Senin, 12 November 2012

Wow! eBook: What’s New in SQL Server 2012 - 5 new eBooks


Wow! eBook: What’s New in SQL Server 2012 - 5 new eBooks

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What’s New in SQL Server 2012

Posted: 12 Nov 2012 03:49 AM PST

Whats New in SQL Server 2012

Book Description

Microsoft Server has been part of the enterprise landscape since Server 7 arrived in 1998 and has evolved into the relational and BI platform of choice by businesses around the globe. The performance and full feature set of Server has been widely recognized by the community and it is viewed as a powerful weapon in their and intelligence arsenal. Server brings numerous benefits to all businesses, central to which is a thorough understanding of the technology, both current and new.

This is the book both DBAs and developers always wanted to buy but could never find in the bookstore. This is a SQL Server book that contains only the new features introduced in SQL Server 2012.

This book will give you a competitive advantage by helping you to quickly learn and understand the new features of SQL Server 2012. Most readers will already have an established knowledge of SQL Server and will want to update their 2008/2008R2 knowledge swiftly with least pain.

This book takes you through all of the new features of SQL Server 2012, from installing core database services and features, to the new administration and updated Transact-SQL functions. You will discover the new Analysis Services features, introduce data alerts and features and explore the new enhancements to Integration Services. In addition you will learn how to automate, cleanse and transform critical data with DQS and world-class enterprise level availability features.

Finally, you will venture into simulating real-world database loads using Distributed Replay and complete your journey with a look at the new SQL Server services and the new big data platform.

What will you learn from this book

  • Learn how to install SQL Server 2012 core database features and advanced services
  • Master day to day administration tasks in the new SQL Server Studio
  • Take of Transact SQL's new keywords and functions
  • Explore the SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) new environment
  • Find out about the new FileTable data type
  • Learn about the Business Intelligence Semantic Models (BISM) in Analysis Services
  • Take advantage of Services Data Alerts
  • Find out about the new catalog, the Admin security role and how to upgrade from previous versions
  • Create a Data Quality Services (DQS) and cleanse real-world data
  • Understand the new AlwaysOn Availability Features
  • Test new hardware and vendor upgrades using Distributed Replay
  • Discover the forthcoming data platform and how to migrate to

Approach
This is a hands-on book to quickly get you up to speed with SQL Server 2012. It covers all the new features of the core database engine as well as the business intelligence (BI) services.

The book begins by taking you step-by-step through the installation process, showing you what to install and which services and features you need. Once you have your SQL Server in place, you learn how to administer it and then explore new functions to expand your query-writing toolkit. You will discover how the enhancements to Integration Services, Analysis Services and Reporting Services make developing BI solutions easier. It will then introduce you to SQL Server Data Tools, your new and improved environment for creating database and BI projects.

A hands-on example guides you through the steps required to run Distributed Replay, giving you the experience you need to apply this in the field. The book then takes you through a detailed example to show you how to create a Data Quality Services and cleanse real-world data. Easy to follow code samples provide you with the queries you need to set up Availability Groups using the new AlwaysOn technology.

Once you are comfortable with these new features you will be ready to migrate your data to the and into . An exploration of Hadoop will help you understand big data and how it really is the next big thing.

Who this book is for
This concise reference is for database administrators, SQL Server Developers and BI professionals. Anyone who is familiar with SQL Server 2008 R2 and needs to make the jump to the latest version with the shortest learning curve will find this book useful.

Book Details

  • Paperback: 238 pages
  • Publisher: Packt Publishing (September 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 184968734X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1849687348
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Excel Programming with VBA Starter

Posted: 12 Nov 2012 03:46 AM PST

Excel Programming with VBA Starter

Book Description

Do you have repetitive tasks that you would like to get rid of for good? Would you like to integrate Applications in order to streamline some of your tasks? Then look no further. This compact book will provide you with the knowledge to get your off the ground and up to a comfortable cruising speed.

with Starter” was born out of the need to have a short, but yet all-encompassing book that would give you a solid foundation in programming with for Applications. This book will enable you to harness the power of VBA in and put it to good use throughout the course of your working day.

