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Author Martin Kleppmann helps you navigate the diverse data landscape by examining the pros and cons of various technologies for processing and storing data. Software keeps changing, but the fundamental principles remain the same. With this book, software engineers and architects will learn how to apply those ideas in practice, and how to make full use of data in modern applications.

Data engineering has grown rapidly in the past decade, leaving many software engineers, data scientists, and analysts looking for a comprehensive view of this practice. With this practical book, you'll learn how to plan and build systems to serve the needs of your organization and customers by evaluating the best technologies available through the framework of the data engineering lifecycle.

Untangle the mesh of complex data with this user-friendly manual to SQL. Imagine a world overflowing with data – numbers, stats, facts, all buzzing around, waiting to tell a story. There's one common element that can help you navigate this vast sea of data – Structured Query Language (SQL).

Let the sun shine through! The cloud in data warehousing skies is finally clearing as Dr. Barry Devlin builds the architectural and systems foundations for data lakehouse, data fabric, and data mesh, as well as the base cloud data warehouse. The past five years has seen an explosion of innovation and new technical forms as cloud data warehousing has gone mainstream. But confusion has grown too. After all, the business needs are largely unchanged. So, why are there so many options and approaches? How do they differ? Which one may be the best choice? And why? In this first volume of a two-...

Manage and optimize metadata using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) through this comprehensive guide on the intricate and pivotal world of data cataloging. The book demystifies the concepts of data cataloging, highlighting its critical role in ensuring that data within organizations is accurate, accessible, and actionable. Jeff meticulously lays out strategies and insights on creating a robust data catalog that manages metadata and uses AI and ML to enhance its usability and reliability. In an era dominated by data-driven decisions, understanding and implementing ...

The data lakehouse is the next generation of the data warehouse and data lake, designed to meet today’s complex and ever-changing modern information systems. This book shows you how to construct your data lakehouse as the foundation for your artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and data mesh initiatives. Know the pitfalls and techniques for maximizing business value of your data lakehouse. In addition, be able to explain the core characteristics and critical success factors of a data lakehouse. By reviewing entry errors, key incompatibility, and ensuring good documentation...

Unlock the power of responsible AI governance with this essential guide for leaders and practitioners. Gain the knowledge and tools to effectively govern and oversee the use of artificial intelligence in your organization, ensuring compliance with emerging global regulations. Become equipped with the necessary knowledge to establish a solid foundation for managing your AI investments and apply a technology that will revolutionize how you serve your markets, manage your internal business processes, and embed your products’ capabilities. Depending on your organization's locations and ...

Read true crime stories of people abusing and misusing data. Just because there’s data doesn’t necessarily mean it’s the right data or people are using it properly. And as the saying goes, those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it. Documenting and understanding these stories can prevent them from happening again. Through a career in data, Merrill sees data problems (data crimes) caused by people treating data improperly. Recognizing data crimes is the first step in getting a resolution. This book details incidents of data crimes and their impact. Although not the person ...

Overcome the challenges, appreciate the varieties, and apply the process of data integration. Learn all about data integration and become a data integration hero instead of following the masses and running in the opposite direction at the mere mention of the word “integration”. Understand why organizations avoid data integration and often wind up with spider web environments containing siloed applications instead of an enterprise database which excites analysts and data scientists. Distinguish the different types of integration: database, attribute, key, index, encoding, measurement, ...

What's the Return on Investment (ROI) on data management? Sound like an impossible question to answer? Not if you read this book and learn the value-added approach to managing enterprise resources and assets. This book defines the five interrelated best practices that comprise data management, and shows you how by example to successfully communicate data management ROI to senior management. The 17 cases we share will help you to identify opportunities to introduce data management into the strategic conversations that occur in the C-suite. You will gain a new perspective regarding the ...

Getting the most from your data requires winning the Enrichment game. Learn the game rules and fit the “pieces,” processes, and people together to achieve a high score in data quality and data useability. First, demonstrate the value of the data our organizations gather, protect, and, in some cases, share. Second, enrich the available data by providing more context on the meaning of the data. Chief data officers, data strategists, data architects, data managers, data scientists, business analysts, and data governance and business intelligence professionals all play the game, and ...

Integrating Hadoop leverages the discipline of data integration and applies it to the Hadoop open-source software framework for storing data on clusters of commodity hardware. It is packed with the need-to-know for managers, architects, designers, and developers responsible for populating Hadoop in the enterprise, allowing you to harness big data and do it in such a way that the solution: Complies with (and even extends) enterprise standards Integrates seamlessly with the existing information infrastructure Fills a critical role within enterprise architecture. Integrating Hadoop covers the ...

Did you know that ChatGPT already boasts a community of over 100 million users? That's 100 million opportunities to make a splash in a still-young market. So, if you're tired of sitting on the sidelines, watching others take the prize, this guide is your game-changer, your treasure map, and your ticket to the big leagues — all powered by ChatGPT.

Are you ready to revolutionize your writing with AI? In "Command the Page," Charlie Deist introduces a groundbreaking approach to writing in the age of artificial intelligence. As AI reshapes industries and professions, writers and creatives face a pivotal choice: adapt or become obsolete. This book is your guide to not just surviving but thriving in this new landscape. Deist reveals how AI, like ChatGPT, is more than a tool; it's a collaborator that can enhance your creative process. Learn how to merge AI's computational power with the irreplaceable touch of human creativity. Through ...

The greatest tool is the hardest to use. Machine learning is the world's most important general-purpose technology—but it's notoriously difficult to launch. Outside Big Tech and a handful of other leading companies, machine learning initiatives routinely fail to deploy, never realizing value. What's missing? A specialized business practice suitable for wide adoption. In The AI Playbook, bestselling author Eric Siegel presents the gold-standard, six-step practice for ushering machine learning projects from conception to deployment.

Master the fundamentals of networking and confidently prepare for the Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) exam with this comprehensive guide. This book equips you with the knowledge and skills required to excel in today's dynamic networking landscape.

While the world is transfixed by bitcoin mania, your competitors are tuning out the noise and making strategic bets on blockchain. Your rivals are effortlessly tracking every last link in their supply chains. They're making bureaucratic paper trails obsolete while keeping their customers' data safer and discovering new ways to use this next foundational technology to sustain their competitive advantage.

This audiobook teaches you how to build an intelligent system from end to end and leverage machine learning in practice. You will understand how to apply your existing skills in software engineering, data science, machine learning, management, and program management to produce working systems.

In Fusion Strategy, world-renowned innovation guru Vijay Govindarajan and digital strategy expert Venkat Venkataraman offer a first-of-its-kind playbook that will help industrial companies combine what they do best-create physical products-with what digitals do best-use algorithms and AI to parse expansive, interconnected datasets-to make strategic connections that would otherwise be impossible.

Gain a competitive edge in today’s data-driven world and build a rich career as a data professional that drives business success and innovation… Today, data is everywhere… and it has become the essential building block of this modern society. And that’s why now is the perfect time to pursue a career in data. But what does it take to become a competent data professional? This book is your ultimate guide to understanding the fundamentals of data analytics, helping you unlock the expertise of efficiently solving real-world data-related problems.