Tag: cloud computing

BIG DATA: A well-written look at principles & best practices of scalable real-time data systems – #bookreview

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    Big Data Principles and best practices of scalable real-time data systems Nathan Marz, with James Warren Manning – paperback Get this book, whether you are new to working with Big Data or now an old hand at dealing with Big Data’s seemingly never-ending (and steadily expanding) complexities. You may not agree with all … Continue reading BIG DATA: A well-written look at principles & best practices of scalable real-time data systems – #bookreview

Mule in Action, 2nd Edition – Want to be an integration developer? Here’s a good start – #bookreview

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  Mule in Action, Second Edition David Dossot, John D’Emic, Victor Romero (Manning – paperback)   An enterprise service bus (ESB) can help you link together many different types of platforms and applications–old and new–and keep them communicating and passing data between each other. “Mule,” this book’s authors note, “is a lightweight, event-driven enterprise service … Continue reading Mule in Action, 2nd Edition – Want to be an integration developer? Here’s a good start – #bookreview

Computing with Quantum Cats – Strange and exciting times are ahead – #science #bookreview

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Computing with Quantum Cats From Colossus to Qubits John Gribbin (Prometheus Books – hardcover, Kindle) John Gribbin’s new book, Computing with Quantum Cats, is an entertaining, informative and definitely eye-opening look at quantum computing’s recent progress, as well as its exciting near-future possibilities. The “conventional” (a.k.a. “classical”) computers currently on our desktops, in our briefcases, … Continue reading Computing with Quantum Cats – Strange and exciting times are ahead – #science #bookreview

Hello World! – Updated book brings new fun to learning Python – #programming #bookreview

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Hello World! Computer Programming for Kids and Other Beginners (2nd Edition) Warren Sande and Carter Sande (Manning, paperback) Many politicians, educators and pundits keep arguing over whether the United States should offer computer programming classes to all students in kindergarten through 12th grade. Others say all of us, including senior citizens, should do some coding to … Continue reading Hello World! – Updated book brings new fun to learning Python – #programming #bookreview

Testing Cloud Services – How to Test SaaS, PaaS and IaaS – #cloud #bookreview

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Testing Cloud Services How to Test SaaS, PaaS & IaaS Kees Blokland, Jeroen Mengerink and Martin Pol (Rocky Nook – paperback, Kindle) Cloud computing now affects almost all of us, at least indirectly. But some of us have to deal directly with one or more “clouds” on a regular basis. We select or implement particular … Continue reading Testing Cloud Services – How to Test SaaS, PaaS and IaaS – #cloud #bookreview

The Practice of Network Security Monitoring – You’re compromised, so deal with it. #security #bookreview

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The Practice of Network Security Monitoring Understanding Incident Detection and Response Richard Bejtlich (No Starch Press – paperback, Kindle) Security expert Richard Bejtlich’s focus in his new book is not on “the planning and defense phases of the security cycle.” Instead, he emphasizes how to handle “systems that are already compromised or that are on … Continue reading The Practice of Network Security Monitoring – You’re compromised, so deal with it. #security #bookreview

Puppet 3 Beginner’s Guide – Automate configuration management & become a better system admin – #programming #bookreview

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Puppet 3 Beginner’s Guide John Arundel (Packt Publishing – paperback, Kindle) If you administer a small network built around just a few servers, you may still be doing at least some of the configuration management by hand. You literally move from machine to machine, manually entering updates, changes, or fixes. And your small network may … Continue reading Puppet 3 Beginner’s Guide – Automate configuration management & become a better system admin – #programming #bookreview

Getting Started with Mule Cloud Connect – To help sort out the chaos of Internet services – #bookreview

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Getting Started with Mule Cloud Connect Ryan Carter (O’Reilly – paperback, Kindle) In a digital world increasingly cluttered with Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platforms, Open APIs, and social networks, complexity quickly can get out of hand. “It all starts,” Ryan Carter writes in his new book, “with a simple API that publishes somebody’s status to Facebook, sends a Tweet, or updates a … Continue reading Getting Started with Mule Cloud Connect – To help sort out the chaos of Internet services – #bookreview

Learning Node – A good how-to guide for server-side Web development with Node.js – #programming #bookreview

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Learning Node Shelley Powers (O’Reilly, paperback – Kindle)  “Node is designed to be used for [server-side] applications that are heavy on input/output (I/O), but light on computation,” veteran Web technology author Shelley Powers notes in Learning Node, her ninth and newest how-to book from O’Reilly. “Node.js,” she explains, “is a server-side technology that’s based on … Continue reading Learning Node – A good how-to guide for server-side Web development with Node.js – #programming #bookreview

Enterprise Games – How to build a better 21st-century business with game mechanics – #business #bookreview

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Enterprise Games: Using Game Mechanics to Build a Better Business Michael Hugos (O’Reilly, paperback – Kindle) Can 21st-century games and gamers attack and destroy the top-down, assembly-line thinking that still keeps many businesses firmly rooted in the previous century?  Michael Hugos’ compelling new book makes a solid case that they can. Game mechanics, he argues, can … Continue reading Enterprise Games – How to build a better 21st-century business with game mechanics – #business #bookreview