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Navigating the complexities of the stock market can be daunting. This book demystifies the process, offering clear, concise, and practical insights into using AI technologies to identify trends, predict market movements, and manage investment risks effectively. Whether you're planning for retirement, looking to grow your personal wealth, or simply curious about stock market investing, this guide is your first step towards financial empowerment.

Western political discourse on cybersecurity is dominated by news of Chinese military development of cyberwarfare capabilities and cyber exploitation against foreign governments, corporations, and non-governmental organizations. Western accounts, however, tell only one side of the story. Chinese leaders are also concerned with cyber insecurity, and Chinese authors frequently note that China is also a victim of foreign cyber attacks—predominantly from the United States. China and Cybersecurity is a comprehensive analysis of China's cyberspace threats and policies.

This, my friends, is a book about AI written by a human for humans. Specifically, this book is written for the reader that wants to apply AI to their life as quickly as possible, without being bothered to take time to figure out how what you're doing is actually working or the consequences.

Embarking on tech startup journey but unsure how to translate your innovative ideas into functional software? "THE TECH ENTREPRENEUR'S POCKET GUIDE" is your essential companion, offering practical insights into the vital role of communication in the world of tech development.

Artificial intelligence is, as the name suggests, artificial and fundamentally different to human intelligence. Yet often the goal of AI is to fake human intelligence. This deceit has been there from the very beginning. We’ve been trying to fake it since Alan Turing answered the question ‘Can machines think?’ by proposing that machines pretend to be humans. Now we are starting to build AI that truly deceives us. Powerful AIs such as ChatGPT can convince us they are intelligent and blur the distinction between what is real and what is simulated.

Overcome the challenges, appreciate the varieties, and apply the process of data integration. Learn all about data integration and become a data integration hero instead of following the masses and running in the opposite direction at the mere mention of the word “integration”. Understand why organizations avoid data integration and often wind up with spider web environments containing siloed applications instead of an enterprise database which excites analysts and data scientists. Distinguish the different types of integration: database, attribute, key, index, encoding, measurement, ...

In our distant past, we attempted to create wealth by turning everyday substances into gold. This was early alchemy, and ultimately it did not work. But the world has changed. Today we have a type of "modern alchemy" that really can create gold. We can transform voluminous text into a wealth of knowledge. Text is a common fabric of society, yet it is still challenging for our technology to make sense of text. This is where taxonomies can help. In this book, legendary Bill Inmon will introduce you to the concept of taxonomies and how they are used to simplify and understand text. We ...

Let the sun shine through! The cloud in data warehousing skies is finally clearing as Dr. Barry Devlin builds the architectural and systems foundations for data lakehouse, data fabric, and data mesh, as well as the base cloud data warehouse. The past five years has seen an explosion of innovation and new technical forms as cloud data warehousing has gone mainstream. But confusion has grown too. After all, the business needs are largely unchanged. So, why are there so many options and approaches? How do they differ? Which one may be the best choice? And why? In this first volume of a two-...

If you found a rusty old lamp on the beach, and upon touching it a genie appeared and granted you three wishes, what would you wish for? If you were wishing for a successful application development effort, most likely you would wish for accurate and robust data models, comprehensive data flow diagrams, and an acute understanding of human behavior. The wish for well-designed conceptual and logical data models means the requirements are well-understood and that the design has been built with flexibility and extensibility leading to high application agility and low maintenance costs. The wish ...

What's the Return on Investment (ROI) on data management? Sound like an impossible question to answer? Not if you read this book and learn the value-added approach to managing enterprise resources and assets. This book defines the five interrelated best practices that comprise data management, and shows you how by example to successfully communicate data management ROI to senior management. The 17 cases we share will help you to identify opportunities to introduce data management into the strategic conversations that occur in the C-suite. You will gain a new perspective regarding the ...

Rediscover how your organization works and where it can be improved by using simple, yet powerful techniques! How Work Gets Done will provide the business or IT professional with a practical working knowledge of Business Process Management (BPM). This book is written in a conversational style that encourages you to read it from start to finish and master these objectives: Learn how to identify the goals and drivers important to your organization and how to align these with key performance measures Understand how business strategies, business policies, and operational procedures need to be ...

