The document summarizes the results of a questionnaire on the neutral host model completed by 15 industry experts. Key findings include:
- Ensuring dynamic resource requests, SLA monitoring and seamless interoperability were most important for the neutral host model.
- Respondents believed the neutral host, not operators, should own spectrum and the model could reduce operator costs by 10-20%.
- Municipalities were not seen as technically capable to operate the neutral host, and services should be regulated for fairness.
his preliminary report constitutes a provisional analysis of mobile network infrastructure sharing arrangements which are currently in place in various individual European markets. The report is a first step towards identifying best practices on mobile infrastructure sharing arrangements and seeking to develop a common BEREC position on sharing. The objective is to facilitate the enhancement of mobile connectivity in European markets, in particular with regard to the rollout of 5G networks, whilst protecting and promoting competition.
This white paper introduces the opportunity for Communication Service Providers to optimize the existing network to reduce costs, thereby freeing up cash flow for re-investment, to improve end-to-end QoE to reach network performance KPIs, and to do more with their existing asset base in order to improve utilization and performance to address explosive data growth.
This research provides insights into the current and future state of telecom managed services with a view into the anticipated marketplace through 2018. This report provides the reader with an understanding of the telecom managed service market landscape including market direction, core deliverables, significant players, pricing analysis, cloud computing trends for managed service, cost-benefit advantages over self-managed solutions, and market positioning.
The search for more flexible network and service platforms is becoming ever more urgent for telcos, many of which are faced with a triple whammy of stagnant or falling revenues, rising costs and increasing competition. If they are to survive and prosper, telcos must find new ways both to plan and manage their network re- sources, and to create, deliver and manage new services.
In investigating these issues, this paper focuses in particular on policy management as a function that can pull together a wide range of valuable assets and ideas, but the paper also shows that many existing policy deployments do not meet key stra- tegic telco requirements. A more modular, platform-based approach that allows easier integration of policy with related functions is more likely to meet these goals, we suggest, enabling policy management to realize its full potential.
To illustrate some of its key points, this paper draws on a new global survey of net- work operators. Most of the data from this survey is presented here for the first time.
Advanced techno-economic modelling of distribution network investment require...Power System Operation
In an increasingly dynamic and changing electricity sector
with rising distributed energy resources, new network investment models are needed that enable consideration
of flexibility, uncertainty and risk. Existing modelling frameworks include “top down” models that offer a comparison of investment and investment strategies between
scenarios and “bottom up” models that consider detailed
technical impacts on real networks. These frameworks are broadly appropriate for analysing investment, with
the requirements of the business, stakeholders and
regulator influencing the specific model design and
implementation. There are a number of dimensions across network engineering, investment, customers and energy markets to be captured and represented in the modelling
at some level. This paper presents a number of advanced modelling techniques which can be applied to both topdown
and bottom up modelling frameworks, enabling
better consideration of customer variability, network risk and optioneering of solutions.
Drawing on Bayesian statistics, customer load has been represented using a sophisticated statistical model that
reflects both variability and uncertainty in demand on LV networks. This can help to explicitly quantify network risk due to existing loads, new loads and customer flexibility. A network ‘emulator’ model provides significantly faster run-
times for analysis of large solution sets by parameterising the variables of a power flow model against the inputs.
This has been applied and tested with LV, HV and EHV networks with results closely matching equivalent power
flow models. Implemented in combination with the
Bayesian customer load model enables probabilistic,
risk- based modelling. A constrained cost optimisation algorithm has also been developed to find the lowest cost
his preliminary report constitutes a provisional analysis of mobile network infrastructure sharing arrangements which are currently in place in various individual European markets. The report is a first step towards identifying best practices on mobile infrastructure sharing arrangements and seeking to develop a common BEREC position on sharing. The objective is to facilitate the enhancement of mobile connectivity in European markets, in particular with regard to the rollout of 5G networks, whilst protecting and promoting competition.
This white paper introduces the opportunity for Communication Service Providers to optimize the existing network to reduce costs, thereby freeing up cash flow for re-investment, to improve end-to-end QoE to reach network performance KPIs, and to do more with their existing asset base in order to improve utilization and performance to address explosive data growth.