Can’t find properties and methods of an object? Don’t know what a property, method or object is? Covering simple and advanced topics, create powerful, reusable examples such as IO, picking files from within and automatically attaching them to e-mails. Learn and use the concept of encapsulation to condense code into bite-size methods to be easily accessed from within your projects, plus much more.

What you will learn from this book

  • Get started with recording and play macros
  • Learn to use sub routines, with and without arguments
  • Create user-defined functions (UDFs)
  • Work with loops and effectively your code
  • Use UDFs to describe arguments, create custom categories and more
  • Reference external libraries and use them in your
  • Program interaction and sharing with other Applications
  • Learn to work with enumeration
  • Use advanced features and work with APIs
  • Create classes and hide away complex code

Approach
This is a starter guide, covering the basics you need to get as quickly as possible.

Who this book is written for
This book is written for users of Excel who want to speed up and streamline normally arduous tasks for maximum productivity.

Book Details

  • Paperback: 60 pages
  • Publisher: Packt Publishing (October 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1849688443
  • ISBN-13: 978-1849688444
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BMC Control-M 7

Posted: 12 Nov 2012 03:43 AM PST

BMC Control M 7

Book Description

is one of the most widely used enterprise class batch workload automation platform. With a strong knowledge of , you will be able to use the tool to meet ever growing batch needs. There has been no book that can guide you to implement and manage this powerful tool successfully… until now. With this book you will quickly master and be able to call yourself “a ” specialist!

“BMC 7: A Journey from Traditional Batch Scheduling to Workload Automation” will lead you into the world of and guide you to implement and maintain a environment successfully. By mastering this workload automation tool, you will see new opportunities opening up before you.

With this book you will be able to take away and put into practice knowledge from every aspect of Control-M – implementation, , design and of Control-M job flows, and more importantly how to move into workload automation and let batch processing utilize the .

You will start off with batch processing and workload automation, and then get an understanding of how Control-M meets these needs. Then we will look more in depth at the technical details of Control-M, and finally look at how to work with it to meet critical needs. Throughout the book, you will learn important concepts and features, as well as learn from the Author’s experience, accumulated over many years. By the end of the book you will be set up to work efficiently with this tool and also understand how to utilize the latest features of Control-M.

What you will learn from this book

  • Understand the concepts of traditional batch processing and workload automation
  • Plan and implement Control-M infrastructure by using the right technology in the right place
  • Familiarize yourself with the GUI interface and define Control-M job flows to meet both simple and complex batch processing needs
  • Get hands-on experience with various types of Control-M add-on modules (Control Modules), and understand how they can simplify and enhance existing batch flows
  • Complete advanced tasks and tuning using best practices
  • Take one step further into the world of workload automation by using the latest features available in Control-M

Approach
This book is written in a direct to-the-point style to provide everything you need to start with Control-M. From this book, you will not only learn the technical aspects of Control-M, but also understand how things should be done in real environments and why things are done that way.

Each chapter of the book starts with a short description of what you will learn and a list of things you are expected to master by the end of it. The book can be read straight through, from cover to cover. It emphasizes the things you need to know, in a logical progression, along with advice for further reading or other tasks you might be interested in.

Book Details

  • Paperback: 534 pages
  • Publisher: Packt Publishing (October 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1849682569
  • ISBN-13: 978-1849682565
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Piwik Web Analytics Essentials

Posted: 12 Nov 2012 03:37 AM PST

Piwik Web Analytics Essentials

Book Description

Without analytics, you are blind on the . In order to improve conversions and revenue on your - site, you need to know what is going on. gives you this data and unlike Analytics, gives you total control over its usage. Unlike analytics where the data can be read by , maintains complete confidentiality of your data. By harnessing the power of your tracked data, you can raise the conversion rates on your to new heights.

“Piwik Web Analytics Essentials” will show you how to install Piwik Analytics and have you tracking your 's visitors within an hour after you pick up the book! After that, you will learn how to track custom events and programmatically trigger tracking events. The book continues with ecommerce tracking and advanced Piwik usage.

