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Mercury Learning and Information, William Kimmerly
This book guides organizations in effectively responding to the metaverse, a rapidly converging collection of advanced technologies, methods, and models. The metaverse is poised to be as disruptive as the personal computer, Internet, and smartphone, impacting personal, social, professional, and business lives. The book covers essential metaverse technologies and concepts, helping organizational leaders plan their transformation strategies.The journey begins with an introduction and key definitions, followed by the evolution of IT governance and responses to disruptive technologies. It delves into AI, machine learning, blockchain, platforms, algorithms, edge computing, quantum computing, and immersive technologies like VR, AR, MR, and XR. Further chapters explore holographic technologies, deep tech, and other metaverse-related technologies, along with organizational structures and governance frameworks for the metaverse era.Understanding these concepts is crucial for navigating the metaverse transformation. The book concludes with a detailed hypothetical case study, illustrating how such a transformation can be achieved. This resource helps executives and professionals chart an effective course to the metaverse, blending theoretical insights with practical applications.
Sathya AG, Kunal Das
In the past decade, cloud technology has evolved from a mere deployment platform into a driving force of innovation. However, navigating the complexities of cloud adoption, especially with a hybrid approach, presents significant challenges. Solving Hybrid Cloud Challenges for Enterprises is your trusted guide to overcome the problems encountered in this process. Written by a principal architect at Google with 15+ years of experience, this vendor agnostic book begins by exploring the case studies of enterprises stepping into the world of the cloud, highlighting the pivotal role of leadership vision and mindset in driving digital transformation. You’ll explore the basics of cloud technology, its impact on various industries, and the challenges of cloud adoption. As you dive deeper, you’ll find real-world use cases of enterprises that have digitally disrupted their respective industries by innovating in the cloud. From assessing the cloud maturity of an organization and designing a cloud strategy to exploring the various facets of cloud transformation, this book will guide you at every step of the way. Finally, you’ll learn how to lead your organization’s cloud transformation journey with emerging technologies. By the end, you'll be well-equipped to design and architect a scalable, cloud-first IT organization.
Ricardo Peres
Entity Framework is a highly recommended Object Relation Mapping tool used to build complex systems. In order to survive in this growing market, the knowledge of a framework that helps provide easy access to databases, that is, Entity Framework has become a necessity. This book will provide .NET developers with this knowledge and guide them through working efficiently with data using Entity Framework Core. You will start off by learning how to efficiently use Entity Framework in practical situations. You will gain a deep understanding of mapping properties and find out how to handle validation in Entity Framework. The book will then explain how to work with transactions and stored procedures along with improving Entity Framework using query libraries. Moving on, you will learn to improve complex query scenarios and implement transaction and concurrency control. You will then be taught to improve and develop Entity Framework in complex business scenarios. With the concluding chapter on performance and scalability, this book will get you ready to use Entity Framework proficiently.
Joydip Kanjilal
The ADO.NET Entity Framework from Microsoft is a new ADO.NET development framework that provides a level of abstraction for data access strategies and solves the impedance mismatch issues that exist between different data modelsThis book explores Microsoft’s Entity Framework and explains how it can used to build enterprise level applications. It will also teach you how you can work with RESTful Services and Google’s Protocol Buffers with Entity Framework and WCF. You will explore how to use Entity Framework with ASP.NET Web API and also how to consume the data exposed by Entity Framework from client applications of varying types, i.e., ASP.NET MVC, WPF and Silverlight. You will familiarize yourself with the new features and improvements introduced in Entity Framework including enhanced POCO support, template-based code generation, tooling consolidation and connection resiliency. By the end of the book, you will be able to successfully extend the new functionalities of Entity framework into your project.
Ewa Szykulska, Karolina Prewęcka
Ewa Szykulska aktorzyca, artystka, przyjaciółka ludzi i zwierząt, kobieta pełna wahań, przemyśleń i refleksji. Jedna z najbardziej rozpoznawalnych aktorek polskiego kina i teatru. Silnie znacząca swą obecność w świadomości widzów. Essa! Essa! Essa! Nie jestem z cukru, nie obawiam się deszczu. Mam znakomitą parasolkę wyrób krajowy. Kupiłam w Centralnym Domu Towarowym. Przez ciebie się z nami więcej nie umówią! To opowieść nie tylko o sukcesach, rolach i spotkaniach z wybitnymi twórcami, lecz także o prywatnych przeżyciach, chwilach zwątpienia i codzienności, którą rzadko oglądamy zza kulis. Szczera, pełna anegdot i ciepłego humoru, a jednocześnie refleksyjna opowieść, odsłaniająca portret kobiety konsekwentnie idącej własną drogą, wiernej sztuce i sobie samej. To zapis życia, które choć zakorzenione w świecie teatru i filmu wciąż pozostaje bliskie każdemu, kto poszukuje własnej prawdy i sensu. To nie jest spowiedź ani kronika sukcesów. To raczej zbiór wspomnień, emocji, obrazów, słów wykraczających mocno poza kwestie odgrywanych bohaterów i napotkanych ludzi to mętliczek układający się w historię jednego życia. Karolina Prewęcka z subtelnością wprowadza czytelników w wielowątkowy i dygresyjny świat Ewy Szykulskiej, uchylając rąbka jej wrażliwości i ukazując liczne wcielenia. Karolina Prewęcka dziennikarka, autorka książek. Są wśród nich zapisy rozmów z aktorami Stanisławą Celińską i Bohdanem Łazuką, biografia malarki Meli Muter oraz wspomnienia Monique Chmielewskiej-Lehman i Artura B. Chmielewskiego o ich ojcu, Henryku Jerzym Chmielewskim Papciu Chmielu. Absolwentka etnografii, przede wszystkim lubi słuchać ludzi, stara się utrwalać pamięć o ich przeżyciach i przekazywać emocje.
