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This report examines Singapore's vibrant technology-based startup ecosystem and identifies key lessons that can inform the efforts of Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand to nurture and develop their tech startups. 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. The report focuses on four key sectors: agriculture, education, health, and the environment. It is the second country report in the series "Ecosystems for Technology Startups in Asia and the Pacific.
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.
Follow Google's own ten-step plan to construct a secure, reliable, and extensible foundation for all your Google Cloud base infrastructural needs Key Features Build your foundation in Google Cloud with this clearly laid out, step-by-step guide Get expert advice from one of Google's top trainers Learn to build flexibility and security into your Google Cloud presence from the ground up Book DescriptionFrom data ingestion and storage, through data processing and data analytics, to application hosting and even machine learning, whatever your IT infrastructural need, there's a good chance that Google Cloud has a service that can help. But instant, self-serve access to a virtually limitless pool of IT resources has its drawbacks. More and more organizations are running into cost overruns, security problems, and simple "why is this not working?" headaches. This book has been written by one of Google's top trainers as a tutorial on how to create your infrastructural foundation in Google Cloud the right way. By following Google's ten-step checklist and Google's security blueprint, you will learn how to set up your initial identity provider and create an organization. Further on, you will configure your users and groups, enable administrative access, and set up billing. Next, you will create a resource hierarchy, configure and control access, and enable a cloud network. Later chapters will guide you through configuring monitoring and logging, adding additional security measures, and enabling a support plan with Google. By the end of this book, you will have an understanding of what it takes to leverage Terraform for properly building a Google Cloud foundational layer that engenders security, flexibility, and extensibility from the ground up. What you will learn Create an organizational resource hierarchy in Google Cloud Configure user access, permissions, and key Google Cloud Platform (GCP) security groups Construct well thought out, scalable, and secure virtual networks Stay informed about the latest logging and monitoring best practices Leverage Terraform infrastructure as code automation to eliminate toil Limit access with IAM policy bindings and organizational policies Implement Google's secure foundation blueprint Who this book is forThis book is for anyone looking to implement a secure foundational layer in Google Cloud, including cloud engineers, DevOps engineers, cloud security practitioners, developers, infrastructural management personnel, and other technical leads. A basic understanding of what the cloud is and how it works, as well as a strong desire to build out Google Cloud infrastructure the right way will help you make the most of this book. Knowledge of working in the terminal window from the command line will be beneficial.
Now in full color, this edition of Learning Tableau will empower you to bring data to life and make better business decisions Key Features * Learn the basics of data analysis, from snappy visualizations to comprehensive dashboards, now in full color * Gain meaningful insights with geospatial analysis, scripting extensions, and other advanced methods * Explore the latest Tableau 2022 features, including Einstein Discovery and Explain Data Book Description Learning Tableau 2022 helps you get started with Tableau and data visualization, but it does more than just cover the basic principles. It helps you understand how to analyze and communicate data visually, and articulate data stories using advanced features. This new edition is updated with Tableau's latest features, such as dashboard extensions, Explain Data, and integration with Einstein Discovery, which will help you harness the full potential of artificial intelligence (AI) and predictive modeling in Tableau. After an exploration of the core principles, this book will teach you how to use table and level of detail calculations to extend and alter default visualizations, build interactive dashboards, and master the art of telling stories with data. You'll learn about visual statistical analytics and create different types of static and animated visualizations and dashboards for rich user experiences. We then move on to interlinking different data sources with Tableau's Data Model capabilities, along with maps and geospatial visualization. You will further use Tableau Prep Builder's ability to efficiently clean and structure data. By the end of this book, you will be proficient in implementing the powerful features of Tableau 2022 to improve the business intelligence insights you can extract from your data. What you will learn * Develop stunning visualizations to explain complex data with clarity * Build interactive dashboards to drive actionable user insights for large datasets * Explore Data Model capabilities and interlink data from various sources * Create and use calculations to solve problems and enrich your data analytics * Enable smart decision-making with data clustering, distribution, and forecasting * Extend Tableau's native functionality with extensions, scripts, and Einstein Discovery AI * Leverage Tableau Prep Builder's amazing capabilities for data cleaning and structuring * Share your data stories to build a culture of trust and action Who This Book Is For This Tableau book is for aspiring BI developers and data analysts, data scientists, researchers, and anyone else who wants to gain a deeper understanding of data through Tableau. This book starts from the ground up, so you won't need any prior experience with Tableau before you dive in, but a full Tableau license (or 14-day demo license) is essential to be able to make use of all the exercises.
