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1. |  Relational Theory for Computer Professionals By: C.J. Date Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Publication Date: 22-MAY-2013 Insert Date: 23-MAY-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Relational Theory for Computer Professionals This book shows you what a real relational product would be like, and how and why it would be so much better than what’s currently available. Most books try to use SQL as a vehicle for teaching relational theory, but this book deliberately takes the opposite approach. Its primary aim is to teach relational theory as such. Then it uses that theory as a vehicle for teaching SQL, showing in particular how that theory can help with the practical problem of using SQL correctly and productively....
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2. |  SQL Server Transaction Log Management By: Tony Davis; Gail Shaw Publisher: Red Gate Books Publication Date: 21-DEC-2012 Insert Date: 23-MAY-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: SQL Server Transaction Log Management
When a SQL Server database is operating smoothly and performing well, there is no need to be particularly aware of the transaction log, beyond ensuring that every database has an appropriate backup regime and restore plan in place. When things go wrong, however, a DBA's reputation depends on a deeper understanding of the transaction log, both what it does, and how it works. An effective response to a crisis requires rapid decisions based on understanding its role in ensuring data integrity.
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3. |  Practical Time Series Analysis Using SAS By: Anders Milhøj Publisher: SAS Institute Publication Date: 15-APR-2013 Insert Date: 23-MAY-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Practical Time Series Analysis Using SAS
Anders Milhøj's Practical Time Series Analysis Using SAS explains and demonstrates through examples how you can use SAS for time series analysis. It offers modern procedures for forecasting, seasonal adjustments, and decomposition of time series that can be used without involved statistical reasoning. The book teaches, with numerous examples, how to apply these procedures with very simple coding. In addition, it also gives the statistical background for interested readers. Beginning with an introductory chapter that covers the practical handling of time series data in SAS using the...
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4. |  SQL Server Execution Plans, 2nd Edition By: Grant Fritchey Publisher: Red Gate Books Publication Date: 12-OCT-2012 Insert Date: 21-MAY-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: SQL Server Execution Plans, 2nd Edition
Every day the same types of questions come up repeatedly: Why is this query running slowly? Why is SQL Server ignoring my index? My response is the same in each case: have you looked at the execution plan? An execution plan describes what's going on behind the scenes when SQL Server executes a query. It shows how the query optimizer joined the data from the various tables defined in the query, which indexes it used, if any, how it performed any aggregations or sorting, and much more. It also estimates the cost of all of these operations, in terms of the relative load placed on the system....
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5. |  Oracle Data Integrator 11g Cookbook By: Christophe Dupupet; Denis Gray; Peter C. Boyd-Bowman; Julien Testut Publisher: Packt Publishing Publication Date: 15-MAY-2013 Insert Date: 16-MAY-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Oracle Data Integrator 11g Cookbook
Over 60 fieldtested recipes for successful data integration projects with Oracle Data
Integrator
Clear, step-by-step recipes to walk you through some of the most advanced features of Oracle Data Integrator
Covers everything from administration, to development, to deployment, including advanced coding techniques using the Oracle Data Integrator SDK
Numerous code samples, screenshots, diagrams, and best practice recommendations
In Detail
Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) is Oracle's strategic data integration platform for high-speed data transformation and movement between...
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6. |  MongoDB: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition By: Kristina Chodorow Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Publication Date: 23-MAY-2013 Insert Date: 15-MAY-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: MongoDB: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition Manage the huMONGOus amount of data collected through your web application with MongoDB. This authoritative introduction—written by a core contributor to the project—shows you the many advantages of using document-oriented databases, and demonstrates how this reliable, high-performance system allows for almost infinite horizontal scalability....
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7. |  By: Glenn J. Myatt; Wayne P. Johnson Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 03-FEB-2009 Insert Date: 14-MAY-2013 Slots: 1.0 |
A hands-on guide to making valuable decisions from data using advanced data mining methods and techniques
This second installment in the Making Sense of Data series continues to explore a diverse range of commonly used approaches to making and communicating decisions from data. Delving into more technical topics, this book equips readers with advanced data mining methods that are needed to successfully translate raw data into smart decisions across various fields of research including business, engineering, finance, and the social sciences.