This research provides insights into the current and future state of telecom managed services with a view into the anticipated marketplace through 2018. This report provides the reader with an understanding of the telecom managed service market landscape including market direction, core deliverables, significant players, pricing analysis, cloud computing trends for managed service, cost-benefit advantages over self-managed solutions, and market positioning.
The search for more flexible network and service platforms is becoming ever more urgent for telcos, many of which are faced with a triple whammy of stagnant or falling revenues, rising costs and increasing competition. If they are to survive and prosper, telcos must find new ways both to plan and manage their network re- sources, and to create, deliver and manage new services.
In investigating these issues, this paper focuses in particular on policy management as a function that can pull together a wide range of valuable assets and ideas, but the paper also shows that many existing policy deployments do not meet key stra- tegic telco requirements. A more modular, platform-based approach that allows easier integration of policy with related functions is more likely to meet these goals, we suggest, enabling policy management to realize its full potential.
To illustrate some of its key points, this paper draws on a new global survey of net- work operators. Most of the data from this survey is presented here for the first time.
Advanced techno-economic modelling of distribution network investment require...Power System Operation
In an increasingly dynamic and changing electricity sector
with rising distributed energy resources, new network investment models are needed that enable consideration
of flexibility, uncertainty and risk. Existing modelling frameworks include “top down” models that offer a comparison of investment and investment strategies between
scenarios and “bottom up” models that consider detailed
technical impacts on real networks. These frameworks are broadly appropriate for analysing investment, with
the requirements of the business, stakeholders and
regulator influencing the specific model design and
implementation. There are a number of dimensions across network engineering, investment, customers and energy markets to be captured and represented in the modelling
at some level. This paper presents a number of advanced modelling techniques which can be applied to both topdown
and bottom up modelling frameworks, enabling
better consideration of customer variability, network risk and optioneering of solutions.
Drawing on Bayesian statistics, customer load has been represented using a sophisticated statistical model that
reflects both variability and uncertainty in demand on LV networks. This can help to explicitly quantify network risk due to existing loads, new loads and customer flexibility. A network ‘emulator’ model provides significantly faster run-
times for analysis of large solution sets by parameterising the variables of a power flow model against the inputs.
This has been applied and tested with LV, HV and EHV networks with results closely matching equivalent power
flow models. Implemented in combination with the
Bayesian customer load model enables probabilistic,
risk- based modelling. A constrained cost optimisation algorithm has also been developed to find the lowest cost
How to manage and reduce network Capex and Opex while maintaining profitabil...Subex
Communication Service Providers (CSPs) across the globe continue to experience an increasingly competitive marketplace that is showing no signs of slowing. Most providers are introducing aggressive offerings while expanding network reach for advanced technologies like 4G/ LTE,IPX, M2M, etc. and improving large scale services delivery
As the digital economy expands with the rise of LTE, operators continuously seek innovation to better serve customers and compete. This is driving ever more sophisticated charging and billing requirements, challenging legacy systems.
This complimentary research report analyses views and insights on Charging and Billing for the Digital Economy, gathered from over 80 operators worldwide. It reveals:
•The future for traditional billing and IN charging
•Top strategies to innovate and accelerate time to market
•The future of cloud-based charging and billing
•Successful strategies to build loyalty and increase ARPU
•Services being rolled out and plans for rich communications services (RCS)
Fast-Tracking Digital: A Blueprint for Communications Services ProvidersCognizant
For communications services providers (CSPs), becoming a digital business is essential to remaining relevant and competitive, and meeting customers’ demands for best-in-class, omnichannel experiences that simplify and personalize communications and transactions. Building this capability requires integrating existing capabilities within the context of a larger digital ecosystem and industry-specific platforms. When it comes to digital transformation, the question isn’t if to start, but how – and where.
Managing the Energy Information Grid - Digital Strategies for UtilitiesIndigo Advisory Group
In this piece we highlight the digital imperative for the industry and how utilities can optimize their digital strategies, build business cases and incorporate emerging technologies.
Transformation Tools for Utilities | Indigo Advisory GroupDavid Groarke
This pivotal moment of transformation in the utility industry is providing large scale and unprecedented opportunity for traditional power providers and those operating at the edge of the grid. In this capability primer, we highlight some of the broader industry technology trends and the resulting tools, approaches and insights that Indigo Advisory Group employs to help utilities navigate uncertainty and create the right strategies.
