by Kief Morris
Virtualization, cloud, containers, server automation, and software-defined networking are meant to simplify IT operations. But many organizations adopting these technologies have found that it only leads to a faster-growing sprawl of unmanageable systems. This is where infrastructure as code can help. With this practical guide, author Kief Morris of ThoughtWorks shows you how to effectively use principles, ...
Price: $38.49 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2016
by Bruce Mcpherson
Whether you're moving from Microsoft Office to Google Docs or simply want to learn how to automate Docs with Google Apps Script, this practical guide shows you by example how to work with each of the major Apps Script services.Office still supports VBA, but it's not likely to do so for much longer. If you're a VBA or .NET developer, you'll learn how to port existing VBA code and structur...
Price: $16.79 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2016
by Shelley Powers
Take your web development skills from browser to server with Node - and learn how to write fast, highly scalable network applications on this JavaScript-based platform. Updated for the latest Node Long Term Support (LTS) and Node Current (6.0) releases, this hands-on edition helps you master Node's core fundamentals and gain experience with several built-in and contributed modules.Get up to speed on No...
Price: $24.04 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2016
by Irakli Nadareishvili, Ronnie Mitra, Matt McLarty, Mike Amundsen
Microservices can have a positive impact on your enterprise - just ask Amazon and Netflix - but you can fall into many traps if you don't approach them in the right way. This practical guide covers the entire microservices landscape, including the principles, technologies, and methodologies of this unique, modular style of system building. You'll learn about the experiences of organizations around...
Price: $29.99 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2016
FREE EBOOK - Fundamentals of Azure, 2nd Edition
by Michael Collier, Robin Shahan
Microsoft Azure is Microsoft's cloud computing platform, providing a wide variety of services you can use without purchasing and provisioning your own hardware. Azure enables the rapid development of solutions and provides the resources to accomplish tasks that may not be feasible in an on-premises environment. Azure's compute, storage, network, and application services allow you to focus on build...
Publisher: Microsoft Press | Release: 2016
Exam Ref 70-744 Securing Windows Server 2016 
by Timothy L. Warner, Craig Zacker
Prepare for Microsoft Exam 70-744 - and help demonstrate your real-world mastery of securing Windows Server 2016 environments. Designed for experienced IT professionals ready to advance their status, Exam Ref focuses on the critical-thinking and decision-making acumen needed for success at the MCSE level.Focus on the expertise measured by these objectives: Implement server hardening solutions; Secure a virt...
Price: $23.12 | Publisher: Microsoft Press | Release: 2016
by V. K. Cody Bumgardner, Jay Pipes
OpenStack in Action offers real-world use cases and step-by-step instructions on how to develop your own cloud platform. This book guides you through the design of both the physical hardware cluster and the infrastructure services you'll need. You'll learn how to select and set up virtual and physical servers, how to implement software-defined networking, and technical details of designing, deploy...
Price: $6.56 | Publisher: Manning | Release: 2016
by Dominique D. Guinard, Vlad M. Trifa
A hands-on guide that teaches you how to design and implement scalable, flexible, and open IoT solutions using web technologies. This book focuses on providing the right balance of theory, code samples, and practical examples to enable you to successfully connect all sorts of devices to the web and to expose their services and data over REST APIs.Because the Internet of Things is still new, there is no univ...
Price: $26.61 | Publisher: Manning | Release: 2016
Learn Linux in a Month of Lunches
by Steven Ovadia
Learn Linux in a Month of Lunches shows you how to install and use Linux for all the things you do with your OS, like connecting to a network, installing software, and securing your system. Whether you're just curious about Linux or have to get up and running for your job, you'll appreciate how this book concentrates on the tasks you need to know how to do in 23 easy lessons.If you've only us...
Price: $30.11 | Publisher: Manning | Release: 2016
by Jeremy L. Wagner
Web Performance in Action is your companion guide to making websites faster. You'll learn techniques that speed the delivery of your site's assets to the user, increase rendering speed, decrease the overall footprint of your site, as well as how to build a workflow that automates common optimization techniques.Nifty features, hip design, and clever marketing are great, but your website will flop i...
Price: $15.29 | Publisher: Manning | Release: 2016