The document summarizes the opportunities for digital entrepreneurship in the Caribbean region presented by the growing digital economy and emerging technologies. It discusses how individuals can develop digital businesses by exploiting niches in e-commerce, software development, mobile applications, and virtual/digital experiences. The document also outlines strategies governments can take to facilitate ICT development and encourage entrepreneurship, including improving infrastructure, policies and regulations, and skills training. Overall, the document presents an optimistic view of the potential for Caribbean entrepreneurs and governments to participate in and benefit from the expanding digital economy.
New Opportunities for Technology-Driven Business TransformationJoseph M Bradley
The core disruptive technologies of mobile Internet, business analytics, social networking,
and cloud computing will transform the preferred IT delivery and deployment models for
global enterprises.
OECD Digital Economy Outlook 2017: Setting the foundations for the digital tr...innovationoecd
The Digital Economy Outlook 2017 shows how Internet infrastructure and usage varies across countries and firms in the OECD area. It looks at policy implications of the digital transformation as well as a wide array of trends. Report available at http://oe.cd/deo2017 - See also the OECD Going Digital project: www.oecd.org/going-digital
Malaysia's Digital Economy: A New Driver of DevelopmentZiaullah Mirza
For Malaysia to continue progressing in its development path, the digital economy is poised to be the new driver of development. However, businesses in Malaysia have adopted digital technologies less readily than the government and population.
Rapid growth in basic digital adoption has contributed to a new digital divide where Malaysia lags behind international peers in digital adoption by businesses.
Only 62% of businesses are connected to the Internet, 46% has fixed broadband (often of low quality) and 18% have a web presence of some kind.
Large export-oriented firms dominate the digital economy as they adopt e-commerce at higher rates than SMEs.
Most of the digital economy’s measurable growth has been concentrated in the manufacturing sector of urbanized states.
For the country to ensure that growth in the digital economy is broad-based and sustainable, key barriers related to digital connectivity, entrepreneurship and taxation need to be addressed.
This conference explored technological innovation across the financial services sector, from developments in leading tier 1 institutions to the disruptive innovators within the start-up community that are reshaping the FS market. The agenda also contextualised the impact of key technology trends such as: Cloud, Mobile, Big Data and Block Chain technology.
New Opportunities for Technology-Driven Business TransformationJoseph M Bradley
The core disruptive technologies of mobile Internet, business analytics, social networking,
and cloud computing will transform the preferred IT delivery and deployment models for
global enterprises.
OECD Digital Economy Outlook 2017: Setting the foundations for the digital tr...innovationoecd
The Digital Economy Outlook 2017 shows how Internet infrastructure and usage varies across countries and firms in the OECD area. It looks at policy implications of the digital transformation as well as a wide array of trends. Report available at http://oe.cd/deo2017 - See also the OECD Going Digital project: www.oecd.org/going-digital
Malaysia's Digital Economy: A New Driver of DevelopmentZiaullah Mirza
For Malaysia to continue progressing in its development path, the digital economy is poised to be the new driver of development. However, businesses in Malaysia have adopted digital technologies less readily than the government and population.
Rapid growth in basic digital adoption has contributed to a new digital divide where Malaysia lags behind international peers in digital adoption by businesses.
Only 62% of businesses are connected to the Internet, 46% has fixed broadband (often of low quality) and 18% have a web presence of some kind.
Large export-oriented firms dominate the digital economy as they adopt e-commerce at higher rates than SMEs.
Most of the digital economy’s measurable growth has been concentrated in the manufacturing sector of urbanized states.
For the country to ensure that growth in the digital economy is broad-based and sustainable, key barriers related to digital connectivity, entrepreneurship and taxation need to be addressed.
This conference explored technological innovation across the financial services sector, from developments in leading tier 1 institutions to the disruptive innovators within the start-up community that are reshaping the FS market. The agenda also contextualised the impact of key technology trends such as: Cloud, Mobile, Big Data and Block Chain technology.
