The document discusses Nationwide Insurance's challenges with its finance function and its efforts to address those challenges through a project called Project FOCUS. Specifically, Nationwide was hindered by multiple financial processes, organizations, and systems across its enterprise, which created issues with timely access to information and increased expenses. Through Project FOCUS, Nationwide aimed to reinvent the role and operating model of its finance function to enhance its contribution to the company's future success. The document outlines Nationwide's finance function problems in 2006 and discusses how innovation and improved performance require investment in areas like talent management, financial data, performance tracking, business intelligence, and financial close and reporting processes.
1) The document analyzes Accuride's financial performance in 2012 and provides forecasts. It finds that revenues increased 30% year-over-year to NT$172.5 billion while net profits grew 24% to NT$2.77 billion in 2012.
2) Accuride's wheel end products division saw revenues increase 37% year-over-year to NT$70 billion in 2012, driven by higher global vehicle production. The division's profit margin expanded to 35% from 31.6% in the previous year.
3) The document forecasts that Accuride's revenues will increase by 10-15% in the first half of 2012 and by 16-17% in the second half
This document provides an introduction and overview of cloud computing. It discusses the growth and adoption of cloud services, defines key cloud concepts like SaaS, PaaS and IaaS, and highlights some success stories and vendors in the cloud space. It also briefly touches on potential pros and cons of cloud computing.
The document discusses Nokia Lifeblog, a mobile blogging application. It allows users to automatically collect multimedia content from their phone and blog it to the web from their mobile. Lifeblog aims to make blogging effortless by handling content collection, organization, and formatting. It seeks to lower barriers to blogging by enabling it from any location using mobile devices that are always accessible.
The document contains several charts and graphs that compare the Obama administration's proposed FY2010 budget and future budgets under Democratic plans versus Republican alternatives. It shows that the Obama budget would increase government spending as a percentage of GDP above the historical average, increase the national debt level and debt held by the public as a percentage of GDP, and result in higher cumulative job losses per year under a proposed Cap and Trade program compared to no such program. The budget would also mean tax increases exceeding proposed tax cuts for 95% of Americans and increased family energy costs under Cap and Trade.
- The document was the earnings call transcript from Quepasa Corporation for the first quarter of 2012, discussing key metrics and financial results.
- Registered users, visits, and pageviews all continued to increase quarter-over-quarter. Adjusted EBITDA was $672,937 for Q1 2012 compared to $10,430 in Q1 2011.
- Management highlighted continued growth in the company's core social networking platform, which was being rebranded from myYearbook to MeetMe.
It's an A.R.M.'s Race (Acquisition, Retention and Monetization in Mobile Gaming)Betable
Tapjoy's Brian Sapp gave this presentation at the SF Game Monetization meetup. If you're in San Francisco, join the meetup to see more presentations like this:
http://www.meetup.com/SFGameMonetization/
Be sure to thank Brian for letting us publish this by tweeting him at @sappalicious (http://twitter.com/sappalicious)
Lawrence Casalino: what GP consortia might learn from the USNuffield Trust
This document discusses lessons that can be learned from the development of physician groups in the US over the last 20 years that could help avoid failures in GP commissioning consortia in the UK. It outlines two frameworks for thinking about GP consortia - focusing on either individual physicians or organized processes. It also discusses the US experience with "consortia" and commissioning, identifying seven theses on GP commissioning and suggestions from an outside perspective.
The financial report provides quarterly and annual financial information for the years 2010-2012, including key metrics such as gross income, pre-provision profit, attributable profit, earnings per share, and efficiency ratios. Overall, the company saw increases in gross income and pre-provision profit from 2010-2012, but attributable profit decreased significantly from 2011 to 2012. Several ratios such as return on equity and earnings per share also declined notably from 2011 to 2012.
1) The document analyzes Accuride's financial performance in 2012 and provides forecasts. It finds that revenues increased 30% year-over-year to NT$172.5 billion while net profits grew 24% to NT$2.77 billion in 2012.
2) Accuride's wheel end products division saw revenues increase 37% year-over-year to NT$70 billion in 2012, driven by higher global vehicle production. The division's profit margin expanded to 35% from 31.6% in the previous year.
3) The document forecasts that Accuride's revenues will increase by 10-15% in the first half of 2012 and by 16-17% in the second half
This document provides an introduction and overview of cloud computing. It discusses the growth and adoption of cloud services, defines key cloud concepts like SaaS, PaaS and IaaS, and highlights some success stories and vendors in the cloud space. It also briefly touches on potential pros and cons of cloud computing.
The document discusses Nokia Lifeblog, a mobile blogging application. It allows users to automatically collect multimedia content from their phone and blog it to the web from their mobile. Lifeblog aims to make blogging effortless by handling content collection, organization, and formatting. It seeks to lower barriers to blogging by enabling it from any location using mobile devices that are always accessible.
The document contains several charts and graphs that compare the Obama administration's proposed FY2010 budget and future budgets under Democratic plans versus Republican alternatives. It shows that the Obama budget would increase government spending as a percentage of GDP above the historical average, increase the national debt level and debt held by the public as a percentage of GDP, and result in higher cumulative job losses per year under a proposed Cap and Trade program compared to no such program. The budget would also mean tax increases exceeding proposed tax cuts for 95% of Americans and increased family energy costs under Cap and Trade.
- The document was the earnings call transcript from Quepasa Corporation for the first quarter of 2012, discussing key metrics and financial results.
