Leverage the power of Kubernetes to build an efficient software delivery pipeline.Key FeaturesLearn about DevOps, containers, and Kubernetes all within one handy bookA practical guide to container management and orchestrationLearn how to monitor, log, and troubleshoot your Kubernetes applicationsBook DescriptionKubernetes has been widely adopted across public clouds and on-premise data centers. As we're living in an era of mi...

Learn to implement DevOps using Docker & Kubernetes. Key FeaturesLearning DevOps, container, and Kubernetes within one book.Leverage Kubernetes as a platform to deploy, scale, and run containers efficiently.A practical guide towards container management and orchestrationBook DescriptionContainerization is said to be the best way to implement DevOps. Google developed Kubernetes, which orchestrates containers efficiently and is...

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the foundations and frontiers of graph neural networks. In addition, the book introduces the basic concepts and definitions in graph representation learning and discusses the development of advanced graph representation learning methods with a focus on graph neural networks. The book providers researchers and practitioners with an understanding of the fundamental issues as well as a launch point for discussing the latest trends in the scie...

China in the Era of Social Media discusses how social media is changing the world in an unprecedented way through speed, scope, and depth. In the last decade or so, social media in China has witnessed the most explosive growth in the world. Being the most populous nation in the world, it has the most social media users in the world as well. This book examines the current situation and unique characteristics of Chinese social media, the significance of social media in the country’s...

Provides an essential guide to AI's impact on PR practices, ethics, and societal implicationsAs AI technologies continue to evolve, communication professionals must understand their profound effects on media relations, activism, and digital engagement. AI and Strategic Communication: Navigating the Future offers a comprehensive exploration of AI's role in reshaping public relations, bringing together contributions from leading scholars and practitioners fr...

Although the area of International Manufacturing Network (IMN) and International Operations Network (ION) has received considerable attention in the literature, most of studies appear multifaceted and interdisciplinary, and thereby require thorough investigation from both academic and practical perspectives, in order to deepen our related understanding. The book seeks advanced contributions that will combine theoretical insights and empirical experience by offering a detailed examination o...

There are lots of introductory C books, but this is the first one that has the no-nonsense, practical approach that has made Nutshell Handbooks® famous.C programming is more than just getting the syntax right. Style and debugging also play a tremendous part in creating programs that run well and are easy to maintain. This book teaches you not only the mechanics of programming, but also describes how to create programs that are easy to read, debug, and update.Practical rules are stressed. F...

Companies are increasingly asking which of their value chain activities are best performed within their own company and which may be outsourced. In addition, they are also considering which pieces of their value chain may be better performed abroad. These interrelated decisions concerning outsourcing and offshoring have not only changed entire industries, they have also transformed the lives of people across the world. Hundreds of millions of jobs in emerging nations have been the direct r...

Computer Programming In C Language : Computer Programming In C Language teaches the generic Programming techniques using C programming language in an easy-to-follow style, without assuming previous experience in any other language. A variety of examples make learning these Concepts with C both fun and practical. This book is organized in such a manner that students and programmers with prior knowledge of Programming can find it easy, crisp and readable. Each Chapter contains many example p...

Thanks to its ability to innovate, the developed world will always have a distinct advantage over the developing world, right? Not according to leading management experts Nirmalya Kumar and Phanish Puranam. In India Inside, the authors draw on their research to show how India is already turning this assumption on its head-often in ways invisible to consumers in the developed world.Through their research and extensive interviews with India-based executives from such compani...

Behind every web transaction lies the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) --- the language of web browsers and servers, of portals and search engines, of e-commerce and web services. Understanding HTTP is essential for practically all web-based programming, design, analysis, and administration.While the basics of HTTP are elegantly simple, the protocol's advanced features are notoriously confusing, because they knit together complex technologies and terminology from many disciplines...

Achieving operational excellence is a challenge for the pharmaceutical industry, with many companies setting successful examples time and again. This book presents such leading practices for managing operational excellence throughout the pharmaceutical industry. Based on the St.Gallen OPEX Model the authors describe the current status of OPEX and the future challenges that have to be dealt with. The ample theoretical background is complemented hand-in-hand by case studies contributed by au...