Following a comprehensive introduction that...
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8. |  Making Sense of Data: A Practical Guide to Exploratory Data Analysis and Data Mining By: Glenn J. Myatt Publisher: Wiley-Interscience Publication Date: 28-NOV-2006 Insert Date: 13-MAY-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Making Sense of Data: A Practical Guide to Exploratory Data Analysis and Data Mining
A practical, step-by-step approach to making sense out of data
Making Sense of Data educates readers on the steps and issues that need to be considered in order to successfully complete a data analysis or data mining project. The author provides clear explanations that guide the reader to make timely and accurate decisions from data in almost every field of study. A step-by-step approach aids professionals in carefully analyzing data and implementing results, leading to the development of smarter business decisions. With a comprehensive collection of methods from both data analysis and...
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9. |  IBM Cognos Business Intelligence By: Dustin Adkison; Publisher: Packt Publishing Publication Date: 07-MAY-2013 Insert Date: 10-MAY-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: IBM Cognos Business Intelligence
Discover the practical approach to BI with IBM Cognos Business Intelligence
Learn how to better administer your IBM Cognos 10 environment in order to improve productivity and efficiency.
Empower your business with the latest Business Intelligence (BI) tools.
Discover advanced tools and knowledge that can greatly improve daily tasks and analysis.
Explore the new interfaces of IBM Cognos 10.
In Detail
IBM Cognos is Business Intelligence software that enables businesses to fully utilize their maximum potential. It connects people with information from virtually any data...
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10. |  By: Michael S. Gendron Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 30-OCT-2012 Insert Date: 07-MAY-2013 Slots: 1.0 |
Expert guidance for building an information communication and technology infrastructure that provides best in business intelligence
Enterprise performance management (EPM) technology has been rapidly advancing, especially in the areas of predictive analysis and cloud-based solutions. Business intelligence caught on as a concept in the business world as the business strategy application of data warehousing in the early 2000s. With the recent surge in interest in data analytics and big data, it has seen a renewed level of interest as the ability of a business to find the valuable data in a...
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11. |  Disruptive Possibilities: How Big Data Changes Everything By: Jeffrey Needham Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Publication Date: 06-MAY-2013 Insert Date: 04-MAY-2013 Slots: 0.0 | Overview: Disruptive Possibilities: How Big Data Changes Everything In Disruptive Possibilities: How Big Data Changes Everything, Jeff enlightens Fortune 500 enterprises about the Big Data ecosystem as they begin to channel their data from stranded silos into an accessible reservoir of possibility and discovery. Jeff explains where commercial supercomputing came from, where it is and its impact on the future of computing....
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12. |  Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012 Reporting Services By: Stacia Misner Publisher: Microsoft Press Publication Date: 24-APR-2013 Insert Date: 02-MAY-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012 Reporting Services Deliver interactive business intelligence reports using SQL Server 2012 Reporting Services, and help facilitate real-time decision making throughout the enterprise. SQL Server expert Stacia Misner shows you in detail how to design, manage, and access custom reports that capture data from multiple sources....
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13. |  MySQL Workbench: Data Modeling & Development By: Michael McLaughlin Publisher: McGraw-Hill Publication Date: 09-APR-2013 Insert Date: 30-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: MySQL Workbench: Data Modeling & Development
The only Oracle Press guide to MySQL Workbench explains how to design and model MySQL databases.MySQL Workbench Data Modeling and Development helps developers learn how to effectively use this powerful product for database modeling, reverse engineering, and interaction with the database without writing SQL statements. MySQL Workbench is a graphical user interface that can be used to create and maintain MySQL databases without coding.
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14. |  Oracle ADF 11gR2 Development Beginner's Guide By: Vinod Krishnan; Publisher: Packt Publishing Publication Date: 25-APR-2013 Insert Date: 30-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Oracle ADF 11gR2 Development Beginner's Guide
Experience the easiest way to learn, understand, and implement rich Internet applications using Oracle ADF 11gR2
Implement a web-based application using the powerful ADF development framework from Oracle
Experience the fun of building a simple web application with practical examples and step-by-step instructions
Understand the power of Oracle ADF 11gR2 and develop any complex application with confidence
In Detail
Oracle ADF is an end-to-end framework which makes application development simple by providing infrastructure services as well as visual and declarative...
