Ever wonder what's in the Zuora cloud? Join us and learn how Zuora has built a scalable and secure cloud based subscription billing management service. Hear from scalability, security and operations engineers and have your questions answered.
Zuora - 2009 Venture Capital Case CompetitionSol Tran
Our presentation during the Venture Capital Case Competition at Stanford University on why Zuora was a strong investment opportunity in 2009. No slide on IRR.
Subscribed 2017: The 6 Engines Of The Zuora PlatformZuora, Inc.
Running a subscription business is completely different from running a traditional product-centric business, from how you price to how you recognize revenue. From its inception, Zuora was built especially for subscription business models. In this session, we’ll discuss the challenges intrinsic to a subscription business model, from quote to cash. And, through a live demo, you’ll discover how the 6 Engines of the Zuora platform work to manage all subscription order-to-cash processes.
Subscribed 2017: The Next Wave Of Zuora Product KeynoteZuora, Inc.
Subscription businesses are growing 9x faster than the S&P 500. We ask ourselves “what can we build to help our customers grow even faster?” From the new Subscription Order Management engine to Subscription Revenue Recognition for ASC 606, we are excited to reveal a whole new wave of products built to power subscription businesses. Join our SVP of Product, Tom Krackeler, Symantec CIO Sheila Jordan, and other Zuora product experts, as we unveil the exciting new launches coming to Zuora in 2017.
Predictable Revenue. Predictable Risk? Sales Tax & Recurring RevenueZuora, Inc.
As more commerce has moved to the web, the subscription-based model has encompassed emerging technology as well. See how Avalara and Zuora outline what every company needs to know about avoiding sales tax compliance risk when dealing with recurring billing.
Subscribed Melbourne 2017: Opening KeynoteZuora, Inc.
Join Zuora's APAC Managing Director, John Kearney and learn from leaders and innovators who are liberating their businesses from the shackles of an old operational paradigm and driving the next wave of growth in the Global Subscription Economy.
Zuora - 2009 Venture Capital Case CompetitionSol Tran
Our presentation during the Venture Capital Case Competition at Stanford University on why Zuora was a strong investment opportunity in 2009. No slide on IRR.
Subscribed 2017: The 6 Engines Of The Zuora PlatformZuora, Inc.
Running a subscription business is completely different from running a traditional product-centric business, from how you price to how you recognize revenue. From its inception, Zuora was built especially for subscription business models. In this session, we’ll discuss the challenges intrinsic to a subscription business model, from quote to cash. And, through a live demo, you’ll discover how the 6 Engines of the Zuora platform work to manage all subscription order-to-cash processes.
Subscribed 2017: The Next Wave Of Zuora Product KeynoteZuora, Inc.
Subscription businesses are growing 9x faster than the S&P 500. We ask ourselves “what can we build to help our customers grow even faster?” From the new Subscription Order Management engine to Subscription Revenue Recognition for ASC 606, we are excited to reveal a whole new wave of products built to power subscription businesses. Join our SVP of Product, Tom Krackeler, Symantec CIO Sheila Jordan, and other Zuora product experts, as we unveil the exciting new launches coming to Zuora in 2017.
Predictable Revenue. Predictable Risk? Sales Tax & Recurring RevenueZuora, Inc.
As more commerce has moved to the web, the subscription-based model has encompassed emerging technology as well. See how Avalara and Zuora outline what every company needs to know about avoiding sales tax compliance risk when dealing with recurring billing.
Subscribed Melbourne 2017: Opening KeynoteZuora, Inc.
Join Zuora's APAC Managing Director, John Kearney and learn from leaders and innovators who are liberating their businesses from the shackles of an old operational paradigm and driving the next wave of growth in the Global Subscription Economy.
Subscribed Sydney 2017: Product KeynoteZuora, Inc.
Subscription businesses are growing 9x faster than the S&P 500. We ask ourselves “what can we build to help our customers grow even faster?”From the new Subscription Order Management engine to Subscription Revenue Recognition for AASB 15, we are excited to reveal a whole new wave of products built to power subscription businesses. Join Zuora Product Directors Chris Bruner and Nick Harlow as they unveil the exciting new launches coming to Zuora in 2017.
ScienceSoft uncovers key facts about the company’s experience in telecom portals development.
The presentation explains what Episerver is and why most telecom providers choose this platform for self-care portals. ScienceSoft also explains the principles behind self-care portal functioning. The presentation shows a number of success stories that describe how telecom companies have gained substantial benefits from self-care portals solutions such as Episerver-based websites of JT Global, Intercall’s new e-commerce site, a redesigned corporate website of Tele2 and more.
Subscribed 2016: SaaS Application Architecture DefinedZuora, Inc.
Gain best practices on how to architect a scalable ecosystem by checking out leading SaaS subscription businesses as they unveil their reference architectures.
Have you defined your reference architecture? Would you like to hear perspectives from three experts who have? How does your application footprint compare to the current and future state application ecosystem at Box, Dell, and Zuora? Come explore how these organizations are leveraging Zuora and other cloud technologies to fill critical business needs.
