This document provides an overview of Citrix FlexCast delivery models and the Citrix user workspace assessment methodology. It begins with an agenda and discusses the drivers for virtual application and desktop delivery. It then introduces key FlexCast concepts and models. The rest of the document focuses on Sirius' user workspace assessment process, which involves data collection, analysis of business objectives, user workflows, and the technical environment to develop a distribution roadmap and solution matrix that meets the organization's needs. It provides examples of interview questions and discusses delivering recommendations to architect the optimal desktop transformation solution.
End-user computing is not a trend, it's a transformational shiftUni Systems S.M.S.A.
In the new end-user computing environment, people want to stay connected and have access to the best networks and services as a seamless extension of their traditional desktop.
End-user computing is no longer about managing laptops and desktops. Today, we need to support user access to services, applications, and data on any device and in any location.
This revolution promises greater flexibility, productivity enhancements, staff morale improvements, and cost savings.
Your business can benefit from Virtual Desktop Computing.
Channel Partners: Lead with Dell Software SolutionsDell World
Deliver real value to your customers as you expand your reach and increase your revenue with Dell Software (For Channel partners only).
Your customers are facing monumental challenges on managing and securing applications, data and their infrastructure. These challenges are driving cost and complexity into the IT environment. Dell Software’s end to end portfolio allows channel partners to expand their sales of solutions and services to both existing new customers while demonstrating tangible value by:
• Improving the efficiency of IT organizations through the centralized management and security
• Speeding the pace of business through better application availability, data protection and rapid recovery
• Enabling cloud and mobile application delivery through modernizing infrastructure software
• Securing the endpoint, the data and the network
Join Roy Appelbaum for this interactive break out session on how the Dell Software portfolio provides you the blueprint to help your customers build the future ready enterprise.
Notes from the field - End User ComputingJames Charter
Long View Systems presentation to VMware Knowledge Series on End User Computing. What are we seeing in the field in EUC, what are some approaches for success that can be applied to make projects and adoption more successful.
Master the Ever Expanding Puzzle of End-User Computing with a Strategy and Ro...Info-Tech Research Group
Develop a strategy and roadmap to fit all the end-user computing pieces together and prioritize trends in your organization.
Your Challenge
The end-user computing landscape continues to grow more and more complex.
Developing a strategy and roadmap that meet the capabilities of IT and the needs of end users is more and more important.
Organizations need to focus on more than just the technology – people and processes need focus too.
Our Advice
Critical Insight
The number of options available for end-user computing today—complicated by trends like mobility, consumerization, and BYOD—can be overwhelming for infrastructure managers developing a long-term strategy.
Blindly following trends results in wasted effort and spending when initiatives have not been designed to fit together.
An end-user computing strategy is not only about technology. Processes and people are equally important if a strategy is to be successful.
Most strategies are stuck years in the past. Users have evolved faster than IT. Catch up, and ensure that your strategy is ready for the next decade.
Focus on the user, not the device. A locked-down PC is obsolete.
Impact and Result
A well-planned end-user computing strategy can:
Improve the lives of users by enabling access to company resources in a way that fits their use cases.
Improve the lives of IT by implementing the most efficient tools for deploying, managing, and supporting end-user computing resources.
Improve the business by reducing wasted spending and identifying new revenue opportunities enabled by new end-user computing trends.
Develop an end-user computing strategy and roadmap that fits all the pieces together, and then communicate the plan with a set of simple documents.
VMworld 2013: End User Computing Solutions for Financial ServicesVMworld
VMworld 2013
Muthu Somasundaram, VMware
Erick Stoeckle, Northrim Bank
Learn more about VMworld and register at http://www.vmworld.com/index.jspa?src=socmed-vmworld-slideshare
End-user computing is not a trend, it's a transformational shiftUni Systems S.M.S.A.
In the new end-user computing environment, people want to stay connected and have access to the best networks and services as a seamless extension of their traditional desktop.
End-user computing is no longer about managing laptops and desktops. Today, we need to support user access to services, applications, and data on any device and in any location.
This revolution promises greater flexibility, productivity enhancements, staff morale improvements, and cost savings.
Your business can benefit from Virtual Desktop Computing.
Channel Partners: Lead with Dell Software SolutionsDell World
Deliver real value to your customers as you expand your reach and increase your revenue with Dell Software (For Channel partners only).
