Publisher: K-i-s-publishing
Paola Annis, Giuliano Caglio
Cloud teams and ICT cost controllers working with Azure will be able to put their knowledge to work with this practical guide, introducing a process model for structured cost governance. The Road to Azure Cost Governance is a must-read if you find yourself facing the harsh reality of monthly cloud costs gradually getting out of control.Starting with how resources are created and managed, everything you need to know in order to track, display, optimize, rightsize, and clean up cloud resources will be tackled with a workflow approach that will leave the choice of operation to you (be it the Azure CLI, automation, logic apps, or even custom code). Using real-world datasets, you'll learn everything from basic cost management to modeling your cloud spend across your technical resources in a sustainable way. The book will also show you how to create a recursive optimization process that will give you full control of spending and savings, while helping you reserve budget for future cloud projects and innovation.By the end of this Azure book, you'll have a clear understanding and control of your cloud spend along with knowledge of a number of cost-saving techniques used by companies around the world, application optimization patterns, and the carbon impact of your cloud infrastructure.
Akshat Paul, Peter Philips, Dániel Szabó ,...
The beauty of Ruby is its readability and expressiveness. Ruby hides away a lot of the complexity of programming, allowing you to work quickly and 'do more' with fewer lines of code. This makes it a great programming language for beginners, but learning any new skill can still be a daunting task. If you want to learn to code using Ruby, but don't know where to start, The Ruby Workshop will help you cut through the noise and make sense of this fun, flexible language.You'll start by writing and running simple code snippets and Ruby source code files. After learning about strings, numbers, and booleans, you'll see how to store collections of objects with arrays and hashes. You'll then learn how to control the flow of a Ruby program using boolean logic.The book then delves into OOP and explains inheritance, encapsulation, and polymorphism. Gradually, you'll build your knowledge of advanced concepts by learning how to interact with external APIs, before finally exploring the most popular Ruby framework ? Ruby on Rails ? and using it for web development.Throughout this book, you'll work on a series of realistic projects, including simple games, a voting application, and an online blog. By the end of this Ruby book, you'll have the knowledge, skills and confidence to creatively tackle your own ambitious projects with Ruby.
The Rust Programming Handbook. An end-to-end guide to mastering Rust fundamentals
Francesco Ciulla
The Rust Programming Handbook is a deeply engaging and meticulously crafted book designed to immerse programmers into the intricate world of Rust’s core principles and sophisticated features. This book not only enhances your coding skills but also prepares you to tackle complex challenges in software development, optimizing your code for better performance and reliability.You will explore Rust’s powerful concurrency models, rigorous memory safety guarantees, and its versatile trait system. Discover the foundational elements that make Rust a standout language for developing safe and efficient applications. The book will show you how these core principles can seamlessly transition into real-world applications. You will learn how to apply Rust's capabilities to systems programming and web development, extending the reach of its safety and efficiency benefits across different programming domains. Whether it's creating low-level system components or high-performance web services, the book provides practical examples to integrate Rust effectively into a variety of projects.Elevate your coding skills and become a sought-after professional in the tech industry with this essential guide. Rust from Beginner to Professional is your definitive toolkit for mastering advanced Rust programming techniques and writing high-quality code.
