Discover best practices to create simple, robust, and scalable software solutions quickly and securely, and focus on what's important - the business and the end customer Key Features Discover strategies and tips for low-code and no-code development with the help of useful examples in this full-color guide Build enterprise-scale reactive web and mobile applications Explore the benefits of low-code development Book DescriptionOutSystems is a software development platform that speeds up the build phase by abstracting code and making almost everything visual. This means replacing textual language with visual artifacts that avoid lexical errors and speed up code composition using accelerators and predefined templates. The book begins by walking you through the fundamentals of the technology, along with a general overview of end-to-end web and mobile software development. You'll learn how to configure your personal area in the cloud and use the OutSystems IDE to connect with it. The book then shows you how to build a web application based on the best architectural and developmental practices in the market, and takes the same approach for the mobile paradigm. As you advance, you'll find out how to develop the same application, and the great potential of reusing code from one paradigm in another and the symbiosis between them is showcased.The only application that'll differ from the application in the exercise is the one used in business process technology (BPT), with a focus on a common market use case. By the end of this OutSystems book, you'll be able to develop enterprise-level applications on the web and mobile, integrating them with third parties and other systems on the market. You'll also understand the concepts of performance, security, and software construction and be able to apply them effectively. What you will learn Get to grips with the OutSystems infrastructure Develop reactive web and mobile applications in OutSystems using best practices in Service Studio Define and design Architecture Canvas (3-Layer Canvas) for your applications Integrate with external systems in OutSystems Enhance applications with BPT Manage and monitor your applications in the OutSystems infrastructure Who this book is forThis book is for back-end developers, tech leaders, UX/UI developers, frontend developers, (in general, full-stack developers), tech companies, and enterprises looking to learn how to develop web and mobile software quickly and disruptively by leveraging OutSystems, one of the most low-code platforms in the market. An IT background is not mandatory; however, experience in SQL, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and C# is required to get started with this book.

An architect's guide to designing, implementing, and integrating DevOps in the enterprise Key Features Design a DevOps architecture that is aligned with the overall enterprise architecture Design systems that are ready for AIOps and make the move toward NoOps Architect and implement DevSecOps pipelines, securing the DevOps enterprise Book DescriptionDigital transformation is the new paradigm in enterprises, but the big question remains: is the enterprise ready for transformation using native technology embedded in Agile/DevOps? With this book, you'll see how to design, implement, and integrate DevOps in the enterprise architecture while keeping the Ops team on board and remaining resilient. The focus of the book is not to introduce the hundreds of different tools that are available for implementing DevOps, but instead to show you how to create a successful DevOps architecture. This book provides an architectural overview of DevOps, AIOps, and DevSecOps - the three domains that drive and accelerate digital transformation. Complete with step-by-step explanations of essential concepts, practical examples, and self-assessment questions, this DevOps book will help you to successfully integrate DevOps into enterprise architecture. You'll learn what AIOps is and what value it can bring to an enterprise. Lastly, you will learn how to integrate security principles such as zero-trust and industry security frameworks into DevOps with DevSecOps. By the end of this DevOps book, you'll be able to develop robust DevOps architectures, know which toolsets you can use for your DevOps implementation, and have a deeper understanding of next-level DevOps by implementing Site Reliability Engineering (SRE). What you will learn Create DevOps architecture and integrate it with the enterprise architecture Discover how DevOps can add value to the quality of IT delivery Explore strategies to scale DevOps for an enterprise Architect SRE for an enterprise as next-level DevOps Understand AIOps and what value it can bring to an enterprise Create your AIOps architecture and integrate it into DevOps Create your DevSecOps architecture and integrate it with the existing DevOps setup Apply zero-trust principles and industry security frameworks to DevOps Who this book is forThis book is for enterprise architects and consultants who want to design DevOps systems for the enterprise. It provides an architectural overview of DevOps, AIOps, and DevSecOps. If you're looking to learn about the implementation of various tools within the DevOps toolchain in detail, this book is not for you.

