It is not uncommon for people to misconceive the use, relevance or applicability of new and emerging technologies - this has been the case with the Blockchain technology as a lot of people only have a vague or inaccurate understanding of what it really means and what it can do. Some have even gone as far as saying “Blockchain is the future” and “Blockchain will save Nigeria”, etc.
This article presents a practical overview of how the technology works; the potential use cases in the Nigerian economy; the legal risks and the role of regulatory agencies in aiding the adoption and growth of the technology.
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Get in-depth insights on the emergence, growth and future prospects of Blockchain in India. The historical timeline of the Blockchain technology in India. A detailed breakdown of the Blockchain technology and decoding the types of Blockchain currently in use.
This course covers in detail the technical principles & concepts behind blockchain. In addition, it seeks to provide you with the insights and deep understanding of the various components of blockchain technology, and enables you to determine for yourself how to best leverage and exploit blockchain for your project, organisation or start-up.
Link - https://www.experfy.com/training/courses/blockchain-technology-fundamentals
The article outlines a number of disadvantages, advantages and advantages of the blockchain today. Also, the types of blockchain are given and how blockchain allows you to organize trade without intermediaries, which can later introduce many services into everyday life and change the way the banking sector works. Mukhammedova Zarina Murodovna "Disadvantages and Advantages of Blockchain" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-5 | Issue-5 , August 2021, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd46253.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/economics/other/46253/disadvantages-and-advantages-of-blockchain/mukhammedova-zarina-murodovna
Get in-depth insights on the emergence, growth and future prospects of Blockchain in India. The historical timeline of the Blockchain technology in India. A detailed breakdown of the Blockchain technology and decoding the types of Blockchain currently in use.
This course covers in detail the technical principles & concepts behind blockchain. In addition, it seeks to provide you with the insights and deep understanding of the various components of blockchain technology, and enables you to determine for yourself how to best leverage and exploit blockchain for your project, organisation or start-up.
Link - https://www.experfy.com/training/courses/blockchain-technology-fundamentals
The article outlines a number of disadvantages, advantages and advantages of the blockchain today. Also, the types of blockchain are given and how blockchain allows you to organize trade without intermediaries, which can later introduce many services into everyday life and change the way the banking sector works. Mukhammedova Zarina Murodovna "Disadvantages and Advantages of Blockchain" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-5 | Issue-5 , August 2021, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd46253.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/economics/other/46253/disadvantages-and-advantages-of-blockchain/mukhammedova-zarina-murodovna
Advantages and disadvantages of permissionless blockchainBlockchain Council
Blockchain Technology surfaced with the surge of cryptocurrency. Today you may find every business, and all the big industries are talking about using Blockchain. They want to make it a part of their mainstream business operations. On the surface, we know that blockchain is a distributed ledger technology. It works on the principle of decentralisation and peer-to-peer transactions. It means that Blockchain culminates the need of having intermediaries. Thus it saves cost and time both. It is the prime reason that many of the financial institutions and businesses are trying to use Blockchain for their benefit.Check out the full article here >>
https://bit.ly/2zRdAyS
Introduction to blockchain & cryptocurrenciesAurobindo Nayak
This was an intro session on blockchain and cryptocurrencies. If you want to view the webinar for this talk checkout: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rl5mVI7jEK0
Blockchain for Executives, Entrepreneurs and InvestorsFenbushi Capital
A brief summary of key issues that executives, entrepreneurs and investors across all industries should be aware of when considering blockchain.
First presented 8 June 2018 at the Longhash Incubator in Singapore.
Webinar: Blockchain – A Revolution You Can’t Stop | by IntellectsoftIntellectsoft
More Details:
Intellectsoft Software Development Company: intellectsoft.net
Blockchain Consulting & Development Lab: blockchain.intellectsoft.net
Watch the Webinar - https://youtu.be/2av_goSQVVo?list=PLMifjE1aUsLMMLnvZKwH1Y3WPjFb13p-f
The revolutionary invention of blockchain is still a controversial topic, and Intellectsoft software development company is about to bring clarity in it. Being the leader in blockchain developing and consulting, it explains in simpler words the elegance of using this brand-new technology as a business decision. Specifically, the company facilitates the understanding of blockchain by both offering the readers essential facts about the innovation and creating applicable recommendations for further practical implementation.