Agata Christie
W studenckim pensjonacie przy Hickory Road 26 nic nie idzie tak, jak powinno. Tak przynajmniej sądzi pani Hubbard, siostra sekretarki Herkulesa Poirota. Najpierw giną przypadkowe, zdawałoby się, przedmioty, a później giną zupełnie nieprzypadkowi, jak się okazuje, ludzie. Co za hańba dla domu studenckiego! Na szczęście w pobliżu jest Poirot, a Poirot zna związek między stetoskopem a autostopem. W tle powieści psychoanaliza, komunizowanie i inne nie tak odległe echa lat 50. minionego stulecia.
Agatha Christie
W studenckim pensjonacie przy Hickory Road 26 dzieje się coś złego. Tak przynajmniej sądzi pani Hubbard, siostra sekretarki Herkulesa Poirota. Najpierw giną przypadkowe, zdawałoby się, przedmioty, a później giną zupełnie nieprzypadkowi, jak się okazuje, ludzie. Co za hańba dla domu studenckiego! Na szczęście w pobliżu jest Poirot, a Poirot potrafi dostrzec związek nawet między stetoskopem a autostopem. W tle powieści psychoanaliza, komunizowanie i inne nie tak odległe echa lat 50. minionego stulecia.
Małgorzata Okręglicka, Anna Lemańska-Majdzik, Maryna Pichugina, Lina...
The monograph consists of four chapters which constitute a coherent whole. The first chapter “The Specificity of the Activity of the SME Sector” contains quantitative and qualitative characteristics of the SME sector. Initially, the definitions of small and medium-sized enterprises used in Poland on the basis of regulations adopted in the European Union and in Ukraine are presented. The quantitative structure of the SME sector in both countries and changes in the number of active enterprises in individual size groups in recent years are also presented. The next point indicates the economic and social role of the SME sector in Poland and Ukraine. The role of SMEs in building an innovative economy was also emphasized. The last point of the first chapter discusses the specificity of managing small and medium-sized enterprises compared to large economic entities, from the point of view of the effectiveness and barriers of the management process, as well as the creation of effective management tools. The second chapter titled “Entrepreneurial Orientation of Small and Mediumsized Enterprises” provides a comprehensive discussion of the construct of entrepreneurial orientation of an organization. In the first section, the subject is located in the area of knowledge – organizational entrepreneurship, and more broadly in management sciences. Then, the definitions of entrepreneurial orientation are introduced and compared, taking into account the multidimensionality of the construct. The individual dimensions in the 5-dimensional approach to entrepreneurial orientation have also been characterized, i.e. autonomy, proactivity, risk taking, innovation and competitive aggressiveness. The last part of the second chapter relates to a specific approach, opportunities and threats to the functioning of entrepreneurial orientation in small and medium-sized enterprises. The third chapter “Organizational Flexibility in the Activities of Enterprises” reflects the multifaceted approach to the flexible functioning of modern enterprises. After introducing the necessary definitions of organizational flexibility, along with its specific features and the results of its implementation in the enterprise, the authors characterized the individual dimensions of organizational flexibility, indicating that it is not a uniform construct. Due to the fact that the monograph focuses on management problems of small and medium-sized enterprises, the last part of the chapter presents considerations on the specific conditions of flexible functioning of this group of enterprises. The fourth chapter titled “Case study in the Sector of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises” presents a discussion of the results of qualitative own research. The research in the form of an in-depth interview was conducted in eight enterprises, including four small and four medium-sized enterprises. The research was international in nature, i.e. half of the surveyed entities are companies operating in Poland, and the remaining companies are based in Ukraine. Such a research approach allowed for the observation of differences in the approach to entrepreneurial orientation and organizational flexibility of enterprises in countries with different socio-economic development. The method and scope of the conducted research have been discussed in detail in the research methodology. The last part of the chapter is a summary of the results of qualitative research, indicating the observed regularities, limitations along with potential solutions for a more effective functioning of small and medium-sized enterprises. The monograph is supplemented with an introduction and an ending, summarizing the authors’ scientific considerations, and bibliography.