Features best practices and resources for designing and deploying Business Intelligence solutions. If you like this deck and want to see a live event, go to www.quilogy.com/events.
Delivered by Tony Lael at MSP World, this presentation walks through key indicators of a healthy business and signs of trouble by watching your financial trends. (no finance expertise required!)
The webinar discusses the Pereira Diamond Benefits Model. It presents a framework for systematically managing and quantifying benefits throughout a project's lifecycle. The model categorizes benefits across four dimensions: business growth, legal compliance, costs reduction, and efficiency increase. It also distinguishes between primitive benefits, such as reducing process time, and instantiated benefits, which are the tangible effects of achieving primitive benefits, like freeing up employee time. The webinar provides tools and techniques for identifying metrics, estimating benefits, tracking benefits realization, and maximizing benefits.
The document provides an integration framework for post-acquisition integration. It outlines key guiding principles such as getting the integration strategy right and designing the integration program around benefit realization. It describes an implementation structure with focus on the first 100 days to realize quick wins. The framework also details setting up an integration structure with a steering group, manager, and cross-functional teams to integrate corporate functions such as finance, HR, IT, and legal.
1) Lean methodology focuses on systematically eliminating waste from organizations. It is being adopted by more industries beyond manufacturing as a way to reduce costs while maintaining quality and customer loyalty.
2) When starting a lean transformation, it is best to first conduct a proof-of-concept by applying lean principles to critical processes over 4-5 months. This allows organizations to see results and gain leadership buy-in before a larger rollout.
3) Common mistakes include focusing too much on training without practical expertise, or applying lean too broadly without clear targets, instead of targeting critical processes that impact key financial and customer metrics.
The document discusses SAP Business Objects Planning and Consolidation for streamlined planning, budgeting, forecasting and financial close. It introduces Gary Obbes from IBM Financial Management Consulting Services and Les Smith from SAP Business Objects Centre of Excellence. The document also highlights gaps in finance effectiveness from an IBM CFO study and discusses the changed economic and technological environment requiring faster decisions, analysis and budgeting which exceeds spreadsheet limits. It notes industry trends in corporate performance management solutions.
Jan Christiaens, CFO Corporate Investments at Royal Philips Electronics - Val...Global Business Events
Jan Christiaens, CFO Corporate Investments at Royal Philips Electronics - Value creation by integrating in an effective way newly acquired companies spoke at the CFO Event UK 2013
Business Planning for Success - 5 Essential StepsWalter Adamson
Five Essential Steps. There are five stages necessary to achieve success in business planning: 1. ABCD Planning, 2. Mission, Objectives, Strategy & Action, 3. The Balance of Loose and Tight, 4. Monitoring Key Projects, 5. Organisational Alignment.
Subtitle: Enhancing alignment and value for IT investments.
This document provides an overview of Tatum, the largest consulting and interim management firm focused on the Office of the CFO. It discusses how companies can thrive, not just survive, during tough economic times through a business reset that focuses on controlling costs, improving profitability, shaking up the organization, and using new decision tools. Case studies are presented on how companies achieved a reset by digging deeper into opportunities, focusing on profitability, and making difficult changes. Tatum offers strategic perspective and senior executive expertise to help companies ensure success during periods of economic turmoil.
Delivered by Tony Lael at MSP World, this presentation walks through key indicators of a healthy business and signs of trouble by watching your financial trends. (no finance expertise required!)
The webinar discusses the Pereira Diamond Benefits Model. It presents a framework for systematically managing and quantifying benefits throughout a project's lifecycle. The model categorizes benefits across four dimensions: business growth, legal compliance, costs reduction, and efficiency increase. It also distinguishes between primitive benefits, such as reducing process time, and instantiated benefits, which are the tangible effects of achieving primitive benefits, like freeing up employee time. The webinar provides tools and techniques for identifying metrics, estimating benefits, tracking benefits realization, and maximizing benefits.
The document provides an integration framework for post-acquisition integration. It outlines key guiding principles such as getting the integration strategy right and designing the integration program around benefit realization. It describes an implementation structure with focus on the first 100 days to realize quick wins. The framework also details setting up an integration structure with a steering group, manager, and cross-functional teams to integrate corporate functions such as finance, HR, IT, and legal.
