Webinar Slides from 2/4/16 webinar
73% of B2B buyers now research at least half of their purchases online. Increasingly, they buy online as well. But too many of the websites of manufacturers, wholesalers and distributors aren’t in shape to make the most of this big opportunity to grow sales.
Today, agility, speed and rich features are what distinguish successful B2B e-commerce sites and empower them to deliver an online experience that mirrors what B2B buyers have come to expect from shopping retail websites.
From data management to streamlining key processes to mobile's role, this webinar will cover the tactics and technology online B2B sellers must prioritize to become best-in-class, driving sales and profits.
Hear from Aberdeen Group's Omer Minkara, Newegg's Ross Higgins, Four51's Chip House and Internet Retailer's Don Davis as we explore exactly what must be done to ensure your site is ready for 2016 and beyond.
Questions? Email marketing@four51.com
Digital Disruption in Distribution and Manufacturing: How to Be a B2B LeaderPerficient, Inc.
Digital technology is quickly changing the rules of engagement for B2B companies in the manufacturing and distribution sectors. The convergence of data, content, intelligent devices, and artificial intelligence creates an opportunity for established companies to redefine themselves and become industry leaders. But many are missing this opportunity.
Forward-thinking companies in this transformation will make decisions by considering the overall market, moving quickly, and managing cross-functional change within the organization. The uncommitted will only consider their technology options and suffer from sub-par results…or do nothing at all.
We discussed:
-How to identify where you are in your digital journey
-How to apply “fast follower” principles and a proven framework to accelerate change
-Best practices and lessons learned by B2B organizations that have successfully achieved a higher level of digital maturity
The online channel has grown and become an integral part of the vast majority of retail and wholesale
organisations, but what does the future hold? David Bowen will present his predictions for the
challenges and opportunites we will all face in the next few years.
Learn How to Create a Seamless Omni-Channel Retail ExperiencePerficient, Inc.
The smarter consumer is redefining the shopping experience. Are you prepared?
A personalized shopping experience includes the ability to deliver a seamless omni-channel experience where the consumer can interact with your brand via any combination of channels. It ensures that all back-end systems are integrated and able to share information about the customer’s brand interactions regardless of the channels involved.
Join us as Perficient’s industry experts share how they work with large retailers to deliver an end-to-end solution that streamlines operations and increases capabilities utilizing IBM’s Sterling Order Management software. We'll look at real customer implementation stories and hold an interactive Q&A to show how your organization can achieve a seamless omni-channel experience.
Blockchain was 2017’s technology buzzword of the year, and for good reason. Blockchain technology has the potential to radically alter enterprise business models through cost reduction and increased operational efficiency. But many organizations are finding blockchain to be as confusing as it is promising.
We cut through the hype of blockchain and share a practical way to get started, including how to determine where it fits within your organization. We answer these questions and more:
-Why adopt blockchain?
-What makes a good blockchain use case?
-What are some specific industry applications?
-What are the best practices for getting started?
Product Information Management: Everything you wanted to know but were afraid...Samantha Owens Davis
87% of consumers are unlikely to purchase from a retailer with inaccurate product information.
And for this reason, manufacturers and distributors everywhere understand the importance of creating and maintaining complete product information. In this presentation, Ntara helps educate organizations on product information management (PIM) solutions and how it can bring your organization to the proverbial “product information promised land.”
In this presentation, you'll learn why PIM is important, why you need a PIM, what PIM is, and how it works. As an added bonus, we'll give you tips on how to get started with a PIM.
A Point of View for PIM in Retail, CPG and Distribution CompaniesShamanth Shankar
Gain a common understanding of PIM and its value to your organization. Understand why managing product information is critical to your Ecommerce / ERP initiative (upgrade or rip & replace)
Digital Disruption in Distribution and Manufacturing: How to Be a B2B LeaderPerficient, Inc.
Digital technology is quickly changing the rules of engagement for B2B companies in the manufacturing and distribution sectors. The convergence of data, content, intelligent devices, and artificial intelligence creates an opportunity for established companies to redefine themselves and become industry leaders. But many are missing this opportunity.
Forward-thinking companies in this transformation will make decisions by considering the overall market, moving quickly, and managing cross-functional change within the organization. The uncommitted will only consider their technology options and suffer from sub-par results…or do nothing at all.
