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ATH MicroTechnologies, Inc. (C)
by Robert L. SimonsSupplements the (A) case. Designed as an in-class handout.
ATH MicroTechnologies, Inc. (D)
by Robert L. SimonsSupplements the (A) case. Designed as an on-class handout.
ATH MicroTechnologies, Inc. (E)
by Robert L. SimonsSupplements the (A) case. Designed as an in-class handout.
ATH MicroTechnologies: Making the Numbers
by Robert L. SimonsAn exercise that takes students through five stages of growth in an entrepreneurial start-up in the medical devices industry: 1) founding, 2) growth, 3) push to profitability, 4) relocation process, and 5) takeover by new management. At each stage, students must confront tensions in balancing profit, growth and control. Difficulties encountered in the business are due to management's attempts to design and use formal control systems to achieve profit and performance goals.
ATH Technologies (A): Making the Numbers
by Robert L. Simons Jennifer PackardAn exercise that takes students through five stages of growth in an entrepreneurial start-up in the medical devices industry: 1) founding, 2) growth, 3) push to profitability, 4) refocusing process, and 5) takeover by new management. At each stage, students must confront tensions in balancing profit, growth and control. Difficulties encountered in the business are due to management's attempts to design and use formal control systems to achieve profit and performance goals.
ATH Technologies (A): Making the Numbers
by Robert L. Simons Jennifer PackardAn exercise that takes students through five stages of growth in an entrepreneurial start-up in the medical devices industry: 1) founding, 2) growth, 3) push to profitability, 4) refocusing process, and 5) takeover by new management. At each stage, students must confront tensions in balancing profit, growth and control. Difficulties encountered in the business are due to management's attempts to design and use formal control systems to achieve profit and performance goals.
ATH Technologies (B)
by Robert L. Simons Jennifer PackardSupplements the (A) case. Designed as an in-class handout.
ATH Technologies (B)
by Robert L. Simons Jennifer PackardSupplements the (A) case. Designed as an in-class handout.
ATH Technologies (C)
by Robert L. Simons Jennifer PackardSupplements the (A) case. Designed as an in-class handout.
ATH Technologies (C)
by Robert L. Simons Jennifer PackardSupplements the (A) case. Designed as an in-class handout.
ATH Technologies (D)
by Robert L. Simons Jennifer PackardSupplements the (A) case. Designed as an in-class handout.
ATH Technologies (D)
by Robert L. Simons Jennifer PackardSupplements the (A) case. Designed as an in-class handout.
ATH Technologies (E)
by Robert L. Simons Jennifer PackardSupplements the (A) case. Designed as an in-class handout.
ATH Technologies (E)
by Robert L. Simons Jennifer PackardSupplements the (A) case. Designed as an in-class handout.
ATH Technologies: Making the Numbers
by Robert L. Simons Jennifer PackardAn exercise that takes students through five stages of growth in an entrepreneurial start-up in the medical devices industry: 1) founding, 2) growth, 3) push to profitability, 4) relocation process, and 5) takeover by new management. At each stage, students must confront tensions in balancing profit, growth and control. Difficulties encountered in the business are due to management's attempts to design and use formal control systems to achieve profit and performance goals.
ATH Technologies: Making the Numbers
by Robert L. Simons Jennifer PackardAn exercise that takes students through five stages of growth in an entrepreneurial start-up in the medical devices industry: 1) founding, 2) growth, 3) push to profitability, 4) relocation process, and 5) takeover by new management. At each stage, students must confront tensions in balancing profit, growth and control. Difficulties encountered in the business are due to management's attempts to design and use formal control systems to achieve profit and performance goals.
ATR KimEng Financial Corporation
by Michael Shih-ta Chen Dawn Lau Li JinATR KimEng is a Philippino asset management business. It is making an important decision on its own strategy going forward: should it stay independent, or be taken over by a large bank in the region. Through this case, we disuss the financial service industry in South East Asia, and study the opportunities and challenges presented by the changing global market dynamics.
