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  1. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Field Guide
    Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Field Guide
    Your companion to a successful implementation. Tips to get ahead as you venture into the cloud
    Erik Hougaard

    A companion book for implementing Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. Targeted end-users, super-users and administrators, this book covers many of the challenges you're faced when implementing a cloud-based ERP system. From setting up the system and creating the first company to user customizations and integration. Updated to 2026 Wave 1 v28.

  2. Platform Strategy
    Platform Strategy
    Innovation Through Harmonization
    Gregor Hohpe

    Developer platforms promise to rewrite the laws of IT physics: they boost innovation through standards; they speed up development while assuring compliance; and they reduce cognitive load without restricting choice. Building such an in-house platform, or even deploying one, is far from easy, though. This book condenses a decade of building and rolling out platforms into practical advice for platform teams and users.5300+ happy readers! Also as Paperback edition

  3. THE SECURITY MINDSET
    THE SECURITY MINDSET
    The Founder's, Executive's and Developer's Playbook
    Skeler Security

    This playbook was prepared by SkelerSecurity to equip founders, executives and developers of earlystage healthcare, financial technology and adjacent high-trust ventures with the security mindset, the controls, and the business case they need to operate safely in a threat environment that has industrialized.

  4. Linux System Hardening
    Linux System Hardening
    A Practical Guide to Securing Linux from Kernel to Cloud
    Steve Publications

    Linux System Hardening is a practical guide to securing Linux systems from the kernel to the cloud. It explains how threats work, how to apply effective controls and what you give up along the way. Built for admins, security engineers and DevSecOps teams working with real production systems.

  5. 37 Things One Architect Knows About IT Transformation
    37 Things One Architect Knows About IT Transformation
    A Chief Architect's Journey
    Gregor Hohpe

    As the digital economy changes the rules of the game for enterprises, the role of architects also changes. Rather than focus on software architecture alone, they must connect the penthouse, where the business strategy is set, and the engine room, where the enabling technology is implemented. Learn how to ride this Architect Elevator!

  6. Goal-Aligned Test Strategies
    Goal-Aligned Test Strategies
    Using Wardley Maps to visualize test strategies and align the test strategies with business goals.
    Jesper Ottosen

    Start visualizing test strategy work using Wardley maps. Take the viewpoint of your decision maker, derive guiding policies for needed decisions, and have actions that leverage change.

  7. Customer Success Management: An ITIL®-Aligned Practice Guide

    The first ITIL®-aligned practice guide to structure Customer Success as a complete organisational capability. It brings comprehensive IT service management thinking into CS, integrating governance, processes, people, information, technology, partners, and continual improvement into a coherent operating model, with practical methods and tools to design, govern, assess, and improve it.

  8. The Professional Handbook for Working with AI
    The Professional Handbook for Working with AI
    How to Save Time, Think Better, and Get More Done with AI at Work
    The Agile Mindset Ltd and Thomas Reynolds

    AI is becoming part of everyday professional work. This practical, non-technical handbook will show you how to use it effectively to save time, improve the quality of your work, make better-informed decisions, and get more done. Learn what AI does well, where human judgement matters, and how to work confidently with AI in the real world.

  9. Visual Collaboration Tools
    Visual Collaboration Tools
    for teams building software
    João Rosa, Kenny Baas-Schwegler, Nick Tune, Mathias Verraes, Henning Schwentner, Cédric Pontet, Stefan Hofer, Trond Hjorteland, Pim Smeets, Krisztina Hirth, Gojko Adzic, Nancy Beers, Julius Gamanyi, Paul de Raaij, Michael Plöd, Zsofia Herendi, Gayathri Thiyagarajan, Dawn Ahukanna, Devon Burriss, Steve Pereira, Rich Allen, and Matthew Skelton

    Visual Collaboration Tools is a book for teams building software. It describes tools that help us in our daily job, and also present field stories from different practitioners.

  10. Shadow IT: A Practitioner's Guide to Discovery, Governance, and Control
    Shadow IT: A Practitioner's Guide to Discovery, Governance, and Control
    Strategies for Managing Unmanaged Technology in Modern Enterprises
    Steve Publications

    Shadow IT is everywhere, from unsanctioned apps to forgotten cloud resources. This practical guide shows IT and security teams how to find what they cannot see, assess the risks and put effective controls in place without slowing the business down. Packed with practical strategies, code examples and clear roadmaps, it turns Shadow IT from a hidden risk into something you can manage.

  11. Modern Information Security
    Modern Information Security
    Principles, Architectures, Operations, and Strategy for the Digital Age
    Steve Publications

    Cybersecurity is no longer just an IT problem. Modern Information Security connects the principles, architecture, operations and strategy behind effective security programs. From identity and cloud security to incident response, governance and emerging threats, it offers practical guidance for building security that works in the real world.

  12. The AI Business Playbook
    The AI Business Playbook
    A Practical Framework for CEOs, Executives, and Business Leaders to Drive Growth in the AI Era
    Mohammad Kamrul Hassan

    Artificial Intelligence is transforming business—and the leaders who embrace it will shape the future.The AI Business Playbook is a practical guide for CEOs, executives, entrepreneurs, and business leaders who want to successfully adopt AI without technical complexity.Learn how to develop an AI strategy, identify high-impact opportunities, lead organizational transformation, manage risks, and create lasting competitive advantage.Filled with practical frameworks and actionable insights, this book helps you turn AI from a powerful technology into a measurable business asset.Lead with confidence. Drive innovation. Build the future with AI.

  13. The Invisible Employee
    The Invisible Employee
    How to Build a Business with an AI Workforce
    EjMarkam

    What if your business could work while you sleep?Meet The Invi—your guide to using AI to automate the work, build smarter systems, and create a business that doesn't depend on your constant attention.Less busywork. More freedom. Bigger possibilities.

  14. The Migration Architect's Handbook
    The Migration Architect's Handbook
    Large-Scale Code Migration and Repository Engineering for Modern Software Organizations
    Steve Publications

    Big migrations rarely fail because of code alone. The Migration Architect’s Handbook shows how to untangle dependencies, design the right repository strategy and move complex systems forward without bringing the organization to a halt. Built on real-world lessons, it turns daunting modernization efforts into practical, manageable work.

  15. Agentic Orchestration
    Agentic Orchestration
    How Process Discipline Governs and Scales AI Agents in Enterprise Operations
    Bernd Rücker and Amy Johnston

    Building an impressive AI agent demo is easy. Running one in production—reliably, at scale, with governance—is where most enterprises get stuck. Agentic Orchestration shows how BPMN-based process orchestration governs AI agents at scale, drawing on real deployments across banking, telecom, and healthcare. Reasoning without orchestration is expensive chaos. This book shows the way out.