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Effective Remote Work

For Yourself, Your Team, and Your Company

by Dr. James Stanier ...

The office isn't as essential as it used to be. Flexible working hours and distributed teams are replacing decades of on-site, open-plan office culture. Wherever you work from nowadays, your colleagues are likely to be somewhere else. No more whiteboards. No more water coolers. And certainly no Ping-Pong. So how can you organize yourself, ship software, communicate, and be impactful as part of a ... Read more

$29.59 USD

The office isn't as essential as it used to be. Flexible working hours and distributed teams are replacing decades of on-site, open-plan office culture. Wherever you work from nowadays, your colleagues are likely to be somewhere else. No more whiteboards. No more water coolers. And certainly no Ping-Pong. So how can you organize yourself, ship software, communicate, and be impactful as part of a
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Ultimate LLMOps for LLM Engineering

by Kinjal Dand ...

From Prototype to Production-Grade LLM Systems. Key Features ● Get a free one-month digital subscription to www.avaskillshelf.com ● End-to-end coverage of modern LLMOps, from fundamentals to production deployment and monitoring. ● Hands-on prompt management, LLM chaining, RAG, and building AI agent examples. ● Practical insights into LLMOps observability and analytics using LangFuse, Fine-tuning, ... Read more

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From Prototype to Production-Grade LLM Systems. Key Features ● Get a free one-month digital subscription to www.avaskillshelf.com ● End-to-end coverage of modern LLMOps, from fundamentals to production deployment and monitoring. ● Hands-on prompt management, LLM chaining, RAG, and building AI agent examples. ● Practical insights into LLMOps observability and analytics using LangFuse, Fine-tuning,
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Learning ServiceNow

Administration and development on the Now platform, for powerful IT automation

by Tim Woodruff ...

IT service management automation at your fingertipsKey Features\[\*\]Learn to leverage ServiceNow’s capabilities for improved IT automation by following step-by-step, practical instructions\[\*\]Build core administration, development, and maintenance skills with IT service management in ServiceNow\[\*\]Improve your workflow efficiency by designing and creating responsive and automated workflows, ... Read more

$41.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

IT service management automation at your fingertipsKey Features\[\*\]Learn to leverage ServiceNow’s capabilities for improved IT automation by following step-by-step, practical instructions\[\*\]Build core administration, development, and maintenance skills with IT service management in ServiceNow\[\*\]Improve your workflow efficiency by designing and creating responsive and automated workflows,
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Learning Continuous Integration with Jenkins

A beginner's guide to implementing Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery using Jenkins 2

by Nikhil Pathania ...

Speed up the software delivery process and software productivity using the latest features of JenkinsKey FeaturesTake advantage of a Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery solution to speed up productivity and achieve faster software deliverySee all the new features introduced in Jenkins 2.x, such as Pipeline as code, Multibranch pipeline, Docker Plugin, and moreLearn to implement ... Read more

$37.79 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Speed up the software delivery process and software productivity using the latest features of JenkinsKey FeaturesTake advantage of a Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery solution to speed up productivity and achieve faster software deliverySee all the new features introduced in Jenkins 2.x, such as Pipeline as code, Multibranch pipeline, Docker Plugin, and moreLearn to implement
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Foundations of Scalable Systems

Designing Distributed Architectures

by Ian Gorton ...

In many systems, scalability becomes the primary driver as the user base grows. Attractive features and high utility breed success, which brings more requests to handle and more data to manage. But organizations reach a tipping point when design decisions that made sense under light loads suddenly become technical debt. This practical book covers design approaches and technologies that make it ... Read more

$41.99 USD

In many systems, scalability becomes the primary driver as the user base grows. Attractive features and high utility breed success, which brings more requests to handle and more data to manage. But organizations reach a tipping point when design decisions that made sense under light loads suddenly become technical debt. This practical book covers design approaches and technologies that make it
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Professional Cloud Architect – Google Cloud Certification Guide

A handy guide to designing, developing, and managing enterprise-grade GCP cloud solutions

by Brian Gerrard, Konrad Cłapa ...

Become a Professional Cloud Architect by exploring essential concepts, tools, and services in GCP and working through tests designed to help you get certifiedKey FeaturesPlan and design a robust GCP cloud solution architectureEnsure the security and reliability of your cloud solutions and operationsTest yourself by taking mock tests with up-to-date exam questionsBook DescriptionGoogle Cloud ... Read more

$27.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Become a Professional Cloud Architect by exploring essential concepts, tools, and services in GCP and working through tests designed to help you get certifiedKey FeaturesPlan and design a robust GCP cloud solution architectureEnsure the security and reliability of your cloud solutions and operationsTest yourself by taking mock tests with up-to-date exam questionsBook DescriptionGoogle Cloud
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Getting Started with Citrix XenApp 6.5

Design and implement Citrix farms based on XenApp 6.5 with this book and ebook

by Guillermo Musumeci ...

