Gain insight and strategic advice for driving value in your organization with this practical guide that condenses a decade of ServiceNow wisdom into the must-know essentials for impactful deployments Key Features Focus on what to do when shaping and leading a ServiceNow journey Explore strategies for making your projects impactful and valuable Guidance for leaders at every level to maximize return on their investments in ServiceNow Book DescriptionServiceNow is the leading enterprise service management platform that enables the effective management of services in a modern enterprise. In this book, you'll learn how to avoid pitfalls that can challenge value realization, where to focus, how to balance tradeoffs, and how to get buy-in for complex decisions. You'll understand the key drivers of value in ServiceNow implementation and how to structure your program for successful delivery. Moving ahead, you'll get practical guidance on the methods and considerations in securely using ServiceNow. You'll also learn how to set up a multi-instance environment including best practices, patterns and alternatives in the use and maintenance of a multi-instance pipeline. Later chapters cover methods and approaches to design processes that deliver optimal ROI. Further, you'll receive tips for designing technical standards, designing for scale, ensuring maintainability, and building a supportable instance. Finally, you'll focus on the innovative possibilities that can be unlocked in a ServiceNow journey which will help you to manage uncertainty and claim the value of being an early adopter. By the end of this book, you'll be prepared to lead or support a ServiceNow implementation with confidence that you're bringing not only a solution but also making an impact in your organization. What you will learn Understand the key drivers of value in ServiceNow implementation Structure your ServiceNow programs for successful delivery Discover methods and tools for securely using ServiceNow Set up a multi-instance environment with best practices and patterns Architect and lead the deployment of AI capabilities in ServiceNow Build innovative experiences using NLU, virtual agents and the Now Experience Framework Who this book is forThis book is for architects, consultants and project leaders looking to drive value by applying ServiceNow effectively and efficiently. Platform administration or development experience is useful but not necessary to get the most out of this book. However, some familiarity with the modules and features of ServiceNow is expected.

Learn how to leverage the Salesforce platform for sales, service, marketing, and automating business activities from a 360-degree perspective. Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free eBook in the PDF format. Key Features Enhanced with reader feedback and updated with the latest UI for efficient learning Learn how to use Salesforce Flow, the new replacement for workflow rules and process builders on the Salesforce platform Become familiar with the basics of Salesforce administration and mobile app setup Book DescriptionSalesforce is the world's leading Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software, helping businesses connect with their constituents and partners. This book will give you a comprehensive introduction to managing sales, marketing, customer relationships, and overall administration for your organization. You'll learn how to configure and use Salesforce for maximum efficiency and return on investment This book will teach you how to create activities, manage leads, manage users, set up security, customize your UX, work with third-party applications, build flows, develop your prospects and sales pipeline using opportunities and accounts, understand how you can enhance marketing activities using campaigns and much more. Packed with real-world business use cases, this Salesforce book will show you how to analyze your business information accurately to make productive decisions for your business. As you advance, you'll learn how to build various reports and dashboards in Salesforce to derive valuable business insights. Finally, you'll explore tools such as Salesforce Flows, approval processes, and assignment rules to achieve business process automation and set out on the path to becoming a successful Salesforce administrator By the end of the book, you will know how to manipulate Salesforce to achieve your business goals What you will learn Explore business development with leads, accounts and contacts in Salesforce Find out how stages and sales processes help you manage your opportunity pipeline Achieve marketing goals using Salesforce campaigns Perform business analysis using reports and dashboards Practice automating business processes with Salesforce Flow Gain a high-level overview of the items in the administration section Grasp the different aspects needed to build an effective Salesforce security model Who this book is forIf you are new to Salesforce and want to learn it from scratch, an administrator looking to build your Salesforce skills, or a student looking to start a career in Salesforce, this book is for you. No prior knowledge of the Salesforce is required to get started with this book

