This IBM® Redbooks® publication introduces the latest IBM z Systems™ platforms, the IBM z13™ and IBM z13s. It includes information about the z Systems environment and how it can help integrate data, transactions, and insight for faster and more accurate business decisions. The z13 and z13s are state-of-the-art data and transaction systems that deliver advanced capabilities that are vital to modern IT infrastructures. These capabilities include: Accelerated data and transaction serving Integrated analytics Access to the API economy Agile development and operations Efficient, scalable, and secure cloud services End-to-end security for data and transactions This book explains how these systems use both new innovations and traditional z Systems strengths to satisfy growing demand for cloud, analytics, and mobile applications. With one of these z Systems platforms as the base, applications can run in a trusted, reliable, and secure environment that both improves operations and lessens business risk.

"Elasticsearch Essentials" provides a comprehensive introduction to Elasticsearch, the powerful search and analytics engine. This book delivers a fast-paced, practical guide to harnessing Elasticsearch for creating scalable search and analytics applications. What this Book will help me do Learn to effectively use Elasticsearch REST APIs for search and analytics. Understand and design schema and mappings with best practices. Master data modeling concepts for efficient data queries. Develop skills to create and manage Elasticsearch clusters in production. Learn techniques for ensuring high availability and handling large datasets. Author(s) Bharvi Dixit is a seasoned developer and expert in search technologies with hands-on experience in Elasticsearch and other search solutions. With extensive knowledge in data analytics and large-scale systems, Bharvi ensures readers gain practical skills and insights through well-structured examples and explanations. Who is it for? This book is perfect for developers looking to enhance their skills in building search and analytics solutions with Elasticsearch. It's particularly suited for those familiar with search technologies like Apache Lucene or Solr but new to Elasticsearch. Beginners to intermediate learners in big data and analytics will find the structured approach beneficial. It's ideal for professionals aspiring to develop advanced search implementations with modern tools.

This book highlights the different types of data architecture and illustrates the many possibilities hidden behind the term "Big Data", from the usage of No-SQL databases to the deployment of stream analytics architecture, machine learning, and governance. Scalable Big Data Architecture covers real-world, concrete industry use cases that leverage complex distributed applications , which involve web applications, RESTful API, and high throughput of large amount of data stored in highly scalable No-SQL data stores such as Couchbase and Elasticsearch. This book demonstrates how data processing can be done at scale from the usage of NoSQL datastores to the combination of Big Data distribution. When the data processing is too complex and involves different processing topology like long running jobs, stream processing, multiple data sources correlation, and machine learning, it’s often necessary to delegate the load to Hadoop or Spark and use the No-SQL to serve processed data in real time. This book shows you how to choose a relevant combination of big data technologies available within the Hadoop ecosystem. It focuses on processing long jobs, architecture, stream data patterns, log analysis, and real time analytics. Every pattern is illustrated with practical examples, which use the different open sourceprojects such as Logstash, Spark, Kafka, and so on. Traditional data infrastructures are built for digesting and rendering data synthesis and analytics from large amount of data. This book helps you to understand why you should consider using machine learning algorithms early on in the project, before being overwhelmed by constraints imposed by dealing with the high throughput of Big data. Scalable Big Data Architecture is for developers, data architects, and data scientists looking for a better understanding of how to choose the most relevant pattern for a Big Data project and which tools to integrate into that pattern.

One of the most useful features of today’s modern browsers is the ability to store data right on the user’s computer or mobile device. Even as more people move toward the cloud, client-side storage can still save web developers a lot of time and money, if you do it right. This hands-on guide demonstrates several storage APIs in action. You’ll learn how and when to use them, their plusses and minuses, and steps for implementing one or more of them in your application.

