1. Bizspark is a Microsoft program that provides startups with software, support, and visibility at no upfront cost to help them grow their business.
2. The objectives of Bizspark are to establish connections with local startup ecosystems, unite global entrepreneurial resources, generate deal flow, and create a new partner experience for startups.
3. Bizspark provides startups with full-featured development tools and server product licenses with no upfront costs, community and technical support from Microsoft and partners, and profile and promotion opportunities.
Catching The Long Tail With SaaS + Windows AzureRainer Stropek
I assembled this slide deck for a session for the Azure User Group in Brussels in Oct. 2012.
“Software as a Service” (SaaS) is a software distribution model that uses the Internet to deploy, maintain and run software solutions. Applications that are built to be used by thousands of customers have the need to be configurable and customizable to a high degree. This has a strong impact on the applications’ architectures. A single code base and a limited number of deployed instances have to serve a large number of customers (=tenants) although the users’ view on the system may be very different. In this session Rainer Stropek presents challenges that software architects are typically faced with when building such configurable multi-tenancy solutions. Based on this discussion Rainer will point out important consequences of multi-tenancy on operational costs and pricing models in SaaS solutions.
How To Select a DAM System: Best Practices, Pitfalls To Avoid, and a Look at the Market in 2013
In the market for a Digital & Media Asset Management system? Thinking about divorcing your current vendor? Looking for a better way to manage your brand assets, and wondering if there's an online dating site that will allow you to use the perfect algorithm, matching your needs to the best possible solution? This session is for you.
Rather than selecting a new technology based on a ratings spreadsheet or whom your boss plays golf with, we'll look at a better path toward selecting DAM technology. You'll learn about the most important criteria when creating a shortlist, what should really be in that (brief) RFP, and how to plan a vendor demo that's meaningful and useful to you. Led by The Real Story Group, a buyer-focused, vendor-independent research consultancy, this session will deal the straight dope on pitfalls to avoid and solid paths to follow.
Catching The Long Tail With SaaS + Windows AzureRainer Stropek
I assembled this slide deck for a session for the Azure User Group in Brussels in Oct. 2012.
“Software as a Service” (SaaS) is a software distribution model that uses the Internet to deploy, maintain and run software solutions. Applications that are built to be used by thousands of customers have the need to be configurable and customizable to a high degree. This has a strong impact on the applications’ architectures. A single code base and a limited number of deployed instances have to serve a large number of customers (=tenants) although the users’ view on the system may be very different. In this session Rainer Stropek presents challenges that software architects are typically faced with when building such configurable multi-tenancy solutions. Based on this discussion Rainer will point out important consequences of multi-tenancy on operational costs and pricing models in SaaS solutions.
How To Select a DAM System: Best Practices, Pitfalls To Avoid, and a Look at the Market in 2013
In the market for a Digital & Media Asset Management system? Thinking about divorcing your current vendor? Looking for a better way to manage your brand assets, and wondering if there's an online dating site that will allow you to use the perfect algorithm, matching your needs to the best possible solution? This session is for you.
Rather than selecting a new technology based on a ratings spreadsheet or whom your boss plays golf with, we'll look at a better path toward selecting DAM technology. You'll learn about the most important criteria when creating a shortlist, what should really be in that (brief) RFP, and how to plan a vendor demo that's meaningful and useful to you. Led by The Real Story Group, a buyer-focused, vendor-independent research consultancy, this session will deal the straight dope on pitfalls to avoid and solid paths to follow.
Hire certified PHP and Open Source developers for creating robust Software & Web Applications built in Technologies such PHP, CakePHP, WordPress, Drupal, Joomla and other CMS and Open Source Technologies.
Based on the rigorous methodology employed in our Digital & Media Asset Management Research, this session will provide you with a thorough grounding in Digital and Media Asset Management technology. It will enable you to identify your own requirements more clearly, understand how various DAM & MAM system services work, and differentiate among alternate architectures and approaches.
Infrastructure Fitness and Design Simplicity for IBM Mobile ConnectBill Malchisky Jr.
Given at IBM Connect 2013, 31 January 2013
Most companies are unaware of IBM Mobile Connect - the hidden authentication jewel in the IBM Collaboration portfolio. No matter if you want to start with it or if you've learned in last year's conference how to setup IBM Mobile Connect - it's now time for optimization and tuning. This session will provide you a deep dive on different installation considerations and deployment design. Join to get real-world information about topics like how to install IMC on Linux 64bit, specific problems of different operating systems and how to setup IMC in High Availability. Last but not least we'll introduce to you the new capabilities of IMC 6.1.5 which enable it to be used with Sametime Mobile, Connections Mobile and Traveler High Availability.
Learn how to define and implement a successful mobile program for better service, improved equipment maintenance, and efficient operations.
Watch the webinar on-demand: http://be.buildingengines.com/Mobility-OnDemand-Webinar-Reg.html
This presentation is a part of the MosesCore project that encourages the development and usage of open source machine translation tools, notably the Moses statistical MT toolkit.