Your customers are facing monumental challenges on managing and securing applications, data and their infrastructure. These challenges are driving cost and complexity into the IT environment. Dell Software’s end to end portfolio allows channel partners to expand their sales of solutions and services to both existing new customers while demonstrating tangible value by:
• Improving the efficiency of IT organizations through the centralized management and security
• Speeding the pace of business through better application availability, data protection and rapid recovery
• Enabling cloud and mobile application delivery through modernizing infrastructure software
• Securing the endpoint, the data and the network
Join Roy Appelbaum for this interactive break out session on how the Dell Software portfolio provides you the blueprint to help your customers build the future ready enterprise.
Notes from the field - End User ComputingJames Charter
Long View Systems presentation to VMware Knowledge Series on End User Computing. What are we seeing in the field in EUC, what are some approaches for success that can be applied to make projects and adoption more successful.
Master the Ever Expanding Puzzle of End-User Computing with a Strategy and Ro...Info-Tech Research Group
Develop a strategy and roadmap to fit all the end-user computing pieces together and prioritize trends in your organization.
Your Challenge
The end-user computing landscape continues to grow more and more complex.
Developing a strategy and roadmap that meet the capabilities of IT and the needs of end users is more and more important.
Organizations need to focus on more than just the technology – people and processes need focus too.
Our Advice
Critical Insight
The number of options available for end-user computing today—complicated by trends like mobility, consumerization, and BYOD—can be overwhelming for infrastructure managers developing a long-term strategy.
Blindly following trends results in wasted effort and spending when initiatives have not been designed to fit together.
An end-user computing strategy is not only about technology. Processes and people are equally important if a strategy is to be successful.
Most strategies are stuck years in the past. Users have evolved faster than IT. Catch up, and ensure that your strategy is ready for the next decade.
Focus on the user, not the device. A locked-down PC is obsolete.
Impact and Result
A well-planned end-user computing strategy can:
Improve the lives of users by enabling access to company resources in a way that fits their use cases.
Improve the lives of IT by implementing the most efficient tools for deploying, managing, and supporting end-user computing resources.
Improve the business by reducing wasted spending and identifying new revenue opportunities enabled by new end-user computing trends.
Develop an end-user computing strategy and roadmap that fits all the pieces together, and then communicate the plan with a set of simple documents.
VMworld 2013: End User Computing Solutions for Financial ServicesVMworld
VMworld 2013
Muthu Somasundaram, VMware
Erick Stoeckle, Northrim Bank
Learn more about VMworld and register at http://www.vmworld.com/index.jspa?src=socmed-vmworld-slideshare
Desktop Support is evolving from its traditional hands-on, hardware-focused, physical deskside work. With that in mind, we have to consider what's the future of desktop support. HDI's Desktop Support Advisory Board addresses this in a Roadmap that has been published & is the basis of this presentation for HDI's San Francisco Bay Area Chapter.
The Future of Desktop Support - HDI Northcoast ChapterNorthCoastHDI
From the NorthCoast chapter of HDI, here is our slideshow deck from the January 2016 meeting. Rick Lenhart, Program Manager and ITIL Expert for Pomeroy IT Solutions, put together a great presentation on the Future of Desktop Support!
Innovations in desktop virtualization: Expanding to workstation use casesDell World
Mobility and user collaboration are key enablers of productivity for organizations today. Physical workstations while powerful limit the ability of users to work anytime, anywhere and collaborate on a common data set. In this session, learn how Dell enables organizations to virtualize their workstation environment without compromising on a rich user experience or dealing with increased complexity. We’ll share how the Precision Appliance for Wyse and Wyse Datacenter for Virtual Workstations ISV-certified solutions enable organizations to rapidly and efficiently deploy a virtual workstation environment that provides greater user mobility and improved workforce collaboration while improving data security and workspace management.
This is the PowerPoint Presentation used by our Keynote Speaker, Sheri Wright, the Service Desk Manager of Steris Corporation, during our September, 2014 Local Chapter Meeting
Enabling clinicians to deliver higher quality of care, focus less on IT & more on patients. Enabling IT to deliver a higher level quality of service and gain a seat at the table.
Ship it 2015 UniSystems: Facilitating Document Management Compliance for the ...Uni Systems S.M.S.A.
Document management compliance responsibilities have become easier to cope with through the advent of more flexible technology. In fact, an effective document management system is capable of increasing business value, streamlining workflow and simplifying regulatory compliance. While a digital document management system cannot by itself make a business compliant, it can significantly assist in fulfilling stringent multi-regulatory rules and retention requirements. And, with the right technology, organizations can gain efficiency, improve profitability and increase productivity, all while reducing the cost of compliance.
