Rabu, 19 Februari 2014

Wow! eBook: Getting Started with SQL Server 2012 Cube Development - 6 new eBooks


Wow! eBook: Getting Started with SQL Server 2012 Cube Development - 6 new eBooks

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Getting Started with SQL Server 2012 Cube Development

Posted: 19 Feb 2014 03:41 AM PST

Book Description

Analysis Services have been the number one OLAP engine for years. With the increased focus on business intelligence solutions, there is a shortage of professionals in this area. Start your journey into becoming a BI developer using the popular tools included in every SQL Server installation.

Getting Started with SQL Server 2012 Cube Development teaches you through clear step-by-step exercises to create business intelligence solutions using Analysis Services. The knowledge gained through these practical examples can immediately be applied to your real-world problems.

Getting Started with SQL Server 2012 Cube Development begins with an introduction to business intelligence and Analysis Services, the world’s most-used cube engine. Guiding you through easy-to-understand examples to become a cube developer.

Learn how to create a cube including all the advanced features such as KPIs, calculated measures, and time intelligence. Security and performance tuning will also be explored. You will learn how to perform and automate core tasks like deployment and processing. The main focus is on multidimensional cubes, but the creation of in-memory models will also be covered.

You will learn everything you need to get started with cube development using SQL Server 2012.

What you will learn from this book

  • Choose the correct model for solving your business problem
  • Set up Analysis Services and the development environment
  • Create user friendly dimensions and cubes
  • Automate cube processing and deployment
  • Query cubes using standard tools like Excel and Reporting Services
  • Add advanced functionality such as KPIs and calculations
  • Secure your business intelligence solutions
  • Performance tune your cube through the use of aggregations
  • Create tabular in-memory models
  • Understand business intelligence architecture

Approach
As a practical tutorial for Analysis Services, get started with developing cubes. “Getting Started with SQL Server 2012 Cube Development” walks you through the basics, working with SSAS to build cubes and get them up and running.

Who this book is written for
Written for SQL Server developers who have not previously worked with Analysis Services. It is assumed that you have experience with relational databases, but no prior knowledge of cube development is required. You need SQL Server 2012 in order to follow along with the exercises in this book.

Book Details

  • Paperback: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Packt Publishing (September 2013)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1849689504
  • ISBN-13: 978-1849689502
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Learning Vaadin 7, 2nd Edition

Posted: 19 Feb 2014 03:38 AM PST

Book Description

Vaadin is a new Java web framework for making applications look great and perform well, making your users happy. Vaadin promises to make your user interfaces attractive and usable while easing your development efforts and boosting your productivity as a developer. Vaadin is a web framework that addresses common issues such as poor choice of controls, heterogeneity of technology stacks, page-flow paradigm, and browser compatibility.

This book a practical guide that will help you in creating top-notch web applications with one of the best frameworks based on Java. You will learn about the fundamental concepts that are the cornerstones of the framework. Also, this book will show you how to integrate Vaadin with popular frameworks and how to run it on top of internal as well as externalized infrastructures.

Learning Vaadin: Second Edition is a practical, step-by-step tutorial to understanding, using, and mastering the art of RIA development with Vaadin. You will learn about the fundamental concepts that are the cornerstones of the framework, at the same time as making progress on building your own web application. The book will also show you how to integrate Vaadin with other popular frameworks and how to run it on top of internal as well as externalized infrastructures.

This book will show you how to become a professional Vaadin developer by giving you a concrete foundation through diagrams, practical examples, and ready-to-use source code. It will enable you to grasp all the notions behind Vaadin one step at a time: components, layouts, events, containers, and bindings. You will learn to build first-class web applications using best-of-breed technologies. You will find detailed information on how to integrate Vaadin’s presentation layer on top of other widespread technologies, such as Spring, CDI, and Hibernate. Finally, the book will show you how to deploy on different infrastructures like JBoss Portal and Cloud Foundry.

With this book in hand you will be able to utilize the full range of development and deployment features offered by Vaadin while thoroughly understanding the concepts.

What you will learn from this book

  • Understand the limitations of the thin-client approach and the rationale behind Vaadin
  • Develop web applications with your favorite IDE
  • Grasp key concepts: components, layouts, events, containers, and bindings
  • Easily create full-fledged web applications
  • Use the Vaadin directory to add exciting features on top of Vaadin
  • Extend Vaadin to create and share new components
  • Integrate Vaadin on top of Spring, CDI, and JPA
  • Deploy Vaadin on JBoss GateIn and VMWare Cloud Foundry

Approach
This book begins with a tutorial on Vaadin 7, followed by a process of planning, analyzing, building, and deploying a fully functional RIA while covering troubleshooting details along the way, making it an invaluable resource for answers to all your Vaadin questions.

