“…conversation with a fictional colleague, Roscoe Leroy, in a Socratic dialogue to illustrate the two sides to a point in many areas (reminiscent of Galileo's writings to explain his then-heretical views); in this case, Marasco's advice will help technology professionals escape the clutches of pervasive Dilbertian incompetence, and enable readers to be more effective in our ever-changing world." — Carl Selinge r, author of Stuff You Don't Learn in Engineering School: Skills for Success in the Real World (Wiley-IEEE Press), and contributing editor of IEEE Spectrum magazine The new software management classic: in-the-trenches wisdom from legendary project leader Joe Marasco Over the course of a distinguished career, Joe Marasco earned a reputation as the go-to software project manager: the one to call when you were facing a brutally tough, make-or-break project. …”

“…Brent has worked in fiber-optic manufacturing R&D and as a network consultant. Clare Gough, CCIE® No. 2893, is an instructor and a consultant with more than 18 years of practical experience in computer networking. …”

“…Drawing on objective data and proven, backtested strategies, Appel shows how to quickly move into the r..…”

“…Software packages on Linux include the Samba file server and Apache Web server; the X Window System (X11R6); TCP/IP networking (including PPP, SSH, and NFS support); popular software tools such as Emacs and TeX; a complete software development environment including C, C++, Java, Perl, Tcl/Tk, and Python; libraries, debuggers, multimedia support, scientific and database applications, and much more. …”

“…Watlington , Ph.D., A.P.R., Owner, Searching for Profit "With The Truth About Profiting from Social Networking , Rutledge provides deep insights into social networking and how to profit from its proper usage, both financially and in your career." …”

“…Understand how to Learn about the new features of Service Pack 1 (SP1) and the SQL Server 2008 R2 release Quickly take advantage of Microsoft’s newest SQL Server Reporting Services enhancements Use Reporting Services to identify trends and solve real business problems Master report authoring–from basic, wizard-driven techniques to the cutting edge Group, sort, and aggregate data, and define the right scope for your information Utilize advanced report formatting techniques Work effectively with multidimensional sources Manage report data sources and models Secure reports against attacks and intrusions Customize Reporting Services with embedded functions, custom assemblies, URL access, Web Services, and other extensions Thoroughly integrate SQL Server reporting into any SharePoint site Michael Lisin, lead author of Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services , has years of field experience working with SQL Server Reporting Services at Microsoft and delivering solutions for Microsoft’s enterprise customers. …”

“…Whether you're leading change or changing your life, this book delivers." -- Stephen R. Covey, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People "Ideas can change the world—but only when coupled with influence--the ability to change hearts, minds, and behavior. …”

“…Keith Barker, CCIE No. 6783 (R&S and Security), is a 27-year veteran of the networking industry. …”

“…. • Document Sharing –Share your document with colleagues real-time and communicate with them via instant messaging using Office Communicator 2007 R2. • PowerPoint Web App –View and edit PowerPoint presentations on the web using the external PowerPoint web application. …”

“…Inside the pages of Objections , you’ll gain deep insight into: How to get past the natural human fear of NO and become rejection proof The science of resistance and why buyers throw out objections Human influence frameworks that turn you into a master persuader The key to avoiding embarrassing red herrings that derail sales calls How to leverage the “Magical Quarter of a Second” to instantly gain control of your emotions when you get hit with difficult objections Proven objection turn-around frameworks that give you confidence and control in virtually every sales situation How to easily skip past reflex r..…”