AUC 2019: Proceedings of the 15th International Asian Urbanization Conference, Vietnam (Advances in 21st Century Human Settlements)
by George M. Pomeroy Le Thi Thu HuongThis book presents selected articles from the 15th International Asian Urbanization Conference, held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on November 27-30, 2019. Bringing together researchers and professionals in the area of urban planning and development to better understand the growing need for sustainable urban life, it covers topics such as climate change and urban resilience; inclusive and implementable urban governance; smart and green mobility; transformations in land management; livable and smart cities; integrated planning and development; urban slums and affordable housing; sustainable urban finance; and urban renewal and redevelopment.
AVA.ph: Growing a Filipino E-Commerce Company
by William R. Kerr Henry Motte-MunozAVA is a three-year old e-commerce company in the Philippines. From its early start mimicking the Gilt Groupe concept of online flash sales, the company has grown into a broader e-commerce platform for local fashion commerce. Oliver Segovia needs to evaluate where AVA should go next and answer some complicated personal questions. The case considers issues related to e-commerce platforms, diaspora-based international exchanges, business location choice, and global entrepreneurship broadly.
AWS Administration – The Definitive Guide
by Yohan WadiaLearn to design, build, and manage your infrastructure on the most popular of all the Cloud platforms--Amazon Web Services About This Book * Learn how to leverage various Amazon Web Services (AWS) components and services to build a secure, reliable, and robust environment to host your applications on * Deep dive into the core AWS service offerings with hands-on tutorials, real-world use case scenarios, and best practices * A self-paced, systematic, and step-by-step guide to learning and implementing AWS in your own environment Who This Book Is For This book is for those who want to learn and leverage AWS. Although no prior experience with AWS is required, it is recommended that you have some hands-on experience of Linux, Web Services, and basic networking What You Will Learn * A brief introduction to Cloud Computing and AWS accompanied by steps to sign up for your first AWS account * Create and manage users, groups, and permissions using AWSS Identity and Access Management services * Get started with deploying and accessing EC2 instances, working with EBS Volumes and Snapshots * Customize and create your very own Amazon Machine Image * Design and deploy your instances on a highly secured, network isolated environment using Amazon VPC * Effectively monitor your AWS environment using specialized alarms, custom monitoring metrics, and much more * Explore the various benefits of Database-as-a-Service offerings and leverage them using Amazon RDS and Amazon DynamoDB * Take an in-depth look at what's new with AWS, including EC2 Container Service and Elastic File System In Detail AWS is at the forefront of Cloud Computing today. Many businesses are moving away from traditional datacenters and toward AWS because of its reliability, vast service offerings, lower costs, and high rate of innovation. Because of its versatility and flexible design, AWS can be used to accomplish a variety of simple and complicated tasks such as hosting multitier websites, running large scale parallel processing, content delivery, petabyte storage and archival, and lots more. Whether you are a seasoned sysadmin or a rookie, this book will provide you with all the necessary skills to design, deploy, and manage your applications on the AWS cloud platform. The book guides you through the core AWS services such as IAM, EC2, VPC, RDS, and S3 using a simple real world application hosting example that you can relate to. Each chapter is designed to provide you with the most information possible about a particular AWS service coupled with easy to follow hands-on steps, best practices, tips, and recommendations. By the end of the book, you will be able to create a highly secure, fault tolerant, and scalable environment for your applications to run on. Style and approach This in-depth and insightful guide is filled with easy-to-follow examples, real-world use cases, best practices, and recommendations that will help you design and leverage AWS.
