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Book Cloud Computing For Dummies

Download or read book Cloud Computing For Dummies written by Judith S. Hurwitz and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-01-19 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The easy way to understand and implement cloud computing technology written by a team of experts Cloud computing can be difficult to understand at first, but the cost-saving possibilities are great and many companies are getting on board. If you've been put in charge of implementing cloud computing, this straightforward, plain-English guide clears up the confusion and helps you get your plan in place. You'll learn how cloud computing enables you to run a more green IT infrastructure, and access technology-enabled services from the Internet ("in the cloud") without having to understand, manage, or invest in the technology infrastructure that supports them. You'll also find out what you need to consider when implementing a plan, how to handle security issues, and more. Cloud computing is a way for businesses to take advantage of storage and virtual services through the Internet, saving money on infrastructure and support This book provides a clear definition of cloud computing from the utility computing standpoint and also addresses security concerns Offers practical guidance on delivering and managing cloud computing services effectively and efficiently Presents a proactive and pragmatic approach to implementing cloud computing in any organization Helps IT managers and staff understand the benefits and challenges of cloud computing, how to select a service, and what's involved in getting it up and running Highly experienced author team consults and gives presentations on emerging technologies Cloud Computing For Dummies gets straight to the point, providing the practical information you need to know.

Book Cloud Computing

Download or read book Cloud Computing written by Thomas Erl and published by Pearson Education. This book was released on 2013 with total page 533 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes cloud computing as a service that is "highly scalable" and operates in "a resilient environment". The authors emphasize architectural layers and models - but also business and security factors.

Book Practical Cloud Security

Download or read book Practical Cloud Security written by Chris Dotson and published by O'Reilly Media. This book was released on 2019-03-04 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With their rapidly changing architecture and API-driven automation, cloud platforms come with unique security challenges and opportunities. This hands-on book guides you through security best practices for multivendor cloud environments, whether your company plans to move legacy on-premises projects to the cloud or build a new infrastructure from the ground up. Developers, IT architects, and security professionals will learn cloud-specific techniques for securing popular cloud platforms such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and IBM Cloud. Chris Dotson—an IBM senior technical staff member—shows you how to establish data asset management, identity and access management, vulnerability management, network security, and incident response in your cloud environment.

Book SAP Integration Suite

Download or read book SAP Integration Suite written by Christopher Aron and published by SAP PRESS. This book was released on 2021 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "SAP's integration technologies are now combined-but what is the SAP Integration Suite, and how do you use it to manage an integrated enterprise landscape? In this book, get the answers to these questions and more as you take a tour of the new suite. Then get step-by-step instructions for using key capabilities such as pre-packaged integrations, open APIs, integration scenarios, the integration advisor, and more. Master the complete integration suite!"--

Book Trino  The Definitive Guide

Download or read book Trino The Definitive Guide written by Matt Fuller and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2021-04-14 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perform fast interactive analytics against different data sources using the Trino high-performance distributed SQL query engine. With this practical guide, you'll learn how to conduct analytics on data where it lives, whether it's Hive, Cassandra, a relational database, or a proprietary data store. Analysts, software engineers, and production engineers will learn how to manage, use, and even develop with Trino. Initially developed by Facebook, open source Trino is now used by Netflix, Airbnb, LinkedIn, Twitter, Uber, and many other companies. Matt Fuller, Manfred Moser, and Martin Traverso show you how a single Trino query can combine data from multiple sources to allow for analytics across your entire organization. Get started: Explore Trino's use cases and learn about tools that will help you connect to Trino and query data Go deeper: Learn Trino's internal workings, including how to connect to and query data sources with support for SQL statements, operators, functions, and more Put Trino in production: Secure Trino, monitor workloads, tune queries, and connect more applications; learn how other organizations apply Trino

Book Enterprise Cloud Strategy

Download or read book Enterprise Cloud Strategy written by Barry Briggs and published by Microsoft Press. This book was released on 2016-01-07 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do you start? How should you build a plan for cloud migration for your entire portfolio? How will your organization be affected by these changes? This book, based on real-world cloud experiences by enterprise IT teams, seeks to provide the answers to these questions. Here, you’ll see what makes the cloud so compelling to enterprises; with which applications you should start your cloud journey; how your organization will change, and how skill sets will evolve; how to measure progress; how to think about security, compliance, and business buy-in; and how to exploit the ever-growing feature set that the cloud offers to gain strategic and competitive advantage.