“…Highlights include: Keynote speeches, including Eva Kaili (European Parliament) on data protection and innovation; Christine Foster (Alan Turing Institute) on building the data-driven future we want to live in; and Pierre Romera (ICIJ) on the challenges of sifting through 1.4 TB of data to produce journalism's headline generating "Paradise Papers" Sessions on Data Science and Machine Learning, including Jaya Mathew and Francesca Lazzeri (Microsoft) on using deep learning models for fraud detection; Ted Dunning (MapR Technologies) on AI Rendezvous technology; Paco Nathan (O'Reilly Media) and Ihab Ilyas (University of Waterloo) on HITL/human guided machine learning; Elisa Celis (EPFL) on fairness and diversity in online social systems; and David Talby (Pacific AI) on natural language understanding at scale with spaCy and Spark NLP Sessions on Data Engineering and Architecture, including Jim Webber (Neo4j) on Neo4j's new causal clustering architecture; Dean Wampler (Lightbend) on streaming microservices with Akka Streams and Kafka Streams; Flavio Junqueira (Dell EMC) on building stream pipelines with Pravega; and Jacques Nadeau (Dremio) on using Apache Arrow for high-speed data access The Strata Business Summit, including Executive Briefings on key issues such as predictive analytics and machine learning, Cloud strategy, governance security and privacy, and AI by luminaries such as Audrey Lobo-Pulo (The Australian Treasury), Kim Nilsson (Pivigo), Martin Goodson (Evolution AI), Simon Chan (Salesforce), and Ira Cohen (Anodot) FinData Day with sessions on using big da..…”

“…Later you'll discover how to store the regression model housing price prediction result to the database and display the real-time predicted results from the database on your web application using ASP.NET Core Blazor and SignalR. By the end of this book, you'll have learned how to confidently perform basic to advanced-level machine learning tasks in ML.NET. …”

“…What you will learn Set up Xamarin.Forms to build native apps with code-sharing capabilities Understand the core aspects of developing a mobile app, such as its layout, UX, and rendering Use custom renderers to gain platform-specific access Discover how to create custom layouts for your apps with Xamarin.Forms Shell Use Azure SignalR to implement serverless services in your Xamarin apps Create an augmented reality (AR) game for Android and iOS using ARCore and ARKit, respectively Build and train machine learning models using CoreML, TensorFlow, and Az..…”

“…About the Instructor Kevin Wallace, CCIEx2 (Collaboration and R/S) No. 7945, CCSI No. 20061 With Cisco experience dating back to 1989, Kevin has been a network design specialist for the Walt Disney World Resort, an instructor of Cisco courses for Skillsoft, and a network manager for Eastern Kentucky University. …”

“…By the end of this book, you’ll have learned how to leverage ASP.NET Core 5 to build and deploy dynamic websites and services in a variety of real-world scenarios.What you will learnExplore the new features and APIs introduced in ASP.NET Core 5 and BlazorPut basic ASP.NET Core 5 concepts into practice with the help of clear and simple samplesWork with Entity Framework Core and its different workflows to implement your application’s data accessDiscover the different web frameworks that ASP.NET Core 5 offers for building web appsGet to grips with the basics of building RESTful web APIs to work with real dataDeploy your web apps in AWS, Azure, and Docker containersWork with SignalR to add real-time notifications to your appWho this book is forThis book is for developers who want to learn how to develop web-based applications using the ASP.NET Core framework. …”

“…Next, in Valuation for Mergers and Acquisitions, Second Edition, Barbara S. Petitt and Kenneth R. Ferris present a complete, practitioner-oriented view of valuation in the context of M&A and corporate restructurings. …”

“…—John Carey, Chief Technology Officer, C.O.R.E. Feature Animation OpenGL® Shading Language, Second Edition , extensively updated for OpenGL 2.0, is the experienced application programmer's guide to writing shaders. …”

“…Note: The asset files are included with this course; just note that the Ray and R2D2 models are with a non-commercial license, and you can't use those models in a commercial project, just for personal use only. …”

“…It really works miracles!” —David R. Hibbard, President, Dialexis IncTM “ What Great Salespeople Do humanizes the sales process.” …”

“…Whether you're leading change or changing your life, this book delivers." -- Stephen R. Covey, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People "Ideas can change the world—but only when coupled with influence--the ability to change hearts, minds, and behavior. …”