This book has a tutorial style with step-by-step instructions and adequate screenshots for carrying out each task. If you are a system administrator or consultant who wants to implement and administer Citrix XenApp 6.5 farms, then this book is for you. This book will help both new and experienced XenApp professionals to deliver virtualized applications. ... Read more

$37.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This book has a tutorial style with step-by-step instructions and adequate screenshots for carrying out each task. If you are a system administrator or consultant who wants to implement and administer Citrix XenApp 6.5 farms, then this book is for you. This book will help both new and experienced XenApp professionals to deliver virtualized applications.
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Building Serverless Applications with Google Cloud Run

by Wietse Venema ...

Learn how to build a real-world serverless application in the cloud that's reliable, secure, maintainable, and scalable. If you have experience building web applications on traditional infrastructure, this hands-on guide shows you how to get started with Cloud Run, a container-based serverless product on Google Cloud.Through the course of this book, you'll learn how to deploy several example ... Read more

$41.99 USD

Learn how to build a real-world serverless application in the cloud that's reliable, secure, maintainable, and scalable. If you have experience building web applications on traditional infrastructure, this hands-on guide shows you how to get started with Cloud Run, a container-based serverless product on Google Cloud.Through the course of this book, you'll learn how to deploy several example
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Serverless Architectures with Kubernetes

Create production-ready Kubernetes clusters and run serverless applications on them

by Sathsara Sarathchandra, Onur Yılmaz ...

Deploy, orchestrate, and monitor serverless applications using KubernetesKey FeaturesGet hands-on experience with frameworks, such as Kubeless, Apache OpenWhisk, and FunktionMaster the basics of Kubernetes and prepare yourself for challenging technical assessmentsLearn how to launch Kubernetes both locally and in a public cloudBook DescriptionKubernetes has established itself as the standard ... Read more

$27.89 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Deploy, orchestrate, and monitor serverless applications using KubernetesKey FeaturesGet hands-on experience with frameworks, such as Kubeless, Apache OpenWhisk, and FunktionMaster the basics of Kubernetes and prepare yourself for challenging technical assessmentsLearn how to launch Kubernetes both locally and in a public cloudBook DescriptionKubernetes has established itself as the standard
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Podman for DevOps

Containerization reimagined with Podman and its companion tools

by Alessandro Arrichiello, Gianni Salinetti ...

Build, deploy, and manage containers with the next-generation engine and toolsKey FeaturesDiscover key differences between Docker and PodmanBuild brand new container images with Buildah, the Podman companionLearn how to manage and integrate containers securely in your existing infrastructureBook DescriptionAs containers have become the new de facto standard for packaging applications and their ... Read more

$49.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Build, deploy, and manage containers with the next-generation engine and toolsKey FeaturesDiscover key differences between Docker and PodmanBuild brand new container images with Buildah, the Podman companionLearn how to manage and integrate containers securely in your existing infrastructureBook DescriptionAs containers have become the new de facto standard for packaging applications and their
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Essential Mathematics for Quantum Computing

A beginner's guide to just the math you need without needless complexities

by Leonard S. Woody III ...

Demystify quantum computing by learning the math it is built onKey FeaturesBuild a solid mathematical foundation to get started with developing powerful quantum solutionsUnderstand linear algebra, calculus, matrices, complex numbers, vector spaces, and other concepts essential for quantum computingLearn the math needed to understand how quantum algorithms functionBook DescriptionQuantum computing ... Read more

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Demystify quantum computing by learning the math it is built onKey FeaturesBuild a solid mathematical foundation to get started with developing powerful quantum solutionsUnderstand linear algebra, calculus, matrices, complex numbers, vector spaces, and other concepts essential for quantum computingLearn the math needed to understand how quantum algorithms functionBook DescriptionQuantum computing
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Practical Process Automation

by Bernd Ruecker ...

In today's IT architectures, microservices and serverless functions play increasingly important roles in process automation. But how do you create meaningful, comprehensive, and connected business solutions when the individual components are decoupled and independent by design? Targeted at developers and architects, this book presents a framework through examples, practical advice, and use cases ... Read more

$41.09 USD

In today's IT architectures, microservices and serverless functions play increasingly important roles in process automation. But how do you create meaningful, comprehensive, and connected business solutions when the individual components are decoupled and independent by design? Targeted at developers and architects, this book presents a framework through examples, practical advice, and use cases
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Distributed and Cloud Computing

From Parallel Processing to the Internet of Things

by Kai Hwang, Jack Dongarra, Geoffrey C. Fox ...