Strategies to Monetize Energy Data - How Utilities Can Increase Their 'Earnin...Indigo Advisory Group
In this piece we highlight the utility data monetization imperative and how utilities can build the right strategies to take advantage of this opportunity
This pivotal moment of transformation in the utility industry is providing large scale and unprecedented opportunity for traditional power providers and those operating at the edge of the grid. In this capability primer, we highlight some of the broader industry technology trends and the resulting tools, approaches and insights that Indigo Advisory Group employs to help utilities navigate uncertainty and create the right strategies.
The TEA family of business case analysis tools empowers you with an effective mean to lay a solid foundation for a successful 4G initiative, analyzing and tracking the business case through an integrated and iterative approach during the entire life cycle of the project.
The TEA family is a unique and integrated application, that takes into account all critical aspects (market, technical, economic and financial) ensuring the best possible alignment between business and technology strategies since the outset.
Thus, the TEA family features comprehensive market and revenue forecast models, network dimensioning modeling tailored to 4G technologies (WiMAX and LTE), calculation of upfront investments and operational costs, and detailed economic and financial projections with close evaluation of key performance indicators.
Introduction to network quality arbitrageMartin Geddes
Many large operators have expressed a desire to undertake disruptive change, and we have often proposed an agenda for such change. What typically happens is that, after several rounds of engagement, we observe that there is little mainstream organisational appetite to engage in disruption. Why so?
The main reason is a perception gap between the current state of the art (which any leading operator delivers) and our understanding of the state of the possible (which most operators are very far from). This gap exaggerates the risks of engaging in disruption, and underestimates the potential rewards.
Another reason is that our industry as a whole implicitly believes that network service quality is a matter of detecting and rectifying ‘faults’. This framing inhibits the consideration of the alternative paradigm of networks as resource trading spaces. As a result, the significant ‘quality arbitrage’ that exists in all IP networks is not visible.
Operators face the risk that others will exploit the arbitrage opportunity, to their serious commercial disadvantage. This has happened before, e.g. with TDM and the rise of ISPs, and is happening now with SD-WAN. We propose that a larger multinational operators need to proactively initiate the disruption via a new business unit.
Sesión 6: La experiencia de Trinidad y TobagoIndotel RD
• Metodología y modelo de costos desarrollado
• Estrategia de precios y desafios
Seminario sobre los aspectos económicos y financieros de las telecomunicaciones para los países Miembros del Grupo Regional de la Comisión de Estudio 3 para América Latina y El Caribe (SG3RG-LAC)
How to manage and reduce network Capex and Opex while maintaining profitabil...Subex
Communication Service Providers (CSPs) across the globe continue to experience an increasingly competitive marketplace that is showing no signs of slowing. Most providers are introducing aggressive offerings while expanding network reach for advanced technologies like 4G/ LTE,IPX, M2M, etc. and improving large scale services delivery
As the digital economy expands with the rise of LTE, operators continuously seek innovation to better serve customers and compete. This is driving ever more sophisticated charging and billing requirements, challenging legacy systems.
This complimentary research report analyses views and insights on Charging and Billing for the Digital Economy, gathered from over 80 operators worldwide. It reveals:
•The future for traditional billing and IN charging
•Top strategies to innovate and accelerate time to market
•The future of cloud-based charging and billing
•Successful strategies to build loyalty and increase ARPU
•Services being rolled out and plans for rich communications services (RCS)
Fast-Tracking Digital: A Blueprint for Communications Services ProvidersCognizant
For communications services providers (CSPs), becoming a digital business is essential to remaining relevant and competitive, and meeting customers’ demands for best-in-class, omnichannel experiences that simplify and personalize communications and transactions. Building this capability requires integrating existing capabilities within the context of a larger digital ecosystem and industry-specific platforms. When it comes to digital transformation, the question isn’t if to start, but how – and where.
Managing the Energy Information Grid - Digital Strategies for UtilitiesIndigo Advisory Group
In this piece we highlight the digital imperative for the industry and how utilities can optimize their digital strategies, build business cases and incorporate emerging technologies.
