Data Analytics with Google Cloud Platform

Data Analytics with Google Cloud Platform
Author: Murari Ramuka
Publisher: BPB Publications
Total Pages: 282
Release: 2019-12-16
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9389423643

Step-by-step guide to different data movement and processing techniques, using Google Cloud Platform Services Key Featuresa- Learn the basic concept of Cloud Computing along with different Cloud service provides with their supported Models (IaaS/PaaS/SaaS)a- Learn the basics of Compute Engine, App Engine, Container Engine, Project and Billing setup in the Google Cloud Platforma- Learn how and when to use Cloud DataFlow, Cloud DataProc and Cloud DataPrep a- Build real-time data pipeline to support real-time analytics using Pub/Sub messaging servicea- Setting up a fully managed GCP Big Data Cluster using Cloud DataProc for running Apache Spark and Apache Hadoop clusters in a simpler, more cost-efficient mannera- Learn how to use Cloud Data Studio for visualizing the data on top of Big Querya- Implement and understand real-world business scenarios for Machine Learning, Data Pipeline EngineeringDescriptionModern businesses are awash with data, making data driven decision-making tasks increasingly complex. As a result, relevant technical expertise and analytical skills are required to do such tasks. This book aims to equip you with enough knowledge of Cloud Computing in conjunction with Google Cloud Data platform to succeed in the role of a Cloud data expert.Current market is trending towards the latest cloud technologies, which is the need of the hour. Google being the pioneer, is dominating this space with the right set of cloud services being offered as part of GCP (Google Cloud Platform). At this juncture, this book will be very vital and will be cover all the services that are being offered by GCP, putting emphasis on Data services.What will you learnBy the end of the book, you will have come across different data services and platforms offered by Google Cloud, and how those services/features can be enabled to serve business needs. You will also see a few case studies to put your knowledge to practice and solve business problems such as building a real-time streaming pipeline engine, Scalable Datawarehouse on Cloud, fully managed Hadoop cluster on Cloud and enabling TensorFlow/Machine Learning API's to support real-life business problems. Remember to practice additional examples to master these techniques. Who this book is forThis book is for professionals as well as graduates who want to build a career in Google Cloud data analytics technologies. One stop shop for those who wish to get an initial to advance understanding of the GCP data platform. The target audience will be data engineers/professionals who are new, as well as those who are acquainted with the tools and techniques related to cloud and data space. a- Individuals who have basic data understanding (i.e. Data and cloud) and have done some work in the field of data analytics, can refer/use this book to master their knowledge/understanding.a- The highlight of this book is that it will start with the basic cloud computing fundamentals and will move on to cover the advance concepts on GCP cloud data analytics and hence can be referred across multiple different levels of audiences. Table of Contents1. GCP Overview and Architecture2. Data Storage in GCP 3. Data Processing in GCP with Pub/Sub and Dataflow 4. Data Processing in GCP with DataPrep and Dataflow5. Big Query and Data Studio6. Machine Learning with GCP7. Sample Use cases and ExamplesAbout the Author Murari Ramuka is a seasoned Data Analytics professional with 12+ years of experience in enabling data analytics platforms using traditional DW/BI and Cloud Technologies (Azure, Google Cloud Platform) to uncover hidden insights and maximize revenue, profitability and ensure efficient operations management. He has worked with several multinational IT giants like Capgemini, Cognizant, Syntel and Icertis.His LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/murari-ramuka-98a440a/

Google BigQuery: The Definitive Guide

Google BigQuery: The Definitive Guide
Author: Valliappa Lakshmanan
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
Total Pages: 522
Release: 2019-10-23
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1492044431

Work with petabyte-scale datasets while building a collaborative, agile workplace in the process. This practical book is the canonical reference to Google BigQuery, the query engine that lets you conduct interactive analysis of large datasets. BigQuery enables enterprises to efficiently store, query, ingest, and learn from their data in a convenient framework. With this book, you’ll examine how to analyze data at scale to derive insights from large datasets efficiently. Valliappa Lakshmanan, tech lead for Google Cloud Platform, and Jordan Tigani, engineering director for the BigQuery team, provide best practices for modern data warehousing within an autoscaled, serverless public cloud. Whether you want to explore parts of BigQuery you’re not familiar with or prefer to focus on specific tasks, this reference is indispensable.

