Download or read book Amazon written by Natalie Berg and published by Kogan Page Publishers. This book was released on 2021-11-03 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amazon - one of the world's most valuable companies - is worth more than Walmart, Netflix, Target, Nike and Costco combined. What are the secrets to its success? How can these insights be applied to other businesses in the e-commerce sector? The retail industry is facing unprecedented challenges. Across all sectors and markets, retailers are shifting their business models and customer engagement strategies to ensure they survive. Amazon offers unique insight into the company's persistent dissatisfaction with the status quo and innovation and how it has fundamentally changed the ways in which we shop. This fully updated second edition explores Amazon's response to the coronavirus pandemic, the convergence of physical and digital retail, e-commerce economics and sustainability, as well as future policy implications. Written by industry-leading retail analysts and with the first edition now translated into more than a dozen languages, Amazon is an invaluable resource for discovering the lessons that can be learned from the company's unprecedented rise to dominance.

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Download or read book Amazon Fargate Quick Start Guide written by Deepak Vohra and published by Packt Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2018-07-24 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book gets you started and gives you knowledge about AWS Fargate in order to successfully incorporate it in your ECS container application. Key Features Gives you a quick walk-through over the Amazon Elastic Container Services (ECS) Provides an in depth knowledge of the components that Amazon Fargate has to offer. Learn the practical aspects of Docker application development with a managed service Book Description Amazon Fargate is new launch type for the Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS). ECS is an AWS service for Docker container orchestration. Docker is the de facto containerization framework and has revolutionized packaging and deployment of software. The introduction of Fargate has made the ECS platform serverless. The book takes you through how Amazon Fargate runs ECS services composed of tasks and Docker containers and exposes the containers to the user. Fargate has simplified the ECS platform. We will learn how Fargate creates an Elastic Network Interface (ENI) for each task and how auto scaling can be enabled for ECS tasks. You will also learn about using an IAM policy to download Docker images and send logs to CloudWatch. Finally, by the end of this book, you will have learned about how to use ECS CLI to create an ECS cluster and deploy tasks with Docker Compose. What you will learn Running Docker containers with a managed service Use Amazon ECS in Fargate launch mode Configure CloudWatch Logging with Fargate Use an IAM Role with Fargate Understand how ECS CLI is used with Fargate Learn how to use an Application Load Balancer with Fargate Learn about Auto Scaling with Fargate Who this book is for This book is for Docker users and developers who want to learn about the Fargate platform. Typical job roles for which the book is suitable are DevOps Architect, Docker Engineer, and AWS Cloud Engineer. Prior knowledge of AWS and ECS is helpful but not mandatory.

Download or read book Ansible For Amazon Web Services AWS By Examples written by Luca Berton and published by Luca Berton. This book was released on with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This course provides an introduction to the Ansible language. Ansible is a popular open source IT automation technology for scripting applications in a wide variety of domains. It is free, portable, powerful, and remarkably easy and fun to use. This course is a tool to learn the Ansible automation technology with some real-life examples. Learn the Ansible automation technology with some real-life examples. Every successful IT department needs automation nowadays for bare metal servers, virtual machines, could, containers, and edge computing. Automate your IT journey with Ansible automation technology. I'm going to teach you example by example how to accomplish the most common IT Professional tasks to automate your AWS Infrastructure. Each of the lessons summarizes a specific use case for the Modern AWS Infrastructure. Each lesson is focused on a module from the most important parameter with some live demo of code and real-life usage. Each code is battle proved in the real life. Console interaction and verification are included in every video. How to configure Ansible to interact with AWS infrastructure - EC2, VPC, security groups, etc.. You could automate the creation, update, and gather information for EC2 machines, and many more use-cases using Ansible. A mundane activity like creating an AWS EC2 machine is the most used with Ansible For AWS. Each example is using the secure connection protocol to guarantee sensible data are encrypted and reserved. Maintain your AWS infrastructure network the most efficiently as possible with Ansible Automation, the simple human-readable automation technology. Are you ready to automate your day with Ansible? Examples in the book are tested with the latest version of Ansible 2.9+ and Ansible Core 2.11+.