Get up to speed with the essential concepts and techniques necessary to prepare for the Salesforce Platform App Builder certification exam Key Features Prepare for the Salesforce Platform App Builder certification exam by exploring important concepts and expert tips and techniques Design the data model, user interface, business logic, and security for custom apps Understand the key milestones and considerations when managing an application lifecycle Book DescriptionDo you want to be able to confidently design and build apps that support business processes within the Lightning Platform? Salesforce Platform App Builder Certification Guide not only helps you to do this, but also prepares you for the certification exam. The book starts by describing the core capabilities of the Lightning Platform. You'll learn techniques for data modeling to design, build, and deploy apps without writing code and achieve rapid results with the declarative capabilities that the Lightning Platform provides. Next, you'll explore utilities for importing and exporting data and the features available in the Lightning Platform to restrict and extend access to objects, fields, and records. You'll also be able to customize the Salesforce Lightning Experience user interface (UI) and build functionality for custom buttons, links, and actions. Later, this certification study guide will take you through reporting and the social and mobile features of the Lightning Platform. Finally, you'll get to grips with Salesforce build environments and deployment options. By the end of this Salesforce book, you'll not only have learned how to build data models, enforce data security, and implement business logic and process automation, but also have gained the confidence to pass the Platform App Builder exam and achieve Salesforce certification. What you will learn Explore the core features of the Lightning Platform Design and build an appropriate data model for a given scenario Identify the Lightning Platform's features and capabilities Customize the Salesforce Lightning Experience UI Implement business logic and process automation Identify the capabilities of declarative customization Who this book is forThis book is for beginners and aspiring developers who want to learn how to build apps on the Salesforce Platform or pass the Salesforce Platform App Builder certification exam. Salesforce administrators and existing Salesforce Lightning Platform developers looking to learn more about the declarative, non-programmatic app building capabilities of the Salesforce Lightning Platform will also find this book useful.

Written by two Google Cloud experts, this book will help you to create a concrete foundation of Cloud Build so that you can define workflows and pipelines as builds in Google Cloud Build Key Features * Learn Cloud Build's API and build configuration/schema * Apply scalability and security best practices for using Cloud Build * Integrate Cloud Build with external systems critical to workflows Book Description When adopting cloud infrastructure, you are often looking to modernize how to automate workflows such as continuous integration and software delivery. Minimizing operational overhead via fully managed solutions like Cloud Build can be tough. Moreover, learning Cloud Build's API and build schema as well as scalability and security, and integrating Cloud Build with other external systems can be challenging. This book helps you to overcome these challenges by cementing a Google Cloud Build foundation. The book starts with an introduction to Google Cloud Build and how it brings value via automation. You will then configure the architecture and environment in which builds run while learning how to execute these builds. Next, you will focus on writing and configuring fully featured builds and executing them securely. You will also review Cloud Build's functionality with practical applications and set up a secure delivery pipeline for GKE. Moving ahead, you will learn how to manage safe roll outs of cloud infrastructure with Terraform. Later, you will build a workflow from local source to production in Cloud Run. Finally, you will integrate Cloud Build with external systems while leveraging Cloud Deploy to manage roll outs. By the end of this book, you'll be able to automate workflows securely by leveraging the principles of Google Cloud Build. What you will learn * Get started with Cloud Build the right way * Define new workflows using the Cloud Build schema * Implement a secure build and deployment environment for GKE * Automate serverless workflows for Cloud Run and Cloud Functions * Integrate Cloud Build with source code management and artifact stores * Develop a Cloud Build strategy for your organization Who This Book Is For This book is for cloud engineers and DevOps engineers who manage cloud environments and desire to automate workflows in a fully managed, scalable, and secure platform. You are expected to have an understanding of cloud fundamentals, software delivery, and containerization fundamentals to get the most out of this book.

A non-developer's guide to harnessing the power of Amazon Honeycode apps to manage projects, customers, operations, approvals, resources, and teams Key Features A practical guide to Amazon Web Services (AWS) no-code app development for meeting specific needs of customers Create apps quickly without paying for costly developers using Honeycode's in-built templates and functions Learn how to use stable AWS services to supplement Honeycode's present limits Book DescriptionAmazon Honeycode enables you to build fully managed, customizable, and scalable mobile and web applications for personal or professional use with little to no code. With this practical guide to Amazon Honeycode, you'll be able to bring your app ideas to life, improving your and your team's/organization's productivity. You'll begin by creating your very first app from the get-go and use it as a means to explore the Honeycode development environment and concepts. Next, you'll learn how to set up and organize the data to build and bind an app on Honeycode as well as deconstruct different templates to understand the common structures and patterns that can be used. Finally, you'll build a few apps from scratch and discover how to apply the concepts you've learned. By the end of this app development book, you'll have gained the knowledge you need to be able to build and deploy your own mobile and web applications. You'll also be able to invite and share your app with people you want to collaborate with. What you will learn Build mobile and web applications with simple drag-drops and customizations Deploy and share apps and collaborate in real-time with your team Understand how to create automated processes in apps Create a customized view for each app user or a group of users Import existing data from a CSV and build an app on top of it Create connectors to external data sources Build applications using Honeycode either from scratch or by modifying an existing template Explore Honeycode templates and understand what use cases are available out-of-the-box with these templates Who this book is forLike the platform, this book is meant for everyone - professional and novice developers alike - who want to build and deploy apps for their personal or professional use as an individual or as a team. However, for professional developers, it is important to note that the book will not focus on advanced use cases with features like using public APIs and 3P integrations. No programming knowledge or experience is needed to start creating basic apps. However, working knowledge of Microsoft Excel or similar spreadsheet tools and a general understanding of logical statements will be helpful to get the most out of this book.

