Making open travel tech ecosystems work to your advantageKevin May
Today’s travel industry is characterised by an interconnected network of complementary technologies, with every corner of the business impacted.
These open ecosystems enable collaboration, creativity and speed of innovation in travel products, services and tools.
But what does this mean for travel? And how do you keep up with the pace of change?
In this FREE 60-minute webinar, produced by Tnooz and Travelport, and featuring representatives from the OpenTravel Alliance and other travel technology organisations, we took an in-depth look at the travel technology ecosystem and where open development and where it may lead us all.
Panellists:
* Valyn Perini, CEO, OpenTravel Alliance
* Jason Nash, VP product innovation, Travelport
* Amin Kroll, CEO, CarPilots
* Rui Figueiredo, partner/head of product development, Travel Technology & Solutions
* Kevin May, editor and co-founder, Tnooz
* Gene Quinn, producer and, CEO/co-founder, Tnooz
LaSoft is Web & Mobile Development Agency.
We have been a trusted technology partner for businesses, consulting companies, and startups since 2014. We work with partners worldwide from the USA, Canada, Netherlands, Israel, Germany, Switzerland, and the UK to Saudi Arabia and Nigeria.
Our main expertise lies in data analytics & visualization, business optimization and digitalization, real estate, marketplaces, HR management, and education tech projects.
Our teams successfully delivered more than 85 big web projects and continue to support them; all our projects solve global business tasks. Top Silicon Valley Companies use the product we build.
LaSoft is excellent in web, and mobile development, product design, cloud deployment, business analysis, project specification, project management, and technical partner support.
For more information about us, visit www.lasoft.org
LaSoft is a business-oriented web development agency that helps startups disrupt markets, get traction - by building innovative applications.
At the moment, our team consists of 10 highly productive, co-located teams. In total, we employ 80 multi-talented and experienced professionals including software engineers, UI/UX designers, project managers, and quality assurance specialists.
Every year we deliver 4-5 complex SaaS applications in e-commerce, real estate, marketplaces, law compliance, communication, human resource management, and healthcare domains. We mainly use Client Team Extension when the client already has a team or a dedicated team model when our client does not have any Technical Representatives from his side.
Our technology focus is very clear and narrow which helps us to be experts in what we use. We use - Ruby on Rails, React.js, Node.js, Angular.js, Backbone.js, HTML5, CSS3 and mobile development using Ionic. The focus helps us to be experts in this particular niche.
Since 2014 LaSoft has successfully delivered 40 small and big web projects for customers from the USA, Europe, UK, and Australia. For more information, please check our recent works https://lasoft.org/works or our Behance page https://www.behance.net/LaSoft
Currently, the management services of Trek Travel are run through an Excel spreadsheet, the manager must organize each trip manually, being tedious and complex work to manage. Dealup and Partners propose to the client to digitize the entire management process, streamlining the task and automating part of the process.
Also, the integration of Trek Travel in the new technologies contribute to the work factors of low risk since all information is available to generate the proposed API in the database of the client, having a real-time backup available in case of loss of the excel tables, all the data obtained will also be used to measure and improve the process (Big Data).
A short presentation that briefly outlines who we are and what we do. We are a team of 20 digital experts based in Montreal working with both brands and agencies to help them create digital tools that help them meet their business objectives.
Making open travel tech ecosystems work to your advantageKevin May
Today’s travel industry is characterised by an interconnected network of complementary technologies, with every corner of the business impacted.
These open ecosystems enable collaboration, creativity and speed of innovation in travel products, services and tools.
But what does this mean for travel? And how do you keep up with the pace of change?
In this FREE 60-minute webinar, produced by Tnooz and Travelport, and featuring representatives from the OpenTravel Alliance and other travel technology organisations, we took an in-depth look at the travel technology ecosystem and where open development and where it may lead us all.
Panellists:
* Valyn Perini, CEO, OpenTravel Alliance
* Jason Nash, VP product innovation, Travelport
* Amin Kroll, CEO, CarPilots
* Rui Figueiredo, partner/head of product development, Travel Technology & Solutions
* Kevin May, editor and co-founder, Tnooz
* Gene Quinn, producer and, CEO/co-founder, Tnooz
LaSoft is Web & Mobile Development Agency.
We have been a trusted technology partner for businesses, consulting companies, and startups since 2014. We work with partners worldwide from the USA, Canada, Netherlands, Israel, Germany, Switzerland, and the UK to Saudi Arabia and Nigeria.
Our main expertise lies in data analytics & visualization, business optimization and digitalization, real estate, marketplaces, HR management, and education tech projects.
