The document discusses a new Digital Density Index created by Accenture to measure how deeply digital technologies are integrated across different aspects of economic activity in countries. The index covers over 50 indicators across areas like digital markets, enterprise operations, sourcing inputs, and enabling factors. The research found that improving a country's Digital Density score by 10 points could significantly boost its productivity, GDP growth, and overall economic competitiveness through 2020. The document advocates that governments and businesses use the index to guide strategic digital investments and transform how they operate to capitalize on new opportunities in the digital economy.
Digital Europe: Pushing the frontier, capturing the benefitsMcKinsey & Company
What is the speed at which digital is and will change our world?
How is Europe performing in digital compared to the United States? Where is the progress? And where is the paralysis?
What some of the challenges and risks of digital – its potential to divide business and society – between the highly digitized: the “have-mores,” and the “haves:” those who are not able or willing to adapt fast enough.
And what is our share our vision with you for how Europe needs to capture the huge digital prize. What can start-ups, companies, public authorities – everyone in this room – do, to make it happen?
Claranet Research Report 2015 - Inovação TI na EuropaClaranet Portugal
Apresentamos o novo Claranet Research Report: 56 exaustivas páginas, onde cerca de 900 responsáveis de TI europeus, nos explicam como usam a tecnologia para inovar e como esperam usá-la no futuro.
Faça o download gratuito e descubra:
- Quais são os países que mais inovam na Europa;
- Como interagem os seus departamentos TI com o resto do negócio;
- Qual a opinião dos actuais líderes de TI, sobre os seus fornecedores de serviços.
Saiba mais em http://www.claranet.pt/claranet-research-report-2015.html
The document covers the role of SMEs in Europe, and assesses the current digitalization level in this region. We researched on the benefits for the enterprises if these turn to the digital completely.
Source: https://www.elinext.com/researches/
NEO OPEN INNOVATION IN THE DIGITAL ECONOMY: HARNESSING SOFT INNOVATION RESOURCESIJMIT JOURNAL
Successive increases in R&D that creates new functionality are essential for global competitiveness. However, unexpectedly, as a consequence of the two-faced nature of information and communication technology (ICT), excessive R&D results in a marginal productivity decline leading to a decrease in digital
value creation. In order to overcome such a dilemma, global ICT firms have been endeavoring to transform themselves into disruptive business model. Neo open innovation that harnesses soft innovation resources may be a solution to this critical question. On the basis of an empirical analysis focusing on forefront endeavors to this dilemma by global ICT firms, this paper attempted to demonstrate the above hypothetical
view. Noteworthy findings suggestive to transforming the traditional business model into disruptive innovation that satisfies people’s demand corresponding to their shift inpreferences in the digital economy is thus provided. In addition, a new concept for R&D resources in the digital economy is postulated.
Our latest consumer product industry overview provides a closer look at the trends that are disrupting the industry and changing the way they go to market. For more information, read our new report: https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/pages/consumer-business/articles/consumer-products-industry-outlook.html
Digital Europe: Pushing the frontier, capturing the benefitsMcKinsey & Company
What is the speed at which digital is and will change our world?
How is Europe performing in digital compared to the United States? Where is the progress? And where is the paralysis?
What some of the challenges and risks of digital – its potential to divide business and society – between the highly digitized: the “have-mores,” and the “haves:” those who are not able or willing to adapt fast enough.
And what is our share our vision with you for how Europe needs to capture the huge digital prize. What can start-ups, companies, public authorities – everyone in this room – do, to make it happen?
Claranet Research Report 2015 - Inovação TI na EuropaClaranet Portugal
Apresentamos o novo Claranet Research Report: 56 exaustivas páginas, onde cerca de 900 responsáveis de TI europeus, nos explicam como usam a tecnologia para inovar e como esperam usá-la no futuro.
Faça o download gratuito e descubra:
- Quais são os países que mais inovam na Europa;
- Como interagem os seus departamentos TI com o resto do negócio;
- Qual a opinião dos actuais líderes de TI, sobre os seus fornecedores de serviços.
Saiba mais em http://www.claranet.pt/claranet-research-report-2015.html
The document covers the role of SMEs in Europe, and assesses the current digitalization level in this region. We researched on the benefits for the enterprises if these turn to the digital completely.
Source: https://www.elinext.com/researches/
NEO OPEN INNOVATION IN THE DIGITAL ECONOMY: HARNESSING SOFT INNOVATION RESOURCESIJMIT JOURNAL
Successive increases in R&D that creates new functionality are essential for global competitiveness. However, unexpectedly, as a consequence of the two-faced nature of information and communication technology (ICT), excessive R&D results in a marginal productivity decline leading to a decrease in digital
value creation. In order to overcome such a dilemma, global ICT firms have been endeavoring to transform themselves into disruptive business model. Neo open innovation that harnesses soft innovation resources may be a solution to this critical question. On the basis of an empirical analysis focusing on forefront endeavors to this dilemma by global ICT firms, this paper attempted to demonstrate the above hypothetical
view. Noteworthy findings suggestive to transforming the traditional business model into disruptive innovation that satisfies people’s demand corresponding to their shift inpreferences in the digital economy is thus provided. In addition, a new concept for R&D resources in the digital economy is postulated.
