Interest in developing smart cities has grown exponentially over the years with many governments across the world hoping to initiate these projects in their own countries. One of the key challenges for the success of any smart city project is the assurance of smart security and privacy of the citizens. Due to the use of a wide range of interconnected cyber-physical systems, traditional security solutions cannot be applied to smart city applications, and new practices must be sought. Secure Cyber-Physical Systems for Smart Cities is an essential reference publication that examines information security and privacy in smart city settings including discussions on new security frameworks, solutions, cybersecurity laws and regulations, and risk management frameworks for smart city environments. Covering a wide range of topics including wireless networks, security, and cyber-physical systems, this book is ideally designed for IT specialists and consultants, engineers, government officials, policymakers, researchers, academicians, and industry professionals.

Get the domain knowledge you need to develop real-world business apps for and in the cloud. You'll see how Oracle APEX has made the life of web developers much easier and how it helps you create web-based data-centric applications easily and instantly without writing screeds of code. In Cloud Computing Using Oracle Application Express, you will develop a complete general ledger accounting system named the Cloud Accountant which will be accessible through a variety of devices including desktops, laptops, and the latest smartphones. This new edition also incorporates the new application page creation process, which differs from the previous version. You'll cover other new areas, such as the updated UI elements and properties, and the interactive grid. Besides the development of a full application that you can deploy in your organization, the book teaches many new techniques to further enhance your APEX development skills. What You Will Learn Discover new development techniques for APEX developers Develop cloud-based ERP applications Build a cloud-based application on Oracle APEX Integrate the free JasperReports server and report designing tool with Oracle APEX Who This Book Is For Web developers who possess some working knowledge of Oracle Application Express, and developers who have been using Oracle Forms and now wish to use their existing SQL and PL/SQL expertise.

Interest in developing smart cities has grown exponentially over the years with many governments across the world hoping to initiate these projects in their own countries. One of the key challenges for the success of any smart city project is the assurance of smart security and privacy of the citizens. Due to the use of a wide range of interconnected cyber-physical systems, traditional security solutions cannot be applied to smart city applications, and new practices must be sought. Secure Cyber-Physical Systems for Smart Cities is an essential reference publication that examines information security and privacy in smart city settings including discussions on new security frameworks, solutions, cybersecurity laws and regulations, and risk management frameworks for smart city environments. Covering a wide range of topics including wireless networks, security, and cyber-physical systems, this book is ideally designed for IT specialists and consultants, engineers, government officials, policymakers, researchers, academicians, and industry professionals.

Start making better business decisions backed by data About This Book * Predict new opportunities and risks in a few mouse clicks * Eliminate complexity with tools that let you plan, analyze, and collaborate in context-in real time * Discover, visualize, plan, and predict in a single product with agile BI tools Who This Book Is For This book targets IT professionals, business analysts, BI developers, managers, newcomers to SAP Analytics Cloud, and ultimately anyone who wants to learn from self-paced, professional guidance and needs a solid foundation in SAP Analytics Cloud. What You Will Learn * A clear understanding of SAP Analytics Cloud platform * Create data models using different data sources, including Excel and text files . * Present professional analyses using different types of charts, tables, geo maps, and more * Using stories, drill up and down instantly to analyze data from various angles * Share completed stories with other team members or compile them in SAP Digital Boardroom agendas for presentation to major stakeholders * Export the results of a story to a PDF file * Save time by planning, analyzing, predicting, and collaborating in context * Discover, visualize, plan, and predict in one product as opposed to separate solutions In Detail The book starts with the basics of SAP Analytics Cloud (formerly known as SAP BusinessObjects Cloud) and exposes almost every significant feature a beginner needs to master. Packed with illustrations and short, essential, to-the-point descriptions, the book provides a unique learning experience. Your journey of exploration starts with a basic introduction to the SAP Analytics Cloud platform. You will then learn about different segments of the product, such as Models, Stories, Digital Boardroom, and so on. Then, you are introduced to the product's interface: the Home screen, the main menu, and more. Then comes the hands-on aspect of the book, which starts with model creation. Next, you learn how to utilize a model to prepare different types of stories(reports) with the help of charts, tables, Geo Maps, and more. In the final chapters of this book, you will learn about Digital Boardroom, Collaboration, and Administration. Style and approach The easy-to-follow visual instructions provided in this book help business users and report developers create simple and complex stories (reports) quickly

In this fast paced technological age, where things change rapidly, no one has the time to go through lengthy concept books just to assess what the technology has for them. As an IT professional, I too prefer concise practical books that do not take long to understand the features offered by the new technology. As a strong supporter of practical stuff, I have endeavored to write this book on Oracle Application Express. In this book, I am sharing my personal APEX learning experience that I got by developing a clone of the sample application provided with Oracle Application Express. This book will walk you through to create a professional looking web-based database application. A great starting point for novice and equally beneficial for intermediate users, this book will allow users to practically explore Oracle Application Express (APEX) themselves. Besides creation of individual application pages, this book will demonstrate many professional techniques, summarized at the end of each chapter, to apply them to your own projects. Leaving out the boring bits, this book will emphasize on the inspiring and realistic example from the first chapter and will provide guidance in the following areas to make it a one-stop solution: APEX introduction Create APEX development environment Create a professional looking web-based database application in APEX Advanced Reporting Application deployment Access the application, remotely and in LAN If you really want to know what APEX is, try the practical stuff provided in this book and become an APEX fan. I hope this to be the best practical book on Oracle Application Express.

Analyze the Past - Streamline the Present - Control the Future In today's fast paced technology-driven world, successful businesses depend heavily on driving intelligent decisions based on latest information. More informed decisions mean more revenue, less risk, decreased cost, and improved operational control. Up-to-date, secure, and highly visual information is an obligatory in the modern business world to make faster and smarter decisions. Oracle Business Intelligence helps top management and department heads to harness the advantage of change to create competitive advantages, achieve corporate objectives, and make better and quicker decisions. It delivers a comprehensive set of capabilities that span ad-hoc query and analysis, OLAP analysis, interactive dashboards, scorecards, reporting, proactive intelligence and alerts, mobile analytics, and more. This book is aimed at giving you insights into running your organization in a more intelligent fashion. It not only presents the BI concepts, but also guides you to implement Oracle Business Intelligence using real world scenarios. It covers: Oracle Business Intelligence Introduction BI Environment setup Practical scenarios to answer business questions using Dashboard, Analysis, Tables, Pivot Table, Graphs and many more BI tools. Delivering Contents using Agent and Alert features Performance Management using KPI and Scorecard Create professional reports in BI Publisher Oracle Business Intelligence increases speed-to-insight by enabling comparisons of historical, real time, and forward looking information. It thus provides the highest value and lowest TCO than any other BI solution available today.

Human Resources discipline is considered as the 'heart of the health system' in any country. There is a great need for capable, well trained and competent administrators and HR managers. Without suitable deployment of HRM, no organization can stay alive for long, therefore right utilization will not only be in the interest of organization but of the country. Human beings are the most important resources in health care. The significance of human factor in the success of hospital objectives cannot be underestimated. Therefore, a hospital must be administered scientifically and professionally in order to perform its functions efficiently and effectively. It was a cross-sectional hospital based study carried out in public and private hospitals of Sindh. A questionnaire of 43 items based on different aspects of human resource management with special context to this country was used. The study subjects were doctors, nurses, and paramedical or auxiliary health workers of the hospital included through stratified random sampling method. The study of human resource planning was carried out under four sections.