To start with, Intellectsoft provides an overview of blockchain essentials, investigating the nature of this technology along with its structural elements. As a result, a key concepts of blockchain, including digital fingerprinting and access keys, are no longer a mystery for readers. Furthermore, the opportunities of Smart Contracts and mining are explained. In these sections, Intellectsoft already illustrates previously presented theoretical assumptions with practical examples. And the overview achieves a higher clarity, which facilitates the task of developing a blockchain decision for anyone interested. Then, the presentation proceeds to the question of blockchain real-time applications. This includes providing the list of industries that can benefit the most from the innovation and the real advantages their representatives can gain. The special attention is paid to financial services, government, and healthcare, among others. Finally, after describing the major differences between private and public blockchain, Intellectsoft creates recommendations for those interested in the implementation of this decision into business. And after reading, you will get much closer to the decision whether blockchain really deserves its place in your business practice specifically.
The blockchain is the technology the underpins digital currency (Bitcoin, Litecoin, Ethereum, and the like). The tech allows digital information to be distributed, but not copied. ... You may hear it described as a “digital ledger” stored in a distributed network.
Blockchain & Smart Contracts For Government Entitlements & PaymentsMichael Novak
Overview of Blockchain and Smart Contract strengths and challenges in US federal, state, and local government entitlements, digital identity, and payment processing.
Blockchain Technology and Its Application in LibrariesNabi Hasan
Background
Blockchain: Conceptual Understanding
What is Blockchain Technology?
The Three Pillars of Blockchain Technology
Why is Blockchain Popular?
What is Distributed Ledger?
Blockchain for Enterprise Application Developer
Possible Areas of Implimention of Blockchain Technology in Libraries
How to Create Blockchain Products by Slice.Market CTOProduct School
Main takeaways:
-Intro to blockchain concepts, public/private keys, signing transactions, wallets,
-Product challenges unique to blockchain
-Metamask and other tools that people currently use to interact with the Ethereum blockchain
-Common design and product considerations when making a blockchain product
Blockchain : A Catalyst for New Approaches in Insurance VIJAY MUTHU
Blockchain technology has a wide variety of use cases in insurance. This excellent PwC study shows the possible impacts
in the insurance value chain which blockchain can bring about.
A general discussion on the benefits of the blockchain technology. How it creates trust and how this may be applied. We discuss the blockchain generally in terms of the byzantine generals problem, central v distributed and decentralised ledgers and the double spend problem.
It is the aim of this paper that those reading it should recognise the leapfrog potential of this technology. It is the biggest innovation since the internet.
Feel free to reach out and connect if you have any questions.
shane.ninai@gmail.com
Eris Industries - American Banker presentation deck. Preston Byrne
Eris Industries' deck (and a recording of the talk) describing our view of where the blockchain space is going in the next couple of years. Any questions, ping Preston directly.
Everything you've been told about blockchains is wrong: the "killer app" isn't any particular implementation, but the database design itself. In this presentation I explain how the permissioned blockchain design pioneered by Eris Industries actually addresses the problems and use-cases everyone's said blockchains can solve, but hasn't actually used them to solve.
Hint: it's not because of "decentralisation."