Srini Munagavalasa
Salesforce projects often fail not due to technology limitations but because of unclear requirements, poor stakeholder alignment, and a lack of business context. The Salesforce Business Analyst Playbook, Second Edition, addresses these challenges head-on, offering a complete, real-world guide for Business Analysts looking to elevate their impact on Salesforce implementations.Written by Srini Munagavalasa, a seasoned Salesforce leader with over 20 years of global experience across Salesforce and SAP CRM, this updated edition introduces powerful new content, including generative AI tools, advanced analysis techniques, automated traceability, and modern Salesforce features such as Flows and in-app guidance. These updates empower analysts to work smarter, whether gathering requirements, optimizing solution design, managing testing, or driving adoption. You’ll walk through the entire Salesforce project life cycle with practical methods, stakeholder collaboration strategies, testing plans, and certification guidance, ensuring you can handle complex projects with confidence.By the end of this book, you’ll be able to lead the business analysis efforts across every stage of a Salesforce project, solve real-world problems, and adapt to Salesforce’s evolving capabilities.*Email sign-up and proof of purchase required
Srini Munagavalasa
Salesforce business analysis skills are in high demand, and there are scant resources to satisfy this demand. This practical guide for business analysts contains all the tools, techniques, and processes needed to create business value and improve user adoption.The Salesforce Business Analyst Handbook begins with the most crucial element of any business analysis activity: identifying business requirements. You’ll learn how to use tacit business analysis and Salesforce system analysis skills to rank and stack all requirements as well as get buy-in from stakeholders. Once you understand the requirements, you’ll work on transforming them into working software via prototyping, mockups, and wireframing. But what good is a product if the customer cannot use it? To help you achieve that, this book will discuss various testing strategies and show you how to tailor testing scenarios that align with business requirements documents. Toward the end, you’ll find out how to create easy-to-use training material for your customers and focus on post-production support – one of the most critical phases. Your customers will stay with you if you support them when they need it!By the end of this Salesforce book, you’ll be able to successfully navigate every phase of a project and confidently apply your new knowledge in your own Salesforce implementations.
Srini Munagavalasa
Salesforce business analysis skills are in high demand, and there are scant resources to satisfy this demand. This practical guide for business analysts contains all the tools, techniques, and processes needed to create business value and improve user adoption.The Salesforce Business Analyst Handbook begins with the most crucial element of any business analysis activity: identifying business requirements. You’ll learn how to use tacit business analysis and Salesforce system analysis skills to rank and stack all requirements as well as get buy-in from stakeholders. Once you understand the requirements, you’ll work on transforming them into working software via prototyping, mockups, and wireframing. But what good is a product if the customer cannot use it? To help you achieve that, this book will discuss various testing strategies and show you how to tailor testing scenarios that align with business requirements documents. Toward the end, you’ll find out how to create easy-to-use training material for your customers and focus on post-production support – one of the most critical phases. Your customers will stay with you if you support them when they need it!By the end of this Salesforce book, you’ll be able to successfully navigate every phase of a project and confidently apply your new knowledge in your own Salesforce implementations.
Madhu Ramanujan
Salesforce CPQ is innovative software that enables you create better quotes, improve quoting accuracy, and maximize sales and deals. It also provides a quick analysis of profits and losses, helping you improve the overall execution of sales processes, and allows a great deal of flexibility for your prospects, customers, and business partners.The book starts with the Quote-2-Cash business process in Salesforce and shows you how to assess when a business needs to implement CPQ. You’ll then progress to configuring opportunities, quotes, and CPQ products. As you advance, you’ll understand how to define and configure price books, price rules for CPQ quote automation, multidimensional quoting, and more. Next, you'll look at how to configure CPQ guided selling and create package configurations, contracts, and amendments. Later chapters will demonstrate how to perform data migration from a legacy system and the order in which the objects are to be migrated. You’ll also explore CPQ billing and its advantages with the help of different use cases before learning about Industries CPQ and how it is different from standard Salesforce CPQ. Finally, you’ll discover best practices for achieving optimal CPQ performance and avoiding performance bottlenecks.By the end of this Salesforce book, you’ll be able to implement Salesforce CPQ for any business.
Fred Heath
Curious why so many rely on Scrum and what makes Agile so effective? Learn from seasoned software engineer and Scrum expert Fred Heath, everything you need to become a certified Scrum Master. With over two decades of experience across the software development lifecycle, Fred brings invaluable insights from his extensive work in Scrum, both as a Scrum Master and developer. In this updated guide, he not only takes you from Scrum basics to mastery but also offers practical, real-world knowledge to help you become an effective Scrum Master.The first part of the book introduces the Scrum fundamentals and prepares you for Level I certification, covering the importance of Scrum team structure, the benefits of well-planned sprints, and how to create and manage sprint and product backlogs.The second part elevates your skills to the Level II certification standard, exploring advanced topics such as Scrum anti-patterns, scaling Scrum, and how to support developers and product owners. Each chapter concludes with quizzes to reinforce the concepts you've learned. The book wraps up with exam preparation tips and myth-busting strategies to give you a competitive edge in passing your Scrum Master exams.By the end of this book, you'll be proficient as a Scrum Master ensuring you won’t fall behind in an ever-increasingly agile world.