Distributed and Cloud Computing: From Parallel Processing to the Internet of Things offers complete coverage of modern distributed computing technology including clusters, the grid, service-oriented architecture, massively parallel processors, peer-to-peer networking, and cloud computing. It is the first modern, up-to-date distributed systems textbook; it explains how to create high-performance, ... Read more

$80.99 USD

Distributed and Cloud Computing: From Parallel Processing to the Internet of Things offers complete coverage of modern distributed computing technology including clusters, the grid, service-oriented architecture, massively parallel processors, peer-to-peer networking, and cloud computing. It is the first modern, up-to-date distributed systems textbook; it explains how to create high-performance,
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Cloud Application Architectures

Building Applications and Infrastructure in the Cloud

by George Reese ...

If you're involved in planning IT infrastructure as a network or system architect, system administrator, or developer, this book will help you adapt your skills to work with these highly scalable, highly redundant infrastructure services.While analysts hotly debate the advantages and risks of cloud computing, IT staff and programmers are left to determine whether and how to put their applications ... Read more

$17.99 USD

If you're involved in planning IT infrastructure as a network or system architect, system administrator, or developer, this book will help you adapt your skills to work with these highly scalable, highly redundant infrastructure services.While analysts hotly debate the advantages and risks of cloud computing, IT staff and programmers are left to determine whether and how to put their applications
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Learning Dapr

by Haishi Bai, Yaron Schneider ...

Get the authoritative guide to Dapr, the distributed application runtime that works with new and existing programming languages alike. Written by the model’s creators, this introduction shows you how Dapr not only unifies stateless, stateful, and actor programming models but also runs everywhere—in the cloud or on the edge.Authors Haishi Bai and Yaron Schneider with Microsoft’s Azure CTO team ... Read more

$41.99 USD

Get the authoritative guide to Dapr, the distributed application runtime that works with new and existing programming languages alike. Written by the model’s creators, this introduction shows you how Dapr not only unifies stateless, stateful, and actor programming models but also runs everywhere—in the cloud or on the edge.Authors Haishi Bai and Yaron Schneider with Microsoft’s Azure CTO team
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Argo CD in Practice

The GitOps way of managing cloud-native applications

by Spiros Economakis, Liviu Costea, Alexander Matyushentsev ...

Build CD pipelines following GitOps principles like declarative and immutable changes stored in version control, all continuously reconciled by Argo CD, and minimize the failure of deployments. Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free eBook in the PDF format. Key Features • Discover how to apply GitOps principles to build real-world CD pipelines • Understand Argo CD components and how ... Read more

$34.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Build CD pipelines following GitOps principles like declarative and immutable changes stored in version control, all continuously reconciled by Argo CD, and minimize the failure of deployments. Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free eBook in the PDF format. Key Features • Discover how to apply GitOps principles to build real-world CD pipelines • Understand Argo CD components and how
... Read more
Grokking Continuous Delivery

by Christie Wilson ...

Build and use systems that safely automate software delivery from testing through release with this jargon-busting guide to continuous delivery pipelines.In Grokking Continuous Delivery you will learn how to:Design effective CD pipelines for new and legacy projectsKeep your software projects release-readyMaintain effective testsScale CD across multiple applicationsEnsure pipelines give the right ... Read more

$49.99 USD

Build and use systems that safely automate software delivery from testing through release with this jargon-busting guide to continuous delivery pipelines.In Grokking Continuous Delivery you will learn how to:Design effective CD pipelines for new and legacy projectsKeep your software projects release-readyMaintain effective testsScale CD across multiple applicationsEnsure pipelines give the right
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Distributed Systems

An Algorithmic Approach, Second Edition

by Sukumar Ghosh ...

Series series Chapman & Hall/CRC Computer and Information Science Series
Distributed Systems: An Algorithmic Approach, Second Edition provides a balanced and straightforward treatment of the underlying theory and practical applications of distributed computing. As in the previous version, the language is kept as unobscured as possible-clarity is given priority over mathematical formalism. This easily digestible text:Fea ... Read more

$59.99 USD

Distributed Systems: An Algorithmic Approach, Second Edition provides a balanced and straightforward treatment of the underlying theory and practical applications of distributed computing. As in the previous version, the language is kept as unobscured as possible-clarity is given priority over mathematical formalism. This easily digestible text:Fea
... Read more
Docker Deep Dive

Zero to Docker in a Single Book

by Nigel Poulton ...