Check out Zuora Academy for more actionable advice for finance, marketing, tech, operations, product, and more. All the info you need to build and run an amazing subscription business: https://www.zuora.com/academy/
Monetizing the Digital transformation with SAP Hybris BillingIsabelle Roussin
Going from products to service forces innovation on business models to monetize efficiently this digital transformation. Business processes are also impacted in order to deliver greater flexibility while managing growth and high volume of data.
B2B Omni-Channel Commerce Platform of the FutureAccenture Italia
Le aspettative del cliente guidano le aziende B2B verso un’esperienza omni-channel che mira a costruire e mantenere la relazione con il cliente. Le aziende si trovano dunque ad affrontare nuove sfide a livello tecnologico ed organizzativo per soddisfare le esigenze dei venditori e mantenere e crescere le proprie quote di mercato.
Gamers have a reputation for being impatient. For the average gamer, it's a few seconds' difference between buying that weapon upgrade and saying "screw it, I'll just kill these noobs with the default gear." Now multiply that by a million - that's a lot of money lost and a lot of frustrated players.
To this end, Xsolla seeks to provide the fastest, cleanest, prettiest payment interface you could ask for. We process over 500 payment methods, across over 100 currencies, localized for most languages across the globe.
Your player will get that gear quickly and easily, no matter how they're paying or what they speak, and you'll get your revenue quickly and cleanly, with very reasonable commissions.
We take care of it.
For extra sugar on top provide all the expected extras and amenities, including 24/7 native-language customer support, anti-fraud, channeling, analytics, and all sorts of other features to boost your games revenue as much as possible.
Value is created in each act of engagement: subscription is back in Consumer Industries and the new data value chain needs a good monetization strategy. Discover how companies can adapt and prepare at best their business process.
Nous voyons de nombreuses entreprises aujourd'hui ajoutant plusieurs Clouds Salesforce dans leur évolution digitale.
En tant que Consultant Salesforce (business ou technique), il n'est pas rare de voir une société utiliser Marketing Cloud dans le département Marketing, Commerce Cloud pour ses ventes en ligne, dans BU d'e-commerce, et dans leur SAV envisager d'ajouter Service Cloud.
Ce n'est qu'un exemple de 3 Clouds Salesforce, et il y a d'autres combinaisons de Clouds, mais voilà l'idée que dans l'écosystème Salesforce, nous sommes maintenant au défi d'aligner tout en une plate-forme numérique cross-Cloud qui est sou jacente de nouveaux parcours clients et employé.
Dans cette session, nous examinerons 2 cas d'intégration Cross-Cloud (B2C et B2B) et les meilleures pratiques sur la façon de les connecter en une seule vue Client.
Ce sont également des cas d'utilisation que Salesforce utilise dans une nouvelle génération de certifications à partir de janvier 2021 - Salesforce Solution Architect & Salesforce Enterprise Architect (ne pas confondre avec l'existante CTA - Cloud Technical Architect)
Reach is a web based ERP software for entry level to mid-sized business which helps them to automate all business functions at a low price with uncompromising support
See why www.reachaccountant.com is an ideal solution for a botique with multiple branches. Helps connect multiple branches without investing in servers
SoftLayer, an IBM Company, utilizes infrastructure which is fully customizable, with a single point of control, for flexible and powerful cloud options. It is one of the only providers who offer Bar Metal dedicated Cloud, and completely configurable Virtual Cloud (Public and Private) without any t-shirt sizing.
Enabling Airbus Digital Transformation with Splunk
Learn how Airbus are turning their data into doing across their organisation. From real time monitoring to IT Service Management to security operations – Airbus are maximising their use of data to deliver more services and continuous process improvement.
Subscribed Sydney 2017: Product KeynoteZuora, Inc.
Subscription businesses are growing 9x faster than the S&P 500. We ask ourselves “what can we build to help our customers grow even faster?”From the new Subscription Order Management engine to Subscription Revenue Recognition for AASB 15, we are excited to reveal a whole new wave of products built to power subscription businesses. Join Zuora Product Directors Chris Bruner and Nick Harlow as they unveil the exciting new launches coming to Zuora in 2017.
ScienceSoft uncovers key facts about the company’s experience in telecom portals development.
The presentation explains what Episerver is and why most telecom providers choose this platform for self-care portals. ScienceSoft also explains the principles behind self-care portal functioning. The presentation shows a number of success stories that describe how telecom companies have gained substantial benefits from self-care portals solutions such as Episerver-based websites of JT Global, Intercall’s new e-commerce site, a redesigned corporate website of Tele2 and more.
Subscribed 2016: SaaS Application Architecture DefinedZuora, Inc.
Gain best practices on how to architect a scalable ecosystem by checking out leading SaaS subscription businesses as they unveil their reference architectures.
Have you defined your reference architecture? Would you like to hear perspectives from three experts who have? How does your application footprint compare to the current and future state application ecosystem at Box, Dell, and Zuora? Come explore how these organizations are leveraging Zuora and other cloud technologies to fill critical business needs.
Check out Zuora Academy for more actionable advice for finance, marketing, tech, operations, product, and more. All the info you need to build and run an amazing subscription business: https://www.zuora.com/academy/
Monetizing the Digital transformation with SAP Hybris BillingIsabelle Roussin
Going from products to service forces innovation on business models to monetize efficiently this digital transformation. Business processes are also impacted in order to deliver greater flexibility while managing growth and high volume of data.