Book Handbook of Research on Big Data and the IoT

Download or read book Handbook of Research on Big Data and the IoT written by Kaur, Gurjit and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2019-03-29 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The increase in connected devices in the internet of things (IoT) is leading to an exponential increase in the data that an organization is required to manage. To successfully utilize IoT in businesses, big data analytics are necessary in order to efficiently sort through the increased data. The combination of big data and IoT can thus enable new monitoring services and powerful processing of sensory data streams. The Handbook of Research on Big Data and the IoT is a pivotal reference source that provides vital research on emerging trends and recent innovative applications of big data and IoT, challenges facing organizations and the implications of these technologies on society, and best practices for their implementation. While highlighting topics such as bootstrapping, data fusion, and graph mining, this publication is ideally designed for IT specialists, managers, policymakers, analysts, software engineers, academicians, and researchers.

Book Implementing effective remedies for anti competitive intermediation bias on vertically integrated platforms

Download or read book Implementing effective remedies for anti competitive intermediation bias on vertically integrated platforms written by Richard Feasey and published by Centre on Regulation in Europe asbl (CERRE). This book was released on 2019-10-24 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report considers the challenges that arise in remedying ‘intermediation bias’ by vertically integrated digital platforms which match the needs of different groups of users so they can transact with each other. Platforms perform this intermediation function by displaying and ranking those services or products which are most relevant to the users’ needs and, in doing so, compete for consumers’ attention. What is intermediation bias? Platforms compete for users’ attention to varying degrees depending on the ease with which users can switch between platforms and their inclination to do so, entry barriers for other platforms, and many other factors. Generally, platforms have an incentive to offer consumers the most relevant matches, because the platforms can then capture part of the value that has been created for both the consumer and the businesses that are being intermediated. However, sometimes platforms may also have incentives to deviate from offering the most relevant matches first and bias the intermediation towards matches that are more profitable to themselves. This concern is especially pronounced in the context of vertically integrated platforms which undertake both the intermediation function and supply services or products in the downstream market and who therefore have the ability to direct users’ attention towards their affiliated services and products, even if rival services or products are more relevant to users’ needs. Such ‘biased intermediation’ may harm consumers, both by providing them with poorer matches on the platform and by distorting competition in the relevant downstream market and, potentially, in the platform market itself. Competition authorities have prosecuted a number of significant cases involving intermediation bias – including the recent Google Shopping case – and it seems likely that further cases will be pursued in the future. It can be very difficult to detect bias in the first place, or to determine the source of any bias that has been detected. Digital platforms use very complex algorithms to perform their intermediation functions and make frequent changes to them. Distinguishing between legitimate changes which improve the quality of matches and those which unfairly bias them can be very difficult since the impact of any individual adjustment can be subtle and the effects can be cumulative. This task may be even more difficult ex post, as competitive conditions may have changed in the meantime. This report does not imply that all vertically integrated platforms engage in biased intermediation, nor does it elaborate on how to detect intermediation bias and theories of harm. Rather, it presupposes that a competent authority, whether a competition authority or a regulatory authority with the power to impose ex-post remedies, has identified intermediation bias and it is necessary to remedy it. The aim of this report is to discuss the approach to remedies in this context. Challenges when remedying intermediation bias The challenge of remedying intermediation bias arises in part because a user’s attention is rivalrous and the selection and ranking of matches must involve giving prominence to some results and demoting or excluding others. Non-discrimination rules of the kind applied in the regulation of vertically integrated firms in network industries would compromise the core sorting function which the platform performs. Other remedies used in network industries, such as those requiring regulated access to upstream inputs, are also inappropriate when rivals in digital markets require equal access to users’ attention rather than to specific factors of production. Effective remedies against intermediation bias must either ensure that the platform no longer has an incentive to engage in biased intermediation by separating ownership of the platform from the entity engaged in the downstream activities, or must ensure that the platform no longer has the ability to produce matches which would harm users of the platform. The need for experimentation We recognise that competition authorities may be reluctant to undertake their own remedy design and may prefer to rely upon proposals submitted by platforms, criticisms by rivals, or benchmarks or quotas which specify outcomes in the downstream market rather than directly addressing bias in the intermediation process itself. This seems unsatisfactory. Instead, we would urge public authorities – whether a competition authority or some other body such as a specialist ‘digital agency’ or another existing regulatory body – to demand access to the same experimental data which the platform itself used when proposing any particular remedy. This means the authority would have the same access to internal data and documents of a firm as it is able to obtain when seeking to establish an abuse. In addition, the authority should be able to direct the platform to run other experiments in order to assess their effect on outcomes. They might even involve their own staff in the experiments being undertaken by the platform (as some financial service regulators now do before authorising new financial products). At the same time, a platform might submit experimental data before making changes to its factor-based mechanisms and obtain a ‘safe harbour’ ruling from the authority in return. We think the sharing of experimental data in this way could significantly improve the quality and effectiveness of remedies for intermediation bias, whilst also providing greater certainty and objectivity for dominant vertically integrated platforms that perform intermediation functions. Such data is commercially sensitive and confidentiality would need to be assured. Experiments of this kind are better suited to assessing the impact of incremental changes than fundamental ones and may not be able to determine whether a particular set of changes would restore downstream market conditions to those which prevailed prior to the abuse, as opposed to those which now prevail. The experiments may impose some additional costs on platforms and should be undertaken only for the specific purpose of remedy appraisal. Such a new approach may require new institutional arrangements and changes to the existing legal framework in order to implement them, and might involve both competition authorities and existing or new regulatory bodies working together in a way that they have not generally done to date. The boundaries between ex ante and ex post functions may be less obvious in the future: designing effective remedies for intermediation bias may require both ex ante assessments before they are introduced and ex post appraisals after implementation. It is likely to be a more iterative and a more collaborative process, informed by the scientific results of experiments, than anything we have seen undertaken by competition authorities to date.