All about Blockchain Technology and it's applications in Finance functionvinodavg
Blockchain technology is a vast, distributed ledger, operating on millions of devices, recording anything, with identical copies maintained on each of the network computers. When a new transaction or an edit to an existing transaction comes in, generally a majority of the nodes within a blockchain network must execute some algorithms and essentially evaluate and verify the history of the transaction that is proposed and come to a consensus that the history and signature is valid, then the new transaction is accepted into the ledger. If a majority of nodes do not concede to the addition or modification of the ledger entry, then it is denied and not added to the chain. All the members can review previous entries and record new transactions. These are then grouped into ‘blocks’, which then form part of a ‘chain’, thus leading to a ‘blockchain’
All about Blockchain Technology and it's applications in Finance functionvinodavg
Blockchain Technology is a vast, distributed ledger, operating on millions of devices, recording anything, with identical copies maintained on each of the network computers. When a new transaction or an edit to an existing transaction comes in, generally a majority of the nodes within a blockchain network must execute some algorithms and essentially evaluate and verify the history of the transaction that is proposed and come to a consensus that the history and signature is valid, then the new transaction is accepted into the ledger. If a majority of nodes do not concede to the addition or modification of the ledger entry, then it is denied and not added to the chain. All the members can review previous entries and record new transactions. These are then grouped into ‘blocks’, which then form part of a ‘chain’, thus leading to a ‘blockchain
Advantages and disadvantages of permissionless blockchainBlockchain Council
Blockchain Technology surfaced with the surge of cryptocurrency. Today you may find every business, and all the big industries are talking about using Blockchain. They want to make it a part of their mainstream business operations. On the surface, we know that blockchain is a distributed ledger technology. It works on the principle of decentralisation and peer-to-peer transactions. It means that Blockchain culminates the need of having intermediaries. Thus it saves cost and time both. It is the prime reason that many of the financial institutions and businesses are trying to use Blockchain for their benefit.Check out the full article here >>
https://bit.ly/2zRdAyS
Introduction to blockchain & cryptocurrenciesAurobindo Nayak
This was an intro session on blockchain and cryptocurrencies. If you want to view the webinar for this talk checkout: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rl5mVI7jEK0
Blockchain for Executives, Entrepreneurs and InvestorsFenbushi Capital
A brief summary of key issues that executives, entrepreneurs and investors across all industries should be aware of when considering blockchain.
First presented 8 June 2018 at the Longhash Incubator in Singapore.
Webinar: Blockchain – A Revolution You Can’t Stop | by IntellectsoftIntellectsoft
More Details:
Intellectsoft Software Development Company: intellectsoft.net
Blockchain Consulting & Development Lab: blockchain.intellectsoft.net
Watch the Webinar - https://youtu.be/2av_goSQVVo?list=PLMifjE1aUsLMMLnvZKwH1Y3WPjFb13p-f
The revolutionary invention of blockchain is still a controversial topic, and Intellectsoft software development company is about to bring clarity in it. Being the leader in blockchain developing and consulting, it explains in simpler words the elegance of using this brand-new technology as a business decision. Specifically, the company facilitates the understanding of blockchain by both offering the readers essential facts about the innovation and creating applicable recommendations for further practical implementation.
To start with, Intellectsoft provides an overview of blockchain essentials, investigating the nature of this technology along with its structural elements. As a result, a key concepts of blockchain, including digital fingerprinting and access keys, are no longer a mystery for readers. Furthermore, the opportunities of Smart Contracts and mining are explained. In these sections, Intellectsoft already illustrates previously presented theoretical assumptions with practical examples. And the overview achieves a higher clarity, which facilitates the task of developing a blockchain decision for anyone interested. Then, the presentation proceeds to the question of blockchain real-time applications. This includes providing the list of industries that can benefit the most from the innovation and the real advantages their representatives can gain. The special attention is paid to financial services, government, and healthcare, among others. Finally, after describing the major differences between private and public blockchain, Intellectsoft creates recommendations for those interested in the implementation of this decision into business. And after reading, you will get much closer to the decision whether blockchain really deserves its place in your business practice specifically.
The blockchain is the technology the underpins digital currency (Bitcoin, Litecoin, Ethereum, and the like). The tech allows digital information to be distributed, but not copied. ... You may hear it described as a “digital ledger” stored in a distributed network.
Blockchain & Smart Contracts For Government Entitlements & PaymentsMichael Novak
Overview of Blockchain and Smart Contract strengths and challenges in US federal, state, and local government entitlements, digital identity, and payment processing.
Blockchain Technology and Its Application in LibrariesNabi Hasan
Background
Blockchain: Conceptual Understanding
What is Blockchain Technology?
The Three Pillars of Blockchain Technology
Why is Blockchain Popular?
What is Distributed Ledger?
Blockchain for Enterprise Application Developer
Possible Areas of Implimention of Blockchain Technology in Libraries
How to Create Blockchain Products by Slice.Market CTOProduct School
Main takeaways:
-Intro to blockchain concepts, public/private keys, signing transactions, wallets,
-Product challenges unique to blockchain
-Metamask and other tools that people currently use to interact with the Ethereum blockchain
-Common design and product considerations when making a blockchain product
Blockchain : A Catalyst for New Approaches in Insurance VIJAY MUTHU
Blockchain technology has a wide variety of use cases in insurance. This excellent PwC study shows the possible impacts
in the insurance value chain which blockchain can bring about.