Who this book is for
If you are a Java developer with some experience in development either on JSP/Servlet or on Swing, and want to enter the world of rich Internet applications, then this technology and book is ideal for you. Learning Vaadin will be perfect as your next step towards building eye-catching, dynamic web applications on a Java-based platform.

Book Details

  • Paperback: 436 pages
  • Publisher: Packt Publishing; 2nd Edition (September 2013)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1782169776
  • ISBN-13: 978-1782169772
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Building Mobile Applications Using Kendo UI Mobile and ASP.NET Web API

Posted: 19 Feb 2014 03:35 AM PST

Book Description

With the world becoming more mobile, there is a growing need for mobile websites and applications. Building these from scratch is not a simple process. Kendo UI Mobile makes building websites and applications easier than ever before. Build applications for phones and tablets in no time at all and provide your user with a native look and feel.

Building Mobile Applications Using Kendo UI Mobile and ASP.NET Web API helps you to understand the concept of building mobile applications using HTML5 based frameworks, specifically Kendo UI Mobile. It teaches you in a simple step-by-step manner how to create a service backend layer using ASP.NET Web API and how to integrate it with your front end mobile application, which is the missing piece of the puzzle for most developers who are new to mobile applications development. Learn everything from the basics of HTML5 to design and development of a mobile application using Kendo UI Mobile and ASP.NET Web API. Integrate them in the right way using extensible and maintainable JavaScript code.

Starting with the basics of the Kendo UI platform, learn how to build a real world mobile application from scratch. You will explore the Kendo UI framework elements and integrate the sample mobile application with the ASP.NET Web API service. One of the most important things that you will learn from this book is how to organize your code using the JavaScript Revealing Module Pattern. You will also take a journey through Kendo UI Mobile widgets with lots of code samples hosted in jsFiddle. At the end of this book, you will complete the integration of the sample application and master fixing real world problems utilizing your newly acquired professional techniques that will save you time and effort.

Building Mobile Applications Using Kendo UI Mobile and ASP.NET Web API will help you improve your mobile application development skills using hands-on examples, and will help you address the common problems faced by beginners as well as experienced web programmers.

What you will learn from this book

  • Learn the concepts behind building mobile applications using HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript
  • Build HTTP based services using ASP.NET Web API
  • Secure ASP.NET Web API services
  • Build a complete real world Movie Tickets application from scratch
  • Implement HTTP basic authentication
  • Learn about Kendo UI Framework components like templates, MVVM, and DataSource
  • Discover Kendo UI Mobile widgets and customize them using jsFiddle examples
  • Organize your JavaScript code using the Revealing Module Pattern

Approach
With easy-to-follow, step-by-step and real-life examples, you will be building your own mobile applications in a matter of days using Kendo Mobile UI and ASP.NET Web API.

Who this book is for
If you are a web applications developer new to mobile applications development, then this book is for you. You will also benefit from this book if you have experience in mobile applications development and would like to explore the Kendo UI. A basic understanding of HTML, CSS, and jQuery is desirable to follow this book.

Book Details

  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Packt Publishing (September 2013)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1782160922
  • ISBN-13: 978-1782160922
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Mobile Security: How to Secure, Privatize, and Recover Your Devices

Posted: 19 Feb 2014 03:32 AM PST

Book Description

The threat of hacking may be the most damaging on the internet. Mobile technology is changing the way we live, work, and play, but it can leave your personal information dangerously exposed. Your online safety is at risk and the threat of information being stolen from your device is at an all- time high. Your identity is yours, yet it can be compromised if you don't manage your phone or mobile device correctly.

Gain the power to manage all your mobile devices safely. With the help of this guide you can ensure that your data and that of your family is safe. The threat to your mobile security is growing on a daily basis and this guide may just be the help you need.

Mobile Security: How to secure, privatize and recover your devices will teach you how to recognize, protect against, and recover from hacking attempts and outline the clear and present threats to your online identity posed by the use of a mobile device.

In this guide you will discover just how vulnerable unsecured devices can be, and explore effective methods of mobile device management and identity protection to ensure your data’s security. There will be special sections detailing extra precautions to ensure the safety of family members and how to secure your device for use at work.

What you will learn from this book

  • Discover how mobile devices are monitored
  • Identify threats to you, and your family’s privacy
  • Ensure the safety of your device and identity
  • Recover from being hacked
  • Deal with a compromised or lost device
  • Learn in detail about device support and insurance in detail

Approach
Learn how to keep yourself safe online with easy- to- follow examples and real- life scenarios. Written by developers at IBM, this guide should be the only resource you need to keep your personal information private.

