-Titulo Original : Metasploit Penetration Testing Cookbook - Third Edition Evade Antiviruses, Bypass Firewalls, And Exploit Complex Environments With The Most Widely Used Penetration Testing Framework-Fabricante : Packt Publishing-Descripcion Original: Over 100 recipes for penetration testing using Metasploit and virtual machines Key Features Special focus on the latest operating systems, exploits, and penetration testing techniques Learn new anti-virus evasion techniques and use Metasploit to evade countermeasures Automate post exploitation with AutoRunScript Exploit Android devices, record audio and video, send and read SMS, read call logs, and much more Build and analyze Metasploit modules in Ruby Integrate Metasploit with other penetration testing tools Book Description Metasploit is the worlds leading penetration testing tool and helps security and IT professionals find, exploit, and validate vulnerabilities. Metasploit allows penetration testing automation, password auditing, web application scanning, social engineering, post exploitation, evidence collection, and reporting. Metasploits integration with InsightVM (or Nexpose), Nessus, OpenVas, and other vulnerability scanners provides a validation solution that simplifies vulnerability prioritization and remediation reporting. Teams can collaborate in Metasploit and present their findings in consolidated reports. In this book, you will go through great recipes that will allow you to start using Metasploit effectively. With an ever increasing level of complexity, and covering everything from the fundamentals to more advanced features in Metasploit, this book is not just for beginners but also for professionals keen to master this awesome tool. You will begin by building your lab environment, setting up Metasploit, and learning how to perform intelligence gathering, threat modeling, vulnerability analysis, exploitation, and post exploitation all inside Metasploit. You will learn how to create About the Author Daniel Teixeira is an IT security expert, author, and trainer, specializing in red team engagements, penetration testing, and vulnerability assessments. His main areas of focus are adversary simulation, emulation of modern adversarial tactics, techniques and procedures; vulnerability research, and exploit development. Abhinav Singh is a well-known information security researcher. He is the author of Metasploit Penetration Testing Cookbook (first and second editions) and Instant Wireshark Starter, by Packt. He is an active contributor to the security community-paper publications, articles, and blogs. His work has been quoted in several security and privacy magazines, and digital portals. He is a frequent speaker at eminent international conferences-Black Hat and RSA. His areas of expertise include malware research, reverse engineering, enterprise security, forensics, and cloud security. Monika Agarwal is a young Information Security Researcher from India. She has presented many research papers at both national and international conferences. She is a member of IAENG (International Association of Engineers). Her main areas of interest are ethical hacking and ad hoc networking...

-Titulo Original : C# 8.0 And .net Core 3.0 - Modern Cross-platform Development Build Applications With C#, .net Core, Entity Framework Core, Asp.net Core, And Ml.net Using Visual Studio Code, 4th Edition-Fabricante : Packt Publishing-Descripcion Original: Publishers Note: Microsoft ceased support for .NET Core 3.0 in March 2020. A new edition of this book is available that uses .NET 6 (an LTS release with support up until November 2024), C# 10, and Visual Studio 2022, as well as Visual Studio Code. Key Features Build modern, cross-platform applications with .NET Core 3.0 Get up to speed with C#, and up to date with all the latest features of C# 8.0 Start creating professional web applications with ASP.NET Core 3.0 Book Description In C# 8.0 and .NET Core 3.0 - Modern Cross-Platform Development, Fourth Edition, expert teacher Mark J. Price gives you everything you need to start programming C# applications. This latest edition uses the popular Visual Studio Code editor to work across all major operating systems. It is fully updated and expanded with new chapters on Content Management Systems (CMS) and machine learning with ML.NET. The book covers all the topics you need. Part 1 teaches the fundamentals of C#, including object-oriented programming, and new C# 8.0 features such as nullable reference types, simplified switch pattern matching, and default interface methods. Part 2 covers the .NET Standard APIs, such as managing and querying data, monitoring and improving performance, working with the filesystem, async streams, serialization, and encryption. Part 3 provides examples of cross-platform applications you can build and deploy, such as web apps using ASP.NET Core or mobile apps using Xamarin.Forms. The book introduces three technologies for building Windows desktop applications including Windows Forms, Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), and Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps, as well as web applications, web services, and mobile apps. What you will learn Build cross-platform applications for Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android Explore application development with C# 8.0 and .NET Core 3.0 Explore ASP.NET Core 3.0 and create professional web applications Learn object-oriented programming and C# multitasking Query and manipulate data using LINQ Use Entity Framework Core and work with relational databases Discover Windows app development using the Universal Windows Platform and XAML Build mobile applications for iOS and Android using Xamarin.Forms Who this book is for Readers with some prior programming experience or with a science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) background, who want to gain a solid foundation with C# 8.0 and .NET Core 3.0. Table of Contents Hello, C#! Welcome, .NET! Speaking C# Controlling Flow and Converting Types Writing, Debugging, and Testing Functions Building Your Own Types with Object-Oriented Programming Implementing Interfaces and Inheriting Classes Understanding and Packaging .NET Types Working with Common .NET Types Working with Files, Streams, and Serialization Protecting Your Data and Applications Working with Databases Using Entity Framework Core Querying and Manipulating Data Using LINQ Improving Performance and Scalability Using Multitasking Practical Applications of C# and .NET Building Websites Using ASP.NET Core Razor Pages Building Websites Using the Model-View-Controller Pattern Building Websites Using a Content Management System Building and Consuming Web Services Building Intelligent Apps Using Machine Learning Building Windows Desktop Apps Building Cross-Platform Mobile Apps Using Xamarin.Forms Appendix (Bonus Chapter) Review Mark Price has delivered the most comprehensive and well-written book on C# 8 that I know of. It is my go-to source, and I recommend it highly. -- Jesse Liberty, Microsoft MVP Not only does Mark Price show you everything you need to get started with C# and .NET Core, the book also covers the ecosystem around it and gives you tons of examples and real-world applications to practice on. An awesome hands-on book that I highly recommend for anyone starting a career on the .NET Core platform. -- Hakan Edling, Founder of Piranha CMS Abou...

-Titulo Original : Mastering Spring Cloud Build Self-healing, Microservices-based, Distributed Systems Using Spring Cloud-Fabricante : Packt Publishing-Descripcion Original: Learn how to build, test, secure, deploy, and efficiently consume services across distributed systems. Key Features Explore the wealth of options provided by Spring Cloud for wiring service dependencies in microservice systems. Create microservices utilizing Spring Clouds Netflix OSS Architect your cloud-native data using Spring Cloud. Book Description Developing, deploying, and operating cloud applications should be as easy as local applications. This should be the governing principle behind any cloud platform, library, or tool. Spring Cloud-an open-source library-makes it easy to develop JVM applications for the cloud. In this book, you will be introduced to Spring Cloud and will master its features from the application developers point of view. This book begins by introducing you to microservices for Spring and the available feature set in Spring Cloud. You will learn to configure the Spring Cloud server and run the Eureka server to enable service registration and discovery. Then you will learn about techniques related to load balancing and circuit breaking and utilize all features of the Feign client. The book now delves into advanced topics where you will learn to implement distributed tracing solutions for Spring Cloud and build message-driven microservice architectures. Before running an application on Docker container s, you will master testing and securing techniques with Spring Cloud. What you will learn Abstract Spring Clouds feature set Create microservices utilizing Spring Clouds Netflix OSS Create synchronous API microservices based on a message-driven architecture. Explore advanced topics such as distributed tracing, security, and contract testing. Manage and deploy applications on the production environment Who This Book Is For This book appeals to developers keen to take advantage of Spring cloud, an open source library which helps developers quickly build distributed systems. Knowledge of Java and Spring Framework will be helpful, but no prior exposure to Spring Cloud is required. Table of Contents Introduction to Microservices Spring for Microservices Spring Cloud Overview Service Discovery Distributed Configuration with Spring Cloud Config Communication Between Microservices Advanced Load Balancing and Circuit Breakers Routing and Filtering with API Gateway Distributed Logging and Tracing Additional Configuration and Discovery Features Message-Driven Microservices Securing an API Testing Java Microservices Docker Support Spring Microservices on Cloud Platforms About the Author Piotr Minkowski has more then 10 years of experience working as a developer and an architect in the banking and telecommunications sectors. During this time, he has been a part of many projects, both small and large, implemented for different companies in various technologies. He specializes mainly in Java as well as in technologies, tools and frameworks associated with it. Now, he is working at Play, a mobile operator in Poland, where he is responsible for IT systems architecture. Here, he helps the organization to migrate from monolith/SOA to microservices-based architecture and also helps set up full Continuous Integration and Delivery environment. In his free time he publishes articles on his blog Piotrs TechBlog on wordpress, where he demonstrates the newest technologies and frameworks in the programming world...

