This document discusses the priorities, needs, and views of IT organizations regarding their networks and infrastructure. It contains the results of surveys that find:
- Supporting business initiatives like mobility, data analytics, and cloud computing are top priorities for networks. Respondents want networks that are secure, high-performing, cost-effective and easy to manage.
- Increasing data storage needs are driven by business growth, more data per activity, and increased regulatory requirements.
- Cloud resources, data center consolidation, big data infrastructure, and video streaming will significantly impact networks over the next year as organizations pursue digital transformation.
- Characteristics like control, flexibility, reliability and cost management are important for networks to
From the Network to Multi-Cloud: How to Chart an Integrated StrategyXO Communications
This presentation served as a basis for the November 2013 webinar featuring David Linthicum, cloud technology expert, and Sam Koetter, Sr. Product Manager, Ethernet Services, XO Communications. The speakers discussed the emerging patterns of multi-clouds and their applications within the enterprise. They also looked at the importance of the network in support of cloud services, and why selecting the right network infrastructure is as important as selecting the right cloud providers.
Topics explored include:
• The emerging use of multi-cloud solutions and the changing network requirements around this movement
• How to define your network strategy with a cloud strategy in mind. A stepwise approach that most enterprises should follow
• How to select a strategic network partner around your multi-cloud services. What you should look for to be successful the first time
• How to create a master implementation plan and budget. A strategy to make sure both cloud and network resources will be there to support the core business.
Find out -- from cloud industry insiders -- how to navigate the confluence of network and multi-cloud solutions.
Find out more about XO's network solutions: http://bit.ly/1g6QYLr.
View the entire webinar replay on the XO Communications YouTube channel: http://youtu.be/PaGkYmFuq6k.
In a hyperconnected economy, businesses need tools that empower employees to work together and get more done, anytime, anywhere, using the devices they prefer. SIP Trunking enhances mobility and presence, and provides end-to-end unified communications applications, among other advantages. This paper explains how companies can simplify company-wide business communications using SIP-to energize communications, productivity, collaboration, and business growth.
Because email and messaging capabilities are so critical, they have in some respects become like a utility: like electricity, for example, email is so critical to the operation of any organization that it no longer provides any substantive competitive differentiation between companies. Like other utilities, then, the goal is to a) ensure that service remains available as close to 100% of the time as possible while b) simultaneously being provided as inexpensively as possible. For many organizations, managing email internally is a thing of the past, just like producing one's own electricity is a concept of the past.
A growing number of organizations are finding that the way to accomplish this through the use of Microsoft Exchange as a hosted service, a model in which a remote third party provider manages all backend services for a flat monthly per user fee. The advantages of this approach for organizations that want to realize the benefits of Exchange are that uptime of the Exchange infrastructure can be very high and the cost of managing Exchange can be reduced significantly - typically more than 50% compared to on-premises management. Further, the use of a hosted Exchange service allows an in-house IT staff to be deployed to other projects that will provide more value to the organization as a whole.
This white paper discusses the benefits of the hosted model for managing Exchange. It also lays out the detailed costs of managing a hosted versus an on-premise Exchange environment.
As communications service providers (CSP) respond to industry disrupters such as the empowered consumer, the rise of over-the-top (OTT) providers and the decline of traditional revenue lines like wireline voice and mobile messaging, they are faced on the other side with the enormous increase in data file sizes and quantities. Whether coordinating securely while mobile, increasing the amount of video-on-demand (VoD) content managed or moving big data on and off the cloud, IBM Aspera has a solution to meet the needs of today’s digital service provider.
Heavy focus on customer experience, diverse service offerings, and operational efficiency are altering the industry. Telecommunications providers must embrace the emerging role of Digital Service Provider by offering more mobile and social services, more digital content, and
more exceptional customer experiences.
From the Network to Multi-Cloud: How to Chart an Integrated StrategyXO Communications
This presentation served as a basis for the November 2013 webinar featuring David Linthicum, cloud technology expert, and Sam Koetter, Sr. Product Manager, Ethernet Services, XO Communications. The speakers discussed the emerging patterns of multi-clouds and their applications within the enterprise. They also looked at the importance of the network in support of cloud services, and why selecting the right network infrastructure is as important as selecting the right cloud providers.