MosesCore is supported by the European Commission Grant Number 288487 under the 7th Framework Programme.
For the latest updates, follow us on Twitter - #MosesCore
EVAM is a real-time event processing and decision engine capable of capturing customer/account/subscriber/system event patterns and responding to that events. EVAM produces real-time actions (targeting offers, generating alerts, etc.) based on the current event and historical data.
www.intellica.net/evam
In May, C/D/H presented to a group of IT professionals on behalf of Microsoft..
Attendees learned about Microsoft’s Service Manager 2010, an integrated platform for orchestrating people, process and technology.
This slide deck illustrates how Service Manager can help you adapt to new business requirements while reducing cost, lowering time to resolution, and aligning IT to the business.
For more infomation about C/D/H or Microsoft Service Manager, contact (248) 546-1800 or (616) 776-1600.
Enabling Your Service Desk to be the Front Face to ITCA Nimsoft
Your service desk should be the one stop shop for internal and external customers. But, in order for IT to be the orchestrator of knowledge and the service catalogue, you need to provide excellent service and quick response times. Join Forrester and Nimsoft for this one hour webcast and discover the most current recommendations for service delivery and management best practices.
Visit http://www.nimsoft.com/solutions/nimsoft-service-desk for more information.
We specialise in social media optimization and team change management to identify the required changes to inputs, thoroughputs to achieve a desirable output (hard variable). For example, marketing strategies to increase sales.
For more information on the developments of Swarm Consulting P/L visit the CEOs blog @ Http://thealphaswarmer.blogspot.com
http://www.opitz-consulting.com/go/3-3-902
Effizienzsteigerung durch Prozessautomatisierung. Ein Ausspruch, der sich durch unsere Geschichte zieht: Geprägt und eindrucksvoll in der industriellen Fertigung schon durch Henry Ford umgesetzt. Goldrichtig für den Production Worker. Heute aber schreien die Menschen vor ihren Bildschirmen auf, wenn sie durch zu starre Prozesskorsette in immer gleiche Aufgabenlisten und Maskenflüsse gezwungen werden, die innovatives und situationsadäquates Handeln erschweren oder gar ganz verhindern.
Effizienzsteigerung wird nicht mehr durch die simple Automatisierung von Routinetätigkeiten erreicht (dies ist schon in heutiger Standard-ERP-Software abgebildet). Es geht darum, den heutigen Wissensarbeitern (Knowledge Worker) einen optimalen Arbeitsplatz zur Verfügung zu stellen, an dem sie bestmögliche Entscheidungen für das Unternehmen treffen können. Dazu muss in BPM-Initiativen der Mensch wieder in den Vordergrund treten: als Beteiligter am Prozess, der nicht vollständig über Prozessmodelle gesteuert wird, sondern selbst aktiv und unmittelbar zur Verbesserung beiträgt.
Die Referenten führten ihre Zuhörer in das dynamische oder adaptive BPM ein und zeigten am Beispiel der Oracle BPM Suite, was heute bereits im Umfeld des Adaptive Case Management (ACM) möglich ist.
Torsten Winterberg, Manager Business Development & Innovation sowie BPM-&-SOA-Experte bei OPITZ CONSULTING und Hajo Normann, AS&T Innovation, Accenture präsentierten den Vortrag bei der DOAG Konferenz 2012 in Nürnberg.
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Über uns:
Als führender Projektspezialist für ganzheitliche IT-Lösungen tragen wir zur Wertsteigerung der Organisationen unserer Kunden bei und bringen IT und Business in Einklang. Mit OPITZ CONSULTING als zuverlässigem Partner können sich unsere Kunden auf ihr Kerngeschäft konzentrieren und ihre Wettbewerbsvorteile nachhaltig absichern und ausbauen.
Über unsere IT-Beratung: http://www.opitz-consulting.com/go/3-8-10
Unser Leistungsangebot: http://www.opitz-consulting.com/go/3-8-874
Karriere bei OPITZ CONSULTING: http://www.opitz-consulting.com/go/3-8-5
Hire certified PHP and Open Source developers for creating robust Software & Web Applications built in Technologies such PHP, CakePHP, WordPress, Drupal, Joomla and other CMS and Open Source Technologies.
Based on the rigorous methodology employed in our Digital & Media Asset Management Research, this session will provide you with a thorough grounding in Digital and Media Asset Management technology. It will enable you to identify your own requirements more clearly, understand how various DAM & MAM system services work, and differentiate among alternate architectures and approaches.
Infrastructure Fitness and Design Simplicity for IBM Mobile ConnectBill Malchisky Jr.
