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The essential blueprints and workflow you need to build successful
AI business applications Key Features Learn and master the
essential blueprints to program AI for real-world business
applications Gain insights into how modern AI and machine learning
solve core business challenges Acquire practical techniques and a
workflow that can build AI applications using state-of-the-art
software libraries Work with a practical, code-based strategy for
creating successful AI solutions in your business Book
DescriptionAI Blueprints gives you a working framework and the
techniques to build your own successful AI business applications.
You'll learn across six business scenarios how AI can solve
critical challenges with state-of-the-art AI software libraries and
a well thought out workflow. Along the way you'll discover the
practical techniques to build AI business applications from first
design to full coding and deployment. The AI blueprints in this
book solve key business scenarios. The first blueprint uses AI to
find solutions for building plans for cloud computing that are
on-time and under budget. The second blueprint involves an AI
system that continuously monitors social media to gauge public
feeling about a topic of interest - such as self-driving cars.
You'll learn how to approach AI business problems and apply
blueprints that can ensure success. The next AI scenario shows you
how to approach the problem of creating a recommendation engine and
monitoring how those recommendations perform. The fourth blueprint
shows you how to use deep learning to find your business logo in
social media photos and assess how people interact with your
products. Learn the practical techniques involved and how to apply
these blueprints intelligently. The fifth blueprint is about how to
best design a 'trending now' section on your website, much like the
one we know from Twitter. The sixth blueprint shows how to create
helpful chatbots so that an AI system can understand customers'
questions and answer them with relevant responses. This book
continuously demonstrates a working framework and strategy for
building AI business applications. Along the way, you'll also learn
how to prepare for future advances in AI. You'll gain a workflow
and a toolbox of patterns and techniques so that you can create
your own smart code. What you will learn An essential toolbox of
blueprints and advanced techniques for building AI business
applications How to design and deploy AI applications that meet
today's business needs A workflow from first design stages to
practical code solutions in your next AI projects Solutions for AI
projects that involve social media analytics and recommendation
engines Practical projects and techniques for sentiment analysis
and helpful chatbots A blueprint for AI projects that recommend
products based on customer purchasing habits How to prepare
yourself for the next decade of AI and machine learning
advancements Who this book is forProgramming AI Business
Applications provides an introduction to AI with real-world
examples. This book can be read and understood by programmers and
students without requiring previous AI experience. The projects in
this book make use of Java and Python and several popular and
state-of-the-art opensource AI libraries.
Modernize and upgrade your enterprise ERP environment by learning
to work with the stable and essential components of Odoo 12 from
scratch Key Features Learn the fundamentals of Odoo, a
comprehensive enterprise management platform, without writing a
single line of code Create business operation strategies and
analytics by using Odoo Build customized ERP and CRM solutions for
your business Book DescriptionOdoo is management software that
contains a set of open source enterprise management applications
that help you modernize your business. Completely revised and
updated, this comprehensive Odoo guide is a fourth edition of
Working with Odoo. This book begins with an introduction to Odoo
and helps you set up Odoo Online in your system. You'll learn how
to start a new company database in Odoo and the basics of Odoo
sales management. You will explore customer relationship management
in Odoo and its importance in a modern business environment. Moving
on, you'll learn how to install the purchasing application, set up
suppliers, and begin purchasing and receiving products in Odoo.
Next, you'll learn how to use the MRP module to create, process,
and schedule the manufacturing and production order. Once you get
to grips with the basic applications, you'll uncover how to
customize Odoo to meet the specific needs of your business. You'll
learn some advanced techniques for searching and finding
information, and you'll be taken through business intelligence in
Odoo. Towards the end of the book, you'll go in-depth into Odoo's
architecture and learn to use Odoo's API to integrate with other
applications. By the end of the book, you'll be ready to use Odoo
to build enterprise applications and set up the functional
requirements for your business. What you will learn Configure and
customize a customer relationship management system Set up
purchasing and receiving system functionality in your Odoo
environment Understand manufacturing operations and processes with
real-world examples Explore Odoo's financial accounting and
reporting features Use Odoo's featured project management
application to sort tasks Get to grips with the basics of Odoo
administration and manage multi-company operations Who this book is
forThis book is for any IT professionals, business managers, and
operation managers who are looking to gain a functional
understanding of Odoo or trying to implement Odoo in their
organization to improve their business processes. No prior
experience of Odoo is required.