Use AI solutions in Salesforce to design complete enterprise solutions for sales, service, marketing, and commerce clouds and drive digital innovation in your organization Key Features Learn how to use Salesforce's AI features and capabilities to meet ever-evolving client needs Get expert advice on key architectural decisions and trade-offs when designing AI-driven Salesforce solutions Integrate third-party AI services into applications that modernize your solutions Book DescriptionWritten for Salesforce architects who want quickly implementable AI solutions for their business challenges, Architecting AI Solutions on Salesforce is a shortcut to understanding Salesforce Einstein's full capabilities - and using them. To illustrate the full technical benefits of Salesforce's own AI solutions and components, this book will take you through a case study of a fictional company beginning to adopt AI in its Salesforce ecosystem. As you progress, you'll learn how to configure and extend the out-of-the-box features on various Salesforce clouds, their pros, cons, and limitations. You'll also discover how to extend these features using on- and off-platform choices and how to make the best architectural choices when designing custom solutions. Later, you'll advance to integrating third-party AI services such as the Google Translation API, Microsoft Cognitive Services, and Amazon SageMaker on top of your existing solutions. This isn't a beginners' Salesforce book, but a comprehensive overview with practical examples that will also take you through key architectural decisions and trade-offs that may impact the design choices you make. By the end of this book, you'll be able to use Salesforce to design powerful tailor-made solutions for your customers with confidence. What you will learn Explore the Salesforce's AI components and the architectural model for Salesforce Einstein Extend the out-of-the-box features using Einstein Services on major Salesforce clouds Use Einstein declarative features to create your custom solutions with the right approach Design AI solutions on marketing, commerce, and industry clouds Use Salesforce Einstein Platform Services APIs to create custom AI solutions Integrate third-party AI services such as Microsoft Cognitive Services and Amazon SageMaker into Salesforce Who this book is forThis book is for technical and functional architects, technical decision-makers working on the Salesforce ecosystem, as well as anyone responsible for designing AI solutions in their Salesforce ecosystem. Lead and senior Salesforce developers who want to start their Salesforce architecture journey will also find this book helpful. Working knowledge of the Salesforce platform is necessary to get the most out of this book.

Enhance the way you use Tableau Server's analytical tools by learning how to manage content to drive user engagement Key Features Understand how to quickly get connected, start publishing workbooks, and adjust basic settings Navigate the Tableau Server interface to filter and locate content, customize viewing options, and automate various tasks Learn best practices for improving the efficiency of workbooks and data sources Book DescriptionTableau Server is a business intelligence application that provides a centralized location to store, edit, share, and collaborate on content, such as dashboards and curated data sources. This book gets you up and running with Tableau Server to help you increase end-user engagement for your published work as well as reduce or eliminate redundant tasks. You'll explore Tableau Server's structure and how to get started by connecting, publishing content, and navigating the software interface. Next, you'll learn when and how to update the settings of your content at various levels to best utilize Tableau Server's features. You'll understand how to interact with the Tableau Server interface to locate, sort, filter, manage and customize content. Later, the book shows you how to leverage other valuable features that enable you and your audience to share, download, and interact with content on Tableau Server. As you progress, you'll cover principles to increase the performance of your published content. All along, the book shows you how to navigate, interact with, and use Tableau Server with the help of engaging examples and best practices shared by recognized Tableau professionals. By the end of this Tableau book, you'll have a solid understanding of how to use Tableau Server to manage content, automate tasks, and increase end-user engagement. What you will learn Get well-versed in Tableau Server's interface to quickly and easily access essential content Explore the different types of content and navigate through the project hierarchy quickly Understand how to connect, publish, manage, and modify content on Tableau Server Discover how to share content and collaborate with others Automate tedious tasks by creating custom views, alerts, subscriptions, and data refresh schedules Build data visualizations using Web Edit Understand how to monitor disparate metrics on multiple dashboards Who this book is forThis Tableau software book is for BI developers, data analysts, and everyday users who have access to Tableau Server and possess basic web navigation skills. No prior experience with Tableau Server is required.

Learn how to use Power BI to deliver the insights needed to help your enterprise survive and thrive Key Features Learn simple through to advanced Power BI features in a clear, concise way using real-world examples Develop powerful analytical models and reports that extract key business insights Publish, share and collaborate on impressive reports, dashboards, apps, and goals Book DescriptionTo succeed in today's transforming business world, organizations need business intelligence capabilities to make smarter decisions faster than ever before. This updated second edition of Learn Power BI takes you on a journey of data exploration and discovery, using Microsoft Power BI to ingest, cleanse, and organize data in order to unlock key business insights that can then be shared with others. This newly revised and expanded edition of Learn Power BI covers all of the latest features and interface changes and takes you through the fundamentals of business intelligence projects, how to deploy, adopt, and govern Power BI within your organization, and how to leverage your knowledge in the marketplace and broader ecosystem that is Power BI. As you progress, you will learn how to ingest, cleanse, and transform your data into stunning visualizations, reports, and dashboards that speak to business decision-makers. By the end of this Power BI book, you will be fully prepared to be the data analysis hero of your organization - or even start a new career as a business intelligence professional. What you will learn Get up and running quickly with Power BI Understand and plan your business intelligence projects Connect to and transform data using Power Query Create data models optimized for analysis and reporting Perform simple and complex DAX calculations to enhance analysis Discover business insights and create professional reports Collaborate via Power BI dashboards, apps, goals, and scorecards Deploy and govern Power BI, including using deployment pipelines 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 helpful if you want to migrate from other BI tools to create powerful and interactive dashboards. No experience of working with Power BI is expected.