We discussed:
-How to identify where you are in your digital journey
-How to apply “fast follower” principles and a proven framework to accelerate change
-Best practices and lessons learned by B2B organizations that have successfully achieved a higher level of digital maturity
The online channel has grown and become an integral part of the vast majority of retail and wholesale
organisations, but what does the future hold? David Bowen will present his predictions for the
challenges and opportunites we will all face in the next few years.
Learn How to Create a Seamless Omni-Channel Retail ExperiencePerficient, Inc.
The smarter consumer is redefining the shopping experience. Are you prepared?
A personalized shopping experience includes the ability to deliver a seamless omni-channel experience where the consumer can interact with your brand via any combination of channels. It ensures that all back-end systems are integrated and able to share information about the customer’s brand interactions regardless of the channels involved.
Join us as Perficient’s industry experts share how they work with large retailers to deliver an end-to-end solution that streamlines operations and increases capabilities utilizing IBM’s Sterling Order Management software. We'll look at real customer implementation stories and hold an interactive Q&A to show how your organization can achieve a seamless omni-channel experience.
Blockchain was 2017’s technology buzzword of the year, and for good reason. Blockchain technology has the potential to radically alter enterprise business models through cost reduction and increased operational efficiency. But many organizations are finding blockchain to be as confusing as it is promising.
We cut through the hype of blockchain and share a practical way to get started, including how to determine where it fits within your organization. We answer these questions and more:
-Why adopt blockchain?
-What makes a good blockchain use case?
-What are some specific industry applications?
-What are the best practices for getting started?
Product Information Management: Everything you wanted to know but were afraid...Samantha Owens Davis
87% of consumers are unlikely to purchase from a retailer with inaccurate product information.
And for this reason, manufacturers and distributors everywhere understand the importance of creating and maintaining complete product information. In this presentation, Ntara helps educate organizations on product information management (PIM) solutions and how it can bring your organization to the proverbial “product information promised land.”
In this presentation, you'll learn why PIM is important, why you need a PIM, what PIM is, and how it works. As an added bonus, we'll give you tips on how to get started with a PIM.
A Point of View for PIM in Retail, CPG and Distribution CompaniesShamanth Shankar
Gain a common understanding of PIM and its value to your organization. Understand why managing product information is critical to your Ecommerce / ERP initiative (upgrade or rip & replace)
Best Practices for Implementing a Product Information Management SystemMelinda Cormier
Improve productivity and time to market with an agile PIM solution. Organizations that share duplicate, “stale” or even obsolete product information with customers and partners inflict harm to their brand, incur hefty, needless costs and inevitably lose revenue. The most successful companies eliminate these risks by investing in product information management (PIM) technology and better product content publishing processes.
Businesses always face changing conditions. Any manufacturer who seeks to enable dynamic operations needs to ensure their technology platform is connected and rich with functionality, is flexible enough to meet changing business needs and covers the entire spectrum of operations. Manufacturers across India are implementing and making the most of enterprise solutions for ERP, CRM, mobile apps and IoT, collaboration platforms and analytical tools. Not only do these focus on the external needs of the marketplace and the existing customer-base, but they also drive innovation and productivity internally within businesses.
Lessons Learned: Building IBM's Next Generation CRM ArchitectureSugarCRM
This session is a more in-depth look at the architecture that drives the IBM Social CRM solution and integrates SugarCRM with enterprise Master Data Management, Line of Business applications, legacy data sources, analytics and collaboration solutions to drive seller productivity. Focusing on seller experience and seamlessly integrating over a dozen applications, we were able to deliver a single instance global server to over 50,000 users . We will be discussing the technologies and patterns implemented to ensure business agility while meeting our enterprise architecture blueprint.
A quick read on the basics of GDSN MR3 update – deadlines, why it matters to Consumer Goods / Medical Device manufacturers, Retailers and Distributors. Visit for more info : http://www.riversand.com
Product Information Management (PIM) system for all types of product - Right ...Right Information
In this presentation, you will learn how the product information management process can be simplified in your company. Product data during product lifecycle has a great impact on the efficiency and quality of the sales process and on the relations with customers. In most companies, the central data point starts in ERP systems. We propose a new way of thinking about the environment for advanced products, where organizations need to manage more than just basic information.