A comprehensive guide filled with best practices and tailor-made
examples - a must-read for all Lightning Platform architects! Key
Features Use the Lightning Platform to build integrated, scalable,
and robust apps focused on enterprise-level customer demands Use
the Lightning Component framework to deliver modern and responsive
user experiences targeting multiple devices through Lightning
Experience and Salesforce Mobile Extend your application with
access to external services and AI Book DescriptionSalesforce
Lightning provides a secure and scalable platform to build, deploy,
customize, and upgrade applications. This book will take you
through the architecture of building an application on the
Lightning platform to help you understand its features and best
practices, and ensure that your app keeps up with your customers'
increasing needs as well as the innovations on the platform. This
book guides you in working with the popular aPaaS offering from
Salesforce, the Lightning Platform. You'll see how to build and
ship enterprise-grade apps that not only leverage the platform's
many productivity features, but also prepare your app to harness
its extensibility and customization capabilities. You'll even get
to grips with advanced application architectural design patterns
such as Separation of Concerns, Unit Testing and Dependency
Integration. You will learn to use Apex and JavaScript with
Lightning Web Components, Platform Events, among others, with the
help of a sample app illustrating patterns that will ensure your
own applications endure and evolve with the platform. Finally, you
will become familiar with using Salesforce DX to develop, publish,
and monitor a sample app and experience standard application life
cycle processes along with tools such as Jenkins to implement
CI/CD. By the end of this book, you will have learned how to
develop effective business apps and be ready to explore innovative
ways to meet customer demands. What you will learn Create and
deploy AppExchange packages and manage upgrades Understand
Enterprise Application Architecture patterns Customize mobile and
desktop user experience with Lightning Web Components Manage large
data volumes with asynchronous processing and big data strategies
Implement Source Control and Continuous Integration Add AI to your
application with Einstein Use Lightning External Services to
integrate external code and data with your Lightning Application
Who this book is forThis book is for Lightning platform developers
who want to discover the true potential of the platform to develop
complex scalable applications for use in enterprise businesses.
Get up to speed with using C# 8 and .NET Core 3.0 features to build
real-world .NET Core applications Key Features Learn the core
concepts of web applications, serverless computing, and
microservices Create an ASP.NET Core MVC application using
controllers, routing, middleware and authentication Build modern
applications using cutting-edge services from Microsoft Azure Book
Description.NET Core is a general-purpose, modular, cross-platform,
and opensource implementation of .NET. The latest release of .NET
Core 3 comes with improved performance and security features, along
with support for desktop applications. .NET Core 3 is not only
useful for new developers looking to start learning the framework,
but also for legacy developers interested in migrating their apps.
Updated with the latest features and enhancements, this updated
second edition is a step-by-step, project-based guide. The book
starts with a brief introduction to the key features of C# 8 and
.NET Core 3. You'll learn to work with relational data using Entity
Framework Core 3, before understanding how to use ASP.NET Core. As
you progress, you'll discover how you can use .NET Core to create
cross-platform applications. Later, the book will show you how to
upgrade your old WinForms apps to .NET Core 3. The concluding
chapters will then help you use SignalR effectively to add
real-time functionality to your applications, before demonstrating
how to implement MongoDB in your apps. Finally, you'll delve into
serverless computing and how to build microservices using Docker
and Kubernetes. By the end of this book, you'll be proficient in
developing applications using .NET Core 3. What you will learn
Understand how to incorporate the Entity Framework Core 3 to build
ASP.NET Core MVC applications Create a real-time chat application
using Azure's SignalR service Gain hands-on experience of working
with Cosmos DB Develop an Azure Function and interface it with an
Azure Logic App Explore user authentication with Identity Server
and OAuth2 Understand how to use Azure Cognitive Services to add
advanced functionalities with minimal code Get to grips with
running a .NET Core application with Kubernetes Who this book is
forThis book is for developers and programmers of all levels who
want to build real-world projects and explore the new features of
.NET Core 3. Developers working on legacy desktop software who are
looking to migrate to .NET Core 3 will also find this book useful.
Basic knowledge of .NET Core and C# is assumed.
Perform advanced dashboard, visualization, and analytical
techniques with Tableau Desktop, Tableau Prep, and Tableau Server
Key Features Unique problem-solution approach to aid effective
business decision-making Create interactive dashboards and
implement powerful business intelligence solutions Includes best
practices on using Tableau with modern cloud analytics services
Book DescriptionTableau has been one of the most popular business
intelligence solutions in recent times, thanks to its powerful and
interactive data visualization capabilities. Tableau 2019.x
Cookbook is full of useful recipes from industry experts, who will
help you master Tableau skills and learn each aspect of Tableau's
ecosystem. This book is enriched with features such as Tableau
extracts, Tableau advanced calculations, geospatial analysis, and
building dashboards. It will guide you with exciting data
manipulation, storytelling, advanced filtering, expert
visualization, and forecasting techniques using real-world
examples. From basic functionalities of Tableau to complex
deployment on Linux, you will cover it all. Moreover, you will
learn advanced features of Tableau using R, Python, and various
APIs. You will learn how to prepare data for analysis using the
latest Tableau Prep. In the concluding chapters, you will learn how
Tableau fits the modern world of analytics and works with modern
data platforms such as Snowflake and Redshift. In addition, you
will learn about the best practices of integrating Tableau with ETL
using Matillion ETL. By the end of the book, you will be ready to
tackle business intelligence challenges using Tableau's features.