1) Lean methodology focuses on systematically eliminating waste from organizations. It is being adopted by more industries beyond manufacturing as a way to reduce costs while maintaining quality and customer loyalty.
2) When starting a lean transformation, it is best to first conduct a proof-of-concept by applying lean principles to critical processes over 4-5 months. This allows organizations to see results and gain leadership buy-in before a larger rollout.
3) Common mistakes include focusing too much on training without practical expertise, or applying lean too broadly without clear targets, instead of targeting critical processes that impact key financial and customer metrics.
The document discusses SAP Business Objects Planning and Consolidation for streamlined planning, budgeting, forecasting and financial close. It introduces Gary Obbes from IBM Financial Management Consulting Services and Les Smith from SAP Business Objects Centre of Excellence. The document also highlights gaps in finance effectiveness from an IBM CFO study and discusses the changed economic and technological environment requiring faster decisions, analysis and budgeting which exceeds spreadsheet limits. It notes industry trends in corporate performance management solutions.
Jan Christiaens, CFO Corporate Investments at Royal Philips Electronics - Val...Global Business Events
Jan Christiaens, CFO Corporate Investments at Royal Philips Electronics - Value creation by integrating in an effective way newly acquired companies spoke at the CFO Event UK 2013
Business Planning for Success - 5 Essential StepsWalter Adamson
Five Essential Steps. There are five stages necessary to achieve success in business planning: 1. ABCD Planning, 2. Mission, Objectives, Strategy & Action, 3. The Balance of Loose and Tight, 4. Monitoring Key Projects, 5. Organisational Alignment.
Subtitle: Enhancing alignment and value for IT investments.
This document provides an overview of Tatum, the largest consulting and interim management firm focused on the Office of the CFO. It discusses how companies can thrive, not just survive, during tough economic times through a business reset that focuses on controlling costs, improving profitability, shaking up the organization, and using new decision tools. Case studies are presented on how companies achieved a reset by digging deeper into opportunities, focusing on profitability, and making difficult changes. Tatum offers strategic perspective and senior executive expertise to help companies ensure success during periods of economic turmoil.
The document describes a lesson on hot air balloons for first grade students. The teacher began by showing a PowerPoint of different hot air balloons to engage the students. Then the students made their own hot air balloons out of paper. Finally, the students took pictures of their balloons with a camera, which the teacher compiled into a PowerPoint for the class to see on the TV screen. Technology, including the PowerPoint, camera, and LCD projector, was integral to making the lesson interactive and allowing all students to view the content.
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive functioning. Exercise boosts blood flow, releases endorphins, and promotes changes in the brain which help regulate emotions and stress levels.
Reunion is a French overseas department located in the Indian Ocean west of Madagascar. It has a population of around 766,000 and its capital and largest city is Saint-Denis. Culturally, Reunion is influenced by France as well as neighboring regions like Mozambique, India, and Madagascar. The island has a predominantly Catholic population and uses the euro as its currency. Reunion's economy relies heavily on agriculture, particularly sugarcane, and its tourism industry is a major driver of employment. Volcanic peaks and beaches make Reunion an popular destination for activities like hiking, surfing, and watersports.
Features best practices and resources for designing and deploying contact management solutions. If you like this deck and want to see a live event, go to www.quilogy.com/events.
Object Relational Mapping with LINQ To SQLShahriar Hyder
OR Impedance Mismatch
Object Relational Mapping
The LINQ Project
Data Access In APIs Today
Data Access with DLINQ
DLinq For Relational Data
Architecture
Key Takeaways
Querying For Objects
When to Use LINQ to SQL?
This document provides guidelines for drinking-water quality, including recommendations on microbial, chemical and radiological aspects. It summarizes roles and responsibilities in drinking-water safety management for various groups. The guidelines establish a framework for providing safe drinking-water, including health-based targets, system assessment and design, operational monitoring, management plans, documentation, communication and surveillance. It also addresses applying the guidelines in specific circumstances such as emergencies, packaged water, and on aircraft/ships.