Transforming data from operational data models to purpose-oriented data structures has been commonplace for the last decades. Data transformations are heavily used in all types of industries to provide information to various users at different levels. Depending on individual needs, the transformed data is stored in various different systems. Sending operational data to other systems for further processing is then required, and introduces much complexity to an existing information technology (IT) infrastructure. Although maintenance of additional hardware and software is one component, potential inconsistencies and individually managed refresh cycles are others. For decades, there was no simple and efficient way to perform data transformations on the source system of operational data. With IBM® DB2® Analytics Accelerator, DB2 for z/OS is now in a unique position to complete these transformations in an efficient and well-performing way. DB2 for z/OS completes these while connecting to the same platform as for operational transactions, helping you to minimize your efforts to manage existing IT infrastructure. Real-time analytics on incoming operational transactions is another demand. Creating a comprehensive scoring model to detect specific patterns inside your data can easily require multiple iterations and multiple hours to complete. By enabling a first set of analytical functionality in DB2 Analytics Accelerator, those dedicated mining algorithms can now be run on an accelerator to efficiently perform these modeling tasks. Given the speed of query processing on an accelerator, these modeling tasks can now be performed much quicker compared to traditional relational database management systems. This speed enables you to keep your scoring algorithms more up-to-date, and ultimately adapt more quickly to constantly changing customer behaviors. This IBM Redbooks® publication describes the new table type that is introduced with DB2 Analytics Accelerator V4.1 PTF5 that enables more efficient data transformations. These tables are called accelerator-only tables, and can exist on an accelerator only. The tables benefit from the accelerator performance characteristics, while maintaining access through existing DB2 for z/OS application programming interfaces (APIs). Additionally, we describe the newly introduced analytical capabilities with DB2 Analytics Accelerator V5.1, putting you in the position to efficiently perform data modeling for online analytical requirements in your DB2 for z/OS environment. This book is intended for technical decision-makers who want to get a broad understanding about the analytical capabilities and accelerator-only tables of DB2 Analytics Accelerator. In addition, you learn about how these capabilities can be used to accelerate in-database transformations and in-database analytics in various environments and scenarios, including the following scenarios: Multi-step processing and reporting in IBM DB2 Query Management Facility™, IBM Campaign, or Microstrategy environments In-database transformations using IBM InfoSphere® DataStage® Ad hoc data analysis for data scientists In-database analytics using IBM SPSS® Modeler

Elasticsearch in Action teaches you how to build scalable search applications using Elasticsearch. You'll ramp up fast, with an informative overview and an engaging introductory example. Within the first few chapters, you'll pick up the core concepts you need to implement basic searches and efficient indexing. With the fundamentals well in hand, you'll go on to gain an organized view of how to optimize your design. Perfect for developers and administrators building and managing search-oriented applications. About the Technology Modern search seems like magic'you type a few words and the search engine appears to know what you want. With the Elasticsearch real-time search and analytics engine, you can give your users this magical experience without having to do complex low-level programming or understand advanced data science algorithms. You just install it, tweak it, and get on with your work. About the Book Elasticsearch in Action teaches you how to write applications that deliver professional quality search. As you read, you'll learn to add basic search features to any application, enhance search results with predictive analysis and relevancy ranking, and use saved data from prior searches to give users a custom experience. This practical book focuses on Elasticsearch's REST API via HTTP. Code snippets are written mostly in bash using cURL, so they're easily translatable to other languages. What's Inside What is a great search application? Building scalable search solutions Using Elasticsearch with any language Configuration and tuning About the Reader This book is for developers and administrators building and managing search-oriented applications. About the Authors Radu Gheorghe is a search consultant and software engineer. Matthew Lee Hinman develops highly available, cloud-based systems. Roy Russo is a specialist in predictive analytics. Quotes To understand how a modern search infrastructure works is a daunting task. Radu, Matt, and Roy make it an engaging, hands-on experience. - Sen Xu, Twitter Inc. An indispensable guide to the challenges of search of semi-structured data. - Artur Nowak, Evidence Prime The best resource for a complex topic. Highly recommended. - Daniel Beck, juris GmbH Took me from confused to confident in a week. - Alan McCann, Givsum.com