OECD Digital Economy Outlook 2017: Presentation at Global Parliamentary Netwo...innovationoecd
The Digital Economy Outlook 2017 shows how Internet infrastructure and usage varies across countries and firms in the OECD area. It looks at policy implications of the digital transformation as well as a wide array of trends. Report available at http://oe.cd/deo2017
In this study I have tried to conduct a technology forecast for the mobile industry. In order to do this we have developed and followed a ten steps methodology as follows;
First we started by defining the industry and determining the exact sub industry definition. Second we studied the history of mobile phones with special focus on the important milestones to determine the important inflection technology events which took the technology to the second level, or helped in diffusing the technology, or created a new trend or resulted in a technology disruption. Third we gone through an industry analysis phases in which we studied the market growth rate, market share of different players, identifying leaders, followers. Followed by studying the market dynamics and main trends from both producers and consumers. Producers revenue pyramid, current and future strategies have been included. Fourth we composed the industry PEST analysis followed by industry overall analysis using porter five forces model. Fifth, a study for the major technological trends have been conducted, resulted in identifying main important industry trends. For each of the identified industry trend, we have identified the main technological challenges based on the consumer pull demand and the technology implication of each. Sixth, we constructed our technology future wheel based on all the previously mentioned types of analysis, resulted in identifying the main technology subcomponents. Seventh, we gone through a structural analysis followed by cross impact analysis for those subcomponents. Eights, a relevance tree for all those subcomponents including different technological alternative for each have been constructed. Followed by an analysis based on experts opinion about existing diffusion rate for each of those technology alternatives. Ninth, a road map for the forecasted technologies have been compiled, followed a wild card listing for alternative technologies which may exist in the near or far future, even technologies which in research and we believe that it is extremely wild have been included. Tenth, a conclusion of our forecasted short and terms technologies landscape have been composed and presented.
A presentation delivered to the "Seminar Nasional Internal Audit 2017' at JW. Marriott Hotel, Medan, Indonesia. Be insightful, pro-active, future focused. 8-10 May 2017.
Top 5 ICT issues identified by iCIO for Indonesia to address to in order to better drive economic growth. Presented to Minister of Information nd Communications. Detailed report and recommendations are available.
Unlocking Pakistan's digital potential: The economic opportunities of digital...FairTechInstitute
There is a significant economic prize attached to accelerating Pakistan’s digital transformation. AlphaBeta’s study (commissioned by Google) finds that digital technologies can unlock PKR9.7 trillion (USD 59.7 billion) worth of annual economic value in Pakistan by 2030.
Key messages from the research include: there is a significant economic prize attached to accelerating Pakistan’s digital transformation; there are three areas of action required for Pakistan to fully capture its digital opportunity; and through its programmes and products, Google is making contributions to Pakistan’s digital transformation journey and supports benefits to businesses, consumers, and the broader society.
2015 Global Trend Forecast (Technology, Media & Telecoms)CM Research
Global Trend Forecast Report: Technology, Media & Telecoms
by CM Research
This report is an extract from the fourth edition of our Global TMT Trend Forecast series, originally published on 16 July 2014. In it, we identify the major disruptive technologies that we will see in 2014/15 and predict how they will impact the world’s largest technology, media and telecom (TMT) companies.
In this report, we set ourselves a goal to reimagine the concept of “Phygital” and introduce a fresh look at the very fundamentals of “Phygital”. According to LETA Capital and DEVAR, Phygital is not only a set of technologies that enhances the physical reality around us but also augments digital offering with the offline components, making them work together to give the best user experience that both worlds can offer.
In this first report, we highlighted Phygital use-cases, vendors, and clients who already implemented Phygital technologies in Construction, Retail, and Healthcare among other areas. We also allow readers to try out Phygital themselves using the smartphone camera and a WebAR technology showcasing some of the real-life examples of Phygital.
We appreciate all inputs, feedback, and any additional use-cases to make the best coverage of the state of Phygital in the future.
If you have any comments or suggestions, feel free to contact Alexander Zemlyak via email azemlyak@leta.vc.
This report begins with an examination of the global IoT industry and continues by looking into the Chinese IoT industry and its innovators. The report concludes with an analysis of the possible future opportunities and implications that China's expanding IoT industry could entail for Finland.
You aren't on Gab? Part 1 - the interview | Learn as I Learn - Digital Marke...Clayton Carroll
In September I wrote about the new social network Gab (www.gab.ai).
.
To follow-up on my initial blog, Gab: A First-in Social Network Opportunity, I conducted an email interview with their chief communications officer and also found some web stats to see if they had grown.
.
This is part one, where I focus on the data I found and an interview. Part two (next week), will look at what all this means for you and your business.
.
You might not have heard of the social network Gab since it is less than 6 months old but it is something that every business should take seriously: http://buff.ly/2jcLrdK
.
Gab, which is very similar to Twitter, grew from nothing in August 2016 to almost 4 million website hits in December 2016, which ranks it in the top 99.99% of websites in the world. Also, with 100,000 users and 200,000 more on wait lists in December 2016, any business can join Gab now and enjoy a first-mover advantage in their niche.