-Titulo Original : Hands-on Concurrency With Rust Confidently Build Memory-safe, Parallel, And Efficient Software In Rust-Fabricante : Packt Publishing-Descripcion Original: Effectively meet modern software demands by using Rusts safe and powerful memory model Key Features Learn and improve the sequential performance characteristics of your software Understand the use of operating system processes in a high-scale concurrent system Explore the different coordination methods available in the standard library Book Description Most programming languages can be challenging to work with, especially with regard to unsafe memory access. Moreover, the burden on you as a programmer involves two aspects: understanding the modern machine and your languages pain points. To help you tackle this, Hands-On Concurrency with Rust will guide you on how to manage program performance on modern machines and build fast, memory-safe, and concurrent software in Rust. The book starts with the fundamentals of Rust and focuses on machine architecture concepts. You will then explore ways to measure and improve the performance of Rust code systematically and how to confidently write collections. As you progress, you will learn about the Sync and Send traits applied to threads, and coordinate thread execution with locks, atomic primitives, data-parallelism, and more. The book will also assist you in efficiently embedding Rust in C code, before helping you discover the functionalities of different crates for multithreaded applications. In later chapters, youll go on to understand the implementations of lock-free and wait-free structures. You will also get up to speed with how a mutex works, along with learning to build them yourself. Finally, youll master radically different approaches that exist in the ecosystem for structuring and managing high-scale systems. By the end of this book, you will have gained the expertise you need to design safe, consistent, parallel, and high-performance applications in Rust. What you will learn Examine your programs for performance and accuracy issues Create your own threading and multi-processing environment in Rust Use coarse locks from Rusts standard library Solve common synchronization problems or avoid synchronization using atomic programming Build lock-free and wait-free structures in Rust and understand their implementations in the crates ecosystem Leverage Rusts memory model and type system to integrate safety properties into your parallel programs Understand the new features of the Rust programming language to ease the process of writing parallel programs Who This Book Is For This book is for software engineers with a basic understanding of Rust, who want to safely use the parallel and concurrent nature of modern computing environments. Table of Contents Preliminaries: Machine Architecture and Getting Started with Rust Sequential Rust Performance and Testing The Rust Memory Model: Ownership, References and Manipulation Sync and Send: the Foundation of Rust Concurrency Locks: Mutex, Condvar, Barriers and RWLock Atomics: The Primitives of Synchronization Atomics: Safely Reclaiming Memory High-Level Parallelism: Threadpools FFI and Embedding: Combining Rust and Other Languages Futurism: Near-Term Rust About the Author Brian Troutwines professional focuses on real-time, fault-tolerant and critical software in high-scale and/or embedded systems. He is a frequent international public speaker on these topics. He knows many programming languages but works primarily in Erlang/OTP, C, Rust, Haskell. He is keenly interested in building reliable, real-time systems that have to cope with some extreme or another. He is also fascinated both by the constraints of embedded machines and networked systems. He spends time engineering custom software for unusual problem domains...

-Titulo Original : Building Business Websites With Squarespace 7 Master The Squarespace Platform To Build Professional Websites That Boost Your Businesses, 2nd Edition-Fabricante : Packt Publishing-Descripcion Original: Discover the best way to build, design and launch professional websites with Squarespace quickly, without needing to learn any code Key Features Discover time-saving tricks and best practices, and avoid common pitfalls while creating a website Create visually stunning Responsive Design templates for your website with Squarespace 7 Understand how to monitor, measure, and manage your website after launching it Book Description Squarespace is a web-based tool that allows non-technical people to create and manage professional-looking websites quickly, without needing to write any code. It empowers business owners to take total control of their own websites, without needing to pay someone to design or maintain it. This book covers much more than just how to use Squarespace. It covers all aspects of creating a successful business website, from developing your brand identity, to writing and structuring content to match your target audiences needs, and dozens of other other valuable tips that will help your website shine. Most importantly, youll learn the correct steps to follow in order to ensure your project is smooth and stress-free. The book starts by helping you plan your website project and gather all the raw materials youll need. Next, youll set up your account and become familiar with the terminology and tools that youll be using. Once youve learned the basics of how the Squarespace interface, templates, and different page types operate, you will create the framework of your website, ready for you to insert content and functionality. Then, once all the core elements are in place, youll apply the aesthetic fine-tuning needed to bring your website in line with your brand. After the aesthetics have been honed and all functions tested, you will launch your website and drive traffic to it, monitor it, and improve it. What You Will Learn Develop an essential Website Toolkit that will act as reference and materials for your entire project, ensuring you stay on-target to meet your objectives Set up your Squarespace account, learn how the interface works, and select the correct template for your websites purpose and goals Create your website framework, fill it with content, and arrange your pages using Squarespaces easy drag-and-drop tools Customize your sites look and feel to match your brand, and create a stunning visual impact for your website on all types of devices, including mobiles and tablets Configure the core functions your business needs, whether connecting to social media, promoting events, showcasing your work, or selling goods and services online Learn time-saving tricks and how to avoid common pitfalls from an experienced professional with years of Squarespace experience Gain valuable insights about search engine optimization, communicating effectively online, and other e-marketing advice How to monitor, measure, and manage your website post-launch Who this book is for This book is ideal for anyone who wants to learn how to use the latest version of Squarespace to create a website from scratch and take it through to go-live. You dont need any prior experience with Squarespace, HTML, or CSS, or building websites in general as everything is done using Squarespaces simple, browser-based interface. Table of Contents Setting Up for Success - Your Website Toolkit Getting Started with Squarespace Working with Squarespace Templates Creating Your Site Framework Adding, Editing, and Arranging Content in Your Web Pages Using Blocks to Add Functionality, Rich Media, and Special Features Selling Online or Taking Donations with Squarespace Commerce Tailoring Your Sites Look and Feel Going Live with Your Website Managing Your Squarespace Website About the Author Miko Coffey is an established digital professional who has been building websites with Squarespace since 2007, and websites in general since 1995. Having first been introduced to the Internet in the mid-1990s through cyb...

-Titulo Original : Industrial Cybersecurity Efficiently Secure Critical Infrastructure Systems-Fabricante : Packt Publishing-Descripcion Original: Your one-step guide to understanding industrial cybersecurity and its control systems and operations Key Features Learn about endpoint protection-implement anti-malware and update, monitor, and sanitize user workloads and mobile devices Understand how to secure critical infrastructure systems efficiently with practical examples Get to grips with the techniques and methodologies of building robust infrastructure systems step by step Book Description With advancements in technology, cyber threats have evolved significantly. To keep your organization safe from cyber attacks, it is important to understand your control systems vulnerabilities and learn techniques to defend critical infrastructure systems from cyber threats. This book will help you implement security measures and identify unique security challenges with the help of real-world use cases. Industrial Cybersecurity starts with an introduction to Industrial Control System (ICS) technology, giving you an overview of ICS architectures, communication media, and protocols. Youll then delve into ICS security, and understand ICS-related attack scenarios. Youll learn how to secure ICS, covering network segmentation, defense-in-depth strategies, and protective solutions. As you advance, youll also get to grips with security assessments, risk management, and security program development. The book takes you through essential cybersecurity aspects such as threat detection and access management, and topics related to endpoint hardening, such as monitoring, updating, and anti-malware implementations. By the end of this cybersecurity book, you will be well-versed with the latest security tools and be able to implement robust security measures for critical infrastructure networks. What you will learn Explore different types of control systems Design security-oriented architectures, network segmentation, and security support services Configure event monitoring systems, anti-malware applications, and endpoint security Understand ICS risks, threat detection, and access management Discover patch management and life cycle management Secure your industrial control systems from design through to retirement Who this book is for If you are a security professional who wants to ensure a robust environment for critical infrastructure systems, this book is for you. IT professionals interested in the cybersecurity domain or industrial cybersecurity certifications will also find this book useful. Table of Contents Industrial Control Systems Insecure by Inheritance Anatomy of an ICS Attack Scenario Industrial Control System Risk Assessment The Purdue Model and a Converged Plantwide Ethernet The Defense-in-depth Model Physical ICS Security ICS Network Security ICS Computer Security ICS Application Security ICS Device Security The ICS Cybersecurity Program Development Process About the Author Pascal Ackerman is a seasoned industrial security professional with a degree in electrical engineering and over 15 years of experience in designing, troubleshooting, and securing large-scale industrial control systems and the various types of network technologies they utilize. After more than a decade of hands-on, in-the-field experience, he joined Rockwell Automation in 2015 and is currently employed as Senior Consultant of Industrial Cybersecurity with the Network and Security Services Group. He recently became a digital nomad and now travels the world with his family while fighting cyber adversaries...