B2B Omni-Channel Commerce Platform of the FutureAccenture Italia
Le aspettative del cliente guidano le aziende B2B verso un’esperienza omni-channel che mira a costruire e mantenere la relazione con il cliente. Le aziende si trovano dunque ad affrontare nuove sfide a livello tecnologico ed organizzativo per soddisfare le esigenze dei venditori e mantenere e crescere le proprie quote di mercato.
Gamers have a reputation for being impatient. For the average gamer, it's a few seconds' difference between buying that weapon upgrade and saying "screw it, I'll just kill these noobs with the default gear." Now multiply that by a million - that's a lot of money lost and a lot of frustrated players.
To this end, Xsolla seeks to provide the fastest, cleanest, prettiest payment interface you could ask for. We process over 500 payment methods, across over 100 currencies, localized for most languages across the globe.
Your player will get that gear quickly and easily, no matter how they're paying or what they speak, and you'll get your revenue quickly and cleanly, with very reasonable commissions.
We take care of it.
For extra sugar on top provide all the expected extras and amenities, including 24/7 native-language customer support, anti-fraud, channeling, analytics, and all sorts of other features to boost your games revenue as much as possible.
Value is created in each act of engagement: subscription is back in Consumer Industries and the new data value chain needs a good monetization strategy. Discover how companies can adapt and prepare at best their business process.
Nous voyons de nombreuses entreprises aujourd'hui ajoutant plusieurs Clouds Salesforce dans leur évolution digitale.
En tant que Consultant Salesforce (business ou technique), il n'est pas rare de voir une société utiliser Marketing Cloud dans le département Marketing, Commerce Cloud pour ses ventes en ligne, dans BU d'e-commerce, et dans leur SAV envisager d'ajouter Service Cloud.
Ce n'est qu'un exemple de 3 Clouds Salesforce, et il y a d'autres combinaisons de Clouds, mais voilà l'idée que dans l'écosystème Salesforce, nous sommes maintenant au défi d'aligner tout en une plate-forme numérique cross-Cloud qui est sou jacente de nouveaux parcours clients et employé.
Dans cette session, nous examinerons 2 cas d'intégration Cross-Cloud (B2C et B2B) et les meilleures pratiques sur la façon de les connecter en une seule vue Client.
Ce sont également des cas d'utilisation que Salesforce utilise dans une nouvelle génération de certifications à partir de janvier 2021 - Salesforce Solution Architect & Salesforce Enterprise Architect (ne pas confondre avec l'existante CTA - Cloud Technical Architect)
Reach is a web based ERP software for entry level to mid-sized business which helps them to automate all business functions at a low price with uncompromising support
See why www.reachaccountant.com is an ideal solution for a botique with multiple branches. Helps connect multiple branches without investing in servers
SoftLayer, an IBM Company, utilizes infrastructure which is fully customizable, with a single point of control, for flexible and powerful cloud options. It is one of the only providers who offer Bar Metal dedicated Cloud, and completely configurable Virtual Cloud (Public and Private) without any t-shirt sizing.
Enabling Airbus Digital Transformation with Splunk
Learn how Airbus are turning their data into doing across their organisation. From real time monitoring to IT Service Management to security operations – Airbus are maximising their use of data to deliver more services and continuous process improvement.
What's New in Syncsort's Trillium Line of Data Quality Software - TSS Enterpr...Precisely
Today, in the age of big data, data quality is more essential than ever. Whatever the size of your data – you need it to be clean, free of duplicates and ready for use.
View this customer education webinar on-demand where you will learn more about the latest improvements in the market-leading data quality solution – Syncsort’s TSS Enterprise, and how it can help you receive a quicker ROI from your Syncsort Trillium investment.
During this webinar, you will learn more about new TSS Enterprise 15.8 features such as:
• Performance improvements in Syncsort Trillium Discovery
• Syncsort’s Collibra integration for a stronger data governance capability
• Added support for Amazon EMR to Syncsort Trillium Quality for Big Data
• The NEW real-time data quality function
Don’t have TSS? View this webinar on-demand to see what you may be missing by not having market-leading data quality solutions. Whether you need to de-duplicate millions of records on Spark, want to fix data errors in real-time in your CRM or build geo-location and address verification into your web application – we’ve got what you’re looking for!
Gain Deep Visibility into APIs and Integrations with Anypoint MonitoringInfluxData
On average, a business supporting digital transactions now crosses 35 backend systems—and legacy tools haven’t been able to keep up. This session will cover how MuleSoft uses InfluxCloud to help power their monitoring and diagnostic solutions as well as provide end-to-end actionable visibility to APIs and integrations to help customers identify and resolve issues quickly.
Webinar: Improve Splunk Analytics and Automate Processes with SnapLogicSnapLogic
Last week SnapLogic sponsored partner event Splunk Worldwide Users' Conference in Las Vegas. The theme of the conference was "Your Data, No Limits." In keeping with this theme, SnapLogic helps Splunk customers access more comprehensive analytics by integrating as much data as possible from as many sources as possible, and by streamlining the business process of loading data in Splunk, detecting problems, and facilitating actions that result in a prompt resolution.