A general discussion on the benefits of the blockchain technology. How it creates trust and how this may be applied. We discuss the blockchain generally in terms of the byzantine generals problem, central v distributed and decentralised ledgers and the double spend problem.
It is the aim of this paper that those reading it should recognise the leapfrog potential of this technology. It is the biggest innovation since the internet.
Feel free to reach out and connect if you have any questions.
shane.ninai@gmail.com
Eris Industries - American Banker presentation deck. Preston Byrne
Eris Industries' deck (and a recording of the talk) describing our view of where the blockchain space is going in the next couple of years. Any questions, ping Preston directly.
Everything you've been told about blockchains is wrong: the "killer app" isn't any particular implementation, but the database design itself. In this presentation I explain how the permissioned blockchain design pioneered by Eris Industries actually addresses the problems and use-cases everyone's said blockchains can solve, but hasn't actually used them to solve.
Hint: it's not because of "decentralisation."
All about Blockchain Technology and it's applications in Finance functionvinodavg
Blockchain technology is a vast, distributed ledger, operating on millions of devices, recording anything, with identical copies maintained on each of the network computers. When a new transaction or an edit to an existing transaction comes in, generally a majority of the nodes within a blockchain network must execute some algorithms and essentially evaluate and verify the history of the transaction that is proposed and come to a consensus that the history and signature is valid, then the new transaction is accepted into the ledger. If a majority of nodes do not concede to the addition or modification of the ledger entry, then it is denied and not added to the chain. All the members can review previous entries and record new transactions. These are then grouped into ‘blocks’, which then form part of a ‘chain’, thus leading to a ‘blockchain’
All about Blockchain Technology and it's applications in Finance functionvinodavg
Blockchain Technology is a vast, distributed ledger, operating on millions of devices, recording anything, with identical copies maintained on each of the network computers. When a new transaction or an edit to an existing transaction comes in, generally a majority of the nodes within a blockchain network must execute some algorithms and essentially evaluate and verify the history of the transaction that is proposed and come to a consensus that the history and signature is valid, then the new transaction is accepted into the ledger. If a majority of nodes do not concede to the addition or modification of the ledger entry, then it is denied and not added to the chain. All the members can review previous entries and record new transactions. These are then grouped into ‘blocks’, which then form part of a ‘chain’, thus leading to a ‘blockchain
The ecosystem supporting blockchain technology has matured to the point where the rollout of multiple enterprise blockchain solutions is imminent. This is technology that cannot be ignored by any industry as it poses both a threat and an opportunity for organisations. This paper outlines the potential of blockchain technology.
The Blockchain Imperative: The Next Challenge for P&C CarriersCognizant
Blockchain, a universal ledger and data-storage platform, can help P&C carriers address some of their most critical business challenges and significantly alter the way they operate. Although the technology has yet to achieve widespread adoption in the insurance space, the time is ripe for carriers to begin thinking about, exploring and experimenting with blockchain.
The record-keeping technology behind Bitcoin has now emerged as a mainstream technology that finds many applications across the different industrial segments. However, the key reason that gave Blockchain popularity was cryptocurrency exchange or transactions.
A blockchain is essentially a distributed database of records or public ledger of all transactions or digital events that have been executed and shared among participating parties. Each transaction in the public ledger is verified by consensus of a majority of the participants in the system. And, once entered, information can never be erased. The blockchain contains a certain and verifiable record of every single transaction ever made. To use a basic analogy, it is easy to steal a cookie from a cookie jar, kept in a secluded place than stealing the cookie from a cookie jar kept in a marketplace, being observed by thousands of people. In the report, it distinguishes between multiple types of blockchains and explains the two biggest platforms, namely Bitcoin and Ethereum. While introducing those two platforms we explain the most important technology and algorithms used such as proof of work concept. Some of the security issues and solutions are also covered. We conclude with some concrete Ethereum based applications that demonstrate the usage of blockchain technology beyond cryptocurrency and illustrate current developments in this field.