Our latest consumer product industry overview provides a closer look at the trends that are disrupting the industry and changing the way they go to market. For more information, read our new report: https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/pages/consumer-business/articles/consumer-products-industry-outlook.html
CompTIA’s annual IT Industry Outlook provides a look at the trends to watch in the year ahead in the information technology (IT) space. CompTIA explores topics such as digital transformation, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, the insights economy, new collar jobs, and more.
The complete IT Industry Outlook 2018 report can be viewed free of charge at:
https://www.comptia.org/resources/it-industry-trends-analysis
A SOLUTION TO THE DILEMMA BETWEEN R&D EXPANSION AND THE PRODUCTIVITY DECLINE:...IJMIT JOURNAL
As a consequence of the two-faced nature of information and communication technology (ICT), a majority of ICT leaders have been confronting the critical problem of a dilemma between R&D expansion and productivity decline in the digital economy. However, Amazon has been able to accomplish a skyrocketing increase in R&D and market capitalization. Finland has also accomplished balanced advancement not only of welfare but also economic resurgence. This paper attempted to elucidate the miracle of two ICT leaders. By means of a comparative empirical analysis of respective development trajectories, the sources of their success were analyzed thereby the comparative advantage and disadvantage of each respective trajectories supportive to find a practical solution to the critical problem of a dilemma were identified. The sources of both successes can be attributed to harnessing the vigor of soft innovation resources from the marketplace. However, contrary to Amazon’s complementary use, Finland has depended on substitutionary use. While this approach contributes to easy resurgence, it casts a shadow to the innovative growth in the future. An insightful suggestion regarding balanced sustainable growth by cross learning was thus provided.
it & Economic Performance a Critical Review of the Empirical DataWaqas Tariq
The present study undertakes a critical review of the research around the multi-significant issue of the correlation between the IT investments and the economic performance to both micro and macroeconomic level. The aim of this study is to shed light on the interaction of IT with the economy, at corporate, industry and national level and document it¢ s contribution to productivity and therefore to economic growth. My conclusion is that there is a positive effect of IT investments to both the above economic indicators in all aspects, but is something that needs further research so as to find a more clear and risk adjusted relation.
Published by the Finnish Information Processing Association, the yearly IT Barometer charts the importance of IT to Finnish organizations. In the IT Barometer, we study Finnish IT and business management’s views on how IT is utilized in their organizations, how IT produces value for their business, and what factors and competences are seen to contribute to future success.
This is the fourth IT Barometer and during these four years, we have seen dramatic changes in IT and the role of IT in Finnish companies. During these four years, we have gone through one downturn and we are now potentially entering another. During 2009, 2010 and 2011, we have monitored the effect that the general economic trend has on IT and perceptions on IT. During these four years, we also have seen the rise of consumerization, including social media services and a new class of smart phones and tablet computers. IT has also undergone a process of consumerization – new services and devices now first come to consumer markets and move from there to corporate use – oftentimes after years of delay.
Measuring Industry Digitization: Leaders and Laggards in the Digital EconomyFlorian Gröne
The pace of digitization is picking up rapidly but the speed at which digitization is taking place varies a great deal from industry to industry. To gain a better understanding of the relative degree to which digitization is transforming different industries, we have created the Industry Digitization Index. Whether they are currently digitization leaders or laggards, all industries can benefit by investing in the input, processing, and output capabilities needed to extend their digital footprints throughout their business ecosystems.
One in three goods crosses national borders, and more than one-third of financial investments are international transactions. And in the next decade, global flows could triple, powered by rising prosperity and participation in the emerging world. In a new McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) report, "Global flows in a digital age: How trade, finance, people, and data connect the world economy," scenarios show that global flows could reach $54 trillion to $85 trillion by 2025.
Transforming Hong Kong into a smart city: The economic opportunity of digital...FairTechInstitute
This study, conducted by AlphaBeta and commissioned by Google, examines the economic significance of digital technologies and skills in Hong Kong. This study finds that, if leveraged fully, digital technologies could create an annual economic value of HKD387 billion (USD 50 billion) by 2030. In addition, if it were to accelerate the pace of its digital skilling efforts over the next decade, workers with digital skills can contribute up to a fifth (21 percent) of Hong Kong’s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2030.
Intermodal Transport Data Sharing Programme (Sep 2021)FairTechInstitute
This was a year-long project conducted in Hong Kong to support evidence-based policymaking, supporting good data governance, green smart cities, and strong data security and protection. The project developed a Proof-of-Concept to demonstrate a trusted data sharing mechanism - Data Trust 1.0 - could be implemented to allow transport operators and service providers to share limited amounts of data for the purposes of limited-scope, mode-specific research e.g. research which asks "how many people cycle to work between 8-9am?"
While this research was conducted for transport operators, the Data Trust 1.0 model is applicable across all sectors. Funding was provided by the Hong Kong Innovation and Technology Commission, and supported generously by sponsors Daimler, MTR, Thales, and Via.
A Transformation Roadmap for Media and Entertainment RevitalizationCognizant
By following a five-step plan, media and entertainment companies can optimize human resources, standardize key business processes and revamp aging IT infrastructure to ensure viability over the long term.