In our presentation, we will discuss the main challenges regarding Document Management in the Maritime Industry, and we will show an Enterprise Content Management solution that sufficiently addresses these challenges via a combination of state-of-the-art technology and a document repository that supports a broad range of compliance-related regulations and standards.
End-User Computing Insights: A study of digital maturityDImension Data
Dimension Data has gained valuable insights through working with top global clients in the domain of end-user computing over the past five years.
Our report delivers these insights to your business – so you can benchmark your journey and take the next steps in end-user computing with confidence.
Keep Up with the Demands of IT Security on a Nonprofit BudgetBVU
The technical requirements facing nonprofits are challenging and complex due to budgetary constraints, and the demands for secure and reliable access to data regulators, clients, donors, and board members. We will explore different tools non-profits can leverage for better IT security practices that won't break your IT budget, including cloud based anti-virus solutions, Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems, and data backup in the cloud. Additionally, you will learn how tools built within Office 365 (available for free to qualified nonprofits from Microsoft), such as Email Encryption and Mobile Device Management, enable non-profits to operate more efficiently and securely.
As nonprofit organizations adopt cloud for basic productivity and database needs, the role of the"technology staff" must shift. Today, IT staff must engage with management and users to understand business needs and manage systems rather than hardware. We will discuss this changing role and how nonprofit leaders can prepare to successfully manage the new IT landscape, and the responsibility of managing data sources, understanding data integration and how this can affect the organization.
This paper analyzes the challenges involved with BYOD, the ways to leverage the benefits and also brings out the best practices in order to effectively utilize the BYOD trend.
Kaseya: Managing Remote IT Systems from Your Office: 5 Tips for Education IT Directors
Jared Henry, IT Director
Wills Point Independent School District
Gary Frenkel, IT Support Specialist
The Wharton School - Graduate Division
Data Movement, Management and Governance In The Cloud: DocuSign Case StudyDell World
Learn how DocuSign, a leader in digital transaction management, has scaled its IT infrastructure for growth, automated business processes and created extendable efficiencies by implementing Dell Boomi AtomSphere as its integration platform as a service. In this session, you will learn how DocuSign went from managing a host of disparate applications to automating data movement, management and governance across them, while establishing an enterprise-grade IT infrastructure—and how you can, too.
Why Should Businesses Deploy DaaS in 2021?vDesk.Works
Modern desktop as a service providers have been focusing on providing a self-service solution to businesses which allows them to gain visibility and control over their current real estate cost of PCs and workspaces. It is possible for them to provision new virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) quickly without purchasing and prepping the required hardware or software.
Next-generation Desktop and App Delivery with XenDesktop 7 and Microsoft Syst...Citrix
With the release of System Center 2012, Microsoft added a valuable new tool for Configuration Manager admins: the ability to specify how apps are delivered to specific users based on what device they are using. Join us to learn how you can deploy, manage and monitor desktop and application delivery through Excalibur and Microsoft System Center 2012. NOTE: This session will be recorded.
OCSL - Migrating to a Virtualised Modern Desktop June 2013OCSL
Webinar slides for the End User Computing Webinar on the 19th June. View these slides for an introduction to Microsoft, Citrix and VMware Technologies and how your organisation can start its transition to the Virtualised Modern Desktop.
For more details or to book a Strategy Assessment, please call OCSL on 0845 605 2100 or email marketing@ocsl.co.uk
Desktop Support is evolving from its traditional hands-on, hardware-focused, physical deskside work. With that in mind, we have to consider what's the future of desktop support. HDI's Desktop Support Advisory Board addresses this in a Roadmap that has been published & is the basis of this presentation for HDI's San Francisco Bay Area Chapter.
The Future of Desktop Support - HDI Northcoast ChapterNorthCoastHDI
From the NorthCoast chapter of HDI, here is our slideshow deck from the January 2016 meeting. Rick Lenhart, Program Manager and ITIL Expert for Pomeroy IT Solutions, put together a great presentation on the Future of Desktop Support!