What Are The Features Of Blockchain Technology..pdfMavie Crypto
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Blockchain technology is quickly becoming one of the most talked-about topics in the tech world. But what is blockchain technology and what makes it so revolutionary
Blockchain: The Game-changer To Radically Transform Your Business Emma Jhonson
Blockchain is the latest, most exciting technology to hit the world. But what does it do? Why should you care? And how can you use it in your business right now?
In this pdf, I'll break down blockchain and give you 5 ways to start using this game-changing technology in your company today.
Blockchain Computing: Prospects and Challenges for Digital Transformation Pr...eraser Juan José Calderón
Blockchain Computing: Prospects and Challenges for Digital Transformation . Professor Syed Akhter Hossain.
Abstract:
A revolutionary trustable sharable computing outcome, the blockchain is essentially a distributed database of records or public ledger of all transactions originated from digital events and shared among participating parties within a computing framework. Each transaction of the chain in the public ledger is verified by consensus of a majority of the participants in the system and its constituents. Once recorded, information can never be erased and neither altered. The blockchain contains a certain and verifiable record of every single transaction ever made during the business operations. In general sense, the blockchain could be described simply as being a way of storing the information of a transaction, between multiple parties in a trustable way. Recording, sharing, storing and redistributing contents in a secure and decentralized way. Being owned, run and monitored by everybody and without anyone controlling it. Besides, avoiding any kind of modifications or abuses from a central authority. Blockchain technology is non-controversial and has worked flawlessly over the last few years and is being successfully applied to both financial and non-financial world applications and listed as as the most important invention since the Internet itself. Besides, digital transformation is taking off as rapid agent for change as part of the global business convergence. In this article, detail of blockchain technologies is presented from the pe
There's a lot of buzz around Blockchain, Is Blockchain the next” Big Thing" in the IT industry? It certainly looks to have a huge impact in finance, but it could also have far reaching effect in many other industries as well
The ERP of the Future : Blockchain of Things
Tinal Parikh
Department of Computer Science, Shri Chimanbhai Patel Post Graduate Institute of Computer Applications, Gujarat
Technological University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
ABSTRACT
The surge of savvy advancements in all spaces of human action opens new opportunities for the improvement
of business forms. Things that appeared to be inconceivable 15-20 years back, for example, swift online
payments, e-banking and virtual cash, have turned into a piece of our regular day to day existence. Rising and
creating cryptographic forms of money give us significantly more potential outcomes. One of them is
Blockchain advancement, which authorizes clients towards profit related trades without commission charges.
We are toward the begin of enterprise resource planning (ERP) computerized change with the presentation of
blockchain innovation, best known as a digital ledger (distributed database) behind digital money. The
fundamental distinctive component of the innovation is the absence of a single centralized base for data storage.
All the data is distributed between interconnected blocks, which are joined into a chain utilizing complicated
algorithms. Each block stores its own snippet of data. New blocks can be added to the complete of this chain,
yet they can't be changed after including. This gives the most elevated amount of security and hack-protection.
The upright of blockchain was recognized early on, but like most innovation, it took a while for the more
extensive market to comprehend what a major jump forward it was in making a workable model of aggregate
system straightforwardness that encourages profound shared trust of a framework which has no 'proprietor.'
This is the reason dialogs of blockchain have made so much premium as of late in the money related world,
with calm voices now saying blockchain has turned into a 'major open door' for bookkeeping and finance.
Blockchain might be the free innovation that associates your item to the end client. Blockchain will encourage
the development of key information alongside the status of the shipment. Blockchain empowers quick, modest
and frictionless procedures within organisations, and between organisations and their partners, e.g. through
near real-time settlement, enhanced data sharing, reliable tracing of any record or other thing, moment
verifications of any piece of a procedure happening and less possibility of mistake and misrepresentation. The
industries that will profit by blockchain innovation include: land, fintech and banking, medicinal services,
transportation, urban arranging, smart energy, digital commerce and tourism.
Keywords : Blockchain, Technology, ERP, Cryptocurrencies, Enterprise Resource Planning
Cryptocurrency and blockchain — what is the best way to buy bitcoin in canadaBitcoin Wallet Canada
Blockchain is the technology that enables the existence of cryptocurrency. Bitcoin is the name of the best-known cryptocurrency, the one for which blockchain technology was invented. A cryptocurrency is a medium of exchange, such as the Canadian dollar, but is digital and uses encryption techniques to control the creation of monetary units and to verify the transfer of funds.