- Registered users, visits, and pageviews all continued to increase quarter-over-quarter. Adjusted EBITDA was $672,937 for Q1 2012 compared to $10,430 in Q1 2011.
- Management highlighted continued growth in the company's core social networking platform, which was being rebranded from myYearbook to MeetMe.
It's an A.R.M.'s Race (Acquisition, Retention and Monetization in Mobile Gaming)Betable
Tapjoy's Brian Sapp gave this presentation at the SF Game Monetization meetup. If you're in San Francisco, join the meetup to see more presentations like this:
http://www.meetup.com/SFGameMonetization/
Be sure to thank Brian for letting us publish this by tweeting him at @sappalicious (http://twitter.com/sappalicious)
Lawrence Casalino: what GP consortia might learn from the USNuffield Trust
This document discusses lessons that can be learned from the development of physician groups in the US over the last 20 years that could help avoid failures in GP commissioning consortia in the UK. It outlines two frameworks for thinking about GP consortia - focusing on either individual physicians or organized processes. It also discusses the US experience with "consortia" and commissioning, identifying seven theses on GP commissioning and suggestions from an outside perspective.
The financial report provides quarterly and annual financial information for the years 2010-2012, including key metrics such as gross income, pre-provision profit, attributable profit, earnings per share, and efficiency ratios. Overall, the company saw increases in gross income and pre-provision profit from 2010-2012, but attributable profit decreased significantly from 2011 to 2012. Several ratios such as return on equity and earnings per share also declined notably from 2011 to 2012.
The document discusses verification metrics for CPU design projects. There are two key types of metrics: 1) verification test plan metrics like tests completed and assertions written to track progress, and 2) health of the design metrics like bug rates and simulation passing rates. While metrics provide useful information, they have limitations and challenges like historical data sometimes being misleading. Examples of metrics include a bug rate graph showing a "knee in the curve" and a functional coverage closure chart.
THE MEDITERRANEAN LABORATORY FOR DEVELOPMENT PRACTICES AND COOPERATION. Building effective partnerships among
European and Mediterranean Municipalities
for local economic development and promotion
Stora Enso’s Interim Review for January - September 2011Stora Enso
In the third quarter of 2011:
1) The company reported operating profit of EUR 204 million excluding non-recurring items and fair valuation effects, with strong cash flow after capital expenditures of EUR 282 million.
2) Higher prices continued to support results, with an EBIT margin of 8% excluding non-recurring items and fair valuation.
3) Early production curtailments helped control inventories and reduced operative working capital.
Avocado Retail Quality Surveys were conducted monthly between 2007-2008 in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, and Perth to analyze consumers' preferences and the quality of retail avocados. Key findings included:
1) Over half of avocados surveyed had a color rating of 3 or below, indicating they were not ripe enough for consumers.
2) Around 29% of avocados across all states surveyed had more than 10% internal defects, exceeding consumers' tolerance.
3) Bruising was the most common internal defect observed, while ripeness and lack of blemishes were most important to consumers.
4) The surveys provided insights into improving retail avocado quality to better meet consumers
Smaato is a mobile advertising platform that matches ads from over 80 ad networks to mobile app and website inventory from over 55,000 publishers. It aims to provide the highest eCPMs and fill rates for publishers through its optimization technology. The company has seen strong growth, raising $20M in funding and increasing its staff and revenue significantly since being founded in 2005. It now processes billions of ad requests per month globally.
1) ArcelorMittal reported a 6.6% increase in EBITDA to $8.6 billion for Q3 2008 compared to Q2 2008, supported by its three-dimensional strategy.
2) In response to the current economic environment, ArcelorMittal is increasing planned production cuts to accelerate inventory reduction and increasing its management gains target to $5 billion through additional SG&A savings.
3) Guidance for Q4 2008 EBITDA is provided in the range of $2.5-3 billion, reflecting increased voluntary production cuts. The base dividend is maintained at $1.50 per share for 2009.
1) KGI Securities' 4Q11 revenue decreased 7.4% YoY to NT$2.816 billion, while net profit decreased 11.1% YoY to NT$67 million.
2) In 1Q12, KGI Securities' revenue was flat QoQ at NT$2.816 billion, while net profit increased 8.2% QoQ to NT$61 million.
3) For 2012, KGI Securities expects revenue to increase 0.5% YoY to NT$12.25 billion and net profit to increase 6.9% YoY to NT$1.412 billion.
The document discusses the importance of using verification metrics to predict the functional closure of a CPU design project and discusses challenges in relying solely on metrics. It outlines two key types of metrics - verification test plan based metrics that track testing progress and health of the design metrics that assess bug rates and stability. Examples are provided on using bug rate data and breaking bugs down by design unit to help evaluate the progress and health of a verification effort.
The document summarizes the state of the library and its strategy going forward. It discusses the library's flat budget, building upgrades, and staff awards. For its strategy, the library will focus on information literacy, transitioning collections from print to digital with open access models, optimizing space, supporting research, and scholarly communication. It aims to educate students on evaluating online information and engage more with upper-level students.
The document summarizes Wolters Kluwer's resilient financial performance in the first half of 2009. Despite weak market conditions, the company achieved 12% growth in diluted ordinary EPS to €0.70, improved its ordinary EBITA margin by 70 basis points to 18.6%, and increased free cash flow by 38% to €146 million. Revenue grew 7% overall and 2% at constant currencies, with higher margin electronic revenue growing 7% to comprise 52% of total revenue. The company remains on track to meet its full-year guidance and continues investing in new products and platforms to support future growth.