This book will take you from installing Piwik on your to writing custom tracking code for your apps.

You will learn goal and event tracking techniques and how to add them to your standard tracking to fine tune your analytics results. Nothing is untrackable using Piwik: ecommerce shopping carts, , phone apps, and more can make use of Piwik tracking capabilities.

“Piwik Web Analytics Essentials” will walk you through every step with detailed screenshots and plenty of example code.

What will you learn from this book

  • Install Piwik on a
  • Add Piwik tracking to websites
  • Customize Piwik tracking code
  • Track goals and campaigns
  • Track events using Piwik
  • Track ecommerce , lost , and conversion rates
  • Integrate Piwik with your application
  • Customize Piwik to provide your own web analytics service to clients or customers

Approach
Packed with code and the necessary screenshots, this is a step-by-step comprehensive tutorial which will help you learn about Piwik quickly and easily.

Who this book is written for
This book is for everyone ranging from a reader who is new to web analytics to a seasoned coding expert wanting to switch to Piwik from another analytics tool. If you are a newbie, you will learn to install Piwik, install tracking, and customize the for their custom needs, as well as why they need to track their visitors. If you are an advanced reader, you will learn to mix with , Flash, and other languages in order to write for custom software.

Book Details

  • Paperback: 326 pages
  • Publisher: Packt Publishing (October 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1849518483
  • ISBN-13: 978-1849518482
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Final Cut Pro X Cookbook

Posted: 12 Nov 2012 03:35 AM PST

Final Cut Pro X Cookbook

Book Description

As technology becomes more and more accessible and easier to use, we are expected to do more in less time than ever before. editors are now expected to be able not only to edit, but create graphics, fix sound issues, enhance image quality and color and more. Also, many workers in the PR and world are finding they need to know how to get viral videos made from start to finish as quickly as possible. X was built as a one-stop shop with all the tools needed to produce a professional from beginning to end.

The “ X ” contains recipes that will take you from the importing process and basic mechanics of editing up through many of FCPX’s advanced tools needed by top-tier editors on a daily basis. Edit quickly and efficiently, fix image and sound problems with ease, and get your video out to your client or the world easily.

No program gets you from application launch to the actual editing process faster than FCPX. After covering the basics, the book hits the ground running showing readers how to produce professional quality videos even if video editing isn’t your day job.

The recipes inside are packed with more than 300 images helping illustrate time-saving editing tools, problem-solving techniques and how to spice up your video with beautiful effects and titles. We also dive into audio editing, color correction and dabble in FCPX’s sister programs and Compressor!

With more than 100 recipes, the Final Cut Pro X is a great aid for the avid enthusiast up to the 40-hour-a-week professional. This book contains everything you need to make videos that captivate your audiences.

What you will learn from this book

  • Import from tons of different sources
  • Organize your the way you want with keywording and Favorites
  • Learn about tons of editing tools to save you time during the editing process
  • Add professional, non-cheesy animated titles and transitions to enhance your videos' look
  • Edit videos in beat to your soundtrack
  • Make your images whiz around the screen with easier-than-ever keyframing
  • Isolate, fix, or remove certain colors with advanced color correction tools
  • Export to , , , devices and more without leaving the program!
  • Edit multicamera projects together with an all-new multicam tool
  • Remove backgrounds with the brand new easy-to-use Keyer

Approach
Written in cookbook style, this book offers many recipes to edit slick, professional videos with FCPX. Each recipe contains step-by-step instructions followed by of what was done in each task and other useful information. The book is designed so that you can read it chapter by chapter, or you can look at the list of recipes and refer to them in no particular order.

Who this book is written for
If you’ve been toying around with and want more power or you’ve taken FCPX for a whirl and simply can’t find the fastest, most efficient workflow, this book will help! Veteran editors will find just as much useful info as FCPX is radically different than its predecessor, Final Cut Pro 7.

Book Details

  • Paperback: 452 pages
  • Publisher: Packt Publishing (October 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1849692963
  • ISBN-13: 978-1849692960
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