On-switch: Applied Lessons on Moving up the Digital Maturity CurveCognizant
What separates digital beginners from leaders? No matter what your starting point is, our recent research sheds light on where and how much to invest, and the ROI and performance gains to expect.
CompTIA’s annual IT Industry Outlook provides a look at the trends to watch in the year ahead in the information technology (IT) space. CompTIA explores topics such as digital transformation, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, the insights economy, new collar jobs, and more.
The complete IT Industry Outlook 2018 report can be viewed free of charge at:
https://www.comptia.org/resources/it-industry-trends-analysis
A SOLUTION TO THE DILEMMA BETWEEN R&D EXPANSION AND THE PRODUCTIVITY DECLINE:...IJMIT JOURNAL
As a consequence of the two-faced nature of information and communication technology (ICT), a majority of ICT leaders have been confronting the critical problem of a dilemma between R&D expansion and productivity decline in the digital economy. However, Amazon has been able to accomplish a skyrocketing increase in R&D and market capitalization. Finland has also accomplished balanced advancement not only of welfare but also economic resurgence. This paper attempted to elucidate the miracle of two ICT leaders. By means of a comparative empirical analysis of respective development trajectories, the sources of their success were analyzed thereby the comparative advantage and disadvantage of each respective trajectories supportive to find a practical solution to the critical problem of a dilemma were identified. The sources of both successes can be attributed to harnessing the vigor of soft innovation resources from the marketplace. However, contrary to Amazon’s complementary use, Finland has depended on substitutionary use. While this approach contributes to easy resurgence, it casts a shadow to the innovative growth in the future. An insightful suggestion regarding balanced sustainable growth by cross learning was thus provided.
it & Economic Performance a Critical Review of the Empirical DataWaqas Tariq
The present study undertakes a critical review of the research around the multi-significant issue of the correlation between the IT investments and the economic performance to both micro and macroeconomic level. The aim of this study is to shed light on the interaction of IT with the economy, at corporate, industry and national level and document it¢ s contribution to productivity and therefore to economic growth. My conclusion is that there is a positive effect of IT investments to both the above economic indicators in all aspects, but is something that needs further research so as to find a more clear and risk adjusted relation.
Published by the Finnish Information Processing Association, the yearly IT Barometer charts the importance of IT to Finnish organizations. In the IT Barometer, we study Finnish IT and business management’s views on how IT is utilized in their organizations, how IT produces value for their business, and what factors and competences are seen to contribute to future success.
This is the fourth IT Barometer and during these four years, we have seen dramatic changes in IT and the role of IT in Finnish companies. During these four years, we have gone through one downturn and we are now potentially entering another. During 2009, 2010 and 2011, we have monitored the effect that the general economic trend has on IT and perceptions on IT. During these four years, we also have seen the rise of consumerization, including social media services and a new class of smart phones and tablet computers. IT has also undergone a process of consumerization – new services and devices now first come to consumer markets and move from there to corporate use – oftentimes after years of delay.
Measuring Industry Digitization: Leaders and Laggards in the Digital EconomyFlorian Gröne
The pace of digitization is picking up rapidly but the speed at which digitization is taking place varies a great deal from industry to industry. To gain a better understanding of the relative degree to which digitization is transforming different industries, we have created the Industry Digitization Index. Whether they are currently digitization leaders or laggards, all industries can benefit by investing in the input, processing, and output capabilities needed to extend their digital footprints throughout their business ecosystems.
One in three goods crosses national borders, and more than one-third of financial investments are international transactions. And in the next decade, global flows could triple, powered by rising prosperity and participation in the emerging world. In a new McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) report, "Global flows in a digital age: How trade, finance, people, and data connect the world economy," scenarios show that global flows could reach $54 trillion to $85 trillion by 2025.
Transforming Hong Kong into a smart city: The economic opportunity of digital...FairTechInstitute
This study, conducted by AlphaBeta and commissioned by Google, examines the economic significance of digital technologies and skills in Hong Kong. This study finds that, if leveraged fully, digital technologies could create an annual economic value of HKD387 billion (USD 50 billion) by 2030. In addition, if it were to accelerate the pace of its digital skilling efforts over the next decade, workers with digital skills can contribute up to a fifth (21 percent) of Hong Kong’s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2030.
Intermodal Transport Data Sharing Programme (Sep 2021)FairTechInstitute
This was a year-long project conducted in Hong Kong to support evidence-based policymaking, supporting good data governance, green smart cities, and strong data security and protection. The project developed a Proof-of-Concept to demonstrate a trusted data sharing mechanism - Data Trust 1.0 - could be implemented to allow transport operators and service providers to share limited amounts of data for the purposes of limited-scope, mode-specific research e.g. research which asks "how many people cycle to work between 8-9am?"
While this research was conducted for transport operators, the Data Trust 1.0 model is applicable across all sectors. Funding was provided by the Hong Kong Innovation and Technology Commission, and supported generously by sponsors Daimler, MTR, Thales, and Via.
A Transformation Roadmap for Media and Entertainment RevitalizationCognizant
By following a five-step plan, media and entertainment companies can optimize human resources, standardize key business processes and revamp aging IT infrastructure to ensure viability over the long term.