Transformation Tools for Utilities | Indigo Advisory GroupDavid Groarke
This pivotal moment of transformation in the utility industry is providing large scale and unprecedented opportunity for traditional power providers and those operating at the edge of the grid. In this capability primer, we highlight some of the broader industry technology trends and the resulting tools, approaches and insights that Indigo Advisory Group employs to help utilities navigate uncertainty and create the right strategies.
Strategies to Monetize Energy Data - How Utilities Can Increase Their 'Earnin...Indigo Advisory Group
In this piece we highlight the utility data monetization imperative and how utilities can build the right strategies to take advantage of this opportunity
This pivotal moment of transformation in the utility industry is providing large scale and unprecedented opportunity for traditional power providers and those operating at the edge of the grid. In this capability primer, we highlight some of the broader industry technology trends and the resulting tools, approaches and insights that Indigo Advisory Group employs to help utilities navigate uncertainty and create the right strategies.
The TEA family of business case analysis tools empowers you with an effective mean to lay a solid foundation for a successful 4G initiative, analyzing and tracking the business case through an integrated and iterative approach during the entire life cycle of the project.
The TEA family is a unique and integrated application, that takes into account all critical aspects (market, technical, economic and financial) ensuring the best possible alignment between business and technology strategies since the outset.
Thus, the TEA family features comprehensive market and revenue forecast models, network dimensioning modeling tailored to 4G technologies (WiMAX and LTE), calculation of upfront investments and operational costs, and detailed economic and financial projections with close evaluation of key performance indicators.
Introduction to network quality arbitrageMartin Geddes
Many large operators have expressed a desire to undertake disruptive change, and we have often proposed an agenda for such change. What typically happens is that, after several rounds of engagement, we observe that there is little mainstream organisational appetite to engage in disruption. Why so?
The main reason is a perception gap between the current state of the art (which any leading operator delivers) and our understanding of the state of the possible (which most operators are very far from). This gap exaggerates the risks of engaging in disruption, and underestimates the potential rewards.
Another reason is that our industry as a whole implicitly believes that network service quality is a matter of detecting and rectifying ‘faults’. This framing inhibits the consideration of the alternative paradigm of networks as resource trading spaces. As a result, the significant ‘quality arbitrage’ that exists in all IP networks is not visible.
Operators face the risk that others will exploit the arbitrage opportunity, to their serious commercial disadvantage. This has happened before, e.g. with TDM and the rise of ISPs, and is happening now with SD-WAN. We propose that a larger multinational operators need to proactively initiate the disruption via a new business unit.
Sesión 6: La experiencia de Trinidad y TobagoIndotel RD
• Metodología y modelo de costos desarrollado
• Estrategia de precios y desafios
Seminario sobre los aspectos económicos y financieros de las telecomunicaciones para los países Miembros del Grupo Regional de la Comisión de Estudio 3 para América Latina y El Caribe (SG3RG-LAC)
Read Monica Paolini's blog post to learn more, The Evolution of the Small-Cell Backhaul Market: How to Pick the Right Solutions (and Vendors): http://cs.co/mpssbr
The deployment of 5G has the potential to facilitate and accelerate the digitalisation of society. By enhancing existing mobile and fixed communications services and enabling a range of new solutions (e.g. augmented/virtual reality, analytics supported by artificial intelligence), it promises to have significant impact on consumer experiences, business processes and operator revenue models. This white paper gives operators an overview of the key business and technology drivers of 5G maturity, which emerged from the study, and recommendations for how to adopt the best practices of the 5G leaders. This will be a valuable tool to help them to assess how far their plans are focused on the right drivers, and how to improve their current business and technology maturity to achieve the best results from 5G.
The deployment of 5G has the potential to facilitate and accelerate the digitalisation of society. By enhancing existing mobile and fixed communications services and enabling a range of new solutions (e.g. augmented/virtual reality, analytics supported by artificial intelligence), it promises to have significant impact on consumer experiences, business processes and operator revenue models.
However, these promises will only be fulfilled if 5G is deployed in a new way that is closely aligned to digital strategies and to emerging trends, such as the Internet of Things (IoT), that can drive new business models.