-Titulo Original : Learning Alteryx A Beginners Guide To Using Alteryx For Self-service Analytics And Business Intelligence-Fabricante : Packt Publishing-Descripcion Original: Implement your Business Intelligence solutions without any coding - by leveraging the power of the Alteryx platform Key Features Experience the power of codeless analytics using Alteryx, a leading Business Intelligence tool Uncover hidden trends and valuable insights from your data across different sources and make accurate predictions Includes real-world examples to put your understanding of the features in Alteryx to practical use Book Description Alteryx, as a leading data blending and advanced data analytics platform, has taken self-service data analytics to the next level. Companies worldwide often find themselves struggling to prepare and blend massive datasets that are time-consuming for analysts. Alteryx solves these problems with a repeatable workflow designed to quickly clean, prepare, blend, and join your data in a seamless manner. This book will set you on a self-service data analytics journey that will help you create efficient workflows using Alteryx, without any coding involved. It will empower you and your organization to take well-informed decisions with the help of deeper business insights from the data.Starting with the fundamentals of using Alteryx such as data preparation and blending, you will delve into the more advanced concepts such as performing predictive analytics. You will also learn how to use Alteryx’s features to share the insights gained with the relevant decision makers. To ensure consistency, we will be using data from the Healthcare domain throughout this book. The knowledge you gain from this book will guide you to solve real-life problems related to Business Intelligence confidently. Whether you are a novice with Alteryx or an experienced data analyst keen to explore Alteryx’s self-service analytics features, this book will be the perfect companion for you. What you will learn Create efficient workflows with Alteryx to answer complex business questions Learn how to speed up the cleansing, data preparing, and shaping process Blend and join data into a single dataset for self-service analysis Write advanced expressions in Alteryx leading to an optimal workflow for efficient processing of huge data Develop high-quality, data-driven reports to improve consistency in reporting and analysis Explore the flexibility of macros by automating analytic processes Apply predictive analytics from spatial, demographic, and behavioral analysis and quickly publish, schedule Share your workflows and insights with relevant stakeholders Who This Book Is For This book is for aspiring data professionals who want to learn and implement self-service analytics from scratch, without any coding. Those who have some experience with Alteryx and want to gain more proficiency will also find this book to be useful. A basic understanding of the data science concepts is all you need to get started with this book. Table of Contents Getting Started with Alteryx Workflow Optimization Data Preparation & Blending Writing Fast & Accurate Expressions Transforming Data Data Parsing Techniques to Easily Parse Complex Data Streams Creating Data-Driven Custom Reports Using Macros in Workflows Sharing Your Insights Best Practices About the Author Renato Baruti is an Alteryx Certified Professional and the Tampa Bay Alteryx User Group leader, strengthening the self-service analytics community by bringing professionals closer together to share the endless data-driven insights that Alteryx has to offer. Professionally, he is a senior systems analyst with over 6 years of experience in healthcare analytics and over 12 years of healthcare experience. After graduating with an economics degree from the University of South Florida, Renato continued with that interest as a certified Six Sigma Black Belt. His experience has ranged across data structure and design using SQL, building intuitive Alteryx workflows to answer complex business problems, and finishing with expressive data visualizations by deve...

-Titulo Original : Learning Malware Analysis Explore The Concepts, Tools, And Techniques To Analyze And Investigate Windows Malware-Fabricante : Packt Publishing-Descripcion Original: Understand malware analysis and its practical implementation Key Features Explore the key concepts of malware analysis and memory forensics using real-world examples Learn the art of detecting, analyzing, and investigating malware threats Understand adversary tactics and techniques Book Description Malware analysis and memory forensics are powerful analysis and investigation techniques used in reverse engineering, digital forensics, and incident response. With adversaries becoming sophisticated and carrying out advanced malware attacks on critical infrastructures, data centers, and private and public organizations, detecting, responding to, and investigating such intrusions is critical to information security professionals. Malware analysis and memory forensics have become must-have skills to fight advanced malware, targeted attacks, and security breaches. This book teaches you the concepts, techniques, and tools to understand the behavior and characteristics of malware through malware analysis. It also teaches you techniques to investigate and hunt malware using memory forensics. This book introduces you to the basics of malware analysis, and then gradually progresses into the more advanced concepts of code analysis and memory forensics. It uses real-world malware samples, infected memory images, and visual diagrams to help you gain a better understanding of the subject and to equip you with the skills required to analyze, investigate, and respond to malware-related incidents. What you will learn Create a safe and isolated lab environment for malware analysis Extract the metadata associated with malware Determine malwares interaction with the system Perform code analysis using IDA Pro and x64dbg Reverse-engineer various malware functionalities Reverse engineer and decode common encoding/encryption algorithms Perform different code injection and hooking techniques Investigate and hunt malware using memory forensics Who This Book Is For This book is for incident responders, cyber-security investigators, system administrators, malware analyst, forensic practitioners, student, or curious security professionals interested in learning malware analysis and memory forensics. Knowledge of programming languages such as C and Python is helpful but is not mandatory. If you have written few lines of code and have a basic understanding of programming concepts, youll be able to get the most out of this book. Table of Contents Introduction to Malware Analysis Static Analysis Dynamic Analysis Assembly Language and Disassembly Primer Disassembly Using IDA Debugging Malicious Binaries Malware Functionalities and Persistence Code Injection and Hooking Malware Obfuscation Techniques Hunting Malware Using Memory Forensics Detecting Advanced Malware Using Memory Forensics About the Author Monnappa K A works for Cisco Systems as an information security investigator focusing on threat intelligence and the investigation of advanced cyber attacks. He is a member of the Black Hat review board, the creator of Limon Linux sandbox, the winner of the Volatility plugin contest 2016, and the co-founder of the Cysinfo cybersecurity research community. He has presented and conducted training sessions at various security conferences including Black Hat, FIRST, OPCDE, and DSCI. He regularly conducts training at the Black Hat Security Conference in USA, Asia, and Europe...

-Titulo Original : Postgis Cookbook - Second Edition Store, Organize, Manipulate, And Analyze Spatial Data-Fabricante : Packt Publishing-Descripcion Original: Create and manage spatial data with PostGIS Key Features Import and export geographic data from the PostGIS database using the available tools Maintain, optimize, and fine-tune spatial data for long-term viability Utilize the parallel support functionality that was introduced in PostgreSQL 9.6 Book Description PostGIS is a spatial database that integrates the advanced storage and analysis of vector and raster data, and is remarkably flexible and powerful. PostGIS provides support for geographic objects to the PostgreSQL object-relational database and is currently the most popular open source spatial databases. If you want to explore the complete range of PostGIS techniques and expose related extensions, then this book is for you. This book is a comprehensive guide to PostGIS tools and concepts which are required to manage, manipulate, and analyze spatial data in PostGIS. It covers key spatial data manipulation tasks, explaining not only how each task is performed, but also why. It provides practical guidance allowing you to safely take advantage of the advanced technology in PostGIS in order to simplify your spatial database administration tasks. Furthermore, you will learn to take advantage of basic and advanced vector, raster, and routing approaches along with the concepts of data maintenance, optimization, and performance, and will help you to integrate these into a large ecosystem of desktop and web tools. By the end, you will be armed with all the tools and instructions you need to both manage the spatial database system and make better decisions as your projects requirements evolve. What you will learn Import and export geographic data from the PostGIS database using the available tools Structure spatial data using the functionality provided by a combination of PostgreSQL and PostGIS Work with a set of PostGIS functions to perform basic and advanced vector analyses Connect PostGIS with Python Learn to use programming frameworks around PostGIS Maintain, optimize, and fine-tune spatial data for long-term viability Explore the 3D capabilities of PostGIS, including LiDAR point clouds and point clouds derived from Structure from Motion (SfM) techniques Distribute 3D models through the Web using the X3D standard Use PostGIS to develop powerful GIS web applications using Open Geospatial Consortium web standards Master PostGIS Raster Who This Book Is For This book is for developers who need some quick solutions for PostGIS. Prior knowledge of PostgreSQL and spatial concepts would be an added advantage. Table of Contents MOVING DATA IN AND OUT OF POSTGIS STRUCTURES THAT WORK WORKING WITH VECTOR DATA THE BASICS WORKING WITH VECTOR DATA ADVANCED RECIPES WORKING WITH RASTER DATA WORKING WITH PGROUTING Into the Nth Dimension POSTGIS PROGRAMMING POSTGIS AND THE WEB MAINTENANCE OPTIMIZATION AND PERFORMANCE TUNING USING DESKTOP CLIENTS Introduction to Location Privacy Protection Mechanisms About the Author Mayra Zurbaran is a Ph.D. student with a BSc in Computer Science at Universidad del Norte. Her research is focused on location information privacy and citizen science with the use of GIS, especially with free and open source software tools. She is a promoter of the Geo for All initiative from the OSGeo Foundation and contributes to the development of QGIS plugins. She is keen about ethical data management, making beautiful maps and encouraging community mapping on OpenStreetMap for humanitarian causes. She is a Pythonista and a Django developer with a preference for the PostgreSQL database. Pedro M. Wightman is a system engineer from Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia. He did his M.Sc. and Ph.D. in computer science and engineering from the University of South Florida, Tampa, USA. He is an associate professor and the director of the Systems Engineering Department at Universidad del Norte. His research interests include location-based information systems, especially in topics rela...