Discover how to build a full-featured, interactive web application from scratch using Node.js and MongoDB in this comprehensive guide. You will learn to set up your development environment, create a web server with Express.js, and integrate MongoDB for data persistence. By the end of this book, you will have the knowledge and skills to develop and deploy robust web applications ready for the cloud. What this Book will help me do Set up a Node.js development environment and connect it to MongoDB. Develop a web server using Express.js and write integrated APIs. Implement dynamic HTML pages leveraging the Handlebars template engine. Build efficient and scalable data-driven features using Mongoose ODM. Deploy web applications seamlessly to cloud platforms like Heroku, AWS, or Azure. Author(s) This book was co-authored by experts None Satheesh, None Joseph D'mello, and Jason Krol, who bring years of experience in software development and expertise in modern web technologies. With a focus on practical application and best practices, the authors aim to empower readers to succeed in real-world development projects using the innovative Node.js and MongoDB stack. Who is it for? This book is tailored for developers who have a basic understanding of JavaScript and HTML and wish to advance their web development skills. If you are motivated to learn how to leverage Node.js and MongoDB for full-stack development or are curious about building and deploying complete web applications, this book is ideal for you. It addresses learners from early career to experienced developers looking to strengthen their skills in modern development stacks.

Hadoop is mostly written in Java, but that doesn't exclude the use of other programming languages with this distributed storage and processing framework, particularly Python. With this concise book, you’ll learn how to use Python with the Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS), MapReduce, the Apache Pig platform and Pig Latin script, and the Apache Spark cluster-computing framework. Authors Zachary Radtka and Donald Miner from the data science firm Miner & Kasch take you through the basic concepts behind Hadoop, MapReduce, Pig, and Spark. Then, through multiple examples and use cases, you'll learn how to work with these technologies by applying various Python tools. Use the Python library Snakebite to access HDFS programmatically from within Python applications Write MapReduce jobs in Python with mrjob, the Python MapReduce library Extend Pig Latin with user-defined functions (UDFs) in Python Use the Spark Python API (PySpark) to write Spark programs with Python Learn how to use the Luigi Python workflow scheduler to manage MapReduce jobs and Pig scripts Zachary Radtka, a platform engineer at Miner & Kasch, has extensive experience creating custom analytics that run on petabyte-scale data sets.

Learning Android Google Maps is the ultimate guide to integrating Google Maps into your Android applications. This book takes you through the process of setting up, customizing, and leveraging this powerful feature. By the end, you'll be adept at creating engaging map functionalities applicable for any Android project. What this Book will help me do Understand how to set up the Android development environment and obtain the Google API key to start using Maps. Gain the skills to add features to Google Maps, such as markers, overlays, and custom information windows. Learn how to work with various types of maps, enabling specific applications. Master the ability to connect your map with real-time GPS data, offering user location-based services. Discover how to implement Google Street View and other interactive geographic features into your apps. Author(s) This book is meticulously compiled by developers with extensive experience in building Android applications and implementing Google Maps. Their combined years of hands-on development ensure the instructions are clear, comprehensive, and practical. Their passion for teaching shines as they break down complex topics into easy-to-understand explanations. Who is it for? This book is ideal for Android developers looking to integrate map functionalities into their apps. Beginners can follow along due to its detailed, step-by-step approach, while intermediate developers will appreciate the customization techniques and advanced features covered. If you aim to master Google Maps API in Android development, this book is for you.

Unlock the full potential of Oracle's API Management Solution 12c with this comprehensive guide. Through a practical case study, you'll master how to implement API strategies, develop and manage APIs, and leverage Oracle's tools for API governance and community management. This book equips you with the knowledge needed to align API functionality with business goals. What this Book will help me do Master the principles of API management and the differences between API Management and SOA Governance. Learn how to define and implement an API management strategy aligned with business drivers. Understand the intricacies of Oracle's API Management Solution components: OAC, OAPIM, and OAG. Explore hands-on use cases for applying API management in organizational scenarios. Acquire skills in deploying Oracle API Management products with tips for real-world implementation. Author(s) None Carrasco is an experienced technical architect specializing in SOA Governance and API Management. With a career dedicated to exploring Oracle's solutions, they bring hands-on expertise in applying technical concepts to solve real-world problems. Known for their clear and structured teaching, None ensures readers gain practical knowledge to drive value through technology. Who is it for? This book is ideal for Enterprise Architects, Solution Architects, Technical Architects, and API consultants seeking to deepen their understanding of API management with the Oracle 12c suite. If you're familiar with basic IT infrastructure concepts and looking to integrate business priorities with API development processes, this guide is tailored for you.