Most mobile operators only plan a commercial launch of 5G services from 2020 onwards. Given the limited number of 5G deployments to date, they often lack visibility about key success factors of 5G, and how to maximise the impact of their roll-outs. In creating the industry’s first 5G maturity index, Nokia and Analysys Mason have identified six areas of best practice which, if adopted, will greatly increase operators’ chances of being successful in the 5G era.
Navigating the Uncertain World Facing Service Providers - Juniper's PerspectiveJuniper Networks
Service providers are facing more and more pressure as customers demand immediacy. Learn how adopting a carrier-grade, open network platform closes the innovation gap to create value for your network. http://juni.pr/1JQZYOl
APAC Data centre Service Provider landscape - FrostIQAjay Sunder
2017 FrostIQ – Asia-Pacific Data Center Service Providers
A comprehensive guide for industry CIOs and other decision makers, on the selection of best-in-class data center service providers in Asia-Pacific.
This is an abridged version of the FrostIQ presentation shared with our clients.
Incase you are a CIO/CTO/IT decision maker and are interested in knowing more on this Report and the Methodology , please feel free to drop me a note.
Analysys Mason - the opportunity for LPWA solutionsTom Rebbeck
These slides, taken from our report, explore the market opportunity for LPWA solutions. The full report can be found at http://bit.ly/1uynFVO
Telecoms operators and vendors are exploring alternatives to traditional cellular technology to address the specific needs of machine-to-machine (M2M) and Internet of Things (IoT) services.
These technologies – called low-power, wide-area (LPWA) solutions – have three main advantages over the traditional networks:
lower cost: the target is produce modems for less than USD5
battery powered: the aim is to get 10 years of service from one AA battery
strong propagation: LPWA will have greater propagation than traditional cellular.
These characteristics open up markets for which traditional cellular technology is unsuitable – for example, where high module costs made the business case unviable or for devices that do not have a permanent power source, such as water meters.
We believe that LPWA services can target a market of more than 3 billion M2M connections worldwide by 2023, and generate over USD10 billion from connectivity revenue alone.
2016 IDC Pan-European Utilities Summit: Open for BusinessOMNETRIC
The OMNETRIC Group's CEO, Maikel van Verseveld presented at the IDC Pan-European Utilities Summit 2016 in Italy. There he introduced attendees to the concept of, “Open for Business.” For the utility sector these days, that refers to open platforms, open ecosystems, open architectures, and of course, open-minds. After all, a lot is changing - and quickly – in the business of powering the planet.
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.
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:
Enchancing adoption of Open Source Libraries. A case study on Albumentations.AIVladimir Iglovikov, Ph.D.
Presented by Vladimir Iglovikov:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/iglovikov/
- https://x.com/viglovikov
- https://www.instagram.com/ternaus/
This presentation delves into the journey of Albumentations.ai, a highly successful open-source library for data augmentation.
Created out of a necessity for superior performance in Kaggle competitions, Albumentations has grown to become a widely used tool among data scientists and machine learning practitioners.
This case study covers various aspects, including:
People: The contributors and community that have supported Albumentations.
Metrics: The success indicators such as downloads, daily active users, GitHub stars, and financial contributions.
Challenges: The hurdles in monetizing open-source projects and measuring user engagement.
Development Practices: Best practices for creating, maintaining, and scaling open-source libraries, including code hygiene, CI/CD, and fast iteration.
Community Building: Strategies for making adoption easy, iterating quickly, and fostering a vibrant, engaged community.
Marketing: Both online and offline marketing tactics, focusing on real, impactful interactions and collaborations.
Mental Health: Maintaining balance and not feeling pressured by user demands.
Key insights include the importance of automation, making the adoption process seamless, and leveraging offline interactions for marketing. The presentation also emphasizes the need for continuous small improvements and building a friendly, inclusive community that contributes to the project's growth.
Vladimir Iglovikov brings his extensive experience as a Kaggle Grandmaster, ex-Staff ML Engineer at Lyft, sharing valuable lessons and practical advice for anyone looking to enhance the adoption of their open-source projects.