On-switch: Applied Lessons on Moving up the Digital Maturity CurveCognizant
What separates digital beginners from leaders? No matter what your starting point is, our recent research sheds light on where and how much to invest, and the ROI and performance gains to expect.
The capacity of countries and their institutions, public services, and corporate and business communities to successfully absorb new initiatives and integrate the changes needed for digital transformation will depend on their level of digital maturity. Targeted models or ‘readiness’ tools and rubrics support governments and organizations in assessing their digital maturity level according to pre-defined parameters, dimensions or indicators.
Every. Thing. Connected. – A study of the adoption of ‘Internet of Things’ am...Ericsson
Previous years have seen massive attention around the Internet of Things (IoT) but have brought little knowledge of its adoption among Danish companies. This report seeks to change that and shows that the Danish companies surveyed have a much stronger faith in the potential of Internet of Things than foreign counterparts, but are less likely to have acted on the opportunity. What causes this contradiction?
Presentation by Asa Johansson at the OECD Global Conference on Governance Innovation which took place in Paris on 13-14 January 2020. Further information is available at http://www.oecd.org/gov/regulatory-policy/oecd-global-conference-on-governance-innovation.htm.
EY Insights -- Legacy to leading: transforming public sector procurementJustin Badlam
Over the past decade, governments have taken a number of steps to improve the procurement function: the introduction of category management, contract vehicle consolidation, and the roll out of more sophisticated IT systems for managing purchases. These actions have improved the performance of procurement offices, yet pain points still persist. Fragmented buying practices, increasing complexity of the procurement process, and administrative layers make government buying more expensive and less efficient. The labyrinth of rules, processes, and paper-based procedures are incompatible with today’s pace of business. The convergence of digital technologies, analytics and collaboration enables government procurement offices to unlock cost savings, improve performance, and deliver a public sector that works better for citizens.
International Journal of Computational Engineering Research(IJCER)ijceronline
International Journal of Computational Engineering Research (IJCER) is dedicated to protecting personal information and will make every reasonable effort to handle collected information appropriately. All information collected, as well as related requests, will be handled as carefully and efficiently as possible in accordance with IJCER standards for integrity and objectivity.
Introducing and implementing the EUCIP Core training programme can only be efficient and successful if young professionals completing the training have a chance to be employed not only in Europe but also in Hungary. In the framework of the I-TShape project, the Pest County Foundation for Enterprise Promotion (PFEP) undertook to survey Hungarian stakeholders of the economy to assess the infrastructural background of various businesses, the status of this infrastructure, the conditions of its operation and the expectations towards professionals who operate and develop it. The results and conclusions of the survey are important for us, as we can use them in designing a training programme tailored to the needs of the Hungarian market demands that and then integrating it into the vocational training system in Hungary.
Agency of the Future - Summary FindingsSapient GmbH
A survey commissioned by Sapient has established that marketers are recognising the need to make greater use of digital marketing, and accordingly are looking to marketing agencies with proven expertise in digital marketing techniques.
The study, conducted by Redshift Research between July and August 2008, measured current and future usage of digital marketing activities among 500 companies employing more than 1,000 employees across the UK, Germany, Switzerland, Sweden and the Netherlands.
The World Economic Forum has recently launched The Global Information Technology Report 2013.
In this presentation we have tried to put some important find outs from the same report and few other news and information from global media.
Guide pratique de sensibilisation au RGPD pour les TPE&PMEpolenumerique33
BPI France et la CNIL se sont associées pour aider les PME de se mettre en conformité avec le nouveau règlement européen relatif à la protection des données personnelles.
Découvrez le "Guide pratique de sensibilisation au RGPD pour les petites et moyennes entreprises"
Les influenceurs, acteurs de l'e-réputation des entreprises -2polenumerique33
Présentation de Camille In Bordeaux à la CCI Bordeaux Gironde sur le thème "Influenceurs, acteurs de la e-réputation des entreprises" - Chai numérique (secteur vin)
Les influenceurs, acteurs de l'e-réputation des entreprises -1polenumerique33
Les avis transforment en profondeur la relation client, influent sur l’acte d’achat et sur la notoriété de l'entreprise.
Découvrez le rôle des influenceurs, réels acteurs de la e- reputation et les règles de bonnes pratiques pour adapter votre communication en les mettant au cœur de votre stratégie.
Avec l'intervention des blogueuses @CamilleinBordeaux et @joelle_Dubois. Organisé par le Pôle Numérique de la CCI et le Club Best Of Wine Tourism
Les avis de consommateurs transforment en profondeur la relation client et influent sur l’acte d’achat. Découvrez les risques, opportunités de cette réalité et adaptez votre communication en mettant la recommandation au cœur de votre stratégie.
Atelier Pôle Numérique CCI Bordeaux Gironde à Bruges
Linked In et Twitter, duo gagnant de la communication B2Bpolenumerique33
Découvrez le lien entre ces deux réseaux sociaux incontournables pour améliorer votre visibilité et développer vos business, en accord avec vos objectifs et votre stratégie d’entreprise. Par le Pôle Numérique de la CCI et Digitall Conseil
ADEME TPE PME gagnantes sur tous les coûts - codes naf + critères éligibilitépolenumerique33
ADEME dispositif " TPE PME gagnantes sur tous les coûts" - codes naf + critères éligibilité. Plus de détail et inscription ici http://bit.ly/2E2vgLI
Les critères d’éligibilité sont les suivants :
Etablissements privés sur le territoire français
Effectif global moyen 2016 de l’établissement compris entre 0 et 250 salariés
Secteurs d’activité : L’accompagnement s’adresse à des établissements dont l’activité principale nécessite la transformation, le stockage et la manutention, la réparation ou la vente d’un flux matériel important avec une consommation d’énergie significative.
