Feedback Control for Computer Systems: Introducing Control Theory to Enterprise Programmers

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Feedback Control for Computer Systems: Introducing Control Theory to Enterprise Programmers

How can you take advantage of feedback control for enterprise programming? With this book, author Philipp K. Janert demonstrates how the same principles that govern cruise control in your car also apply to data center management and other enterprise systems. Through case studies and hands-on simulations, you’ll learn methods to solve several control issues, including mechanisms to spin up more servers automatically when web traffic spikes.Feedback is ideal for controlling large, complex systems, but its use in software engineering raises unique issues. This book provides basic theory and lots of practical advice for programmers with no previous background in feedback control.Learn feedback concepts and controller designGet practical techniques for implementing and tuning controllersUse feedback “design patterns” for common control scenariosMaintain a cache’s “hit rate” by automatically adjusting its sizeRespond to web traffic by scaling server instances automaticallyExplore ways to use feedback principles with queueing systemsLearn how to control memory consumption in a game engineTake a deep dive into feedback control theory

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Feedback Control for Computer Systems: Introducing Control Theory to Enterprise Programmers

How can you take advantage of feedback control for enterprise programming? With this book, author Philipp K. Janert demonstrates how the same principles that govern cruise control in your car also apply to data center management and other enterprise systems. Through case studies and hands-on simulations, you’ll learn methods to solve several control issues, including mechanisms to spin up more servers automatically when web traffic spikes.Feedback is ideal for controlling large, complex systems, but its use in software engineering raises unique issues. This book provides basic theory and lots of practical advice for programmers with no previous background in feedback control.Learn feedback concepts and controller designGet practical techniques for implementing and tuning controllersUse feedback “design patterns” for common control scenariosMaintain a cache’s “hit rate” by automatically adjusting its sizeRespond to web traffic by scaling server instances automaticallyExplore ways to use feedback principles with queueing systemsLearn how to control memory consumption in a game engineTake a deep dive into feedback control theory

 

MCSA Windows 10 Study Guide: Exam 70-698

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MCSA Windows 10 Study Guide: Exam 70-698

Master Windows 10 installation and configuration, including new technologies The MCSA Windows 10 Study Guide is the only comprehensive resource you'll need to prepare for Exam 70-698. You'll find expert coverage of 100% of all exam objectives led by expert Microsoft MVP, William Panek. Quickly master the concepts and processes involved in Windows 10 installation and configuration. The Sybex superior study tools and online learning environment include: system requirements, devices, core services, networking, storage, data access and usage, maintenance, updates, data recovery, and more. Real-world scenarios bring on the job experience while hands-on exercises provide practical instruction on critical techniques, and the Sybex online learning environment gives you access to electronic flashcards for last minute review, an assessment test, and bonus practice exams so you can be confident on exam day.Exam 70-698 is the first of two exams for the MCSA certification. Addressing local and desktop deployments, these topics form the foundation of what's to come. This Sybex Study Guide gives you the tools you need along with expert content so you can build the essential knowledge base and master the ley concepts.Clarify processes with hands-on exercises Identify knowledge gaps through chapter review questions Test your understanding with online bonus practice exams and more With a 90-percent market share, Windows is the world's number-one desktop OS. While it may look similar to Windows 8, Windows 10 includes a number of enhanced features that specialists need to know, and MCSA candidates must be able to demonstrate a clear understanding of how to work with these new technologies. MCSA Windows 10 Study Guide: Exam 70-698 is your complete guide to Windows 10 installation and configuration, with expert instruction and practical exam preparation.

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MCSA Windows 10 Study Guide: Exam 70-698

Master Windows 10 installation and configuration, including new technologies The MCSA Windows 10 Study Guide is the only comprehensive resource you'll need to prepare for Exam 70-698. You'll find expert coverage of 100% of all exam objectives led by expert Microsoft MVP, William Panek. Quickly master the concepts and processes involved in Windows 10 installation and configuration. The Sybex superior study tools and online learning environment include: system requirements, devices, core services, networking, storage, data access and usage, maintenance, updates, data recovery, and more. Real-world scenarios bring on the job experience while hands-on exercises provide practical instruction on critical techniques, and the Sybex online learning environment gives you access to electronic flashcards for last minute review, an assessment test, and bonus practice exams so you can be confident on exam day.Exam 70-698 is the first of two exams for the MCSA certification. Addressing local and desktop deployments, these topics form the foundation of what's to come. This Sybex Study Guide gives you the tools you need along with expert content so you can build the essential knowledge base and master the ley concepts.Clarify processes with hands-on exercises Identify knowledge gaps through chapter review questions Test your understanding with online bonus practice exams and more With a 90-percent market share, Windows is the world's number-one desktop OS. While it may look similar to Windows 8, Windows 10 includes a number of enhanced features that specialists need to know, and MCSA candidates must be able to demonstrate a clear understanding of how to work with these new technologies. MCSA Windows 10 Study Guide: Exam 70-698 is your complete guide to Windows 10 installation and configuration, with expert instruction and practical exam preparation.