The document discusses risk factors that increase the likelihood of chest pain being cardiac in nature. It provides examples of initial diagnoses and tests for patients presenting with chest pain based on their age, gender, and symptoms. Key risk factors for cardiac disease include age, family history, hypertension, cholesterol levels, diabetes, obesity, and smoking. The character of chest pain provides important clues as to whether the underlying cause is cardiac or non-cardiac.
The document discusses the balanced scorecard framework and how it was implemented by a company called Very Tall Building Corp. to align business activities with its strategic goals. Very Tall Building Corp. used the balanced scorecard to translate its mission of being customer-centric and innovative into operational goals across four perspectives: financial, customer, internal processes, and learning and growth. Key results after the first year of implementing the balanced scorecard included increased revenues, positive customer feedback, and greater product awareness. The conclusion emphasizes how alignment of goals and objectives across levels can improve performance.
The document describes a lesson on hot air balloons for first grade students. The teacher began by showing a PowerPoint of different hot air balloons to engage the students. Then the students made their own hot air balloons out of paper. Finally, the students took pictures of their balloons with a camera, which the teacher compiled into a PowerPoint for the class to see on the TV screen. Technology, including the PowerPoint, camera, and LCD projector, was integral to making the lesson interactive and allowing all students to view the content.
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive functioning. Exercise boosts blood flow, releases endorphins, and promotes changes in the brain which help regulate emotions and stress levels.
Reunion is a French overseas department located in the Indian Ocean west of Madagascar. It has a population of around 766,000 and its capital and largest city is Saint-Denis. Culturally, Reunion is influenced by France as well as neighboring regions like Mozambique, India, and Madagascar. The island has a predominantly Catholic population and uses the euro as its currency. Reunion's economy relies heavily on agriculture, particularly sugarcane, and its tourism industry is a major driver of employment. Volcanic peaks and beaches make Reunion an popular destination for activities like hiking, surfing, and watersports.
Features best practices and resources for designing and deploying contact management solutions. If you like this deck and want to see a live event, go to www.quilogy.com/events.
Object Relational Mapping with LINQ To SQLShahriar Hyder
OR Impedance Mismatch
Object Relational Mapping
The LINQ Project
Data Access In APIs Today
Data Access with DLINQ
DLinq For Relational Data
Architecture
Key Takeaways
Querying For Objects
When to Use LINQ to SQL?
This document provides guidelines for drinking-water quality, including recommendations on microbial, chemical and radiological aspects. It summarizes roles and responsibilities in drinking-water safety management for various groups. The guidelines establish a framework for providing safe drinking-water, including health-based targets, system assessment and design, operational monitoring, management plans, documentation, communication and surveillance. It also addresses applying the guidelines in specific circumstances such as emergencies, packaged water, and on aircraft/ships.
The document discusses risk factors that increase the likelihood of chest pain being cardiac in nature. It provides examples of initial diagnoses and tests for patients presenting with chest pain based on their age, gender, and symptoms. Key risk factors for cardiac disease include age, family history, hypertension, cholesterol levels, diabetes, obesity, and smoking. The character of chest pain provides important clues as to whether the underlying cause is cardiac or non-cardiac.
The document discusses the balanced scorecard framework and how it was implemented by a company called Very Tall Building Corp. to align business activities with its strategic goals. Very Tall Building Corp. used the balanced scorecard to translate its mission of being customer-centric and innovative into operational goals across four perspectives: financial, customer, internal processes, and learning and growth. Key results after the first year of implementing the balanced scorecard included increased revenues, positive customer feedback, and greater product awareness. The conclusion emphasizes how alignment of goals and objectives across levels can improve performance.
MA Consulting International is an international consulting firm established in 1993 with offices throughout the UK. They provide professional consulting services across all business sectors, specializing in business strategy, leadership, customer service, and people management. Their team of experienced consultants help clients develop their vision and strategy, optimize business processes, improve customer service and financial results, and embrace new technologies. They follow a "Vision to Reality" methodology involving strategic planning, realistic implementation, and organizational buy-in to create sustainable change for clients.