Les principaux secteurs visés sont :
L’industrie de transformation
Le commerce de gros et de détail de produits périssables (alimentaires, plantes, bricolage…)
La restauration
Les métiers de l’artisanat qui transforment de la matière et consomment de l’énergie.
Liste détaillées des NAF éligibles / non éligibles dans le document
80% des entreprises peuvent économiser plus de 180€ par an et par salarié en optimisant leurs flux matières, énergie, eau & déchets : Pourquoi pas vous ?
Plus de détail et inscription ici http://bit.ly/2E2vgLI
Animation d'une journée consacrée aux commerçants et artisans de Gironde, CCI Bordeaux Gironde et CMAI33 sur les bases de la présence en ligne et de l'aide à la vente par le numérique.
Linkedin, Twitter : le duo gagnant de votre visibilité BtoBpolenumerique33
Découvrez le lien entre ces deux réseaux sociaux incontournables pour améliorer votre visibilité et développer vos business, en accord avec vos objectifs et votre stratégie d’entreprise.
Programme Compétitivité énergétique Région Nouvelle Aquitaine - Club Industri...polenumerique33
Présentation "programme Compétitivité énergétique "de la Région Nouvelle Aquitaine - Club Industrie Performance Energetique et Hydrique - 23 11 2017 - CCI Bordeaux Gironde
Cci Aquitaine Programme d'actions 2018-2020 transition énergétique et écologi...polenumerique33
Cci Aquitaine Programme d'actions 2018-2020 transition énergétique et écologique un facteur de performance - Club Industrie Performance Energetique et Hydrique - 23 11 2017 - CCI Bordeaux Gironde
Linkedin, Twitter : le duo gagnant de votre visibilité BtoB polenumerique33
Découvrez le lien entre ces deux réseaux sociaux incontournables pour améliorer votre visibilité et développer vos business, en accord avec vos objectifs et votre stratégie d’entreprise !
Atelier animé par le Pôle numérique de la CCI Bordeaux Gironde et Aquitem .
Aquassay - Club Industrie Performance Energetique et Hydrique - 23 11 2017polenumerique33
CCI Bordeaux Gironde - Club Industrie "Performance Énergétique et Hydrique" - 23 11 2017 2e temps fort : "Equipements connectés et analyse des données au service de l'intelligence opérationnelle" - Intervention de Jean-Emmanuel Gilbert (Aquassay)
Lycée Horticole Farzanis de Tonneins - projet SOLAH - Club Industrie "Perform...polenumerique33
CCI Bordeaux Gironde - Club Industrie "Performance Énergétique et Hydrique" - 23 11 2017 2e temps fort : "Equipements connectés et analyse des données au service de l'intelligence opérationnelle" - Intervention de Serge Fort (Lycée Horticole Farzanis de Tonneins) projet SOLAH
Worldcast systems - Club Industrie "Performance Énergétique et Hydrique" - 23...polenumerique33
CCI Bordeaux Gironde - Club Industrie "Performance Énergétique et Hydrique" - 23 11 2017 2e temps fort : "Equipements connectés et analyse des données au service de l'intelligence opérationnelle" - Intervention de M. Chomat Worldcast systems
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.
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.
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
Search and Society: Reimagining Information Access for Radical FuturesBhaskar Mitra
The field of Information retrieval (IR) is currently undergoing a transformative shift, at least partly due to the emerging applications of generative AI to information access. In this talk, we will deliberate on the sociotechnical implications of generative AI for information access. We will argue that there is both a critical necessity and an exciting opportunity for the IR community to re-center our research agendas on societal needs while dismantling the artificial separation between the work on fairness, accountability, transparency, and ethics in IR and the rest of IR research. Instead of adopting a reactionary strategy of trying to mitigate potential social harms from emerging technologies, the community should aim to proactively set the research agenda for the kinds of systems we should build inspired by diverse explicitly stated sociotechnical imaginaries. The sociotechnical imaginaries that underpin the design and development of information access technologies needs to be explicitly articulated, and we need to develop theories of change in context of these diverse perspectives. Our guiding future imaginaries must be informed by other academic fields, such as democratic theory and critical theory, and should be co-developed with social science scholars, legal scholars, civil rights and social justice activists, and artists, among others.
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
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 3. In this session, we will cover desktop automation along with UI automation.
Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
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All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
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A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
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GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
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https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
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Accenture Digital density index guiding digital transformation 2015
1. Guiding digital transformation
Digital Density Index
A new way for government and business leaders
to understand, measure, and manage digital
strategies to drive growth and competitiveness
2. The Accenture Digital Density Index empirically shows
increased penetration of digital technologies in economic
activity can significantly lift productivity and GDP
growth—potentially driving US$1.36 trillion in additional
output in the world’s top 10 economies in 2020.
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3. The key?