Infusing social innovation in FI for Manufacturing-FIA AthensFITMAN FI
The slides of the presentation provided by Fenareti Lampathaki to the pre-FIA Athens Workshop "Mobile Crowdsensing, Social and Big Data as Innovation Enablers for Future Internet Cloud-based Architectures and Services" on March 18th, 2014.
Emerging Technologies: Changing how we live, work and play EY-Mint Emerging ...eraser Juan José Calderón
Emerging Technologies: Changing how we live, work and play
EY-Mint Emerging Technologies Report 2019.
Una gran cantidad de tecnologías emergentes está dando forma a nuestras vidas, posiblemente a un ritmo de cambio nunca antes visto en la historia. Habilitado por el poder de cómputo barato y el acceso a grandes conjuntos de datos, las máquinas ya están haciendo un mejor trabajo que los humanos en varias áreas. Esta "inteligencia" se está alejando de las granjas de servidores centrales hacia dispositivos y cosas que pronto se convertirán en parte de nuestra vida cotidiana. Estos dispositivos potencialmente negociarán su propio camino en nuestro mundo a través de "contratos inteligentes" y sin una intervención humana significativa. La información perceptiva superpuesta sobre estos objetos del mundo real nos ayudará a salir de los dispositivos móviles que han captado nuestra atención en este mundo posterior a Internet. Lo que parece único en este momento actual es la rápida adopción de muchas de estas tecnologías habilitadoras y su potencial para trabajar juntos para cambiar nuestras vidas.
Invited presentation at UNESCO First Regional Latin American and Caribbean Consultation on Open Access to Scientific Information and Research
Kingston, Jamaica, 5-8 March 2013
http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/resources/news-and-in-focus-articles/all-news/news/first_regional_latin_american_and_caribbean_consultation_on_open_access_to_scientific_information_and_research/
ComeDev in the caribbean: a SIDS perspective on Climate ChangeCsdi Initiative
This presentation discusses the critical importance of the “Communication for Development” (ComDev) approach in ensuring that the voices of all stakeholders are heard in the decision-making process that will be needed in Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change, but especially illustrates how ComDev can engage those whose livelihoods are most vulnerable and most dependent on natural resource bases. Illustrative examples will be drawn especially from Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the Caribbean, including the “Voices for CC” initiative in Jamaica as well as best practices in ComDev from RARE Radio in St. Lucia, Toco Radio in Trinidad, among others.
OECD Digital Economy Outlook 2017: Presentation at Global Parliamentary Netwo...innovationoecd
The Digital Economy Outlook 2017 shows how Internet infrastructure and usage varies across countries and firms in the OECD area. It looks at policy implications of the digital transformation as well as a wide array of trends. Report available at http://oe.cd/deo2017
In this study I have tried to conduct a technology forecast for the mobile industry. In order to do this we have developed and followed a ten steps methodology as follows;
First we started by defining the industry and determining the exact sub industry definition. Second we studied the history of mobile phones with special focus on the important milestones to determine the important inflection technology events which took the technology to the second level, or helped in diffusing the technology, or created a new trend or resulted in a technology disruption. Third we gone through an industry analysis phases in which we studied the market growth rate, market share of different players, identifying leaders, followers. Followed by studying the market dynamics and main trends from both producers and consumers. Producers revenue pyramid, current and future strategies have been included. Fourth we composed the industry PEST analysis followed by industry overall analysis using porter five forces model. Fifth, a study for the major technological trends have been conducted, resulted in identifying main important industry trends. For each of the identified industry trend, we have identified the main technological challenges based on the consumer pull demand and the technology implication of each. Sixth, we constructed our technology future wheel based on all the previously mentioned types of analysis, resulted in identifying the main technology subcomponents. Seventh, we gone through a structural analysis followed by cross impact analysis for those subcomponents. Eights, a relevance tree for all those subcomponents including different technological alternative for each have been constructed. Followed by an analysis based on experts opinion about existing diffusion rate for each of those technology alternatives. Ninth, a road map for the forecasted technologies have been compiled, followed a wild card listing for alternative technologies which may exist in the near or far future, even technologies which in research and we believe that it is extremely wild have been included. Tenth, a conclusion of our forecasted short and terms technologies landscape have been composed and presented.
A presentation delivered to the "Seminar Nasional Internal Audit 2017' at JW. Marriott Hotel, Medan, Indonesia. Be insightful, pro-active, future focused. 8-10 May 2017.