Learn how to install, configure, and maintain the latest release of Microsoft's popular SharePoint Server, SharePoint 2016. This latest version brings with it many changes for IT professionals. With this book you will learn how to create an efficient and stable SharePoint environment for your organization. What You'll Learn Install SharePoint Server 2016, both using the user interface provided by Microsoft, and by using PowerShell Understand your authentication options and associated security considerations Deploy add-ins, either from the store, or from your own custom app catalog Configure Search Service Application using either the provided UI or PowerShell Configure business intelligence components such as Excel Services, SQL Server Reporting Services, and PowerPivot Migrate to SharePoint Server 2016 from either SharePoint Server 2010 or 2013 Understand approaches to high availability, disaster recovery, patching, and ways to monitor and maintain your SharePoint 2016 deployment once it's up and running Who This Book Is For Anyone tasked with installing, configuring, and maintaining SharePoint Server 2016 in their organization. This book assumes some working knowledge of a previous release of SharePoint Server, such as SharePoint 2010 or SharePoint 2013

Save hours of guesswork and Internet browsing by enhancing your QuickBooks Online skills and leveraging Ash Beetson's extensive QuickBooks knowledge Key Features Broaden your knowledge of QuickBooks Online and accounting concepts Understand how QuickBooks can be adapted to suit different business types using professional techniques Learn best practices for preparing annual accounts before closing the books for the year Book DescriptionAccountants and bookkeepers can sometimes face challenges while coming up with solutions to help their clients. QuickBooks Online, a popular cloud accounting software, comes with a wide range of tools that can take time to learn. This book will show you how to properly combine the tools available in QuickBooks to get the most out of this software. Complete with step-by-step explanations of essential concepts and practical examples, the book will begin by helping you understand how to create opening balances for a new company. You'll then discover essential bookkeeping and accountancy tips and tricks, and find guidance to help make QuickBooks as easy to use as possible. As you advance, you'll explore different scenarios in which QuickBooks Online can be used for various business types. This will help you understand that not every business is the same, but using the wide range of functionalities QuickBooks Online offers, you can customize solutions to really make it work for you. By the end of this QuickBooks book, you'll have gained deep insights into how you can use QuickBooks Online to work for different business types, and you'll have a complete checklist of the different things you should be doing when you start reviewing accounts ahead of tax season. What you will learn Discover how to correctly set up QuickBooks Online with opening balances Adapt QuickBooks Online to meet specific industry needs, from manufacturing and retail using inventory to helping lawyers and property agents handle client funds Get the most out of features such as Projects and Multicurrency Review reports within QuickBooks Online, understand why errors occur, and learn how to resolve them Get to grips with key accounting principles and concepts tailored for bookkeeping and accounting beginners Find out how the audit trail works and explore all of the information it holds Who this book is forBusiness owners, company directors, accountants, bookkeepers, certified public accountants (CPAs), and anyone studying accounting and bookkeeping will find this book useful. The book contains general bookkeeping and accountancy tips and is designed to help you get the most out of the tools available in QuickBooks Online. Prior QuickBooks knowledge is necessary.

Build highly secure and scalable machine learning platforms to support the fast-paced adoption of machine learning solutions Key Features Explore different ML tools and frameworks to solve large-scale machine learning challenges in the cloud Build an efficient data science environment for data exploration, model building, and model training Learn how to implement bias detection, privacy, and explainability in ML model development Book DescriptionWhen equipped with a highly scalable machine learning (ML) platform, organizations can quickly scale the delivery of ML products for faster business value realization. There is a huge demand for skilled ML solutions architects in different industries, and this handbook will help you master the design patterns, architectural considerations, and the latest technology insights you'll need to become one. You'll start by understanding ML fundamentals and how ML can be applied to solve real-world business problems. Once you've explored a few leading problem-solving ML algorithms, this book will help you tackle data management and get the most out of ML libraries such as TensorFlow and PyTorch. Using open source technology such as Kubernetes/Kubeflow to build a data science environment and ML pipelines will be covered next, before moving on to building an enterprise ML architecture using Amazon Web Services (AWS). You'll also learn about security and governance considerations, advanced ML engineering techniques, and how to apply bias detection, explainability, and privacy in ML model development. And finally, you'll get acquainted with AWS AI services and their applications in real-world use cases. By the end of this book, you'll be able to design and build an ML platform to support common use cases and architecture patterns like a true professional. What you will learn Apply ML methodologies to solve business problems Design a practical enterprise ML platform architecture Implement MLOps for ML workflow automation Build an end-to-end data management architecture using AWS Train large-scale ML models and optimize model inference latency Create a business application using an AI service and a custom ML model Use AWS services to detect data and model bias and explain models Who this book is forThis book is for data scientists, data engineers, cloud architects, and machine learning enthusiasts who want to become machine learning solutions architects. You'll need basic knowledge of the Python programming language, AWS, linear algebra, probability, and networking concepts before you get started with this handbook.