This document is a facility graphics branding proposal from Innovative Media for Fields Motorcars. It proposes installing 33 digital displays or artwork modules (AMRs) and one photo studio vehicle wrap (PSVW) at various locations throughout Fields Motorcars' facility. The proposal includes layout diagrams showing the proposed locations of each display, with dimensions and other specifications. It also contains contact sheets showing options for the visual content or "artwork" that could be displayed on each AMR.
The document summarizes results from a 2012 report on European retail banking. It finds that while income has almost returned to pre-crisis 2007 levels, profits remain 15% below. Banks in Spain, Portugal, and Italy face declining income and increasing risk provisions. Cost containment has kept cost-to-income ratios stable. Nordic banks focusing on digital transformation and costs have seen better performance. More efforts are expected to overhaul delivery and service models given higher risks and capital needs. Income and profits vary widely between countries.
Wellness & Consumer Driven Health Careguest00dbec2
See how oer 12,000 other businesses across the U.S. areusng Wellness & Consumer Driven Health Plans as an effective business strategy. How does your company compare?
Wellness & Consumer Driven Health Careguest00dbec2
Learn from what over 12,000 other businesses are doing across the U.S. with Wellness and Consumer Driven Health Plans as a business strategy. How does your plan compare?
This document provides a summary of a company's first-quarter results and full-year 2008 financial outlook. It discusses challenging business conditions in North America and growth in emerging markets. The company reported improved first-quarter results, including higher core operating earnings. However, factors like a major supplier strike and higher commodity costs impacted results. For full-year 2008, the company expects revenue growth from foreign exchange but lower earnings due to production declines and costs.
The document discusses the history of HTML and CSS standards development over time. It notes that in the early years of the web there was a lot of innovation, but after the author "went pro" there was only one major HTML release for a long time. This was due to the W3C prioritizing semantics and multi-device support over new features. The WHATWG group formed because they did not think the W3C was well-suited to further HTML development. The document expresses frustration with the slow pace of CSS standards development at the W3C. It advocates for more designer involvement and recommends experimenting with new features, building use cases, and opening dialogue to influence standards development.
The document discusses developing an effective IT marketing strategy. It stresses the importance of understanding the product life cycle and positioning for the target market. A case study shows how accurate targeted different versions of its product to specific user growth levels, growing from 5 users to over 35 users. The overall strategy involves developing, selling, and maintaining products to achieve the mission of making businesses easier through innovative applications.
The document discusses verification metrics for CPU design projects. There are two key types of metrics: 1) verification test plan metrics like tests completed and assertions written to track progress, and 2) health of the design metrics like bug rates and simulation passing rates. While metrics provide useful information, they have limitations and challenges like historical data sometimes being misleading. Examples of metrics include a bug rate graph showing a "knee in the curve" and a functional coverage closure chart.
THE MEDITERRANEAN LABORATORY FOR DEVELOPMENT PRACTICES AND COOPERATION. Building effective partnerships among
European and Mediterranean Municipalities
for local economic development and promotion
Stora Enso’s Interim Review for January - September 2011Stora Enso
In the third quarter of 2011:
1) The company reported operating profit of EUR 204 million excluding non-recurring items and fair valuation effects, with strong cash flow after capital expenditures of EUR 282 million.
2) Higher prices continued to support results, with an EBIT margin of 8% excluding non-recurring items and fair valuation.
3) Early production curtailments helped control inventories and reduced operative working capital.
Avocado Retail Quality Surveys were conducted monthly between 2007-2008 in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, and Perth to analyze consumers' preferences and the quality of retail avocados. Key findings included:
1) Over half of avocados surveyed had a color rating of 3 or below, indicating they were not ripe enough for consumers.
2) Around 29% of avocados across all states surveyed had more than 10% internal defects, exceeding consumers' tolerance.
3) Bruising was the most common internal defect observed, while ripeness and lack of blemishes were most important to consumers.
4) The surveys provided insights into improving retail avocado quality to better meet consumers
Smaato is a mobile advertising platform that matches ads from over 80 ad networks to mobile app and website inventory from over 55,000 publishers. It aims to provide the highest eCPMs and fill rates for publishers through its optimization technology. The company has seen strong growth, raising $20M in funding and increasing its staff and revenue significantly since being founded in 2005. It now processes billions of ad requests per month globally.
1) ArcelorMittal reported a 6.6% increase in EBITDA to $8.6 billion for Q3 2008 compared to Q2 2008, supported by its three-dimensional strategy.
2) In response to the current economic environment, ArcelorMittal is increasing planned production cuts to accelerate inventory reduction and increasing its management gains target to $5 billion through additional SG&A savings.
3) Guidance for Q4 2008 EBITDA is provided in the range of $2.5-3 billion, reflecting increased voluntary production cuts. The base dividend is maintained at $1.50 per share for 2009.
1) KGI Securities' 4Q11 revenue decreased 7.4% YoY to NT$2.816 billion, while net profit decreased 11.1% YoY to NT$67 million.
2) In 1Q12, KGI Securities' revenue was flat QoQ at NT$2.816 billion, while net profit increased 8.2% QoQ to NT$61 million.
3) For 2012, KGI Securities expects revenue to increase 0.5% YoY to NT$12.25 billion and net profit to increase 6.9% YoY to NT$1.412 billion.
The document discusses the importance of using verification metrics to predict the functional closure of a CPU design project and discusses challenges in relying solely on metrics. It outlines two key types of metrics - verification test plan based metrics that track testing progress and health of the design metrics that assess bug rates and stability. Examples are provided on using bug rate data and breaking bugs down by design unit to help evaluate the progress and health of a verification effort.