Top 5 ICT issues identified by iCIO for Indonesia to address to in order to better drive economic growth. Presented to Minister of Information nd Communications. Detailed report and recommendations are available.
Unlocking Pakistan's digital potential: The economic opportunities of digital...FairTechInstitute
There is a significant economic prize attached to accelerating Pakistan’s digital transformation. AlphaBeta’s study (commissioned by Google) finds that digital technologies can unlock PKR9.7 trillion (USD 59.7 billion) worth of annual economic value in Pakistan by 2030.
Key messages from the research include: there is a significant economic prize attached to accelerating Pakistan’s digital transformation; there are three areas of action required for Pakistan to fully capture its digital opportunity; and through its programmes and products, Google is making contributions to Pakistan’s digital transformation journey and supports benefits to businesses, consumers, and the broader society.
2015 Global Trend Forecast (Technology, Media & Telecoms)CM Research
Global Trend Forecast Report: Technology, Media & Telecoms
by CM Research
This report is an extract from the fourth edition of our Global TMT Trend Forecast series, originally published on 16 July 2014. In it, we identify the major disruptive technologies that we will see in 2014/15 and predict how they will impact the world’s largest technology, media and telecom (TMT) companies.
In this report, we set ourselves a goal to reimagine the concept of “Phygital” and introduce a fresh look at the very fundamentals of “Phygital”. According to LETA Capital and DEVAR, Phygital is not only a set of technologies that enhances the physical reality around us but also augments digital offering with the offline components, making them work together to give the best user experience that both worlds can offer.
In this first report, we highlighted Phygital use-cases, vendors, and clients who already implemented Phygital technologies in Construction, Retail, and Healthcare among other areas. We also allow readers to try out Phygital themselves using the smartphone camera and a WebAR technology showcasing some of the real-life examples of Phygital.
We appreciate all inputs, feedback, and any additional use-cases to make the best coverage of the state of Phygital in the future.
If you have any comments or suggestions, feel free to contact Alexander Zemlyak via email azemlyak@leta.vc.
This report begins with an examination of the global IoT industry and continues by looking into the Chinese IoT industry and its innovators. The report concludes with an analysis of the possible future opportunities and implications that China's expanding IoT industry could entail for Finland.
You aren't on Gab? Part 1 - the interview | Learn as I Learn - Digital Marke...Clayton Carroll
In September I wrote about the new social network Gab (www.gab.ai).
.
To follow-up on my initial blog, Gab: A First-in Social Network Opportunity, I conducted an email interview with their chief communications officer and also found some web stats to see if they had grown.
.
This is part one, where I focus on the data I found and an interview. Part two (next week), will look at what all this means for you and your business.
.
You might not have heard of the social network Gab since it is less than 6 months old but it is something that every business should take seriously: http://buff.ly/2jcLrdK
.
Gab, which is very similar to Twitter, grew from nothing in August 2016 to almost 4 million website hits in December 2016, which ranks it in the top 99.99% of websites in the world. Also, with 100,000 users and 200,000 more on wait lists in December 2016, any business can join Gab now and enjoy a first-mover advantage in their niche.
Infusing social innovation in FI for Manufacturing-FIA AthensFITMAN FI
The slides of the presentation provided by Fenareti Lampathaki to the pre-FIA Athens Workshop "Mobile Crowdsensing, Social and Big Data as Innovation Enablers for Future Internet Cloud-based Architectures and Services" on March 18th, 2014.
Emerging Technologies: Changing how we live, work and play EY-Mint Emerging ...eraser Juan José Calderón
Emerging Technologies: Changing how we live, work and play
EY-Mint Emerging Technologies Report 2019.
Una gran cantidad de tecnologías emergentes está dando forma a nuestras vidas, posiblemente a un ritmo de cambio nunca antes visto en la historia. Habilitado por el poder de cómputo barato y el acceso a grandes conjuntos de datos, las máquinas ya están haciendo un mejor trabajo que los humanos en varias áreas. Esta "inteligencia" se está alejando de las granjas de servidores centrales hacia dispositivos y cosas que pronto se convertirán en parte de nuestra vida cotidiana. Estos dispositivos potencialmente negociarán su propio camino en nuestro mundo a través de "contratos inteligentes" y sin una intervención humana significativa. La información perceptiva superpuesta sobre estos objetos del mundo real nos ayudará a salir de los dispositivos móviles que han captado nuestra atención en este mundo posterior a Internet. Lo que parece único en este momento actual es la rápida adopción de muchas de estas tecnologías habilitadoras y su potencial para trabajar juntos para cambiar nuestras vidas.