This report examines Viet Nam's tech-based startups in two sectors: agriculture and health. It assesses the challenges for creating a more enabling ecosystem to scale up startups in these sectors and makes recommendations to overcome them. Technology-based startup enterprises are an increasingly important part of the business landscape in Asia and the Pacific. By applying innovative technologies to create new products and services, they can make a significant contribution to economic development while generating social and environmental benefits. However, to survive and then thrive, tech startups require an enabling ecosystem that includes supportive government policy, adequate access to capital, skilled personnel, and quality digital infrastructure. This is the third country report in the series ""Ecosystems for Technology Startups in Asia and the Pacific.

Build, design, and improve advanced business intelligence solutions using Tableau's latest features, including Tableau Prep Builder, Tableau Hyper, and Tableau Server Key Features Master new features in Tableau 2021 to solve real-world analytics challenges Perform geo-spatial, time series, and self-service analytics using real-life examples Build and publish dashboards and explore storytelling using Python and R integration support Book DescriptionTableau is one of the leading business intelligence (BI) tools that can help you solve data analysis challenges. With this book, you will master Tableau's features and offerings in various paradigms of the BI domain. Updated with fresh topics including Quick Level of Detail expressions, the newest Tableau Server features, Einstein Discovery, and more, this book covers essential Tableau concepts and advanced functionalities. Leveraging Tableau Hyper files and using Prep Builder, you'll be able to perform data preparation and handling easily. You'll gear up to perform complex joins, spatial joins, unions, and data blending tasks using practical examples. Next, you'll learn how to execute data densification and further explore expert-level examples to help you with calculations, mapping, and visual design using Tableau extensions. You'll also learn about improving dashboard performance, connecting to Tableau Server and understanding data visualization with examples. Finally, you'll cover advanced use cases such as self-service analysis, time series analysis, and geo-spatial analysis, and connect Tableau to Python and R to implement programming functionalities within it. By the end of this Tableau book, you'll have mastered the advanced offerings of Tableau 2021 and be able to tackle common and advanced challenges in the BI domain. What you will learn Get up to speed with various Tableau components Master data preparation techniques using Tableau Prep Builder Discover how to use Tableau to create a PowerPoint-like presentation Understand different Tableau visualization techniques and dashboard designs Interact with the Tableau server to understand its architecture and functionalities Study advanced visualizations and dashboard creation techniques Brush up on powerful self-service analytics, time series analytics, and geo-spatial analytics Who this book is forThis book is designed for business analysts, business intelligence professionals and data analysts who want to master Tableau to solve a range of data science and business intelligence problems. The book is ideal if you have a good understanding of Tableau and want to take your skills to the next level.

Take your DevOps and DevSecOps game to the next level by leveraging the power of the GitHub toolset in practice Key Features Release software faster and with confidence Increase your productivity by spending more time on software delivery and less on fixing bugs and administrative tasks Deliver high-quality software that is more stable, scalable, and secure Book DescriptionThis practical guide to DevOps uses GitHub as the DevOps platform and shows how you can leverage the power of GitHub for collaboration, lean management, and secure and fast software delivery. The chapters provide simple solutions to common problems, thereby helping teams that are already on their DevOps journey to further advance into DevOps and speed up their software delivery performance. From finding the right metrics to measure your success to learning from other teams' success stories without merely copying what they've done, this book has it all in one place. As you advance, you'll find out how you can leverage the power of GitHub to accelerate your value delivery - by making work visible with GitHub Projects, measuring the right metrics with GitHub Insights, using solid and proven engineering practices with GitHub Actions and Advanced Security, and moving to event-based and loosely coupled software architecture. By the end of this GitHub book, you'll have understood what factors influence software delivery performance and how you can measure your capabilities, thus realizing where you stand in your journey and how you can move forward. What you will learn Effectively measure software delivery performance Adopt DevOps and lean management techniques in your teams Plan, track, and visualize your work using GitHub Issues and Projects Use continuous delivery with GitHub Actions and Packages Scale quality through testing in production and chaos engineering "Shift left" security and secure your entire software supply chain Use DevSecOps practices with GitHub Advanced Security Secure your code with code scanning, secret scanning, and Dependabot Who this book is forThis book is for developers, solutions architects, DevOps engineers, and SREs, as well as for engineering or product managers who want to enhance their software delivery performance. Whether you're new to DevOps, already have experience with GitHub Enterprise, or come from a platform such as Azure DevOps, Team Foundation Server, GitLab, Bitbucket, Puppet, Chef, or Jenkins but struggle to achieve maximum performance, you'll find this book beneficial.