Building Machine Learning and Deep Learning Models on Google Cloud Platform

Building Machine Learning and Deep Learning Models on Google Cloud Platform
Author: Ekaba Bisong
Publisher: Apress
Total Pages: 703
Release: 2019-09-27
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1484244702

Take a systematic approach to understanding the fundamentals of machine learning and deep learning from the ground up and how they are applied in practice. You will use this comprehensive guide for building and deploying learning models to address complex use cases while leveraging the computational resources of Google Cloud Platform. Author Ekaba Bisong shows you how machine learning tools and techniques are used to predict or classify events based on a set of interactions between variables known as features or attributes in a particular dataset. He teaches you how deep learning extends the machine learning algorithm of neural networks to learn complex tasks that are difficult for computers to perform, such as recognizing faces and understanding languages. And you will know how to leverage cloud computing to accelerate data science and machine learning deployments. Building Machine Learning and Deep Learning Models on Google Cloud Platform is divided into eight parts that cover the fundamentals of machine learning and deep learning, the concept of data science and cloud services, programming for data science using the Python stack, Google Cloud Platform (GCP) infrastructure and products, advanced analytics on GCP, and deploying end-to-end machine learning solution pipelines on GCP. What You’ll Learn Understand the principles and fundamentals of machine learning and deep learning, the algorithms, how to use them, when to use them, and how to interpret your resultsKnow the programming concepts relevant to machine and deep learning design and development using the Python stack Build and interpret machine and deep learning models Use Google Cloud Platform tools and services to develop and deploy large-scale machine learning and deep learning products Be aware of the different facets and design choices to consider when modeling a learning problem Productionalize machine learning models into software products Who This Book Is For Beginners to the practice of data science and applied machine learning, data scientists at all levels, machine learning engineers, Google Cloud Platform data engineers/architects, and software developers

Jumpstart Snowflake

Jumpstart Snowflake
Author: Dmitry Anoshin
Publisher: Apress
Total Pages: 270
Release: 2019-12-20
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1484253280

Explore the modern market of data analytics platforms and the benefits of using Snowflake computing, the data warehouse built for the cloud. With the rise of cloud technologies, organizations prefer to deploy their analytics using cloud providers such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform. Cloud vendors are offering modern data platforms for building cloud analytics solutions to collect data and consolidate into single storage solutions that provide insights for business users. The core of any analytics framework is the data warehouse, and previously customers did not have many choices of platform to use. Snowflake was built specifically for the cloud and it is a true game changer for the analytics market. This book will help onboard you to Snowflake, present best practices to deploy, and use the Snowflake data warehouse. In addition, it covers modern analytics architecture and use cases. It provides use cases of integration with leading analytics software such as Matillion ETL, Tableau, and Databricks. Finally, it covers migration scenarios for on-premise legacy data warehouses. What You Will Learn Know the key functionalities of Snowflake Set up security and access with cluster Bulk load data into Snowflake using the COPY command Migrate from a legacy data warehouse to Snowflake integrate the Snowflake data platform with modern business intelligence (BI) and data integration tools Who This Book Is For Those working with data warehouse and business intelligence (BI) technologies, and existing and potential Snowflake users

Enterprise Analytics

Enterprise Analytics
Author: Thomas H. Davenport
Publisher: Pearson Education
Total Pages: 287
Release: 2013
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0133039439

"International Institute for Analytics"--Dust jacket.

Data Science on the Google Cloud Platform

Data Science on the Google Cloud Platform
Author: Valliappa Lakshmanan
Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
Total Pages: 403
Release: 2017-12-12
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1491974532

Learn how easy it is to apply sophisticated statistical and machine learning methods to real-world problems when you build on top of the Google Cloud Platform (GCP). This hands-on guide shows developers entering the data science field how to implement an end-to-end data pipeline, using statistical and machine learning methods and tools on GCP. Through the course of the book, you’ll work through a sample business decision by employing a variety of data science approaches. Follow along by implementing these statistical and machine learning solutions in your own project on GCP, and discover how this platform provides a transformative and more collaborative way of doing data science. You’ll learn how to: Automate and schedule data ingest, using an App Engine application Create and populate a dashboard in Google Data Studio Build a real-time analysis pipeline to carry out streaming analytics Conduct interactive data exploration with Google BigQuery Create a Bayesian model on a Cloud Dataproc cluster Build a logistic regression machine-learning model with Spark Compute time-aggregate features with a Cloud Dataflow pipeline Create a high-performing prediction model with TensorFlow Use your deployed model as a microservice you can access from both batch and real-time pipelines

Official Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect Study Guide

Official Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect Study Guide
Author: Dan Sullivan
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2019-10-29
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1119602440

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.

