A Model for Temporal Coordination of Disaster Response Activities
Jörn Franke and François Charoy and Cédric Ulmer Full Research Paper, 7th International Conference for Crisis Response and Management (ISCRAM'2010), Seattle, Washington, USA, May 2010.
One problem for public safety organizations in a disaster is the management of response activities and their dependencies on an intra-and inter-organizational level. Our interviews with end users have shown that current solutions for managing activities are complicated to use in the crisis by teams in the field and also in operation centers, when facing continuous unexpected events and cross-organizational activities. We propose an activity centric system for managing crisis response activities for such situations. We give an example how this system is used in a crisis within one organization and cross-organizations. Afterwards, we explain the evaluation of the solution. This research contributes not only to the crisis management domain, but also to the business process management domain by providing an alternative view on activities in highly dynamic scenarios.
Problem Solving Tools & Methods - Part 3Tony Alvarez
I've taught many workshops on basic problem solving over the years at various companies. This 3 part presentation collects tools and methods that I've found useful and that most people tend to be able to put into practice quickly. Problem solving is ground that has been covered by many people many times in the past and this presentation builds on that work, incorporates my experience and hopefully integrates it in a way that provides some new insights. This is the 3rd of a 3 part presentation.
by Wolfgang Krips, Senior Vice President of Global Infrastructure Operations of SAP at the Lean Summit 2010, New Horizons for Lean Thinking on 2/3 November 2010
Problem Solving Tools & Methods - Part 3Tony Alvarez
I've taught many workshops on basic problem solving over the years at various companies. This 3 part presentation collects tools and methods that I've found useful and that most people tend to be able to put into practice quickly. Problem solving is ground that has been covered by many people many times in the past and this presentation builds on that work, incorporates my experience and hopefully integrates it in a way that provides some new insights. This is the 3rd of a 3 part presentation.
by Wolfgang Krips, Senior Vice President of Global Infrastructure Operations of SAP at the Lean Summit 2010, New Horizons for Lean Thinking on 2/3 November 2010
The Alignment-Focused Organization: Bridging the Gap Between Strategy and Exe...FindWhitePapers
Take a look at how organizations are taking strides to align business strategy with actual initiatives, projects, and daily activities - in short, to close the gap between strategy and execution. Studies show that even well-formulated plans often fall short; here's how to change that.
SAST for JavaScript: A Brief Overview of Commercial ToolsAchim D. Brucker
Static application security testing (SAST) is a widely used technique that helps to find security vulnerabilities in program code at an early stage in the software development life-cycle. Since a few years, JavaScript is gaining more and more popularity as an implementation language for large applications. Consequently, there is a demand for SAST tools that support JavaScript.
We report briefly on our method for evaluating SAST tools for JavaScript as well as summarize the results of our analysis.
Automate Yourself Out of a Job: Safely Delegate the Management of your Azure...Rundeck
Running Operations is not an easy job, especially these days. Ops teams have to ensure excellent user experiences, resolve incidents quickly and help developers stay productive. Yet at the same time, there is also the need to maintain systems security and keep downtime to a minimum - goals which many struggle with at scale.
While advances in cloud computing have helped address some of these challenges, many organizations find it difficult to leverage the cloud at scale because of bottlenecks that form around repetitive tasks, such as developers having to wait for provisioning infrastructure. Despite having access to abundant cloud resources, these speedbumps often make it difficult or impossible to achieve team objectives.
Join this talk to learn:
-How to safely delegate the management of your Azure deployment (to developers and other colleagues) with self-service operations.
-How to create powerful runbooks with guardrails that leverage existing scripting languages (including PowerShell), infrastructure, and tools to remove the human from the bottleneck that forms around repetitive tasks.
-Strategies for getting started
-And how to create an Easy Button to handle the repetitive tasks that are interrupting your flow of work.
As presented by Jesse Houldsworth at PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit 2021
Conventional authorization projects are based on a monolithic approach, with a standardized procedure model and a linear sequence of project phases with milestones. In an ideal project, where both the project factors and the final state are known, this approach might go well. But if changes occur during the project, things become more difficult, and the response is often to increase the resources or push the deadline back. Neither is an ideal solution for your project.
In our experience, SAP S/4HANA authorization projects tend to be highly dynamic, due to the lack of a clear overall strategy in the beginning and frequently changing requirements. This is a key reason why such projects fail.
Our SAP experts at SAST SOLUTIONS follow an agile project management approach that is perfectly suited to the complexity and dynamism in SAP S/4HANA projects. Take advantage of our extensive experience and benefit from rapid response times to changing requirements and a continuous optimization process.
Topics of focus:
• Frequent stumbling blocks in SAP S/4HANA authorization projects
• Comparison between “classic” and “agile” project management
• How you can benefit from the SAST project approach
• Best practice tips
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Für Informationen auf Deutsch, sprechen Sie uns gerne an: sast@akquinet.de
> What is Project Management Software?
> How and where apply it?
> What are the benefits of using it?
> Which are the best approaches?
In these slides, you'll have a vision of what PM Software is and where is requested: definition, benefits, applications
>
Without an effective governance strategy in place, Microsoft Teams and SharePoint Sites can quickly go from an organized and effective workspace to an out-of-control, sprawling digital wasteland. Sound familiar?