Book Hybrid Cloud Apps with OpenShift and Kubernetes

Download or read book Hybrid Cloud Apps with OpenShift and Kubernetes written by Michael Elder and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2021-06-08 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Selling your CTO on the merits of OpenShift and Kubernetes is only the beginning. To operate and scale OpenShift, you also need to know how to manage and expose resources to application teams and continuously deliver changes to the applications running in these environments. With this practical book, new and experienced developers and operators will learn specific techniques for operationalizing OpenShift and Kubernetes in the enterprise. Industry experts Michael Elder, Jake Kitchener, and Brad Topol show you how to run OpenShift and Kubernetes in production and deliver your applications to a highly available, secure, and scalable platform. You'll learn how to build a strong foundation in advanced cluster operational topics, such as tenancy management, scheduling and capacity management, cost management, continuous delivery, and more. Examine the fundamental concepts of Kubernetes architecture Get different Kubernetes and OpenShift environments up and running Dive into advanced resource management topics, including capacity planning Learn how to support high availability inside a single cluster Use production-level approaches for continuous delivery and code promotion across clusters Explore hybrid cloud use cases, including multicluster provisioning, upgrading, and policy support Devise and deliver disaster recovery strategies

Book Introduction to Windows Server 2019

Download or read book Introduction to Windows Server 2019 written by Gilad James, PhD and published by Gilad James Mystery School. This book was released on with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Windows Server 2019 operating system is an improvement from its predecessor, Windows Server 2016. It offers various features that cater to the modern needs of businesses. One of the most significant changes in the server interface is its traditional Windows desktop that has been replaced with the Windows Admin Center. This change makes it more organized and faster to access critical features. Windows Server 2019 also features a new Storage Migration Service, which enables smooth transfers of data from previous Windows Server versions to the latest releases. The new server operating system offers a range of enhancements for security purposes, such as the Shielded Virtual Machines, powered by virtual TPMs and Advanced Threat Protection. Such features make it increasingly challenging for hackers to penetrate the system. Other critical enhancements include network performance improvements, PowerShell features, and Quick Create options. Overall, Windows Server 2019 provides businesses with various tools to meet the evolving needs for seamless integration, security, performance enhancements, flexibility, and accessibility. In conclusion, Windows Server 2019 is a robust and scalable operating system designed to cater to the needs of the current business landscape. From the insights in this introduction, it is evident that the enhanced features provided by Windows Server 2019 can improve the management and deployment of critical applications. It is an ideal upgrade for businesses looking to modernize their IT infrastructure and maintain a secure, productive, and efficient work environment.

Book The The Complete Kubernetes Guide

Download or read book The The Complete Kubernetes Guide written by Jonathan Baier and published by Packt Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2019-05-20 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Design, deploy, and manage large-scale containers using Kubernetes Key FeaturesGain insight into the latest features of Kubernetes, including Prometheus and API aggregationDiscover ways to keep your clusters always available, scalable, and up-to-dateMaster the skills of designing and deploying large clusters on various cloud platformsBook Description If you are running a number of containers and want to be able to automate the way they’re managed, it can be helpful to have Kubernetes at your disposal. This Learning Path guides you through core Kubernetes constructs, such as pods, services, replica sets, replication controllers, and labels. You'll get started by learning how to integrate