IT Governance Publishing, Richard Bingley
Becoming a successful security consultant requires a unique set of skills that span both the business and security worlds. This handbook serves as a practical guide to help professionals navigate the complex landscape of security consulting. It covers everything from the entrepreneurial aspects of starting a business to the essential security disciplines like private investigations, information security, and protective security. You’ll also explore the growing importance of resilience in both personal and organizational contexts.The book also delves into the crucial elements of security legislation and regulation, offering a thorough understanding of the legal frameworks that affect security professionals. From UK human rights laws to international laws related to corporate management and conflict, readers will gain the knowledge necessary to operate securely and legally in a variety of environments. Whether you are just starting out or looking to refine your security consulting expertise, this handbook provides the insights needed to thrive in the ever-evolving security industry. It’s a must-read for anyone seeking to build a reputation as a trusted expert in the security consulting field.
Dr. Logan Song, Yu Meng
As cloud computing continues to revolutionize IT, professionals face the challenge of keeping up with rapidly evolving technologies. This book provides a clear roadmap for mastering cloud concepts, developing hands-on expertise, and obtaining professional certifications, making it an essential resource for those looking to advance their careers in cloud computing.Starting with a focus on the Amazon cloud, you’ll be introduced to fundamental AWS cloud services, followed by advanced AWS cloud services in the domains of data, machine learning, and security. Next, you’ll build proficiency in Microsoft Azure cloud and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) by examining the common attributes of the three clouds, differentiating their unique features, along with leveraging real-life cloud project implementations on these cloud platforms. Through hands-on projects and real-world applications, you’ll gain the skills needed to work confidently across different cloud platforms. The book concludes with career development guidance, including certification paths and industry insights to help you succeed in the cloud computing landscape.Walking through this cloud computing book, you’ll systematically establish a robust footing in AWS, Azure, and GCP, and emerge as a cloud-savvy professional, equipped with cloud certificates to validate your skills.
The Service Desk Handbook. A guide to service desk implementation, management and support
IT Governance Publishing, Sanjay Nair
This book provides practical insights into service desk management, focusing on building and optimizing a service desk to meet organizational needs. It starts with an understanding of the service desk's role, mission, and vision, laying the foundation for effective operations. It covers strategic planning for a well-structured service desk, focusing on staffing, SLAs, and using knowledge bases and self-service portals.The book discusses essential tools and technologies like telephony systems and ITSM tools, and how to configure them for efficiency. It emphasizes developing high-performance teams focused on respect, integrity, and teamwork, highlighting the importance of clear documentation, such as standard operating procedures and incident management, to ensure consistency in service delivery.Performance measurement is emphasized with strategies for tracking success using CSFs, KPIs, and customer satisfaction metrics. It explores both qualitative and quantitative evaluations to improve service desk performance.Finally, it examines emerging trends such as AI and chatbots, and their integration into service desk operations. The last chapters offer professional tips, techniques for root cause analysis, and provide a roadmap to optimize service desk operations for future success.
Rebecca Terpstra, Dana Hoffman
Design professionals often find it hard to help their clients visualize their unique concepts and visions. Luckily, SketchUp bridges this communication gap with a powerful set of tools for visualizing and presenting your design ideas. This book teaches the approach perfected by two successful interior designers who have mastered SketchUp Pro/Studio to generate a workflow that produces fascinating designs and enables you to communicate them through vivid illustrations.Starting with a review of the basics of creating 3D models, this book introduces Becca’s Hierarchy of Modeling—a ten-step process that establishes a rhythmic pattern in your workflow. As you progress, you’ll build on your SketchUp Pro knowledge by constructing architectural elements of a commercial building and furnishing a residential room with your own furniture, fixtures, and equipment (FFE) from scratch. From infusing photorealism into models to crafting appealing client presentations using SketchUp LayOut, this book has you covered. Each chapter provides step-by-step explanations of essential concepts and practical examples to reinforce learning.By the end of this book, you’ll have an advanced understanding of SketchUp Pro’s capabilities, ensuring you enjoy working on conceptual or full design projects from start to finish and showing off your design prowess.