Our teams successfully delivered more than 85 big web projects and continue to support them; all our projects solve global business tasks. Top Silicon Valley Companies use the product we build.
LaSoft is excellent in web, and mobile development, product design, cloud deployment, business analysis, project specification, project management, and technical partner support.
For more information about us, visit www.lasoft.org
LaSoft is a business-oriented web development agency that helps startups disrupt markets, get traction - by building innovative applications.
At the moment, our team consists of 10 highly productive, co-located teams. In total, we employ 80 multi-talented and experienced professionals including software engineers, UI/UX designers, project managers, and quality assurance specialists.
Every year we deliver 4-5 complex SaaS applications in e-commerce, real estate, marketplaces, law compliance, communication, human resource management, and healthcare domains. We mainly use Client Team Extension when the client already has a team or a dedicated team model when our client does not have any Technical Representatives from his side.
Our technology focus is very clear and narrow which helps us to be experts in what we use. We use - Ruby on Rails, React.js, Node.js, Angular.js, Backbone.js, HTML5, CSS3 and mobile development using Ionic. The focus helps us to be experts in this particular niche.
Since 2014 LaSoft has successfully delivered 40 small and big web projects for customers from the USA, Europe, UK, and Australia. For more information, please check our recent works https://lasoft.org/works or our Behance page https://www.behance.net/LaSoft
Currently, the management services of Trek Travel are run through an Excel spreadsheet, the manager must organize each trip manually, being tedious and complex work to manage. Dealup and Partners propose to the client to digitize the entire management process, streamlining the task and automating part of the process.
Also, the integration of Trek Travel in the new technologies contribute to the work factors of low risk since all information is available to generate the proposed API in the database of the client, having a real-time backup available in case of loss of the excel tables, all the data obtained will also be used to measure and improve the process (Big Data).
A short presentation that briefly outlines who we are and what we do. We are a team of 20 digital experts based in Montreal working with both brands and agencies to help them create digital tools that help them meet their business objectives.
Pulp Strategy’s unique niche is planning, deploying and optimizing scalable marketing programs which not just bring together our core capabilities of content development, marketing consultation, technology development and digital media but also our clients’ business ecosystem of channel partners, OEM’s and agencies in PR, print, and electronic media.
This owned and practiced capability led us to make strategic technology investments for our clients. It has given us the opportunity to create and sustain relationships with some of the biggest brands in the world and build an evolutionary culture of progress with high quality talent.
Modernization and mobilization of existing interfaces, integration layers for mobilization of legacy web systems, immersive web experiences, AI and big data integration for smart responses, e commerce applications, the mobile web, native mobile applications and CRMs which manage custom consumer relationship cycles – At Pulp Strategy we design, develop, manage content and optimize performance for Large-Scale Distributed Systems across technology frame works and platforms.
Pulp Strategy creates technology solutions, platforms and products which are customized to client’s business needs and play a pivotal role in navigating consumer and Big Data journeys from strategy to implementation, delivering across all facets of stream processing, from designing for resilience and scale to working with Technology Consulting Experts who provide a thorough evaluation of project needs and available technology stacks, refine the project strategy roadmap, provide consumer insights and active engagement practice inputs before software prototyping and proof of concept.
Case Study: Kuliza Builds Booking Engine for Treebo Hotels Kuliza Technologies
Treebo Hotels, a tech-enabled chain of affordable and reliable hotels in India, worked with Kuliza to build an end-to-end e-commerce hotel booking platform. An Uber for hotel rooms, the platform enabled the discovery of the unorganized budget hotels segment. To know more about our recipe to design and development, take a look at our case study below:
Website Localization - Breaking Barriers and Connecting with Global Audiences...Ivannovation
In today's interconnected world, reaching a global audience is paramount for businesses aiming to expand their horizons. Amidst the digital revolution, one strategy stands out as a game-changer. **Website localization**, is a transformative process that allows companies to break down language and cultural barriers, forging meaningful connections with diverse audiences across the globe. https://ivannovation.com/blog/5-steps-of-website-localization/
FlightsLogic integrates Travelport GDS, Travelport Software, Travelport System for the hotelier, tour operators and travel companies worldwide.
For more details, Pls visit our Website :
https://www.flightslogic.com/travelport-gds.php
DigitalFolks is an end-to-end product development agency that acts as the technology partner for businesses. With the mindset as a partner, we place high emphasis to recommend the right product roadmap and timeline.
No BS, just honest delivery as our client's digital partner.
Key sectors we focus on: Marketplaces/Platforms, HR Software and Content Management Systems.