your build pipeline and deployments in a Kubernetes cluster. As you cover more chapters in the Learning Path, you'll get up to speed with orchestrating updates behind the scenes, avoiding downtime on your cluster, and dealing with underlying cloud provider instability in your cluster. With the help of real-world use cases, you'll also explore options for network configuration, and understand how to set up, operate, and troubleshoot various Kubernetes networking plugins. In addition to this, you'll gain insights into custom resource development and utilization in automation and maintenance workflows. By the end of this Learning Path, you'll have the expertise you need to progress from an intermediate to an advanced level of understanding Kubernetes. This Learning Path includes content from the following Packt products: Getting Started with Kubernetes - Third Edition by Jonathan Baier and Jesse WhiteMastering Kubernetes - Second Edition by Gigi SayfanWhat you will learnDownload, install, and configure the Kubernetes code baseCreate and configure custom Kubernetes resources Use third-party resources in your automation workflowsDeliver applications as standard packagesSet up and access monitoring and logging for Kubernetes clustersSet up external access to applications running in the clusterManage and scale Kubernetes with hosted platforms on Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP)Run multiple clusters and manage them from a single control planeWho this book is for If you are a developer or a system administrator with an intermediate understanding of Kubernetes and want to master its advanced features, then this book is for you. Basic knowledge of networking is required to easily understand the concepts explained.

Book Unlocking Insights  A Comprehensive Guide to Big Data Analytics

Download or read book Unlocking Insights A Comprehensive Guide to Big Data Analytics written by Mothiram Rajasekaran and published by Leilani Katie Publication. This book was released on 2024-04-26 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mothiram Rajasekaran, Senior Solution Consultant, Cloudera, USA.

Book Official Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect Study Guide

Download or read book Official Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect Study Guide written by Dan Sullivan and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2019-10-29 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sybex's proven Study Guide format teaches Google Cloud Architect job skills and prepares you for this important new Cloud exam. The Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect Study Guide is the essential resource for anyone preparing for this highly sought-after, professional-level certification. Clear and accurate chapters cover 100% of exam objectives—helping you gain the knowledge and confidence to succeed on exam day. A pre-book assessment quiz helps you evaluate your skills, while chapter review questions emphasize critical points of learning. Detailed explanations of crucial topics include analyzing and defining technical and business processes, migration planning, and designing storage systems, networks, and compute resources. Written by Dan Sullivan—a well-known author and software architect specializing in analytics, machine learning, and cloud computing—this invaluable study guide includes access to the Sybex interactive online learning environment, which includes complete practice tests, electronic flash cards, a searchable glossary, and more. Providing services suitable for a wide range of applications, particularly in high-growth areas of analytics and machine learning, Google Cloud is rapidly gaining market share in the cloud computing world. Organizations are seeking certified IT professionals with the ability to deploy and operate infrastructure, services, and networks in the Google Cloud. Take your career to the next level by validating your skills and earning certification. Design and plan cloud solution architecture Manage and provision cloud infrastructure Ensure legal compliance and security standards Understand options for implementing hybrid clouds Develop solutions that meet reliability, business, and technical requirements The Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect Study Guide is a must-have for IT professionals preparing for certification to deploy and manage Google cloud services.

