“…Keynote highlights include Martin Woodward's (DevOps program manager, Microsoft) tale of how Microsoft transitioned 65,000 Microsofties to DevOps in the public cloud; Dianne Marsh's (director of engineering, Cloud Tools, Netflix) reflections on how things have changed (and stayed the same) in her 30-year software career; Kelsey Hightower's (staff developer advocate, Google Cloud Platform) recount of his experiences building cloud-native applications with Kubernetes and Istio; and Cliff Crocker's (VP Product, Akamai) talk on "The False Dichotomy of Finders Versus Fixers" (you have to see/hear it to understand it). …”

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“…What you will learn Prevent deadlocks and race conditions with managed threading Update Windows app UIs without causing exceptions Explore best practices for introducing asynchronous constructs to existing code Avoid pitfalls when introducing parallelism to your code Implement the producer-consumer pattern with Dataflow blocks Enforce data sorting when processing data in parallel and safely merge data from multiple sources Use concurrent collections that help synchronize data across threads Debug an everyday parallel app with the Parallel Stacks and Parallel Tasks windows Who this book is for This book is for beginner to intermediate-level .NET developers who want to employ the latest parallel and concurrency features in .NET when building their applications. …”

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“…Moving ahead, you will learn how to manage safe roll outs of cloud infrastructure with Terraform. …”

“…How did we get here, what are the immediate threats, what are the planetary boundaries that we need to peel back to safe levels, and what impact does IT have on society at large? …”

“…While leadership styles may vary, all great leaders are able to connect with others while staying true to themselves. By remaining true to the best aspects of your personality, you too, will be able to lead effectively in every situation. …”

“…This book outlines a fresh, more systematic perspective to an area usually thought of as the 'soft' side of business."--The Foreword by Bradley J. …”

“…Artificial intelligence (AI) has evolved from an experimental computer algorithm used by academic researchers to a commercially reliable method of sifting through large sets of data that detect patterns not readily apparent through more rudimentary search tools. …”

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“…This book outlines a fresh, more systematic perspective to an area usually thought of as the ‘soft’ side of business.” —From the Foreword by Bradley J. …”

“…Next, you'll explore common threats and discover how to stay in compliance in cloud environments. As you make progress, you'll implement security in small-scale cloud environments through to production-ready large-scale environments, including hybrid clouds and multi-cloud environments. …”

“…By the end of this book, you will be able to successfully automate security tasks, overcome challenges, and stay ahead of threats. What you will learn Reap the general benefits of using the SOAR platform Transform manual investigations into automated scenarios Learn how to manage known false positives and low-severity incidents for faster resolution Explore tips and tricks using various Microsoft Sentinel playbook actions Get an overview of tools such as Palo Alto XSOAR, Microsoft Sentinel, and Splunk SOAR Who this book is for You'll get the most out of this book if You're a junior SOC engineer, junior SOC analyst, a DevSecOps professional, or anyone working in the security ecosystem who wants to upskill toward automating security tasks You often feel overwhelmed with security events and incidents You have general knowledge of SIEM and SOAR, which is a prerequisite You're a beginner, in which case this book will give you a head start You've been working in the field for a while, in which case you'll add new tools to your arsenal…”