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“…Jon Buttriss, Non-Executive Director, London Learning Consortium & Member of the IIBA Board of Directors ----- ''Technical Training Management’ provides a comprehensive framework for companies who are just getting their customer technical education programs off the ground, and a nice refresher for more seasoned leaders. Philip shares his real world experience and has also managed to provide a modern perspective on customer technical education models for today’s customer success focused world.' …”

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“…This guide shares fourteen separate, yet interconnected strategies for improving your company's innovation culture, and provides illustrative examples of real-world companies who are putting these plans into action. …”

“…Through practical, real-world examples, you'll start seeing how to implement TDD in context. …”

“…What You’ll Learn Know the shortcomings and challenges of current pipeline development such as misalignment between the pipeline engineer and the team’s workflow, the use of infrastructure as code (IaC), and pipeline security Understand the need for CI/CD requirements through the book's non-exhaustive list of more than 60 CI/CD requirements provided to inspire and increase awareness See how certain choices affect the way a pipeline is designed (and realized) Become familiar with branching strategy, build strategy, test strategy, release strategy, and deployment strategy that are explained in detail in the book, including their effect on pipeline design Know how pipelines can be unit tested, using a real-world example Know how performance bottlenecks in a pipeline occur, how they can be detected, and how they can be solved View a complete implementation, including code, showing how the guidelines in this book are applied to a real use case…”

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“…Hands-on exercises, real-world scenarios, and practical team-based decision-making tools will get everyone on board and give you the experience you need to become a confident software architect…”

“…What you will learn Master the basics of AI without any previous experience Build fun projects, including a virtual-self-driving car and a robot warehouse worker Use AI to solve real-world business problems Learn how to code in Python Discover the 5 principles of reinforcement learning Create your own AI toolkit Who this book is for If you want to add AI to your skillset, this book is for you. …”

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“…Simple illustrations clarify complex concepts, and case studies show how real-world companies are taking the next leap forward. …”

“…His example projects are simple enough to understand easily, but sophisticated enough to be valuable in real-world development. This book will be indispensable to every developer who wants to succeed with WebSphere Portlet Factory, including JavaTM, J2EETM, and SOA developers at all levels of expertise, as well as Lotus ® Notes ® developers transitioning to WebSphere Portal. …”