Practical recipes and real-world examples to help you create custom solutions, automate processes, and extend the platform's capabilities. Using Power Apps, Power Automate, Component Framework, and Dataverse, you can implement RPA technologies and more Key Features * Enhanced with a new chapter on Power Apps Portals, robotic process automation technologies, Map capabilities to canvas apps, solutions using mixed reality, and much more * Explore a variety of built-in templates to create custom apps for specific business scenarios * Strengthen your enterprise applications with advanced techniques and proven tips using a low-code approach Book Description Power Apps is a low-code platform owned by Microsoft. With this platform, you can create solutions to solve your business needs while integrating with other components of the Power Platform, such as Microsoft Power Automate, Microsoft Power BI, or others. This book is a handy solution guide to meet many organizational requirements. Microsoft Power Apps Cookbook, Second Edition takes a pragmatic approach where every business scenario is presented in a quick, practical, and action-oriented recipe. You will be able to use these instant solutions in your development environment and customize your business apps to meet the challenging business needs. This will help you handle real-world scenarios and experiences to give you a head start in your Power Apps projects. You will discover different aspects of Power Apps, from building canvas apps, designing model-driven solutions, extending with custom connectors, integrating with other platforms, moving to the pro-developer side using Power Apps Component Framework, and reaching beyond the organization with Power Apps Portals. By the end of this Microsoft Power Apps book, you'll have gained experience in developing applications using the Power Apps platform and all of its features. What you will learn * Extend your platform using maps and Mixed Reality * Design model-driven solutions using various features of Microsoft Dataverse * Reach beyond the organization with Microsoft Power Apps Portals * Automate business processes such as triggered events, status change notifications, and approval systems with Power Automate * Implement AI Builder's intelligent capabilities in your solutions * Learn to integrate and test canvas apps * Extend your business applications' capabilities using Power Apps Component Framework * Implement RPA technologies with Power Automate Who This Book Is For This book is targeted at information workers and citizen developers wanting to develop custom applications for their organizations or the projects they are undertaking. Traditional app developers will also find this book useful by discovering how to use a rapid application development environment with increased productivity and speed. Readers are expected to have prior exposure to the Microsoft Power Platform ecosystem.
In the digital economy, a new type of business activity, digital entrepreneurship, has developed rapidly and required breakthrough technologies such as blockchain, big data, cloud technologies, and more. There is a need for a comprehensive resource that provides all-encompassing insight into the essence, special aspects, models, and international best practices of e-business based on various digital technologies in various high-tech markets. Digital Technologies for Entrepreneurship in Industry 4.0 provides theoretical frameworks and recent results of research in this sphere. It substantiates digital entrepreneurship, discusses the practical experience of its implementation, and develops the scientific and methodological recommendations for the development of its infrastructural provision and regulation of provision of its competitiveness. Covering topics such as investment attractiveness, corporate reporting modernization, and public-private partnership mechanisms, this premier reference source is an excellent resource for entrepreneurs, business executives and managers, investors, IT managers, students and faculty of higher education, researchers, and academicians.