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.
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
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.
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.
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.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
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
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.
Search and Society: Reimagining Information Access for Radical FuturesBhaskar Mitra
The field of Information retrieval (IR) is currently undergoing a transformative shift, at least partly due to the emerging applications of generative AI to information access. In this talk, we will deliberate on the sociotechnical implications of generative AI for information access. We will argue that there is both a critical necessity and an exciting opportunity for the IR community to re-center our research agendas on societal needs while dismantling the artificial separation between the work on fairness, accountability, transparency, and ethics in IR and the rest of IR research. Instead of adopting a reactionary strategy of trying to mitigate potential social harms from emerging technologies, the community should aim to proactively set the research agenda for the kinds of systems we should build inspired by diverse explicitly stated sociotechnical imaginaries. The sociotechnical imaginaries that underpin the design and development of information access technologies needs to be explicitly articulated, and we need to develop theories of change in context of these diverse perspectives. Our guiding future imaginaries must be informed by other academic fields, such as democratic theory and critical theory, and should be co-developed with social science scholars, legal scholars, civil rights and social justice activists, and artists, among others.
2. Introduction
It is not uncommon for people to misconceive the use, relevance or
applicability of new and emerging technologies - this has been the case with
the Blockchain technology as a lot of people only have a vague or inaccurate
understanding of what it really means and what it can do. Some have even
gone as far as saying “Blockchain is the future” and “Blockchain will save
Nigeria”, etc.
In real terms, while some of these statements for now may be far reaching,
there is still a case to be made for the potential impact of blockchain on the
global economy and importantly, on developing economies such as Nigeria - a
country which has been accused of missing out on the Industrial Revolution.
This article seeks to educate and demystify the blockchain technology and
other related innovations – and present a practical overview of how the
technology works; the potential use cases in the Nigerian economy; the legal
risks and the role of regulatory agencies in aiding the adoption and growth of
the technology.
3. Rise in Blockchain Related Activities In Nigeria
Notwithstanding that the legal and regulatory regime still remain uncertain, the
past two (2) years have witnessed significant rise in blockchain and
cryptocurrency related activities in Nigeria. According to data from LocalBitcoins,
Nigeria came second in the world’s peer-to-peer (P2P) Bitcoin transactions in
2017, outpacing major European countries, the United Kingdom and the United
States of America.
Relatedly, a number of blockchain and Virtual Currency Exchange (VCE)
startups have gained traction; the most notable one being BuyCoins which was
accepted into Y-Combinator in 2018. In 2018, Interswitch announced a
partnership with Microsoft to launch an innovative blockchain-based supply
chain financing service. The blockchain service is built and hosted using the
Microsoft Azure blockchain technology, and is expected to provide a proven
security, compliance and scalable cloud platform that accelerates and supports
the next generation of blockchain applications.
4. Following this trend, early this year, Binance, one of the biggest cryptocurrency
exchange platforms in the world announced that Yele Bademosi, the founder of
Microtraction was joining them as a director of Binance Labs (established in
Nigeria).
In this role, Yele is expected to develop the blockchain ecosystem in Africa,
source for blockchain projects and lead a blockchain Incubation Program in
Lagos, Nigeria.
Explanation of Key Terms
What is Distributed Ledger Technology?
Distributed Ledger technology (DLT) is simply a computer software that allows
for transactions and data to be recorded, shared, and synchronized across a
distributed network of different network participants.
As a peer-to-peer (P2P) technology, DLT allows participants on the network to
store, record and exchange “information” in digital form across different, self-
interested counterparties without the need for a central record keeper and
without the need for trust among the counterparties.
5. This requires that an asset is to be transferred only by its true owner and such
asset can only be transferred once (i.e. no double spend). These are the core
elements of a DLT infrastructure.
DLT is the underlying technology upon which the Blockchain technology
operates; thus, blockchain is just one type of distributed ledger that organizes
data on the DLT into blocks and are chained together chronologically by a
cryptographic hash function.
