Book Reviews

There was a time when only name people used to think about when referring to children animation movies, Walt Disney. It was almost impossible to think of someone else making animation movies for children. Then came TOY STORY and it felt world has changed. Animation movies were no longer about Mickey Mouse and Barbie fascinating kids they became a serious business and were competing with other main stream movies attracting both kids and adults. Animation was not just about Tom and Jerry fighting with each other it was much more complex now taking cues from real humans and showing them on screen using more characters like Woody and Buzz Light Year. This was followed by other hugely successful movies like Cars, The Incredible, Finding NEMO and more. All these movies changed 2 perceptions around animation movies first that animation movies can be entertaining for both kids and adults at same time and another animation movies does not always mean Walt Disney. These movies establishe...

One of the most heard and talked about terms in IT world now is Big data. I had heard this many times but had no idea about what it is and how can it change the IT landscape. When I saw this book I was very excited and thought it will solve the puzzle. After reading the book I am happy to say that it was a good decision to buy this. However being a technologist i expected a bit more on technical front. Thomas very precisely explains what big data is and its relevance. With so much of data being generated around us, big data seems to be the answer for generating insights from the data. Book has number of case studies providing examples on how organization are using big data and related technologies to find trends and make decision based on it. In chapter 4 Thomas explains what type of skill set are required for organization to move into big data. Though i don't fit any of those moulds however it does gives an idea of what should one be looking for when building a big data team. ...

The Phoenix Project a novel about IT, DevOps and Helping Business Win” this is what it says on the front cover. Believe me this is what this book delivers at the end. I bought this book because I was getting overwhelmed by hearing DevOps and agile in every meeting and discussion I have been to in last few months. After working in organization which has been strictly cruising in waterfall model, this sudden change towards agile and DevOps felt like a daunting task. One of my colleagues recommended me to read this book, to make the transition smoother and most important to understand why this change is required. While purchasing the book I thought it will be a book similar to PMBOK or coding manual for some language with full of terminologies and techniques to work in IT. I was suspicious about the usage of word Novel on the cover, how can book on IT and Devops be a story it has to be technical reference manual. But to my surprise it has been written so beautifully and in such simp...