Book Windows Server 2019 Inside Out

Download or read book Windows Server 2019 Inside Out written by Orin Thomas and published by Microsoft Press. This book was released on 2020-05-07 with total page 1161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conquer Windows Server 2019—from the inside out! Dive into Windows Server 2019—and really put your Windows Serverexpertise to work. Focusing on Windows Server 2019’s most powerful and innovative features, this supremely organized reference packs hundreds of timesaving solutions, tips, and workarounds—all you need to plan, implement, or manage Windows Server in enterprise, data center, cloud, and hybrid environments. Fully reflecting new innovations for security, hybrid cloud environments, and Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI), it covers everything from cluster sets to Windows Subsystem for Linux. You’ll discover how experts tackle today’s essential tasks—and challenge yourself to new levels of mastery. • Optimize the full Windows Server 2019 lifecycle, from planning and configuration through rollout and administration • Leverage new configuration options including App Compatibility Features on Demand (FOD) or Desktop Experience • Ensure fast, reliable upgrades and migrations • Manage Windows servers, clients, and services through Windows Admin Center • Seamlessly deliver and administer core DNS, DHCP, fi le, print, storage, and Internet services • Use the Storage Migration Service to simplify storage moves and configuration at the destination • Seamlessly integrate Azure IaaS and hybrid services with Windows Server 2019 • Improve agility with advanced container technologies, including container networking and integration into Kubernetes orchestration clusters • Deliver Active Directory identity, certifi cate, federation, and rights management services • Protect servers, clients, VMs, assets, and users with advanced Windows Server 2019 security features, from Just Enough Administration to shielded VMs and guarded virtualization fabrics • Monitor performance, manage event logs, confi gure advanced auditing, and perform backup/recovery Windows Server 2019 For Experienced Windows Server Users and IT Professionals • Your role: Experienced intermediate to-advanced level Windows Server user or IT professional • Prerequisites: Basic understanding of Windows Server procedures, techniques, and navigation

Book Microsoft SharePoint Server 2019 and SharePoint Hybrid Administration

Download or read book Microsoft SharePoint Server 2019 and SharePoint Hybrid Administration written by Aaron Guilmette and published by Packt Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2020-10-22 with total page 523 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Manage your Microsoft 365 workloads between SharePoint Server and SharePoint Online using the SharePoint Hybrid configuration Key FeaturesExplore the collaborative features of SharePoint Server technologies using expert techniquesMigrate your Microsoft 365 workload and Teamwork services to SharePoint Online using a hybrid configurationLearn how to map traditional Microsoft services to a cloud service modelBook Description SharePoint Server is an on-premises collaboration and business productivity platform. It serves as a content management and web services platform, enabling users to create, publish, and discover content and applications and integrate with business systems. This SharePoint book offers complete, up-to-date coverage of the SharePoint Server 2019 interface to help you configure and deploy confidently from the start. With the help of clear and succinct explanations and expert tips, this book covers SharePoint Server and SharePoint Hybrid configuration as well as the process for migrating to Microsoft SharePoint Online. As the book takes you through strategies and techniques for configuring and managing SharePoint on-premises and hybrid scenarios, you’ll get to grips with the concepts essential for SharePoint deployments, such as authentication, Business Connectivity Services, and the data gateway. You’ll also explore migration methods and strategies. By the end of this book, you'll have learned the fundamentals of deploying SharePoint Server 2019 and be able to use this reference guide for your administration tasks. What you will learnUnderstand how SharePoint Server technologies enable you to collaborateDeploy and configure SharePoint Server 2019Configure and manage SharePoint site collectionsManage data migration with SharePoint’s migration toolsExplore Business Connectivity Services (BCS) for working with external data sourcesGet to grips with the different types of authentication available in the SharePoint ecosystemWho this book is for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2019 and SharePoint Hybrid Administration is targeted at entry-level SharePoint Server administrators who want to learn how to deploy and manage SharePoint farms, service applications, and connected data services.