Topics explored include:
• The emerging use of multi-cloud solutions and the changing network requirements around this movement
• How to define your network strategy with a cloud strategy in mind. A stepwise approach that most enterprises should follow
• How to select a strategic network partner around your multi-cloud services. What you should look for to be successful the first time
• How to create a master implementation plan and budget. A strategy to make sure both cloud and network resources will be there to support the core business.
Find out -- from cloud industry insiders -- how to navigate the confluence of network and multi-cloud solutions.
Find out more about XO's network solutions: http://bit.ly/1g6QYLr.
View the entire webinar replay on the XO Communications YouTube channel: http://youtu.be/PaGkYmFuq6k.
In a hyperconnected economy, businesses need tools that empower employees to work together and get more done, anytime, anywhere, using the devices they prefer. SIP Trunking enhances mobility and presence, and provides end-to-end unified communications applications, among other advantages. This paper explains how companies can simplify company-wide business communications using SIP-to energize communications, productivity, collaboration, and business growth.
Because email and messaging capabilities are so critical, they have in some respects become like a utility: like electricity, for example, email is so critical to the operation of any organization that it no longer provides any substantive competitive differentiation between companies. Like other utilities, then, the goal is to a) ensure that service remains available as close to 100% of the time as possible while b) simultaneously being provided as inexpensively as possible. For many organizations, managing email internally is a thing of the past, just like producing one's own electricity is a concept of the past.
A growing number of organizations are finding that the way to accomplish this through the use of Microsoft Exchange as a hosted service, a model in which a remote third party provider manages all backend services for a flat monthly per user fee. The advantages of this approach for organizations that want to realize the benefits of Exchange are that uptime of the Exchange infrastructure can be very high and the cost of managing Exchange can be reduced significantly - typically more than 50% compared to on-premises management. Further, the use of a hosted Exchange service allows an in-house IT staff to be deployed to other projects that will provide more value to the organization as a whole.
This white paper discusses the benefits of the hosted model for managing Exchange. It also lays out the detailed costs of managing a hosted versus an on-premise Exchange environment.
As communications service providers (CSP) respond to industry disrupters such as the empowered consumer, the rise of over-the-top (OTT) providers and the decline of traditional revenue lines like wireline voice and mobile messaging, they are faced on the other side with the enormous increase in data file sizes and quantities. Whether coordinating securely while mobile, increasing the amount of video-on-demand (VoD) content managed or moving big data on and off the cloud, IBM Aspera has a solution to meet the needs of today’s digital service provider.
Heavy focus on customer experience, diverse service offerings, and operational efficiency are altering the industry. Telecommunications providers must embrace the emerging role of Digital Service Provider by offering more mobile and social services, more digital content, and
more exceptional customer experiences.
2021 Predictions and Trends for the SD-WAN and Edge MarketQOS Networks
Looking at the new year with a refreshed understanding of what the IT team is looking for, what CIOs are being tasked with, and how to drive a relevant conversation can make the difference with your customer. Join us for our 2021 market insight and trends that can help target the conversation around the edge network and solutions that complement those needs!
Webinar: Simplifying Cloud Connectivity for Your ClientsGlobal Capacity
As an Application Service Provider, you face many unique challenges in connecting with your customers. In this webinar, Tom Sharkey, Sales Director and connectivity specialist at Global Capacity, outlines these challenges and shows how they can be overcome using the One Marketplace platform.
The power of #Cloud is unifying communications seamlessly across the globe.
Nithin Ramesh Rao, Consulting Analyst, Frost & Sullivan, helps us understand how Cloud Telephony increases revenue and reduces capital expenditure, operational costs, and market penetration barriers.
#Webinar #Technology #TechWorld #Trending
Our Cloud solutions like Document Management System, Content Delivery Network, Live Chat, and Digital Survey ensure reliable, cost-efficient, and secure connectivity and collaboration.
Check out our Cloud solutions: https://www.tatateleservices.com/business-services/cloud-and-saas
Visit our website to know more about our Connectivity, Collaboration, Security, Cloud-and-SaaS, IoT and Marketing Solutions: https://www.tatateleservices.com/
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The market is crowded with SD-WAN providers—from pure-play startups to more established infrastructure and WAN specialists. With so many vendors, each offering different SD-WAN features and functions, how do you find the solution that's right for your organization?