This document provides an overview of strategic planning and management. It discusses key elements such as developing a vision and mission, analyzing strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, formulating long-term objectives and strategies, implementing annual objectives and policies, and evaluating strategy performance. The document emphasizes that strategic management achieves success through integrating all business functions and that implementation is the most difficult stage requiring employee mobilization and interpersonal skills.
This document provides an overview and agenda for a presentation on successful IT business integration. Some key points:
1. It discusses the challenges facing IT and business executives in a difficult economic environment with flat IT budgets and increased pressure to demonstrate value.
2. Statistics are presented on top business and technology priorities from a Gartner survey, showing business process improvement and business intelligence as the top priorities.
3. An approach is outlined to transform organizations through self-assessment, defining strategic outcomes, and using balanced scorecards to drive change and close competency gaps.
4. The importance of IT business alignment, governance, and moving from an operational to strategic focus is emphasized to support business goals.
If you’re experiencing indecisiveness about which projects to pursue, are overwhelmed by resource demands, stressed about executive requests, or just suffering from a generalized sense of panic, you’ve come to the right place. The portfolio management doctor is in, offering a consultation and proven treatment plan to address these symptoms:
*Too Much Demand – Dealing With A Key Stressor
*Conflicting Priorities – Taking Control
*Resource Optimization – It’s All Going To Be OK
*Financial Anxiety – Delivering Tangible ROI
*Planning for the Future – Where Do You See Your Portfolio In 5 Years?
*Reaching Portfolio Nirvana
Quantify the ROI of Your Experimentation ProgramOptimizely
How do you measure the financial impact of experimentation on your business? At Optimizely, we’ve built a new ROI model that enables you to calculate the potential ROI of your experimentation program. In this session, you’ll learn how organizations such as The Venetian Casino Resort Las Vegas rigorously quantify the value of their experiments using ROI modeling, and how you can get started with this technique.
In this session you’ll learn:
- How The Venetian Resort created an ROI model to quantify the value of experimentation
- How to get started quantifying the ROI of experimentation at your company with Optimizely’s model
- How to avoid common pitfalls in your attribution strategy and in quantifying impact across multiple experiments
The document discusses key considerations for effective sales incentive programs. It summarizes challenges such as budget constraints and unachievable goals, and proposes solutions like flexibility in reward choices to accommodate different generations. Testimonials show incentive programs can improve performance up to 44% when implemented properly over long periods. The conclusions recommend incentivizing individuals considering all ages and diversities, rewarding behaviors of interest, and using non-cash rewards that act as trophies.
Keynote from Architecture World 2009 in Bangalore.
Explores the migration to Outside-In and its impact on the way we measure performance. More on this theme in the webinar series at http://www.bpgroup.org
Business Planning in Real Life, Part 1John Doxaras
In the context of "Innovation and Entrepreneurship" course of Health and Exercise MSc of University of Thessaly we gave the following lecture on business planning (http://www.pe-uth.gr/msc/). We adopted a case study approach elaborating on a project that resonates with the background of the majority of the students in the class, originating from medical, coaching and nutritionist backgrounds.
In particular we describe a fitness and biorhythms monitoring portal where end users upload their trainings and life-casting behaviors, socializing and getting advices from experts on fitness straining, diets, supplements and apparel!
Carpio Solutions is a global software company that offers the GesFinTM suite to help customers maximize financial and operational performance. Headquartered in North Carolina with offices in Latin America and Europe, Carpio has over 100 employees and partners with MicroStrategy. The document discusses how the traditional finance role is changing to focus more on strategic planning, predictive analytics, and high-value activities rather than manual tasks. It promotes GesFinTM and its integration with MicroStrategy as providing tools to help companies anticipate needs, allocate resources better, and support high performance. Case studies show how GesFinTM helped companies improve planning, collaboration, and decision making.
