The Adventures of Peanut, the Sugar GliderVolume 2: Holiday Celebrations and OutingsThis is the second book in a series about a girl named Barbara, and her very special adopted pet Peanut the sugar glider. In this volume, Peanuts adventures begin when he meets his Halloween playmate. Then Peanut celebrates Chanukah, Christmas, and New Years Eve. Peanut also visits the circus and enjoys a tea party. Peanut will explore the local volunteer fire station, celebrate his first bir...

This self-study Exam preparation guide and its accompanying online course for the Big Data Certification Exam contains everything you need to test yourself and pass the Exam. All Exam topics are covered and insider secrets, complete explanations of all Big Data subjects, test tricks and tips, numerous highly realistic sample questions, and exercises designed to strengthen understanding of Big Data concepts and prepare you for Exam success on the first attempt are provided.Included ...

“If the purpose is to create one of the best books on requirements yet written, the authors have succeeded.”—Capers JonesSoftware can solve almost any problem. The trick is knowing what the problem is. With about half of all software errors originating in the requirements activity, it is clear that a better understanding of the problem is needed.Getting the requirements right is crucial if we are to build systems that best meet our needs. ...

Unique insights to implement big data analytics and reap big returns to your bottom lineFocusing on the business and financial value of big data analytics, respected technology journalist Frank J. Ohlhorst shares his insights on the newly emerging field of big data analytics in Big Data Analytics. This breakthrough book demonstrates the importance of analytics, defines the processes, highlights the tangible and intangible values and discusses how you can t...

The only book that instructs IT Managers to adhere to federally mandated certification and accreditation requirements.This book will explain what is meant by Certification and Accreditation and why the process is mandated by federal law. The different Certification and Accreditation laws will be cited and discussed including the three leading types of C&A: NIST, NIAP, and DITSCAP. Next, the book explains how to prepare for, perform, and document a C&A project. The next section to the book ...

In his continuing, but mainly disastrous, efforts to be an upstanding, responsible ten-year-old, George Brown decides it's time to earn some money. (There's also an expensive remote-controlled toy that he's been coveting.) But no matter what he tries—whether it's working at his mother's craft shop, opening a lemonade stand, or setting up a backyard circus for neighborhood kids—the magic burps erupt at exactly the wrong times and wreak havoc on George's entrepreneurial plans.

Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) is a continuous process of managing the life of an application through governance, development and maintenance. ALM is the marriage of business management to software engineering made possible by tools that facilitate and integrate requirements management, architecture, coding, testing, tracking, and release management.This Application Lifecycle Management book provides insight to improve business and IT alignment via IT portfolio management s...

The one-stop-source powering SaaS success, jam-packed with ready to use insights for results, loaded with all the data you need to decide how to gain and move ahead.Based on extensive research, this lays out the thinking of the most successful SaaS knowledge experts, those who are adept at continually innovating and seeing opportunities.This is the first place to go for SaaS innovation - INCLUDED are numerous real-world SaaS blueprints, presentations and templates ready for...

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Captain Awesome wonders what to do when he suspects that his superhero best friend has become…a bad guy?Now readers between the ages of five and seven can read chapter books tailor-made for a younger level of reading comprehension. Heavily illustrated with large type, Little Simon's young chapter books let young readers feel like they are reading a “grown-up” format with subject, text, and illustrations geared specifically for their own age groups!...

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Information security is more important than ever before. Globalization of the economy leads to a growing exchange of information between organizations (their employees, customers and suppliers) and a growing use of networks, such as the internal company network, connection with the networks of other companies and the Internet.Furthermore, activities of many companies now rely on IT, and information has become a valuable asset.Protection of information is crucial for the con...