Get hands-on with NetSuite implementation, customization, and integration services for automating operations and accelerating business growth Key Features Understand how to consult a new client from the kick-off meeting to their go-live and beyond in the fastest possible time Explore the new features in NetSuite 2021 and learn best practices for ERP and CRM consultants Avoid the common pitfalls that consultants can run into when implementing NetSuite Book DescriptionNetSuite For Consultants takes a hands-on approach to help ERP and CRM consultants implement NetSuite quickly and efficiently, as well deepen their understanding of its implementation methodology. During the course of this book, you'll get a clear picture of what NetSuite is, how it works, and how accounts, support, and updates work within its ecosystem. Understanding what a business needs is a critical first step toward completing any software product implementation, so you'll learn how to write business requirements by learning about the various departments, roles, and processes in the client's organization. Once you've developed a solid understanding of NetSuite and your client, you'll be able to apply your knowledge to configure accounts and test everything with the users. You'll also learn how to manage both functional and technical issues that arise post-implementation and handle them like a professional. By the end of this book, you'll have gained the necessary skills and knowledge to implement NetSuite for businesses and get things up and running in the shortest possible time. What you will learn Understand the NetSuite ecosystem, including its main modules, the platform, and related features Explore the fundamentals of NetSuite and get ready to implement it in any organization Discover how to manage gaps, data migration, and integrations with NetSuite Find out how to minimize disruptions in finance as you migrate to NetSuite Understand the steps to configure your organization's account and how development and testing fit into the implementation schedule Refine your skills with NetSuite tips and tricks and make each implementation process a success Who this book is forThis book is aimed at consultants, NetSuite users, and partners who are tasked with guiding the organizations to get their business up and running with NetSuite. Basic NetSuite training and a general understanding of its features is required to get the most out of this book.

Successfully execute a strategic roadmap of digital transformation and modernize your enterprise with a proven API-led agile implementation approach by unlocking the full range of features in IBM API Connect Version 10 Key Features Explore techniques to design and deliver valuable customer-centric APIs using API Connect Manage your APIs with improved security and optimal performance across many channels Uncover hidden capabilities that help improve business agility and management within your API ecosystem Book DescriptionIBM API Connect enables organizations to drive digital innovation using its scalable and robust API management capabilities across multi-cloud and hybrid environments. With API Connect's security, flexibility, and high performance, you'll be able to meet the needs of your enterprise and clients by extending your API footprint. This book provides a complete roadmap to create, manage, govern, and publish your APIs. You'll start by learning about API Connect components, such as API managers, developer portals, gateways, and analytics subsystems, as well as the management capabilities provided by CLI commands. You'll then develop APIs using OpenAPI and discover how you can enhance them with logic policies. The book shows you how to modernize SOAP and FHIR REST services as secure APIs with authentication, OAuth2/OpenID, and JWT, and demonstrates how API Connect provides safeguards for GraphQL APIs as well as published APIs that are easy to discover and well documented. As you advance, the book guides you in generating unit tests that supplement DevOps pipelines using Git and Jenkins for improved agility, and concludes with best practices for implementing API governance and customizing API Connect components. By the end of this book, you'll have learned how to transform your business by speeding up the time-to-market of your products and increase the ROI for your enterprise. What you will learn Use API Connect to create, manage, and publish customer-centric, API-led solutions Run CLI commands to manage API configuration and deployments Create REST, SOAP, and GraphQL APIs securely using OpenAPI Support OAuth and JWT security methods using policies Create custom policies to supplement security Apply built-in policies to transform payloads Use CLIs and unit testing hooks within DevOps pipelines Find out how to customize Analytics dashboards and Portal User Interface Who this book is forThis book is for developers and architects who want to achieve digital transformation using IBM API Connect and successfully execute the strategic roadmap of enterprise modernization while effectively managing their API ecosystem. A solid understanding of what RESTful services and APIs can do and where to implement API security is necessary to get started. Experience in application development and basic knowledge of microservices, container orchestration, and cloud environments will help you to get the most out of this book.