Read more on: https://rightinformation.com/
Purchasing Power: Scott Wheeler & Prakash MuthukrishnanGamePlanConference
Explore strategies for optimizing your digital business over time, to maximize revenue from both new and existing customers. Explore techniques and repeatable models to drive new customer acquisition and increase website visitor sales conversions.
STEP (Stibo Enterprise Platform) TrailblazerStibo Systems
GET TO KNOW TRAILBLAZER
Stibo Systems’ Multi-domain master data management system allows companies to create a single authoritative view of their product and customer data, digital assets, and suppliers.
With this latest release, Stibo Systems has added
Ability to quickly access new industry-specific features
New customizable dashboard that focuses on what matters most
Enhanced matching and linking capabilities for product and customer data
Easily classified product data with auto-classification
Create interactive tablet based publications with dynamic page content
Personalize selling by using pre-defined templates
And much more
5 Reasons Why Manufacturers Need a PIM System Rahul Singh
As manufacturers look at countering these tumultuous times with digitalization—modern-day Product Information Management (PIM) can be their perfect companion. It helps them suit their needs of today and tomorrow by building resilience and boosting flexibility and adaptability. Here’s illustrating the “5 Ways PIM Can Counter Uncertainty for Manufacturers” in an Infographic.
Dallas Digital Summit: 6 Steps to Big Data SuccessSameer Khan
The Big Data phenomenon was all about the collection of masses and masses of data: it was a technology challenge. But for most of us, this is no longer a problem – we know how to collect the data – the challenge now is one of processing the data, to make smart data work for us. Econsultancy, reports only 25% of the organizations are able to make proactive use of digital data to drive business outcomes. In this session, IBM’s Sameer Khan will outline a 6 step action plan to manage your data and derive relevant insights from it.
Webinar: Scale your B2B Business without any RestrictionAPPSeCONNECT
We recently had a #Webinar on "Scale your #B2B Business without any Restriction". The Webinar took place on 16th August at 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM IST | 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CET | 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM ET.
The key points covered in the Webinar are:
• B2B eCommerce, how it’s different from conventional B2C.
• Key Factors when choosing right B2B eCommerce Platform.
• Advantages of SaaS based B2B Platform.
• 7 B2B selling experiences that you can unlock with ShoppingCartElite.
• B2B Sales Cycle through ShoppingCartElite (Live Demonstration).
Integrate #Business Applications like ERP, Ecommerce, Marketplace, CRM, Shipping and POS Systems under one single platform with APPSeCONNECT: https://www.appseconnect.com/integrations/
The drive towards digital transformation begins with the customer and extends far into the company, impacting every area of the organization from vision and strategy to architecture, technology, operations, and culture. While not insurmountable, these changes can be challenging.
Guest speaker Nigel Fenwick, an analyst with Forrester, and Michael Porter, Perficient’s principal strategic advisor, discussed the top 5 barriers to a successful digital transformation, and how some real-world companies have overcome them.
We covered five barriers to digital mastery and how to:
-Overcome functional silos and resource scarcity
-Deal with segregated customer data
-Address technical budgets that are in a downward spiral
-Move from a product-centered to a customer-centered approach to business
-Break down the IT and business barrier
Best Practices for Implementing a Product Information Management SystemMelinda Cormier
Improve productivity and time to market with an agile PIM solution. Organizations that share duplicate, “stale” or even obsolete product information with customers and partners inflict harm to their brand, incur hefty, needless costs and inevitably lose revenue. The most successful companies eliminate these risks by investing in product information management (PIM) technology and better product content publishing processes.
Businesses always face changing conditions. Any manufacturer who seeks to enable dynamic operations needs to ensure their technology platform is connected and rich with functionality, is flexible enough to meet changing business needs and covers the entire spectrum of operations. Manufacturers across India are implementing and making the most of enterprise solutions for ERP, CRM, mobile apps and IoT, collaboration platforms and analytical tools. Not only do these focus on the external needs of the marketplace and the existing customer-base, but they also drive innovation and productivity internally within businesses.
Lessons Learned: Building IBM's Next Generation CRM ArchitectureSugarCRM
This session is a more in-depth look at the architecture that drives the IBM Social CRM solution and integrates SugarCRM with enterprise Master Data Management, Line of Business applications, legacy data sources, analytics and collaboration solutions to drive seller productivity. Focusing on seller experience and seamlessly integrating over a dozen applications, we were able to deliver a single instance global server to over 50,000 users . We will be discussing the technologies and patterns implemented to ensure business agility while meeting our enterprise architecture blueprint.