Before you engage with SD-WAN providers or assemble your shortlist, learn how to choose the right solution for your organization and evaluate the four critical factors of SD-WAN: architecture, performance, security, and provisioning/management.
Learn more: https://rvbd.ly/2vmZoNW
We've all seen the SD-WAN 101 - combatting jitter, latency and packet loss. But here's what your customers are REALLY up against today. These are the use cases they want you to talk to them about.
Cisco Live 2019: New Best Practices for Hybrid and Multicloud Network StrategiesMen and Mice
Want to know what's bogging down your Hybrid and Multicloud strategies? Here we discuss some typical hurdles, shift in decision-making between DevOps and Network Managers and the importance of utilizing the service-native features available within the solutions that comprise your network, whether on-premise or cloud.
Presentation from 9/24/15 webcast presented by WWT Mobility and Access Lead Neil Anderson, on how deploying a Cisco Intelligent WAN (IWAN) strategy will be critical to meet the demands on your business. Bill Thompson and Laks Vijayarajan, technical solutions architects in WWT’s Advanced Technology Center (ATC), covered technical best practices to ensure a successful IWAN deployment.
UCaaS/Hybrid RFP & Review IP Telephony and Unified Communications SystemInteractiveNEC
There are significant differences in offerings from the major vendors in terms of architecture, functionality and total cost of ownership. IT organizations are encouraged to work with their business units to understand their unique requirements and to articulate these in an RFP or other formal procurement vehicle.
Cloud computing redefines the way we deliver and use services to support the creation of business value. This change in delivery shifts the way data centres provide applications and infrastructure support to users. Like any major IT project, migrating from a traditional IT Infrastructure to a Cloud environment is not an exercise to be taken lightly.
Whether you are planning to running a private, public or hybrid cloud service in your organisation this presentation will help you prepare a cloud ready data centre and enable you to assess & prioritise your workload migration.
2021 Predictions and Trends for the SD-WAN and Edge MarketQOS Networks
Looking at the new year with a refreshed understanding of what the IT team is looking for, what CIOs are being tasked with, and how to drive a relevant conversation can make the difference with your customer. Join us for our 2021 market insight and trends that can help target the conversation around the edge network and solutions that complement those needs!
Webinar: Simplifying Cloud Connectivity for Your ClientsGlobal Capacity
As an Application Service Provider, you face many unique challenges in connecting with your customers. In this webinar, Tom Sharkey, Sales Director and connectivity specialist at Global Capacity, outlines these challenges and shows how they can be overcome using the One Marketplace platform.
The power of #Cloud is unifying communications seamlessly across the globe.
Nithin Ramesh Rao, Consulting Analyst, Frost & Sullivan, helps us understand how Cloud Telephony increases revenue and reduces capital expenditure, operational costs, and market penetration barriers.
#Webinar #Technology #TechWorld #Trending
Our Cloud solutions like Document Management System, Content Delivery Network, Live Chat, and Digital Survey ensure reliable, cost-efficient, and secure connectivity and collaboration.
Check out our Cloud solutions: https://www.tatateleservices.com/business-services/cloud-and-saas
Visit our website to know more about our Connectivity, Collaboration, Security, Cloud-and-SaaS, IoT and Marketing Solutions: https://www.tatateleservices.com/
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Check out various webinars by Tata Tele Business Services where industry experts deep-dive into the world of technology and decipher the uses of the latest technology trends into small and medium businesses.
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Place your business enquiries here: http://bit.do/eN9Tj
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The market is crowded with SD-WAN providers—from pure-play startups to more established infrastructure and WAN specialists. With so many vendors, each offering different SD-WAN features and functions, how do you find the solution that's right for your organization?
Before you engage with SD-WAN providers or assemble your shortlist, learn how to choose the right solution for your organization and evaluate the four critical factors of SD-WAN: architecture, performance, security, and provisioning/management.
Learn more: https://rvbd.ly/2vmZoNW
We've all seen the SD-WAN 101 - combatting jitter, latency and packet loss. But here's what your customers are REALLY up against today. These are the use cases they want you to talk to them about.