-Titulo Original : Mastering Microsoft Power Bi Expert Techniques For Effective Data Analytics And Business Intelligence-Fabricante : Packt Publishing-Descripcion Original: Design, create and manage robust Power BI solutions to gain meaningful business insights Key Features Master all the dashboarding and reporting features of Microsoft Power BI Combine data from multiple sources, create stunning visualizations and publish your reports across multiple platforms A comprehensive guide with real-world use cases and examples demonstrating how you can get the best out of Microsoft Power BI Book Description This book is intended for business intelligence professionals responsible for the design and development of Power BI content as well as managers, architects and administrators who oversee Power BI projects and deployments. The chapters flow from the planning of a Power BI project through the development and distribution of content to the administration of Power BI for an organization. BI developers will learn how to create sustainable and impactful Power BI datasets, reports, and dashboards. This includes connecting to data sources, shaping and enhancing source data, and developing an analytical data model. Additionally, top report and dashboard design practices are described using features such as Bookmarks and the Power KPI visual. BI managers will learn how Power BIs tools work together such as with the On-premises data gateway and how content can be staged and securely distributed via Apps. Additionally, both the Power BI Report Server and Power BI Premium are reviewed. By the end of this book, you will be confident in creating effective charts, tables, reports or dashboards for any kind of data using the tools and techniques in Microsoft PowerBI. What you will learn Build efficient data retrieval and transformation processes with the Power Query M Language Design scalable, user-friendly DirectQuery and Import Data Models Develop visually rich, immersive, and interactive reports and dashboards Maintain version control and stage deployments across development, test, and production environments Manage and monitor the Power BI Service and the On-premises data gateway Develop a fully on-premise solution with the Power BI Report Server Scale up a Power BI solution via Power BI Premium capacity and migration to Azure Analysis Services or SQL Server Analysis Services Who This Book Is For Business Intelligence professionals and existing Power BI users looking to master Power BI for all their data visualization and dashboarding needs will find this book to be useful. While understanding of the basic BI concepts is required, some exposure to Microsoft Power BI will be helpful. Table of Contents Planning Power BI Projects Connecting to Sources and Transforming Data with M Designing Import and DirectQuery Data Models Developing DAX Measures and Security Roles Creating and Formatting Power BI Reports Integrating Custom Visuals, Animation and Analytics into Power BI Reports Designing Power BI Dashboards and Multi-Dashboard Architectures Managing Application Workspaces and Power BI Content Managing the On-Premises Data Gateway and Data Refresh Configurations Deploying Power BI On-Premises with the Power BI Report Server Creating Power BI Apps and Content Distribution Administering Power BI for an Organization Scaling Up with Power BI Premium and SQL Server Analysis Services About the Author Brett Powell is the owner of Frontline Analytics, a data and analytics consulting firm and Microsoft Power BI partner. He has worked with Power BI technologies since they were first introduced with the Power Pivot add-in for Excel 2010 and has contributed to the design and delivery of Microsoft BI solutions across retail, manufacturing, finance, and professional services. He is also the author of Microsoft Power BI Cookbook and a regular speaker at Microsoft technology events such as the Power BI World Tour and the Data & BI Summit. He regularly shares technical tips and examples on his blog, Insight Quest, and is a co-organizer of the Boston BI User Group...

-Titulo Original : Machine Learning With R Expert Techniques For Predictive Modeling, 3rd Edition-Fabricante : Packt Publishing-Descripcion Original: Solve real-world data problems with R and machine learning Key Features Third edition of the bestselling, widely acclaimed R machine learning book, updated and improved for R 3.6 and beyond Harness the power of R to build flexible, effective, and transparent machine learning models Learn quickly with a clear, hands-on guide by experienced machine learning teacher and practitioner, Brett Lantz Book Description Machine learning, at its core, is concerned with transforming data into actionable knowledge. R offers a powerful set of machine learning methods to quickly and easily gain insight from your data. Machine Learning with R, Third Edition provides a hands-on, readable guide to applying machine learning to real-world problems. Whether you are an experienced R user or new to the language, Brett Lantz teaches you everything you need to uncover key insights, make new predictions, and visualize your findings. This new 3rd edition updates the classic R data science book to R 3.6 with newer and better libraries, advice on ethical and bias issues in machine learning, and an introduction to deep learning. Find powerful new insights in your data; discover machine learning with R. What you will learn Discover the origins of machine learning and how exactly a computer learns by example Prepare your data for machine learning work with the R programming language Classify important outcomes using nearest neighbor and Bayesian methods Predict future events using decision trees, rules, and support vector machines Forecast numeric data and estimate financial values using regression methods Model complex processes with artificial neural networks the basis of deep learning Avoid bias in machine learning models Evaluate your models and improve their performance Connect R to SQL databases and emerging big data technologies such as Spark, H2O, and TensorFlow Who this book is for Data scientists, students, and other practitioners who want a clear, accessible guide to machine learning with R. Table of Contents Introducing Machine Learning Managing and Understanding Data Lazy Learning - Classification Using Nearest Neighbors Probabilistic Learning - Classification Using Naive Bayes Divide and Conquer - Classification Using Decision Trees and Rules Forecasting Numeric Data - Regression Methods Black Box Methods - Neural Networks and Support Vector Machines Finding Patterns - Market Basket Analysis Using Association Rules Finding Groups of Data - Clustering with k-means Evaluating Model Performance Improving Model Performance Specialized Machine Learning Topics About the Author Brett Lantz Brett Lantz (@DataSpelunking) has spent more than 10 years using innovative data methods to understand human behavior. A sociologist by training, Brett was first captivated by machine learning during research on a large database of teenagers social network profiles. Brett is a DataCamp instructor and a frequent speaker at machine learning conferences and workshops around the world. He is known to geek out about data science applications for sports, autonomous vehicles, foreign language learning, and fashion, among many other subjects, and hopes to one day blog about these subjects at Data Spelunking, a website dedicated to sharing knowledge about the search for insight in data...