Invited presentation at UNESCO First Regional Latin American and Caribbean Consultation on Open Access to Scientific Information and Research
Kingston, Jamaica, 5-8 March 2013
http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/resources/news-and-in-focus-articles/all-news/news/first_regional_latin_american_and_caribbean_consultation_on_open_access_to_scientific_information_and_research/
ComeDev in the caribbean: a SIDS perspective on Climate ChangeCsdi Initiative
This presentation discusses the critical importance of the “Communication for Development” (ComDev) approach in ensuring that the voices of all stakeholders are heard in the decision-making process that will be needed in Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change, but especially illustrates how ComDev can engage those whose livelihoods are most vulnerable and most dependent on natural resource bases. Illustrative examples will be drawn especially from Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the Caribbean, including the “Voices for CC” initiative in Jamaica as well as best practices in ComDev from RARE Radio in St. Lucia, Toco Radio in Trinidad, among others.
The presentation is about climate change and its impacts on Small Islands Developing States (SIDS). It emphasizes on the strategies Caribbean SIDS implement in order to adapt to climate change.
Geographic presentation of the Caribbean islandsJeth Evangelista
A PowerPoint presentation on the Caribbean islands in terms of its geographic characteristics, culture, religion, major land forms, water forms, delicacies, natural resources and its religions.
Presented by Ms Bernadette Lewis, Secretary General, Caribbean Telecommunications Union at the LEARN Caribbean Research Data Workshop. http://learn-rdm.eu/en/workshops/eclac-mini-workshops/3rd-mini-workshop
WTF - Why the Future Is Up to Us - pptx versionTim O'Reilly
This is the talk I gave January 12, 2017 at the G20/OECD Conference on the Digital Future in Berlin. I talk about fitness landscapes as applied to technology and business, the role of unchecked financialization in the state of our politics and economy, and why technology really wants to create jobs, not destroy them. (There is a separate PDF version, but some readers said the notes were too fuzzy to read.)
G20 “Digital Economy” Task Force Meeting - Andrew Wyckoffinnovationoecd
The OECD Background Report: “Key Issues for the Digital Transformation in the G20”. G20 “Digital Economy”
Task Force Meeting, 13 January 2017, Berlin, Germany
IT Infrastructure on the Verge of Technological SingularityMiraworks.io
Miraworks, the world's first multi-vender platform for IT infrastructure design, presents its vision of the industry up until 2030. The White Paper, entitled "IT Infrastructure on the Verge of Technological Singularity", covers the development trends of the global IT infrastructure, including a transition to open multivendor solutions in IT infrastructure design, looming professional IT standards, and integrated tools for designing traditional and cloud IT infrastructures.
The digitization of almost every aspect of our lives implies that we now depend on the infrastructure that enables this connectivity. Digital infrastructure refers to the “bridges and roads” that support the global economy, in particular the digital economy. This includes data centers, fiber optic cable, and mobile phone. It is now indispensable necessity since it constitutes the foundation of the digital economy and enables the connectivity that we all enjoy. This is why national governments prioritize digital connectivity for their citizens. This paper introduces the reader to digital infrastructure. Matthew N. O. Sadiku | Uwakwe C. Chukwu | Abayomi Ajayi-Majebi | Sarhan M. Musa "Digital Infrastructure: A Mini Review" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-6 | Issue-6 , October 2022, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd52242.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/engineering/other/52242/digital-infrastructure-a-mini-review/matthew-n-o-sadiku
Digital Business. Countries – leaders, issues, initiatives. Companies – shift...Natalia Berdyeva
Objectives:
- Provide analysts and some industry leaders view on Digital development and future, on Countries and Companies levels
- Outline key issues, shifts, implications. Not everything, but certainly important things to consider
State of the internet of things (IoT) market 2016 editionPrayukth K V
2015 was the year IoT gained legitimacy.
Businesses budged off a “start small think big” mindset.
In 2016, they’re building IoT into future strategies and
business models. Companies across all industries now
have IoT squarely on their radar. The worldwide Internet
of Things market spend will grow from $591.7 billion
in 2014 to $1.3 trillion in 2019 with a compound annual
growth rate of 17%. The installed base of IoT endpoints
will grow from 9.7 billion in 2014 to more than 25.6 billion
in 2019, hitting 30 billion in 20201.
The World Economic Forum has recently launched The Global Information Technology Report 2013.
In this presentation we have tried to put some important find outs from the same report and few other news and information from global media.