Learn how to create interactive and stylish web mapping applications with "Mastering ArcGIS Server Development with JavaScript." By focusing on the ArcGIS JavaScript API along with modern development practices, this book provides you with practical examples and insights to build functional, visually appealing GIS applications for the web. What this Book will help me do Integrate and display data from multiple sources into a single-page application using mapping tools. Customize widgets and maps to ensure user engagement and optimal functionality. Use charts and graphs to intuitively represent geographic data insights. Combine the ArcGIS JavaScript API with popular JavaScript libraries for advanced map-making features. Develop web maps suitable for multiple devices and test for platform compatibility. Author(s) None Doman is a seasoned GIS developer with extensive experience in the ArcGIS ecosystem. Specializing in integrating cutting-edge JavaScript techniques with GIS solutions, Doman focuses on empowering developers through comprehensive and insightful learning materials. Their approachable writing style ensures even complex concepts are accessible and engaging. Who is it for? This book is aimed at professional developers looking to enhance their GIS application development skills. Ideal readers have a fundamental understanding of ArcGIS Server and some experience with developing using JavaScript. It is especially beneficial for those eager to apply GIS solutions in web development scenarios. It's perfect for those ready to deepen their expertise in GIS programming and create impactful web mapping applications.

Dive into the world of large-scale graph data processing with Apache Spark's GraphX API. This book introduces you to the core concepts of graph analytics and teaches you how to leverage Spark for handling and analyzing massive graphs. From building to analyzing, you'll acquire a comprehensive skillset to work with graph data efficiently. What this Book will help me do Learn to utilize Apache Spark GraphX API to process and analyze graph data. Master transforming raw datasets into sophisticated graph structures. Explore visualization and analysis techniques for understanding graphs. Understand and build custom graph operations tailored to your needs. Implement advanced graph algorithms like clustering and iterative processing. Author(s) Rindra Ramamonjison is a seasoned data engineer with vast experience in big data technologies and graph processing. With a passion for explaining complex concepts in simple terms, Rindra builds on his professional expertise to guide readers in mastering cutting-edge Spark tools. Who is it for? This book is tailored for data scientists and software developers looking to delve into graph data processing at scale. Ideal for those with basic knowledge of Scala and Apache Spark, it equips readers with the tools and techniques to derive insights from complex network datasets. Whether you're diving deeper into big data or exploring graph-specific analytics, this book is your guide.

What is JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) and how can you put it to work? This concise guide helps busy IT professionals get up and running quickly with this popular data interchange format, and provides a deep understanding of how JSON works. Author Lindsay Bassett begins with an overview of JSON syntax, data types, formatting, and security concerns before exploring the many ways you can apply JSON today. From Web APIs and server-side language libraries to NoSQL databases and client-side frameworks, JSON has emerged as a viable alternative to XML for exchanging data between different platforms. If you have some programming experience and understand HTML and JavaScript, this is your book. Learn why JSON syntax represents data in name-value pairs Explore JSON data types, including object, string, number, and array Find out how you can combat common security concerns Learn how the JSON schema verifies that data is formatted correctly Examine the relationship between browsers, web APIs, and JSON Understand how web servers can both request and create data Discover how jQuery and other client-side frameworks use JSON Learn why the CouchDB NoSQL database uses JSON to store data