Given at IBM Connect 2013, 31 January 2013
Most companies are unaware of IBM Mobile Connect - the hidden authentication jewel in the IBM Collaboration portfolio. No matter if you want to start with it or if you've learned in last year's conference how to setup IBM Mobile Connect - it's now time for optimization and tuning. This session will provide you a deep dive on different installation considerations and deployment design. Join to get real-world information about topics like how to install IMC on Linux 64bit, specific problems of different operating systems and how to setup IMC in High Availability. Last but not least we'll introduce to you the new capabilities of IMC 6.1.5 which enable it to be used with Sametime Mobile, Connections Mobile and Traveler High Availability.
Learn how to define and implement a successful mobile program for better service, improved equipment maintenance, and efficient operations.
Watch the webinar on-demand: http://be.buildingengines.com/Mobility-OnDemand-Webinar-Reg.html
This presentation is a part of the MosesCore project that encourages the development and usage of open source machine translation tools, notably the Moses statistical MT toolkit.
MosesCore is supported by the European Commission Grant Number 288487 under the 7th Framework Programme.
For the latest updates, follow us on Twitter - #MosesCore
EVAM is a real-time event processing and decision engine capable of capturing customer/account/subscriber/system event patterns and responding to that events. EVAM produces real-time actions (targeting offers, generating alerts, etc.) based on the current event and historical data.
www.intellica.net/evam
In May, C/D/H presented to a group of IT professionals on behalf of Microsoft..
Attendees learned about Microsoft’s Service Manager 2010, an integrated platform for orchestrating people, process and technology.
This slide deck illustrates how Service Manager can help you adapt to new business requirements while reducing cost, lowering time to resolution, and aligning IT to the business.
For more infomation about C/D/H or Microsoft Service Manager, contact (248) 546-1800 or (616) 776-1600.
Enabling Your Service Desk to be the Front Face to ITCA Nimsoft
Your service desk should be the one stop shop for internal and external customers. But, in order for IT to be the orchestrator of knowledge and the service catalogue, you need to provide excellent service and quick response times. Join Forrester and Nimsoft for this one hour webcast and discover the most current recommendations for service delivery and management best practices.
Visit http://www.nimsoft.com/solutions/nimsoft-service-desk for more information.
We specialise in social media optimization and team change management to identify the required changes to inputs, thoroughputs to achieve a desirable output (hard variable). For example, marketing strategies to increase sales.
For more information on the developments of Swarm Consulting P/L visit the CEOs blog @ Http://thealphaswarmer.blogspot.com
http://www.opitz-consulting.com/go/3-3-902
Effizienzsteigerung durch Prozessautomatisierung. Ein Ausspruch, der sich durch unsere Geschichte zieht: Geprägt und eindrucksvoll in der industriellen Fertigung schon durch Henry Ford umgesetzt. Goldrichtig für den Production Worker. Heute aber schreien die Menschen vor ihren Bildschirmen auf, wenn sie durch zu starre Prozesskorsette in immer gleiche Aufgabenlisten und Maskenflüsse gezwungen werden, die innovatives und situationsadäquates Handeln erschweren oder gar ganz verhindern.
Effizienzsteigerung wird nicht mehr durch die simple Automatisierung von Routinetätigkeiten erreicht (dies ist schon in heutiger Standard-ERP-Software abgebildet). Es geht darum, den heutigen Wissensarbeitern (Knowledge Worker) einen optimalen Arbeitsplatz zur Verfügung zu stellen, an dem sie bestmögliche Entscheidungen für das Unternehmen treffen können. Dazu muss in BPM-Initiativen der Mensch wieder in den Vordergrund treten: als Beteiligter am Prozess, der nicht vollständig über Prozessmodelle gesteuert wird, sondern selbst aktiv und unmittelbar zur Verbesserung beiträgt.
Die Referenten führten ihre Zuhörer in das dynamische oder adaptive BPM ein und zeigten am Beispiel der Oracle BPM Suite, was heute bereits im Umfeld des Adaptive Case Management (ACM) möglich ist.
Torsten Winterberg, Manager Business Development & Innovation sowie BPM-&-SOA-Experte bei OPITZ CONSULTING und Hajo Normann, AS&T Innovation, Accenture präsentierten den Vortrag bei der DOAG Konferenz 2012 in Nürnberg.
--
Über uns:
Als führender Projektspezialist für ganzheitliche IT-Lösungen tragen wir zur Wertsteigerung der Organisationen unserer Kunden bei und bringen IT und Business in Einklang. Mit OPITZ CONSULTING als zuverlässigem Partner können sich unsere Kunden auf ihr Kerngeschäft konzentrieren und ihre Wettbewerbsvorteile nachhaltig absichern und ausbauen.
Über unsere IT-Beratung: http://www.opitz-consulting.com/go/3-8-10
Unser Leistungsangebot: http://www.opitz-consulting.com/go/3-8-874
Karriere bei OPITZ CONSULTING: http://www.opitz-consulting.com/go/3-8-5
We are drowning in complexity—can we do better?Jonas Bonér
Today’s vast cloud-native infrastructure ecosystem is excellent. Unfortunately, it has grown very complex and hard to navigate. What tools to use for what job? How to compose them into a single coherent system? How to ensure the application’s guarantees and SLAs holistically? It can easily be overwhelming, and a lot falls on the Ops/SRE team that needs to manage it all.