This third edition of the popular Mastering QuickBooks (R) is updated for 2022 and now goes above and beyond the topics covered on the QuickBooks Certified User (QBCU) exam. Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free eBook in the PDF format. Key Features Learn QuickBooks Online (QBO) from scratch and get confident with best practices Fully revised to include the latest updates to QuickBooks Online Brush up on everything you need to prepare for the QBCU exam Book DescriptionWhether you have bookkeeping experience or not, handling the financial side of your growing business requires expertise. With Mastering QuickBooks (R) 2022, Third Edition, you'll learn how to use QuickBooks (R) to build the perfect budget, simplify tax return preparation, manage inventory, track job costs, generate income statements and financial reports, and perform all accounting-related tasks with ease. Throughout the book, you'll be guided by an experienced Certified Public Accountant and Advanced Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor - from setup to core features and beyond. This new edition has every chapter revised to cover a range of new features and updates available, including smart invoicing and cash flow projections. You'll learn how to create multilingual invoices, track mileage, work with a cash flow dashboard that helps you with cash forecasting and planning reports, and upload batches of bills and checks. This book will also teach you how to manage sales tax, including how to set up, collect, track, pay, and report sales tax payments. In addition to this, you'll explore how to export reports to Google Sheets, use the custom chart builder, import budgets, and perform smart reporting. By the end of this book, you'll be well-versed with QuickBooks and have the confidence to manage all your bookkeeping tasks with ease. What you will learn Tackle bookkeeping concepts and the typical bookkeeping and financial accounting cycle Discover QBO's new features and what the whole line-up offers Track everything from billable and non-billable time to expenses and profit Generate key financial reports for accounts, customers, jobs, and invoice items Understand the complete QuickBooks payroll process Who this book is forSmall business owners, bookkeepers, and accounting students who want to start using QuickBooks more effectively will all get plenty of practical know-how from this book. While this guide is appropriate for beginners, it can also serve as an exhaustive resource for those with some bookkeeping experience and those studying to become a QuickBooks Certified User.

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.

Bring your data to life with this accessible yet fast-paced introduction to Power BI, now in color. Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free eBook in PDF format. Key Features Learn faster with practical examples of the latest features of Power BI, including navigator buttons, column-level security, visualizing goals, and more Migrate your existing Excel and data analysis skills to Power BI Build accurate analytical models, reports, and dashboards, now in full color Book DescriptionUpdated with the latest features and improvements in Power BI, this fast-paced yet comprehensive guide will help you master the core concepts of data visualization quickly. You'll learn how to install Power BI, design effective data models, and build basic dashboards and visualizations to help you make better business decisions. This new edition will also help you bridge the gap between MS Excel and Power BI. Throughout this book, you'll learn how to obtain data from a variety of sources and clean it using the Power Query Editor. You'll also start designing data models to navigate and explore relationships within your data and building DAX formulas to make data easier to work with. Visualizing data is a key element of this book, so there's an emphasis on helping you get to grips with data visualization styles and enhanced digital storytelling. As you progress, you'll start building your own dataflows, gain an understanding of the Common Data Model, and automate dataflow refreshes to eradicate data cleaning inefficiency. You'll learn how to administer your organization's Power BI environment so that deployment can be made seamless, data refreshes can run properly, and security can be fully implemented. By the end of this Power BI book, you'll know how to get the most out of Power BI for better business intelligence. What you will learn Connect to data sources using import, DirectQuery, and live connection options Use Power Query Editor for data transformation and data cleansing processes, and write M and R scripts and dataflows to do the same in the cloud Design effective reports with built-in and custom visuals to optimize user experience Implement row-level and column-level security in your dashboards Administer a Power BI cloud tenant for your organization Use built-in AI capabilities to enhance Power BI data transformation techniques Deploy your Power BI Desktop files into Power BI Report Server Who this book is forThis book is for aspiring business intelligence and data professionals with a basic understanding of BI concepts, who want to learn Power BI quickly. Complete beginners with no BI background can also get plenty of useful information from this book.

This report assesses the current ecosystem for tech-based startups in Cambodia, focusing on agriculture, education, health, and climate change. It discusses the challenges facing tech startups and provides recommendations to overcome them. Technology-based startup enterprises are an increasingly important part of the business landscape in Asia and the Pacific. By applying innovative technologies to create new products and services, they can make a significant contribution to economic development while generating social and environmental benefits. However, to survive and then thrive, tech startups require an enabling ecosystem that includes supportive government policy, access to capital, skilled personnel, quality digital infrastructure and other elements. It is the first country report in the series "Ecosystems for Technology Startups in Asia and the Pacific.