-Titulo Original : Mastering Office 365 Administration A Complete And Comprehensive Guide To Office 365 Administration - Manage Users, Domains, Licenses, And Much More-Fabricante : Packt Publishing-Descripcion Original: Leverage Office 365 to increase your organizations efficiency Key Features Perform common to advanced-level management and administrative tasks for your organization with Office 365 Become an Office 365 generalist who can work with the entire stack not just specific products An advanced-level guide that will teach you to implement enterprise-level services into your organization, no matter the size of the business Book Description In todays world, every organization aims to migrate to the cloud to become more efficient by making full use of the latest technologies. Office 365 is your one-stop solution to making your organization reliable, scalable, and fast. The book will start with an overview of Office 365 components, and help you learn how to use the administration portal, and perform basic administration. Then this book covers common management tasks such as managing users, admin roles, groups, securing Office 365, and enforcing compliance. In the next set of chapters, you will learn topics such as managing Skype for Business Online, Yammer, OneDrive for Business, and Microsoft Teams. In the final section of the book, you will learn how to perform reporting and monitor Office 365 service health. By the end of this book, you will be able to implement enterprise-level services with Office 365 based on your organizations needs. What you will learn Get an understanding of the vast Office 365 feature set Learn how workloads and applications interact and integrate with each other Connect PowerShell to various Office 365 services and perform tasks Learn to manage Skype for Business Online Get support and monitor Office 365 service health Manage and administer identities and groups efficiently Who This Book Is For This book targets architects, sys admins, engineers, and administrators who are working with Office 365 and are responsible for configuring, implementing, and managing Office 365 in their organization. A prior knowledge of Office 365 and Exchange servers is mandatory. Table of Contents The Office 365 Administration Portal Using PowerShell to connect to Office 365 Services - Administering Azure Active Directory Administering Exchange Online Administering Exchange - Advanced Topics Administrating SharePoint Online Administering Office 365 Groups and Microsoft Teams Understanding Security & Compliance Administering Skype for Business Online Adminstering Yammer Administering OneDrive for Business Adminstering Power BI Administering PowerApps, Flow, Stream, and Forms - Reporting and Usage About the Author Loryan Strant is a twenty-year veteran of the IT industry. He has spent the last decade and a half building digital relationships for businesses and organisations. Loryan blogs and writes articles about the cloud on his blog at thecloudmouth as well as for a variety of vendors and publications. Loryan is also the founder of Paradyne (which was acquired by Generation-e in late 2015), helping to deliver innovative solutions through the cloud and enabling businesses to reduce IT costs. He is passionate about enabling people and organisations using technology the right way, enabling them to become more productive. Loryan has been a Microsoft Office 365 MVP (Most Valuable Professional) since 2011, an award created by Microsoft to recognize the best and brightest from technological communities around the world...

-Titulo Original : Learning Google Bigquery A Beginners Guide To Mining Massive Datasets Through Interactive Analysis-Fabricante : Packt Publishing-Descripcion Original: Get a fundamental understanding of how Google BigQuery works by analyzing and querying large datasets Key Features Get started with BigQuery API and write custom applications using it Learn how BigQuery API can be used for storing, managing, and querying massive datasets Learn everything you need to know about Google BigQuery Book Description Google BigQuery is a popular cloud data warehouse for large-scale data analytics. Learning Google BigQuery will serve as a comprehensive guide to mastering BigQuery, and how you can utilize it to quickly and efficiently get useful insights from on Big Data. You will begin with getting a quick overview of the Google Cloud Platform and the various services it supports. Then, you will be introduced to the Google BigQuery API and how it fits within in the framework of GCP. The book covers useful techniques to migrate your existing data from your enterprise to Google BigQuery, as well as readying and optimizing it for analysis. You will perform basic as well as advanced data querying using BigQuery, and connect the results to various third-party tools for reporting and visualization purposes such as R and Tableau. If youre looking to implement real-time reporting of your streaming data running in your enterprise, this book will also help you. In the final chapters, you’ll explore tips, best practices, as well as mistakes to avoid while working with Google BigQuery and services that interact with it. By the time youre done with it, you will have set a solid foundation in working with BigQuery to solve even the trickiest of data problems. What you will learn Get a hands-on introduction to Google Cloud Platform and its services Understand the different data types supported by Google BigQuery Migrate your enterprise data to BigQuery and query it using SQL techniques Use partition tables in your project and query external data sources and wild card tables Create tables and datasets dynamically using the BigQuery API Insert records for analytics using Python and C# Visualize your BigQuery data by connecting it to third-party tools such as Tableau and R Master the Google Cloud Pub/Sub to implement real-time reporting and analytics of your Big Data Who This Book Is For Learning Google BigQuery is for developers, data analysts, and data scientists looking to run complex queries over thousands of records in seconds. No prior experience of working with BigQuery is assumed. Table of Contents Google Cloud and Google BigQuery Google Cloud SDK Google BigQuery Data Types BigQuery SQL Basic BigQuery SQL Advanced BigQuery API Visualizing BigQuery Data Google Cloud Pub Su...

-Titulo Original : Hands-on Reactive Programming In Spring 5 Build Cloud-ready, Reactive Systems With Spring 5 And Project Reactor-Fabricante : Packt Publishing-Descripcion Original: Explore the reactive system and create efficient microservices with Spring Boot 2.1 and Spring Cloud Key Features Understand the kind of system modern businesses require with Spring Gain deeper insights into reactive programming with Reactor and Spring Cloud Get in-depth knowledge on asynchronous and nonblocking communication with Spring 5 WebFlux Book Description These days, businesses need a new type of system that can remain responsive at all times. This is achievable with reactive programming; however, the development of these kinds of systems is a complex task, requiring a deep understanding of the domain. In order to develop highly responsive systems, the developers of the Spring Framework came up with Project Reactor. Hands-On Reactive Programming in Spring 5 begins with the fundamentals of Spring Reactive programming. Youll explore the endless possibilities of building efficient reactive systems with the Spring 5 Framework along with other tools such as WebFlux and Spring Boot. Further on, youll study reactive programming techniques and apply them to databases and cross-server communication. You will advance your skills in scaling up Spring Cloud Streams and run independent, high-performant reactive microservices. By the end of the book, you will be able to put your skills to use and get on board with the reactive revolution in Spring 5.1! What you will learn Discover the difference between a reactive system and reactive programming Explore the benefits of a reactive system and understand its applications Get to grips with using reactive programming in Spring 5 Gain an understanding of Project Reactor Build a reactive system using Spring 5 and Project Reactor Create a highly efficient reactive microservice with Spring Cloud Test, monitor, and release reactive applications Who this book is for This book is for Java developers who use Spring to develop their applications and want to build robust and reactive applications that can scale in the cloud. Basic knowledge of distributed systems and asynchronous programming will help you understand the concepts covered in this book. Table of Contents Why Reactive Spring Reactive Programming in Spring - Basic Concepts Reactive Streams - the new Streams Standard Project Reactor - the Foundation for Reactive Apps Going Reactive with Spring Boot 2 Async nonblocking communication with Spring 5 WebFlux Reactive Database access Scale up with Spring Cloud Streams and Reactive Microservices Testing the Reactive Application And, Finally Release It About the Author Oleh Dokuka is an experienced software engineer, Pivotal Champion, and one of the top contributors to Project Reactor and Spring Framework. He knows the internals of both frameworks very well and advocates reactive programming with Project Reactor on a daily basis. Along with that, the author applies Spring Framework and Project Reactor in software development, so he knows how to build reactive systems using these technologies. Igor Lozynskyi is a senior Java developer who primarily focuses on developing reliable, scalable, and blazingly fast systems. He has over seven years of experience with the Java platform. He is passionate about interesting and dynamic projects both in life and in software development...

-Titulo Original : Enterprise Api Management Design And Deliver Valuable Business Apis-Fabricante : Packt Publishing-Descripcion Original: A strategy and implementation guide for building, deploying, and managing APIs Key Features Comprehensive, end-to-end guide to business-driven enterprise APIs Distills years of experience with API and microservice strategies Provides detailed guidance on implementing API-led architectures in any business Book Description APIs are the cornerstone of modern, agile enterprise systems. They enable access to enterprise services from a wide variety of devices, act as a platform for innovation, and open completely new revenue streams. Enterprise API Management shows how to define the right architecture, implement the right patterns, and define the right organization model for business-driven APIs. Drawing on his experience of developing API and microservice strategies for some of the worlds largest companies, Luis Weir explains how APIs deliver value across an enterprise. The book explores the architectural decisions, implementation patterns, and management practices for successful enterprise APIs, as well as providing clear, actionable advice on choosing and executing the right API strategy in your enterprise. With a relentless focus on creating business value, Luis Weir reveals an effective method for planning, building, and running business products and services with APIs. What you will learn Create API strategies to deliver business value Monetize APIs, promoting them through public marketplaces and directories Develop API-led architectures, applying best practice architecture patterns Choose between REST, GraphQL, and gRPC-style API architectures Manage APIs and microservices through the complete life cycle Deploy APIs and business products, as well as Target Operating Models Lead product-based organizations to embrace DevOps and focus on delivering business capabilities Who this book is for Architects, developers, and technology executives who want to deliver successful API strategies that bring business value. Table of Contents The Business Value of APIs The Evolution of API Platforms Business-Led API Strategy API-Led Architectures API-Led Architecture Patterns Modern API Architectural Styles API Life Cycle API Products Target Operating Model Review Plenty of nice illustrations, analogies, and good examples make this book fun to read. Trendy API-first development approach makes it quite relevant and interesting. Readers will have an opportunity to understand the current landscape of API technologies by learning about their predecessors and forces that made them evolve. -- Boro Petrovic, Sr Director, Software development at Oracle Information Technology and Services From the Foreword: This book will take you on an API journey that avoids common traps. It is the handbook for every API program owner, enterprise architect, and forward-thinking business person. Wherever you are, I am sure this book will prove to be an excellent companion. -- Zdenek Z Nemec, Founder of Good API Consulting, and the author of API Blueprint and supermodel.io About the Author Luis Augusto Weir is a Director of Software Development at Oracle and a former Chief Architect at Capgemini, Oracle Ace Director and Oracle Groundbreaker Ambassador. An API management and microservices evangelist, Luis has over 17 years of experience implementing complex distributed systems around the world. Co-author of 3 other books as well as numerous articles and white papers, Luis has been a frequent speaker frequent speaker at known events such as CodeOne, Devoxx, Gartner AAD&I, Oracle OpenWorld, Java2Days and many user groups and meetups. Luis holds an MS in Corporate Networks and Systems Integration from the Universitat Politecnica de Valencia (UPV) and a BS in Electronics Engineering from the Universidad Nueva Esparta...