A quick read on the basics of GDSN MR3 update – deadlines, why it matters to Consumer Goods / Medical Device manufacturers, Retailers and Distributors. Visit for more info : http://www.riversand.com
Product Information Management (PIM) system for all types of product - Right ...Right Information
In this presentation, you will learn how the product information management process can be simplified in your company. Product data during product lifecycle has a great impact on the efficiency and quality of the sales process and on the relations with customers. In most companies, the central data point starts in ERP systems. We propose a new way of thinking about the environment for advanced products, where organizations need to manage more than just basic information.
Read more on: https://rightinformation.com/
Purchasing Power: Scott Wheeler & Prakash MuthukrishnanGamePlanConference
Explore strategies for optimizing your digital business over time, to maximize revenue from both new and existing customers. Explore techniques and repeatable models to drive new customer acquisition and increase website visitor sales conversions.
STEP (Stibo Enterprise Platform) TrailblazerStibo Systems
GET TO KNOW TRAILBLAZER
Stibo Systems’ Multi-domain master data management system allows companies to create a single authoritative view of their product and customer data, digital assets, and suppliers.
With this latest release, Stibo Systems has added
Ability to quickly access new industry-specific features
New customizable dashboard that focuses on what matters most
Enhanced matching and linking capabilities for product and customer data
Easily classified product data with auto-classification
Create interactive tablet based publications with dynamic page content
Personalize selling by using pre-defined templates
And much more
5 Reasons Why Manufacturers Need a PIM System Rahul Singh
As manufacturers look at countering these tumultuous times with digitalization—modern-day Product Information Management (PIM) can be their perfect companion. It helps them suit their needs of today and tomorrow by building resilience and boosting flexibility and adaptability. Here’s illustrating the “5 Ways PIM Can Counter Uncertainty for Manufacturers” in an Infographic.
Dallas Digital Summit: 6 Steps to Big Data SuccessSameer Khan
The Big Data phenomenon was all about the collection of masses and masses of data: it was a technology challenge. But for most of us, this is no longer a problem – we know how to collect the data – the challenge now is one of processing the data, to make smart data work for us. Econsultancy, reports only 25% of the organizations are able to make proactive use of digital data to drive business outcomes. In this session, IBM’s Sameer Khan will outline a 6 step action plan to manage your data and derive relevant insights from it.
Webinar: Scale your B2B Business without any RestrictionAPPSeCONNECT
We recently had a #Webinar on "Scale your #B2B Business without any Restriction". The Webinar took place on 16th August at 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM IST | 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CET | 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM ET.
The key points covered in the Webinar are:
• B2B eCommerce, how it’s different from conventional B2C.
• Key Factors when choosing right B2B eCommerce Platform.
• Advantages of SaaS based B2B Platform.
• 7 B2B selling experiences that you can unlock with ShoppingCartElite.
• B2B Sales Cycle through ShoppingCartElite (Live Demonstration).
Integrate #Business Applications like ERP, Ecommerce, Marketplace, CRM, Shipping and POS Systems under one single platform with APPSeCONNECT: https://www.appseconnect.com/integrations/
The drive towards digital transformation begins with the customer and extends far into the company, impacting every area of the organization from vision and strategy to architecture, technology, operations, and culture. While not insurmountable, these changes can be challenging.
Guest speaker Nigel Fenwick, an analyst with Forrester, and Michael Porter, Perficient’s principal strategic advisor, discussed the top 5 barriers to a successful digital transformation, and how some real-world companies have overcome them.
We covered five barriers to digital mastery and how to:
-Overcome functional silos and resource scarcity
-Deal with segregated customer data
-Address technical budgets that are in a downward spiral
-Move from a product-centered to a customer-centered approach to business
-Break down the IT and business barrier
Leverage Customer Data to Deliver a Personalized Digital ExperiencePerficient, Inc.
Extreme volumes of consumer data such as interests, behavioral patterns, and purchases are created each day across a variety of applications and devices. Companies must analyze these patterns and interactions to create a total view of their customer that incorporates more than simple demographics. This complete picture of the customer enables companies to provide personalized consumer experiences, meet the increasing demands of the marketplace, and ultimately prevent customer attrition.