The world is being transformed by new technologies, which are redefining customer expectations, enabling businesses to meet these new expectations, and changing
the way people live and work. Digital transformation, as this is commonly called, has immense potential to change consumer lives, create value for business and unlock
broader societal benefits.
The World Economic Forum launched the Digital Transformation Initiative in 2015, in collaboration with Accenture, to serve as the focal point for new opportunities and
themes arising from the latest developments in the digitalization of business and society. It supports the Forum’s broader activity around the theme of the Fourth
Industrial Revolution. Since its inception, the Initiative has analysed the impact of digital transformation across 13 industries and five cross-industry topics, to identify the
key themes that enable the value generated by digitalization to be captured for business and wider society. Drawing on these themes, we have developed a series of
imperatives for business and policy leaders that look to maximize the benefits of digitalization. We have engaged with more than 300 executives (both from leading
global firms and newer technology disruptors), government and policy leaders, and academics.
Every industry has its nuances and contextual differences, but they all share certain inhibitors to change. These include the innovator’s dilemma (the fear of
cannibalizing existing revenue models), low technology adoption rates across organizations, conservative organizational cultures, and regulatory issues. Business and
government leaders should continue to work towards addressing these challenges.
A notable outcome of this work is the development of our distinctive economic framework, which quantifies the impact of digitalization on industry and society. It can be
applied consistently at all levels of business and government to help unlock the estimated $100 trillion of value that digitalization could create over the next decade. We
have already started to leverage this framework for region-specific discussions with some governments.
We are confident that the findings from the Initiative will contribute to improving the state of the world through digital transformation, both for business and wider society.
Business intelligence on the US greentech marketEC2i
EC2i objective is to support the internationalisation of European Cleantech SMEs in China and the United States by conducting cluster missions and facilitating cross-cluster partnerships. In this sense, attention is paid to developing tools to guide SMEs through the process of forming consortia and developing projects with clients.
Business intelligence for relevant US and Chinese markets have been collected in reports and are here disseminated to SMEs.
The tools presented here address general barrieres to internationalisation as well as more specific problems SMEs face when integrating themselves into complex, international value chains.
MTBiz is for you if you are looking for contemporary information on business, economy and especially on banking industry of Bangladesh. You would also find periodical information on Global Economy and Commodity Markets.
Dti Telecommunications Industry white paperMyles Freedman
De Wet Bisschoff - MD Communications Media Technology Africa, Accenture has supplied this white paper to explain about the Digital Transformation Initiative
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.
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
"Impact of front-end architecture on development cost", Viktor TurskyiFwdays
I have heard many times that architecture is not important for the front-end. Also, many times I have seen how developers implement features on the front-end just following the standard rules for a framework and think that this is enough to successfully launch the project, and then the project fails. How to prevent this and what approach to choose? I have launched dozens of complex projects and during the talk we will analyze which approaches have worked for me and which have not.
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.
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.
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:
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Caribbean Digital Economy - are you in?
1. The 2nd Biennial Conference Scientific Research Council
&
The 3rd International Conference Caribbean WELCOME Project
Theme: Science & Technology Driving Development: Competitive Edge for Caribbean
The Digital Entrepreneur: Finding your Niche in the Emerging Digital Ecosphere
Phillip Jackson
(pcjackson@gov.vc; phillip.c.jackson@gmail.com
Government of St. Vincent & the Grenadines and CCST
The Grand Ballroom, Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, Kingston
November 7 -8, 2012
3. It pays to watch TV – other news on Nov 6th 2012
Halo has earned $3 billion for
Microsoft in the past decade.
2011 Total Consumer Spend On
All Games Content In The U.S.
Estimated Between $16.3 To
$16.6 Billion
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/halo-4-game-predicted-to-earn-morethan-james-bond.html
https://www.npd.com/wps/portal/npd/us/news/pressreleases/pr_120116/
Sorry Americans NO Voting on your Laptops
nor Smartphones just Yet. But that was
before Obama said of long voting lines: “We
have to fix that!”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/07/obama-long-linespolls_n_2086291.html
http://www.kctv5.com/story/20012374/why-you-can39t-voteonlineyet?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter#.UJlIi2fTyKo.fa
cebook
http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/its-the-21st-century-whyarent-we-voting-online/
4.
5. The Opportunity…
Key statistical highlights: ITU data as at the end of 2011 - released June 2012
Mobile cellular:
Total mobile‐cellular subscriptions almost 6
billion = global penetration of 86%.