Serverless to the rescue? Yes and no. It does provide a fantastic promise of a better DX for developers. But it has fallen short of this promise, stopped in its tracks halfway there.
Can we do better? Definitely. What we need is a new category of managed platforms that do full “vertical integration” of all infrastructure; providing a simple and high-level programming model allows the developer to focus on just three things: API definition, domain data, and business logic—i.e., working on direct business value. The rest, all of the rest, should be outsourced to the platform itself. Let me show you what I mean.
What does performance mean in the cloudMichael Kopp
Performance problems are one of the most cited concerns about to the cloud. But is it really the cloud or the application? What does performance mean anyway when you can scale to thousands of servers? This session will discuss why traditional means of performance management and troubleshooting no longer work and how this affects everything. Most importantly we will look at how to identify the root cause of performance problems in such dynamic environments. Finally we will explain how to assess and manage performance when capacity is no longer the issue.
Internap’s John Freimuth and Steve LeClair of VMware discuss different paths businesses take toward cloud adoption, how to evolve your own cloud strategy and key considerations for choosing a provider to meet your virtualization goals.
Understanding the Value of the Cloud - Centare Lunch & Learn - June 2, 2011Eric D. Boyd
Cloud computing is one of the most important shifts in computing since PC/Client-Server from the 90s. In this presentation we will reminisce about the major milestones in computing history, look at where we are now, and dream about what the future will look like with the introduction of the cloud. Next, we will examine the challenges of the traditional data center and dig into the benefits and value provided by leveraging the cloud. Finally, we will discuss how you can identify opportunities in your organization that are a good fit for the cloud and explore strategies for getting started.
Startups: Streit, Scaleup - introduction and product demoCloudOps Summit
Christoph Streit, ScaleUp
http://www.scaleup.it
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Internap’s Adam Weissmuller and Michael Carman of VMware discuss different paths businesses take toward cloud adoption, how to evolve your own cloud strategy and key considerations for choosing a provider.
Peter Coffee presentation on enterprise cloud computing to CIO Forum in Schaumburg IL 6 April 2010 with new material on Chatter and social tools as well as U.S. Census case study
Internap’s Adam Weissmuller and Michael Carman of VMware discuss different paths businesses take toward cloud adoption, how to evolve your own cloud strategy and key considerations for choosing a pro
The Cloud, The Enterprise Architect and the CIOMatt Deacon
The cloud is everywhere with every CIO asking IT where's mine? So what do we do? This deck discusses talking clouds and how business capabilities can get you looking above technology and process plus some thoughts on tools in Agile that coupld be applied at the EA level
Let's dive deeper into the world of ODC! Ricardo Alves (OutSystems) will join us to tell all about the new Data Fabric. After that, Sezen de Bruijn (OutSystems) will get into the details on how to best design a sturdy architecture within ODC.
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.
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/
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
Search and Society: Reimagining Information Access for Radical FuturesBhaskar Mitra
The field of Information retrieval (IR) is currently undergoing a transformative shift, at least partly due to the emerging applications of generative AI to information access. In this talk, we will deliberate on the sociotechnical implications of generative AI for information access. We will argue that there is both a critical necessity and an exciting opportunity for the IR community to re-center our research agendas on societal needs while dismantling the artificial separation between the work on fairness, accountability, transparency, and ethics in IR and the rest of IR research. Instead of adopting a reactionary strategy of trying to mitigate potential social harms from emerging technologies, the community should aim to proactively set the research agenda for the kinds of systems we should build inspired by diverse explicitly stated sociotechnical imaginaries. The sociotechnical imaginaries that underpin the design and development of information access technologies needs to be explicitly articulated, and we need to develop theories of change in context of these diverse perspectives. Our guiding future imaginaries must be informed by other academic fields, such as democratic theory and critical theory, and should be co-developed with social science scholars, legal scholars, civil rights and social justice activists, and artists, among others.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 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
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.
1. Blaise Vignon
Startup guy @ Microsoft France
• Your contact for everything startup
Bizspark:
• Software
• Support
• Visibility
• And more
@blaise_v
• Or blaisev@microsoft.com
2. A sad statistic
Proportion of New Businesses
Founded in 1992 Still Alive By Year. Most startup failures are
due to running out of
money before having the
right product
There can be other (WCR,
founder shoutfest, litigation)
But not in the context of this
Source : Illusions of Entrepreneurship talk
Scott Shane (US Data, all industries)
3. The following slides were built with
software engineering in mind
Software engineering is
• Highly creative
• Very interdependant on coworkers
• Loosely coupled
In short, it is like many other startup functions
• Marketing
• PR/Communication
• Business Development
• Product design
The learning from Software Engineering
have been applied to broader fields
5. ….because it is the less clear what
success looks like …
60
% of project requirement changes
50
40
30
20
10
0
10 100 1000 10000 100000
Project size (measured in function points, yes, we know…)
6. … and noise levels can get out of
control…
Undefined
Anarchy
Requirements
Complex
Well defined
Cutting edge
Mature
Technology
(project environment in
general)
7. …but do we know why projects should
be big?
