Naomi and Sally Durance are daughters of a dairy farmer from the Macleay Valley. Bound together in complicity by what they consider a crime, when the Great War begins in 1914 they hope to submerge their guilt by leaving for Europe to nurse the tides of young wounded. They head for the Dardanelles on the hospital ship Archimedes. Their education in medicine, valour and human degradation continues on the Greek island of Lemnos, then on the Western Front. Here, new outrages – gas, shell-shock...

'This book will take you through Viewpoint, TASM, and actually setting up workloads. They are some of the most difficult to understand of the Teradata technologies but also the most important. It is a step by step guide that will make these very challenging subjects easy to master. The step by step process, similar to a cookbook, ensures that readers will not be confused. You will see material that you thought was impossible to learn, and you will master it.

The Aster Data SQL and MapReduce book shows you the fundamental architecture that will allow you to fully understand how Aster Data works. You will be able to create tables, perform partitioning, follow the best Aster modeling strategies, and have a great reference for Aster Data SQL. You will also elevate your knowledge immensely from the brilliant MapReduce portion of the books. You will have MapReduce examples, explanations, and workshops that are designed to make you a MapReduce wizard...

You are going to love this book because your confidence and knowledge will soar. V14 Certification: Teradata Basics has been designed to help you pass the test, but it is so much more. It is an incredible reference guide, learning tool, and foundation for passing all the tests and becoming a Teradata Certified Master.

This book will explain Aster Data so that users are instant experts. It will explain how things are set up, how things work, and all of the advanced analytics that Aster can provide. Like the other Genius Series books, it begins at a very basic level and gradually gets more and more detailed.

The Brilliance of Netezza will make all readers instant experts on the architecture of Netezza. With its clever design and “secret sauce” of FPGA Cards and Zone Maps, Netezza is quickly becoming a staple of all major enterprise data warehouses. This is a perfect opportunity to make yourself an invaluable asset to your company by obtaining the kind of knowledge that this book contains.

This is the most comprehensive book focusing on the law and practice of Company Voluntary Arrangements (CVAs), bringing together analysis of the recent case law and legislation in one volume. CVAs originated in the 1980s as a simple restructuring tool for small businesses, but are now used in a wide variety of contexts, including by companies with real estate leasehold liabilities. Many high profile businesses have sought to take advantage of the flexibility of the procedure, and this has ...

'This book will make every IT/Developer in your company a superstar. This book is designed to teach IT and developers everything they want to know about Teradata while leaving no stone unturned. They are going to see and understand Teradata at a level they’ve never understood it before. It is a brilliant way to explain what is happening in Teradata down to the most detailed levels. Like the rest of the Genius Series, it takes a building block approach to allow readers to continually see ho...

The design of the data warehouse is the most important aspect, so this book is a fantastic guide on exactly how to do just that. This book brilliantly touches on the important things a designer needs to do to build a world-class data warehouse. They will clearly understand the environment and all options to enhance the performance based on the design. This will teach you great detail in a high-level manor that really focuses clearly so you won’t get bogged down with too much minutia. It wi...

This book is for developers who want to learn how to get the most out of Solr in their applications, whether you are new to the field, have used Solr but don't know everything, or simply want a good reference. It would be helpful to have some familiarity with basic programming concepts, but no prior experience is required.

Develop a custom, agile data warehousing and business intelligence architecture Empower your users and drive better decision making across your enterprise with detailed instructions and best practices from an expert developer and trainer. The Data Warehouse Mentor: Practical Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence Insights shows how to plan, design, construct, and administer an integrated end-to-end DW/BI solution. Learn how to choose appropriate components, build an enter...

This collection represents the full spectrum of data-related content we’ve published on O’Reilly Radar over the last year. Mike Loukides kicked things off in June 2010 with “What is data science?” and from there we’ve pursued the various threads and themes that naturally emerged. Now, roughly a year later, we can look back over all we’ve covered and identify a number of core data areas:Data issues -- The opportunities and ambiguities of the data space are evident in discussions...