 

The New IT: How Technology Leaders are Enabling Business Strategy in the Digital Age

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The New IT: How Technology Leaders are Enabling Business Strategy in the Digital Age

Introducing a Powerful New Business Model for Today's ITBlogger, speaker, software executive, and bestselling author Jill Dyche has been thinking about leadership a lot lately. Having consulted with business and IT executives with Fortune 500 companies for most of her career, she has heard a common refrain: What should we do about shadow IT? She's decided to address the answer head-on.With the onslaught of cloud solutions, consumerization of technology, and increasingly tech-savvy business people, it's time for a manifesto for leaders who recognize--and are nervous about--the demands of the digital age. Whether you're an executive, department head, or IT manager, The New IT provides an action-ready blueprint for building and strengthening the role of IT in your company--and prescribing IT's future. Learn how to:ASSESS your current and future IT profileALIGN your IT organization with business prioritiesMAP technology delivery plans according to business priioritiesORGANIZE IT according to your company's culture and strengthsREDEFINE innovation and talent management practicesBUILD a stronger and enduring role for IT as a business partnerBy using field-tested techniques to align your IT department with your corporate objectives, you can leverage the power of technology across the entire company. The New IT provides a set of tactical and experienced-based frameworks to help you and your colleagues conceive a new roadmap. It also includes real-world case studies and best practices from successful, technology-enabled companies such as Toyota, Merck, Brooks Brothers, Union Bank, and many others. You'll hear from major industry pioneers, IT thought leaders, and other change agents who are leading the way in this new frontier. And you'll learn how to bring your business and IT together in a way that is truly transformative.The new IT is more than computing power. It balances strategy and delivery. It's interactive and inclusive. It's as omnipresent as the smart phone and just as revolutionary. It equips you with the tools you need to succeed in reframing the IT conversation and propelling your business forward.Praise for The New ITJill has penned a de Toquevillean map of the digital world. Should be a required text for every business leader in the country.Thornton May, futurist and author of The New KnowEnterprise IT has reached an inflection point in how services are delivered and consumed, requiring our profession to undertake a transformation of our own. Jill Dyche describes well the challenges we face, how to assess them, and how to take action to complete the journey toward modern enterprise IT.Kimberly Stevenson, Vice President and Chief Information Officer, IntelConversational, intuitive, and intelligent, this book goes right to the heart of governance (control), innovation (change), identity (authority), relevance (alignment), and influence (strategy). It's a timely book that should be read by executives across organizations.Peter Marx, Chief Innovation and Technology Officer, City of Los AngelesA highly readable, entertaining book that will help CIOs and their executive partners address the ongoing challenge of converting IT from a strategic liability to a strategic asset.Peter Weill and Jeanne Ross, MIT Center for Information Research and authors of IT GovernanceEverywhere I go I hear complaints about the old IT. Jill Dyche's book provides a comprehensive roadmap to changing IT to suit our analytical, consumer-driven, bring-your-own-device times!Thomas H. Davenport, Distinguished Professor, Babson College, and author of Competing on Analytics and Big Data @ Work

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The New IT: How Technology Leaders are Enabling Business Strategy in the Digital Age