We bridge the gap between technology and design
Your IT project should not suffer because of miscommunication.
Expect efficiency and positive attitude.
Pulp Strategy’s unique niche is planning, deploying and optimizing scalable marketing programs which not just bring together our core capabilities of content development, marketing consultation, technology development and digital media but also our clients’ business ecosystem of channel partners, OEM’s and agencies in PR, print, and electronic media.
This owned and practiced capability led us to make strategic technology investments for our clients. It has given us the opportunity to create and sustain relationships with some of the biggest brands in the world and build an evolutionary culture of progress with high quality talent.
Modernization and mobilization of existing interfaces, integration layers for mobilization of legacy web systems, immersive web experiences, AI and big data integration for smart responses, e commerce applications, the mobile web, native mobile applications and CRMs which manage custom consumer relationship cycles – At Pulp Strategy we design, develop, manage content and optimize performance for Large-Scale Distributed Systems across technology frame works and platforms.
Pulp Strategy creates technology solutions, platforms and products which are customized to client’s business needs and play a pivotal role in navigating consumer and Big Data journeys from strategy to implementation, delivering across all facets of stream processing, from designing for resilience and scale to working with Technology Consulting Experts who provide a thorough evaluation of project needs and available technology stacks, refine the project strategy roadmap, provide consumer insights and active engagement practice inputs before software prototyping and proof of concept.
Case Study: Kuliza Builds Booking Engine for Treebo Hotels Kuliza Technologies
Treebo Hotels, a tech-enabled chain of affordable and reliable hotels in India, worked with Kuliza to build an end-to-end e-commerce hotel booking platform. An Uber for hotel rooms, the platform enabled the discovery of the unorganized budget hotels segment. To know more about our recipe to design and development, take a look at our case study below:
Website Localization - Breaking Barriers and Connecting with Global Audiences...Ivannovation
In today's interconnected world, reaching a global audience is paramount for businesses aiming to expand their horizons. Amidst the digital revolution, one strategy stands out as a game-changer. **Website localization**, is a transformative process that allows companies to break down language and cultural barriers, forging meaningful connections with diverse audiences across the globe. https://ivannovation.com/blog/5-steps-of-website-localization/
FlightsLogic integrates Travelport GDS, Travelport Software, Travelport System for the hotelier, tour operators and travel companies worldwide.
For more details, Pls visit our Website :
https://www.flightslogic.com/travelport-gds.php
DigitalFolks is an end-to-end product development agency that acts as the technology partner for businesses. With the mindset as a partner, we place high emphasis to recommend the right product roadmap and timeline.
No BS, just honest delivery as our client's digital partner.
Key sectors we focus on: Marketplaces/Platforms, HR Software and Content Management Systems.
We bridge the gap between technology and design
Your IT project should not suffer because of miscommunication.
Expect efficiency and positive attitude.
OpenText helps reduce physical paper storage, eliminate
duplication, provide management reporting, and streamline
end-to-end “invoice-to-settle” process times
EMP Designs Intranet to Emulate iPhone Interface using Open Text TechnologiesRich_C07
Unique user interface provides physicians with improved access to applications, an effective navigational structure, and a more personalized end user experience
Digital Asset Management System Saves Time, Improves Media Re-Use, and Reduces Risk
“One-touch, one-click downloads.
Quick keyword search. Contact Sheet. Simple navigation.
Sets and Collections. All over the internet.”
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.
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
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.
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
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.
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
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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.
AI for Every Business: Unlocking Your Product's Universal Potential by VP of ...
Case Study Sta Travel 02 2009
1. STA Travel Strengthens Brand with
Multiple Country Sites
STA Travel is a world leader specializing in student travel, serving approximately six
million customers spread across 90 countries and employing more than 2000 people
worldwide. A firm believer in quickly delivering a variety of travel products, services and
advice through a mix of channels, the company has more than 350 retail branches located
around the world.
