Berkshire Bank implemented an e-procurement system from Coupa to gain greater control over spending and drive savings. The cloud-based system allowed for a rapid implementation across 41 branches. User adoption was increased through training, championing change, and making the system easier to use than alternatives. This provided real-time visibility into 100% of indirect spending. The bank can now more easily manage vendors, contracts, and policies. They expect to save 5-20% on managed spending and reduce purchasing operating costs by automating processes.
Secrets of a Scrum Master! Agile Practices for the Service DeskITSM Academy, Inc.
Can agile concepts be applied to the service desk? Absolutely! This session describes the benefits of agile practices and provides a brief introduction to Scrum – an agile way to handle complex projects. The session focuses on specific ways that Scrum and other agile practices can be used to significantly increase the performance of service and support teams. Takeaway tips and techniques you can use to get started immediately, along with lessons learned.
Benefits of Agile Software Development for Senior ManagementDavid Updike
This is a presentation to Senior and Executive Managers which is used to explain how Agile Software Development processes and practices benefit them, their organization and their customers.
IT service management (ITSM or IT services) is a discipline for managing information technology (IT) systems, philosophically centered on the customer\'s perspective of IT\'s contribution to the business. ITSM stands in deliberate contrast to technology-centered approaches to IT management and business interaction. The following represents a characteristic statement from the ITSM literature:
Providers of IT services can no longer afford to focus on technology and their internal organization[;] they now have to consider the quality of the services they provide and focus on the relationship with customers.ITSM is process-focused and in this sense has ties and common interests with process improvement movement (e.g., TQM, Six Sigma, business process management, CMMI) frameworks and methodologies. The discipline is not concerned with the details of how to use a particular vendor\'s product, or necessarily with the technical details of the systems under management. Instead, it focuses upon providing a framework to structure IT-related activities and the interactions of IT technical personnel with business customers and users.
Lean Concepts & Agile Software MethodologiesBrad Smith
Presentation introducing the core concepts of Lean in manufacturing and an exploration of the various Agile software engineering approaches which apply these principles to increase the responsiveness of product development.
Download and reference notes for full detail.
Secrets of a Scrum Master! Agile Practices for the Service DeskITSM Academy, Inc.
Can agile concepts be applied to the service desk? Absolutely! This session describes the benefits of agile practices and provides a brief introduction to Scrum – an agile way to handle complex projects. The session focuses on specific ways that Scrum and other agile practices can be used to significantly increase the performance of service and support teams. Takeaway tips and techniques you can use to get started immediately, along with lessons learned.
Benefits of Agile Software Development for Senior ManagementDavid Updike
This is a presentation to Senior and Executive Managers which is used to explain how Agile Software Development processes and practices benefit them, their organization and their customers.
IT service management (ITSM or IT services) is a discipline for managing information technology (IT) systems, philosophically centered on the customer\'s perspective of IT\'s contribution to the business. ITSM stands in deliberate contrast to technology-centered approaches to IT management and business interaction. The following represents a characteristic statement from the ITSM literature:
Providers of IT services can no longer afford to focus on technology and their internal organization[;] they now have to consider the quality of the services they provide and focus on the relationship with customers.ITSM is process-focused and in this sense has ties and common interests with process improvement movement (e.g., TQM, Six Sigma, business process management, CMMI) frameworks and methodologies. The discipline is not concerned with the details of how to use a particular vendor\'s product, or necessarily with the technical details of the systems under management. Instead, it focuses upon providing a framework to structure IT-related activities and the interactions of IT technical personnel with business customers and users.
Lean Concepts & Agile Software MethodologiesBrad Smith
Presentation introducing the core concepts of Lean in manufacturing and an exploration of the various Agile software engineering approaches which apply these principles to increase the responsiveness of product development.
Download and reference notes for full detail.
A presentation I did for the Agile Profesionals Network (APN) Wellington branch. Even if we have a recipe the context of the situation can mean we can\’t replicate a successful dish in a different environment. The key are Principles. Know your system, know your customer and desired output. Like a good chef have practices but understand the base principles of why things work.
Value Stream Manager concept applied to Software Product DevelopmentKen Power
his is the slide deck from my talk at LESS 2012, the Lean Enterprise Software and Systems conference in Tallinn, Estonia.
http://SystemAgility.com/events
ITSM Roles in an Agile and DevOps World, an ITSM Academy WebinarITSM Academy, Inc.
Presenter: Jayne Groll, CEO, DevOps Institute (DOI)
Have you ever wondered how ITSM roles fit into an Agile and DevOps world? In this session, Jayne will answer any and all questions that you may have regarding this connection. She will discuss the opportunities for process owners, process managers and all others involved in ITSM to engage their skills, knowledge and roles in Agile and DevOps programs.