AWS Cloud Computing Concepts and Tech Analogies: A guide to understand AWS services using easy-to-follow analogies from real life
by Ashish Prajapati Juan Carlos Ruiz Marco TamassiaOvercome common issues and find answers to cloud-related questions through real enterprise scenarios, characters, and dialoguePurchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBookKey FeaturesLearn cloud concepts from AWS certified trainers using common analogies from real lifeGet to grips with the most commonly used services in the AWS cloudUnderstand how your knowledge from classical on premises IT can be applied to the CloudBook DescriptionThis book makes understanding cloud computing easy by providing relatable examples that simplify the complex technology. By drawing parallels between cloud concepts and everyday scenarios, we will demystify cloud tech, and once you start to understand it, learning cloud computing will be more enjoyable. This book will help you learn about cloud computing in general and AWS specifically, as you follow the journey of TrendyCorp—a fictitious company gearing up to move from traditional IT to cloud computing. You'll shape your understanding of the cloud through scenarios of interactions between TrendyCorp's new hires, seasoned IT professionals, external consultants, and the board of directors engaged in modernizing their applications. These characters' discussions and actions are focused on learning about cloud services by drawing comparisons between the technology and examples taken from real life. Through this book, you'll realize that cloud computing concepts have more in common with your day-to-day scenarios and situations than you've ever imagined. This book offers a conversational and entertaining narrative that anyone working in IT and looking to understand how the cloud works will be able to follow. By the end of it, you'll have developed a clear and simplified perspective of cloud technologies.What you will learnImplement virtual servers in the cloudIdentify the best cloud storage options for a specific solutionExplore best practices for networking and databases in the cloudEnforce security with authentication and authorization in the cloudEffectively monitor applications in the cloudLeverage scalability and automation in the cloudGet the hang of decoupled and serverless architectureGrasp the fundamentals of containers and Blockchain in the cloudWho this book is forThis book is for anyone who wants to learn AWS cloud computing. It explains all the foundational concepts and mechanisms in detail. So basic knowledge of IT systems or terminologies (like server, storage, IP address, and web applications) is all that you need to get started with this book.
AWS Cookbook: Recipes for Success on AWS
by John Culkin Mike ZazonThis practical guide provides over 70 self-contained recipes to help you creatively solve common AWS challenges you'll encounter on your cloud journey. If you're comfortable with rudimentary scripting and general cloud concepts, this cookbook provides what you need to address foundational tasks and create high-level capabilities.Authors John Culkin and Mike Zazon share real-world examples that incorporate best practices. Each recipe includes a diagram to visualize the components. Code is provided so that you can safely execute in an AWS account to ensure solutions work as described. From there, you can customize the code to help construct an application or fix an existing problem. Each recipe also includes a discussion to provide context, explain the approach, and challenge you to explore the possibilities further.Go beyond theory and learn the details you need to successfully build on AWS. The recipes help you:Redact personal identifiable information (PII) from text using Amazon ComprehendAutomate password rotation for Amazon RDS databasesUse VPC Reachability Analyzer to verify and troubleshoot network pathsLock down Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) bucketsAnalyze AWS Identity and Access Management policiesAutoscale a containerized service
AWS EKS Essentials: A Comprehensive Guide to Setting Up, Securing, and Scaling EKS Clusters
by Ebenezer PaintsilMaster the essential tools of Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) and explore the various architecture options. This book offers a deep dive into setting up, managing, and scaling your Kubernetes clusters on AWS. You&’ll start by exploring various architecture options, including private-only, public and hybrid endpoint configuration alternatives. The focus then shifts to security and cluster implementation with Terraform covering the three cluster configuration alternatives, role assignments, node security, and more. The book also dives into pod density providing practical demonstrations of IP address management in EKS and shows you how to customize cluster node groups with launch templates. Complete your journey by reviewing advanced EKS concepts such as auto scaling Karpenter, service mesh, and application networking with VPC Lattice. With AWS EKS Essentials as your guide, you&’ll maintain robust cluster security and strong access control, ensuring your applications run smoothly and efficiently in a cloud-native environment. What You Will Learn Handle role assignments and node security Secure EKS clusters with private endpoints, security groups and bastion hosts. Run applications in Kubernetes, including Docker Desktop installation Optimize custom container images and manage private repositories Implement service mesh and application networking with AWS App Mesh, Istio, and VPC Lattice Create and deploy EKS clusters with Terraform Who This Book Is For Software developers, system administrators, and cloud enthusiasts who are looking to master EKS.