Start from scratch and develop the essential skills needed to create, deploy, and manage cloud-native applications using Docker with the latest edition of Docker Deep DiveKey FeaturesGet a solid understanding of Docker and containersOvercome common problems while containerizing an applicationMaster Docker commands needed for creating, deploying, and running applicationsBook DescriptionMost ... Read more

$26.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Start from scratch and develop the essential skills needed to create, deploy, and manage cloud-native applications using Docker with the latest edition of Docker Deep DiveKey FeaturesGet a solid understanding of Docker and containersOvercome common problems while containerizing an applicationMaster Docker commands needed for creating, deploying, and running applicationsBook DescriptionMost
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Digital and Microprocessor Techniques V11

by Clive W Humphris ...

An enhanced eBook published in full colour. Now including extensive interactive content enabling exploration by inserting any values that would occur in a real situation whereby the graphics are redrawn to reflect those changes.Calculations can be also tested against any standard subject textbook to compare the results.Interactive Technology when used in the classroom can motivate passive students ... Read more

$3.65 USD

An enhanced eBook published in full colour. Now including extensive interactive content enabling exploration by inserting any values that would occur in a real situation whereby the graphics are redrawn to reflect those changes.Calculations can be also tested against any standard subject textbook to compare the results.Interactive Technology when used in the classroom can motivate passive students
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Modern System Administration

Managing Reliable and Sustainable Systems

by Jennifer Davis ...

Early system administration required in-depth knowledge of a variety of services on individual systems. Now, the job is increasingly complex and different from one company to the next with an ever-growing list of technologies and third-party services to integrate. How does any one individual stay relevant in systems and services? This practical guide helps anyone in operations—sysadmins, ... Read more

$41.99 USD

Early system administration required in-depth knowledge of a variety of services on individual systems. Now, the job is increasingly complex and different from one company to the next with an ever-growing list of technologies and third-party services to integrate. How does any one individual stay relevant in systems and services? This practical guide helps anyone in operations—sysadmins,
... Read more
Building Resilient Distributed Systems

Patterns and Practices for Stable Software

by Sam Newman ...

When every safeguard is in place and your distributed system still fails, a simplistic, narrow view of system resilience is no longer enough. Modern software architectures, amplified by unpredictable AI components, demand a different approach to preventing catastrophic downtime.In Building Resilient Distributed Systems, author Sam Newman offers a modern blueprint for surviving real-world system ... Read more

$43.99 USD

When every safeguard is in place and your distributed system still fails, a simplistic, narrow view of system resilience is no longer enough. Modern software architectures, amplified by unpredictable AI components, demand a different approach to preventing catastrophic downtime.In Building Resilient Distributed Systems, author Sam Newman offers a modern blueprint for surviving real-world system
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Practical Ansible 2

Automate infrastructure, manage configuration, and deploy applications with Ansible 2.9

by Daniel Oh, James Freeman, Fabio Alessandro Locati ...

Leverage the power of Ansible to gain complete control over your systems and automate application deploymentKey FeaturesUse Ansible 2.9 to automate and control your infrastructureDelve into advanced functionality such as plugins and custom modules in AnsibleAutomate and orchestrate major cloud platforms such as OpenStack, AWS, and Azure using AnsibleBook DescriptionAnsible enables you to automate ... Read more

$27.89 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Leverage the power of Ansible to gain complete control over your systems and automate application deploymentKey FeaturesUse Ansible 2.9 to automate and control your infrastructureDelve into advanced functionality such as plugins and custom modules in AnsibleAutomate and orchestrate major cloud platforms such as OpenStack, AWS, and Azure using AnsibleBook DescriptionAnsible enables you to automate
... Read more
Heroku Cloud Application Development

by Anubhav Hanjura ...

An easy-to-follow, hands-on guide that clearly explains the various components of the Heroku platform and provides step-by-step guidance as well as numerous examples on how to build and troubleshoot robust and scalable production-ready web applications on the Heroku platform. This book is intended for those who want to learn Heroku the right way. Perhaps you are new to Heroku or are someone who ... Read more

$31.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

An easy-to-follow, hands-on guide that clearly explains the various components of the Heroku platform and provides step-by-step guidance as well as numerous examples on how to build and troubleshoot robust and scalable production-ready web applications on the Heroku platform. This book is intended for those who want to learn Heroku the right way. Perhaps you are new to Heroku or are someone who
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