Explore more about Albumentations and join the community at:
GitHub: https://github.com/albumentations-team/albumentations
Website: https://albumentations.ai/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/100504475
Twitter: https://x.com/albumentations
GridMate - End to end testing is a critical piece to ensure quality and avoid...ThomasParaiso2
End to end testing is a critical piece to ensure quality and avoid regressions. In this session, we share our journey building an E2E testing pipeline for GridMate components (LWC and Aura) using Cypress, JSForce, FakerJS…
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.
In the rapidly evolving landscape of technologies, XML continues to play a vital role in structuring, storing, and transporting data across diverse systems. The recent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) present new methodologies for enhancing XML development workflows, introducing efficiency, automation, and intelligent capabilities. This presentation will outline the scope and perspective of utilizing AI in XML development. The potential benefits and the possible pitfalls will be highlighted, providing a balanced view of the subject.
We will explore the capabilities of AI in understanding XML markup languages and autonomously creating structured XML content. Additionally, we will examine the capacity of AI to enrich plain text with appropriate XML markup. Practical examples and methodological guidelines will be provided to elucidate how AI can be effectively prompted to interpret and generate accurate XML markup.
Further emphasis will be placed on the role of AI in developing XSLT, or schemas such as XSD and Schematron. We will address the techniques and strategies adopted to create prompts for generating code, explaining code, or refactoring the code, and the results achieved.
The discussion will extend to how AI can be used to transform XML content. In particular, the focus will be on the use of AI XPath extension functions in XSLT, Schematron, Schematron Quick Fixes, or for XML content refactoring.
The presentation aims to deliver a comprehensive overview of AI usage in XML development, providing attendees with the necessary knowledge to make informed decisions. Whether you’re at the early stages of adopting AI or considering integrating it in advanced XML development, this presentation will cover all levels of expertise.
By highlighting the potential advantages and challenges of integrating AI with XML development tools and languages, the presentation seeks to inspire thoughtful conversation around the future of XML development. We’ll not only delve into the technical aspects of AI-powered XML development but also discuss practical implications and possible future directions.
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.
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
20 Comprehensive Checklist of Designing and Developing a WebsitePixlogix Infotech
Dive into the world of Website Designing and Developing with Pixlogix! Looking to create a stunning online presence? Look no further! Our comprehensive checklist covers everything you need to know to craft a website that stands out. From user-friendly design to seamless functionality, we've got you covered. Don't miss out on this invaluable resource! Check out our checklist now at Pixlogix and start your journey towards a captivating online presence today.
Encryption in Microsoft 365 - ExpertsLive Netherlands 2024Albert Hoitingh
In this session I delve into the encryption technology used in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Purview. Including the concepts of Customer Key and Double Key Encryption.
zkStudyClub - Reef: Fast Succinct Non-Interactive Zero-Knowledge Regex ProofsAlex Pruden
This paper presents Reef, a system for generating publicly verifiable succinct non-interactive zero-knowledge proofs that a committed document matches or does not match a regular expression. We describe applications such as proving the strength of passwords, the provenance of email despite redactions, the validity of oblivious DNS queries, and the existence of mutations in DNA. Reef supports the Perl Compatible Regular Expression syntax, including wildcards, alternation, ranges, capture groups, Kleene star, negations, and lookarounds. Reef introduces a new type of automata, Skipping Alternating Finite Automata (SAFA), that skips irrelevant parts of a document when producing proofs without undermining soundness, and instantiates SAFA with a lookup argument. Our experimental evaluation confirms that Reef can generate proofs for documents with 32M characters; the proofs are small and cheap to verify (under a second).
Paper: https://eprint.iacr.org/2023/1886
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.
Unlocking Productivity: Leveraging the Potential of Copilot in Microsoft 365, a presentation by Christoforos Vlachos, Senior Solutions Manager – Modern Workplace, Uni Systems
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
5G Neutral Host survey - MWC19
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2. Key Takeaways
21/11/2018 DEPLOYMENT AND REGULATORY CONSIDERATIONS OF THE NEUTRAL HOST MODEL 2
• 73% of respondents knew at least some details regarding the NH before responding to the questionnaire, which adds
to the robustness of the results, despite the small number of respondents (N=15).
• The ability to request resources dynamically, ensuring SLA monitoring and compliance and the seamless
interoperability of all systems are the top-3 most important aspects for an operator to employ the NH model.