Craig M Jamieson
Smart businesses are taking advantage of new technologies to overcome the challenges and secure the opportunities arising from recent shifts to buyer behaviour. The single biggest challenge for businesses today is to retain the loyalty of your existing customers and to find a way of extending your reach to find new ones. Social CRM allows you to do precisely that, offering a platform from which you can manage your current customer base while building and extending it.Craig Jamieson, an expert in social sales, wants to unlock the power of Social CRM for your business. With this book he takes you through the process of integrating Social CRM within your business strategy. He explores how to evaluate your needs, and discusses choosing the right Social CRM system for your business, before looking closely at how to successfully implement the system with best practices to bring increased revenues.
David Cohen, Christian Sturm
Developers are always looking to raise their game to the next level, yet most are completely lost when it comes to the Linux command line.This book is the bridge that will take you to the next level in your software development career. Most of the skills in the book can be immediately put to work to make you a more efficient developer. It’s written specifically for software engineers, not Linux system administrators, so each chapter will equip you with just enough theory to understand what you’re doing before diving into practical commands that you can use in your day-to-day work as a software developer.As you work through the book, you’ll quickly absorb the basics of how Linux works while you get comfortable moving around the command line. Once you’ve got the core skills, you’ll see how to apply them in different contexts that you’ll come across as a software developer: building and working with Docker images, automating boring build tasks with shell scripts, and troubleshooting issues in production environments.By the end of the book, you’ll be able to use Linux and the command line comfortably and apply your newfound skills in your day-to-day work to save time, troubleshoot issues, and be the command-line wizard that your team turns to.
The Software Engineer's Library. A runbook for building reliable systems and a resilient career
Michelle Brenner
If you are daunted by the skills required to thrive as a Senior Software Engineer, this book will help you acquire them and crush any lingering impostor syndrome. It’s a practical, interactive guide to real-world technical leadership. Senior engineers are expected to grow their influence with larger projects, inspiring their team and influencing cross-functional stakeholders for better results. Inside, you’ll cover topics from designing distributed systems to collaborating with any peer, stakeholder, or manager. The book encourages skill-building through hands-on exercises, relatable case studies, and a dash of humor to keep things lively. It also shows how AI can make your work more effective and less stressful, without replacing your unique and hard-earned skills. What sets this book apart? You’ll craft a single app from idea to scale, solving both technical and people challenges. Along the way, you’ll learn from engineers worldwide, each sharing their approach to overcoming obstacles. Whether you’re working through the book yourself or helping a peer level up, you'll find strategies for communication, mentorship, and career development. Jump into any section you need to discover your next step, build your MVP, navigate growth, or focus on life outside work. We’ll learn, grow, and have some fun!
Frank Solomon , Rakesh Kumar Pandey, Shubham...
Many software applications are backed by powerful relational database systems, meaning that the skills to be able to maintain a SQL database and reliably retrieve data are in high demand. With its simple syntax and effective data manipulation capabilities, SQL enables you to manage relational databases with ease. The SQL Workshop will help you progress from basic to advanced-level SQL queries in order to create and manage databases successfully.This Workshop begins with an introduction to basic CRUD commands and gives you an overview of the different data types in SQL. You'll use commands for narrowing down the search results within a database and learn about data retrieval from single and multiple tables in a single query. As you advance, you'll use aggregate functions to perform calculations on a set of values, and implement process automation using stored procedures, functions, and triggers. Finally, you'll secure your database against potential threats and use access control to keep your data safe.Throughout this Workshop, you'll use your skills on a realistic database for an online shop, preparing you for solving data problems in the real world.By the end of this book, you'll have built the knowledge, skills and confidence to creatively solve real-world data problems with SQL.