-Titulo Original : Ux Design For Mobile Design Apps That Deliver Impressive Mobile Experiences-Fabricante : Packt Publishing-Descripcion Original: Get proficient in building beautiful and appealing mobile interfaces (UI) with this complete mobile user experience (UX) design guide. About This Book Quickly explore innovative design solutions based on the real needs of your users. Create low and high fidelity prototypes using some of the best tools. Master a pragmatic design process to create successful products. Plan an app design from scratch to final test, with real users. Who This Book Is For This book is for designers, developers and product managers interested in creating successful apps. Readers will be provided with a process to produce, test and improve designs based on best practices. What You Will Learn Plan an app design from scratch to final test, with real users. Learn from leading companies and find working patterns. Apply best UX design practices to your design process. Create low and high fidelity prototypes using some of the best tools. Follow a step by step examples for Tumult Hype and Framer Studio. Test your designs with real users, early in the process. Integrate the UX Designer profile into a working team. In Detail User experience (UX) design provides techniques to analyze the real needs of your users and respond to them with products that are delightful to use. This requires you to think differently compared to traditional development processes, but also to act differently. In this book, you will be introduced to a pragmatic approach to exploring and creating mobile app solutions, reducing risks and saving time during their construction. About the Author Pablo Perea has been working as a designer for many years, mainly focusing on user experience, user interface, and mobile and web design for companies such us Embarcadero Technologies. His daily work includes researching, prototyping, designing, and testing new ideas and solutions. He graduated in computer engineering and has a deep knowledge and understanding of different programming languages. As a devotee of technology, he is always learning and investigating new working fields and methods. He is an adaptable and flexible person who welcomes change and loves meeting new cultures and teams. Pau Giner is a designer. He likes exploring and prototyping new ideas, and always has a pen to hand. As part of the design team at the Wikimedia Foundation, he has been designing for Wikipedia and other open projects to ensure that millions of users can easily access the sum of all human knowledge. His design work has explored new ways to contribute, from translating Wikipedia articles to reviewing content with the help of artificial intelligence. He has organized several design workshops, he got a PhD from the Universitat Politecnica de Valencia for his research on mobile workflows, and he has also published a number of short stories...

-Titulo Original : Mastering The C17 Stl Make Full Use Of The Standard Library Components In C17-Fabricante : Packt Publishing-Descripcion Original: Key Features Boost your productivity as a C developer with the latest features of C17 Develop high-quality, fast, and portable applications with the varied features of the STL Migrate from older versions (C11, C14) to C17 Book Description Modern C has come a long way since 2011. The latest update, C17, has just been ratified and several implementations are on the way. This book is your guide to the C standard library, including the very latest C17 features. The book starts by exploring the C Standard Template Library in depth. You will learn the key differences between classical polymorphism and generic programming, the foundation of the STL. You will also learn how to use the various algorithms and containers in the STL to suit your programming needs. The next module delves into the tools of modern C. Here you will learn about algebraic types such as std::optional, vocabulary types such as std::function, smart pointers, and synchronization primitives such as std::atomic and std::mutex. In the final module, you will learn about Cs support for regular expressions and file I/O. By the end of the book you will be proficient in using the C17 standard library to implement real programs, and youll have gained a solid understanding of the librarys own internals. What you will learn Make your own iterator types, allocators, and thread pools. Master every standard container and every standard algorithm. Improve your code by replacing new/delete with smart pointers. Understand the difference between monomorphic algorithms, polymorphic algorithms, and generic algorithms. Learn the meaning and applications of vocabulary type, product type and sum type. About the Author Arthur ODwyer has used modern C in his day job for about ten years--since the days when modern C meant classic C. Between 2006 and 2011 he worked on the Green Hills C compiler. Since 2014 he has organized a weekly C meetup in the San Francisco Bay Area, and he speaks regularly on topics such as those to be found in this book. Later this year, he will attend an ISO C committee meeting for the second time. This is his first book. Table of Contents Classical Polymorphism versus Generic Programming Iterators and Ranges The Iterator-Pair Algorithms The Container Zoo Vocabulary Types Smart Pointers Concurrency Allocators Iostreams Regular Expressions Random numbers Filesystem About the Author Arthur ODwyer has used modern C in his day job for about ten years--since the days when modern C meant classic C. Between 2006 and 2011 he worked on the Green Hills C compiler. Since 2014 he has organized a weekly C meetup in the San Francisco Bay Area, and he speaks regularly on topics such as those to be found in this book. Later this year, he will attend an ISO C committee meeting for the second time. This is his first book...

-Titulo Original : Python Machine Learning - Second Edition Machine Learning And Deep Learning With Python, Scikit-learn, And Tensorflow-Fabricante : Packt Publishing-Descripcion Original: Publishers Note: This edition from 2017 is outdated and is not compatible with TensorFlow 2 or any of the most recent updates to Python libraries. A new third edition, updated for 2020 and featuring TensorFlow 2 and the latest in scikit-learn, reinforcement learning, and GANs, has now been published. Key Features Second edition of the bestselling book on Machine Learning A practical approach to key frameworks in data science, machine learning, and deep learning Use the most powerful Python libraries to implement machine learning and deep learning Get to know the best practices to improve and optimize your machine learning systems and algorithms Book Description Machine learning is eating the software world, and now deep learning is extending machine learning. Understand and work at the cutting edge of machine learning, neural networks, and deep learning with this second edition of Sebastian Raschkas bestselling book, Python Machine Learning. Using Pythons open source libraries, this book offers the practical knowledge and techniques you need to create and contribute to machine learning, deep learning, and modern data analysis. Fully extended and modernized, Python Machine Learning Second Edition now includes the popular TensorFlow 1.x deep learning library. The scikit-learn code has also been fully updated to v0.18.1 to include improvements and additions to this versatile machine learning library. Sebastian Raschka and Vahid Mirjalilis unique insight and expertise introduce you to machine learning and deep learning algorithms from scratch, and show you how to apply them to practical industry challenges using realistic and interesting examples. By the end of the book, youll be ready to meet the new data analysis opportunities. If youve read the first edition of this book, youll be delighted to find a balance of classical ideas and modern insights into machine learning. Every chapter has been critically updated, and there are new chapters on key technologies. Youll be able to learn and work with TensorFlow 1.x more deeply than ever before, and get essential coverage of the Keras neural network library, along with updates to scikit-learn 0.18.1. What you will learn Understand the key frameworks in data science, machine learning, and deep learning Harness the power of the latest Python open source libraries in machine learning Explore machine learning techniques using challenging real-world data Master deep neural network implementation using the TensorFlow 1.x library Learn the mechanics of classification algorithms to implement the best tool for the job Predict continuous target outcomes using regression analysis Uncover hidden patterns and structures in data with clustering Delve deeper into textual and social media data using sentiment analysis Review I bought the first version of this book, and now also the second. The new version is very comprehensive. If you are using Python - its almost a reference. I also like the emphasis on neural networks (and TensorFlow) - which (in my view) is where the Python community is heading. I am also planning to use this book in my teaching at Oxford University. The data pre-processing sections are also good. I found the sequence flow slightly unusual - but for an expert level audience, its not a major issue. --Ajit Jaokar, Data Science for IoT Course Creator and Lead Tutor at the University of Oxford / Principal Data Scientist About the Author Sebastian Raschka, author of the bestselling book, Python Machine Learning, has many years of experience with coding in Python, and he has given several seminars on the practical applications of data science, machine learning, and deep learning, including a machine learning tutorial at SciPy - the leading conference for scientific computing in Python. While Sebastians academic research projects are mainly centered around problem-solving in computational biology, he loves to write and t...