Who this book is written for
Mobile security is one of the most talked about areas in I.T. today with data being stolen from smartphones and tablets around the world. Make sure you, and your family, are protected when they go online.

Book Details

  • Paperback: 242 pages
  • Publisher: Packt Publishing (September 2013)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1849693609
  • ISBN-13: 978-1849693608
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Using OpenRefine

Posted: 19 Feb 2014 03:30 AM PST

Book Description

Data is supposed to be the new gold, but how can you unlock the value in your data? Managing large datasets used to be a task for specialists, but you don’t have to worry about inconsistencies or errors anymore. OpenRefine lets you clean, link, and publish your dataset in a breeze.

Using OpenRefine takes you on a practical tour of all the handy features of this well-known data transformation tool. It is a hands-on recipe book that teaches you data techniques by example. Starting from the basics, it gradually transforms you into an OpenRefine expert.

This book will teach you all the necessary skills to handle any large dataset and to turn it into high-quality data for the Web. After you learn how to analyze data and spot issues, we’ll see how we can solve them to obtain a clean dataset. Messy and inconsistent data is recovered through advanced techniques such as automated clustering. We’ll then show extract links from keyword and full-text fields using reconciliation and named-entity extraction.

Using OpenRefine is more than a manual: it’s a guide stuffed with tips and tricks to get the best out of your data.

What you will learn from this book

  • Import data in various formats
  • Explore datasets in a matter of seconds
  • Apply basic and advanced cell transformations
  • Deal with cells that contain multiple values
  • Create instantaneous links between datasets
  • Filter and partition your data easily with regular expressions
  • Use named-entity extraction on full-text fields to automatically identify topics
  • Perform advanced data operations with the General Refine Expression Language

Approach
The book is styled on a Cookbook, containing recipes – combined with free datasets – which will turn readers into proficient OpenRefine users in the fastest possible way.

Who this book is written for
This book is targeted at anyone who works on or handles a large amount of data. No prior knowledge of OpenRefine is required, as we start from the very beginning and gradually reveal more advanced features. You don’t even need your own dataset, as we provide example data to try out the book’s recipes.

Book Details

  • Paperback: 114 pages
  • Publisher: Packt Publishing (September 2013)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1783289082
  • ISBN-13: 978-1783289080
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Getting Started with Citrix VDI-in-a-Box

Posted: 19 Feb 2014 03:24 AM PST

Book Description

Virtual desktop solutions have been around for a number of years; however, they have been complex and costly to set up, limiting the technology to larger enterprise-sized organizations. With the release of Citrix VDI-in-a-Box, organizations of all sizes can now benefit from VDI. VDI-in-a-Box is often a new area for small to mid-sized businesses, and it is vital to gain a detailed understanding of the technology to ensure a successful project.

Getting Started with Citrix VDI-in-a-Box is a practical, hands-on guide that provides you with all the information that you need to understand the technology in detail. It provides comprehensive guidelines that will help you to design and implement a solution and it also helps you to build a case for VDI with the help of use cases and case studies.

Getting Started with Citrix VDI-in-a-Box starts with a detailed look at the architecture of Citrix VDI-in-a-Box before moving on to discuss the design tools and implementation methodologies. It then moves on to typical use cases, including a detailed case study to enable you to position where VDI could sit in your organization. This will help you to build a strong business case for VDI by referencing the significant advantages that the technology can bring. The book finishes with a chapter describing how you can run a successful proof of concept project using existing hardware and free evaluation software.

Getting Started with Citrix VDI-in-a-Box will enable you to introduce VDI into your organization and to utilize the incredible benefits within your management team.

What you will learn from this book

  • Create a background for Citrix VDI-in-a-Box
  • Build the architecture for VDI-in-a-Box
  • Design a VDI-in-a-Box solution
  • Size the server appliances
  • Choose the right hypervisor for your organization
  • Import and configure VDI-in-a-Box
  • Integrate with your network
  • Connect to desktops
  • Explore the options for desktop clients
  • Know the benefits of VDI

Approach
A practical and fast-paced guide that gives you all the information you need to simplify and streamline virtual desktops so you get a production-quality solution while instantly lowering your costs and improving security.

Who this book is written for
Getting Started with Citrix VDI-in-a-Box is great for IT professionals who are new to VDI-in-a-Box and who are looking for a good grounding in the product. You may be planning to research VDI-in-a-Box in more detail, or you may be tasked with researching how VDI-in-a-Box could improve the productivity of your organization. No prior knowledge of VDI-in-a-Box is required, just an understanding of Windows networks.

Book Details

  • Paperback: 86 pages
  • Publisher: Packt Publishing (September 2013)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1782171045
  • ISBN-13: 978-1782171041
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