The document summarizes the state of the library and its strategy going forward. It discusses the library's flat budget, building upgrades, and staff awards. For its strategy, the library will focus on information literacy, transitioning collections from print to digital with open access models, optimizing space, supporting research, and scholarly communication. It aims to educate students on evaluating online information and engage more with upper-level students.
The document summarizes Wolters Kluwer's resilient financial performance in the first half of 2009. Despite weak market conditions, the company achieved 12% growth in diluted ordinary EPS to €0.70, improved its ordinary EBITA margin by 70 basis points to 18.6%, and increased free cash flow by 38% to €146 million. Revenue grew 7% overall and 2% at constant currencies, with higher margin electronic revenue growing 7% to comprise 52% of total revenue. The company remains on track to meet its full-year guidance and continues investing in new products and platforms to support future growth.
This document is a facility graphics branding proposal from Innovative Media for Fields Motorcars. It proposes installing 33 digital displays or artwork modules (AMRs) and one photo studio vehicle wrap (PSVW) at various locations throughout Fields Motorcars' facility. The proposal includes layout diagrams showing the proposed locations of each display, with dimensions and other specifications. It also contains contact sheets showing options for the visual content or "artwork" that could be displayed on each AMR.
The document summarizes results from a 2012 report on European retail banking. It finds that while income has almost returned to pre-crisis 2007 levels, profits remain 15% below. Banks in Spain, Portugal, and Italy face declining income and increasing risk provisions. Cost containment has kept cost-to-income ratios stable. Nordic banks focusing on digital transformation and costs have seen better performance. More efforts are expected to overhaul delivery and service models given higher risks and capital needs. Income and profits vary widely between countries.
Wellness & Consumer Driven Health Careguest00dbec2
See how oer 12,000 other businesses across the U.S. areusng Wellness & Consumer Driven Health Plans as an effective business strategy. How does your company compare?
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Learn from what over 12,000 other businesses are doing across the U.S. with Wellness and Consumer Driven Health Plans as a business strategy. How does your plan compare?
This document provides a summary of a company's first-quarter results and full-year 2008 financial outlook. It discusses challenging business conditions in North America and growth in emerging markets. The company reported improved first-quarter results, including higher core operating earnings. However, factors like a major supplier strike and higher commodity costs impacted results. For full-year 2008, the company expects revenue growth from foreign exchange but lower earnings due to production declines and costs.
The document discusses the history of HTML and CSS standards development over time. It notes that in the early years of the web there was a lot of innovation, but after the author "went pro" there was only one major HTML release for a long time. This was due to the W3C prioritizing semantics and multi-device support over new features. The WHATWG group formed because they did not think the W3C was well-suited to further HTML development. The document expresses frustration with the slow pace of CSS standards development at the W3C. It advocates for more designer involvement and recommends experimenting with new features, building use cases, and opening dialogue to influence standards development.
The document discusses developing an effective IT marketing strategy. It stresses the importance of understanding the product life cycle and positioning for the target market. A case study shows how accurate targeted different versions of its product to specific user growth levels, growing from 5 users to over 35 users. The overall strategy involves developing, selling, and maintaining products to achieve the mission of making businesses easier through innovative applications.
This document provides an overview of starting a new business, including the key elements needed for an entrepreneur. It discusses the importance of being CORE - curious, open, a risk taker and energized. It also emphasizes working in teams using an adhocracy structure. The document outlines drawing a business plan by analyzing the market and opportunity, developing a strategy and business model, and assessing financial needs. It notes the importance of the management team and securing funding to support the business from seed funding through maturity. The final sections discuss where funding is typically allocated and concluding the overall lesson on entrepreneurship.
This document discusses adverse events following immunization (AEFI) in India. It provides background on AEFI surveillance in the country and outlines the national guidelines for AEFI case investigation, recording, and reporting. It also describes the composition and roles of the national, state, and district AEFI committees responsible for monitoring, investigating, and responding to AEFI cases in India. These committees are multidisciplinary and include representatives from health departments, medical colleges, and partner organizations. The document presents data on reported serious AEFI cases in India from 1999 to 2011 and discusses the impact of AEFI on immunization programs.
Estonia Overview - Andrus Viirg - Stanford - Jan 25 2010Burton Lee
Estonia is a northern European country that regained its independence in 1991 after being occupied by the Soviet Union. It has a population of 1.36 million and its economy relies heavily on exports, which comprise 76% of GDP. Estonia has transitioned to a digital society, with nearly all government and banking services available online. It has a strong focus on innovation and R&D, with several Centers of Excellence conducting research in fields like IT, electronics, food, and biomedicine. Enterprise Estonia works to promote foreign investment and international trade, as well as support entrepreneurs and startups.
Citrix XenServer is a free enterprise-class server virtualization platform that provides advanced virtualization management and automation capabilities through Citrix Essentials for XenServer. It allows for centralized management of virtual infrastructure and workloads across physical servers. Key benefits include consolidation of servers for improved efficiency, flexibility to dynamically respond to business needs, and business continuity through high availability and disaster recovery.
An Update On IDC's Top 10 Predictions For 2008Intergen
An exclusive presentation delivered by IDC for Intergen's customers, detailing how their original 2008 predictions were tracking throughout the year. For more information, go to www.intergen.co.nz.
Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe) introduction (by Paul Cannon)guestbf6957
This presentation was given by Paul Cannon as a contribution to ELISA Open Forum 2009. The theme of the Forum was "Libraries and Learning in the e-Environment". This presentation was an introduction to the services offered by SPICe.
This presentation was a contribution to the ELISA Open Forum 2009. The theme of the Forum was "Libraries & Learning in the e-Environment". The presentation described the way that this information services uses the e-environment to give the best service possible to its clients operating in the ever changing political world.
Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe) tools and services in the e-En...guest6324be
This presentation was given as a contribution to the ELISA Open Forum 2009. It discusses in more detail the way that the Scottish Parliament information services use digital technologies in their work.
It's An A.R.M.'s Race (Acquisition, Retention, and Monetization in Mobile Gam...Brian Sapp
The document discusses strategies for acquiring, retaining, and monetizing users in mobile gaming. It covers acquisition channels like featured placements, cross-promotion, and user acquisition networks. Retention techniques include optimizing the new user flow to get players engaged quickly, using social APIs to encourage sharing but not forcing connections, and incentivizing friend invites. Monetization focuses on optimizing in-app purchases and rewards to drive recurring spending. The goal is an A.R.M. race to get new users, keep them playing, and generate ongoing revenue.
Team presentation at Leadership 2.0, University of the Aftermarket, Northwood University, April 15, 2010.
This presentation outlines a roadmap for international growth, with a general matrix for market entry decisions.
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The document discusses trends in business intelligence and how Microsoft products can help organizations become more productive and empower business users. It highlights how Microsoft BI allows for self-service data exploration and analysis using tools like PowerPivot and Report Builder. It also describes how SharePoint can be used as a platform for collaboration, with features like dashboards, reporting, and BI search to increase organizational visibility.
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.
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
GraphSummit Singapore | The Art of the Possible with Graph - Q2 2024Neo4j
Neha Bajwa, Vice President of Product Marketing, Neo4j
Join us as we explore breakthrough innovations enabled by interconnected data and AI. Discover firsthand how organizations use relationships in data to uncover contextual insights and solve our most pressing challenges – from optimizing supply chains, detecting fraud, and improving customer experiences to accelerating drug discoveries.
TrustArc Webinar - 2024 Global Privacy SurveyTrustArc
How does your privacy program stack up against your peers? What challenges are privacy teams tackling and prioritizing in 2024?
In the fifth annual Global Privacy Benchmarks Survey, we asked over 1,800 global privacy professionals and business executives to share their perspectives on the current state of privacy inside and outside of their organizations. This year’s report focused on emerging areas of importance for privacy and compliance professionals, including considerations and implications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies, building brand trust, and different approaches for achieving higher privacy competence scores.
See how organizational priorities and strategic approaches to data security and privacy are evolving around the globe.
This webinar will review:
- The top 10 privacy insights from the fifth annual Global Privacy Benchmarks Survey
- The top challenges for privacy leaders, practitioners, and organizations in 2024
- Key themes to consider in developing and maintaining your privacy program
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
Why You Should Replace Windows 11 with Nitrux Linux 3.5.0 for enhanced perfor...SOFTTECHHUB
The choice of an operating system plays a pivotal role in shaping our computing experience. For decades, Microsoft's Windows has dominated the market, offering a familiar and widely adopted platform for personal and professional use. However, as technological advancements continue to push the boundaries of innovation, alternative operating systems have emerged, challenging the status quo and offering users a fresh perspective on computing.
One such alternative that has garnered significant attention and acclaim is Nitrux Linux 3.5.0, a sleek, powerful, and user-friendly Linux distribution that promises to redefine the way we interact with our devices. With its focus on performance, security, and customization, Nitrux Linux presents a compelling case for those seeking to break free from the constraints of proprietary software and embrace the freedom and flexibility of open-source computing.
“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.
Let's Integrate MuleSoft RPA, COMPOSER, APM with AWS IDP along with Slackshyamraj55
Discover the seamless integration of RPA (Robotic Process Automation), COMPOSER, and APM with AWS IDP enhanced with Slack notifications. Explore how these technologies converge to streamline workflows, optimize performance, and ensure secure access, all while leveraging the power of AWS IDP and real-time communication via Slack notifications.
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.
Introducing Milvus Lite: Easy-to-Install, Easy-to-Use vector database for you...Zilliz
Join us to introduce Milvus Lite, a vector database that can run on notebooks and laptops, share the same API with Milvus, and integrate with every popular GenAI framework. This webinar is perfect for developers seeking easy-to-use, well-integrated vector databases for their GenAI apps.
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.
A tale of scale & speed: How the US Navy is enabling software delivery from l...sonjaschweigert1
Rapid and secure feature delivery is a goal across every application team and every branch of the DoD. The Navy’s DevSecOps platform, Party Barge, has achieved:
- Reduction in onboarding time from 5 weeks to 1 day
- Improved developer experience and productivity through actionable findings and reduction of false positives
- Maintenance of superior security standards and inherent policy enforcement with Authorization to Operate (ATO)
Development teams can ship efficiently and ensure applications are cyber ready for Navy Authorizing Officials (AOs). In this webinar, Sigma Defense and Anchore will give attendees a look behind the scenes and demo secure pipeline automation and security artifacts that speed up application ATO and time to production.
