Publisher: Packt Publishing
Founded in 2004 in Birmingham, UK, Packt's mission is to help the world put software to work in new ways, through the delivery of effective learning and information services to IT professionals. Working towards that vision, we have published over 6,500 books and videos so far, providing IT professionals with the actionable knowledge they need to get the job done - whether that's specific learning on an emerging technology or optimizing key skills in more established tools. As part of our mission, we have also awarded over $1,000,000 through our Open Source Project Royalty scheme, helping numerous projects become household names along the way.
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MuleSoft Platform Architect's Guide. A practical guide to using Anypoint Platform's capabilities to architect, deliver, and operate APIs

Jitendra Bafna, Jim Andrews

We’re living in the era of digital transformation, where organizations rely on APIs to enable innovation within the business and IT teams are asked to continue doing more with less. Written by Jim Andrews, a Mulesoft Evangelist, and Jitendra Bafna, a Senior Solution Architect with expertise in setting up Mulesoft, this book will help you deliver a robust, secure, and flexible enterprise API platform, supporting any required business outcome.You’ll start by exploring Anypoint Platform’s architecture and its capabilities for modern integration before learning how to align business outcomes with functional requirements and how non-functional requirements shape the architecture. You'll also find out how to leverage Catalyst and Accelerators for efficient development. You'll get to grips with hassle-free API deployment and hosting in CloudHub 1.0/2.0, Runtime Fabric Manager, and hybrid environments and familiarize yourself with advanced operating and monitoring techniques with API Manager and Anypoint Monitoring. The final chapters will equip you with best practices for tackling complex topics and preparing for the MuleSoft Certified Platform Architect exam.By the end of this book, you’ll understand Anypoint Platform’s capabilities and be able to architect solutions that deliver the desired business outcomes.

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Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure AZ-204 Exam Guide. Discover the essentials for success when developing and maintaining cloud-based solutions on Azure

Paul Ivey, Alex Ivanov

With the prevalence of cloud technologies and DevOps ways of working, the industry demands developers who can build cloud solutions and monitor them throughout their life cycle. Becoming a Microsoft-certified Azure developer can differentiate developers from the competition, but with such a plethora of information available, it can be difficult to structure learning in an effective way to obtain certification.Through easy-to-understand explanations and exercises, this book will provide a more palatable learning experience than what you may expect from an exam preparation book. You’ll start off with a recap of some important cloud concepts, such as IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS. From there, you’ll learn about each relevant solution area, with use cases. The chapters also cover different implementation methodologies, both manual and programmatic – ranging from compute resources such as App Service and serverless applications to storage, database, security, monitoring solutions, and connecting to third-party services.By the end of this book, you'll have learned everything you need to pass the AZ-204 certification exam and have a handy, on-the-job reference guide.

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Infrastructure Monitoring with Amazon CloudWatch. Effectively optimize resource allocation, detect anomalies, and set automated actions on AWS

Ewere Diagboya

CloudWatch is Amazon’s monitoring and observability service, designed to help those in the IT industry who are interested in optimizing resource utilization, visualizing operational health, and eventually increasing infrastructure performance. This book helps IT administrators, DevOps engineers, network engineers, and solutions architects to make optimum use of this cloud service for effective infrastructure productivity.You’ll start with a brief introduction to monitoring and Amazon CloudWatch and its core functionalities. Next, you’ll get to grips with CloudWatch features and their usability. Once the book has helped you develop your foundational knowledge of CloudWatch, you’ll be able to build your practical skills in monitoring and alerting various Amazon Web Services, such as EC2, EBS, RDS, ECS, EKS, DynamoDB, AWS Lambda, and ELB, with the help of real-world use cases. As you progress, you'll also learn how to use CloudWatch to detect anomalous behavior, set alarms, visualize logs and metrics, define automated actions, and rapidly troubleshoot issues. Finally, the book will take you through monitoring AWS billing and costs.By the end of this book, you'll be capable of making decisions that enhance your infrastructure performance and maintain it at its peak.

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Microsoft Power Platform Solution Architect's Handbook. An expert's guide to becoming a Power Platform solution architect and preparing for the PL-600 exam

Hugo Herrera

If you’ve been looking for a way to unlock the potential of Microsoft Power Platform and take your career as a solution architect to the next level, then look no further—this practical guide covers it all.Microsoft Power Platform Solution Architect’s Handbook will equip you with everything you need to build flexible and cost-effective end-to-end solutions. Its comprehensive coverage ranges from best practices surrounding fit-gap analysis, leading design processes, and navigating existing systems to application lifecycle management with Microsoft Azure DevOps, security compliance monitoring, and third-party API integration.The book takes a hands-on approach by guiding you through a fictional case study throughout the book, allowing you to apply what you learn as you learn it. At the end of the handbook, you’ll discover a set of mock tests for you to embed your progress and prepare for PL-600 Microsoft certification.Whether you want to learn how to work with Power Platform or want to take your skills from the intermediate to advanced level, this book will help you achieve that and ensure that you’re able to add value to your organization as an expert solution architect.

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Instant LinkedIn Customization How-to. Attract your dream job or customer using the hidden secrets of one of the most powerful social networking websites

Anmol Jain

LinkedIn is a great social media platform which helps you connect with people online professionally. The website is very user friendly and this book itself covers the most important tools for job seekers and professionals as a whole with guaranteed results. Once you learn the basics from this book, you can master and explore the areas you enjoy the most.The book will take you through a broad range of topics on customizing your LinkedIn profile so it's personalized to your needs and preferences.Instant LinkedIn Customization How-to is written in such a way that each recipe is an independent new feature of LinkedIn. You can learn and apply a new concept by just reading any recipe.You will learn about customizing your profile, showcasing your works and projects to other users. Reach out to target recruiters and customers by growing your lifelong network and becoming popular. Discover different ways of finding jobs, using groups and much more.You will learn the art of customizing your profile and experience of networking using LinkedIn.

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UX for Enterprise ChatGPT Solutions. A practical guide to designing enterprise-grade LLMs

Richard H. Miller, Jeff Johnson

Many enterprises grapple with new technology, often hopping on the bandwagon only to abandon it when challenges emerge. This book is your guide to seamlessly integrating ChatGPT into enterprise solutions with a UX-centered approach.UX for Enterprise ChatGPT Solutions empowers you to master effective use case design and adapt UX guidelines through an engaging learning experience. Discover how to prepare your content for success by tailoring interactions to match your audience’s voice, style, and tone using prompt-engineering and fine-tuning. For UX professionals, this book is the key to anchoring your expertise in this evolving field. Writers, researchers, product managers, and linguists will learn to make insightful design decisions. You’ll explore use cases like ChatGPT-powered chat and recommendation engines, while uncovering the AI magic behind the scenes. The book introduces a and feeding model, enabling you to leverage feedback and monitoring to iterate and refine any Large Language Model solution. Packed with hundreds of tips and tricks, this guide will help you build a continuous improvement cycle suited for AI solutions.By the end, you’ll know how to craft powerful, accurate, responsive, and brand-consistent generative AI experiences, revolutionizing your organization’s use of ChatGPT.