Join Jayne as she elaborates on the following:
The emerging roles within the Agile and DevOps environment
The desired skills needed
The training and certifications required for Agile Service Management and DevOps
The ideal Agile world describes dedicated Teams that implement a negotiable scope in fixed iterations to meet a moving target. The real world is usually more complex, and often requires interaction with projects and processes that have very different and “non-Agile” characteristics. This webinar describes the conduct of Agile governance for hybrid projects that contain very different types of processes. We will review the very real drivers that lead to these hybrid environments, and look at practical techniques for making hybrid projects successful.
Introduction to Recipes for Agile Governance in the Enterprise (RAGE)Cprime
Large enterprises that develop software cannot function without structure, but often develop structures that cripple productivity and impair responsiveness to customer needs. This Webinar introduces an approach to building effective structures by introducing the concept of Agile governance.
Agile governance provides formalized practices for decision making (governance) which incorporate the principles of the Agile Manifesto and Lean Engineering. The result is a set of simple recipes for selecting, planning, organizing, and tracking work at all levels in the organization (the Portfolio, Program, and Project levels), which apply within or across Business Units. We also provide guidance on how to develop new recipes, when needed.
This webinar introduces the basic concepts of Agile governance. We will look at some existing concepts (such as Scrum of Scrums and SAFe), and lay the foundations for subsequent webinars that address specific scenarios of common interest.
The Digital Age: How to get the most out of mobile devices in the legal envir...e-ternity
Learn more about:
* Marketplace statistics
* Tablet’s, Smartphones and Phablet’s. What are the best devices out there?
* Squeezing efficiencies out of powerful business mobiles devices
* Great iPad and Android apps
* How important is the data on my Mobile device?
* How do I protect my mobile device from data loss?
Putting the Pro in Process Design with Donna Knapp - an ITSM Academy WebinarITSM Academy, Inc.
Presenter: Donna Knapp, Curriculum Development Manager, ITSM Academy
Movements such as DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) are introducing new ways of working for IT organizations. For these movements to succeed, organizations must continuously improve and in some cases completely reengineer their IT Service Management ( ITSM) processes. This session takes a modern look at process design and improvement and managing the associated culture change. Take away five key lessons learned, and five proven process design tips.
Service Leadership’s 9 Guiding Principles: Keys to Successful Change, an ITSM...ITSM Academy, Inc.
Presenter: Lou Hunnebeck, co-author of the ITIL Practitioner Guidance and Principal Advisor, Fruition Partners, a DXC Technology Company
Whether planning, designing and deploying a new service or conducting ongoing continual improvement activities, ITIL has defined 9 principles to use to guide service management initiatives. In our session we will explore the nine principles and share practical examples of how service leaders can leverage them to change behaviors and drive results.
Lean Startup: It's Not Just Technology, Lives are at StakeKen Power
This is the slide deck from my keynote talk at the first Serbian ICT conference on Technology and Entrepreneurship, held Thursday November 22, 2012 in Belgrade.
For more notes, please see my corresponding Blog entry at http://systemagility.com/2012/11/22/lean-startup-and-lives/
I would love to hear your thoughts and feedback.
Refactoring the Organization Design (LESS2010)Ken Power
These are the presentation slides from a presentation I gave at the Lean Enterprise Software and Systems Conference 2010 (LESS 2010, http://less2010.leanssc.org/). The presentation is based around the paper I submitted that is published in the proceedings.
From the paper abstract:
Every organization has a design. As an organization grows, that design evolves. A decision to embrace agile and lean methods can expose weaknesses in the design. The concept of refactoring as applied to software design helps to improve the overall structure of the product or system. Principles of refactoring can also be applied to organization design. As with software design, the design of our organization can benefit from deliberate improvement efforts, but those efforts must have a purpose, and must serve the broad community of stakeholders that affect, or are affected by, the organization. Refactoring to agile and lean organizations demands that we have a shared vision of what the refactoring needs to achieve, and that we optimize the organization around the people doing the work.
A presentation I did for the Agile Profesionals Network (APN) Wellington branch. Even if we have a recipe the context of the situation can mean we can\’t replicate a successful dish in a different environment. The key are Principles. Know your system, know your customer and desired output. Like a good chef have practices but understand the base principles of why things work.
Value Stream Manager concept applied to Software Product DevelopmentKen Power
his is the slide deck from my talk at LESS 2012, the Lean Enterprise Software and Systems conference in Tallinn, Estonia.
http://SystemAgility.com/events
ITSM Roles in an Agile and DevOps World, an ITSM Academy WebinarITSM Academy, Inc.
Presenter: Jayne Groll, CEO, DevOps Institute (DOI)
Have you ever wondered how ITSM roles fit into an Agile and DevOps world? In this session, Jayne will answer any and all questions that you may have regarding this connection. She will discuss the opportunities for process owners, process managers and all others involved in ITSM to engage their skills, knowledge and roles in Agile and DevOps programs.