Creating a personalized customer experience involves intuitive integration of all available data sources, prescribing the proper action through analytics and automatically tailoring the action through high-speed complex event processing. Many refer to this process as creating a 360-degree view of the customer, and achieving it requires a unified and comprehensive information governance strategy. Architecture, process, and skill sets must be aligned to achieve the responsiveness and accuracy that is required to meet customer expectations.
Our webinar covered:
-How to address the demands of the “Me” generation
-Pragmatic solutions and architecture approaches to the challenges of Big Data in motion and at rest
-The role of Big Data, analytics, events processing, and information management in personalized consumer interactions
-When, where, and how to process Big Data, and the issues surrounding the nebulous digital space
Analyst Presentation: How Top Companies Manage Marketing Across Hundreds of L...DocuStar
Gleanster Principal Analyst and CEO Ian Michiels provides practical guidance for managing marketing at the local level based on his research of more than 500 top marketers from leading companies.
Michiels outlines advice for improving local marketing operations applicable especially for industries like financial services, insurance, manufacturing and franchise-model organizations where corporate marketing supports a network of hundreds and even thousands of local and affiliate marketers.
Visit http://info.docustar.com/marketing_operations_roadmap to download the full corresponding Gleanster research report, “The Marketing Operations Technology Roadmap for Local Marketing Success.”
Sales, Marketing & Service Optimization: Strategies for Accelerating GrowthCognizant
Revenue growth requires more than IT cost-cutting and increased efficiencies. Across industries, top-line growth requires a focus on customer relevance and on sales, marketing and service effectiveness.
Discover how to bring contextually relevant experiences to every stage of the customer journey with innovative engagement models. Subscription-based, self-service, and immersive self-discovery systems span from marketing to commerce to customer service. Learn how effective they can be in helping you reach your customers. Learn more: https://www.hybris.com/
Harness the Power of Your Digital Marketing Tool BoxPerficient, Inc.
Core to any digital transformation effort are the tools used to create, manage, and deliver a digital experience. This foundation helps you create great experiences that stand out from your competition, gain brand recognition, and improve interactions with customers.
Our experts demonstrated how web content management tools are being used to deliver amazing digital experiences across web, mobile, commerce and social that support your overall digital transformation strategy.
Discover how best-in-class companies are harnessing the power of these tools and learn:
-Key components in a digital transformation toolbox from web content management, user analytics and personalized content, to marketing tools and social interactions
-How this tool box helps to attract, engage, and enable customer feedback
-How web content management tools support your digital transformation efforts through content marketing and publishing, content tagging, search engine optimization, and more
-Ways that companies are integrating these transformative tools to provide a wealth of information so you can continually improve the digital experience
Data Integration and Marketing Attribution ROIVENUE™
Microsoft and ROIVENUE™ have teamed up to provide a glimpse into the benefits of integrating all your marketing data. All about the latest advancements in data management powered by Azure and how ROIVENUE™ helps marketers identify where to best allocate their digital spend with our Marketing Attribution models and Budget Optimizer™.
It’s not a secret that the need to modernize traditional finance operations and evolve into a “Digital Finance” organization has become a key priority for finance leaders.
In this video recap of the webinar held on 12/11/ 2019; Raul Vega, Auxis CEO, discussed the key risks and challenges organizations typically face as part of their transformation journey, and how to develop and execute a strategy that provides the business case and outcomes you expect based on your specific company size and needs.
What was covered:
- What does Modern Finance really mean?
- Digitization as a Key Element of the Modern Finance Organization
- Most Common Tools you should be implementing as part of your Digital Finance journey
- What’s driving RPA’s growth?
- Implementation Strategies & Alternatives
- How Outsourcing can help finance executives self-fund their Digital Finance Strategy and drive faster outcomes
Getting Started with Online-to-Offline Measurementbrandonwishnow
Although most marketers would agree that online-to-offline measurement is important for the future success of their business, it’s hard to know what steps to take to adopt this strategic initiative.
Ovative/group has found that when done correctly, online-to-offline addresses many of the most complex business problems by providing answers to questions such as: What is the impact of an online visit on offline sales? Does this impact vary by category or product type? What marketing channels influence offline most? And, can I use these channels to drive offline acquisition?