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Download or read book Hello My Name Is Awesome written by Alexandra Watkins and published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. This book was released on 2014-09-15 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every year, 6 million companies and more than 100,000 products are launched. They all need an awesome name, but many (such as Xobni, Svbtle, and Doostang) look like the results of a drunken Scrabble game. In this entertaining and engaging book, ace naming consultant Alexandra Watkins explains how anyone—even noncreative types—can create memorable and buzz-worthy brand names. No degree in linguistics required. The heart of the book is Watkins's proven SMILE and SCRATCH Test—two acronyms for what makes or breaks a name. She also provides up-to-date advice, like how to make sure that Siri spells your name correctly and how to nab an available domain name. And you'll see dozens of examples—the good, the bad, and the “so bad she gave them an award.” Alexandra Watkins is not afraid to name names.

Download or read book Amazon Origins written by R. H. Kent and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2017-04-28 with total page 693 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the dark recesses of history, women were considered property of first their father and then their husbandan established tradition for hundreds of years. Just what would have to happen for one woman to decide that enough was enough? And on her journey through life as she gathered like-minded women with her, how did they manage to become the legendary Amazons in a time when men ruled the world? Reading this book; you dont just observe the story, you experience it.

Download or read book AWS Certified Developer Official Study Guide written by Nick Alteen and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2019-09-24 with total page 992 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Foreword by Werner Vogels, Vice President and Corporate Technology Officer, Amazon The AWS exam has been updated. Your study guide should be, too. The AWS Certified Developer Official Study Guide–Associate Exam is your ultimate preparation resource for the latest exam! Covering all exam objectives, this invaluable resource puts a team of AWS experts at your side with expert guidance, clear explanations, and the wisdom of experience with AWS best practices. You’ll master core services and basic architecture, and equip yourself to develop, deploy, and debug cloud-based applications using AWS. The AWS Developer certification is earned by those who demonstrate the technical knowledge and skill associated with best practices for building secure, reliable cloud-based applications using AWS technology. This book is your official exam prep companion, providing everything you need to know to pass with flying colors. Study the AWS Certified Developer Exam objectives Gain expert insight on core AWS services and best practices Test your understanding of key concepts with challenging chapter questions Access online study tools including electronic flashcards, a searchable glossary, practice exams, and more Cloud computing offers businesses the opportunity to replace up-front capital infrastructure expenses with low, variable costs that scale as they grow. This customized responsiveness has negated the need for far-future infrastructure planning, putting thousands of servers at their disposal as needed—and businesses have responded, propelling AWS to the number-one spot among cloud service providers. Now these businesses need qualified AWS developers, and the AWS certification validates the exact skills and knowledge they’re looking for. When you’re ready to get serious about your cloud credentials, the AWS Certified Developer Official Study Guide–Associate Exam is the resource you need to pass the exam with flying colors. NOTE: As of October 7, 2019, the accompanying code for hands-on exercises in the book is available for downloading from the secure Resources area in the online test bank. You'll find code for Chapters 1, 2, 11, and 12.

Download or read book Planet Amazon Ii written by Crystal Dawn and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-06-07 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Others from Earth join Andrea in the Gemini galaxy. Earth seems determined to have a team working toward their own ends, one way or the other. Will the new arrivals cause problems for Andrea and her new home or disappoint Earth and aid Andrea? What will they find as they head out into the galaxy, meet new races, and visit other planets? Will Andrea find she shares a special chemistry with men of other planets, and how will she deal with it if she does? Andrea continues to touch lives and positively influence others as she continues progress on Amazon, Gallegos, and other planets in the Gemini galaxy. Excerpt from chapter 7 from Andreas viewpoint: We were there and I looked at a planet that some might say had a rosy glow, but to me it looked like the red of an evil vampires eyes. It beckoned to me, almost as if it said, Come to me so I can destroy you. Yet I was helpless to stay away.