A hands-on guide to learning Dynamics 365 Business Central Admin Center to manage SaaS environments and set up cloud migration from an on-premise environment Key Features Manage and create Business Central environments of different types and plan your apps for future releases Set up the telemetry on a tenant and extension level and analyze it with different tools Set up cloud migration to move data from on-premise to the cloud and automate migration with PowerShell script Book DescriptionThis book features all the information you need to get started with administrating Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Online. It contains detailed information about the admin portal and cloud migration process, all based on real usage experience. The book starts by covering the data migration process for developers, which will show you how to organize the data without code. You'll also learn how the admin portal can be useful if you want to export a database copy, restore a backup, and set up telemetry to get detailed information about the call stack and operation statuses. As you progress, you'll learn how to check your Business Central SaaS environment details, create new and different types of environments, and notifications, and keep your cloud data within limits. Later, you'll explore how to set up cloud migration from an on-premise environment to SaaS, run the migration, upgrade data, and fix problems if something goes wrong. By the end of this book, you'll be able to create new production and sandbox environments, restore them from backups, analyze environment telemetry, and confidently migrate your data to the cloud. What you will learn Manage different Business Central environments, their statuses, and updates, and create new environments Understand how to deploy a SaaS environment from a backup Analyze environment telemetry and its operation, and discover how to set up extended telemetry with Application Insights Explore how to get information about tenant capacity limits and their usage of resources Set up cloud migration and move your data from on-premise to SaaS Automate administration and migration processes with APIs Who this book is forThis book is for business central developers, consultants, and customers who are involved in migration and administration processes. Those planning to move their on-premise solution to the cloud will also find this book helpful. Both developers and consultants will learn how to migrate data without a single line of code and use environment telemetry.
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.
Current Trends and Advances in Computer-Aided Intelligent Environmental Data Engineering merges computer engineering and environmental engineering. The book presents the latest finding on how data science and AI-based tools are being applied in environmental engineering research. This application involves multiple domains such as data science and artificial intelligence to transform the data collected by intelligent sensors into relevant and reliable information to support decision-making. These tools include fuzzy logic, knowledge-based systems, particle swarm optimization, genetic algorithms, Monte Carlo simulation, artificial neural networks, support vector machine, boosted regression tree, simulated annealing, ant colony algorithm, decision tree, immune algorithm, and imperialist competitive algorithm. This book is a fundamental information source because it is the first book to present the foundational reference material in this new research field. Furthermore, it gives a critical overview of the latest cross-domain research findings and technological developments on the recent advances in computer-aided intelligent environmental data engineering.
Build, deploy, and manage containers with the next-generation engine and tools Key Features Discover key differences between Docker and Podman Build brand new container images with Buildah, the Podman companion Learn how to manage and integrate containers securely in your existing infrastructure Book DescriptionAs containers have become the new de facto standard for packaging applications and their dependencies, understanding how to implement, build, and manage them is now an essential skill for developers, system administrators, and SRE/operations teams. Podman and its companion tools Buildah and Skopeo make a great toolset to boost the development, execution, and management of containerized applications. Starting with the basic concepts of containerization and its underlying technology, this book will help you get your first container up and running with Podman. You'll explore the complete toolkit and go over the development of new containers, their lifecycle management, troubleshooting, and security aspects. Together with Podman, the book illustrates Buildah and Skopeo to complete the tools ecosystem and cover the complete workflow for building, releasing, and managing optimized container images. Podman for DevOps provides a comprehensive view of the full-stack container technology and its relationship with the operating system foundations, along with crucial topics such as networking, monitoring, and integration with systemd, docker-compose, and Kubernetes. By the end of this DevOps book, you'll have developed the skills needed to build and package your applications inside containers as well as to deploy, manage, and integrate them with system services. What you will learn Understand Podman's daemonless approach as a container engine Run, manage, and secure containers with Podman Discover the strategies, concepts, and command-line options for using Buildah to build containers from scratch Manage OCI images with Skopeo Troubleshoot runtime, build, and isolation issues Integrate Podman containers with existing networking and system services Who this book is forThe book is for cloud developers looking to learn how to build and package applications inside containers and system administrators who want to deploy, manage, and integrate them with system services and orchestration solutions. This book provides a detailed comparison between Docker and Podman to aid you in learning Podman quickly.