Innovations in desktop virtualization: Expanding to workstation use casesDell World
Mobility and user collaboration are key enablers of productivity for organizations today. Physical workstations while powerful limit the ability of users to work anytime, anywhere and collaborate on a common data set. In this session, learn how Dell enables organizations to virtualize their workstation environment without compromising on a rich user experience or dealing with increased complexity. We’ll share how the Precision Appliance for Wyse and Wyse Datacenter for Virtual Workstations ISV-certified solutions enable organizations to rapidly and efficiently deploy a virtual workstation environment that provides greater user mobility and improved workforce collaboration while improving data security and workspace management.
This is the PowerPoint Presentation used by our Keynote Speaker, Sheri Wright, the Service Desk Manager of Steris Corporation, during our September, 2014 Local Chapter Meeting
Enabling clinicians to deliver higher quality of care, focus less on IT & more on patients. Enabling IT to deliver a higher level quality of service and gain a seat at the table.
Ship it 2015 UniSystems: Facilitating Document Management Compliance for the ...Uni Systems S.M.S.A.
Document management compliance responsibilities have become easier to cope with through the advent of more flexible technology. In fact, an effective document management system is capable of increasing business value, streamlining workflow and simplifying regulatory compliance. While a digital document management system cannot by itself make a business compliant, it can significantly assist in fulfilling stringent multi-regulatory rules and retention requirements. And, with the right technology, organizations can gain efficiency, improve profitability and increase productivity, all while reducing the cost of compliance.
In our presentation, we will discuss the main challenges regarding Document Management in the Maritime Industry, and we will show an Enterprise Content Management solution that sufficiently addresses these challenges via a combination of state-of-the-art technology and a document repository that supports a broad range of compliance-related regulations and standards.
End-User Computing Insights: A study of digital maturityDImension Data
Dimension Data has gained valuable insights through working with top global clients in the domain of end-user computing over the past five years.
Our report delivers these insights to your business – so you can benchmark your journey and take the next steps in end-user computing with confidence.
Keep Up with the Demands of IT Security on a Nonprofit BudgetBVU
The technical requirements facing nonprofits are challenging and complex due to budgetary constraints, and the demands for secure and reliable access to data regulators, clients, donors, and board members. We will explore different tools non-profits can leverage for better IT security practices that won't break your IT budget, including cloud based anti-virus solutions, Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems, and data backup in the cloud. Additionally, you will learn how tools built within Office 365 (available for free to qualified nonprofits from Microsoft), such as Email Encryption and Mobile Device Management, enable non-profits to operate more efficiently and securely.
As nonprofit organizations adopt cloud for basic productivity and database needs, the role of the"technology staff" must shift. Today, IT staff must engage with management and users to understand business needs and manage systems rather than hardware. We will discuss this changing role and how nonprofit leaders can prepare to successfully manage the new IT landscape, and the responsibility of managing data sources, understanding data integration and how this can affect the organization.
This paper analyzes the challenges involved with BYOD, the ways to leverage the benefits and also brings out the best practices in order to effectively utilize the BYOD trend.
Kaseya: Managing Remote IT Systems from Your Office: 5 Tips for Education IT Directors
Jared Henry, IT Director
Wills Point Independent School District
Gary Frenkel, IT Support Specialist
The Wharton School - Graduate Division
Data Movement, Management and Governance In The Cloud: DocuSign Case StudyDell World
Learn how DocuSign, a leader in digital transaction management, has scaled its IT infrastructure for growth, automated business processes and created extendable efficiencies by implementing Dell Boomi AtomSphere as its integration platform as a service. In this session, you will learn how DocuSign went from managing a host of disparate applications to automating data movement, management and governance across them, while establishing an enterprise-grade IT infrastructure—and how you can, too.
Why Should Businesses Deploy DaaS in 2021?vDesk.Works
Modern desktop as a service providers have been focusing on providing a self-service solution to businesses which allows them to gain visibility and control over their current real estate cost of PCs and workspaces. It is possible for them to provision new virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) quickly without purchasing and prepping the required hardware or software.
Next-generation Desktop and App Delivery with XenDesktop 7 and Microsoft Syst...Citrix
With the release of System Center 2012, Microsoft added a valuable new tool for Configuration Manager admins: the ability to specify how apps are delivered to specific users based on what device they are using. Join us to learn how you can deploy, manage and monitor desktop and application delivery through Excalibur and Microsoft System Center 2012. NOTE: This session will be recorded.
OCSL - Migrating to a Virtualised Modern Desktop June 2013OCSL
Webinar slides for the End User Computing Webinar on the 19th June. View these slides for an introduction to Microsoft, Citrix and VMware Technologies and how your organisation can start its transition to the Virtualised Modern Desktop.