Cisco Live 2019: New Best Practices for Hybrid and Multicloud Network StrategiesMen and Mice
Want to know what's bogging down your Hybrid and Multicloud strategies? Here we discuss some typical hurdles, shift in decision-making between DevOps and Network Managers and the importance of utilizing the service-native features available within the solutions that comprise your network, whether on-premise or cloud.
Presentation from 9/24/15 webcast presented by WWT Mobility and Access Lead Neil Anderson, on how deploying a Cisco Intelligent WAN (IWAN) strategy will be critical to meet the demands on your business. Bill Thompson and Laks Vijayarajan, technical solutions architects in WWT’s Advanced Technology Center (ATC), covered technical best practices to ensure a successful IWAN deployment.
UCaaS/Hybrid RFP & Review IP Telephony and Unified Communications SystemInteractiveNEC
There are significant differences in offerings from the major vendors in terms of architecture, functionality and total cost of ownership. IT organizations are encouraged to work with their business units to understand their unique requirements and to articulate these in an RFP or other formal procurement vehicle.
Cloud computing redefines the way we deliver and use services to support the creation of business value. This change in delivery shifts the way data centres provide applications and infrastructure support to users. Like any major IT project, migrating from a traditional IT Infrastructure to a Cloud environment is not an exercise to be taken lightly.
Whether you are planning to running a private, public or hybrid cloud service in your organisation this presentation will help you prepare a cloud ready data centre and enable you to assess & prioritise your workload migration.
The Cost of Doing Nothing: A Ransomware Backup StoryQuest
This on-demand webcast shows you how you shield your organization from such attacks – as well as how to respond if ransomware does penetrate your organization. Baseline Technologies’ Mike Crowley gives you the inside track on how ransomware works and how to lower your risk of ransomware attacks.
Companies in today\'s challenging economy need to do more with less...see how the combination of Cisco, NetApp and VMWare can help you in your data center.
While many enterprises consider cloud computing the savior of their data strategy, there is a process they should be following when looking to leveraging database-as-a-service. This includes understanding their own data requirements, selecting the right cloud computing candidate, and then planning for the migration and operations. A huge number of issues and obstacles will inevitably arise, but fortunately best practices are emerging. This presentation will take you through the process of moving data to cloud computing providers.
Similar to Forrester Survey sponsored by Juniper: Building for the Next Billion - What the New World of Business Means for the Network (20)
It's common business policy for organizations of a certain size to have two data centers as part of a disaster recovery or business continuity plan. However, most enterprise - applications are not designed for or intended to use systems in two different locations.
Enter the notion of a data center interconnect, which extends an Ethernet network between two physically separate data centers. While the idea is simple, Ethernet wasn't designed to run across a wide area network. Thus, a DCI implementation requires a variety of technological fixes to work around Ethernet's limitations.
This report outlines the issues that complicate DCIs, such as loops that can bring down networks and traffic trombones that eat up bandwidth. It also examines the variety of options companies have to connect two or more data centers, including dark fiber, MPLS services and MLAG, as well as vendor specific options such as Cisco OTV and HP EVI. The report looks at the pros and cons of each option.
Dynamic Performance Acceleration - Reducing the Browser BottleneckXO Communications
The XO Dynamic Performance Acceleration solution is designed to optimize a customer's web pages to enable faster Time-to-Action. Time-to-Action is the amount of time that elapses between when a page begins to load and the time that an end user can interact with that web page. Dynamic Performance Acceleration transparently optimizes the customer's web sites by rewriting elements of the HTML page in such a way that it accelerates the page rendering process.
Businesses demand more intelligent, flexible networks to support a massive influx in Big Data, Mobile, Cloud and Social Media. For more information please visit: http://bit.ly/1bNJUz1
This infographic shows how between now and 2014 Cloud Communications, BYOD, Big Data and Social Media are going to disrupt your business network in dramatic ways.
To learn more about XO's Intelligent WAN, please visit http://www.xo.com/IntelligentWAN
Application Performance Management: Intelligence for an Optimized WANXO Communications
With application performance management in place, businesses can identify (and resolve) issues on the network faster, provision the bandwidth to support applications more accurately, and plan network upgrades and other tasks with more efficiency.