What you will learn Understand the basic and advanced skills of
Tableau Desktop Implement best practices of visualization,
dashboard, and storytelling Learn advanced analytics with the use
of build in statistics Deploy the multi-node server on Linux and
Windows Use Tableau with big data sources such as Hadoop, Athena,
and Spectrum Cover Tableau built-in functions for forecasting using
R packages Combine, shape, and clean data for analysis using
Tableau Prep Extend Tableau's functionalities with REST API and
R/Python Who this book is forTableau 2019.x Cookbook is for data
analysts, data engineers, BI developers, and users who are looking
for quick solutions to common and not-so-common problems faced
while using Tableau products. Put each recipe into practice by
bringing the latest offerings of Tableau 2019.x to solve real-world
analytics and business intelligence challenges. Some understanding
of BI concepts and Tableau is required.
Effectively implement features and components for any computing
environment Key Features Explore the latest features of VMware
Horizon 7.7 Virtualize your desktop infrastructure using new
features introduced in Horizon Implement App Volumes and User
Environment Manager in your infrastructure Book DescriptionThis
third edition of Implementing VMware Horizon 7.7 has been updated
to get you up to speed with VMware Horizon 7.7 by showing you how
to use its key features and deploying an end-user computing
infrastructure for your own organization. The book begins by
guiding you on how to deploy all the core requirements for a VMware
Horizon infrastructure. It then moves on to show you how to
provision and administer end-user computing resources using VMware
Horizon. You'll not only be able to deploy the core VMware Horizon
features, but you'll also be able to implement new features, such
as the Just-in-Time Management Platform (JMP) and the Horizon
Console. You'll also focus on the latest features and components of
the Horizon platform and learn when and how they are used. By the
end of the book, you will have developed a solid understanding of
how your organization can benefit from the capabilities VMware
Horizon offers and how each of its components is implemented. What
you will learn Work with the different products that make up VMware
Horizon Implement a multi-site VMware Horizon Pod using the Cloud
Pod Architecture feature Deploy and configure VMware Horizon's
optional components Implement and maintain Microsoft RDSH, Horizon
Linux, and Windows Desktop Pools and RDSH Application Pools
Configure and manage Horizon remotely using PowerCLI Learn about
the Microsoft Windows Group Policy templates for Horizon Understand
how to manage the SSL certificates for each of the VMware Horizon
components Who this book is forIf you're a system administrator,
solutions architect, or desktop engineer looking to level up your
skills working with VMware's Horizon ecosystem and want to build a
successful deployment strategy for desktops and applications, this
book is for you.
Explore the aspects of financial modeling with the help of clear
and easy-to-follow instructions and a variety of Excel features,
functions, and productivity tips Key Features A non data
professionals guide to exploring Excel's financial functions and
pivot tables Learn to prepare various models for income and cash
flow statements, and balance sheets Learn to perform valuations and
identify growth drivers with real-world case studies Book
DescriptionFinancial modeling is a core skill required by anyone
who wants to build a career in finance. Hands-On Financial Modeling
with Microsoft Excel 2019 examines various definitions and relates
them to the key features of financial modeling with the help of
Excel. This book will help you understand financial modeling
concepts using Excel, and provides you with an overview of the
steps you should follow to build an integrated financial model. You
will explore the design principles, functions, and techniques of
building models in a practical manner. Starting with the key
concepts of Excel, such as formulas and functions, you will learn
about referencing frameworks and other advanced components of Excel
for building financial models. Later chapters will help you
understand your financial projects, build assumptions, and analyze
historical data to develop data-driven models and functional growth
drivers. The book takes an intuitive approach to model testing,
along with best practices and practical use cases. By the end of
this book, you will have examined the data from various use cases,
and you will have the skills you need to build financial models to
extract the information required to make informed business
decisions. What you will learn Identify the growth drivers derived
from processing historical data in Excel Use discounted cash flow
(DCF) for efficient investment analysis Build a financial model by
projecting balance sheets, profit, and loss Apply a Monte Carlo
simulation to derive key assumptions for your financial model
Prepare detailed asset and debt schedule models in Excel Discover
the latest and advanced features of Excel 2019 Calculate
profitability ratios using various profit parameters Who this book
is forThis book is for data professionals, analysts, traders,
business owners, and students, who want to implement and develop a
high in-demand skill of financial modeling in their finance,
analysis, trading, and valuation work. This book will also help
individuals that have and don't have any experience in data and
stats, to get started with building financial models. The book
assumes working knowledge with Excel.