To learn more, visit: http://www.snaplogic.com/.
Assessing New Databases– Translytical Use CasesDATAVERSITY
Organizations run their day-in-and-day-out businesses with transactional applications and databases. On the other hand, organizations glean insights and make critical decisions using analytical databases and business intelligence tools.
The transactional workloads are relegated to database engines designed and tuned for transactional high throughput. Meanwhile, the big data generated by all the transactions require analytics platforms to load, store, and analyze volumes of data at high speed, providing timely insights to businesses.
Thus, in conventional information architectures, this requires two different database architectures and platforms: online transactional processing (OLTP) platforms to handle transactional workloads and online analytical processing (OLAP) engines to perform analytics and reporting.
Today, a particular focus and interest of operational analytics includes streaming data ingest and analysis in real time. Some refer to operational analytics as hybrid transaction/analytical processing (HTAP), translytical, or hybrid operational analytic processing (HOAP). We’ll address if this model is a way to create efficiencies in our environments.
Scaling Your Tools for Your Modern ApplicationSumo Logic
In this presentation, we discuss Hootsuite - a customer of Sumo Logic and the leading provider of social media management services for enterprises - and their journey off of open source tools to Sumo Logic, including:
- The challenges in running & managing solutions like ELK and Graphite
- Sumo Logic unified logs and metrics monitoring solution and its advanced analytics, dashboarding and troubleshooting capabilities
- How Hootsuite was able to leverage Sumo Logic to deliver excellent user experience to their end customers
How Precisely and Splunk Can Help You Better Manage Your IBM Z and IBM i Envi...Precisely
Splunk, an industry leader in IT operations and security analytics, is moving to the cloud. Adopting Splunk in the cloud can help you make better, faster decisions with real-time visibility across the enterprise. That said, if your critical business services rely on the IBM Z or IBM i, including these systems is a must in your new Splunk environment.
Having these systems in your Splunk environment helps remove a significant blind spot in your modernization efforts - avoiding security risks, failed audits, downtime, and escalating costs.
Join this discussion with presenters Brady Moyer from Splunk and Ian Hartley from Precisely to learn how to seamlessly integrate IBM Z and IBM i into Splunk for a true enterprise-wide view of your IT landscape.
During this on-demand webinar, you will hear:
• How Precisely Ironstream provides integration with Splunk without the need for mainframe or IBM i expertise
• The different types of data that can be collected and forwarded to Splunk
• Example use cases for events, security, and performance data
As government agencies continue to advance their digital transformation and improve the citizen digital experience, they are moving to new platforms. A successful digital transformation, and continued compliance with federal technology update mandates, such as Cloud First and the Modernizing Government Technology Act, involves embracing multiple cloud platforms. This has a ripple effect of streamlining agency operations and presenting a new and updated digital experience for citizens.
Our government agency speaker will outline how one agency moved operations to the cloud and the lessons they learned along the way.
During today’s webcast, you will learn:
- How cloud platforms can help improve the citizen digital experience
- How to architect a multi-cloud platform that makes sense for your agency
- Lessons learned by other government agencies and from private sector companies
Get deep technical accounting insights into the biggest pain points companies have faced with implementing and analyzing Standalone Selling Prices. Learn how you can be more strategic with pricing policies and improve processes for setting SSP.
Subscribed 2019 - CPQ X: The Future of CPQZuora, Inc.
Curious about what's next for Zuora CPQ? Join us to hear Zuora's CPQ Product Management demonstrate the brand new UI and features included with Zuora's CPQ X.
Subscribed 2019 - Going Global: Demystifying International PaymentsZuora, Inc.
Going global is a key strategy to drive company growth, but setting up and managing international payments can be very complicated. Join us at this session to understand payment operation requirements for multi-geography expansion and the Zuora configurations that will help you take your business anywhere in the world.
Let's admit it: Payment fraud is widespread and a huge liability for companies. The only way to successfully combat it is to develop comprehensive strategies and make the most of fraud management tools. Join this session to hear new ideas and strategies from our payment partners and customers on how to defeat fraud, increase consumer confidence, and reduce collection friction.
Subscribed 2019 - Optimizing Recurring Collections at ScaleZuora, Inc.
Managing collections in the Subscription Economy is complicated. You're chasing unpaid invoices and delinquent accounts of unprecedented volume. Join this session to hear how customers are using Zuora Collect to improve their collections process and reduce involuntary churn.
Subscribed 2019 - Regulations and What Lies Ahead with Zuora Payments and Col...Zuora, Inc.
Going global is a key strategy to drive company growth, but setting up and managing international payments can be very complicated. Join us at this session to understand payment operation requirements for multi-geography expansion and the Zuora configurations that will help you take your business anywhere in the world.
Subscribed 2019 - Collection Strategies: Recovering Critical Revenue to Drive...Zuora, Inc.
Strategic AR teams are always seeking ways to improve collection techniques and refine existing processes, especially when new products are launched. Attend this session to hear first-hand from high-volume B2B companies on how they use Zuora to recover revenue and drive business growth.