• The lowest-ranked considerations in employing the NH model are sharing traffic and data characteristics and sharing
information about the profiles of their customers.
• More respondents believe that the NH and not the operators should be the owners of spectrum, in contrast to the
current model in which operators are the sole owners of the allocated spectrum resources and are subject to strict
regulation for its use
• The majority of respondents believe that the NH model will result in 10-20% cost savings for the operators both on
the CAPEX and OPEX side.
• Respondents believe that municipalities are not very technically capable (Score: 3.2/10) to undertake the role of the
NH.
• 73% of respondents believe that the NH services/products should be regulated, likely due to the need for a level
playing field should exist for all telecommunication service providers.
• Over 50% of respondents believe that the billing relationship between the NH and operators should be based on the
resources used from the latter.
• Respondents believe that reduced complexity would be the main reason why operators would be more keen to
employ the NH model over the Operator Joint Deployment model.
3. Sample Stats
21/11/2018 DEPLOYMENT AND REGULATORY CONSIDERATIONS OF THE NEUTRAL HOST MODEL 3
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Public body; 2
Research; 4
Other; 2
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Organisation sector
The purpose of this questionnaire is to gauge how industry experts outside the 5GCity consortium view the
implementation and viability of the NH model. We have received 15 full questionnaire responses. Although not a
statistically significant number to draw robust conclusions about the NH model, all respondents come from the wider
ICT sector, hence, we can assume they have a general understanding of the challenges and opportunities it presents.
4. Awareness about the NH model
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Q1: How familiar are you with the Neutral Host service platform?
3
1
7
4
Not at all
I have only heard of it
I know a few details
I know a lot about it
• 11 out of the 15 respondents know at least a few
details about the NH model. This adds to the
robustness of the results.
• Those respondents who were not knowledgeable
about the NH model, were informed by the 5GCity
project experts about the general properties and
business case of it before continuing to the following
questions of the survey.
• Some respondents made us aware that they were
familiar with the concept of the NH but under a
different name, such as ‘Shared Network’, ‘Common
Network’, ‘Multi-Operator Network’.
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Operators’ considerations 1
Q2: How important are the following aspects in a Neutral Host service platform? Score between 1-10 with
10 being very important.
5,5
6,7
7,1
7,3
7,4
7,5
7,9
8,0
8,3
8,3
8,9
9,1
Sharing information about the profiles of customers
Sharing data and traffic characteristics
Potential exhaustive pricing from the NH
Adoption of latest technological standards by the NH
Ability to intervene on the provided resources by the NH
Impact of applying a new request on the existing provisioning and services
Flexibility in billing their customers
Flexibility in accessing and using slicing
Isolation between network slices/tenants
Seamless interoperability of all systems
Ensuring SLA monitoring management and compliance
Ability to request resources dynamically
Average scores of the 15 questionnaires
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Operators’ considerations 2
Q2: How important are the following aspects in a Neutral Host service platform? Score between 1-10 with
10 being very important.
• The respondents believe that being able to request resources dynamically and ensuring the seamless interoperability
of all systems are the No. 1 and 3 most important aspects for the NH model. Both of these criteria relate to the ease
of using the NH model from the operator’s perspective, without any service interruptions that would compromise the
QoS for the end customers.
• Ensuring SLA monitoring management and compliance is the second most important criterion for the survey
respondents. This is likely due to the limited trust that operators currently have on the technical, business and
operational characteristics of the NH model.
• The respondents do not believe that the potential for exhaustive pricing from the NH is a very important criterion.
This is likely due to expectations that the operators will decide not to use the NH model in case their margins are
squeezed significantly. Another likely explanation is that the respondents might expect that the regulator will ensure
that the NH’s rate card will be competition-conducive and fair.
• The lowest-ranked criteria are sharing traffic and data characteristics and sharing information about the profiles of
their customers. These results are surprising given that the data that goes through the operators’ network, for which
they want to ensure they remain the proprietary ‘owners’, is very sensitive and there is high value in keeping it.
7. Spectrum ownership
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Q3: Who should be the spectrum owner among the various players in this ecosystem?
