Blink Monitor » database http://blinkmonitor.com News on technology books in the Ottawa Library via RSS feed. First, click in the tag cloud below at the right. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:31:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 SQL Pocket http://blinkmonitor.com/2012/01/sql-pocket/ http://blinkmonitor.com/2012/01/sql-pocket/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 10:13:11 +0000 rleir http://blinkmonitor.com/?p=4901 SQL Pocket Guide 3rd edition, Jonathan Gennick, – 2011

This little book contains everything you need to know about SQL, and it fits in your pocket. Legendary O’Reilly quality, 200 pages.

]]> http://blinkmonitor.com/2012/01/sql-pocket/feed/ 0 Quality Data Models http://blinkmonitor.com/2011/08/quality-data-models/ http://blinkmonitor.com/2011/08/quality-data-models/#comments Wed, 03 Aug 2011 18:03:49 +0000 rleir http://blinkmonitor.com/?p=4320 Developing High Quality Data Models, Matthew West, Morgan Kaufmann, 2011

DBA’s will want to read this book on database design. 350 pages.

]]> http://blinkmonitor.com/2011/08/quality-data-models/feed/ 0 Patterns of Data Modeling http://blinkmonitor.com/2011/08/patterns-of-data-modeling/ http://blinkmonitor.com/2011/08/patterns-of-data-modeling/#comments Wed, 03 Aug 2011 17:58:52 +0000 rleir http://blinkmonitor.com/?p=4317 Patterns of Data Modeling, Michael Blaha, (- 2010)

DBA’s will want to read this book on relational database design. 200 pages.

]]> http://blinkmonitor.com/2011/08/patterns-of-data-modeling/feed/ 0 Hadoop http://blinkmonitor.com/2011/07/hadoop/ http://blinkmonitor.com/2011/07/hadoop/#comments Tue, 05 Jul 2011 13:21:42 +0000 rleir http://blinkmonitor.com/?p=4239 Continue reading →]]> Hadoop – The Definitive Guide 2nd Edition, Tom White, O’Reilly, 2011

Programmers who need to process large datasets will want to read this book.
Contents:

  • Chapter 1 Meet Hadoop
  • Chapter 2 MapReduce
  • Chapter 3 The Hadoop Distributed Filesystem
  • Chapter 4 Hadoop I/O
  • Chapter 5 Developing a MapReduce Application
  • Chapter 6 How MapReduce Works
  • Chapter 7 MapReduce Types and Formats
  • Chapter 8 MapReduce Features
  • Chapter 9 Setting Up a Hadoop Cluster
  • Chapter 10 Administering Hadoop
  • Chapter 11 Pig
  • Chapter 12 Hive
  • Chapter 13 HBase
  • Chapter 14 ZooKeeper
  • Chapter 15 Sqoop
  • Chapter 16 Case Studies

Appendix Installing Apache Hadoop
Appendix Cloudera’s Distribution for Hadoop
Appendix Preparing the NCDC Weather Data

Legendary O’Reilly quality. 550 pages.

]]> http://blinkmonitor.com/2011/07/hadoop/feed/ 0 Advanced Family Tree Maker http://blinkmonitor.com/2011/06/advanced-family-tree-maker/ http://blinkmonitor.com/2011/06/advanced-family-tree-maker/#comments Sat, 18 Jun 2011 14:00:23 +0000 rleir http://blinkmonitor.com/?p=4139 Beyond the Basics – A Guide for Advanced Users of Family Tree Maker 2011, Tana Pedersen, – 2010

A user guide for the genealogy application. 250 pages.

]]> http://blinkmonitor.com/2011/06/advanced-family-tree-maker/feed/ 0 Database Modeling and Design http://blinkmonitor.com/2011/06/database-modeling-and-design/ http://blinkmonitor.com/2011/06/database-modeling-and-design/#comments Sat, 18 Jun 2011 13:56:31 +0000 rleir http://blinkmonitor.com/?p=4136 Database Modeling and Design – Logical Design 5th Edition, Toby Teorey, – 2011

Database analysts will find this book useful. 300 pages.

]]> http://blinkmonitor.com/2011/06/database-modeling-and-design/feed/ 0 Introducing RDA http://blinkmonitor.com/2011/06/introducing-rda/ http://blinkmonitor.com/2011/06/introducing-rda/#comments Wed, 01 Jun 2011 13:13:04 +0000 rleir http://blinkmonitor.com/?p=4016 Introducing RDA – A Guide to the Basics, Chris Oliver, American Library Association, 2010

Library administrators will need to know about the RDA classification scheme, and this very detailed book will help. Large format, 100 pages.

]]> http://blinkmonitor.com/2011/06/introducing-rda/feed/ 0 Microsoft SQL Server http://blinkmonitor.com/2011/01/microsoft-sql-server/ http://blinkmonitor.com/2011/01/microsoft-sql-server/#comments Wed, 19 Jan 2011 18:20:32 +0000 rleir http://blinkmonitor.com/?p=3581 book coverInside Microsoft SQL Server 2008 T-SQL Programming, Itzik Ben-Gan, Microsoft Press, 2010

This book for database programmers covers some advanced topics. 800 pages.

]]> http://blinkmonitor.com/2011/01/microsoft-sql-server/feed/ 0 Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Analytics http://blinkmonitor.com/2010/11/microsoft-sql-server-2008-r2-analytics/ http://blinkmonitor.com/2010/11/microsoft-sql-server-2008-r2-analytics/#comments Thu, 18 Nov 2010 14:09:54 +0000 rleir http://blinkmonitor.com/?p=3397 book coverMicrosoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Analytics & Data Visualization, Doug Harts, , 2011)

This book for business analysts shows you how to use Microsoft’s database products, with many illustrations of GUI dialogs. 500 pages.

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300 pages.

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