Understand what drives Digital Density,
measure it, and then manage it.
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4. Introduction
Can digital technologies
help economies become
more competitive and
grow more strongly?
New research from
Accenture provides
empirical evidence
they can.
In a joint study, Accenture Strategy
and Oxford Economics not only
confirmed the link between increased
use of digital technologies and greater
productivity, but also quantified the
resulting impact on competitiveness
and economic growth (see “About
the Research” for more details).
According to our analysis, increased
use of digital technology could add as
much as US$1.36 trillion to the GDP
of the world’s top 10 economies in
2020—which is 2.3 percent more than
baseline forecasts (Figure 1). In this
ambitious but achievable scenario, a 10
point improvement in Digital Density
could raise annual average growth
rates between now and 2020 by around
0.25 percentage points in advanced
economies and around 0.5 percentage
points in emerging markets.
Figure 1: Impact of a ten point boost in Digital Density to GDP levels in 2020.
Effect on 10-point uplift in country digital density
Uplift in 2020 GDP under ten point Digital Density improvement scenario for the world’s
top ten economies, USD billion, 2014 prices
$0 $50 $100 $150 $200 $300$250 $400$350 $450
China $418 bn
Brazil $97 bn
Germany $75 bn
France $57 bn
Italy $41 bn
United States $365 bn
United Kingdom $57 bn
Japan $114 bn
India $101 bn
Canada $38 bn
On GDP in 2020 On average annual GDP
growth rates (2015 to 2020)
In advanced economies 1.8 percent higher
than baseline
0.25 percentage points higher
than baseline
In emerging economies 3.4 percent higher
than baseline
0.5 percentage points higher
than baseline
In the world’s
top 10 economies
2.3 percent higher
than baseline
0.32 percentage points higher
than the baseline
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6. The Accenture Digital
Density Index is
a comprehensive
scorecard of what truly
matters to digitally led
economic productivity.
A higher score on the Digital Density
Index reflects a broader and deeper
adoption of digital technologies, as
well as the skills, ways of working, and
regulatory frameworks needed to realize
their economic potential. Our analysis
shows that boosting an economy’s
score on the Accenture Digital Density
Index can lead to greater productivity
and, other things being equal, faster
GDP growth.
Reflecting the pervasive nature of
digital technology, the index covers
more than 50 indicators across four
equally weighted areas of economic
activity: Making Markets, Running
Enterprises, Sourcing Inputs, and
Fostering Enablers (Figure 2).
These indicators range from the
volume of transactions conducted
online, the extent to which interactions
between firms are automated, and
the use of technologies such as the
cloud to streamline processes; to the
pervasiveness of technology skills in a
business, the use of digital platforms
to access capital and talent, and
government and business acceptance
of new digitally driven business models.
Figure 2: Areas of economic activity measured by the Digital Density Index
Making Markets
Running Enterprises
This is the recognition that existing markets are
becoming increasingly digital, and new markets are
being created through digital means.
Running enterprises relates to the extent to which
firms are embracing digital technologies and
activities to carry out business functions such as
supply chain, strategy, talent, procurement and
research and development.
Sourcing Inputs
Fostering Enablers
This is the extent to which the factors of
production are sourced and used with digital
technology. The second part of sourcing inputs is to
capture the degree to which digital technologies change
the lifecycle of sourcing these factors for the business.
The impact of digital is in part enabled by the
institutional and socio-economic environment.
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7. The Digital Density Index
can help to gauge the
current Digital Density of
an economy and guide
digital investments in
a business.
For example, Figure 3 shows 17 leading
economies ranked according to their
Digital Density scores, while Figure
4 illustrates the differences between
the Digital Density profiles of the
Netherlands (the Digital Density leader)
and the world’s four largest economies
(USA, China, Japan and Germany).
Such profiles can be an important
starting point for leaders as they
shape and implement digital strategies
and target specific opportunities for
improvement. To illustrate, Figure 5
shows how France could raise its digital
density by approximately 10 points
through concerted efforts in eight
areas and, according to our model,
significantly boost productivity and
growth over time.
According to our model, it can take
up to six years for the full economic
benefit of greater digital density to
be felt, with productivity benefits
feeding through fully into trend
growth rates of GDP over this period.
This insight should be a catalyst for
governments and businesses to act
now to increase the digital density
of economies and organizations.
Figure 3: Digital Density scores for 17 leading economies (0-100)
Making Markets Running Enterprises Sourcing Inputs Fostering Enablers
Germany
UK
US
India
Italy
France
Brazil
Belgium
China
Austria
Finland
Netherlands
Sweden
South Korea
Spain
Australia
Japan
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
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8. Figure 4: Digital Density profiles of leading country the Netherlands and the world’s four largest economies,
USA, China, Japan and Germany
Making Markets
Running Enterprises
Sourcing Inputs
Fostering Enablers
Bottom of range Mid-range Frontier
Customer activity cycle
Digitally contestable
markets
Interfirm collaboration
Bottom of range Mid-range Frontier
Technology process
Strategy process
Business model
Innovation
Research and
development spending
Human capital
Bottom of range Mid-range Frontier
Organizational flexibility
Connectivity
Government spending
Ease of business
Long-term
regulatory outlook
Attitudes in society
Bottom of range Mid-range Frontier
Plant, property,
equipment
Labor
Finance
ChinaUSAThe Netherlands GermanyJapan
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9. Figure 5: An illustrative combination of eight interventions that combined would help France increase its
Digital Density score by ten points.