It's very common for organizations to experience Microsoft Teams & SharePoint Sites sprawl. But, when it does happen, how can you tackle it?
Join me as we will explore:
* Challenges organizations face with Microsoft Teams & SharePoint Sites sprawl.
* Solutions to tackle Microsoft Teams & SharePoint Sites sprawl.
* Best practices to get more from Microsoft Teams & SharePoint.
* Real-world guidance on out-of-the-box solutions and custom approaches.
* How you can improve experiences, management and organizational outcomes.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
The Alignment-Focused Organization: Bridging the Gap Between Strategy and Exe...FindWhitePapers
Take a look at how organizations are taking strides to align business strategy with actual initiatives, projects, and daily activities - in short, to close the gap between strategy and execution. Studies show that even well-formulated plans often fall short; here's how to change that.
SAST for JavaScript: A Brief Overview of Commercial ToolsAchim D. Brucker
Static application security testing (SAST) is a widely used technique that helps to find security vulnerabilities in program code at an early stage in the software development life-cycle. Since a few years, JavaScript is gaining more and more popularity as an implementation language for large applications. Consequently, there is a demand for SAST tools that support JavaScript.
We report briefly on our method for evaluating SAST tools for JavaScript as well as summarize the results of our analysis.
Automate Yourself Out of a Job: Safely Delegate the Management of your Azure...Rundeck
Running Operations is not an easy job, especially these days. Ops teams have to ensure excellent user experiences, resolve incidents quickly and help developers stay productive. Yet at the same time, there is also the need to maintain systems security and keep downtime to a minimum - goals which many struggle with at scale.
While advances in cloud computing have helped address some of these challenges, many organizations find it difficult to leverage the cloud at scale because of bottlenecks that form around repetitive tasks, such as developers having to wait for provisioning infrastructure. Despite having access to abundant cloud resources, these speedbumps often make it difficult or impossible to achieve team objectives.
Join this talk to learn:
-How to safely delegate the management of your Azure deployment (to developers and other colleagues) with self-service operations.
-How to create powerful runbooks with guardrails that leverage existing scripting languages (including PowerShell), infrastructure, and tools to remove the human from the bottleneck that forms around repetitive tasks.
-Strategies for getting started
-And how to create an Easy Button to handle the repetitive tasks that are interrupting your flow of work.
As presented by Jesse Houldsworth at PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit 2021
Conventional authorization projects are based on a monolithic approach, with a standardized procedure model and a linear sequence of project phases with milestones. In an ideal project, where both the project factors and the final state are known, this approach might go well. But if changes occur during the project, things become more difficult, and the response is often to increase the resources or push the deadline back. Neither is an ideal solution for your project.
In our experience, SAP S/4HANA authorization projects tend to be highly dynamic, due to the lack of a clear overall strategy in the beginning and frequently changing requirements. This is a key reason why such projects fail.
Our SAP experts at SAST SOLUTIONS follow an agile project management approach that is perfectly suited to the complexity and dynamism in SAP S/4HANA projects. Take advantage of our extensive experience and benefit from rapid response times to changing requirements and a continuous optimization process.
Topics of focus:
• Frequent stumbling blocks in SAP S/4HANA authorization projects
• Comparison between “classic” and “agile” project management
• How you can benefit from the SAST project approach
• Best practice tips
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Für Informationen auf Deutsch, sprechen Sie uns gerne an: sast@akquinet.de
> What is Project Management Software?
> How and where apply it?
> What are the benefits of using it?
> Which are the best approaches?
In these slides, you'll have a vision of what PM Software is and where is requested: definition, benefits, applications
>
Without an effective governance strategy in place, Microsoft Teams and SharePoint Sites can quickly go from an organized and effective workspace to an out-of-control, sprawling digital wasteland. Sound familiar?
It's very common for organizations to experience Microsoft Teams & SharePoint Sites sprawl. But, when it does happen, how can you tackle it?
Join me as we will explore:
* Challenges organizations face with Microsoft Teams & SharePoint Sites sprawl.
* Solutions to tackle Microsoft Teams & SharePoint Sites sprawl.
* Best practices to get more from Microsoft Teams & SharePoint.
* Real-world guidance on out-of-the-box solutions and custom approaches.
* How you can improve experiences, management and organizational outcomes.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
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Today, after several years of existence, an extremely active community and an ultra-dynamic ecosystem, Kubernetes has established itself as the de facto standard in container orchestration. Thanks to a wide range of managed services, it has never been so easy to set up a ready-to-use Kubernetes cluster.
However, this ease of use means that the subject of security in Kubernetes is often left for later, or even neglected. This exposes companies to significant risks.
In this talk, I'll show you step-by-step how to secure your Kubernetes cluster for greater peace of mind and reliability.
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Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
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.
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
Generating a custom Ruby SDK for your web service or Rails API using Smithyg2nightmarescribd
Have you ever wanted a Ruby client API to communicate with your web service? Smithy is a protocol-agnostic language for defining services and SDKs. Smithy Ruby is an implementation of Smithy that generates a Ruby SDK using a Smithy model. In this talk, we will explore Smithy and Smithy Ruby to learn how to generate custom feature-rich SDKs that can communicate with any web service, such as a Rails JSON API.
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
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UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered Quality
A Model for Temporal Coordination of Disaster Response Activites
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