This book is your gateway to mastering Hazelcast, a powerful open-source distributed data grid platform. By using Hazelcast, you'll gain the tools to manage data at scale within your modern applications while improving performance and reliability. What this Book will help me do Gain a comprehensive understanding of distributed data grids and Hazelcast's architecture. Master the configuration and deployment of Hazelcast clusters in various scenarios. Learn to design scalable and resilient systems using Hazelcast's in-memory features. Implement advanced messaging, querying, and processing using Hazelcast APIs. Enhance your applications with distributed caching and data sharing capabilities. Author(s) Matthew Johns is an experienced software engineer and author specializing in distributed systems and Java enterprise development. He has worked extensively in building scalable applications and is passionate about teaching others to leverage modern technologies. His practical approach to programming and clarity of instruction make complex topics accessible and actionable. Who is it for? This book is ideal for Java developers, software architects, and DevOps engineers seeking to enhance their skills in distributed systems. If you're looking to manage data at scale, improve application performance, and build resilient architectures, this book is for you. Whether new to distributed computing or experienced developers exploring Hazelcast, you'll find practical insights for your work. Readers should have basic Java knowledge to get the most out of this book.

Dive into 'Programming ArcGIS with Python Cookbook, Second Edition,' an essential guide for automating your ArcGIS for Desktop tasks with hands-on Python recipes. Through this book, you will understand how to effectively handle GIS data, automate geoprocessing tasks, and extend ArcGIS functionalities to streamline your workflows and boost your productivity. What this Book will help me do Master the management of map documents, layer files, feature classes, and tables using Python. Automate common ArcGIS tasks such as map production, printing, and creating PDF map books programmatically. Learn to find and correct broken data links and make your datasets reliable. Develop custom geoprocessing tools and share them efficiently among your team or projects. Expand your knowledge by leveraging advanced practices such as Python scripting for ArcGIS Pro and REST API integration. Author(s) Eric Pimpler is an accomplished GIS professional and Python programmer with years of practical experience in geospatial science and technology. He specializes in teaching GIS automation using Python and aims to simplify complex concepts into approachable recipes for learners. Eric's writing is marked by clarity and a methodical approach, ensuring that readers can apply their new knowledge effectively. Who is it for? This book is aimed at GIS professionals, cartographers, or analysts who routinely work with ArcGIS and want to streamline their workflow. If you have foundational experience with ArcGIS and basic Python programming skills, this book will build upon them, offering practical recipes to extend your capabilities. It's perfect for those looking to enhance their efficiency and automate their GIS tasks. By the end of this book, readers will have skills valuable to GIS experts and data analysts alike.

Dive into creating highly scalable and performant applications with this comprehensive guide to the Infinispan data grid platform. Designed for Java enterprise developers, this book provides clear and approachable instructions for implementing sophisticated data management solutions using Infinispan. What this Book will help me do Install and configure Infinispan for optimized development environments. Understand and implement data caching topologies for diverse access patterns. Leverage scalable distributed transactions with detailed Apache JGroups integrations. Monitor and manage Infinispan instances using cutting-edge tools like RHQ and JMX. Develop a real-world application using Infinispan's APIs for practical insights. Author(s) The author(s) of this book are seasoned Java developers and experts in distributed caching and data grid technologies. With years of industry experience, they bring theoretical insights paired with pragmatic application know-how. Their approach emphasizes teaching through real-life use cases, practical applications, and clear explanations, making complex concepts accessible to all readers. Who is it for? This book is perfect for Java enterprise developers who are looking to elevate their architecture skills by building applications that demand scalability and high performance. Readers should have a solid understanding of Java, though no prior experience using Infinispan is required. Whether you're transitioning from traditional databases or improving your grasp of distributed caching, this book suits your needs.