Learn how to bring your data to life with this hands-on guide to visual analytics with Tableau Key Features Master the fundamentals of Tableau Desktop and Tableau Prep Learn how to explore, analyze, and present data to provide business insights Build your experience and confidence with hands-on exercises and activities Book DescriptionLearning Tableau has never been easier, thanks to this practical introduction to storytelling with data. The Tableau Workshop breaks down the analytical process into five steps: data preparation, data exploration, data analysis, interactivity, and distribution of dashboards. Each stage is addressed with a clear walkthrough of the key tools and techniques you'll need, as well as engaging real-world examples, meaningful data, and practical exercises to give you valuable hands-on experience. As you work through the book, you'll learn Tableau step by step, studying how to clean, shape, and combine data, as well as how to choose the most suitable charts for any given scenario. You'll load data from various sources and formats, perform data engineering to create new data that delivers deeper insights, and create interactive dashboards that engage end-users. All concepts are introduced with clear, simple explanations and demonstrated through realistic example scenarios. You'll simulate real-world data science projects with use cases such as traffic violations, urban populations, coffee store sales, and air travel delays. By the end of this Tableau book, you'll have the skills and knowledge to confidently present analytical results and make data-driven decisions. What you will learn Become an effective user of Tableau Prep and Tableau Desktop Load, combine, and process data for analysis and visualization Understand different types of charts and when to use them Perform calculations to engineer new data and unlock hidden insights Add interactivity to your visualizations to make them more engaging Create holistic dashboards that are detailed and user-friendly Who this book is forThis book is for anyone who wants to get started on visual analytics with Tableau. If you're new to Tableau, this Workshop will get you up and running. If you already have some experience in Tableau, this book will help fill in any gaps, consolidate your understanding, and give you extra practice of key tools.
An end-to-end practical guide to implementing Salesforce CPQ solutions, shortening your sales cycle, and generating a higher ROI Key Features Maximize sales by reducing turnaround time and providing a quick analysis of profits and losses Get up to speed with Salesforce CPQ concepts, best practices, and tips when choosing the right CPQ implementation strategy Implement CPQ configurations and automations for B2B and B2C business scenarios Book DescriptionSalesforce CPQ is innovative software that enables you create better quotes, improve quoting accuracy, and maximize sales and deals. It also provides a quick analysis of profits and losses, helping you improve the overall execution of sales processes, and allows a great deal of flexibility for your prospects, customers, and business partners. The book starts with the Quote-2-Cash business process in Salesforce and shows you how to assess when a business needs to implement CPQ. You'll then progress to configuring opportunities, quotes, and CPQ products. As you advance, you'll understand how to define and configure price books, price rules for CPQ quote automation, multidimensional quoting, and more. Next, you'll look at how to configure CPQ guided selling and create package configurations, contracts, and amendments. Later chapters will demonstrate how to perform data migration from a legacy system and the order in which the objects are to be migrated. You'll also explore CPQ billing and its advantages with the help of different use cases before learning about Industries CPQ and how it is different from standard Salesforce CPQ. Finally, you'll discover best practices for achieving optimal CPQ performance and avoiding performance bottlenecks. By the end of this Salesforce book, you'll be able to implement Salesforce CPQ for any business. What you will learn Understand Quote-2-Cash business processes and configure opportunities and quotes Create custom CPQ actions and use custom filters for automating business needs Discover how to configure products and product rules Understand the CPQ pricing structure and methods, rules, multidimensional quoting, and quote automation Explore the CPQ data model and use the Salesforce Schema Builder to view and configure object relationships Configure contracts, amendments, and renewals in Salesforce Focus on CPQ billing and its advantages Gain comprehensive insights into Industries CPQ Who this book is forThis book is for Salesforce administrators, business analysts, functional consultants, sales managers, Salesforce architects, and those looking to gain Salesforce CPQ certification. Working knowledge of the Salesforce ecosystem is recommended to get the most out of this book.