But how do you get started and ensure online-to-offline is a success for your organization? After attending this webinar featuring Ovative/group and LiveRamp you’ll understand:
– Why online-to-offline is important and how to prioritize it among other strategic initiatives
– Who within your organization needs to be involved and how to structure your team
– What technology is required to build online-to-offline measurement capabilities
– How to make digital marketing decisions based on enterprise metrics
Our new normal has accelerated eCommerce trends by 4-6 years. The Optimizely team shares how experimentation can help retailers fast forward their online sales strategy with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Commerce.
Fex 150422 - sm - driving customer centricity in a b2 b organisation - rob ...Flevum
Sales & Marketing | Driving customer centricity in a B2B organisation
Spreker: Rob den Rooijen, Program Manager Digital Marketing & Sales | DSM Excellence in Marketing & Sales
Rob den Rooijen geeft een presentatie over customer centricity en zal aan de hand van een aantal stellingen een discussie voeren met de deelnemers. Tijdens de presentatie zal Rob uitleggen waarom DSM customer centricity toepast en welke uitdagingen DSM als wereldwijd bedrijf daarbij tegenkomt.
Onderwerpen die aan de orde komen zijn veranderend klantgedrag in complexe waardeketens, customer journey design, het creëren van een uniforme & geïntegreerde klantbeleving en het veranderen van de mindset bij marketing & sales professionals.
Rob laat zien welke methodes DSM hanteert en wat de ervaringen zijn die tijdens de customer centricity projecten zijn opgedaan. De focus zal liggen op het toepassen van digitale verbeterinitiatieven.
5 Must Haves for Launching a Successful Mobile ProductRobert Woo
Why do so many mobile app launches fail? How can you make sure your app succeeds from day one? Rocket Farm Studios and TechCXO hosted a joint event that taught Boston executives the right way to launch their mobile products.
everything you will need to know about dynamics 365 for any additional information or free trials send one of my team a email on sales@midirasolutions.co.uk
webpage : https://www.midirasolutions.co.uk
Remodel Your Marketing With Analytics And DashboardsRegalix
Title: Remodel Your Marketing With Analytics and Dashboards
Presenter: Koen Pauwels
Description:
In this webinar, Remodel Your Marketing With Analytics and Dashboards, Koen Pauwels shares in-depth, best-in-class approaches and how you can leverage the full spectrum of analytics and dashboards to be proactive in uncovering meaningful insights to add to your decision making firepower so that you can achieve above-market growth.
Key Takeaways:
· How to convert data into productive action
· Ways to use marketing analytics to improve decisions and reap rewards
· Which metrics industry leaders rely on to make decisions
· Ways to measure your marketing success
Measuring Performance in a Future Media WorldOrigami Logic
As brands expand their use of digital media and adtech to engage and build relationships with consumers, the ability to translate performance data into meaningful insights about what’s working and what’s not has become an essential part of marketing success. According to a new report published by Brand Innovators and Origami Logic, however, only 3 out of 10 marketers currently excel in their efforts to extract insights from their marketing performance data. We’ll dive into the survey findings and explore why 80% of marketers are putting more focus on measuring performance in 2017. You’ll walk away with practical tips about how your organization can improve its measurement effectiveness.
Similar to B2B Health Check: 5 Steps to eCommerce Fitness [WEBINAR] (20)
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
PHP Frameworks: I want to break free (IPC Berlin 2024)Ralf Eggert
In this presentation, we examine the challenges and limitations of relying too heavily on PHP frameworks in web development. We discuss the history of PHP and its frameworks to understand how this dependence has evolved. The focus will be on providing concrete tips and strategies to reduce reliance on these frameworks, based on real-world examples and practical considerations. The goal is to equip developers with the skills and knowledge to create more flexible and future-proof web applications. We'll explore the importance of maintaining autonomy in a rapidly changing tech landscape and how to make informed decisions in PHP development.
This talk is aimed at encouraging a more independent approach to using PHP frameworks, moving towards a more flexible and future-proof approach to PHP development.
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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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.