-Titulo Original : Windows Server 2016 Automation With Powershell Cookbook - Second Edition Automate Manual Administrative Tasks With Ease-Fabricante : Packt Publishing-Descripcion Original: Over 100 recipes to help you leverage PowerShell to automate Windows Server 2016 manual tasks Key Features Automate Windows server tasks with the powerful features of the PowerShell Language Master new features such as DevOps, containers, and Nano servers, and speed up their performance using PowerShell Improve PowerShells usability, and control and manage Windows-based environments by working through inviting recipes Book Description This book showcases several ways that Windows administrators can use to automate and streamline their job. Youll start with the PowerShell and Windows Server fundamentals, where youll become well versed with PowerShell and Windows Server features. In the next module, Core Windows Server 2016, youll implement Nano Server, manage Windows updates, and implement troubleshooting and server inventories. Youll then move on to the Networking module, where youll manage Windows network services and network shares. The last module covers Azure and DSC, where you will use Azure on PowerShell and DSC to easily maintain Windows servers. What you will learn Streamline routine administration processes Improve the performance and storage of your Windows server with enhanced large-scale PowerShell scripts Use DSC to leverage Windows server features Generate automatic reports that highlight unexpected changes in your environment Monitor performance and report on system utilization using detailed graphs and analysis Create and manage a reliable and redundant Hyper-V environment Manage your enterprises patch level Utilize multiple tools and protocols to manage your environment Table of Contents Whats new in PowerShell and Windows Server Implementing NanoServer Managing Windows Updates Managing Printers Managing Server Backup Managing Performance Troubleshooting Servers Managing Windows Network Services Managing Network Shares Managing Internet Information Server Managing Hyper-V Managing Azure Using Desired State Configuration About the Author Thomas Lee is a consultant/trainer/writer from England and has been in the IT business since the late 1960s. After graduating from Carnegie Mellon University, Thomas joined ComShare where he was a systems programmer building the Commander II time-sharing operating system, a forerunner of todays Cloud computing paradigm. He moved to Comshare UK in 1975 and later went to work for ICL, again developing operating systems. After a sabbatical in 1980/81, he joined Arthur Andersen Management Consultants (now known as Accenture). He left in 1988 to run his own consulting and training business, which is still active today. Thomas holds numerous Microsoft certifications, including MCSE (one of the first in the world) and later versions, MCT (22 years), and was awarded Microsofts MVP award 17 times. He is also a Fellow of the British Computer Society. He has written extensively for the UK trade press, including PC Pro. Today, Thomas writes and talks mainly on PowerShell and Azure. He currently works for a number of clients to deliver training and to build training courses. Having traveled the world, he entered semi-retirement in 2016 and is spending more time at his cottage in the English countryside, along with his wife, Susan, and their daughter, Rebecca. He continues to give back to the community and spends a lot of time as group administrator for the PowerShell forum on Spiceworks, where he is also a Moderator...

-Titulo Original : Restful Web Api Design With Node.js - Second Edition-Fabricante : Packt Publishing-Descripcion Original: Key Features Create a fully featured RESTful API solution from scratch. Learn how to leverage Node.JS, Express, MongoDB and NoSQL datastores to give an extra edge to your REST API design. Use this practical guide to integrate MongoDB in your Node.js application. Book Description In this era of cloud computing, every data provisioning solution is built in a scalable and fail-safe way. Thus, when building RESTful services, the right choice for the underlying platform is vital. Node.js, with its asynchronous, event-driven architecture, is exactly the right choice to build RESTful APIs. This book will help you enrich your development skills to create scalable, server-side, RESTful applications based on the Node.js platform. Starting with the fundamentals of REST, you will understand why RESTful web services are better data provisioning solution than other technologies. You will start setting up a development environment by installing Node.js, Express.js, and other modules. Next, you will write a simple HTTP request handler and create and test Node.js modules using automated tests and mock objects. You will then have to choose the most appropriate data storage type, having options between a key/value or document data store, and also you will implement automated tests for it. This module will evolve chapter by chapter until it turns into a full-fledged and secure Restful service. What you will learn Install, develop, and test your own Node.js user modules Comprehend the differences between an HTTP and a RESTful application Optimize RESTful service URI routing with best practices Eliminate third-party dependencies in your tests with mocking Learn about NoSQL data stores and integrate MongoDB in your Node.js application with Mongoose Secure your services with NoSQL database integration within Node.js applications Enrich your development skills to create scalable, server-side, RESTful applications based on the Node.js platform About the Author Valentin Bojinov studied computer programming at the Technological School of Electronic Systems in Sofia, Bulgaria, a college within the Technical University of Sofia. He was introduced to programming there and realized that his career would be in research and development. He holds a BSc in telecommunication and information engineering. Then, his interest in data transmission grew, and he ventured into B2B (business-to-business) communication. He is currently pursuing his MSc in software development. Valentin is an expert in Java, SOAP, RESTful web services, and B2B integration. A few years after he started his career as a .NET developer, he realized that B2B and SOA were his passion. He then moved to SAP, where he contributed to the development of the web services stack of the SAP JEE platform. He currently works as a senior Java developer for the Bulgarian branch of Seeburger AG, a leader in the B2B and MFT solutions market. There, he develops and maintains several B2B communication adapters, including web services and SAP adapters. Table of Contents REST - What You Did Not Know Getting Started with Node.js Building a Typical Web API Using NoSQL Databases Implementing a Fully-Fledged RESTful Service Keeping the Bad Guys Out About the Author Valentin Bojinov studied computer programming at the Technological School of Electronic Systems in Sofia, Bulgaria, a college within the Technical University of Sofia. He was introduced to programming there and realized that his career would be in research and development. He holds a BSc in telecommunication and information engineering. Then, his interest in data transmission grew, and he ventured into B2B (business-to-business) communication. He is currently pursuing his MSc in software development. Valentin is an expert in Java, SOAP, RESTful web services, and B2B integration. A few years after he started his career as a .NET developer, he realized that B2B and SOA were his passion. He then moved to SAP, where h...

-Titulo Original : Nmap Network Exploration And Security Auditing Cookbook - Second Edition Network Discovery And Security Scanning At Your Fingertips-Fabricante : Packt Publishing-Descripcion Original: Over 100 practical recipes related to network and application security auditing using the powerful Nmap About This Book Learn through practical recipes how to use Nmap for a wide range of tasks for system administrators and penetration testers. Learn the latest and most useful features of Nmap and the Nmap Scripting Engine. Learn to audit the security of networks, web applications, databases, mail servers, Microsoft Windows servers/workstations and even ICS systems. Learn to develop your own modules for the Nmap Scripting Engine. Become familiar with Lua programming. 100% practical tasks, relevant and explained step-by-step with exact commands and optional arguments description Who This Book Is For The book is for anyone who wants to master Nmap and its scripting engine to perform real life security auditing checks for system administrators and penetration testers. This book is also recommended to anyone looking to learn about network security auditing. Finally, novice Nmap users will also learn a lot from this book as it covers several advanced internal aspects of Nmap and related tools. What You Will Learn Learn about Nmap and related tools, such as Ncat, Ncrack, Ndiff, Zenmap and the Nmap Scripting Engine Master basic and advanced techniques to perform port scanning and host discovery Detect insecure configurations and vulnerabilities in web servers, databases, and mail servers Learn how to detect insecure Microsoft Windows workstations and scan networks using the Active Directory technology Learn how to safely identify and scan critical ICS/SCADA systems< About the Author Paulino Calderon (@calderpwn on Twitter) is the cofounder of Websec, a company offering information security consulting services based in Mexico and Canada. When he is not traveling to a security conference or conducting on-site consulting for Fortune 500 companies, he spends peaceful days in Cozumel, a beautiful small island in the Caribbean, learning new technologies, conducting big data experiments, developing new tools, and finding bugs in software. Paulino is active in the open source community, and his contributions are used by millions of people in the information security industry. In 2011, Paulino joined the Nmap team during the Google Summer of Code to work on the project as an NSE developer. He focused on improving the web scanning capabilities of Nmap, and he has kept contributing to the project since then. In addition, he has been a mentor for students who focused on vulnerability detection during the Google Summer of Code 2015 and 2017. He has published Nmap 6: Network Exploration and Security Auditing Cookbook and Mastering the Nmap Scripting Engine, which cover practical tasks with Nmap and NSE development in depth. He loves attending information security conferences, and he has given talks and participated in workshops in dozens of events in Canada, the United States, Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, and Curacao...