Introducing a Powerful New Business Model for Today's ITBlogger, speaker, software executive, and bestselling author Jill Dyche has been thinking about leadership a lot lately. Having consulted with business and IT executives with Fortune 500 companies for most of her career, she has heard a common refrain: What should we do about shadow IT? She's decided to address the answer head-on.With the onslaught of cloud solutions, consumerization of technology, and increasingly tech-savvy business people, it's time for a manifesto for leaders who recognize--and are nervous about--the demands of the digital age. Whether you're an executive, department head, or IT manager, The New IT provides an action-ready blueprint for building and strengthening the role of IT in your company--and prescribing IT's future. Learn how to:ASSESS your current and future IT profileALIGN your IT organization with business prioritiesMAP technology delivery plans according to business priioritiesORGANIZE IT according to your company's culture and strengthsREDEFINE innovation and talent management practicesBUILD a stronger and enduring role for IT as a business partnerBy using field-tested techniques to align your IT department with your corporate objectives, you can leverage the power of technology across the entire company. The New IT provides a set of tactical and experienced-based frameworks to help you and your colleagues conceive a new roadmap. It also includes real-world case studies and best practices from successful, technology-enabled companies such as Toyota, Merck, Brooks Brothers, Union Bank, and many others. You'll hear from major industry pioneers, IT thought leaders, and other change agents who are leading the way in this new frontier. And you'll learn how to bring your business and IT together in a way that is truly transformative.The new IT is more than computing power. It balances strategy and delivery. It's interactive and inclusive. It's as omnipresent as the smart phone and just as revolutionary. It equips you with the tools you need to succeed in reframing the IT conversation and propelling your business forward.Praise for The New ITJill has penned a de Toquevillean map of the digital world. Should be a required text for every business leader in the country.Thornton May, futurist and author of The New KnowEnterprise IT has reached an inflection point in how services are delivered and consumed, requiring our profession to undertake a transformation of our own. Jill Dyche describes well the challenges we face, how to assess them, and how to take action to complete the journey toward modern enterprise IT.Kimberly Stevenson, Vice President and Chief Information Officer, IntelConversational, intuitive, and intelligent, this book goes right to the heart of governance (control), innovation (change), identity (authority), relevance (alignment), and influence (strategy). It's a timely book that should be read by executives across organizations.Peter Marx, Chief Innovation and Technology Officer, City of Los AngelesA highly readable, entertaining book that will help CIOs and their executive partners address the ongoing challenge of converting IT from a strategic liability to a strategic asset.Peter Weill and Jeanne Ross, MIT Center for Information Research and authors of IT GovernanceEverywhere I go I hear complaints about the old IT. Jill Dyche's book provides a comprehensive roadmap to changing IT to suit our analytical, consumer-driven, bring-your-own-device times!Thomas H. Davenport, Distinguished Professor, Babson College, and author of Competing on Analytics and Big Data @ Work

 

Social Media and Crisis Communication

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Social Media and Crisis Communication

Social Media and Crisis Communication provides a unique and timely contribution to the field of crisis communication by addressing how social media are influencing the practice of crisis communication. The book, with a collection of chapters contributed by leading communication researchers, covers the current and emerging interplay of social media and crisis communication, recent theories and frameworks, overviews of dominant research streams, applications in specific crisis areas, and future directions.Both the theoretical and the practical are discussed, providing a volume that appeals to both academic-minded readers as well as professionals at the managerial, decision-making level. The audience includes public relations and corporate communication scholars, graduate students studying social media and crisis communication, researchers, crisis managers working in communication departments, and business leaders who make strategic business communication planning. No other volume has provided the overarching synthesis of information regarding the field of crisis communication and social media that this book contains. Incorporated in this volume is the recent Social-mediated Crisis Communication Model developed by the editors and their co-authors, which serves as a framework for crisis and issues management in a rapidly evolving media landscape.

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Social Media and Crisis Communication

Social Media and Crisis Communication provides a unique and timely contribution to the field of crisis communication by addressing how social media are influencing the practice of crisis communication. The book, with a collection of chapters contributed by leading communication researchers, covers the current and emerging interplay of social media and crisis communication, recent theories and frameworks, overviews of dominant research streams, applications in specific crisis areas, and future directions.Both the theoretical and the practical are discussed, providing a volume that appeals to both academic-minded readers as well as professionals at the managerial, decision-making level. The audience includes public relations and corporate communication scholars, graduate students studying social media and crisis communication, researchers, crisis managers working in communication departments, and business leaders who make strategic business communication planning. No other volume has provided the overarching synthesis of information regarding the field of crisis communication and social media that this book contains. Incorporated in this volume is the recent Social-mediated Crisis Communication Model developed by the editors and their co-authors, which serves as a framework for crisis and issues management in a rapidly evolving media landscape.

 

Technology for Success and Illustrated Series™ Microsoft Office 365 & Office 2019 (MindTap Course List)

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Technology for Success and Illustrated Series™ Microsoft Office 365 & Office 2019 (MindTap Course List)

Whether you're a computer rookie looking for a user-friendly presentation or a computer hotshot who wants to advance through lessons quickly, you can effectively master Microsoft Office 2019 and today's computer concepts with TECHNOLOGY FOR SUCCESS AND ILLUSTRATED SERIES MICROSOFT OFFICE 365 and OFFICE 2019. Using the popular Illustrated Series' proven approach, this edition breaks topics into manageable lessons that place concepts into context for success in your academic, professional and personal lives. An easy-to-follow presentation of Microsoft Office 2019 provides an overview of essential skills and introduces a case study for further application. The proven two-page layout guides you with large, full-color screen images that reflect exactly what you should see on your own computer. MindTap and SAM help you further focus your study for results now and success later on the job.

