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"Driven by nearly a billion people online and a trillion connected objects, the scale of computing technology has exploded over the last decade, mandating the need for autonomic capabilities in IT systems and systems components. A Vision for Platform Autonomy: Robust Frameworks for Systems reveals the concepts, architectures, and core methodologies enabling the underlying elements essential to achieve autonomic computing."

"The frameworks discussed by the authors of A Vision for Platform Autonomy have a lot to offer in terms of methodologies that can be adopted for building innovative solutions related to power/thermal and availability aspects. It provides researchers a cost-effective alternative to building higher performance designs that are critical for advancing future-generation platform architectures. Computer engineers and designers will find this book very valuable."
 

"I would highly recommend A Vision for Platform Autonomy for data center managers, enterprise management professionals, and platform architects. The authors have made significant contributions to the field of autonomics by providing an implementation framework and real life examples of how various feature and capabilities of modern compute platforms can contribute to a robust solution for autonomics."

"Active Platform Management Demystified provides a good balance between technology overview and implementation details, making it a great book for ISV product teams—including product managers, senior engineers, architects and support personnel—that are developing, supporting and selling client management software."

"The History and Overview sections alone provide excellent education on a wide array DMTF standards. This book will become an important resource for anyone navigating state-of-the-art management technology."

"In just a few days, a programmer familiar with C should have a good understanding of how to get started writing UEFI drivers and applications. For those who haven't developed PC BIOS firmware, Beyond BIOS 2nd Edition presents an opportunity to ramp up on the industry standard firmware platform for PCs and start writing UEFI apps as they do apps for today's mobile operating systems."

"...highly recommend this book as a "deep dive" into the UEFI specifications and the flexibility these standards give to those who choose them. This publication is full of practical information and real-world examples for system designers and can empower them to get and keep a competitive edge in their designs. I would like to commend Intel for compiling such a valuable resource."

"Our customers were able to gain efficiency and time-to-market advantage from legacy BIOS to Framework and EFI... Beyond BIOS 2nd Edition provides an extremely thorough yet lucid explanation of UEFI and PI that should be helpful to anyone that wants to understand or use this modern firmware environment."

"This is an essential guide to working with the Intel® Atom™ processors that should be read by anyone who wants to understand how to use the platform effectively. The book covers key concepts including power management, parallel applications, and machine virtualization, while providing a clear explanation of the system architecture and how to use it to its fullest advantage."

"This isn't just a book about Intel extending its reach into the embedded market. In a way that is fresh and exciting, the authors have really understood that it is a powerful software methodology and tools eco-system that is needed for developers to make best use of the multicore and multithreaded world we now live in. The style of this Atom book will be the standard against which all processor architecture books are measured from now on."
 

"This book is an excellent resource for someone trying to quickly come up to speed on the benefits, features, and differences of the Intel® Atom™ processors. As an added benefit, many of the concepts discussed throughout this book will provide the reader with generic implementation details, thereby serving as a good read for anyone new to the practical aspects of processor programming. The author's elaborate discussion on multicore programming techniques and tools is especially valuable, providing accurate details that are difficult to come by."

"I'm passing this out to all the developers on my team."

"An essential book for any developer involved with software testing. Extremely practical."

"This book empowers you to use Intel's Change-Based Test Methodology to refine your SW validation process."

"Want to improve the quality of your SW products and improve your time to market? Read this book and implement Intel's Change-Based Test Management methodology."

"The authors appear to have leveraged Intel's latest nanoscale fabrication technology to achieve unprecedented density of ideas, information, and insight into the theory and practice of cloud computing. In a balanced treatment richly detailed with case studies, process charts, screen captures, and quantitative engineering data, they bring the cloud—which is still hazy to some—to life."

"Creating the Infrastructure for Cloud Computing provides deep insight into building an energy-efficient internal cloud. Whether you are just getting started or already running a cloud environment, this book is a valuable tool for understanding cloud models and their impact on power and cooling through real-world examples and test data that demonstrate the cost savings that can be achieved through power optimization."

"If you're looking to move into the cloud then you need to understand what really powers it under the covers. This book gives you a great insight into cloud infrastructure requirements and related complexities—don't go cloud without it."

"This book is a must-read for anyone doing a design using the IXP425 processor. It's as practical as it is insightful. I recommend it."