Summary
Gain a solid foundation in database design and implementation with the practical and easy-to-understand approach in DATABASE SYSTEMS: DESIGN, IMPLEMENTATION, AND MANAGEMENT, 12E. Filled with diagrams, illustrations, and tables, this market-leading text provides in-depth coverage of database design. You learn the key to successful database implementation: proper design of databases to fit within a larger strategic view of the data environment. Renowned for its clear, straightforward writing style, this text provides an outstanding balance of theory and practice. You gain the hands-on skills to make you attractive to employers. Updates include the latest coverage of cloud data services and a new chapter on Big Data Analytics and NoSQL, including related Hadoop technologies. In addition, new review questions, problem sets, and cases offer multiple opportunities to test your understanding and develop useful design skills.
Steven Morris was born in the town of Wallsend (North-East of England) in 1968. His main passions in life are wildlife and nature conservation. He has been taking photographs since eleven years of age, focussing mainly on wildlife photography. He worked as a volunteer photographer for Northumberland Wildlife Trust and Durham Wildlife Trust. He has been running a poetry group at Jesmond Library Since March 2022. He is a time-served Horticulturalist and a trained administrator. He has also worked as a library assistant, his other passion in life being English Literature. In 2012 he graduated from Wolverhampton University with a Higher National Diploma in photography. He has written and published three books of poetry: 'Consummatum Est' (Novum,2014); 'Surviving the Madness' (Novum,2016), and 'The Pursuit of Happiness' (self-published, 2019). When he is not reading, writing poetry or pursuing wildlife photography, he enjoys walking in the countryside of Northumberland and Durham, playing tennis, watching films and listening to music. He also plays Bowls and snooker regularly.