Only 20% of
features are used
often
8. … and designing the wrong thing is
easy…
(we do not always know what the customer will look like)
10. Inefficient way of working
The « break-down and specialize »
management method leads to many wastes:
Stock of useless functionalities, High cost of coordination
documentation and communication
11. Agility proposes a different management
paradigm…
Individuals and interactions over processes and tools
Working software over comprehensive documentation
Customer collaboration over contract negotiation
Responding to change over following a plan
Source: http://agilemanifesto.org/
12. Important Agile Principles
Customer
satisfaction Collective
is the main goal commitment
Measure to Intrinsic
objectivize quality
15. Fail fast, fail early
• As we are delivering fast, we can harvest
positive and negative feedbacks
• As we accept changes, we can take into
account these feedbacks and adapt our plans
• Feedback is more precious than perfection
16. Tips to accelerate failure (or
success)
• Instead of building a full product or
service, prototype it
• There are several prototype types:
Mechanical turk Pinocchio The Provencial The Minimal
Viable Product
17. Agile Marketing
Imagine and
Generate demand
validate the MVP
Cu s t omer Cu s t omer Cu s t omer Company
dis c over y Val idat ion c r eat ion bu il ding
Validate market
Accelerate!
hypothesis
20. Agilité temporelle
“On / Off “ “Croissance Rapide“
Période
Charge
Charge
d’inactivité
Utilisation
Utilisation Utilisation
Temps Temps
Capacité de montée en charge rapide
Difficulté d’identifier les services à succès
Déploiements complexes
“Charge imprévisible“ “Charge prévisible“
Charge
Charge
Utilisation Utilisation
Temps Temps
Pic de charge non planifié Services à pics de charge réguliers
Performances dégradées Services à tendance saisonière
Panne générale dans les cas extrêmes Complexité & capacité de calcul gaspillée
21. Agilité financière
• Sans le nuage, pertes et
inefficacités • Avec le nuage, un tracking plus
serré en fonction des besoins
22. Agilité de compétence
Informatique Cloud IaaS Cloud PaaS
Traditionnelle Infrastructure Plate-Forme
Vous gérez
Applications Applications Applications
Vous gérez
Données Data Data
Runtime Runtime Runtime
Middleware Middleware Middleware
Géré par l’opérateur Cloud
Vous gérez
O/S O/S O/S
Géré par l’opérateur Cloud
Virtualisation Virtualization Virtualization
Serveurs Servers Servers
Stockage Storage Storage
Réseau Networking Networking
• Dans le cadre d’un cloud privé, l’opérateur de Cloud, c’est vous
• La gestion des couches « grises » est souvent automatisée au maximum
23.
24. Identity, Application & Management Models
You Already Know
Supports Variety Of Programming Languages
26. Microsoft’s R&D facilities in Europe FINLAND
NORWAY SWEDEN
RUSSIA
Basic and applied research centres
Development centres
ESTONIA
Joint research centres
Innovation centres (MIC) DENMARK
LATVIA
IRELAND
LITHUANIA
UNITED
KINGDOM
BELARUS
NETH.
POLAND
BELGIUM GERMANY
LUX.
CZECH R. UKRAINE
SLOVAKIA
FRANCE
AUSTRIA
MOLDOVA
SWITZERLAND HUNGARY
SLOVENIA
CROATIA ROMANIA
ITALY
BOSNIA
PORTUGAL and
HERZ. SERBIA
SPAIN
BULGARIA
MONT.
MACEDONIA
ALBANIA
GREECE
MALTA
27. Waves of innovation
2012-…
2006-present
1993-present
1985-present
1981-1995
T O D AY
28. Consumer trends driving IT
Ecosystem of Data explosion Natural Pervasive
computers interaction displays
Social Cloud Ubiquitous
computing computing connectivity
29.
30. Cloud, a key driver for innovation
• Cost savings allow redirecting Economies of scale
money on innovation,
• Flexibility and scalability of IT Cloud
services,
• Allow SMEs to offer services of the
big ones,
$/computing power
• Accelerate experimentation cycle, Mainframe
• Reduce cost of testing ideas,
• Improved time-to-market of
products by deploying online
Client/Server
solutions in days,
• Innovative services to be delivered Computing power
using the cloud.
31. “I NEVER PERFECTED AN INVENTION
THAT I DID NOT THINK ABOUT IN
TERMS OF THE SERVICE IT MIGHT
GIVE TO OTHERS.” Thomas Alva Edison, GE Founder
Entrepreneurship and Innovation
are inextricably linked.
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32. “Young firms (ages 3 – 5) comprise less than
1% of all companies, yet generate roughly
10% of new jobs in any given year.”
