This book is your comprehensive guide to building robust Generative AI solutions using the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform. Databricks is the fastest-growing data platform offering unified analytics and AI capabilities within a single governance framework, enabling organizations to streamline their data processing workflows, from ingestion to visualization. Additionally, Databricks provides features to train a high-quality large language model (LLM), whether you are looking for Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) or fine-tuning.
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2026-09-02 (first published: 2026-02-03)
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In The Unicorn Project, we follow Maxine, a senior lead developer and architect, as she is exiled to the Phoenix Project, to the horror of her friends and colleagues, as punishment for contributing to a payroll outage. She tries to survive in what feels like a heartless and uncaring bureaucracy and to work within a system where no one can get anything done without endless committees, paperwork, and approvals.
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2026-08-28 (first published: 2024-06-26)
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Data engineering has grown rapidly in the past decade, leaving many software engineers, data scientists, and analysts looking for a comprehensive view of this practice. With this practical book, you'll learn how to plan and build systems to serve the needs of your organization and customers by evaluating the best technologies available through the framework of the data engineering lifecycle.
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2026-08-24 (first published: 2026-02-03)
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Adoption and use of PostgreSQL is growing all the time. From mom-and-pop shops to large enterprises, more data is being managed by PostgreSQL. In turn, this means that more data professionals need to learn PostgreSQL even when they have experience with other databases. While the documentation around PostgreSQL is detailed and technically rich, finding a simple, clear path to learning what it is, what it does, and how to use it can be challenging. This book seeks to help with that challenge.
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2026-08-07 (first published: 2025-02-06)
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Master advanced DAX in Power BI and Microsoft Fabric to build scalable semantic models, solve complex business problems, and deliver high-impact analytics using real-world scenarios and proven techniques.
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2026-08-05 (first published: 2026-06-22)
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Influence action through data! This is not a book. It is a one-of-a-kind immersive learning experience through which you can become—or teach others to be—a powerful data storyteller.
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2026-07-06 (first published: 2026-02-03)
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Pro SQL Server Internals is a book for developers and database administrators, and it covers multiple SQL Server versions
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2026-06-29 (first published: 2026-06-12)
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This in-depth look at the encryption tools available in SQL Server shows you how to protect data by encrypting it at rest with Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) and in transit with Transport Level Security (TLS). You will know how to add the highest levels of protection for sensitive data using Always Encrypted to encrypt data also in memory and be protected even from users with the highest levels of access to the database. The book demonstrates actions you can take today to start protecting your data without changing any code in your applications, and the steps you can subsequently take to modify your applications to support implementing a gold standard in data protection.
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2026-06-22 (first published: 2023-01-12)
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A step-by-step guide to harness the power of Microsoft Fabric in developing data analytics solutions for various use cases
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2026-06-08 (first published: 2024-11-25)
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A new era of SQL Server is here, and this latest edition of Grant Fritchey’s best-selling dive into SQL Server query performance can ensure your queries keep up.
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2026-05-25 (first published: 2026-02-04)
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