This document discusses strategies for business success and avoiding failure. It notes that over 50% of small businesses fail within the first five years, often due to inadequate financing, cash flow issues, poor planning, or mismanagement. To succeed, businesses should establish strong internal systems and controls, including accounting procedures, an operations manual, and regular budget reviews. Conducting stress tests can identify weaknesses to address. Implementing best practices like strategic planning and annual budgeting can enhance a company's long-term value and prepare it for a successful exit.
Driving Product Adoption with Insight-driven PlaybooksAmity
Driving product adoption is the key activity of any Customer Success team. It determines the effectiveness of free trials, paid pilots, churn reduction, renewals, upsells and referrals. Strong adoption leads to very strong growth.
In this webinar, you will learn how to:
- Identify when and where adoption stalls?
- Designing playbooks for driving customer adoption?
- Optimize the performance of your playbooks and Customer Success teams.
- Provide power insights to your sales, marketing and product management teams.
Amity is a powerful Customer Success platform that provides deep insights into product adoption for all your customers.
The document discusses strategies for improving organizational performance through aligning operations with strategic goals. It introduces the balanced scorecard approach, which translates strategy into objectives and initiatives across four perspectives: financial, customer, internal processes, and learning and growth. Sample strategy maps and scorecards are provided for several strategic themes, including achieving a low-cost market position, product innovation, improving sales performance, and optimizing resource allocation. The balanced scorecard framework is intended to help organizations execute strategy through consistent focus, measurement, and resource allocation.
Present success is no guarantee of future success. If your organization hasn't developed the capacity for industry, market and competitive foresight, there is a danger you are relying on prescriptions which are rapidly becoming ineffective. Cultivate a "strategic thinking" discipline in your organization to define the parameters of future business pursuits and, more importantly, the investment priorities which will enable your company to exert a disproportionate influence on its chosen markets.
Building a Responsive Organization for the Digital EraMarcelo De Santis
The document discusses building responsive organizations for the digital era. It begins by outlining different types of companies ("personas") and how they approach technology. It then discusses how the digital era has arrived and how "tech@core" businesses that have technology at their core are leading the market. It suggests that by 2025, digital ecosystems could mediate 30% of the global economy. The rest of the document focuses on how to build a responsive organization, including adopting an adaptive leadership model, value-driven portfolio management, organizational design with agile delivery, and measuring value. It provides an example of how these helped Vodafone transform through a customer-centric approach.
Presentation: IXN Webinar, CFOs and Big Data. Why they should care and what t...cfoixn
There is growing pressure on CFOs and CIOs to extract more value out of their most unused asset: data. Data that sits in line of business applications, email conversations and social media interactions. The challenge facing senior executives is how to untap the value and where and how to start.
This webinar presentation, took place on Monday November 18th, was specifically for CFOs and leaders in Finance, key themes relevant to the office of the CFO that were covered, included:
=> CFOs and Big Data: What’s on their minds, should they lead and where do they start?
=> Data in the Finance Function: What are we really talking about?
=> Top EPM Capabilities CFOs Should be Considering including: In-memory planning, Mobility, Analytics and Integrated Business Planning
1) Air Products and Chemicals Inc. (APCI) introduced a vision called "Deliver the Difference" to unify the organization and establish a "one company" focus on customers.
2) APCI is transforming itself to become more process-focused in order to drive productivity and customer value. Executive process owners were appointed to lead this effort and drive process convergence across the company.
3) APCI established a global process board and identified 13 global processes to standardize work processes on a global scale and improve efficiency. Extensive training was provided to employees on process management.
Goodbye Windows 11: Make Way for Nitrux Linux 3.5.0!SOFTTECHHUB
As the digital landscape continually evolves, operating systems play a critical role in shaping user experiences and productivity. The launch of Nitrux Linux 3.5.0 marks a significant milestone, offering a robust alternative to traditional systems such as Windows 11. This article delves into the essence of Nitrux Linux 3.5.0, exploring its unique features, advantages, and how it stands as a compelling choice for both casual users and tech enthusiasts.
Observability Concepts EVERY Developer Should Know -- DeveloperWeek Europe.pdfPaige Cruz
Monitoring and observability aren’t traditionally found in software curriculums and many of us cobble this knowledge together from whatever vendor or ecosystem we were first introduced to and whatever is a part of your current company’s observability stack.