3
6 6
0
Operators Neutral host Both of them An independent
3rd party
• Surprisingly, more respondents believe that the NH
should be the spectrum owner, in contrast to the
current model in which operators are the sole owners
of the allocated spectrum resources and are subject to
strict regulation for its use. This is likely due to
expectations that there would be less complexity in the
process, should the NH own spectrum.
• None of the respondents believes that an independent
3rd party should be in charge of acquiring and
allocating the spectrum according to the industry
needs. This is likely due to the potential over-
complication of the relationships between the
ecosystem players, should a 3rd party be the sole
spectrum owner.
• 40% respondents believe that both parties should own
spectrum. This is likely due to expectations that
advanced spectrum management techniques can
accommodate such an approach.
8. CAPEX/OPEX
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Q4: How much will operators’ CAPEX/OPEX change by using the Neutral Host model?
0
1
2
8
4
2 2
3
6
2
It will increase Remain
broadly
unchanged
Reduce by up
to 10%
Reduce by 10-
20%
Reduce by
more than 20%
CAPEX OPEX
• The majority of respondents believe that the NH model
will result in cost savings for the operators both on the
CAPEX and (less so) on the OPEX side. This is in-line
with the very principle of the existence of the NH
model.
• 2 out of 15 respondents believe that OPEX will actually
increase for the operators by employing the NH model,
likely due to additional experts that will be needed to
manage the network.
• The most popular reply for both the CAPEX and OPEX is
that operators could save between 10-20% by
employing the NH model, while respondents are more
confident about the cost savings on the CAPEX side.
9. Municipalities as Neutral Hosts
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Q6: How technically capable are Local Governments/Municipalities to undertake the role of the NH? Score
between 1-10 with 10 being very technically capable.
1
3
5
2
1
2
1
0
0
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Average score: 3.2
• Respondents believe that municipalities are not very
technically capable to undertake the role of the NH
themselves. This finding is not a surprise as providing
connectivity services to citizens is not their primary
responsibility.
• However, municipalities have the capacity to employ a
third party to deploy and operate the NH platform.
• Potential players that could act as NH on behalf of the
operators are equipment vendors or infrastructure
owning companies.
10. NH and Regulation
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Q7: Should the Neutral Host services/products be regulated?
Yes; 11; 73%
No; 4; 27%
• 73% of respondents believe that the NH
services/products should be regulated. This likely
relates to the potential exhaustive pricing and
potential preferential treatment of the wholesale
customers that the NH would have in case its
products/services were not regulated.
• Should the NH products/services be regulated, this
would enabled fair and equal treatment of all actors
requesting access, stimulating healthy competition in
the market.
11. Billing
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Q8: How should the billing between the Neutral Host and Operators/Verticals be done?
Per resources;
8; 53%
Per usage; 3;
20%
Fixed fee; 2;
13%
Per traffic; 1;
7%
Other; 1; 7%
• The majority of respondents believe that the billing
relationship between the NH and operators should be
based on the resources used from the latter. This is
likely due to the belief that the operators should only
be liable for the amount of NH resources they use,
such as RAM, CPU core and Fiber as compared to the
rest of the billing methods.
• Only 13% of respondents believe that a fixed fee
relationship should exist between the NH and
operators. This is likely due to the fact that
operators/verticals prefer dynamic billing systems,
which are tailored to their changing needs for access.
12. NH vs. Joint Deployment Model
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Q9: How important are the following aspects for an operator to choose the NH model over the Operators’
Joint Deployment (OJD) model?
5,7
6,7
7,3
7,5
7,7
8,0
Increased cost
Network resilience
Better consumer experience
Neutrality
Investment and competition
Reduced complexity
• Respondents believe that reduced complexity would be
the main reason why operators would be more keen to
employ the NH model over the OJD model. This is likely
due to the significantly less bureaucracy needed from
the operator’s side since the NH will take care of the
relationships with third parties, such as municipalities,
regulator and landlords.
• The investment and competition consideration ranks
2nd on the list, since a OJD model requires the
operators to make the network investments by
themselves. In the case of the NH model, operators will
only need to pay for the usage of the resources. With
regards to the competition element, the NH provides
access to all parties on a non-discriminatory basis.
Hence, smaller operators would prefer the NH model,
due to their limited financial capabilities.