The ROI of Application Performance Management Build a Business Case for Your ...XO Communications
Believing there are benefits to improved network and application performance is not enough for most organizations. The ability to quantify cost savings, improved productivity or reduced risks is a critical component in justifying an investment in application and network performance. Each organization will have different results and savings – some savings might be spread out evenly while others will be skewed to only one or two criteria.
In this white paper, Fluke Networks, a leading provider of network and application performance management solutions, and XO Communications, a leading provider of telecommunications services for businesses, outline eight key areas where cost savings can be quantified by enhancing network and application performance management.
The benefits of MPLS IP VPN networks are already being realized by many enterprises. In addition to maximizing performance while minimizing costs, MPLS VPNs offer the ability to prioritize applications such as VoIP by class of service (CoS), create and improve disaster recovery infrastructures, utilize a fully meshed infrastructure that replaces outdated hub and spoke architecture, and reduce complexity to simplify network management in an increasingly complex landscape.
When considering a migration to MPLS VPN, there are several key considerations that can significantly impact the process of planning, implementing and managing the network, as MPLS has some unique requirements and tasks associated with managing and administering the network. This white paper will explore some of those considerations and discuss how they can be addressed.
A Business Guide to MPLS IP VPN Migration: Five Critical FactorsXO Communications
Multi-Protocol Label Switching Internet Protocol Virtual Private Network, or MPLS IP VPN, refers to a VPN service enabled over a trusted provider’s private MPLS core backbone. It delivers the flexibility of an IP service with the essential service quality, performance, and security previously available only with legacy technologies. Other benefits include cost-effective security, any-to-any connectivity, Quality of Service, scalable bandwidth, and a platform for convergence.
Intro to Voice over Internet Protocol: What does VoIP Mean for My Business?XO Communications
Savatar, a strategy and technology consulting firm, and XO Communications,
a leading provider of telecommunications services for businesses, explain
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) from the perspective of small and medium-
sized business (SMB) owners, specifically SMBs who are seriously considering
moving to VoIP, but are unsure what approach is right for them. This
paper presents key findings of a Savatar survey in which 500 SMB owners
and decision makers were asked how they thought a VoIP system would compare
to their current phone system in four areas: cost, system management,
migration to a new system, and feature availability. Key benefits of VoIP for
business include reliability and efficiency, cost savings, and convenience.
Avoid Three Common Pitfalls With VoIP Readiness AssessmentsXO Communications
Enterprises and equipment vendors are learning the value of a complete
readiness assessment before deploying voice over IP (VoIP) across an
organization. The assessments are a critical step to a successful VoIP
deployment, but many enterprises are hitting three common pitfalls with
various assessment approaches.
In this white paper, Fluke Networks, a leading provider of network and
application performance management solutions, and XO Communications, a
leading provider of telecommunications services for businesses, explain how to
avoid the pitfalls of (1) following a snapshot approach, (2) believing synthetic
VoIP calls are sufficient, and (3) focusing on the assessment only and ignoring
post-deployment management. The paper also explains why readiness
assessments are key for a successful VoIP deployment while also highlighting
best practices to assist enterprises in successfully deploying VoIP.
This paper outlines five critical factors for successful migration to MultiProtocol
Label Switching (MPLS) Internet Protocol (IP) Virtual Private Networks
(VPNs). Written for business executives and IT decision makers, the paper
discusses the current status of MPLS IP VPN adoption for the medium-to-large
business (5 to 50 locations), especially with regard to the evolving (and expanding)
role of MPLS technology. The paper also identifies key questions you
should ask before migrating from a legacy infrastructure to an MPLS-enabled IP
VPN, discusses the benefits of migration, describes the types of companies that
would benefit from MPLS IP VPNs, and suggests what a business should look
for in an MPLS provider. The good news is that the early adopters of the technology
have implemented MPLS with great success, particularly as it relates to
network performance. The time has come for mass migration to the technology.
In enterprises today, Wide Area Networks (WANs) are no
longer operating behind the scenes. WANs are central to
the daily operations and core business of organizations large
and small. However, enterprises must choose from a variety
of ways to implement WANs. This eBook examines the
various types of Wide Area Networks (WANs), and why
IT departments gravitate towards specific WAN solutions.
In addition, the paper provides constructive guidelines
for organizations seeking Local Area to Wide Area
Network extension.