For more details or to book a Strategy Assessment, please call OCSL on 0845 605 2100 or email marketing@ocsl.co.uk
Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) represents the future of enterprise desktop computing and brings with it the detachment of OSs and applications from physical endpoints—a compelling trend that promises greater flexibility, scalability, cost savings and security benefits. The movement also represents radical, and possibly painful, changes in market dynamics for providers of endpoint hardware, software and services.
Yankee Group analysts Phil Hochmuth and Zeus Kerravala dissect the future of VDI and discuss what the technology has to offer enterprises today.
Government and Education Webinar: Leveraging SolarWinds to Improve Remote Emp...SolarWinds
In this webinar, our SolarWinds sales engineer discussed how to leverage SolarWinds® to help improve remote employee support at your organization. COVID-19 concerns are changing how organizations run their business and IT operations, dramatically expanding demand for teleworking (work from home) and application access to collaborative systems (like Webex, SharePoint, Teams, etc.). This demand is creating significant challenges for IT operations and has increased the need for IT pros to keep applications, services, and infrastructures up and running—and safe.
During this interactive webinar, attendees learned how to:
Monitor VPN performance with Network Performance Monitor and analyze application traffic with NetFlow Traffic Analyzer
Monitor the performance and utilization of your WAN and VoIP solution with VoIP & Network Quality Manager
Monitor and troubleshoot the application performance of your collaboration systems such as Webex, SharePoint, and Teams with Server & Application Monitor and AppOptics™
Monitor remote end-user experience with Web Performance Monitor
Improve ticketing, asset management, and self-service with Web Help Desk®and SolarWinds Service Desk
Connect quickly and securely and communicate effectively with end users with Dameware® Remote Support
Visualize and analyze key remote support metrics in a dashboard with the Orion® Platform feature, PerfStack™
Designing End-User Experience for Workplace of the Futurestevej7699
This whitepaper highlights how enterprises can use virtualization technologies to design and deliver superior end-user experience for Workplaces of the Future.
Predicting the Future of Endpoint Management in a Mobile WorldQuest
In this on-demand webcast, you’ll get a feel for looming changes in the endpoint management landscape over the course of the next six months to five years.
Make A Stress Free Move To The Cloud: Application Modernization and Managemen...Dell World
Delivering IT services that keep the business running from day to day is always challenging. Delivering these services while simultaneously moving your IT infrastructure to the cloud can be almost impossible without the right tools and support. Attend this session to hear directly from leaders at Dell who specialize in application management and learn how Dell migration tools and services accelerate your move to the cloud while maintaining the high quality access to web and mobile services that your users demand.
Is workforce mobility presenting new technology challenges?Parallels Inc
Employees today work across an increasing number of devices and locations, needing simple, secure access to their desktop and applications.
Parallels® Remote Application Server provides centralized and secure management of your VDI infrastructure. It enables simplied, protected delivery of virtual applications and desktops to any device, anywhere.
Today, Federal IT faces some of the largest challenges seen in decades. Funding cuts, new & complex technologies and government mandates to virtualize, consolidate and move to the cloud have put even greater pressure on CIOs and IT staffs. As the government struggles with modernization and moves forward with such projects as VDI, Storage Virtualization, Data Center Consolidation and Cloud architecture; three of the most important things to consider are how to guarantee success, reduce risk and drive costs down. An emerging technology category, Infrastructure Performance Management (IPM), offers the unique ability deliver dramatic and comprehensive analysis of the physical, virtual and cloud components of any data center environment. The enterprise class data center has traditionally been one of the highest spend areas of Federal IT in addition to being highly complex, technically siloed, plagued with performance issues, and lacking true system-wide visibility.
As the leader in IPM, Virtual Instruments offers the industry's only real-time capability to uncover performance, health and utilization issues in the open systems storage environment. Failure to have real-time situational awareness can prevent mission success, increase operational risk and drive up costs. Beyond being an incredibly effective troubleshooting platform, our technology is helping 1/3 of the Fortune 100 (and several government agencies) cut IT costs by precisely identifying areas for optimization, performance tuning and cost savings. Our customers are able to stop over-spending & over-provisioning their storage environments, decrease SAN switch ports, and gain highly efficient & cost effective performance for the most mission critical applications.