Records management helps users address evolving governance mandates to meet regulatory, legal, and fiduciary requirements. Proactive adherence to information retention policies and procedures is a critical facet of any compliance strategy. IBM® Enterprise Records helps organizations enforce centralized policy management for file plans, retention schedules, legal preservation holds, and auditing. IBM Enterprise Records enables your organization to securely capture, declare, classify, store, and dispose of electronic and physical records. In this IBM Redbooks® publication, we introduce the records management concept and provide an overview of IBM Enterprise Records. We address records management topics, including the retention schedule, file plan, records ingestion and declaration, records disposition, records hold, and Enterprise Records application programming interfaces (APIs). We also use a case study to describe step-by-step instructions to implement a sample records management solution using Enterprise Records. We provide concrete examples of how to perform tasks, such as file plan creation, records ingestion and declaration, records disposition, and records hold. This book helps you to understand the records management concept, the IBM Enterprise Records features and capabilities, and its use.

If you’re a programmer new to databases—or just new to MySQL and its community-driven variant, MariaDB—you’ve found the perfect introduction. This hands-on guide provides an easy, step-by-step approach to installing, using, and maintaining these popular relational database engines. Author Russell Dyer, Curriculum Manager at MariaDB and former editor of the MySQL Knowledge Base, takes you through database design and the basics of data management and manipulation, using real-world examples and many practical tips. Exercises and review questions help you practice what you’ve just learned. Create and alter MySQL tables and specify fields and columns within them Learn how to insert, select, update, delete, join, and subquery data, using practical examples Use built-in string functions to find, extract, format, and convert text from columns Learn functions for mathematical or statistical calculations, and for formatting date and time values Perform administrative duties such as managing user accounts, backing up databases, and importing large amounts of data Use APIs to connect and query MySQL and MariaDB with PHP and other languages

This IBM® Redbooks® publication describes the new channels and containers support in IBM Customer Information Control System (CICS®) Transaction Server V5.2. The book begins with an overview of the techniques used to pass data between applications running in CICS. This book describes the constraints that these data techniques might be subject to, and how a channels and containers solution can provide solid advantages alongside these techniques. These capabilities enable CICS to fully comply with emerging technology requirements in terms of sizing and flexibility. The book then goes on to describe application design, and looks at implementing channels and containers from an application programmer point of view. It provides examples to show how to evolve channels and containers from communication areas (COMMAREAs). Next, the book explains the channels and containers application programming interface (API). It also describes how this API can be used in both traditional CICS applications and a Java CICS (JCICS) applications. The business transaction services (BTS) API is considered as a similar yet recoverable alternative to channels and containers. Some authorized program analysis reports (APARs) are introduced, which enable more flexible web services features by using channels and containers. The book also presents information from a systems management point of view, describing the systems management and configuration tasks and techniques that you must consider when implementing a channels and containers solution. The book chooses a sample application in the CICS catalog manager example, and describes how you can port an existing CICS application to use channels and containers rather than using COMMAREAs.

Dive into the world of graph databases with "Neo4j High Performance." This book takes you through the intricacies of designing, building, and maintaining robust and scalable graph-based systems tailored for your application's specific needs. Whether you're optimizing your database structures or exploring performance enhancements, this guide equips you with the skills to utilize Neo4j effectively. What this Book will help me do Understand the fundamentals of graph database principles and Neo4j's architecture. Learn how to design efficient graph data schemas to optimize performance. Develop the ability to customize Neo4j operations for high-traffic applications. Master advanced indexing and querying techniques to unlock the full potential of your data. Gain expertise in Neo4j's REST API and practical scenarios, including building recommendation systems. Author(s) Sonal Raj is a seasoned expert in graph databases and related technologies, specializing in Neo4j. With hands-on experience in solving complex data problems using graph systems, Sonal brings deep insights and practical usage paradigms to this book. Passionate about sharing knowledge, Sonal ensures this material bridges the gap from beginner understanding to expert application. Who is it for? This book is perfect for professionals and enthusiasts eager to excel in graph database technologies. If you're familiar with basic graph theory or have practical experience with Neo4j, you'll find this book insightful. Beginners seeking a structured introduction and advanced users pursuing optimization techniques will benefit equally. Ideal for developers aiming to scale their applications using graph data efficiently.