We will cover:
- How to remove silos in DevSecOps
- How to build efficient development pipeline roles and component templates
- How to deliver security artifacts that matter for ATO’s (SBOMs, vulnerability reports, and policy evidence)
- How to streamline operations with automated policy checks on container images
Pushing the limits of ePRTC: 100ns holdover for 100 daysAdtran
At WSTS 2024, Alon Stern explored the topic of parametric holdover and explained how recent research findings can be implemented in real-world PNT networks to achieve 100 nanoseconds of accuracy for up to 100 days.
Pushing the limits of ePRTC: 100ns holdover for 100 days
Nationwide Insurance - Building an Effective Finance Control and Fast Book Closing BI-System
1. Nationwide Insurance
Building an Effective Finance Control
and Fast Book Closing BI-System
Challenges & Best Practices
4th Workshop on Business Intelligence
07.05.2010, TU Dresden
Dr. Georg Loepp
Business Development Manager
Banking - Insurance – Healthcare
2. Agenda
Teradata Overview
Teradata – Focus on enabling Technology und References
Nationwide - Company Overview
Nationwide - Challenges of the Finance Function
Nationwide - Program Results
Q&A
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3. Agenda
Teradata Overview
Teradata – Focus on enabling Technology und References
Nationwide - Company Overview
Nationwide - Challenges of the Finance Function
Nationwide - Program Results
Q&A
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4. Teradata Overview
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Revenue 400 Operating Income
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Results 2009: 300
Revenue: $ 1,709 Mrd. 1,400 200
Income: $ 338 Mio. 1,200
CEO: Michael Koehler 100
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Teradata Corporation is a global leader in data warehousing and analytic solutions. Our customers
use our market-leading technology to gain deeper insight into their business operations to drive
growth, profitability, and competitive advantage.
Over 925 customers, mostly Fortune Top 500 customers with more than 2400 Systems
More than 6600 professionals dedicated to data warehousing
Targeted Industries: Retail, Telecommunication, Media & Entertainment (TME), Financial Services,
Manufacturing (Automotive, Semiconductor, High Tech), Travel & Transportation, Government,
Utilities
Again #1 position in the leader quadrant of Gartner’s Data Warehouse DB Magic Quadrant, 2010
and for the nine consecutive year leading Gartner’s DWH Server Model
Since Oct 1st, 2007 listed as an independent (split from NCR) and publicly traded company at the
NYSE (S&P 500); ticker symbol TDC
Extended partnership with IT-Partners for realizing in-Database functionality
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5. Agenda
Teradata Overview
Teradata – Focus on enabling Technology und References
Nationwide - Company Overview
Nationwide - Challenges of the Finance Function
Nationwide - Program Results
Q&A
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6. The Solution of the business Problem
Building Data Marts result in
fragmented, inconsistent Data with
considerable higher operation times.
Herefrom less funded Decisions & even
Reputation-risk arise through missing Data
security & Compliance. For the Operations
and the Development of these systems
occur verifiable significantly additional Cost.
Integrated Data guarantee the
Consistence and Usability of
Information, with simultaneously highest
Security using a central Data Protection.
Thereby Decisions could be taken much
quicker, better and traceable, and this
with significantly less Costs
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7. Teradata Vision: Active Enterprise Intelligence
Teradata: A central integrated View on your Business
Hub & Spoke 1. Application specific Central - 1. Business specific
Star schema 2. Unflexible during changes
Flexible - 2. Easy to change
Point2Point- 3. Prone to Inkonsistencies 3. Longterm stable Foundation
4. Denormalised –Redundant 3. Normal Form 4. Normalised – Non redundant
Implementation
5. Irreproducible 5. Audit Proof
Strategic View Strategic View
Production Finance Risk Marketing Sales Production Finance Risk Marketing Sales
consistent logcal View
Konto- Haupt- Risko- Kunde Filiale
Vertrag buch modell Konto-
Vertrag
Haupt-
buch
Risko-
modell
Kunde Filiale
ORDER ORDER
ORDER NUMBER
Logical Data Model
ORDER NUMBER
ORDER DATE ORDER DATE
STATUS STATUS
ORDER ITEM BACKORDERED ORDER ITEM BACKORDERED
QUANTITY QUANTITY
CUSTOMER CUSTOMER
CUSTOMER NUMBER CUSTOMER NUMBER
CUSTOMER NAME CUSTOMER NAME
ORDER ITEM SHIPPED ORDER ITEM SHIPPED
CUSTOMER CITY CUSTOMER CITY
CUSTOMER POST QUANTITY QUANTITY
CUSTOMER POST
CUSTOMER ST SHIP DATE SHIP DATE
CUSTOMER ST
CUSTOMER ADDR CUSTOMER ADDR
CUSTOMER PHONE ITEM CUSTOMER PHONE ITEM
CUSTOMER FAX ITEM NUMBER CUSTOMER FAX ITEM NUMBER
QUANTITY QUANTITY
DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION
Accounting Gen. ledger Customer Channel Accounting Gen. ledger Customer Channel
Transaction Cash Flow ERP … Collection Transaction Cash Flow ERP … Collection
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8. Analyst View: Proven DWH Technology
Teradata: Active Enterprise Intelligence based on Data Warehousing
Gartner: Magic Quadrant for Data Warehouse Systems
"Teradata is proprietary." This is a
false claim, as the DBMS is no
more proprietary.
Today, Teradata runs on
commodity hardware and Linux,
and is even replacing the proprietary
BYNET with InfiniBand and other
standard interconnects.
interconnects
Teradata allows customers to
engage in several market
microtrends…
… addresses the
"learn as you grow" mentality.