Download or read book Programming Amazon Web Services written by James Murty and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2008-03-25 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Building on the success of its storefront and fulfillment services, Amazon now allows businesses to "rent" computing power, data storage and bandwidth on its vast network platform. This book demonstrates how developers working with small- to mid-sized companies can take advantage of Amazon Web Services (AWS) such as the Simple Storage Service (S3), Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), Simple Queue Service (SQS), Flexible Payments Service (FPS), and SimpleDB to build web-scale business applications. With AWS, Amazon offers a new paradigm for IT infrastructure: use what you need, as you need it, and pay as you go. Programming Amazon Web Services explains how you can access Amazon's open APIs to store and run applications, rather than spend precious time and resources building your own. With this book, you'll learn all the technical details you need to: Store and retrieve any amount of data using application servers, unlimited data storage, and bandwidth with the Amazon S3 service Buy computing time using Amazon EC2's interface to requisition machines, load them with an application environment, manage access permissions, and run your image using as many or few systems as needed Use Amazon's web-scale messaging infrastructure to store messages as they travel between computers with Amazon SQS Leverage the Amazon FPS service to structure payment instructions and allow the movement of money between any two entities, humans or computers Create and store multiple data sets, query your data easily, and return the results using Amazon SimpleDB. Scale up or down at a moment's notice, using these services to employ as much time and space as you need Whether you're starting a new online business, need to ramp up existing services, or require an offsite backup for your home, Programming Amazon Web Services gives you the background and the practical knowledge you need to start using AWS. Other books explain how to build web services. This book teaches businesses how to take make use of existing services from an established technology leader.

Download or read book Hello Habits A Minimalist s Guide to a Better Life written by Fumio Sasaki and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2021-01-05 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The internationally best-selling author of Goodbye, Things shares insights and practices to help us embrace habits and become the best versions of ourselves. Fumio Sasaki changed his life when he became a minimalist. But before minimalism could really stick, he had to make it a habit. All of us live our lives based on the habits we’ve formed, from when we get up in the morning to what we eat and drink to how likely we are to actually make it to the gym. In Hello, Habits, Sasaki explains how we can acquire the new habits that we want—and get rid of the ones that don’t do us any good. Drawing on leading theories and tips about the science of habit formation from cognitive psychology, neuroscience, and sociology, along with examples from popular culture and tried-and-tested techniques from his own life, he unravels common misperceptions about "willpower" and "talent," and offers a step-by-step guide to success. Ultimately, Sasaki shows how ordinary people like himself can use his principles of good habit-making to improve themselves and change their lives.

Download or read book The Design of Sites written by van Duyne (Douglas K.) and published by Addison-Wesley Professional. This book was released on 2003 with total page 822 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Creating a Web site is easy. Creating a well-crafted Web site that provides a winning experience for your audience and enhances your profitability is another matter. It takes research, skill, experience, and careful thought to build a site that maximizes retention and repeat visits.

Download or read book Mining Amazon Web Services written by John Paul Mueller and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2006-07-14 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Profit with Amazon Web Services—as a Buyer, Seller, or Independent Developer In a few short years, Amazon has evolved from an online bookstore into a complex marketplace comprised of thousands of vendors, millions of customers, and an ever-widening selection of products. With the launch of Amazon Web Services, buyers and sellers have unprecedented access to the immense body of data underpinning this marketplace. Mining Amazon Web Services: Building Applications with the Amazon API shows you what you can do with these powerful tools, and exactly how to do it. As a buyer, you'll build applications that let you comparison-shop far more effectively, consistently saving money and finding exactly the right product. As a seller, you'll leverage Amazon Web Services in ways that help you attract more customers, make more commissioned referrals, and improve your bottom line. This book is also a great resource for independent developers who want to create and publish—even make money with—applications for others. Here's some of what you'll find covered inside: Performing complex product searches Analyzing the data obtained in your searches Connecting Amazon Web Services to a local database Building a Web Services-based shopping cart Using Amazon-supported search technologies, including XML over HTTP and SOAP Improving speed and reliability Building applications for mobile devices Building and publishing applications for others All that's required is some basic experience with any one of several programming languages, including VBA, Visual Basic 6, Visual C++ 6, Visual Basic .NET, Visual C# .NET, Java, and PHP, all of which are fully represented in the book's downloadable code.