Source: High Growth Firms and the Future of the American
Economy, Kauffman Foundation, 2010
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33. The Market
Technology startups are booming
Industry press reports that software $14.8 Billion
innovation is as high as it’s been since
2000, with an 8% YOY increase1
In 2007, investors pumped $14.8 billion
into 1,530 IT industry deals2
The Opportunity is immense
Huge demand for development tools
and platform technologies; and
a growing need for a unified community
to foster entrepreneurial success.
1 Based on historical data from Price Waterhouse Coopers Money Tree Report
(https://www.pwcmoneytree.com/MTPublic/ns/nav.jsp?page=industry) 2007
2 Forbes, January 22, 2008
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34. Microsoft BizSpark™
Microsoft BizSpark™ is a global program designed to unite Startups with resources. It is an
extension to the existing Local Software Economy and academic programs, such as
DreamSpark, and is delivered in partnership with the entrepreneur community. providing:
Software
• Full Featured Development tools and production licenses
of server products
Software •No upfront costs (USD$100 at program exit)
Support
Visibility • Community support from over 300 network and hosting
partners
Support • Professional technical support from Microsoft
Visibility
• Profile and promotion on the BizSparkDB
35. The Objectives
• Establish connections with local Startup
ecosystems
• Unite global entrepreneurial and
technology resources
• Generate a deal flow stream
• Create a new partner experience for
Startups
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36. Bizspark is ONE tool among several
Représentants français:
• Calinda
Accompagnement • Talentsoft
ad-hoc au niveau 5 • Captain Dash
en France
international 80 dans le • News Republic
monde • Kobojo
Accompagnement 120 startups parainées depuis
120
ad-hoc au niveau Startups en France le lancement du programme
national depuis 2005 Soutien marketing et technique
810 Pour toutes les entreprises ou
startups en France projets du domaine du logiciel
depuis 2008
ou du service en ligne
110
Partenariat avec partenaires S’appuie sur un réseau de
(incubateurs, VC Accompagnement
Microsoft pour Microsoft
partenaires de l’écosystème
s, coachs, héber
geurs….) • Logiciel
toutes les startups • Support
• Visibilité
37. Microsoft presence in the ecosystem
• Start in Paris
• TechCrunch France
Remix
• Seedcamp
• Pitch Your App
• Innovate
• Founder Institute
41. Outcome to be
avoided
“This particular species of whale
plot a route by sound and has
poor eyesight. There is a
possibility that it may simply
have not heard the
sailboat, which had its motor
off.”
OFW News on the Web, July
22nd, 2010
42. The ToP 10 8
• Know the Whale
– Objectives
– Structure
– Culture
– Programs and Events
• Start with the field and
customers
• Develop Multiple
Relationships
• Alignment: Position Yourself
• Know (and say) exactly what
you want
Editor's Notes
Blaise reprend la parole
Le cloud permet de suivre des charges non predictibles
Le cloud permet de ne pas s’engager financierement
Le cloud permet de se concentrer sur son métier de base
Welcome/ thanks [to be localised to event theme, host and guests] Over the last few years, governments around the world facing the recent economic crisis, have been exploring ways to better turn large investment in public research into new and better services and products, toremain competitive. Innovation has turned into a buzzword, but it’s essential to both near term and long term success, for every economy, industry sector and business, every government, community and individual.In this presentation aims I will present the contribution of Microsoft to innovation in Europe. Firstly by looking at our R&D assets in the region which allow us to better serve European customers. Secondly by showing you our support to ‘innovators’, researchers, entrepreneurs and future generations in Europe.Illustrations:Two researchers of the Computer Mediated Living Group, Microsoft Research, CambridgeNetwork connections in a data centreSoftware design first place winners of 2011 Imagine Cup, team HermesRoger Needham Building, Microsoft Research, CambridgeAndrew Philips, Research, Computational Biology Group, Microsoft ResearchDigital Heirloom project, Microsoft ResearchTwo researchers of the Computer Mediated Living Group, Microsoft Research, CambridgeScreenshot of the Eye on Earth website, a partnership between Microsoft and the Europe Environment AgencyTwo research of the Programming Principle and Tools group, Microsoft Research, CambridgeEuropean flag
This maps shows you our basic and applied research centres in Cambridge and Aachen. Our development centres in Austria,Denmark,France,Germany, Ireland,Norway,Poland, Portugal,Romania,Serbia and theUnited Kingdom. And our joint research centres and innovation centres across Europe.In the next slides we’ll look more closely at some of them, starting with Microsoft Research in Cambridge, UK.