AWS FinOps Simplified: Eliminate cloud waste through practical FinOps
by Peter ChungManage, control, and optimize your cloud spend on AWSKey FeaturesLearn best practices for implementing a cloud FinOps discipline with AWSSet up your organization for success by enabling people, process, and organizationChoose the right pricing model strategy to optimize the use of AWS resourcesBook DescriptionMuch like how DevOps is a combination of cultural philosophies, practices, and tools that advocate a collaborative working relationship between development and IT operations, FinOps encourages the same collaboration between technology and finance team, making it key relationship to establish and maintain for any thriving business.This book will help you understand how organizations with a mature FinOps practice can decentralize cost ownership to developer teams and encourage cross-functional collaboration between business, finance, and technology, enabling speed, innovation, and business growth. You'll focus on structuring your organization to form the right FinOps team, including a Cloud Center of Excellence, and learn how to implement practical cost savings measures with AWS tools to optimize costs in both the short as well as long term.By the end of this cloud FinOps book, you'll be ready to implement a successful Cloud FinOps practice for your organization to get the best value from the AWS cloud for your workloads.What you will learnUse AWS services to monitor and govern your cost, usage, and spendImplement automation to streamline cost optimization operationsDesign the best architecture that fits your workload and optimizes on data transferOptimize costs by maximizing efficiency with elasticity strategiesImplement cost optimization levers to save on compute and storage costsBring value to your organization by identifying strategies to create and govern cost metricsWho this book is forThis book is for enterprise architects, cloud architects, CFOs, CTOs, product managers, finance managers, and FinOps practitioners looking to optimize their use of the cloud. This book guides you through tools, strategies, and frameworks to minimize costs, allowing your business to realize sustainable financial benefits and efficiently use cloud resources.
AWS Penetration Testing: Implement various security strategies on AWS using tools such as Kali Linux, Metasploit, and Nmap
by Jonathan HelmusGet to grips with security assessment, vulnerability exploitation, workload security, and encryption with this guide to ethical hacking and learn to secure your AWS environmentKey FeaturesPerform cybersecurity events such as red or blue team activities and functional testingGain an overview and understanding of AWS penetration testing and securityMake the most of your AWS cloud infrastructure by learning about AWS fundamentals and exploring pentesting best practicesBook DescriptionCloud security has always been treated as the highest priority by AWS while designing a robust cloud infrastructure. AWS has now extended its support to allow users and security experts to perform penetration tests on its environment. This has not only revealed a number of loopholes and brought vulnerable points in their existing system to the fore, but has also opened up opportunities for organizations to build a secure cloud environment. This book teaches you how to perform penetration tests in a controlled AWS environment.You'll begin by performing security assessments of major AWS resources such as Amazon EC2 instances, Amazon S3, Amazon API Gateway, and AWS Lambda. Throughout the course of this book, you'll also learn about specific tests such as exploiting applications, compromising Identity and Access Management (IAM) keys, testing permissions flaws, and discovering weak policies. Moving on, you'll discover how to establish private-cloud access through backdoor Lambda functions. As you advance, you'll explore the no-go areas where users can't make changes due to vendor restrictions, and find out how you can avoid being flagged to AWS in these cases. Finally, this book will take you through tips and tricks for securing your cloud environment in a professional way.By the end of this penetration testing book, you'll have become well-versed in a variety of ethical hacking techniques for securing your AWS environment against modern cyber threats.What you will learnSet up your AWS account and get well-versed in various pentesting servicesDelve into a variety of cloud pentesting tools and methodologiesDiscover how to exploit vulnerabilities in both AWS and applicationsUnderstand the legality of pentesting and learn how to stay in scopeExplore cloud pentesting best practices, tips, and tricksBecome competent at using tools such as Kali Linux, Metasploit, and NmapGet to grips with post-exploitation procedures and find out how to write pentesting reportsWho this book is forIf you are a network engineer, system administrator, or system operator looking to secure your AWS environment against external cyberattacks, then this book is for you. Ethical hackers, penetration testers, and security consultants who want to enhance their cloud security skills will also find this book useful. No prior experience in penetration testing is required; however, some understanding in cloud computing or AWS cloud is recommended.