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Technology for Success and Illustrated Series™ Microsoft Office 365 & Office 2019 (MindTap Course List)

Whether you're a computer rookie looking for a user-friendly presentation or a computer hotshot who wants to advance through lessons quickly, you can effectively master Microsoft Office 2019 and today's computer concepts with TECHNOLOGY FOR SUCCESS AND ILLUSTRATED SERIES MICROSOFT OFFICE 365 and OFFICE 2019. Using the popular Illustrated Series' proven approach, this edition breaks topics into manageable lessons that place concepts into context for success in your academic, professional and personal lives. An easy-to-follow presentation of Microsoft Office 2019 provides an overview of essential skills and introduces a case study for further application. The proven two-page layout guides you with large, full-color screen images that reflect exactly what you should see on your own computer. MindTap and SAM help you further focus your study for results now and success later on the job.

 

The Sciences of the Artificial - 3rd Edition

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The Sciences of the Artificial - 3rd Edition

Continuing his exploration of the organization of complexity and the science of design, this new edition of Herbert Simon's classic work on artificial intelligence adds a chapter that sorts out the current themes and tools -- chaos, adaptive systems, genetic algorithms -- for analyzing complexity and complex systems. There are updates throughout the book as well. These take into account important advances in cognitive psychology and the science of design while confirming and extending the book's basic thesis: that a physical symbol system has the necessary and sufficient means for intelligent action. The chapter Economic Reality has also been revised to reflect a change in emphasis in Simon's thinking about the respective roles of organizations and markets in economic systems.People sometimes ask me what they should read to find out about artificial intelligence. Herbert Simon's book The Sciences of the Artificial is always on the list I give them. Every page issues a challenge to conventional thinking, and the layman who digests it well will certainly understand what the field of artificial intelligence hopes to accomplish. I recommend it in the same spirit that I recommend Freud to people who ask about psychoanalysis, or Piaget to those who ask about child psychology: If you want to learn about a subject, start by reading its founding fathers. -- George A. Miller

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The Sciences of the Artificial - 3rd Edition

Continuing his exploration of the organization of complexity and the science of design, this new edition of Herbert Simon's classic work on artificial intelligence adds a chapter that sorts out the current themes and tools -- chaos, adaptive systems, genetic algorithms -- for analyzing complexity and complex systems. There are updates throughout the book as well. These take into account important advances in cognitive psychology and the science of design while confirming and extending the book's basic thesis: that a physical symbol system has the necessary and sufficient means for intelligent action. The chapter Economic Reality has also been revised to reflect a change in emphasis in Simon's thinking about the respective roles of organizations and markets in economic systems.People sometimes ask me what they should read to find out about artificial intelligence. Herbert Simon's book The Sciences of the Artificial is always on the list I give them. Every page issues a challenge to conventional thinking, and the layman who digests it well will certainly understand what the field of artificial intelligence hopes to accomplish. I recommend it in the same spirit that I recommend Freud to people who ask about psychoanalysis, or Piaget to those who ask about child psychology: If you want to learn about a subject, start by reading its founding fathers. -- George A. Miller

 

Big Data For Dummies

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Big Data For Dummies

Find the right big data solution for your business or organizationBig data management is one of the major challenges facing business, industry, and not-for-profit organizations. Data sets such as customer transactions for a mega-retailer, weather patterns monitored by meteorologists, or social network activity can quickly outpace the capacity of traditional data management tools. If you need to develop or manage big data solutions, you'll appreciate how these four experts define, explain, and guide you through this new and often confusing concept. You'll learn what it is, why it matters, and how to choose and implement solutions that work.Effectively managing big data is an issue of growing importance to businesses, not-for-profit organizations, government, and IT professionals Authors are experts in information management, big data, and a variety of solutions Explains big data in detail and discusses how to select and implement a solution, security concerns to consider, data storage and presentation issues, analytics, and much more Provides essential information in a no-nonsense, easy-to-understand style that is empowering Big Data For Dummies cuts through the confusion and helps you take charge of big data solutions for your organization.

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Big Data For Dummies

Find the right big data solution for your business or organizationBig data management is one of the major challenges facing business, industry, and not-for-profit organizations. Data sets such as customer transactions for a mega-retailer, weather patterns monitored by meteorologists, or social network activity can quickly outpace the capacity of traditional data management tools. If you need to develop or manage big data solutions, you'll appreciate how these four experts define, explain, and guide you through this new and often confusing concept. You'll learn what it is, why it matters, and how to choose and implement solutions that work.Effectively managing big data is an issue of growing importance to businesses, not-for-profit organizations, government, and IT professionals Authors are experts in information management, big data, and a variety of solutions Explains big data in detail and discusses how to select and implement a solution, security concerns to consider, data storage and presentation issues, analytics, and much more Provides essential information in a no-nonsense, easy-to-understand style that is empowering Big Data For Dummies cuts through the confusion and helps you take charge of big data solutions for your organization.