Big-Data Analytics for Cloud, IoT and Cognitive Computing

Big-Data Analytics for Cloud, IoT and Cognitive Computing
Author: Kai Hwang
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 432
Release: 2017-03-17
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1119247292

The definitive guide to successfully integrating social, mobile, Big-Data analytics, cloud and IoT principles and technologies The main goal of this book is to spur the development of effective big-data computing operations on smart clouds that are fully supported by IoT sensing, machine learning and analytics systems. To that end, the authors draw upon their original research and proven track record in the field to describe a practical approach integrating big-data theories, cloud design principles, Internet of Things (IoT) sensing, machine learning, data analytics and Hadoop and Spark programming. Part 1 focuses on data science, the roles of clouds and IoT devices and frameworks for big-data computing. Big data analytics and cognitive machine learning, as well as cloud architecture, IoT and cognitive systems are explored, and mobile cloud-IoT-interaction frameworks are illustrated with concrete system design examples. Part 2 is devoted to the principles of and algorithms for machine learning, data analytics and deep learning in big data applications. Part 3 concentrates on cloud programming software libraries from MapReduce to Hadoop, Spark and TensorFlow and describes business, educational, healthcare and social media applications for those tools. The first book describing a practical approach to integrating social, mobile, analytics, cloud and IoT (SMACT) principles and technologies Covers theory and computing techniques and technologies, making it suitable for use in both computer science and electrical engineering programs Offers an extremely well-informed vision of future intelligent and cognitive computing environments integrating SMACT technologies Fully illustrated throughout with examples, figures and approximately 150 problems to support and reinforce learning Features a companion website with an instructor manual and PowerPoint slides www.wiley.com/go/hwangIOT Big-Data Analytics for Cloud, IoT and Cognitive Computing satisfies the demand among university faculty and students for cutting-edge information on emerging intelligent and cognitive computing systems and technologies. Professionals working in data science, cloud computing and IoT applications will also find this book to be an extremely useful working resource.

Driven by Data

Driven by Data
Author: Paul Bambrick-Santoyo
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2010-04-12
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0470548746

Offers a practical guide for improving schools dramatically that will enable all students from all backgrounds to achieve at high levels. Includes assessment forms, an index, and a DVD.

Official Google Cloud Certified Associate Cloud Engineer Study Guide

Official Google Cloud Certified Associate Cloud Engineer Study Guide
Author: Dan Sullivan
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 560
Release: 2019-04-01
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1119564182

The Only Official Google Cloud Study Guide The Official Google Cloud Certified Associate Cloud Engineer Study Guide, provides everything you need to prepare for this important exam and master the skills necessary to land that coveted Google Cloud Engineering certification. Beginning with a pre-book assessment quiz to evaluate what you know before you begin, each chapter features exam objectives and review questions, plus the online learning environment includes additional complete practice tests. Written by Dan Sullivan, a popular and experienced online course author for machine learning, big data, and Cloud topics, Official Google Cloud Certified Associate Cloud Engineer Study Guide is your ace in the hole for deploying and managing Google Cloud Services. Select the right Google service from the various choices based on the application to be built Compute with Cloud VMs and managing VMs Plan and deploying storage Network and configure access and security Google Cloud Platform is a leading public cloud that provides its users to many of the same software, hardware, and networking infrastructure used to power Google services. Businesses, organizations, and individuals can launch servers in minutes, store petabytes of data, and implement global virtual clouds with the Google Cloud Platform. Certified Associate Cloud Engineers have demonstrated the knowledge and skills needed to deploy and operate infrastructure, services, and networks in the Google Cloud. This exam guide is designed to help you understand the Google Cloud Platform in depth so that you can meet the needs of those operating resources in the Google Cloud.