Subscribed 2019 - Why Digital Transformation Should Drive Business Model Tran...Zuora, Inc.
Hear from business leaders who have successfully led their companies through a digital transformation and those who are currently in the midst of the process. We'll have an open and healthy conversation on why and how companies need to digitally transform, challenges to expect, and how to build a business case internally. This is a great opportunity for executives responsible for transformation strategy to learn from each other and get a real sense of what life is like on the other end of the journey.
Subscribed 2019 - Business Transformation: Architecting the Launch for SuccessZuora, Inc.
Business transformation projects are a big undertaking that can take several years for large organizations to complete. Picking the right launch strategy is the key to success. Hear first-hand from Heather Maniscalco, Director of Enterprise Architecture at Neustar, and Ksenia Kouchnirenko, Head of Business Systems at SurveyMonkey, about the launch strategies their companies adopted and why.
In addition, Zuora's Enterprise Architecture team will share a framework to help you develop a launch strategy to quickly realize value while minimizing risk, cost, and impact on customers and internal operations teams. This is an ideal session for CIOs getting started on the Zuora journey.
Subscribed 2019 - Deliver Growth Without Breaking Your Back OfficeZuora, Inc.
Is the shift to subscriptions wreaking havoc on your RevRec process? Learn how RevRec automation can help support business growth and agility by seamlessly handling complex long-term contracts and frequent contract modifications without breaking your back office.
Subscribed 2019 - Customer First Approach to Pricing Zuora, Inc.
Pricing is at the core of how companies sell, support, and talk about their products. Yet most companies fail to architect a well thought out customer journey and decision-making process. In this session, Hazjier Pourkhalkhali, Global Director, Strategy & Value at Optimizely shares how the company changed its ways two years ago and saw a dramatic reduction in churn rates while improving win rates, deal sizes, and expansions. All due to a customer-first approach to pricing.
Subscribed 2019 - Empower Sales Operations Zuora, Inc.
Does your Sales Operations team police every quote that goes out the door? With Zuora CPQ, that isn't necessary. At this session, long-time Zuora CPQ technical administrator, Jacob Feisley, shares tips for quote configuration that enable automation (= fewer manual checks) and his best practices for managing approval processes.
Subscribed 2019 - Best Practices for Realizing Optimal Value from ZuoraZuora, Inc.
Is your head spinning thinking through operationalizing pricing changes or rolling out a new product? Come hear from Mario Espinoza, Revenue Operations Manager at Outreach.io on how you can improve efficiency by getting maximum value from Zuora's products. Whether it's a product catalog cleanup, quoting process pains, or getting Sales and Finance in sync, you're guaranteed to benefit from Mario's expertise.
Subscribed 2019 - Omni-Channel Customer Acquisition and RetentionZuora, Inc.
Using multiple channels is a proven method for customer growth. It often requires new systems, which add complexity and cost to "stitch" them together and maintain them over time. Zuora aims to solve that problem with Zuora Commerce, and at this session our product experts will share how. You'll leave understanding how our strategy of unifying configurations and data through a common integration supports the delivery of a consistent and seamless experience for your customers across all channels.
Subscribed 2019 - Quote Smarter, Faster and Get Products to Market Quicker wi...Zuora, Inc.
Eager to hear how companies use Zuora Billing and Zuora CPQ to manage the quote to cash process? This is your session! We'll do a deep dive into Zuora CPQ, -- how to use it to configure, price, and quote your deals -- then hear from long-time Zuora Billing and CPQ users at Solium; they'll share their journey of moving from cumbersome spreadsheets to custom quotes, things to consider downstream when managing Zuora CPQ and change management best practices. The team has refined its processes over time, leading to faster time to market for new products. Come learn from their experience. This will be an interactive session, so bring your questions!
Subscribed 2019 - Empower Sales Operations with Zuora CPQZuora, Inc.
Does your Sales Operations team police every quote that goes out the door? With Zuora CPQ, that isn't necessary. At this session, long-time Zuora CPQ technical administrator, Jacob Feisley, shares tips for quote configuration that enable automation (= fewer manual checks) and his best practices for managing approval processes.
Subscribed 2019 - Implementing a Consumption-Based Pricing StrategyZuora, Inc.
Adding consumption-based pricing has shown to increase revenue growth. Many companies consider it but aren't sure when and how to implement the change. At this session, we'll share popular consumption pricing strategies, show how to implement them in Zuora, outline how to ready an organization to meter and bill for subscriber consumption, and end with best practices for integrating metering of consumption with billing.
Subscribed 2019 - Proration: Why Getting it Right MattersZuora, Inc.
Proration can be a complex and daunting topic. But mastering it will give you flexibility in how you price and structure product lines, and drive additional revenue. In this session, we'll share best practices with proration and the impact it has on revenue. You'll also learn the key differences between billing rules and revenue rules and how they affect invoicing and revenue recognition.
Subscribed 2019 - Beyond reporting analytics for growthZuora, Inc.
“Reporting” is critical for measuring what is happening in specific areas of your business. “Analytics” goes beyond operational reporting and enables you to truly understand and grow your business. At Zuora, we're working on data APIs, operational reporting and analytics as three pillars of a complete data strategy. Come to this session and learn how the features on our roadmap address Subscription Economy business metrics and tackle top asks from our customers.