Remote Work Readiness Part 1: VDI and Remote Desktop Services (RDS)Heidi Hoff
Storcom has created this series because we are seeing, just like you, a ton of emails in our inbox on the topic of virtual workspace and remote work options. We felt that it was time to put on a series that was coming from a vendor-agnostic standpoint and really was designed to provide information that you really need to make informed decisions. We hope that we can help cut through the clutter and marketing hype in this series and dig into some of the real questions you need to be asking around any of the topics we are planning to discuss in this series. These seven questions are:
1) How much customization will each employee require?
2) How many applications do my remote users need to have access to?
3) What kind of device will your end-user be utilizing?
4) What do my users need as far as performance to get their work done effectively?
5) Why not choose RDS (remote desktop services)?
6) How are you going to deal with security challenges today?
7) Which financial model do you want to use?
The Role of IT Infrastructure Services in Enabling Remote Work SuccessDevLabs Global
Devlabs provide robust solutions for secure storage, backup, and transfer of sensitive information, mitigating the risk of data breaches and ensuring compliance with regulations.
Sphere 3D presentation for Credit Suisse technology conference 2014Peter Bookman
Peter Tassiopoulos presented this at the Credit Suisse technology conference in Arizona sharing what Sphere 3D is doing, where we are going, and some of the validations we have received to date.
Ever heard that IT is constantly changing? Or that we all need to be constantly learning? Simple in theory, hard in practice even if like me that’s part of what you love about IT. What if you could hack your brain to learn faster? To understand data, situations, and people more quickly? We’ll briefly discuss some common mental models, illustrate them with IT stories, and let you know where you can learn more.
Note: there's very little text in this presentation - I presented it at South Florida VMUG Usercon for the VMUG Theater and likely will at other usercons.
Make sure to attend Varrow Madness - a one of a kind technology conference on March 20 at the Westin in Charlotte - http://madness.varrow.com for more details and to register.
Let me know on Twitter or via email (amiller @ varrow . com) if would like the file to send to people inside your organization.
Encryption in Microsoft 365 - ExpertsLive Netherlands 2024Albert Hoitingh
In this session I delve into the encryption technology used in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Purview. Including the concepts of Customer Key and Double Key Encryption.
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.
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/
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.
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.
Elevating Tactical DDD Patterns Through Object CalisthenicsDorra BARTAGUIZ
After immersing yourself in the blue book and its red counterpart, attending DDD-focused conferences, and applying tactical patterns, you're left with a crucial question: How do I ensure my design is effective? Tactical patterns within Domain-Driven Design (DDD) serve as guiding principles for creating clear and manageable domain models. However, achieving success with these patterns requires additional guidance. Interestingly, we've observed that a set of constraints initially designed for training purposes remarkably aligns with effective pattern implementation, offering a more ‘mechanical’ approach. Let's explore together how Object Calisthenics can elevate the design of your tactical DDD patterns, offering concrete help for those venturing into DDD for the first time!
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
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Add Butterfly ImageIn chaos theory, the butterfly effect is
the sensitive dependence on initial
conditions in which a small change in one
state of a deterministic nonlinear system can
result in large differences in a later state.
4. • Introduction
• FlexCast Delivery Model
• Sirius EUC Methodology
• User Workspace Assessment (UWA)
• Introduction to EUC Landscape
• Anatomy of UWA
• Summary
Agenda
5. What is driving interest?
In desktop/application virtualization technologies?
Source: Forrsights Hardware Survey, Q3 2012
14%
16%
21%
22%
23%
38%
38%
45%
48%
48%
53%
Supporting use of Apple Mac computers
Enabling employees to use their personal PCs as a primary work PC
Supporting access for tablets
Reducing PC energy consumption expenses
Improving compliance
Better security
Improving our ability to restore functionality and data after loss/crash
Providing flexible remote access
Lowering costs
Increasing manageability, including patching
Supporting employees to work from anywhere
Sample Size = 977 IT Decision Makers who are interested, planning, or adopted PC alternative
6. Infrastructure & ServicesMobile Workspace
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AppStore
Windows Desktops
Windows & Mobile Apps
Data Sync & Sharing
Collaboration & Support
Networking & Cloud Infrastructure
8. FlexCast Delivery Technology
Multiple approaches to mix and match
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Physical PCs
HDX 3D Pro-enabled
workstations or Remote
PC access technology
Streamed delivery
Virtual XenApp or
AppV app streaming
or desktop streaming
through PVS
Central Management
Image management | Application management | User data profiles | Access policies
Central Execution Local Execution
Hosted VDI
Dedicated or pooled
desktop virtual
machines
Hosted Shared
Windows Server
session-based desktop
or apps
Local Access
PCs and Laptops with
Desktop Player
(Discuss XenClient)
10. Four Concepts You Need to Know…
Desktop and App
Virtualization
vs.
