Databaser

The bestseller in IT architecture. If you want to understand IT architecture, this book is for you. It covers many different areas, from strategy to business, technology, and software architecture. Are you working as an IT architect, student, developer, CTO, project manager, or IT professional? If so, this book will help you understand how IT architecture can help address the complexity in a modern organization. It will give you a deeper understanding of the concepts, methods, tools, models, organizations, and frameworks involved. It also covers the social and human aspects of working as an IT architect.

Enterprise Architecture, The EA function, Strategy, Organization... Business Architecture, Understanding the business, Modeling, Practical advice… Solution Architecture, Integration, Infrastructure, Security…Software Architecture, Quality attributes, Agility and Lean, DevOps, cloud, AI…… and a lot more.

Daniel Akenine is a physicist, technologist, writer, and former neuroscientist. He works as a National Technology Officer for Microsoft, specializing in the impact new technologies has on society. In 2015 he was appointed IASA Fellow.

Learn database theory from the bestselling text with a beginner-friendly approach

Database Systems: A Practical Approach to Design, Implementation, and Management, 6th edition, Global Edition,by Thomas Connolly and Carolyn Begg, introduces you to the theory behind databases in a concise yet comprehensive manner.

The methodology behind relational Database Management Systems is presented in a simple way, with step-by-step instructions, making the text accessible for technical and non-technical readers. The text applies a realistic worked example that you follow across the chapters of the book using three explicit phases (conceptual, logical, and physical database design) to help you relate your knowledge to real-world applications. Designed for one or two-term undergraduate courses in database management or database design, this book can also be used as a working reference for IT professionals.

This 6th edition has been updated with the latest information on the subject, as well as additional learning features compared to the previous edition.

New features include:

With its clear presentation that supports your learning, this book can provide you with a comprehensive understanding of the theory behind databases.

The Data Management Body of Knowledge (DAMA-DMBOK2) presents a comprehensive view of the challenges, complexities, and value of effective data management.

Today’s organizations recognize that managing data is central to their success. They recognize data has value and they want to leverage that value. As our ability and desire to create and exploit data has increased, so too has the need for reliable data management practices.

The second edition of DAMA International’s Guide to the Data Management Body of Knowledge updates and augments the highly successful DMBOK1. An accessible, authoritative reference book written by leading thinkers in the field and extensively reviewed by DAMA members, DMBOK2 brings together materials that comprehensively describe the challenges of data management and how to meet them by:

DAMA-DMBOK2 provides data management and IT professionals, executives, knowledge workers, educators, and researchers with a framework to manage their data and mature their information infrastructure, based on these principles:

Chapters include:

Standardization of data management disciplines will help data management professionals perform more effectively and consistently. It will also enable organizational leaders to recognize the value and contributions of data management activities.

Scripts keep crashing and stakeholders demand data they can trust. Late-night alerts drain your energy and delay business decisions. Manual fixes multiply as pipelines sprawl across clouds and clusters. You need orchestration that scales without sacrificing reliability or sleep. Apache Airflow promises order, yet its power can feel overwhelming. This book makes Airflow mastery achievable, practical, and immediately rewarding. 

Data Pipelines with Apache Airflow, Second Edition gathers five seasoned consultants into one definitive field guide. Their combined experience turns cutting-edge features into steps you can reproduce today. It is the trusted companion for every data engineer. 

The book starts with Airflow architecture, then walks through DAG design, testing, deployment, and operations. Updated chapters reveal Taskflow, Dataset scheduling, and Kubernetes setups, explained through real projects, not toy examples. Clear language, diagrams, and downloadable code remove guesswork. 

Finish the last page knowing your pipelines deploy reliably, recover gracefully, and scale effortlessly. Sleep through the night while Airflow delivers fresh, accurate data to every downstream consumer. 

Ideal for data engineers, DevOps, machine-learning engineers, and Python-savvy analysts ready to level-up orchestration skills. 

User interface (UI) design rules and guidelines, developed by early HCI gurus and recognized throughout the field, were based on cognitive psychology (study of mental processes such as problem solving, memory, and language), and early practitioners were well informed of its tenets. But today practitioners with backgrounds in cognitive psychology are a minority, as user interface designers and developers enter the field from a wide array of disciplines. HCI practitioners today have enough experience in UI design that they have been exposed to UI design rules, but it is essential that they understand the psychological basis behind the rules in order to effectively apply them. In Designing with the Mind in Mind, best-selling author Jeff Johnson provides designers with just enough background in perceptual and cognitive psychology that UI design guidelines make intuitive sense rather than being just a list of rules to follow.

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The definitive guide to dimensional design for your data warehouse

Learn the best practices of dimensional design. Star Schema: The Complete Reference offers in-depth coverage of design principles and their underlying rationales. Organized around design concepts and illustrated with detailed examples, this is a step-by-step guidebook for beginners and a comprehensive resource for experts.

This all-inclusive volume begins with dimensional design fundamentals and shows how they fit into diverse data warehouse architectures, including those of W.H. Inmon and Ralph Kimball. The book progresses through a series of advanced techniques that help you address real-world complexity, maximize performance, and adapt to the requirements of BI and ETL software products. You are furnished with design tasks and deliverables that can be incorporated into any project, regardless of architecture or methodology.