Developing countries, accounted for more than 80% of the 660
additions
million new
105 countries with more subscriptions than Inhabitants.
Mobile broadband:
>1 billion mobile‐broadband subscriptions worldwide.
Most dynamic ICT service reaching a 40% annual subscription growth in 2011.
Mobile‐broadband penetration: developing
world (51%).
(8%) and the developed
7. J.P. Morgan expects business-to-consumer e-commerce (excluding
travel) to jump from $572 billion in 2010 to over $1 trillion by 2014.
The size of total worldwide e-commerce, when global business-tobusiness and consumer transactions are added together, will equate
to $16 trillion in 2013 – IDI.
The global market for digital products and service estimated at $4.4
trillion in 2013 - IDate,
Total size of digital economy is estimated at $20.4 trillion, equivalent
to roughly 13.8% of all sales flowing through the world economy.
The United States remains the world’s single biggest e-commerce
market, IMRG says, followed by the United Kingdom and Japan but it
is only a matter of time before China, the Asian giant, becomes the
single largest market in the world.
8. Source: Engman 2010 Exporting Information Technology Services: In the Footsteps of India
Chapter 7 of http://ipc.umich.edu/books-monographs/pdfs/stern-international-trade-servicesdeveloping-countries.pdf
9. The Mobile Market
With smartphones and tablets providing new platforms for software
developers, an entire new class of software entrepreneurs has
emerged.
In April 2011, Forrester projected the mobile application market size
to be $54 billion by 2015. Of this, $17 billion was for mobile
application development services.
Research conducted by ACT and Microsoft's TechNet shows that the
app economy has created between 400,000 and 600,000 jobs.
In fact, the majority (78 percent) of U.S. mobile app companies are
small businesses, according to a survey conducted by the
Association for Competitive Technology (ACT.
10. The Rationale
2B+ Internet users worldwide
Internet accounts for
3.4% of GDP
21% of GDP growth in the last 5 years
2.6 jobs created for 1 job lost
75% of Internet impact arises from traditional industries
10% increase in productivity for small and
medium businesses from internet usage
They grow and export
2x as much as others
Up to €20 per internet user per month of consumer surplus
Source: McKinsey and Company
http://www.mckinsey.com/features/sizing_the_internet_economy
11. Our ICT Standing in the World? – We are loosing ground!
Name of Index - Source
Year
Current Rankings / Previous Rankings
Jamaica
St. Lucia
ICT Development Index - ITU
2011
89 (3.49)
84 (3.42)
64 (4.49)
61 (4.36)
Trinidad and
Tobago
61 (4.57)
60 (4.42)
Digital Economy Index - EIU
2010
44 (5.21)
-
48 (4.98)
Networked Readiness
Index - WEF
2012
74 (3.86)
73 (3.78)
-
60 (3.98)
63 (3.83)
E-Government
Development Index - UNDESA
2012
108 (0.4552)
89 (0.4467)
90 (0.5122)
88 (0.4471)
67 (0.5731)
67 (0.4806)
Digital Opportunity
Index - ITU
2007
55 (0.51)
52 (0.47)
73 (0.46)
68 (0.43)
59 (0.50)
57 (0.45)
Source: Compiled by Author from following sources
EIU: http://www-935.ibm.com/services/us/gbs/bus/pdf/eiu_digital-economy-rankings2010_final_web.pdf
ITU: http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ict/publications/idi/material/2012/MIS2012_without_Annex_4.pdf
http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/publications/worldinformationsociety/2007/WISR07_full-free.pdf
http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/publications/worldinformationsociety/2006/world.pdf
WEF: http://www3.weforum.org/docs/Global_IT_Report_2012.pdf
12. Figure 1: The Evolved Networked Readiness Index structure
Source: WEF: http://www3.weforum.org/docs/Global_IT_Report_2012.pdf
14. The Digital Economy and the Digital Entrepreneur
The digital economy is the global network of economic and social
activities that are enabled by platforms such as the internet, mobile
and sensor networks.
—Executive Summary, Australia's Digital Economy: Future Directions.