Making Markets
Expand internet coverage: Match Dutch and Finnish levels
of internet users. Only 88% of the French working age
population used the internet in 2012, compared to 94% in
the Netherlands and Finland. France also ranks 55th in the
world for internet access in schools compared to fifth placed
Netherlands and fourth placed Finland.
Improve mobile connections with customers: Match
Belgian levels of mobile interaction. Our survey data suggests
French firms are placed in the bottom quartile of countries
studied in terms of the quality of their mobile connection
with customers. Following best practices in some of Europe’s
better performers by this metric, such as Belgium, Austria
and the Netherlands, would boost the Making Markets score.
Sourcing Inputs
Embrace remote working: Catch up with the advanced
economy average. France once again registers towards the
bottom of the rankings in the use of digital technologies
to facilitate remote working. Catching up with Germany,
Australia and South Korea, which achieved the study average,
would improve the scores.
Make better use of the industrial internet: Follow best practices
in Austria, Germany, and the Netherlands. France takes the lowest
score in the study for making use of the industrial internet.
Running Enterprises
Human capital: Expand the ICT skills base to Swedish, Finnish
and UK levels. ICT workers currently account for 2.9%
of the workforce, compared to close to 4.0% in the UK,
Sweden and Finland, and around 6% in South Korea.
New digital technologies: Catch up with the European
average for cloud and industrial internet use. Our survey
data suggests France is behind the curve in the application
of these technologies. In an Accenture executive survey
published in 2014, only 37% of executives identified
machine-to-machine communication as important to their
business, compared to a study average of 46%.
Fostering Enablers
Mobile connectivity: Raise mobile broadband usage to UK
levels. France currently lags behind most advanced economies
in mobile broadband usage, with 0.8 subscriptions per head
in 2012 compared to 1.1 in the UK, 1.64 in Finland (Europe’s
highest) and 1.84 in Japan.
Digital government: Raise confidence in public digital service
delivery to German and Belgian levels. France scores highly
in the UN e-government index but business surveys show a
lack of public confidence in the ability of the public sector to
leverage business technologies in France.
Current Fostering Enablers score
Current Running Enterprises score
Current Making Markets score
The rest
0 5 10 15 20 25
Average
Q3Q1
France
Current Sourcing Inputs score
The rest
0 5 10 15 20 25
Average
Q3Q1
France
The rest
0 5 10 15 20 25
Average
Q3Q1
France
The rest
0 5 10 15 20 25
Average
Q3Q1
France
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10. Beyond the technical model –
creating a new mindset
While the Digital Density Index’s indicators can
help pinpoint specific areas for improvement,
the broad areas of economic activity that the
model describes can also help government and
business leaders think differently about how digital
technology transforms business and economies
to capitalize on new growth opportunities.
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12. Making Markets
Understand and support new
business models and markets
Governments need to rethink how they
view disruptive new business models
beyond outdated industry boundaries.
For their part, businesses need to
engage with governments in new ways.
An example of business and government
working together is the German “Smart
Service World” program. Its aim is to
determine how the business models of
suppliers, manufacturers, and operators
will be revolutionized by new types of
products and services. This public—private
partnership supports Germany’s goal
to become the number-one country in
Europe in terms of digital growth.1
Running Enterprises
Transform how
you operate
An original selling point of digital
technologies was their ability to
take time, cost, and distance out of
an activity or process. That still holds
true today. Companies and governments
should increase their use of digital
technologies to transform key business
processes to create greater leaps
in efficiency and productivity.
Global mining company Rio Tinto,
for example, has increased free cash
flow in its copper mining operations
by leveraging data streams from
processing equipment to constantly
optimize the production performance
of the plant.2
In the U.S., the Internal
Revenue Service used predictive
analytics to save $20 billion in tax
fraud refunds in 2012,3
while the
General Services Administration’s Cloud
First policy requires agencies to use
cloud computing where possible to
maximize capacity utilization, improve
IT flexibility and responsiveness, and
minimize cost.4
Sourcing Inputs
Think forward to the Industrial
Internet of Things
To keep growing and innovating,
economies and businesses must
use land, talent, capital, ideas, and
other resources ever more effectively.
The Industrial Internet of Things will
further accelerate the digitalization
of supply chains as objects interact
with objects and humans to optimize
processes or create new product and
service hybrids.
For example, Michelin solutions’
EFFIFUEL solution™ uses high-tech and
high-touch to reduce fuel consumption
in truck fleets. Sensors inside vehicles
collect data on fuel consumption,
temperature, speed and location.
Michelin solutions’ fuel experts analyze
this data and recommend ways fleet
managers and truck drivers can use less
diesel fuel when driving. The savings
can be as much as 2 liters of fuel for
every 100 kilometers driven.5
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13. Fostering Enablers
Look beyond
digital infrastructure
High-speed broadband is important.
However, digital requires a much
broader range of enabling factors
beyond technology infrastructure.
Governments and businesses must
work together in at least four additional
areas to create an environment in which
digital can flourish.