From killer apps to technology maturityHistorically a software innovation unlocks new potential, but it takes a first “killer app” to drive adoption and further development of the innovation to maturity. When something new comes along, end-users drive adoption if there is a clear benefit to using it. Technology phases build on each other, and recently they are happening faster. PhasesDOS (1981-1995)Last version of DOS as a separate program shipped with Windows 95Apps: Spreadsheets, word processorsGUI (1985-present)Windows 1.0 in 1985Apps: Desktop publishing, multimediaInternet (1993-present)Mosaic launched 1993, Netscape Navigator launched 1994, IE 1.0 and 2.0 launched 1995Apps: Email, web browsersClient + Cloud (2006 - present)In 2006, Amazon launched its Elastic Compute cloud (EC2) as a commercial web service, the first widely accessible cloud computing infrastructure serviceApps: Location-based apps, social networksNUI (2012 – present)Manycore processors ship in 2012Apps: Not sure, but they will be human-centric and immersive Apps like social networking and mobile location-based applications are driving the development of client+cloud. Natural user interfaces and the first killer apps for that technology will take off around 2012, when manycore desktop machines arrive on the market. We are on the verge of a transformation of the roles computers play in our lives, and how we interact with them. How do our computing systems need to evolve?
A series of technology trends is leading to rapid progress and change in the technology we use at home, which in turn is influencing how we expect to use technology for work and driving the consumerisation of IT. As these technology trends converge with social and business trends, the role that technology plays throughout our lives will continue to evolve.The computing ecosystem. Our view of what defines a computer is changing as previously “unintelligent” objects are gaining intelligence, becoming connected, and joining the ecosystem of computing. We are entering the era of an “Internet of things” in which almost any object can be connected to the Internet and collect data that contributes to a global web of knowledge. Virtually every type of product is becoming part of the computing ecosystem—from cars, phones, and houses to scales, cameras, power meters, and televisions. Many of the computers you’ll interact with in the future will be in devices that we don’t think of as computers today. In effect, computing is becoming increasingly invisible.The explosion of data. The immense number of digital devices in our world is driving an explosion in data. Deep analysis of this vast amount of data is enabling computers to begin to understand the physical world and to behave in a more human way, anticipating our needs and understanding our intentions.Natural interaction. More natural ways to interact with technology are rapidly emerging—multitouch, voice, vision, gestures, and many more. This means that for the first time, computing will adapt to us and demonstrate some degree of “intelligence.” This trend will see computers shift from being tools to being helpers, performing tasks on our behalf based on an awareness of the environments we are in and the context of our actions. Ultimately, this will enable computing interfaces that are far more natural and increasingly simple to use, helping eliminate the learning curve of today’s technology.Pervasive displays. New display technologies will give rise to displays that are light, portable, flexible and cheap. We’ll carry a screen around with us as easily as we carry a magazine today, and we’ll take for granted the fact that screens are embedded wherever they might be useful—whether we’re at home, at work, on the move, or in public spaces. And ubiquitous connectivity will automatically link our information to those screens when we want to use them.Social computing. Social computing has already changed how we create and maintain our connections with others. But the world of social computing remains highly fragmented. The lack of integration creates frustrating disconnects that are inevitable when we are forced to switch between services and applications to stay up to date. Social computing will undergo a dramatic transformation as technology advances make it possible to weave our social lives more deeply and more seamlessly into every aspect of our digital lives, so that information from our social networks can provide insights to guide us in the real world and online. Social networking itself will also change, becoming far more visual and less text-centric.Cloud computing. With its massive data centers, cloud computing delivers virtually infinite resources, providing the storage capacity and processing power to tackle some of the world’s toughest problems in healthcare, the environment, energy, scientific discovery, and many other fields. A hub for all data and information, it will enable us to capture, store, index, parse, and recall as much of our day-to-day lives as we choose to share. It will also provide a platform for orchestrating the flow of information and technology across our lives so that we always have instant access to the tools and information that we need. Fundamental breakthroughs in massively parallel computing will enable us to see patterns in data that can make actionable intelligence more prevalent.Ubiquitous connectivity. Increasingly we will be connected at all times to people, information, services and applications without requiring any specific action on our part. This will liberate the information that we have created ourselves and unlock any information from any source that might be relevant to where we are and what we are trying to accomplish, bringing everything we need together seamlessly in the form that is most useful.
Today, Microsoft offers a breadth of platforms from phone to PC to web, as well as a cloud platform spanning these experiences. Microsoft’s vibrant partner ecosystem of over 700,000 partners who deliver products and services to consumers and enterprises of all types based on these platforms. My team’s work focuses on cultivating relationships with Microsoft’s next generation of partners – startups and entrepreneurs.