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and Grafana
B2B Health Check: 5 Steps to eCommerce Fitness [WEBINAR]
1. 1
5 STEPS TO E-COMMERCE FITNESS
B2B Health Check:
Sponsored by
DON DAVIS
MODERATOR
Editor in Chief
Internet Retailer
ROSS HIGGINS
Director of Global
User Experience
& Design
Newegg
OMER MINKARA
Research Director,
Contact Center &
Customer
Experience
Management
Aberdeen Group
CHIP HOUSE
CMO
Four51
SPONSORED
BY
3. 3
BENEFITS OF BEING A HEALTHY B2B
COMMERCE FIRM
Improvement in annual
company revenue
Improvement in customer
satisfaction rate
Improvement in on-time order
fulfillment rate
+32.4%
+26.1%
+12.4%
4. 4
TODAY’S DRILL:
-Adapt to the Era of the Empowered Buyer
-Give the Power to your Customers
-Stay agile
-Minimize Costs Through Making Smarter Technology Decisions
-Build a Strategy that Scales
5. 5
UNDERSTANDING WHAT IT TAKES TO
ACHIEVE SUCCESS
What you need to do to
become Best-in-Class:
What processes you should have
in place
What you need to measure
Organizational changes you
might want to make
Data / Knowledge management
considerations
Technologies you should
evaluate
Best-in-Class
Industry
Average
Laggard
P A C E
7. 7
CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE IS AT THE TOP OF
THE B2B COMMERCE EXECUTIVE’S AGENDA
Top Challenges (n=163)
B2B Commerce
Organizations
B2C Commerce
Organizations
Customers are increasingly using digital
channels to shop; we need to be there
54% 65%
Need to reach to a wider shopper base to
sell our products
46% 46%
Need to differentiate ourselves from
competitors through delivering dynamic
and transformative digital shopper
experiences
37% 36%
Need to better respond to empowered
customer requests to shop anytime and
anywhere seamlessly across multiple
channels
36% 27%
8. 8
IF YOU’RE NOT
MOBILE YOU’RE
NOT READY TO
COMPETE IN THE
MODERN B2B
MARKET
27%
25%
40%
42%
50%
55%
55%
71%
83%
86%
11%
27%
24%
33%
33%
33%
33%
20%
13%
11%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
InteractiveVoiceResponse(IVR)
Integrated point-of-sale(POS)
Mobile- text messages
Livechat
Onlinecustomer communities
Onlinevideo
Mobilewebsite
Social media
Email
Web
Percent of respondents,n=163
Currently Use
Planningto Use
Source: Aberdeen Group, December 2014Percent of respondents, n=163
11. 11
85%
Of B2B Customers
Want online
eCommerce to be
optimized for
mobile
Source: The Case For Channel-Shifting Offline Customers Online, Forrester Research, Inc., June 24, 2015
12. • YES
• NO
POLL #1:
IS YOUR E-COMMERCE SITE OPTIMIZED FOR MOBILE
USERS (SMARTPHONES & TABLETS)?
14. 14
B2B COMMERCE IS DIFFERENT
AND MORE COMPLEX THAN B2C
Top Strategies (n=163)
B2B Commerce
Organizations
B2C Commerce
Organizations
Streamline commerce workflows, manual
sales processes, and order errors
37% 8%
Improve visibility on customer interaction
results by being able to buyer behavior
with specific business activities (e.g.
marketing programs)
34% 35%
Support shopper buying habits / behavior
by providing them the flexibility to do
business through devices and channels of
their choice
19% 32%
15. 15
Best-in-Class All
Others
WHO ARE THE BEST-IN-
CLASS?
80% 55%Customer retention
rate
Year-over-year change in
annual company
revenue
32.4% 1.9%
16. 16
Best-in-Class All
Others
WHO ARE THE BEST-IN-
CLASS? (CONT.D)
26.1% -1.3%
Year-over-year
improvement in
customer satisfaction
rate
Year-over-year
improvement in on-time
order fulfillment
12.4% -2.6%
17. 17
CHALLENGES VARY BASED ON
MATURITY
Percent of Respondents (n=215) Best-in-Class All Others
Struggle in implementing new
technologies and channels
58% 40%
Lack of integration between enterprise
systems used for consumer interactions
38% 51%
Shopper trends and wants not known /
recognized
19% 31%
VisibilityExecutionvs.