The first is making it easier for
entrepreneurs to launch digital
businesses, which Italy did in 2014
by eliminating registration fees
for startups and establishing a
legal framework for crowdfunding.
The second is streamlining and
simplifying market rules to reflect
the degree of commerce, online and
offline, that now depends on digital.
The European Union, for example,
wants to put in place a “digital single
market” of 500 million people, based
on harmonized data protection rules,
ecommerce, telecommunications,
copyright and consumer protection.6
The third involves initiatives to develop
digital skills, such as Estonia’s nationwide
program called ProgeTiiger (Programming
Tiger) to teach children aged seven to 19
how to write software code.7
The fourth is consumer and citizen trust
that businesses and governments will
use their personal data responsibly.
Digital trust relies on secure
infrastructure and appropriate data
protection rules, as well as initiatives
by businesses to become increasingly
transparent with their customers as to
how and why their data is used.
Considering digital
density in business
growth and
investment decisions
As businesses increase their use of
digital technologies, they should
consider the Digital Density of the
countries and regions in which
they operate, and target for new
investments. The reason is intuitive:
A company heavily reliant on digital
for growth—for example, a bank that
wants to drive aggressive adoption
of its online banking capabilities—
should favor countries with greater
Digital Density.
In fact, a strong digital business
infrastructure across a region’s
markets, supply chains and talent
has become a critical criterion
for companies seeking to expand
or relocate. It’s just as important
as access to natural resources, a
good transportation system, and
skilled people. That’s especially
true as governments begin to seek
to actively boost Digital Density
to increase growth and national
competitiveness of economies.
And for businesses whose prospects
are closely tied to GDP, Digital
Density may be a leading indicator
of growth hotspots.
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14. Conclusion
Government and business leaders know
they need to embrace digital technology as a
source of growth and increased competitiveness. Our
analysis confirms the benefit of doing so. But it also
reveals the time it takes for increased penetration
of digital technologies in economic activity to
translate into productivity and growth. That’s why
moving now, in a targeted way, to embrace digital
technologies is more critical than ever. Accenture’s
Digital Density Index can help leaders more
accurately determine how and where they should
invest to best leverage digital technologies to drive
competitiveness and economic growth, as well as
measure their progress along the way. The Index can
be a valuable guide for companies and countries
as they look to reshape themselves into the digital
powerhouses of the future.
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15. Reference
1. For more information on the
Smart Service Welt program see
www.acatech.de/smart-service-welt
2. “Rio Tinto chief Sam Walsh hails
$80 million cash flow boost from
big data,” Peter Ker, Sydney Morning
Herald, March 14, 2014. www.smh.
com.au/business/rio-tinto-chief-sam-
walsh-hails-80-million-cash-flow-
boost-from-big-data-20140313-34pju.
html#ixzz3LIOZdTKC
3. “IRS Combats Identity Theft and
Refund Fraud on Many Fronts,” U.S.
Internal Revenue Service website,
www.irs.gov/uac/Newsroom/IRS-
Combats-Identity-Theft-and-Refund-
Fraud-on-Many-Fronts
4. U.S. General Services
Administration website.
www.gsa.gov/portal/content/190333
5. Information provided by
Michelin solutions
6. European Commission, “An Investment
Plan for Europe,” 2014. See: eur-lex.
europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?ur
i=CELEX:52014DC0903&from=EN
7. “To Get Kids Coding, Countries
Should Follow Estonia’s Programming
Tigers,” Greg Anderson, Arctic Startup,
February 27, 2013. www.arcticstartup.
com/2013/02/27/to-get-kids-coding-
countries-should-follow-estonias-
initiative
About the research
The Accenture and Oxford Economics
study on Digital Density was based on
three principal research components:
1. Collection of internationally
comparable observations across
hundreds of measures of digital
technology and related indicators,
from public and private sources.
2. From more than 50 of those
indicators, the construction of a
statistically tested composite Digital
Density Index for 33 major economies,
16 of which included partially
imputed scores.
3. Multivariate regression analysis
to estimate equations that explain
variation in countries’ total factor
productivity by reference to their
relative Digital Density Index scores.
The study estimates only the effect of
changes in total factor productivity on
GDP. Expanding Digital Density likely
will have additional positive GDP effects
from factors including expansion of the
digital/ICT sector and capital deepening
across the economy. Further analysis
could also consider other effects of
expanding Digital Density, including
effects on labor markets, public
finances, and investment patterns.
About the Accenture Institute
for High Performance
The Accenture Institute for High
Performance develops and publishes
practical insights into critical
management issues and global
economic trends. Its worldwide
team of researchers connects with
Accenture’s consulting, technology
and outsourcing leaders to demonstrate
how organizations become and remain
high performers through original,
rigorous research and analysis.
For more information, please visit:
www.accenture.com/institute.
About Oxford Economics
Oxford Economics is one of the
world’s foremost independent global
advisory firms, providing reports,
forecasts and analytical tools on 200
countries, 100 industrial sectors and
over 3,000 cities. Headquartered in
Oxford, England, with regional centres
in London, New York, and Singapore,
Oxford Economics has more than 100
economists and analysts—one of the
largest economics teams in the private
sector. For more information, visit
www.oxfordeconomics.com.
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