For businesses, however large or small, cloud computing significantly reduces capital expenditure in hardware and IT support and brings flexibility and scalability of IT services.According to a survey of the European Network and Information Security Agency, 68% of the 72 companies who responded would engage in cloud computing to avoid capital expenditure in hardware and IT support, 63% for the flexibility and scalability of IT resources. [1]For small businesses, cloud computing bring state of the art IT services of a type that used only be available to the largest corporate or government users. This means in particular the small businesses can now offer services to large customers they were not able to reach before because their IT infrastructure was to small to cope with the requirement of those large customers.Companies can also use cloud computing to accelerate the experimentation cycle and improve time-to-market for their products by deploying online solution in days rather than months. [2]Often the costs and time required to test a new product or service or try a new way of engaging customers are so prohibitive they discourage companies from even trying them. But cloud computing offers an inexpensive and flexible way to deploy the infrastructure as needed to test ideas. The technology can be used internally and externally with cloud services. It is challenging the mind-set that innovative market responses always require long lead times and a lot of money.According a recent report published by Microsoft Ireland “the full potential of cloud computing lies in innovative new services that are being developed and delivered using cloud computing. These include: business functions and services that are currently carried out in house or procured from specialist consultants; social networking services; multiplayer games; and, gaming products.” [3]Examples of innovativeSMEs using Cloud Computing:Many examples of SMEs innovating using the Cloud can be found at:http://www.microsoft.eu/CaseStudies/Home.aspxSources:[1] Survey – An SME perspective on Cloud Computing, November 2009http://www.enisa.europa.eu/act/rm/files/deliverables/cloud-computing-sme-survey[2] 10 Minutes on the Cloud,PricewaterhouseCoopers, June 2010http://www.pwc.com/us/en/10minutes/cloud-computing.jhtml[3] ‘Ireland’s Competitiveness & Jobs Opportunity: Cloud Computing’, Goodbody Economic Consultants, January 2011.http://www.microsoft.com/ireland/cloudreport/Explaining the economy of scale:Cloud economies of scale are stronger than commonly understood, leading to very strong first mover advantages and high barriers to entry. There are also, of course, very few organisations with the wherewithal (technical and financial) to run public data-centres of the scale (100k+) needed to reach optimum efficiency. At massive scale, the cloud provider is able to negotiate steep discounts with its hardware, power and bandwidth providers which further secures its advantages. When 100k+ machines are on order, hardware providers will tailor everything from their hardware designs to their support capabilities to win business. Not only does the cloud provider require huge bandwidth today but it’s in a position to secure long-term contracts on such bandwidth with providers strong financial incentives to the bandwidth provider. The economics of scale continue. A public cloud provider is able to pool demand from a diverse customer base. Customers in different businesses require peak computing loads at different times. Customers across different industries are discordant with some industries experiencing peak demand in the Winter (e.g., retailers) while others experience peak demand in the Summer (e.g., energy companies in Texas). Customers in different time zones across the world are ‘awake’ at different times. The public cloud provider can dramatically increase the utilisation of its hardware by multiplexing across a range of these customers and to a far greater extent than a provider to a single business.Lastly, through extensive automation and the ability to run fewer applications for many customers, the labour costs in a data-centre become a very small proportion of overall costs. In a contemporary on-premises data-centre an IT person may be able to manage 100 machines. In a public cloud data-centre, one person needs to support 1,000s of machines.
Why entrepreneurship mattersThat’s not insignificant, and today we’re starting to see more and more businesses reap the rewards of this cooperative approach. The Kauffman Foundation is one of the largest foundations in the United States, and the world’s largest foundations devoted to entrepreneurship. Their mission is to help individuals attain economic independence by advancing educational achievement and entrepreneurial success, realized this years ago, and have done more to spur and support entrepreneurism than possibly any other organization in existence. That’s why they are an important partner in the network.
Entrepreneurs play a vital role in driving innovation and creating the kinds of new jobs that are essential to sustainable economic growth.Microsoft BizSpark is an exciting way for Microsoft to help provide business startups with the development tools, advice and exposure they need at a time when they are most valuable and least affordable—during the first three years.Eligibility: --Members are sponsored by a network partner– privately held, in a software business for less than 3 years and with less than $1M in revenues (country-level varients of less than USD $1M apply)--no costs for the first three years of the program. --Microsoft will assess a USD$100 program offering fee at the end of participation in the programSoftware:All the software included in the Visual Studio Team System Team Suite (VSTS) with MSDN Premium subscription– for the entire development teamExpression Studio (Version 2)VSTS Team Foundation Server (Standard Edition)Production License use rights to host a “software as a service” solution over the Internet, using the following platforms: Windows Server (all versions); SQL Server (all versions); Office SharePoint Server; Systems Center, and BizTalk Server.SuportVisibility:VisibilityStartups will have the opportunity be profiled and promoted on the BizsparkDB, an online startup directory, where Microsoft will promote promising startups to an audience of potential investors, clients, and partnersOutcomes of BizSpark :Creates a mutually beneficial ecosystem among three groups: high-potential technology startups, entrepreneurial and economic development organizations (a.k.a. Network Partners such as TiE, EBAN, Venture Capitalists and relevant Gov’t agencies), and Microsoft.Helps foster software innovation by enabling startups to easily access Microsoft’s tools, services and support that can help them get their solutions to market quickly.Enrollment in the program is free. Microsoft will assess a U.S. $100 program offering fee at exit.
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Working with large companies like MSFT can be very rewarding
It can also be problematic. Like the whale in this story, a large company has its means of navigation and behaviour and it’s best to understand them very well