Book Algorithms in Advanced Artificial Intelligence

Download or read book Algorithms in Advanced Artificial Intelligence written by R. N. V. Jagan Mohan and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2024-07-08 with total page 547 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most common form of severe dementia, Alzheimer’s disease (AD), is a cumulative neurological disorder because of the degradation and death of nerve cells in the brain tissue, intelligence steadily declines and most of its activities are compromised in AD. Before diving into the level of AD diagnosis, it is essential to highlight the fundamental differences between conventional machine learning (ML) and deep learning (DL). This work covers a number of photo-preprocessing approaches that aid in learning because image processing is essential for the diagnosis of AD. The most crucial kind of neural network for computer vision used in medical image processing is called a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN). The proposed study will consider facial characteristics, including expressions and eye movements using the diffusion model, as part of CNN’s meticulous approach to Alzheimer’s diagnosis. Convolutional neural networks were used in an effort to sense Alzheimer’s disease in its early stages using a big collection of pictures of facial expressions.

Book The Digital Transformation of Logistics

Download or read book The Digital Transformation of Logistics written by Johannes Kern and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2021-04-06 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The digital transformation is in full swing and fundamentally changes how we live, work, and communicate with each other. From retail to finance, many industries see an inflow of new technologies, disruption through innovative platform business models, and employees struggling to cope with the significant shifts occurring. This Fourth Industrial Revolution is predicted to also transform Logistics and Supply Chain Management, with delivery systems becoming automated, smart networks created everywhere, and data being collected and analyzed universally. The Digital Transformation of Logistics: Demystifying Impacts of the Fourth Industrial Revolution provides a holistic overview of this vital subject clouded by buzz, hype, and misinformation. The book is divided into three themed-sections: Technologies such as self-driving cars or virtual reality are not only electrifying science fiction lovers anymore, but are also increasingly presented as cure-all remedies to supply chain challenges. In The Digital Transformation of Logistics: Demystifying Impacts of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the authors peel back the layers of excitement that have grown around new technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT), 3D printing, Robotic Process Automation (RPA), Blockchain or Cloud computing, and show use cases that give a glimpse about the fascinating future we can expect. Platforms that allow businesses to centrally acquire and manage their logistics services disrupt an industry that has been relationship-based for centuries. The authors discuss smart contracts, which are one of the most exciting applications of Blockchain, Software as a Service (SaaS) offerings for freight procurement, where numerous data sources can be integrated and decision-making processes automated, and marine terminal operating systems as an integral node for shipments. In The Digital Transformation of Logistics: Demystifying Impacts of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, insights are shared into the cold chain industry where companies respond to increasing quality demands, and how European governments are innovatively responding to challenges of cross-border eCommerce. People are a vital element of the digital transformation and must be on board to drive change. The Digital Transformation of Logistics: Demystifying Impacts of the Fourth Industrial Revolution explains how executives can create sustainable impact and how competencies can be managed in the digital age - especially for sales executives who require urgent upskilling to remain relevant. Best practices are shared for organizational culture change, drawing on studies among senior leaders from the US, Singapore, Thailand, and Australia, and for managing strategic alliances with logistics service providers to offset risks and create cross-functional, cross-company transparency. The Digital Transformation of Logistics: Demystifying Impacts of the Fourth Industrial Revolution provides realistic insights, a ready-to-use knowledge base, and a working vocabulary about current activities and emerging trends of the Logistics industry. Intended readers are supply chain professionals working for manufacturing, trading, and freight forwarding companies as well as students and all interested parties.