Cloud Communications: Top 5 Advantages for Your EnterpriseXO Communications
Make no mistake about it: Cloud technologies are here, they’re real, and they’re the answer to your most vexing communications problems. Let’s begin our discussion with a quick overview of generic cloud-based technology. Keep reading.
Implementing SIP Trunking: Keys to Ensuring InteroperabilityXO Communications
These are the slides used during the webinar hosted by Enterprise Connect. Steve Carter and Sorell Slaymaker were the speakers.
The event was sponsored by XO Communications.
Many white papers describe technically how MPLS works—down to the details of configuration across different Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) types but, before you take a deep dive into the inner workings of the technology, determine if migrating to MPLS is the best decision for your enterprise. Thoroughly investigate the key business reasons your enterprise might consider a private IP network, as well as the issues you must monitor and manage to make MPLS a success.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 3. In this session, we will cover desktop automation along with UI automation.
Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
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.
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
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.
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.
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35%
40%
44%
45%
62%
Acquire and retain talent
Acquire other companies/divest parts of
existing business operations/units
Improve corporate environmental sustainability
and social responsibility
Expand into new geographic markets
Move from costs from capital to operating
expense categories
Re-engineer core business processes
Streamline business operations and
consolidate business units
Acquire and retain customers
Grow overall company revenue
Drive new market offerings or business practices
Improve our ability to innovate as an organization
Improve quality of products and/or processes
Improve your customer relationships
Comply with government regulations
and requirements
Lower the firm's overall operating costs
Improve business flexibility and resilience
Improve workforce productivity
“From a business standpoint, what do you believe your IT infrastructure offers the business?”
8. 62%
67%
67%
67%
71%
72%
Implement or expand use of collaboration capabilities
Significantly upgrade disaster recovery and business
continuity capabilities
Consolidate IT infrastructure via data center/server
consolidation or virtualization
Increase use of business intelligence and decision-support
tools and services
Significantly upgrade our security environment
Expand use of mobile/tablet apps for employees,
customers, business partners
“Which of the following initiatives are likely to be your IT organization’s top technology priorities over the
next 12 months?”
(4 or 5 on a scale of 1 [not at all important] to 5 [very important])
42%
45%
52%
53%
57%
The business has required us to increase our replication
and disaster recovery capabilities
Regulatory compliance and auditing requirements require us
to keep more data than before
Business is growing, so there's more data generated by
existing systems
We are capturing more data per business activity than
before to help the business make better decisions
The business is leveraging more IT services and the data
has increased
“What key business needs are responsible for increasing your data storage needs?”
9. 21%
27%
31%
39%
45%
48%
58%
59%
59%
61%
61%
64%
67%
Increased total cost of ownership
Standards-based and open to integration of best breed
Enable hybrid infrastructure environments (private internal cloud
and public cloud like Amazon) to leverage the best cost models
More open and adaptable (scale up and down as
needed, automatically)
Ability to adopt cutting-edge technologies faster
Faster time of deployment of new services
and applications
Better control over the infrastructure
Zero downtime or more reliable
More efficient and/or better utilization of infrastructure
(nothing sits idle)
Better control over infrastructure costs
More responsive to the business
More flexible yet predictable
Easy to manage
“Please select all the characteristics of your ideal infrastructure.”
10.
22%
33%
35%
36%
37%
39%
45%
51%
53%
55%
59%
62%
65%
Consolidated or rationalized enterprise
application portfolio
Pursued an infrastructure-as-a-service strategy
Pursued a software-as-a-service strategy
Converged storage onto the network
Increased use of business intelligence and
decision-support tools and services
Supported Web 2.0 technologies
Refreshed network
Significantly upgraded our security environment
Implemented or expanded use of collaboration
capabilities
Implemented desktop virtualization
Expanded use of mobile/tablet apps for employees,
customers, business partners
Upgraded network
Consolidated IT infrastructure via data center/
server consolidation or virtualization
“In regard to supporting your business initiatives, which of the following IT initiatives did your organization
undertake over the past few years?”
Technologies to
support a mobile,
empowered, and
dispersed workforce.
11. “In regard to the value that IT infrastructure brings to the business, rate the network’s impact on business values.”