While the dev and ops silo continues to crumble….many organizations still relegate monitoring & observability as the purview of ops, infra and SRE teams. This is a mistake - achieving a highly observable system requires collaboration up and down the stack.
I, a former op, would like to extend an invitation to all application developers to join the observability party will share these foundational concepts to build on:
Maruthi Prithivirajan, Head of ASEAN & IN Solution Architecture, Neo4j
Get an inside look at the latest Neo4j innovations that enable relationship-driven intelligence at scale. Learn more about the newest cloud integrations and product enhancements that make Neo4j an essential choice for developers building apps with interconnected data and generative AI.
Unlock the Future of Search with MongoDB Atlas_ Vector Search Unleashed.pdfMalak Abu Hammad
Discover how MongoDB Atlas and vector search technology can revolutionize your application's search capabilities. This comprehensive presentation covers:
* What is Vector Search?
* Importance and benefits of vector search
* Practical use cases across various industries
* Step-by-step implementation guide
* Live demos with code snippets
* Enhancing LLM capabilities with vector search
* Best practices and optimization strategies
Perfect for developers, AI enthusiasts, and tech leaders. Learn how to leverage MongoDB Atlas to deliver highly relevant, context-aware search results, transforming your data retrieval process. Stay ahead in tech innovation and maximize the potential of your applications.
#MongoDB #VectorSearch #AI #SemanticSearch #TechInnovation #DataScience #LLM #MachineLearning #SearchTechnology
How to Get CNIC Information System with Paksim Ga.pptxdanishmna97
Pakdata Cf is a groundbreaking system designed to streamline and facilitate access to CNIC information. This innovative platform leverages advanced technology to provide users with efficient and secure access to their CNIC details.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 6DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 6. In this session, we will cover Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI.
UiPath Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI webinar offers an in-depth exploration of leveraging cutting-edge technologies for test automation within the UiPath platform. Attendees will delve into the integration of generative AI, a test automation solution, with Open AI advanced natural language processing capabilities.
Throughout the session, participants will discover how this synergy empowers testers to automate repetitive tasks, enhance testing accuracy, and expedite the software testing life cycle. Topics covered include the seamless integration process, practical use cases, and the benefits of harnessing AI-driven automation for UiPath testing initiatives. By attending this webinar, testers, and automation professionals can gain valuable insights into harnessing the power of AI to optimize their test automation workflows within the UiPath ecosystem, ultimately driving efficiency and quality in software development processes.
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into integrating generative AI.
2. Understanding how this integration enhances test automation within the UiPath platform
3. Practical demonstrations
4. Exploration of real-world use cases illustrating the benefits of AI-driven test automation for UiPath
Topics covered:
What is generative AI
Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI.
UiPath integration with generative AI
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Threats to mobile devices are more prevalent and increasing in scope and complexity. Users of mobile devices desire to take full advantage of the features
available on those devices, but many of the features provide convenience and capability but sacrifice security. This best practices guide outlines steps the users can take to better protect personal devices and information.
Climate Impact of Software Testing at Nordic Testing DaysKari Kakkonen
My slides at Nordic Testing Days 6.6.2024
Climate impact / sustainability of software testing discussed on the talk. ICT and testing must carry their part of global responsibility to help with the climat warming. We can minimize the carbon footprint but we can also have a carbon handprint, a positive impact on the climate. Quality characteristics can be added with sustainability, and then measured continuously. Test environments can be used less, and in smaller scale and on demand. Test techniques can be used in optimizing or minimizing number of tests. Test automation can be used to speed up testing.
AI 101: An Introduction to the Basics and Impact of Artificial IntelligenceIndexBug
Imagine a world where machines not only perform tasks but also learn, adapt, and make decisions. This is the promise of Artificial Intelligence (AI), a technology that's not just enhancing our lives but revolutionizing entire industries.
