the Baltics / Dr Dorthe Bach Nyemann, Associate Professor in International Relations, Institute for Strategy, Royal Danish Defence College -- 14 De-Hybridization and Conflict Narration: Ukraine's Defence against Russian Hybrid Warfare / Dr. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…"Winning as One" with Sustainability at the Core -- Embedding Sustainability into Everything We Do -- Chapter 5 Leadership Throughout the Organization: 48,000 Strong and Counting -- Leadership at Every Level: Selecting Good People -- Leadership at Every Level: Making Good People Better -- The Strategic Foundation: The Medical School Model -- The Tactical Model: The Structure of Development -- Lessons for Leaders -- Conclusion -- Emilio's Thoughts -- Chapter 6 Creating a Sustainable Product Pipeline -- Customer Intimacy as the Core Strategy -- The Job-to-Be-Done Framework -- Customer Intimacy and Sustainability -- Customer Intimacy and RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, &amp -- ENGINEERING -- Customer-Centric Research -- Future Focused -- Lessons for Leaders -- Conclusion -- Emilio's Thoughts -- Chapter 7 Acquisitions: Sustainability Through Addition -- Acquisitions: A Primer -- Acquisitions at Ecolab -- Role: An Operating Company -- Fit: Growth and Relatedness of Products or Processes -- Expected Value: Synergies and Other Ss -- Integration: Managing for Value -- Acquisitions and Sustainability -- Lessons for Leaders -- Conclusion -- Emilio's Thoughts -- Harnessing the Combined Power of Two Global Leaders -- Siblings Reunited -- Chapter 8 Divestiture: Sustainability through Subtraction -- Divestiture and Market/Capability Fit -- Apollo Technologies: A Mistimed Market and Capability Stretch -- ChemLawn: More Market Mismatch and Company Misfit -- Divestiture and Sustainability -- Risk Aversion and Mistakes -- Corporate Identity and Vision -- Lessons for Leaders -- Conclusion -- Emilio's Thoughts -- Chapter 9 Catalyzing Sustainability Through Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships -- Partnering to Promote Water Stewardship -- The Eight I's that Create Successful We's -- Individual Excellence -- Importance -- Interdependence -- Investment -- Information and Integration…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Predictively Unpredictable -- 7.6. Most Useful and Excellent Designs -- 8. Conclusion -- 8.1. Schrodinger's Frozen Duck -- 8.2. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…4.3 Exkurs: Aby Warburgs Pathosformeln -- 4.4 Ideology at Work -- 5 Fallstudie 2: Das Selfie als Kulturtechnik -- 5.1 Zu-Sehen-Geben -- 5.2 Doing Image: Amalia Ulmans Performance Excellences &amp -- Perfections -- 5.3 Ideology at Work -- 6 Fallstudie 3: Die Filmbilder vom Plattenbau -- 6.1 Zu-Sehen-Geben -- 6.2 Doing Image -- 6.2.1 Die Legende von Paul und Paula -- 6.2.2 Halbe Treppe -- 6.2.3 Good Bye, Lenin! …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Chapter 3: Lean Government in the United States -- 3.1 Department of Veterans Affairs -- 3.2 Department of Defense -- 3.3 The Department of Homeland Security -- 3.4 The Department of Health and Human Services -- 3.5 International Government Communities -- Section II: Lean Six Sigma, Operational Excellence, and Continuous Improvement -- Introduction -- Chapter 4: Core Knowledge -- 4.1 Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control -- 4.2 Plan-Do-Check-Act -- 4.3 DMAIC and PDCA -- 4.4 Rapid Improvement or Kaizen Event Models -- 4.5 Discussion -- Chapter 5: Lean Six Sigma Basics -- 5.1 Discussion…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Introduction: The Power of Amping Up -- Get the Lay of the Land -- Organizational Scan -- Chapter 2 My Journey from Teenage Toilet Cleaner to Serial CEO -- Career Highlights -- Tough Times -- You as a Leader -- Chapter 3 Make Your Organization Mission Driven -- Draft Your Mission -- Big, but Not Impossible -- Clarify Your Mission -- Measuring Your Mission -- Living the Mission Every Day -- Chapter 4 Declare War on Your Competitors and on Incrementalism -- Know Your Enemy -- Know Yourself -- Banish Incrementalism -- Adopt a Growth Mindset -- Outpace Your Competition with a Growth Plan -- Leading Your Team into Battle -- Chapter 5 Put Execution Ahead of Strategy -- Set a Career Path for Execution Excellence -- Evaluate Your Execution: On Your Own -- Consider Alternatives -- Evaluate Your Strategy: With Your Team -- Chapter 6 Hire Drivers, Not Passengers, and Get the Wrong People Off the Bus -- Drivers and Passengers -- Make Room for More Drivers -- Drive Active Recruitment -- Perform Active Calibration -- Manager Evaluation -- Peer Evaluation -- Calibration -- Chapter 7 Build a Strong Culture -- Clarify Your Cultural Values -- Culture through Accountability -- Protect Your Culture -- Chapter 8 Teach Everyone to Go Direct and Build Mutual Trust -- Identify Silos -- Go Direct -- Step into a High-Trust Environment -- Chapter 9 Put Analysis Before Solutions -- When the Solution Is the Problem -- Diagnose Your Problem -- Pre-interview Planning -- Evaluation -- New-Hire Calibration -- Improving Future Analysis -- Chapter 10 Align Incentives for Customer Success -- Support Your Customers at Every Level -- Chapter 11 Ramp Up Sales -- Get the Timing Right -- Cross the Chasm -- Establish Your Process -- Evaluating Resources -- Chapter 12 Grow Fast or Die Slow -- Build Your Growth Model…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Identifying stakeholders impacted by change -- Timing your change management activities by Salesforce project phase -- Using a change management framework -- Envisioning your Salesforce Center of Excellence -- Understanding the purpose of a Salesforce Center of Excellence -- Drafting the charter for your Salesforce CoE -- Determining the structure and responsibilities of your Salesforce CoE -- Creating a roadmap for your Salesforce program -- Iterating in the pre-development phase -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Securing Funding and Engaging with Salesforce and Implementation Partners -- Creating a business case to secure funding -- Determining KPIs and targets for your required business capabilities -- Creating the business case for your Salesforce project -- Presenting your Salesforce project business case -- Engaging with Salesforce and implementation partners -- Engaging with Salesforce -- Engaging with implementation partners -- Iterating in the pre-development phase -- Summary -- Chapter 5: Common Issues to Avoid in the Pre-Development Phase -- Introducing issues and root cause analysis -- Common issues in the pre-development phase and their root causes -- Difficulties in securing funding for your Salesforce project -- Difficulties in defining the nature of your Salesforce project -- Slow progress in the pre-development phase -- Evaluating the state of your Salesforce project -- Checklist for your Salesforce project in the pre-development phase -- Summary -- Part 2: The Development Phase -- Chapter 6: Detailing the Scope and Design of Your Initial Release -- Overview of the development phase of your Salesforce project -- Key activities and milestones of the development phase -- Duration of the development phase -- The role of your Salesforce CoE in the development phase -- Detailing the scope of your initial release…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…24 Working with Multiple Projects -- Using Windows Commands -- Comparing Project Versions -- Displaying Tasks from Different Projects in the Same Window -- Creating Master Projects -- Creating Links Between Tasks in Separate Projects -- Consultants' Tips -- 25 Resolving Resource Allocation Problems -- Understanding How Resource Allocation Problems Occur -- Visualizing Resource Allocation Conditions -- Strategies for Correcting Resource Allocation Problems -- Consultants' Tips -- 26 Exporting and Importing Project Data -- Exchanging Project Files Across Microsoft Project Versions -- Exchanging Microsoft Project Data with Other Applications -- Working with Import/Export Maps to Select Your Project Data -- Exchanging Data with Microsoft Excel -- Working with Web-Enabled Project Data -- Working with Text File Formats -- Importing a Task List from Outlook -- Consultants' Tips -- 27 Manipulating Data Using Other Applications -- Copying Data Between Applications -- Linking Data Between Applications -- Working with Objects -- Placing Objects into Microsoft Project -- Placing Objects into Other Applications -- Consultants' Tips -- Index…”