To put this in context: There are 10 participants on a DLT network, each
participant keeps a digital ledger (record) which is the same as what the other
9 participants keep (distributed ledger), thus, if participant 8 makes any
addition (containing transaction records) to its own ledger, the change will be
shared (in an encrypted manner) on the entire network (i.e. ledgers of the other
participants) and all participants must collectively determine the validity of the
change (in accordance with pre-defined algorithmic validation method)
(consensus mechanism), once they validate, the change will be added to the
ledgers of all the other 9 participants. Thus, all the participants have a full,
identical copy of the entire ledger at any point in time.
6. DLT can be permissionless (i.e. there is no central owner who controls network
access, thus anybody with a computer server and the relevant software can
join the network) or permissioned (i.e. network members are pre-selected by an
owner or an administrator of the ledger who controls network access and
enforces the rules of the ledger). It could also be private or public depending on
whether the ledgers can be accessed by anyone or only by the participants in
the network.
It has been argued that DLT could effectively be relevant to cross-border
payments and remittances, securities markets, registries, etc. Beyond the
financial sector, DLT can also be used in identity management
products/solutions such as birth, marriage and death records, supply chain,
etc.
The advantages of the technology include decentralization and
disintermediation, greater transparency and easier auditability, gain in speed
and efficiency, cost reductions, and automation and programmability.
7. Some of the legal and regulatory risks and challenges of the technology
include; operational security, cyber security, data protection and privacy,
transaction disputes and recourse frameworks; and importantly, difficulty in
developing a suitable legal and regulatory framework for the implementation
of the technology.
Blockchain defined
Quite simply, blockchain is a decentralized software mechanism that enables
a public distributed ledger system. The ledger is immutable, incorruptible,
admirably transparent and allows the tracking and recording of assets and
transactions without the presence of a central trust authority such as a bank.
Importantly, it relies on public key encryption, or cryptography which makes it
difficult for hackers and other cyber criminals to change or steal data. It
enables peer-to-peer exchange of data, assets and currencies through rules-
based smart contracts in a more efficient, transparent and cost-effective
manner.
8. The blockchain is made up of a series of data blocks, each containing
transaction data, and is securely hashed and then strung together into a chain
and broadcast across the network to various nodes. The blockchain, among
other things serves as a database for recording transactions and removes the
possibility of tampering by a malicious party. Anything of value can be tracked
on a blockchain network, reducing risk and cutting costs for all involved.
Blockchain is the underlying digital foundation that supports applications such
as Bitcoin, and it serves as Bitcoin’s shared ledger. In this wise, blockchain
could be described as an operating system, such as Microsoft Window or
MacOS, and Bitcoin as only one of the software that can run on that operating
system. Blockchain provides the means for recording Bitcoin transactions,
through the shared ledger (which can also be used to track other non-Bitcoin
assets). Therefore, Bitcoin is only the first use case for Blockchain.
9. Bitcoin
Bitcoin, the popular crypto- or virtual currency and one of the many use cases
for Blockchain is built on the foundation of Blockchain. It is a digital medium of
exchange that is meant to serve the same purpose as a fiat currency (as a
legal tender) in that users should be able to exchange the Bitcoin for value.
However, it is different from fiat currency given that; it can only be exchanged
through the blockchain network; it is not backed by any regulatory institution;
and it is not backed by any underlying asset.
Blockchain technology was invented as the underlying technology of Bitcoin
with the objective to allow two willing parties to transact directly with each other
without the need for a trusted third party.
Bitcoin was specifically created to oust third party control in transactions,
particularly, the government, thus, it anonymizes the identities of the network
participants. This presents a great risk as it may be used for fraud and illegal
activities by criminals who find same attractive.
10. Smart Contracts
A Smart Contract is a computer code that has been programmed to self-
execute, to this extent, upon the occurrence of a specified condition or
conditions, the contract is capable of running automatically according to pre-
specified functions. The code can be stored and processed on a distributed
ledger and would write any resulting change into the distributed ledger.
The main objective of a Smart Contract is to remove the need for an
intermediary and to enable anonymous parties conduct business over the
internet.
Potential Use Cases for Blockchain in Nigeria
Many have consistently argued that given that Nigeria missed out on the
Industrial Revolution, it can take advantage of the blockchain revolution which
is already in motion in some countries. Therefore, an adoption of the
technology in the key sectors of the economy can unlock economic growth and
also address some of the core challenges facing the country as a whole.