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Instant Oracle BPM for Financial Services How-to By:Â B. M. Madhusudhan Lyons; Publisher:Â Packt Publishing Publication Date:Â 24-APR-2013 Insert Date:Â 30-APR-2013 Slots:Â 1.0 | Overview: Instant Oracle BPM for Financial Services How-to
Discover how to leverage BPM in the financial sector
Learn something new in an Instant! A short, fast, focused guide delivering immediate results
Simplifies complex business problems for financial services
Optimize, enhance, and modify your business processes
Includes enterprise architecture best practices
Highlights various roles of Business Process Management
In Detail
Oracle Business Process Management helps in process automation and improvement with a very high level of flexibility for all the process participants from the process planning team to the end...
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Mercurial Distributed SCM Essentials How-to By:Â Christophe Muller; Publisher:Â Packt Publishing Publication Date:Â 25-APR-2013 Insert Date:Â 30-APR-2013 Slots:Â 1.0 | Overview: Mercurial Distributed SCM Essentials How-to
A series of 10 easy-to-perform practical recipes to quick start and get going with Mercurial simplicity and power
Learn something new in an Instant! A short, fast, focused guide delivering immediate results.
Learn version control quickly using Mercurial basics and advanced features
Set up and work with the Mercurial server for collaborative software development
Practise a centralized workflow and continuous integration
Customize Mercurial with advanced commands, hooks, and extensions
In Detail
A version control system provides a central repository to effectively...
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By:Â Daniel K. Lyons; Publisher:Â Packt Publishing Publication Date:Â 24-APR-2013 Insert Date:Â 30-APR-2013 Slots:Â 1.0 | Overview: Instant PostgreSQL Starter
Discover how to get started using PostgreSQL with minimal hassle!
Learn something new in an Instant! A short, fast, focused guide delivering
immediate results.
Get your database online, back it up, and make it useful as quickly as
possible
Discover how you can utilize PostgreSQL's simple and dependable backup mechanism
Illustrated platform-independent instructions that show you how to complete each step with confidence
In Detail
PostgreSQL is an incredibly flexible and dependable open source relational database. Harnessing its power will make your applications...
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18. |  Data Modeling Made Simple with ER/Studio Data Architect By: Steve Hoberman Publisher: Technics Publications Publication Date: 15-MAR-2013 Insert Date: 28-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Data Modeling Made Simple with ER/Studio Data Architect
Data Modeling Made Simple with ER/Studio Data Architect (DA) will provide the business or IT professional with a practical working knowledge of data modeling concepts and best practices, along with how to apply these principles with ER/Studio DA. You'll build many ER/Studio DA data models along the way, applying best practices to master these ten objectives:
You will know why a data model is needed and which ER/Studio DA models are the most appropriate for each situation
You will be able to read a data model of any size and complexity with the same confidence as reading a...
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19. |  Engineering Effective Decision Support Technologies By: Daniel Power Publisher: IGI Global Publication Date: 31-MAY-2013 Insert Date: 26-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Engineering Effective Decision Support Technologies In modern, information-centric business environments, Decision Making Support Systems (DMSS) present a critical consideration for any organization serious about maintaining competitive advantage. Advances in information systems, knowledge management technologies, and other decision support systems necessitate a critical understanding of the latest trends and research. Engineering Effective Decision Support Technologies: New Models and Applications presents a collection of the latest research in DMSS and applies those theoretical considerations to best practices in the field. This reference...
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20. | Rough Cuts  By: Ian Robinson; Jim Webber; Emil Eifrem Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Publication Date: 23-MAY-2013 Insert Date: 23-APR-2013 | Overview: Graph Databases Graph Databases provides a practical foundation for those wanting to understand how to apply graph databases to real-world business solutions. Readers will learn where graph database are applicable, why they are useful, and how to design and implement solutions that use them. Against the background of an introduction to the graph database space in general, this book focuses on the practical application of graph databases, with many data model, query and code examples implemented using the Neo4j graph database....
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