Download or read book The Everything War written by Dana Mattioli and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2024-04-23 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most Anticipated by Foreign Policy • Globe and Mail • Publishers Weekly • Next Big Idea Club Must Read April Books “Will stand as a classic.” – Christopher Leonard "Riveting, shocking, and full of revelations." - Bryan Burrough From veteran Amazon reporter for The Wall Street Journal, The Everything War is the first untold, devastating exposé of Amazon's endless strategic greed, from destroying Main Street to remaking corporate power, in pursuit of total domination, by any means necessary. In 2017, Lina Khan published a paper that accused Amazon of being a monopoly, having grown so large, and embedded in so many industries, it was akin to a modern-day Standard Oil. Unlike Rockefeller’s empire, however, Bezos’s company had grown voraciously without much scrutiny. In fact, for over twenty years, Amazon had emerged as a Wall Street darling and its “customer obsession” approach made it indelibly attractive to consumers across the globe. But the company was not benevolent; it operated in ways that ensured it stayed on top. Lina Khan’s paper would light a fire in Washington, and in a matter of years, she would become the head of the FTC. In 2023, the FTC filed a monopoly lawsuit against Amazon in what may become one of the largest antitrust cases in the 21st century. With unparalleled access, and having interviewed hundreds of people – from Amazon executives to competitors to small businesses who rely on its marketplace to survive – Mattioli exposes how Amazon was driven by a competitive edge to dominate every industry it entered, bulldozed all who stood in its way, reshaped the retail landscape, transformed how Wall Street evaluates companies, and altered the very nature of the global economy. It has come to control most of online retail, and uses its own sellers’ data to compete with them through Amazon’s own private label brands. Millions of companies and governmental agencies use AWS, paying hefty fees for the service. And, the company has purposefully avoided collecting taxes for years, exploited partners, and even copied competitors—leveraging its power to extract whatever it can, at any cost. It has continued to gain market share in disparate areas, from media to logistics and beyond. Most companies dominate one or two industries; Amazon now leads in several. And all of this was by design. The Everything War is the definitive, inside story of how it grew into one of the most powerful and feared companies in the world – and why this lawsuit opens a window into the most consequential business story of our times.

Download or read book Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Business for Non Engineers written by Stephan S. Jones and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2019-11-22 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The next big area within the information and communication technology field is Artificial Intelligence (AI). The industry is moving to automate networks, cloud-based systems (e.g., Salesforce), databases (e.g., Oracle), AWS machine learning (e.g., Amazon Lex), and creating infrastructure that has the ability to adapt in real-time to changes and learn what to anticipate in the future. It is an area of technology that is coming faster and penetrating more areas of business than any other in our history. AI will be used from the C-suite to the distribution warehouse floor. Replete with case studies, this book provides a working knowledge of AI’s current and future capabilities and the impact it will have on every business. It covers everything from healthcare to warehousing, banking, finance and education. It is essential reading for anyone involved in industry.

Download or read book The Everything Store written by Brad Stone and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2013-10-15 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authoritative account of the rise of Amazon and its intensely driven founder, Jeff Bezos, praised by the Seattle Times as "the definitive account of how a tech icon came to life." Amazon.com started off delivering books through the mail. But its visionary founder, Jeff Bezos, wasn't content with being a bookseller. He wanted Amazon to become the everything store, offering limitless selection and seductive convenience at disruptively low prices. To do so, he developed a corporate culture of relentless ambition and secrecy that's never been cracked. Until now. Brad Stone enjoyed unprecedented access to current and former Amazon employees and Bezos family members, giving readers the first in-depth, fly-on-the-wall account of life at Amazon. Compared to tech's other elite innovators -- Jobs, Gates, Zuckerberg -- Bezos is a private man. But he stands out for his restless pursuit of new markets, leading Amazon into risky new ventures like the Kindle and cloud computing, and transforming retail in the same way Henry Ford revolutionized manufacturing. The Everything Store is the revealing, definitive biography of the company that placed one of the first and largest bets on the Internet and forever changed the way we shop and read.

Download or read book Amazon All Stars written by Rosemary Curb and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 1996 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Applause Books). Collects for the first time major lesbian plays from controversial cultural perspectives spanning more than a generation of work in varied theatrical styles representing an amazing gamut of lesbian politics from all over America. Includes: The Quintessential Image (Jane Chambers) * The Postcard (Gloria Joyce Dickler) * A Lady and a Woman (Shirlene Holmes) * Nasty Rumors and Final Remarks (Susan Miller) * Desdemona (Paula Vogel) * and more!