Learn how to create your own AI model and consume it in your Power BI reports to gain better insights from your data Key Features Learn how to gain better insights from your data by applying different AI techniques within Power BI Save time by creating machine learning models independently and integrating them within your BI reports Understand how to combine Cognitive Services and Azure Machine Learning together with Power BI Book DescriptionThe artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities in Power BI enable organizations to quickly and easily gain more intelligent insights from unstructured and structured data. This book will teach you how to make use of the many AI features available today in Power BI to quickly and easily enrich your data and gain better insights into patterns that can be found in your data. You'll begin by understanding the benefits of AI and how it can be used in Power BI. Next, you'll focus on exploring and preparing your data for building AI projects and then progress to using prominent AI features already available in Power BI, such as forecasting, anomaly detection, and Q&A. Later chapters will show you how to apply text analytics and computer vision within Power BI reports. This will help you create your own Q&A functionality in Power BI, which allows you to ask FAQs from another knowledge base and then integrate it with PowerApps. Toward the concluding chapters, you'll be able to create and deploy AutoML models trained in Azure ML and consume them in Power Query Editor. After your models have been trained, you'll work through principles such as privacy, fairness, and transparency to use AI responsibly. By the end of this book, you'll have learned when and how to enrich your data with AI using the out-of-the-box AI capabilities in Power BI. What you will learn Apply techniques to mitigate bias and handle outliers in your data Prepare time series data for forecasting in Power BI Prepare and shape your data for anomaly detection Use text analytics in Power Query Editor Integrate QnA Maker with PowerApps and create an app Train your own models and identify the best one with AutoML Integrate an Azure ML workspace with Power BI and use endpoints to generate predictions Who this book is forThis artificial intelligence BI book is for data analysts and BI developers who want to explore advanced analytics or artificial intelligence possibilities with their data. Prior knowledge of Power BI will help you get the most out of this book.
Build production-grade machine learning models with Amazon SageMaker Studio, the first integrated development environment in the cloud, using real-life machine learning examples and code Key Features Understand the ML lifecycle in the cloud and its development on Amazon SageMaker Studio Learn to apply SageMaker features in SageMaker Studio for ML use cases Scale and operationalize the ML lifecycle effectively using SageMaker Studio Book DescriptionAmazon SageMaker Studio is the first integrated development environment (IDE) for machine learning (ML) and is designed to integrate ML workflows: data preparation, feature engineering, statistical bias detection, automated machine learning (AutoML), training, hosting, ML explainability, monitoring, and MLOps in one environment. In this book, you'll start by exploring the features available in Amazon SageMaker Studio to analyze data, develop ML models, and productionize models to meet your goals. As you progress, you will learn how these features work together to address common challenges when building ML models in production. After that, you'll understand how to effectively scale and operationalize the ML life cycle using SageMaker Studio. By the end of this book, you'll have learned ML best practices regarding Amazon SageMaker Studio, as well as being able to improve productivity in the ML development life cycle and build and deploy models easily for your ML use cases. What you will learn Explore the ML development life cycle in the cloud Understand SageMaker Studio features and the user interface Build a dataset with clicks and host a feature store for ML Train ML models with ease and scale Create ML models and solutions with little code Host ML models in the cloud with optimal cloud resources Ensure optimal model performance with model monitoring Apply governance and operational excellence to ML projects Who this book is forThis book is for data scientists and machine learning engineers who are looking to become well-versed with Amazon SageMaker Studio and gain hands-on machine learning experience to handle every step in the ML lifecycle, including building data as well as training and hosting models. Although basic knowledge of machine learning and data science is necessary, no previous knowledge of SageMaker Studio and cloud experience is required.
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