Threats to mobile devices are more prevalent and increasing in scope and complexity. Users of mobile devices desire to take full advantage of the features
available on those devices, but many of the features provide convenience and capability but sacrifice security. This best practices guide outlines steps the users can take to better protect personal devices and information.
Dr. Sean Tan, Head of Data Science, Changi Airport Group
Discover how Changi Airport Group (CAG) leverages graph technologies and generative AI to revolutionize their search capabilities. This session delves into the unique search needs of CAG’s diverse passengers and customers, showcasing how graph data structures enhance the accuracy and relevance of AI-generated search results, mitigating the risk of “hallucinations” and improving the overall customer journey.
Why You Should Replace Windows 11 with Nitrux Linux 3.5.0 for enhanced perfor...SOFTTECHHUB
The choice of an operating system plays a pivotal role in shaping our computing experience. For decades, Microsoft's Windows has dominated the market, offering a familiar and widely adopted platform for personal and professional use. However, as technological advancements continue to push the boundaries of innovation, alternative operating systems have emerged, challenging the status quo and offering users a fresh perspective on computing.
One such alternative that has garnered significant attention and acclaim is Nitrux Linux 3.5.0, a sleek, powerful, and user-friendly Linux distribution that promises to redefine the way we interact with our devices. With its focus on performance, security, and customization, Nitrux Linux presents a compelling case for those seeking to break free from the constraints of proprietary software and embrace the freedom and flexibility of open-source computing.
GraphSummit Singapore | The Future of Agility: Supercharging Digital Transfor...Neo4j
Leonard Jayamohan, Partner & Generative AI Lead, Deloitte
This keynote will reveal how Deloitte leverages Neo4j’s graph power for groundbreaking digital twin solutions, achieving a staggering 100x performance boost. Discover the essential role knowledge graphs play in successful generative AI implementations. Plus, get an exclusive look at an innovative Neo4j + Generative AI solution Deloitte is developing in-house.
A tale of scale & speed: How the US Navy is enabling software delivery from l...sonjaschweigert1
Rapid and secure feature delivery is a goal across every application team and every branch of the DoD. The Navy’s DevSecOps platform, Party Barge, has achieved:
- Reduction in onboarding time from 5 weeks to 1 day
- Improved developer experience and productivity through actionable findings and reduction of false positives
- Maintenance of superior security standards and inherent policy enforcement with Authorization to Operate (ATO)
Development teams can ship efficiently and ensure applications are cyber ready for Navy Authorizing Officials (AOs). In this webinar, Sigma Defense and Anchore will give attendees a look behind the scenes and demo secure pipeline automation and security artifacts that speed up application ATO and time to production.
We will cover:
- How to remove silos in DevSecOps
- How to build efficient development pipeline roles and component templates
- How to deliver security artifacts that matter for ATO’s (SBOMs, vulnerability reports, and policy evidence)
- How to streamline operations with automated policy checks on container images
Alt. GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using ...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.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
GraphSummit Singapore | The Art of the Possible with Graph - Q2 2024Neo4j
Neha Bajwa, Vice President of Product Marketing, Neo4j
Join us as we explore breakthrough innovations enabled by interconnected data and AI. Discover firsthand how organizations use relationships in data to uncover contextual insights and solve our most pressing challenges – from optimizing supply chains, detecting fraud, and improving customer experiences to accelerating drug discoveries.
Maruthi Prithivirajan, Head of ASEAN & IN Solution Architecture, Neo4j
Get an inside look at the latest Neo4j innovations that enable relationship-driven intelligence at scale. Learn more about the newest cloud integrations and product enhancements that make Neo4j an essential choice for developers building apps with interconnected data and generative AI.
Generative AI Deep Dive: Advancing from Proof of Concept to ProductionAggregage
Join Maher Hanafi, VP of Engineering at Betterworks, in this new session where he'll share a practical framework to transform Gen AI prototypes into impactful products! He'll delve into the complexities of data collection and management, model selection and optimization, and ensuring security, scalability, and responsible use.
Climate Impact of Software Testing at Nordic Testing DaysKari Kakkonen
My slides at Nordic Testing Days 6.6.2024
Climate impact / sustainability of software testing discussed on the talk. ICT and testing must carry their part of global responsibility to help with the climat warming. We can minimize the carbon footprint but we can also have a carbon handprint, a positive impact on the climate. Quality characteristics can be added with sustainability, and then measured continuously. Test environments can be used less, and in smaller scale and on demand. Test techniques can be used in optimizing or minimizing number of tests. Test automation can be used to speed up testing.
Unlocking Productivity: Leveraging the Potential of Copilot in Microsoft 365, a presentation by Christoforos Vlachos, Senior Solutions Manager – Modern Workplace, Uni Systems
Removing Uninteresting Bytes in Software FuzzingAftab Hussain
Imagine a world where software fuzzing, the process of mutating bytes in test seeds to uncover hidden and erroneous program behaviors, becomes faster and more effective. A lot depends on the initial seeds, which can significantly dictate the trajectory of a fuzzing campaign, particularly in terms of how long it takes to uncover interesting behaviour in your code. We introduce DIAR, a technique designed to speedup fuzzing campaigns by pinpointing and eliminating those uninteresting bytes in the seeds. Picture this: instead of wasting valuable resources on meaningless mutations in large, bloated seeds, DIAR removes the unnecessary bytes, streamlining the entire process.