About STA Travel Challenge
As the world‘s largest student travel Over 80 percent of customers begin their
organization, the STA Travel Web site is an relationship with STA Travel on the internet.
important communication tool for engaging As a result, the STA Travel web site is a vitally
potential clients. Enriching and broadening important component to its marketing strategy
the customer experience by providing and gaining new business.
convenient and serviceable access to multiple
travel products, commodities and services is a quot;Typically, STA Travel customers are looking
necessary top priority for STA Travel. to enrich their travel experiences through
online access to relevant products, services
With 16 different web sites around the world, and advice at anytime, from anywhere
STA Travel wanted to find a cost-effective in the world,quot; says Peter Liney, Chief
way of ensuring a consistent, agreeable and Operating Officer at STA Travel. quot;By providing
homogenous, global Web presence for young, innovative new facilities such as access to
dynamic and knowledgeable individuals. user generated travel logs and personal
recommendations, we can greatly increase the
appeal of our sites.quot;
2. Solution
Part of STA Travel’s business strategy was
formulated to develop and implement a
Global E-commerce Technology Strategy
that would make expeditious deployment
and control across multiple Web sites
possible, while still offering the flexibility and
adaptability to tailor local content to local
needs and demands. RedDot was chosen as
the Content Management System that would
support the Global E-commerce Technology
Strategy for STA Travel‘s web solution.
One factor that attracted STA Travel to RedDot
was its short training time for Webmasters and
editors who would be managing and posting
content to the site through the intuitive user
RedDot has given us consistency across multiple global web sites
interface of the RedDot Content Management
guranteeing a good experience to everyone
Systems. With RedDot, STA Travel was able
to meet a highly aggressive and limiting
deadline with its due date arriving in less than
However, all of STA Travel’s 16 Web sites
6 months for the initial project launch.
operated independently, creating an
inconsistent brand and user experience when
To ensure that content was consistent
customers visited the site. Also, functionality
globally, STA Travel used RedDot’s strong
differed from site to site and providing
and easy to use localization capabilities for
cutting-edge technology at its global facilities
creating different language variants while
for its young, tech savvy audience proved
ensuring that the global appearance was kept.
costly.
Local offices are automatically notified when
“RedDot’s CMS has some new texts need to be translated and added to
the local versions of the STA Travel website.
really good features like the
Translation Editor.” Craig Hepburn, Global Webmaster at STA
Travel says. “RedDot’s CMS has some really
good features like the Translation Editor. This
Centrally controlling the content for all sites
ensures global consistency by enabling us to
was also a challenge, especially for keeping
create English language content centrally that
current in all languages with information that
editors around the world can then localize.”
changed daily or even on an hourly basis,
such as industry news, travel deals, top
For delivering contextualized content to
offers, discounts and flight availability.
visitors, STA Travel has been able to integrate
dynamic content from other relevant web
sites such as “Lonely Planet” and “What’s on
When” into its own site, providing a one-stop
destination for comprehensive, all-embracing
information and advice on travel locations.
STA Travel
3. Pulling content from a licensed system only top quality content. Now STA Travel can
known as “Off Exploring” enables STA provide the same value and serviceableness
Travel Web visitors to create their own user to all customers, regardless of location or
profiles and web sites and read other visitor market presence in a particular country.
travel journals. They can even get their own The customer experience has been
experiences printed in the form of a booklet. elevated compared to how it was before the
Keeping friends and family updated about implementation of the new website.
their trip was never before this simple.
Results
Throughout the implementation, STA was very
pleased with the level of service it received
from RedDot. “The team at RedDot were very
helpful when we needed some features that
were not already included in the content
management system. For example, the import
and export of shared content was added to
the product at our request,” says Hepburn.
STA Travel initially launched new sites in
the UK, Australia and the United States.
They plan on executing a site rollout for 13
RedDot enables intuitive use of the site and enables the user to quickly
additional countries soon. quot;We don‘t have a
find the informations they are looking for.
large in-house team to help with the rollout,quot;
says Hepburn. quot;But the way RedDot CMS is
designed makes it easy. We create one master
Hepburn says: “With our controlled template
project and rollout to the various countries,
environment developed by IBM and the
removing the need to recreate the whole
workflow processes included in RedDot’s
set-up every time. This saved us two to three
CMS, we feel comfortable letting non-technical
months of development work.quot;
people manage site content. The staff loves
quot;The way RedDot CMS is it – it gives them far more control and offers
a competitive advantage.” RedDot’s CMS has
designed makes it easy.quot; also helped STA Travel improve navigation
on its sites. Hepburn, explains: “Navigation
is more intuitive now and based on how
Since RedDot allows STA to control content
travellers typically approach a trip.”
from a centralized source, any template
changes are implemented and materialized
Liney states, “The survival of STA Travel
across the sites within minutes, thus saving
depends on having a successful online
STA staff members up to two weeks of manual
presence – it keeps us relevant. Our new
labor.
solution is meeting all our required business
objectives such as revenue generation,
As a result, customers are able to log into
improved online sales conversion rates and
their STA profile and view a consistent,
increased referral income. Crucially, IBM and
homogeneous and flawless brand providing
STA Travel Strengthens Brand with Multiple Country Sites