Sudheer Mechineni, Head of Application Frameworks, Standard Chartered Bank
Discover how Standard Chartered Bank harnessed the power of Neo4j to transform complex data access challenges into a dynamic, scalable graph database solution. This keynote will cover their journey from initial adoption to deploying a fully automated, enterprise-grade causal cluster, highlighting key strategies for modelling organisational changes and ensuring robust disaster recovery. Learn how these innovations have not only enhanced Standard Chartered Bank’s data infrastructure but also positioned them as pioneers in the banking sector’s adoption of graph technology.
Communications Mining Series - Zero to Hero - Session 1DianaGray10
This session provides introduction to UiPath Communication Mining, importance and platform overview. You will acquire a good understand of the phases in Communication Mining as we go over the platform with you. Topics covered:
• Communication Mining Overview
• Why is it important?
• How can it help today’s business and the benefits
• Phases in Communication Mining
• Demo on Platform overview
• Q/A
Removing Uninteresting Bytes in Software FuzzingAftab Hussain
Imagine a world where software fuzzing, the process of mutating bytes in test seeds to uncover hidden and erroneous program behaviors, becomes faster and more effective. A lot depends on the initial seeds, which can significantly dictate the trajectory of a fuzzing campaign, particularly in terms of how long it takes to uncover interesting behaviour in your code. We introduce DIAR, a technique designed to speedup fuzzing campaigns by pinpointing and eliminating those uninteresting bytes in the seeds. Picture this: instead of wasting valuable resources on meaningless mutations in large, bloated seeds, DIAR removes the unnecessary bytes, streamlining the entire process.
In this work, we equipped AFL, a popular fuzzer, with DIAR and examined two critical Linux libraries -- Libxml's xmllint, a tool for parsing xml documents, and Binutil's readelf, an essential debugging and security analysis command-line tool used to display detailed information about ELF (Executable and Linkable Format). Our preliminary results show that AFL+DIAR does not only discover new paths more quickly but also achieves higher coverage overall. This work thus showcases how starting with lean and optimized seeds can lead to faster, more comprehensive fuzzing campaigns -- and DIAR helps you find such seeds.
- These are slides of the talk given at IEEE International Conference on Software Testing Verification and Validation Workshop, ICSTW 2022.
“An Outlook of the Ongoing and Future Relationship between Blockchain Technologies and Process-aware Information Systems.” Invited talk at the joint workshop on Blockchain for Information Systems (BC4IS) and Blockchain for Trusted Data Sharing (B4TDS), co-located with with the 36th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAiSE), 3 June 2024, Limassol, Cyprus.
Best 20 SEO Techniques To Improve Website Visibility In SERPPixlogix Infotech
Boost your website's visibility with proven SEO techniques! Our latest blog dives into essential strategies to enhance your online presence, increase traffic, and rank higher on search engines. From keyword optimization to quality content creation, learn how to make your site stand out in the crowded digital landscape. Discover actionable tips and expert insights to elevate your SEO game.
Full-RAG: A modern architecture for hyper-personalizationZilliz
Mike Del Balso, CEO & Co-Founder at Tecton, presents "Full RAG," a novel approach to AI recommendation systems, aiming to push beyond the limitations of traditional models through a deep integration of contextual insights and real-time data, leveraging the Retrieval-Augmented Generation architecture. This talk will outline Full RAG's potential to significantly enhance personalization, address engineering challenges such as data management and model training, and introduce data enrichment with reranking as a key solution. Attendees will gain crucial insights into the importance of hyperpersonalization in AI, the capabilities of Full RAG for advanced personalization, and strategies for managing complex data integrations for deploying cutting-edge AI solutions.
Full-RAG: A modern architecture for hyper-personalization
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Resources:
“Mastering the Management System,” Harvard Business Review,
January 2008.
Jim Collins, Good to Great (New York: Harper Collins, 2001).
Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton, The Balanced Scorecard
(Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1996).
Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton, The Strategy Focus
Organization (Boston: Harvard Business School Publishing Company,
2001).
Wayne W. Eckerson, Performance Dashboards (Hoboken, New Jersey:
John Wiley & Sons, 2006)
Stephen Few, Information Dashboard Design (Sebastopol, California:
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