(4 or 5 on a scale of 1 [no impact] to 5 [significant impact])
93%
89%
87%
84%
84%
83%
83%
81%
Improve workforce productivity
Improve quality of products and/or processes
Lower the firm’s overall operating costs
Improve business flexibility and resilience — faster time to
market, quicker response to changing business conditions
Streamline business operations and consolidate business
units
Re-engineer core business processes
Improve our ability to innovate as an organization
Improve our customer relationships
12. “For the initiatives you undertook or the business demands, how much of an impact did they have on
your firm’s network?”
(5 on a scale of 1 [no impact] to 5 [significant impact])
N = 71
N = 66
N = 58
N = 58
N = 34
N = 71
N = 52
N = 50
N = 67
58%
50%
48%
47%
46%
45%
35%
29%
20%
Increased the use of cloud resources such as software, infrastructure, or
business process as-a-service offerings
Increased business intelligence with big data (large amounts and complex
data)
Increased efficiency of the infrastructure through virtualization of servers,
storage, appliances, and other hardware
Improved collaboration with the introduction of live IP-based video
streaming for conferences and training, other collaboration tools
Eliminated redundancy by consolidating data centers and therefore
applications, data, and supporting hardware
Increased efficiency by continuing the consolidation of storage, servers,
and applications from branch offices
Converged non-IT equipment on to the network for the business
Let company personnel leverage third-party applications outside the
business such as backups, email, and other applications for work
Let end users bring their own devices to work such as smartphones and
tablets
13. “Cloud computing is comprised of key capabilities, outlined below. Forrester defines cloud computing as: a
standardized IT capability (services, software, or infrastructure) delivered in a pay-per-use, self-service way.
Thinking about these capabilities with big data and enabling mobile users, which of the following do you
consider to be important network capabilities?”
(4 or 5 on a scale of 1 [not at all important] to 5 [very important])
56%
64%
65%
67%
68%
68%
71%
72%
75%
79%
81%
87%
Open and standards-based
Programmable network that can automate mundane, manually
driven, and repeatable tasks
Network offers converged services; it supports video, voice,
data, storage, and other business tools
Low acquisition (hardware) costs
Powerful hardware
Simplified (the complexity is hidden or driven out to increase
its efficiency)
Scalable (the network can expand and contract as
the business needs with a similar cost structure)
The network solution can be deployed quickly, updates can be
done quickly, and new services can be implemented quickly
Low maintenance costs
Large bandwidth
Resilient (the network has high availability and is resistant
to disruption)
Secure network to support the employee, customer,
and business information
15. N = 40
N = 73
N = 56
N = 43
N = 31
“For the initiatives your organization will execute next year, how much of an impact will they have on
your firm's network?”
(5 on a scale of 1 [no impact] to 5 [significant impact])
51%
50%
48%
45%
40%
Leverage cloud resources such as software,
infrastructure, or business process as-a-service
offerings
Consolidate data centers and therefore
applications, data, and supporting hardware
Deploy a big data infrastructure
Roll out live IP-based video streaming for
conferences whether it is desktop or conference
rooms
Deploy virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) or
virtual apps
16. “How much of an impact will the following capabilities have on your firm’s network ability to
support the ideal infrastructure?”
(4 or 5 on a scale of 1 [no impact] to 5 [significant impact])
95%
93%
91%
89%
89%
84%
81%
81%
81%
81%
78%
Better control over the infrastructure
Better control over infrastructure costs
Easy to manage
Zero downtime or more reliable
More responsive to the business
More efficient and/or better utilization of infrastructure
(nothing sits idle)
More open and adaptable (scale up and down as
needed, automatically)
More flexible yet predictable
Faster time of deployment of new services
and applications
Ability to adopt cutting-edge technologies faster
Enable hybrid infrastructure environments (private internal cloud
and public cloud like Amazon) to leverage the best cost models
18. “How many times in the past year have you been unable to provision new services/support the business
demands of IT because your network was not up to the task?”
28%
31%
13%
8%
6%
14%
1 time
2 times
3 times
4 times
5 or more times
Don't know
19. “Which of the following words and phrases reflect the way you think about the network?”
9%
9%
20%
29%
35%
38%
40%
74%
Insecure
Unreliable
Inefficient
Manual
Rigid (difficult to change)
Closed
Difficult to manage
Complex