Digital Entrepreneurship encompasses the diverse opportunities
generated by the Internet, World Wide Web, mobile technologies,
and new media, such as: dot-com companies [that boomed then
busted after the Internet was opened for business]; the fluid army of
“ebay entrepreneurs”[and now “Qbidders” who traffic their goods]
with little overhead cost by using the digital infrastructure…; the wave
of “web 2.0” initiatives where companies or individuals develop new
business models based upon the growth of social networks and
mobile technologies; and, the development of weblogs (“blogs”) that
have credibly begun to rival traditional media firms.
http://www.dbcde.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/117681/DIGITAL_ECONOMY_FUTURE_DIRECTIONS_FINAL_REP
ORT.pdf
http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/bp43/IN6.pdf
16. The State as Entrepreneur
How governments can facilitate ICT convergence:
• Reform policies to promote competition and remove investment barriers: —remove
restrictions on foreign ownership of licenses; —adopt rules to provide for infrastructure sharing
of towers, ducts, and support facilities; —add mechanisms for managing radio-frequency
spectrum; —encourage wireless broadband providers to enter small local service areas; —
streamline the process for accessing rights of way and pole attachments; and —monitor
dominant operators.
• Provide government incentives to firms that deploy advanced ICT services, such as: —interestfree credit; —subsidies, attractive loans to compensate providers who deploy networks in
unprofitable areas; and —preferential tax rates.
• Invest in infrastructure and services: —fund the construction of open-access fiber optic
networks; —fund digital education initiatives; —include network conduits in road projects or
incorporate cable arrays in new electrical grids; and —support local community initiatives to
provide broad-band access. - The Global Information Technology Report 2012
The Australian Government recognised the need for action to position Australia as a global
digital leader. Their National Digital Economy Strategy is worth a study.
http://www.dbcde.gov.au/digital_economy/what_is_the_digital_economy
http://www3.weforum.org/docs/GITR/2012/GITR_Chapter1.2_2012.pdf
17. Further Insights
Only strong internet ecosystems can capture maximum value. The best
performers focus on four critical areas:
Promote human capital
Ease access to financial capital
Develop infrastructure
Create an attractive business environment
Public decision makers should act as a catalyst to unleash the internet’s growth
potential
All business leaders should put the Internet at the top of their strategic agenda
All stakeholders should take part in a fact-based, public-private dialogue
- Internet Matters: McKinsey and Company
http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/mgi/research/technology_and_innovation/in
ternet_matters
18. Three Critical Areas for Policy
Focus
INFRASTRUCTURE
LEGISLATION AND REGULATIONS
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
19. Ideas Factory – some possible ideas for the digital entrepreneur
The whole gamut :
From Webpage Developers and Facebook Managers to
Virtual Tourism – Hikes, Bike Rides, Jogging, usain bolt country training
ground – virtual run
Mobile Payment
NAMIS + - National Agricultural Marketing Information system
GFNF – mFisheries – success story in TnT
Emergency Recovery Data Centre – Trinidad – traditionally outside
hurricane belt, cheap energy to power data centres, very good
broadband infrastructure, capacity to train himan resource
Preventative health app – broadcast daily reminders and tips that
encourages healt-related actions based on health profile of user:
exercise tips; food suggestions; water breaks; medication reminders,
doctors and dentists appointments, healthy recipes; health
programme schedules (on in 15 minutes) etc
Caribbean Itunes – music and lyrics
20. Welectricity – energy conservation meets social networking
Fundraising agencies via SMS
Caribbean crowdfunding for locals and Diaspora
News and Entertainment App for Caribbean Diasporas
Pay per View Cable Channel for local content providers and
producers
Moko Jumbie and the Young Bob Marley Music Show for kids
Video on Demand Dance Classes
Virtual Steel Pan and Band
SMS Tests for evaluation of uptake of learning objectives of
media campaigns
All sorts of games from SMS-based to fully immersive virtual
environment experiences
Animations – Caribbean tales – music, cricket etc
21. Conclusion
The Digital Economy presents tremendous opportunities for the digital entrepreneur
to exploit. The emerging paradigm may be described as Society 3.0: Digital
Democracy and the Rise of the Mobile Majority. From enhanced web presence and
e-commerce; e-government and m-government; to software, mobile apps and
virtual experiences – there is a gamut of products and services with the potential for
multiple iterations serving an increasing number of sophisticated, diversified and
segmented consumers. The individual, project teams, businesses and governments
should and must conceptualize and equip themselves as entrepreneurs in this multidimensional digital economy. The new I-Entrepreneur would be competent,
connected, collaborative and co-creative. The challenge to the various types of
entrepreneurs, including governments, is to acquire and enhance the various
technical and business skills that allow them to sustainably exploit the emerging
possibilities while at the same time identify the best niches for exploitation. The
most interesting thing about the digital enterprise is that not only are there
opportunities to satisfy current and emerging needs and desires but the real
potential also exist in satisfying latent desires and more importantly create products
and services that persons do not know they wanted.