Source: Gartner Research, Magic Quadrant for Data Warehouse Database
Database
Management Systems, Donald Feinberg, Mark A. Beyer; Publication Date: 28 January
2010/ID Number: G00173535
nine consecutive years leading
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9. TD Strategic Directions
We Address High Analysis Quality = Performant Data Warehouse
Multidimensional Query Concurrency
Scalability Simultaneous parallel
Guaranteed Linear execution of complex
Scalability of the solution queries
Scan Optimization Ease of Use
At any point in time the Easy map complex issues
fastest result on offered solutions
Multiple Appliances Integrated Data
Expandable dependent on Single point of truth
the business requirements
Consistent Performance Agile Analytics
Guaranteed SLAs Right time decision
support and effective early
warning
Availability Active Workload
7*24 Up and running Automatic prioritization
and optimal resource
mitigation
Investment Protection Multi Temperature
Guaranteed business Automatic user profile
improvement oriented use of
information
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10. Teradata Customers
Customers: Active Enterprise Intelligence for Top Companies worldwide
Finance Media Retail
Logistics &
Industry
Public • Market leader of all
Tourism Institutions industries are using
Teradata-Systemes
for Decision
Support
• 35 New Customers
in EMEA within the
last 24 Month (e.g.
HSBC, Unicredit,
Daimler, Nokia, etc.)
• Loyality rate of the
Teradata Customers
> 99%.
• The Teradata
Community
(Customer, Science
Departments and
Employee) is
constantly working
on the Development
of best in class
solutions
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11. Agenda
Teradata Overview
Teradata – Focus on enabling Technology und References
Nationwide - Company Overview
Nationwide - Challenges of the Finance Function
Nationwide - Program Results
Q&A
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12. Who is Nationwide?
Nationwide – Company Overview:
• $157B Statutory Assets - 35.000 Employees
• Ranked 98th in the Fortune 500
• Core businesses include:
> domestic property and casualty insurance, life insurance and retirement savings,
asset management, and strategic investments.
• Full range of products and financial services
> auto, fire, life, health and commercial insurance to administrative services,
annuities, mutual funds and retirement plans.
• Specific P&C Rankings:
> 4th-largest homeowner insurer based on premiums written
> 6th-largest auto insurer based on premiums written
> 10th-largest commercial insurer
> 6th-largest total property and casualty insurer
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13. Nationwide Insurance
Project Spotlight
Project FOCUS (Faster, Online, Customer-driven,
User-friendly, Streamlined):
Situation: Nationwide wanted to have a world-class
finance organization but was hindered by multiple
financial processes, organizations and systems across its
enterprise
Problem: This environment created a number of issues
regarding a lack of timely access to information and
added expenses with limited ability to optimize capital
and manage risk.
Solution: Reinvent the role and operating model of the
finance function to enhance its contribution to
Nationwide’s future success
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14. Agenda
Teradata Overview
Teradata – Focus on enabling Technology und References
Nationwide - Company Overview
Nationwide - Challenges of the Finance Function
Nationwide - Program Results
Q&A
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15. Finance
Key Horizontal “Hot Topics”
• IFRS • Transparency / Financial
> New Global Financial Reporting Reporting
Standard > Enhanced transparency &
> Requires more detailed data and flexibility of financial reporting
reconciliation to transactions capabilities
• Profitability • Expense Management
> Current economic pressures > Insight into key expense items
driving demand for insight to cost to manage & monitor
& revenue drivers > Vendor management
• Finance Architecture Redesign • ERP Migration
> Simplification initiatives to drive Augmentation/Avoidance
cost out while meeting new > Ability to reduce cost/risk of
requirements large ERP Migrations
> Approach to prolong time or
avoid making the migration
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16. Nationwide Insurance
The Finance Function Problem 2006
• Multiple G/L’s
• Multiple Consolidation & Reconciliation
Systems
• Multiple Profitability Systems
• Multiple Reporting Solutions
And every one of them has
its own data repository
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17. While many leaders have made progress on
improving key enablers, significant opportunities
for improvement in Finance still exist
People Process
• While strategies may exist, organizations do • Process and data improvements can have a
not consistently manage to them big impact on closing cycle
• Significant time and effort spent • Inability to react to changes in a
coordinating and resolving dependencies on coordinated and collaborative way across
other operating units the enterprise
• Leading organizations spend more and focus • Understanding of cost and other key
on planning and analytics and have higher performance drivers still insufficient
retention rates
• Ability to anticipate business changes
• While information and tools have been hindered by insufficient leading indicators
deployed in many organizations, lack of
training has slowed use
Information Technology
• Progress has been made in basic reporting, • ERP systems not well suited to meet
but addressing 21st century reporting growing analytical and reporting
requirements is needed requirements
• Speed, access and flexibility of • IT complexity is driving increased costs and
information, not accuracy is the issue hampering collaboration across functional
• Detail necessary to determine the “what, silos
why and how” of results not easily • Enterprise application use growing but
available for many heavy reliance on Excel still exists
• Integration of financial and operational • Growing use of data warehousing and
information and metrics in a consistent master data management among leading
way is uncommon organizations
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18. The Challenge:
It was time to reinvest in Finance
Innovation and improved performance require investment.
• Potential areas to invest in and results to expect:
> Talent Management to enable improved capabilities
> Financial Reference Data/Chart of Accounts to enable better control over data
> Performance Scorecards to enable people to focus on doing what matters most
> Business Intelligence to enable smarter decisions, while reducing risk
> Financial Close Consolidation and Reporting: to enable faster, smoother close
> Budgeting, Planning & Forecasting: to enable one version of the truth
> Tax and Treasury: to enable higher profits and better compliance
> Benchmarking: to enable understanding of performance relative to peers
What to do:
Identify your top three investment opportunities. Build business cases that
include the value of better information, improved talent retention, & less risk.
