Mastering Linux Administration – Second Edition ($39.99 Value) FREE for a Limited Time
Harness the power of Linux in modern data center management, leveraging its unparalleled versatility for efficiently managing your workloads in on-premises and cloud environments. In this second edition, you’ll find updates on the latest advancements in Linux administration. Starting with Linux installation on on-premises systems, this book helps you master the Linux command line, files, packages, and filesystems. You’ll explore essential Linux commands and techniques to secure your Linux environment. New to this edition is a chapter on shell scripting, providing structured guidance on using shell programming for basic Linux automation. This book also delves into the world of containers, with two new chapters dedicated to Docker containers and hypervisors, including KVM virtual machines. Once adept with Linux containers, you’ll learn about modern cloud technologies, managing and provisioning container workloads using Kubernetes, and automating system tasks using Ansible. Finally, you’ll get to grips with deploying Linux to the cloud using AWS and Azure-specific tools. By the end of this Linux book, you’ll have mastered everyday administrative tasks, seamlessly navigating workflows spanning from on-premises to the cloud.
Cybersecurity Architect’s Handbook ($47.99 Value) FREE for a Limited Time
Stepping into the role of a Cybersecurity Architect (CSA) is no mean feat, as it requires both upskilling and a fundamental shift in the way you view cybersecurity altogether. Cybersecurity Architect’s Handbook is an all-encompassing guide, introducing the essential skills for aspiring CSAs, outlining a path for cybersecurity engineers and newcomers to evolve into architects, and sharing best practices to enhance the skills of existing CSAs. Following a brief introduction to the role and foundational concepts, this book will help you understand the day-to-day challenges faced by CSAs, supported by practical examples. You’ll gain insights into assessing and improving your organization’s security posture, concerning system, hardware, and software security. You’ll also get to grips with setting user and system policies and protocols through effective monitoring and enforcement, along with understanding countermeasures that protect the system from unauthorized access attempts. To prepare you for the road ahead and augment your existing skills, the book provides invaluable tips and practices that will contribute to your success as a CSA. By the end of this book, you’ll be well-equipped to take up the CSA role and execute robust security solutions.
Designing Brand Identity: A Comprehensive Guide to the World of Brands and Branding, 6th Edition ($32.00 Value) FREE for a Limited Time
Revised and updated sixth edition of the best-selling guide to branding fundamentals, strategy, and process. It’s harder than ever to be the brand of choice-in many markets, technology has lowered barriers to entry, increasing competition. Everything is digital and the need for fresh content is relentless. Decisions that used to be straightforward are now complicated by rapid advances in technology, the pandemic, political polarization, and numerous social and cultural changes. The sixth edition ofDesigning Brand Identityhas been updated throughout to address the challenges faced by branding professionals today. This best-selling book demystifies branding, explains the fundamentals, and gives practitioners a roadmap to create sustainable and successful brands. With each topic covered in a single spread, the book celebrates great design and strategy while adding new thinking, new case studies, and future-facing, global perspectives. Organized into three sections-brand fundamentals, process basics, and case studies-this revised edition includes: Over 100 branding subjects, checklists, tools, and diagrams. More than 50 all-new case studies that describe goals, process, strategy, solutions, and results. New content on artificial intelligence, virtual reality, social justice, and evidence-based marketing. Additional examples of the best/most important branding and design work of the past few years. Over 700 illustrations of brand touchpoints. More than 400 quotes from branding experts, CEOs, and design gurus. Whether you’re the project manager for your company’s rebrand or you need to educate your staff or students about brand fundamentals,Designing Brand Identityis the quintessential resource. From research to brand strategy, design execution to launch and governance,Designing Brand identityis a compendium of tools for branding success and best practices for inspiration.
Future Skills: The 20 Skills and Competencies Everyone Needs to Succeed in a Digital World ($15.00 Value) FREE for a Limited Time
Future-proof yourself and develop critical skills for the digital future. The working world has changed dramatically in the last twenty years and it’s going to continue to transform at an even faster pace. How can the average professional stay afloat in an ocean of constant change and technological revolution?. InFuture Skills: The 20 Skills and Competencies Everyone Needs to Succeed in a Digital Worldbestselling author and futurist Bernard Marr delivers an engaging and insightful discussion of how you can prepare yourself for the digital future of work. You’ll learn which skills will be in the highest demand, why they’ll command a premium price, and how to develop them. You’ll also find: Strategies for improving human-centered skills, like teamwork and collaboration. Straightforward explanations of digital skills, like data literacy and cyber-threat awareness. Ways to make yourself an indispensable component of future firms, and practical tips for continuous improvement. A can’t-miss book for every working professional seeking not just to survive – but to thrive – in the coming years,Future Skillsbelongs in the libraries of company leaders, managers, human resources professionals, educators, and anyone else with an interest in the future of work and how humanity fits within it.
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Accelerate your next project with artificial intelligence and ChatGPT. InAI-Driven Project Management: Harnessing the Power of Artificial Intelligence and ChatGPT to Achieve Peak Productivity and Success,veteran IT and project management advisor Kristian Bainey delivers an insightful collection of strategies for automating the administration and management of projects. In the book, the author focuses on four key areas where project leaders can achieve improved results with AI’s data-centric capabilities: minimizing surprises, minimizing bias, increasing standards, and accelerating decision making. You’ll also find: Primers on the role of AI and ChatGPT in Agile, Hybrid, and Predictive approaches to project management. How to accurately forecast a project with ChatGPT. Techniques for crafting impactful AI strategy using AI project management principles. Perfect for managers, executives, and business leaders everywhere,AI-Driven Project Managementis also a must-read for project management professionals, tech professionals and enthusiasts, and anyone else interested in the intersection of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and project management.
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Let your lifelong adventure begin today. Lead Yourself to Successis your personal guidebook to greatness. Alan Chambers has led many expeditions to the North and South poles but you don’t have to lead a national team or a multinational corporation to be successful, as long as you can lead yourself. The desire to learn is human nature, and lessons from those who have been where you want to go are extraordinary opportunities. You gain the insight and guidance you need to get there, and learn how to lead your own expedition down the path to success. Like any adventure, good preparation is key. You don’t take off for the North pole on a whim, and you don’t just leap into leadership without understanding the responsibilities it entails. This book shows you how to develop the leadership mindset to get wherever you want to go in life, trust your own judgement and come out on top of the world. Uncover your inner leadership potential. Learn how others succeed. Find the adventure in everyday life. Lead yourself on an expedition to greatness. Alan helps thousands of people every year unlock the door to higher performance. Every single one of those people was a leader waiting to happen, even if they didn’t know it – but once they truly realised where their potential could take them, they became unstoppable. Let yourself become unstoppable withLead Yourself to Success.
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