Traditional Desktops
and Apps
Virtual Desktop
Infrastructure (VDI)
vs.
Remote Desktop
Services (RDS)
Centralized
vs.
Local
App Hosting
vs.
App Virtualization
11. Reduce cost
and complexity
of app and
desktop
management
High definition
user experience
enabling the
performance
end users
require
Increase
employee
productivity with
BYO &
anywhere
access
Centralized
security to
protect sensitive
information
Why do Folks use Citrix Virtualization?
12. Challenges for Business
Rewriting apps to support
mobile OS which is costly
and time consuming
• Citrix allows apps to run
on devices that otherwise
wouldn’t run
Designers & Engineers
stuck to workstations and
can’t access/share designs
remotely in real time
• Citrix keeps data safe in
the datacenter
End users bringing own
devices regardless of BYOD
policy
• Citrix keeps unmanaged
devices off of the corporate
network
Mobile Apps
Designers & Engineers
BYOD
Network connection between
headquarters and branch
office gets congested
• Citrix makes client server
apps run faster
• Better performance than
RDS.
Remote & Branch
Workers
13. Challenges for IT
Operating system upgrades,
updates & patches on
individual distributed PCs
• Citrix speeds deployment
and management of apps
• Provision at the click of a
button
Maintain large set of desktop
images to deal with complex
mix of laptop hardware
• Citrix centralizes data to
increase security, improve
performance, decrease
management.
Maintain expensive office real
estate
No flexibility to keep up with
increasing business needs
• Citrix enables remote
access
PC Refresh Corporate Laptops
Call Centers
Access and modify files locally
on external devices that don’t
adhere to corporate standards
No data security
• Citrix keeps unmanaged
devices off of the corporate
network
Contractor & Partner
Access
14. Sirius EUC Practice Overview
• Citrix Southeast Partner of the Year
• Citrix Central Partner of the Year
• Member of Technical Advisory Board
• VMware Global EUC Partner of the Year
• 2 EUC vExperts of 19 Worldwide
• 1 VCDX-DTM of 8 Worldwide (5 in VMW)
• PTAB Member
• EUC Elite Member
Sirius Computer
SolutionsSirius is a national integrator of technology-based business
solutions that span the enterprise, including the data center
and lines of business. Built on products and services from the
world’s top technology companies, Sirius solutions are
installed, configured and supported by our dedicated teams
of highly certified experts.
16. Sirius EUC Methodology
ArchitectAssess
Far too often, Information Technology initiatives fail not
due to poor technology, but due to a poor understanding
of requirements, objectives, strategy, architecture, and
workflows. Sirius begins by ensuring that these critical
elements are addressed BEFORE technology “solutions”
are implemented.
Project Path
Implement Transition
Operate
&
Optimize
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17. The EUC Landscape is a Maze
UEM?
Layering?
Enterprise Software
Deployment?
App Stores?
Monitoring?
Zero Clients?
Thin Clients?
Single Sign
On?
Application
Virtualization?
18. Sirius Computer
SolutionsSirius End-User Computing is a national integrator of
technology-based business-focused solutions for businesses
of all sizes. Built on services and products from the world’s
top technology companies, Sirius solutions are architected,
implemented, and supported by a team of the dedicated,
highly certified consultants, architects, and engineers.
Intro to User Workspace Assessment
Would You Tailor A Suit
Without Taking Your
Measurements?
The Assessment tailors the solution
to the business, not the business to
the solution.
19. Assessment Equation
•Application Inventory
•Resources Consumed
•Peripherals
•IT Current State
Analysis
Technical
Requirements
•Success Criteria
•Priorities
•User
Characterization
•User Workflows
•Operational Maturity
Business
Objectives
Use Cases
Technology Candidacy
3rd Party Tools
Operational Readiness
Workflow Improvements
Roadmap
Plan
Is Success Achievable and
Affordable?
20. Assessment Process
Data Collection
Data collection tools provide metrics and
analysis from a pure technical standpoint, such
as resource utilization, application usage, and
more.
Findings & Analysis
The assessment looks holistically at the
environment, including: Operations, User
Workflows, Infrastructure, Strategy, and
Existing Challenges.