Solve business challenges with Microsoft Power BI's advanced
visualization and data analysis techniques Key Features Create
effective storytelling reports by implementing
simple-to-intermediate Power BI features Develop powerful
analytical models to extract key insights for changing business
needs Build, publish, and share impressive dashboards for your
organization Book DescriptionTo succeed in today's transforming
business world, organizations need business intelligence
capabilities to make smarter decisions faster than ever before.
This Power BI book is an entry-level guide that will get you up and
running with data modeling, visualization, and analytical
techniques from scratch. You'll find this book handy if you want to
get well-versed with the extensive Power BI ecosystem. You'll start
by covering the basics of business intelligence and installing
Power BI. You'll then learn the wide range of Power BI features to
unlock business insights. As you progress, the book will take you
through how to use Power Query to ingest, cleanse, and shape your
data, and use Power BI DAX to create simple to complex
calculations. You'll also be able to add a variety of interactive
visualizations to your reports to bring your data to life. Finally,
you'll gain hands-on experience in creating visually stunning
reports that speak to business decision makers, and see how you can
securely share these reports and collaborate with others. By the
end of this book, you'll be ready to create simple, yet effective,
BI reports and dashboards using the latest features of Power BI.
What you will learn Explore the different features of Power BI to
create interactive dashboards Use the Query Editor to import and
transform data Perform simple and complex DAX calculations to
enhance analysis Discover business insights and tell a story with
your data using Power BI Explore data and learn to manage datasets,
dataflows, and data gateways Use workspaces to collaborate with
others and publish your reports Who this book is forIf you're an IT
manager, data analyst, or BI user new to using Power BI for solving
business intelligence problems, this book is for you. You'll also
find this book useful if you want to migrate from other BI tools to
create powerful and interactive dashboards. No experience of
working with Power BI is expected.
Boost your accounting and financial skills with Microsoft Dynamics
365 Key Features Make real-time data-driven decisions for your
enterprise with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Enterprise edition Configure
and set up the Microsoft Dynamics 365 financial module via highly
useful tips and tricks Administer customer relations and plan
enterprise resources with this systematic guide Book
DescriptionMicrosoft Dynamics 365 for finance and operations is a
rapidly growing application and is widely used in enterprise
organizations. Because of its ability to maximize business
productivity, it is a fast-growing business application package in
the ERP market. We will start by looking into ERP concepts,
implementation needs, and interface design, giving you basic
knowledge of financial management aspects and explaining key
concepts along the way. To begin with, you'll be taken through the
general ledger and financial dimension functions. You'll later
learn about the sales tax mechanism and multi-currency in Microsoft
Dynamics 365. We tackle each topic with focused examples and
explanations on topics such as payable/receivable accounts,
forecasting, cash and bank management, budgeting planning/control,
and fixed assets. Finally, we walk you through intercompany,
consolidation, costing basics, and financial reporting. By the end
of this book, your finance team will have a much richer
understanding of Microsoft Dynamics 365 for finance and operations
and its powerful capabilities. What you will learn Examine the
business logic behind the financial functionalities of Microsoft
Dynamics 365 FFO Set up and configure the core modules of financial
management Grasp the key control points of financial management
Explore intercompany and consolidation in Microsoft Dynamics 365
FFO Understand multi-currency sales, tax mechanisms, and budgeting
capabilities in Microsoft Dynamics 365 FFO Get to grips with
month/year-end period close functionality Understand the account
payable and receivable module Use Microsoft Dynamics 365 to create
financial reports Who this book is forThis book is for application
consultants, solution architects, controllers, CFOs, pre-sales and
other professionals who are involved in a Microsoft Dynamics 365
for finance and operation implementation. Basic knowledge of
financial terms, concepts, and terminologies is required.
Jump-start your inventory operations in SAP S/4HANA! Review basic
inventory practices and consult step-by-step instructions to
configure SAP S/4HANA for your organization's requirements. Then
put the system to work! Run the SAP Fiori applications that guide
your core inventory workflows: inventory planning, goods receipt,
core inventory, production planning, and inventory analysis. This
hands-on guide to inventory has the details you need. In this book,
you'll learn about: a. Inventory Planning Set up a successful
inventory management system. Understand how to implement key
planning strategies like make-to-order, make-to-stock, MRP Live,
and Kanban in your SAP S/4HANA system. b. Inventory Execution
Ensure your system runs smoothly. Tap into the potential of SAP
Fiori applications and execute core inventory processes such as
exception handling, physical inventory, transfers, and more. c.
Inventory Analysis Make the most of your inventory analytics tools.
See what's offered with SAP S/4HANA, such as real-time data and
role-based design; then dive in to CDS views, KPI monitoring,
custom queries, and more.
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