Manage and optimize metadata using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) through this comprehensive guide on the intricate and pivotal world of data cataloging. The book demystifies the concepts of data cataloging, highlighting its critical role in ensuring that data within organizations is accurate, accessible, and actionable. Jeff meticulously lays out strategies and insights on creating a robust data catalog that manages metadata and uses AI and ML to enhance its usability and reliability. In an era dominated by data-driven decisions, understanding and implementing ...

Are you struggling to navigate the complexities of the ISO 27001:2022 standard? Look no further! This comprehensive guide, written by renowned cybersecurity expert Bruce Brown, CISSP, CGRC, is your ultimate companion to mastering the world of information security management. While the official ISO 27001:2022 standard provides a concise overview, it often leaves readers craving more detailed insights. At a mere 20 pages and a price tag of 135 EURO, it may not offer the depth and clarity you need.

The data lakehouse is the next generation of the data warehouse and data lake, designed to meet today’s complex and ever-changing modern information systems. This book shows you how to construct your data lakehouse as the foundation for your artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and data mesh initiatives. Know the pitfalls and techniques for maximizing business value of your data lakehouse. In addition, be able to explain the core characteristics and critical success factors of a data lakehouse. By reviewing entry errors, key incompatibility, and ensuring good documentation...

Authoritative advice on creating and running a successful API program. The number of articles, books, and documents available on the topic of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) might lead you to believe the topic has been well researched and well documented. But in fact, confusion abounds, especially about the best ways to create and maintain a successful API program. This book addresses that confusion. It encapsulates years of practical experience on how to make the right decisions at the right times when planning, designing, developing, and marketing APIs. It's your go-to resource ...

Getting the most from your data requires winning the Enrichment game. Learn the game rules and fit the “pieces,” processes, and people together to achieve a high score in data quality and data useability. First, demonstrate the value of the data our organizations gather, protect, and, in some cases, share. Second, enrich the available data by providing more context on the meaning of the data. Chief data officers, data strategists, data architects, data managers, data scientists, business analysts, and data governance and business intelligence professionals all play the game, and ...

Integrating Hadoop leverages the discipline of data integration and applies it to the Hadoop open-source software framework for storing data on clusters of commodity hardware. It is packed with the need-to-know for managers, architects, designers, and developers responsible for populating Hadoop in the enterprise, allowing you to harness big data and do it in such a way that the solution: Complies with (and even extends) enterprise standards Integrates seamlessly with the existing information infrastructure Fills a critical role within enterprise architecture. Integrating Hadoop covers the ...

Gain confidence in regulatory compliance, drive effective infotech investment, and uplift organizational knowledge for effective data governance. Based on the authors’ extensive experience and reinforced with case studies, this book presents their award-winning framework of business tools and techniques. It provides a 4-point strategy for achieving business-driven information governance aligned with business risk management to ensure the delivery of quality and reliable information. Master a structured approach to sharing knowledge and defining business terms by removing ambiguous ...

For years, business users have leveraged spreadsheets for storing and communicating data. Although spreadsheets may be easy to create and update, making important corporate decisions based on spreadsheets is risky due to the lack of data credibility. Whether you are a manager, developer, end user, or student, this book will help you turn spreadsheet data into credible, useful, reliable data that can be trusted in order to make important decisions. A chapter is dedicated to each of the following topics: • Brief history of spreadsheets • Spreadsheet paradox • Spreadsheet varieties • ...

Read true crime stories of people abusing and misusing data. Just because there’s data doesn’t necessarily mean it’s the right data or people are using it properly. And as the saying goes, those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it. Documenting and understanding these stories can prevent them from happening again. Through a career in data, Merrill sees data problems (data crimes) caused by people treating data improperly. Recognizing data crimes is the first step in getting a resolution. This book details incidents of data crimes and their impact. Although not the person ...