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19. Finance Transformation Requires Leveraging
Complementary Capabilities
Acting on
Process
Standard Knowledge
Management
Reporting
Recording Sharing
Transactions Knowledge
Operational Systems Analytic Systems Drive Business
Help Run the Business Decisions
Enterprise Resource Planning Enterprise Data Warehouse
(ERP) > Flexible architecture optimized for business
analytics and ad-hoc decision making
> Structured architecture drives process efficiency
and consistency in core business processes > Analytical focus – analyze and manage the
business
> Transaction focus - operating the business
> Provides analytical flexibility and
> Provide process integration across key operational
customized reporting capabilities across
processes
business processes
– Large Investment
– Large Investment
– Highly Visible Spend
– Low Visibility Spend
– Traditionally High Priority
– Emerging Top Priority
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20. Critical Step
Getting the Conceptual Architecture Right
Manage All Accounting Consolidate
Future proof Rules in Common Use around Standardize
design Transparent Way With Applications application business
Ability to Drill to Details According to clusters rules &
Purpose models
1 Next Generation Finance Infrastructure
3
Accounting Financial Systems 4 HR
5 Calculation
6 Reporting
Hub Engines & & Analytics 8
Source Accounting Consolidation HR Applications
Systems Treatment Rules
General Ledger PR Financial Reporting
Planning Allocation
DDA Data delivery to users &
Card Sub-Ledger
AP Purch AR FA PA Other processes is timely,
Basel Risk accurate & appropriate
Management Reporting
Mtg
Invest
Trust
2 Data Warehouse Regulatory Reporting
Call 1101
Center 1001 Operational
9
Branch
1011 7 Store once: Analytics
use many times
ATM
Tactical Info Delivery
CIF
Extract once:
Customer Introduction & Life-Cycle Maintenance Process
System
Put customer
Set Status to
Upload Customers state to
Charge
ACT IVE
Logistics
Update logistics
information
Don’t change mid-flight
yes
10 Data Quality
yes
Sales Rep/
DSD Rep
Update Customer
Profile Information
Overall Data
Finance /
Steward
Hierarchy,
Duplicate
Resolve Credit Approval Update Billing Update Hierarchy Channel,
Review Alerts resolution yes no
Duplicates Reqd? Information Information Address info
reqd? no
complete? Alert
respective role
no
Consistent data for all Uses Hierarchy Security Master Data
Sales
Update Trade
Metadata
Channel
Information
Management Management & Governance Management Workflow Management Rules Management
Management
End-to-End Data Transparency, Informed Real-Time
Governance & Consistency Decision Making
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21. Agenda
Teradata Overview
Teradata – Focus on enabling Technology und References
Nationwide - Company Overview
Nationwide - Challenges of the Finance Function
Nationwide - Program Results
Q&A
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22. Nationwide Insurance
Success Story
Situation
• Company growth strategy is through acquisitions Impact
• Had a financial reporting environment dependent upon pulling
• Close process reduced
data from 200 source systems
from 15 days to 7
• Finance organization was focused on data gathering and not data
• Standard data definitions
analysis
and well defined data
governance across 200
Problem source systems and 2,000
• Disparate, fragmented financial systems environment users
• Ineffective forecasts were poor predictors of performance • Finance now has flexibility
to quickly integrate
• No single view of enterprise financial performance
acquisitions
• System complexity limited ability to adapt to environmental and and adjust to change
strategic change
• Finance, now spending
more time on value-
Solution adding analysis
• Redefine the role and operating model of the core finance • Improved planning and
functions, processes and systems variance analysis process
• Implement a Teradata and Planning system as the foundation of – driver-based plans
the new financial systems architecture • New Strategy and project
• Deploy a shared service finance model scope was implemented in
less than 12 month
• Create a more agile enterprise to analyze and drive timely
decisions
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23. The VISION is in place: CFO Dashboards
The Art of the Possible - Total Consolidation View of the Company
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24. What Does a Good Data Warehouse
Give the Finance Function?
• A broader range of data
• More detailed data
• More history
• A better analytical environment
> Faster response
– Support for iterative analysis
> More user control
> More comprehensive in its ability to
answer business questions
• A better analytical calculation
environment
> Faster, better and cheaper
• More up-to-date data
• More reliable and consistent data
• Reduced operational risk
> Avoids spreadsheet proliferation
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25. Summary: Finance Benefit using Teradata
• Faster closure – Closing the books every day
> Earlier identification of issues
> Easier analysis and validation
• Alternative options for new reporting
requirements -> 80 % Ad-hoc Reporting
• Flexibility to cater for:
> New measurement approaches
> New products
> New portfolios
• Strategic (e.g. management control, compliance
governance, etc.)
• Reduced costs
> System
> Manpower
• Greater business value add
> Enhanced financial analysis
> Dissemination of financial management knowledge
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26. Questions
Many thanks for your attention!
Dr. Georg Loepp
Business Development Manager
Banking, Insurance & Healthcare
Teradata GmbH
Hahnstrasse 43 E
60528 Frankfurt / Germany
Tel: +49 (69) 665 29 - 175
Mobile: +49 (172) 82 38 - 444
Fax: +49 (69) 665 29 - 247
Georg.loepp@teradata.com
Teradata.com