21. 21
EMPOWERING YOUR CUSTOMERS HELPS DRIVE
BETTER RESULTS FOR YOUR BUSINESS
20.1%
15.6%
8.3%
7.6%
-2.9%
7.3%
-1.4%
-5.5%-8%
-4%
0%
4%
8%
12%
16%
20%
24%
Visitor-to-buyer
conversion rates
Improvement in time-
to-market
Improvement in
shoppingcart
abandonment rate
Visitor engagement
rate
Year-over-yearpercentchange
n=163
Best in Class All Others
Source: Aberdeen Group, January 2015
22. 22
KNOW YOUR CUSTOMERS
61%
56%
50%
47%
35%
30%
38%
34%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
Segmentation of customer
baseto deliver
personalized content
Automated alertsto
providecustomerswith
noticesabout product
availability or discounts
Ability to deliver
consistent messagesto
each customer across
multiplechannels
Ability to customize
languageand currency
preferencesbased on
customer selectionsor
historical visitation data
Percent of respondents,n=163
Best in Class All Others
Source: Aberdeen Group, January 2015
25. 25
ADOPT SMART ACTIVITIES THAT WILL HELP
REDUCE COSTS & CREATE HAPPY CUSTOMERS
78%
56%
53%
50%
45%
27% 25%
34%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
Customersare
provided with relevant
content based on
search results
Ability to sell under
multiplebrandsby
usinga singlee-
commerceplatform
Ability to deliver
device-optimized
digital purchase
experiences
Marketingcampaign
and content are
integrated with web
storecontent
Percent of respondents,n=163
Best in Class All Others
Source: Aberdeen Group, January 2015
26. 26
WHY ARE COMPANIES INVESTING IN
CLOUD TECHNOLOGY?
30%
39%
44%
49%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50%
Adopt a flexiblefinancial structureby converting
fixed costs into variablecosts
Provideemployeeswith access to better
applicationsthat wecan't afford in-house
Reduce operational expenses
Reduce reliance to ITteam and usepreviously
allocated IT-resources within innovative
projects
Percent of respondents, n=163
Cloud Technology Users
Source: Aberdeen Group, November 2015
27. 27
KEY TECHNOLOGY
ENABLERS
Technology Adoption (n=163) Best-in-Class All Others
Social media marketing 92% 64%
CRM 78% 73%
SEO 72% 58%
Order management 72% 61%
Business intelligence 67% 53%
Tailored reporting tools 67% 46%
Real-time analytics 65% 33%
Product content management 61% 26%
31. 31
5. Build a Strategy that Scales
Planning for Increased Gains
32. 32
HOW TO BUILD YOUR REGIMEN
FOR SUCCESS
• Use historical performance data to predict future
performance
• Capture competitive intelligence to identify if your peers are
building new capabilities to gain a competitive edge
• Don’t ignore your front-line employees. Regularly capture
their feedback to remain up-to-date on changes in the
marketplace
• Build a customer advocacy program where you regularly
interact with certain buyers to identify what you should do to
address their evolving needs
33. 33
KEY TECHNOLOGY
ENABLERS
Technology Adoption (n=163) Best-in-Class All Others
Social media marketing 92% 64%
CRM 78% 73%
SEO 72% 58%
Order management 72% 61%
Business intelligence 67% 53%
Tailored reporting tools 67% 46%
Real-time analytics 65% 33%
Product content management 61% 26%
34. POLL #2:
WHICH OF THESE INTERNAL SYSTEMS IS THE MOST
IMPORTANT INTEGRATION POINT WITH E-COMMERCE?
• ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)
• CRM (Customer Relationship Management)
• Analytics
• CMS (Content Management System)
• Other
35. 35
KEY LEARNINGS
• Adapt to the Era of the Empowered Buyer
• Stay agile
• Give the Power to your Customers
• Minimize Costs Through Making Smarter Technology
Decisions
• Build a Strategy that Scales
36. ROSS HIGGINS
Director of Global User Experience and Design
Agenda
• About Newegg
• Newegg and B2B
• Defining and implementing an
Amazon-like experience
• How listening to customers drives
the business
37. • Newegg launched in 2001
• Web only
• 2.7 Billion
• Newegg holds the No. 17 spot in the Internet Retailer
2015 Top 500 Guide.
About Newegg
38. • Newegg Business online since 2009
• Sells computer hardware, computer peripherals, PCs &
laptops, networking, data storage, servers and
workstations, office solutions, etc.
Newegg and B2B