In this work, we equipped AFL, a popular fuzzer, with DIAR and examined two critical Linux libraries -- Libxml's xmllint, a tool for parsing xml documents, and Binutil's readelf, an essential debugging and security analysis command-line tool used to display detailed information about ELF (Executable and Linkable Format). Our preliminary results show that AFL+DIAR does not only discover new paths more quickly but also achieves higher coverage overall. This work thus showcases how starting with lean and optimized seeds can lead to faster, more comprehensive fuzzing campaigns -- and DIAR helps you find such seeds.
- These are slides of the talk given at IEEE International Conference on Software Testing Verification and Validation Workshop, ICSTW 2022.
Enchancing adoption of Open Source Libraries. A case study on Albumentations.AIVladimir Iglovikov, Ph.D.
Presented by Vladimir Iglovikov:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/iglovikov/
- https://x.com/viglovikov
- https://www.instagram.com/ternaus/
This presentation delves into the journey of Albumentations.ai, a highly successful open-source library for data augmentation.
Created out of a necessity for superior performance in Kaggle competitions, Albumentations has grown to become a widely used tool among data scientists and machine learning practitioners.
This case study covers various aspects, including:
People: The contributors and community that have supported Albumentations.
Metrics: The success indicators such as downloads, daily active users, GitHub stars, and financial contributions.
Challenges: The hurdles in monetizing open-source projects and measuring user engagement.
Development Practices: Best practices for creating, maintaining, and scaling open-source libraries, including code hygiene, CI/CD, and fast iteration.
Community Building: Strategies for making adoption easy, iterating quickly, and fostering a vibrant, engaged community.
Marketing: Both online and offline marketing tactics, focusing on real, impactful interactions and collaborations.
Mental Health: Maintaining balance and not feeling pressured by user demands.
Key insights include the importance of automation, making the adoption process seamless, and leveraging offline interactions for marketing. The presentation also emphasizes the need for continuous small improvements and building a friendly, inclusive community that contributes to the project's growth.
Vladimir Iglovikov brings his extensive experience as a Kaggle Grandmaster, ex-Staff ML Engineer at Lyft, sharing valuable lessons and practical advice for anyone looking to enhance the adoption of their open-source projects.
Explore more about Albumentations and join the community at:
GitHub: https://github.com/albumentations-team/albumentations
Website: https://albumentations.ai/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/100504475
Twitter: https://x.com/albumentations
Securing your Kubernetes cluster_ a step-by-step guide to success !KatiaHIMEUR1
Today, after several years of existence, an extremely active community and an ultra-dynamic ecosystem, Kubernetes has established itself as the de facto standard in container orchestration. Thanks to a wide range of managed services, it has never been so easy to set up a ready-to-use Kubernetes cluster.
However, this ease of use means that the subject of security in Kubernetes is often left for later, or even neglected. This exposes companies to significant risks.
In this talk, I'll show you step-by-step how to secure your Kubernetes cluster for greater peace of mind and reliability.
Securing your Kubernetes cluster_ a step-by-step guide to success !
Behind the Wizard’s Curtain: Scalability and Security at Zuora (Subscribed13)
1. Behind the Wizard’s Curtain:
Scalability and Security at Zuora
Subscribed 2013
Thomas Fou
Information Security &
Compliance
Levon Stepanian
Performance Engineering
&
2. Key 9
• Key 9
• A Day in the Life of Zuora
• Behind the Curtain: The Zuora Cloud & Platform
• Zuora’s Investment in Performance
• Security & Compliance
• Q/A
AGENDA
3. Key 9 Key 9
• 9 Keys to Subscription Success
• Key 9: Mission Critical, Reliable, Scalable & Secure
“Subscription businesses want a reliable ‘enterprise-grade’ system with
services that are built on a secured, mission-critical, and scalable infrastructure.
The SaaS Subscription Infrastructure must have reliable 7x24x365 operations,
regular new feature deployments, and well-formed, predictable business
continuity”
4. Key 9 Disclaimer Pt. 1
• This
session
may
contain
product
features
that
are
currently
under
development.
• This
session/overview
of
new
technology
represents
no
commitment
from
Zuora
to
deliver
these
features
in
generally
available
product.
• Customers
who
purchase
services
should
make
the
purchase
decisions
based
upon
features
that
are
currently
available.
• Technical
feasibility
and
market
demand
will
affect
final
delivery.
• Pricing
and
packaging
for
any
new
technologies
or
features
discussed
or
presented
have
not
been
determined.