-Titulo Original : Mastering Saltstack - Second Edition-Fabricante : Packt Publishing-Descripcion Original: Key Features Automate tasks effectively and take charge of your infrastructure Effectively scale Salt to manage thousands of machines and tackle everyday problems Explore Salt’s inner workings and advance your knowledge of it Book Description SaltStack is a powerful configuration management and automation suite designed to manage servers and tens of thousands of nodes. This book showcases Salt as a very powerful automation framework. We will review the fundamental concepts to get you in the right frame of mind, and then explore Salt in much greater depth. You will explore Salt SSH as a powerful tool and take Salt Cloud to the next level. Next, you’ll master using Salt services with ease in your infrastructure. You will discover methods and strategies to scale your infrastructure properly. You will also learn how to use Salt as a powerful monitoring tool. By the end of this book, you will have learned troubleshooting tips and best practices to make the entire process of using Salt pain-free and easy. What you will learn Automate tasks effectively, so that your infrastructure can run itself Start building more complex concepts Master user-level internals Build scaling strategies Explore monitoring strategies Learn how to troubleshoot Salt and its subcomponents Explore best practices for Salt About the Author Starting as a support technician and progressing to being a web programmer, QA engineer, systems administrator, Linux instructor, and cloud engineer, Joseph Hall has touched just about every area of the modern technology world. He is currently a senior cloud and integrations engineer at SaltStack. Joseph enjoys working with some of the best minds in the business with his coworkers and SaltStacks partners. He is also the author of Extending SaltStack, Packt Publishing. You can find him on LinkedIn at linkedin /in/techhat and on GitHub at s://github /techhat. Table of Contents Essentials Revisited Diving into Salt Internals Managing States Exploring Salt SSH Managing Tasks Asynchronously Taking Advantage of Salt Information Systems Taking Salt Cloud to the Next Level Using Salt with REST Understanding the RAET and TCP Transports Strategies for Scaling Monitoring with Salt Exploring Best Practices Troubleshooting Problems About the Author Starting as a support technician and progressing to being a web programmer, a QA engineer, a systems administrator, a Linux instructor, and a cloud engineer, Joseph Hall has touched just about every area of the modern technology world. He is currently a senior cloud and integrations engineer at SaltStack. Joseph enjoys working with some of the best minds in the business with his co-workers and SaltStacks partners. He is also a classically trained chef. Josephs supreme pleasure lies in working with what he calls computational gastronomy...

-Titulo Original : Learning Pyspark-Fabricante : Packt Publishing-Descripcion Original: Build data-intensive applications locally and deploy at scale using the combined capabilities of Python and Spark 2.0 Key Features Get up to speed with Spark 2.0 architecture and techniques for using Spark with Python Learn how you can efficiently use Python to process data and build machine learning models in Apache Spark 2.0 Develop and deploy efficient, scalable real-time Spark solutions Book Description Apache Spark is an open source framework for efficient cluster computing with a strong interface for data parallelism and fault tolerance. This book will demonstrate how you can leverage the power of Python and put it to use in the Spark ecosystem. You will start by understanding Spark 2.0 architecture and learning how to set up a Python environment for Spark. You will then get familiar with the modules available in PySpark such as MLib. The book will also guide you on how to abstract data with RDDs and DataFrames. In later chapters, youll get up to speed with the streaming capabilities of PySpark. Toward the end, you will gain insights into the machine learning capabilities of PySpark using ML and MLlib, graph processing using GraphFrames, and polyglot persistence using Blaze. Finally, you will learn how to deploy your applications to the cloud using the spark-submit command. By the end of this book, you will have a strong understanding of the Spark Python API and how it can be used to build data-intensive applications. What you will learn Learn how to solve graph and deep learning problems using GraphFrames and TensorFrames respectively Build and interact with Spark DataFrames using Spark SQL Read, transform, and understand data and use it to train machine learning models Develop machine learning models with MLlib Learn to submit your applications programmatically using spark-submit Deploy locally built applications to a cluster Who this book is for If you are a Python developer who wants to learn about the Apache Spark 2.0 ecosystem, this book is for you. A strong understanding of Python is expected to get the most out of this book. Familiarity with Spark will be useful, but is not mandatory. Table of Contents Understanding Spark Resilient Distributed Datasets DataFrames Prepare Data for Modeling Introducing MLlib Introducing the ML Package GraphFrames TensorFrames Polyglot Persistence with Blaze Structured Streaming Packaging Spark Applications About the Author Tomasz Drabas is a Data Scientist working for Microsoft and currently residing in the Seattle area. He has over 13 years of experience in data analytics and data science in numerous fields: advanced technology, airlines, telecommunications, finance, and consulting he gained while working on three continents: Europe, Australia, and North America. While in Australia, Tomasz has been working on his PhD in Operations Research with a focus on choice modeling and revenue management applications in the airline industry. At Microsoft, Tomasz works with big data on a daily basis, solving machine learning problems such as anomaly detection, churn prediction, and pattern recognition using Spark. Tomasz has also authored the Practical Data Analysis Cookbook published by Packt Publishing in 2016. Denny Lee Denny Lee is a Principal Program Manager at Microsoft for the Azure DocumentDB team Microsofts blazing fast, planet-scale managed document store service. He is a hands-on distributed systems and data science engineer with more than 18 years of experience developing Internet-scale infrastructure, data platforms, and predictive analytics systems for both on-premise and cloud environments. He has extensive experience of building greenfield teams as well as turnaround/ change catalyst. Prior to joining the Azure DocumentDB team, Denny worked as a Technology Evangelist at Databricks; he has been working with Apache Spark since 0.5. He was also the Senior Director of Data Sciences Engineering at Concur, and was on the incu...

-Titulo Original : Sql Server 2017 Integration Services Cookbook Powerful Etl Techniques To Load And Transform Data From Almost Any Source-Fabricante : Packt Publishing-Descripcion Original: Harness the power of SQL Server 2017 Integration Services to build your data integration solutions with ease About This Book Acquaint yourself with all the newly introduced features in SQL Server 2017 Integration Services Program and extend your packages to enhance their functionality This detailed, step-by-step guide covers everything you need to develop efficient data integration and data transformation solutions for your organization Who This Book Is For This book is ideal for software engineers, DW/ETL architects, and ETL developers who need to create a new, or enhance an existing, ETL implementation with SQL Server 2017 Integration Services. This book would also be good for individuals who develop ETL solutions that use SSIS and are keen to learn the new features and capabilities in SSIS 2017. What You Will Learn Understand the key components of an ETL solution using SQL Server 2016-2017 Integration Services Design the architecture of a modern ETL solution Have a good knowledge of the new capabilities and features added to Integration Services Implement ETL solutions using Integration Services for both on-premises and Azure data Improve the performance and scalability of an ETL solution Enhance the ETL solution using a custom framework Be able to work on the ETL solution with many other developers and have common design paradigms or techniques Effectively use scripting to solve complex data issues In Detail SQL Server Integration Services is a tool that facilitates data extraction, consolidation, and loading About the Author Christian Cote is a database professional from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. For the past 16 years, hes been involved in various data warehouse projects and business intelligence projects. He has contributed to business intelligence solutions in various domains like pharmaceutical, finance, insurance, and many more. Hes been a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional since 2009 and leads the Montreal PASS chapter. Matija Lah has more than 15 years of experience working with Microsoft SQL Server, mostly from architecting data-centric solutions in the legal domain. His contributions to the SQL Server community have led to the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional award in 2007 (data platform). He spends most of his time on projects involving advanced information management, and natural language processing, but often finds time to speak at events related to Microsoft SQL Server where he loves to share his experience with the SQL Server platform. Dejan Sarka, MCT and SQL Server Most Valuable Professional, is an independent trainer and consultant who focuses on the development of database and business intelligence applications, located in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Besides his projects, he spends around half of his time on training and mentoring. He is the founder of the Slovenian SQL Server and .NET users group. Dejan is the main author and coauthor of many books and courses about databases and SQL Server. He is a frequent speaker at many worldwide events...