Distribution Roadmap
All data will be analyzed and then
recommendations will be prepared on optimal
distribution methods, such as VDI, Remote
Desktop Services, Traditional Desktops, and
more.
Interviews are conducted with staff across the
organization from IT to End Users to Business
Leaders to provide context to the technical
data as well as to help define business goals
and identify areas where the business can be
enhanced with EUC solutions.
Business, functional, and technical
requirements are defined in order to determine
what the solution must provide the business,
what functions it must provide, and what
technical requirements it must meet.
The requirements defined will be compared
with product solution capabilities in order to
ensure definitive product recommendations are
reached based on the assessment inputs.
Interviews & Workshops
Requirement & Use Case Definition
Solution Matrix
21. Data Collection & Interviews
An Assessment with
ONLY Data Collection
misses the Context
behind the Metrics.
What are the priorities of the organization?
What keeps the leadership up at night?
Where does the organization want to go?
Is the organization risk averse?
Organizational Details
Are users moving between devices?
Between locations?
Do they travel to locations periodically
without Internet Connectivity?
How do users work throughout the day?
User Workflows
What is the operational maturity of the
organization?
Does the organizational structure pose
challenges that need to be designed
around?
Operations
The Answer is Data Collection + Interviews
22. Example Interview Questions
What does your average day look like?
What are the primary applications you use and
what do they do?
What types of devices do you utilize?
What challenges do you have with your desktop
that are currently impacting your productivity?
What types of peripherals do you use and how
do you use them?
How do you request new software?
Does the speed and responsiveness of your
existing desktop meet your expectations?
End-Users Does the organization have any BYOD
initiatives?
What common, reoccurring issues do users
report to IT?
Do any of the organizational applications have
specialized licensing requirements (e.g. dongle,
MAC Address, static IP)?
What challenges do you have managing
desktops and applications currently?
How many desktop images currently exist within
the environment?
Are you using Enterprise Software Distribution
(ESD) tools currently?
Information Technology
The business drivers all emanate from the following simple questions:
• Why do users need computers and applications?
• What are the key functional characteristics (capability, reliability, availability) of these computers?
• What constraints are necessary for these computers (security, manageability, mobility, cost) ?
Business Drivers
23. Findings & Analysis
Through the combination of Desktop, Application, Enterprise Mobility,
Security, and Network components of the Assessment, the organizations
will be enabled to effectively implement the solutions to fit the needs of
the business.
The Environment Must Be Looked at
Holistically
In Order to Ensure Solutions Fit
Operational Infrastructure Strategy Challenges
• Organizational Structure
• Desktop Management
• Application Management
• Desktop Support
• Training
• Server Infrastructure
• Storage Infrastructure
• Network Infrastructure
• Security
• Inventory Management
• User Assistance Tools
• Desktop Lifecycle
• Application Lifecycle
• Monitoring
• Automation
• …and lots of more.
• Application Governance
• Application Deployment
• User Mobility
• Login Times
• Citrix Performance
• File Sharing
24. Use Case & Requirement Definition
The complexity of any desktop transformation project is
based on the quantity of use cases and not necessarily the
quantity of users.
As a result, use cases are identified and characterized in order
to provide a basis on which the solutions can be architected.
Business, functional, and technical requirements define the
business goals of the solution, what the solution must do,
and how the solution must do it.
26. Distribution Roadmap & Solution Matrix
Distribution Roadmap
All data will be analyzed and then
recommendations will be prepared on optimal
distribution methods, such as VDI, Remote
Desktop Services, Traditional Desktops, and
more.
The requirements defined will be compared
with product solution capabilities in order to
ensure definitive product recommendations are
reached based on the assessment inputs.
Solution Matrix
Findings, Analysis, and Requirements directly feed the Distribution
Roadmap and Solution Matrix to Ensure Recommended Solutions
Meet the Organization’s Unique Environment
27. User Workspace Assessment Schedule
PROJECT SCHEDULE
1
3
4
2
Pre-Project Meeting, Data Collector
Deployment, Data Collection
Phase 1
Kick-Off, Interviews & Workshops
Phase 2
Data Analysis & Deliverable Creation
Phase 3
Presentation
Phase 4
28. Recommendations
ArchitectAssess
Using data formulated from the assessment, the
next steps involve architecture of the components
specified within the roadmap. The assessment
provides recommendations that are definitive, clear,
and actionable to ensure the next steps can be
accomplished.
Project Path
Implement Transition
Operate
&
Optimize
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