5. Key 9 Disclaimer Pt. 2
Zuora Confidential
Not for distribution beyond the intended audience at Subscribed 2013
thebillablehour.com
6. Key 9 A Day in the Life of Zuora
• Monthly Synchronous Transaction Volumes
– SOAP and REST APIs
• Subscription Management
– 550K created
– 1M amended
– Half a Billion API calls a month (15M/day)
– > 80% are queries
• Top 3 Objects: Subscriptions, Products, RatePlans
7. Key 9 A Day in the Life of Zuora
• Monthly Asynchronous Transaction Volume (Aug/2013)
• 39M
total
asynchronous
transac0ons
• ~50%
during
1st
day
&
last
4
days
of
month
• Transac0on
mix
–
small
&
large
• Monthly
varia0on
6M
1M
6K
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336M
15M
INVOICE
8. Key 9 Performance Data
• Benchmark Data
– 375 orders/sec for a single tenant
• 2012 Amazon Cyber Monday Peak Rate: 306 items/sec
– 150+ payment authorizations/sec for a single tenant
• Production Data
– 50% of our tenants -> 70K invoices per hour
– Tenant generating 1.7M invoices in a single bill run
9. Key 9
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AMQ
DB
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Behind the Curtain: The Zuora Cloud
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Billing
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Servers
UI/API
Server
Global
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PDFGen
Servers
Web
Server
Zuora
for
Salesforce
Servers
Messaging
Infrastructure
File
Storage
Global
(M)
Tenant
Shard
Tenant
Shard
(M)
Tenant
Shard
(M)
Tenant
Shard
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File
Storage
AMQ
DB
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(M)aster/(S)lave
RO
Replicas
(Not
Shown)
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Appliance
10. Key 9
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DB
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Scaling Zuora
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Billing
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Payment
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UI/API
Server
Global
(S)
PDFGen
Servers
Web
Server
Zuora
for
Salesforce
Servers
Messaging
Infrastructure
File
Storage
Global
(M)
Tenant
Shard
Tenant
Shard
(M)
Tenant
Shard
(M)
Tenant
Shard
(S)
File
Storage
AMQ
DB
(S)
F
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Appliance
11. Key 9 Infrastructure Scalability
– Enterprise Ready Tier 1 Data Center
• Switch SuperNAP (Las Vegas)
• High density, state of the art infrastructure
• Super beefy hardware, storage and networking gear
• 7x24x365 resource monitoring and alerting
10
90
Avg.
Produc0on
Capacity
U0liza0on
uMlized
idle
– Plenty of standby spare capacity to
accommodate growth
• Max utilization ~ 30%
12. Key 9 Zuora’s Investment in
Performance
• Bottlenecks are everywhere!
• Zuora’s massive & continual investment in performance
– Search & Destroy philosophy adopted by all teams
– Refactoring/optimizing code
– Production-like environment profiling/analysis
– Better aligning s/w and h/w architectures
– Investment in state of the art technology
13. Key 9 Customer Facing
Performance Improvements
• Rating & Billing Engine (RBE) TurboBooster
• 1.6X to 25X Bill Run speedup in production
• Optimizing & minimizing # of queries
• More charges/subscription = Larger speedups
• Zuora for Salesforce 360 TurboSync
• Up to 50X 360 Sync speedup in production
• Exploiting parallel pipelines, Bulk Salesforce APIs
• More objects to sync = Larger speedups
16. Key 9 Customer Testimonials
• “After directly engaging with Zuora Engineering on a looming requirement to
support a large increase in scale, I was reassured by how quickly they moved to
support the stated 100tps for creation of hosted payment methods. I was impressed
that Zuora Engineering then applied the 100tps requirement to the other API calls,
in anticipation of downstream increases in volume. If a difficult requirement arises in
the future, I will have no hesitation in directly engaging Zuora Engineering again,
knowing that it will be a job well done.” – Architect
• "We're really excited about Zuora's improvements to Bill Run execution times. As
a business that bills hundreds of thousands of transactions in each bill run, it's
important for Hosting.com to generate invoices rapidly and get paid as quickly as
possible" said Rick Moore, VP Finance & Business Operations at Hosting.com.
"The latest performance improvements have significantly reduced our scheduled bill
run times by over 50%--that's a huge improvement, and attests to the fact that as
our business grows, Zuora continues to scale to accommodate that growth.”
• “We named it TurboSync because of how fast it copied 3million records into our
system. What would normally would have taken days instead took a few hours!”
said Cathy MacDonald, Executive Vice President of IT at Xplornet
Communications Inc.
Anonymous
Zuora
Customer
21. Key 9 How To Reduce PCI Scope
• Each entity responsible for how it uses data
• Limit where PCI data is stored, processed, transmitted
• Segment cardholder data network from other networks
• Use effective encryption
• Implement strong key management practices
• Limit scope of Cardholder Data Environment (CDE)
• Zuora Hosted Payment Method (HPM)
24. Key 9 Scalability Case Study
• Customer Profile
– Leading global news company
– Top UK newspaper publisher
• Subscription Launch
– Digital paper (smartphones, tablets, online)
– Access to breaking news (24x7)
– Fantasy soccer
– Apps for streaming soccer matches
25. Key 9 Scalability Case Study
• Performance Requirement
– 100 transactions per second customer acquisition rate
• 360,000 customers an hour!
• End to end testing uncovered bottlenecks
– Internal and External to Zuora
• Outcome
– Configuration tuning
– Horizontally scaled back-end servers
– Enhanced monitoring + alerting around launch dates