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The Warehouse
‘Work hard, have fun, make history’ proclaims the slogan on the walls of Amazon’s warehouses. This cheerful message hides a reality of digital surveillance, aggressive anti-union tactics and disciplinary layoffs. Reminiscent of the tumult of early industrial capitalism, the hundreds of thousands of workers who help Amazon fulfil consumers’ desire are part of an experiment in changing the way we all work.
In this book, Alessandro Delfanti takes readers inside Amazon’s warehouses to show how technological advancements and managerial techniques subdue the workers rather than empower them, as seen in the sensors that track workers’ every movement around the floor and algorithmic systems that re-route orders to circumvent worker sabotage. He looks at new technologies including robotic arms trained by humans and augmented reality goggles, showing that their aim is to standardise, measure and discipline human work rather than replace it.
Despite its innovation, Amazon will always need living labour’s flexibility and low cost. And as the warehouse is increasingly automated, worker discontent increases. Striking under the banner ‘we are not robots’, employees have shown that they are acutely aware of such contradictions. The only question remains: how long will it be until Amazon’s empire collapses?
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Amazon Web Services in action
\"The largest and most mature of the cloud platforms, AWS offers over 100 prebuilt services, practically limitless compute resources, bottomless secure storage, as well as top-notch automation capabilities. This book shows you how to develop, host, and manage applications on AWS. Amazon Web Services in Action, Second Edition is a comprehensive introduction to deploying web applications in the AWS cloud. You'll find clear, relevant coverage of all essential AWS services, with a focus on automation, security, high availability, and scalability. This thoroughly revised edition covers the latest additions to AWS, including serverless infrastructure with AWS Lambda, sharing data with EFS, and in-memory storage with ElastiCache.\"--Back cover.
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Mastering SQL Server RDS on AWS
Learn SQL Server on AWS RDS from the experts with this course for all experience levels, covering database deployment, optimization, security, and high availability. This course is perfect for recent graduates, DBAs, and IT pros! Key Features: . Explore SQL Server database setup, performance optimization, data security, and high availabilityIndulge in real-world examples and case studies on SQL Server on AWS RDS in practical scenariosGain the ability to troubleshoot common issues that arise when working with SQL Server on AWS RDS. course Description: SQL Server on AWS RDS refers to the deployment of Microsoft SQL Server on Amazon Web Services (AWS) Relational Database Service (RDS), a managed database service that simplifies database administration tasks such as setup, patching, monitoring, and backups. You can use AWS’s cloud infrastructure to host, manage, and scale your SQL Server databases. The course begins with the fundamentals of setting up an RDS instance for SQL Server and creating and managing databases. The course delves into essential aspects such as performance optimization through indexing and query stores. It . Explores data security measures with backup and disaster recovery solutions, including authentication, authorization, and encryption. We will learn to achieve high availability using Multi-AZ deployments and Read Replicas and gain skills in troubleshooting common issues that may arise when working with SQL Server on AWS RDS. This course equips us with the expertise to manage databases in a cloud environment effectively. Upon completing the course, we will deeply understand deploying, managing, and optimizing SQL Server databases on the AWS RDS platform. With expertise in database setup, performance tuning, data security, and high availability strategies, be well-prepared to work with SQL Server in the cloud. What you will learn: Deploy and manage SQL Server databases on AWS RDS. Learn performance optimization with indexing and query storeImplement data security authentication, authorization, and encryption. Set up backup/disaster recovery solutions for SQL Server databases. Achieve high availability by Multi-AZ deployments and Read ReplicasLearn practical troubleshooting skills for common SQL Server RDS issues. Who this course is for: This course is designed to benefit a broad audience, including recent college graduates looking to start a career in database administration, experienced Database Administrators (DBAs) aiming to specialize in SQL Server on AWS RDS, and IT professionals seeking to enhance their skills in cloud-based database management. This course equips individuals at different stages of their careers with the knowledge and practical skills to excel in deploying, managing, and optimizing SQL Server on the AWS RDS platform. Basic familiarity with Microsoft SQL Server is desirable but is not strictly required.
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Amazon : how the world's most relentless retailer will continue to revolutionize commerce
The retail industry is facing unprecedented challenges. Across all sectors and markets, retailers are shifting their business models and customer engagement strategies to ensure their survival. The rise of online shopping, and its primary player, Amazon, is at the heart of many of these changes and opportunities. Amazon explores the e-commerce giant's strategies, providing original insight at a time when the company is on the cusp of revolutionizing itself even further. Amazon's relentless dissatisfaction with the status quo is what makes it such an extraordinary retailer. This book explores whether Amazon has what it takes to become a credible grocery retailer, and as it transitions to bricks and mortar retailing, explores whether Amazon's stores can be as compelling as its online offering and if innovations such as voice technology, checkout-free stores and its Prime ecosystem will fundamentally change the way consumers shop. Written by industry leading retail analysts who have spent decades providing research-based analysis and opinion, Amazon analyzes the impact these initiatives will have on the wider retail sector and the lessons that can be learned from its unprecedented rise to dominance, as stores of the future become less about transactions and more about experiences.
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Amazon
\"A business survey for young adults of the online shopping giant Amazon, covering the Web-based global retail company's technology and services, history, and founder, Jeff Bezos. Includes sidebars, a glossary, and further resources\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Fast Fulfillment
This book provides insights and process details of how to design and build disruptive innovations, so that you are not flying blind or just throwing darts in an effort to pivot/expand to the online order fulfillment world. The fulfillment machine is the delivery side infrastructure of an online business, it is the physical and digital innovations which make it possible to immediately deliver customer orders. Customers want to order everything, while sitting on their couch and they want immediate fulfillment. Fast fulfillment is happening, and everyone knows that, but most are scared of it. Many experts describe the wonders of online retail, but none explains what fast fulfillment is or propose a solution to building a fast fulfillment machine. Managers are frustrated just reading about how great Amazon is, and how startups are innovating fantastic technology driven processes. Here is the book, written in a simple easy to read style which unravels the technical mystery of the fulfillment machine. It levels the knowledge field, reveals the secrets of fast fulfillment, and helps the reader construct a plan to innovate and be ready to face the disruptors. What is happening in retail is contagious across industries, there are no wide moats. Managers and engineers are rushing to redesign their supply chains into fast fulfillment machines. This book provides insights and process details of how to design and build disruptive innovations, so that you are not flying blind or just throwing darts in an effort to pivot/expand to the online order fulfillment world. The book does not story-tell the fast fulfillment machine, it is informative and instructive.
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Amazon through the years
Feb.05 -- During his time as chief executive officer, Jeff Bezos has taken Amazon from an idea for an online bookstore to an e-commerce and web services giant. (Corrected reference to Bezos' former company).
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