11. In this regard, some of the use cases identified for blockchain technology in
Nigeria are discussed below:
Financial Services: Some of the use cases include local remittances and cross-
border transfer; access to funds through secured credit scoring mechanism;
obtaining approvals and making payments for cross-border import and export
of goods; post-trade clearing and settlement of FX transactions.
Digital Identity: provision of digital credentials (birth, death, marriages, etc.) for
Nigerians for secured use on different online channels and other social uses.
Government Revenue: Implementing a blockchain solution that tracks all
remittances to the Federal Government’s account and also tracks the
disbursement of monies to different sectors of the economy to curb waste,
corruption, etc.
Tax Collection: blockchain technology can also make it easy for organisations
to resolve transfer pricing issues by tracking the flow of transactions and
identity of all the parties involved; other uses include VAT, etc.
12. Government Registries: such as land registry, corporate registry and
identity registry, can use the blockchain technology to create a
database/ledger of all transactions going on in the registry; this gives more
visibility and can also curb corruption.
Supply Chain Management: large organisations with complex supply chains
can leverage blockchain technology to simplify the supply of goods within
and outside the country.
Beyond the use cases identified above, there still remains the need to
develop a framework for the adoption of blockchain technology in Nigeria,
particularly, as there are legal risks that may arise from the use of the
technology.
13. The Nigerian Landscape
Some of the potential legal risks that may arise from the use of blockchain
technology include;
The uncertainty that arises from the absence of any regulatory framework for
blockchain technology in Nigeria - asides from publicly notifying Nigerians
that cryptocurrency is not a legal tender, Nigerian regulators have not taken
any stance yet on the adoption of blockchain technology. Thus, there is
uncertainty and unpredictability as to the rules that apply in the space and
frameworks for using blockchain, this would generally limit investments and
adoption of the technology. This framework would also cater for AML/CFT
and KYC standards that must be enforced by the participants in the
blockchain network and the protection of Intellectual Property Rights,
amongst other things.
14. Enforceability of electronic transactions and smart contracts - Smart
Contracts are at the core of blockchain technology, however there is the issue
as to whether it will be enforceable in Nigeria. It is noteworthy that while
electronic signatures are enforceable in Nigeria, the law is still silent on
Electronic Transactions which are still governed by the traditional principles of
contract law. This may not be robust enough to deal with the issues that arise
from the use of e-channels. We are aware there is an Electronic Transaction
Bill, which is yet to be passed into law, there is still need for the country to
develop a clear structure for electronic transactions in Nigeria; this is beyond
blockchain and would generally the growth of digital economy in the country.
Cybersecurity and Data protection: The decentralised nature of blockchain
makes it susceptible to cyber-attacks/threats and data protection
issues/policies, thus, there is need for a cybersecurity framework that
addresses these issues. The Cybersecurity Act, 2015 needs an overhaul,
given that when it was enacted, it did not contemplate some of the complex
threats and risks arising from the use of technologies in the 21st Century.
15. Relatedly, earlier this year, the National Information Data Protection Agency
(NITDA) published Data Protection Guidelines, 2019; the Guidelines provide a
framework for protecting the data of Nigerian subjects. However, there is also
the issue of the enforceability of these Guidelines given that it generally does
not prescribe any criminal offence asides the penalty for breach. This
derogates from best practices in other jurisdictions where there are provisions
that criminalise data breach. Nigeria still lacks a very comprehensive legislation
that prescribes offences for data breach, among other things and this has to be
addressed by the regulators.
Conclusion
The blockchain terrain in Nigeria is fast evolving. While the number of early
adopters of the technology may still be limited, we foresee an expansive
market in the near future which will be driven by improved user knowledge;
development of a regulatory framework; and the unavoidable need to take part
in this global digital revolution.
16. No doubt, blockchain is already in use in different quarters of the economy,
particularly, in the financial services sector (as some traditional financial
institutions and other payment companies already use it for payment
transactions). In the absence of a framework, adopters of the technology still
need to operate within the bounds of existing laws that regulate their
industry sectors. We also hope that in 2019, regulators would gain a deeper
understanding of the technology with a view to developing a framework that
would be most suitable for Nigeria.