Join Jayne as she elaborates on the following:
The emerging roles within the Agile and DevOps environment
The desired skills needed
The training and certifications required for Agile Service Management and DevOps
The ideal Agile world describes dedicated Teams that implement a negotiable scope in fixed iterations to meet a moving target. The real world is usually more complex, and often requires interaction with projects and processes that have very different and “non-Agile” characteristics. This webinar describes the conduct of Agile governance for hybrid projects that contain very different types of processes. We will review the very real drivers that lead to these hybrid environments, and look at practical techniques for making hybrid projects successful.
Introduction to Recipes for Agile Governance in the Enterprise (RAGE)Cprime
Large enterprises that develop software cannot function without structure, but often develop structures that cripple productivity and impair responsiveness to customer needs. This Webinar introduces an approach to building effective structures by introducing the concept of Agile governance.
Agile governance provides formalized practices for decision making (governance) which incorporate the principles of the Agile Manifesto and Lean Engineering. The result is a set of simple recipes for selecting, planning, organizing, and tracking work at all levels in the organization (the Portfolio, Program, and Project levels), which apply within or across Business Units. We also provide guidance on how to develop new recipes, when needed.
This webinar introduces the basic concepts of Agile governance. We will look at some existing concepts (such as Scrum of Scrums and SAFe), and lay the foundations for subsequent webinars that address specific scenarios of common interest.
The Digital Age: How to get the most out of mobile devices in the legal envir...e-ternity
Learn more about:
* Marketplace statistics
* Tablet’s, Smartphones and Phablet’s. What are the best devices out there?
* Squeezing efficiencies out of powerful business mobiles devices
* Great iPad and Android apps
* How important is the data on my Mobile device?
* How do I protect my mobile device from data loss?
Putting the Pro in Process Design with Donna Knapp - an ITSM Academy WebinarITSM Academy, Inc.
Presenter: Donna Knapp, Curriculum Development Manager, ITSM Academy
Movements such as DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) are introducing new ways of working for IT organizations. For these movements to succeed, organizations must continuously improve and in some cases completely reengineer their IT Service Management ( ITSM) processes. This session takes a modern look at process design and improvement and managing the associated culture change. Take away five key lessons learned, and five proven process design tips.
Service Leadership’s 9 Guiding Principles: Keys to Successful Change, an ITSM...ITSM Academy, Inc.
Presenter: Lou Hunnebeck, co-author of the ITIL Practitioner Guidance and Principal Advisor, Fruition Partners, a DXC Technology Company
Whether planning, designing and deploying a new service or conducting ongoing continual improvement activities, ITIL has defined 9 principles to use to guide service management initiatives. In our session we will explore the nine principles and share practical examples of how service leaders can leverage them to change behaviors and drive results.
Lean Startup: It's Not Just Technology, Lives are at StakeKen Power
This is the slide deck from my keynote talk at the first Serbian ICT conference on Technology and Entrepreneurship, held Thursday November 22, 2012 in Belgrade.
For more notes, please see my corresponding Blog entry at http://systemagility.com/2012/11/22/lean-startup-and-lives/
I would love to hear your thoughts and feedback.
Refactoring the Organization Design (LESS2010)Ken Power
These are the presentation slides from a presentation I gave at the Lean Enterprise Software and Systems Conference 2010 (LESS 2010, http://less2010.leanssc.org/). The presentation is based around the paper I submitted that is published in the proceedings.
From the paper abstract:
Every organization has a design. As an organization grows, that design evolves. A decision to embrace agile and lean methods can expose weaknesses in the design. The concept of refactoring as applied to software design helps to improve the overall structure of the product or system. Principles of refactoring can also be applied to organization design. As with software design, the design of our organization can benefit from deliberate improvement efforts, but those efforts must have a purpose, and must serve the broad community of stakeholders that affect, or are affected by, the organization. Refactoring to agile and lean organizations demands that we have a shared vision of what the refactoring needs to achieve, and that we optimize the organization around the people doing the work.
How Coupa Contracts Can Increase ComplianceCoupa Software
Coupa Contracts provides powerful tools for better compliance and insights into spend. See demonstrations and learn how to manage punchout sites, tiered pricing, blanket POs, content restricted to certain groups, and more.
Want a detailed use case? Ask us: http://www.coupa.com/contact-us/
Coupa Savings-as-a-Service for Healthcare Coupa Software
Today’s healthcare environment is marked by constant change and uncertainty. Join us to hear from customers who are leveraging Coupa to drive profitability and success in the dynamic healthcare industry. Want a detailed use case? Ask us: http://www.coupa.com/contact-us/
Webinar: Gartner Predicts New Challenges of SAP Change ManagementPanaya
What challenges do you face when managing change in your SAP ERP system? What can you do to overcome them? Listen to Dr. Derek Prior, Research Director at leading analyst firm Gartner, explore changing trends in the SAP market and solutions to the ever-increasing challenges faced by SAP shops today.
Dr. Derek Prior’s presentation will focus on challenges related to change management and testing, including:
* SAP market trends & the change management challenges of the future
* The need for Impact Analysis & “Best of Breed” tools
* Analytics driven and cloud-based SAP testing
* The evolving role of business key users
Coupa can integrate with any application in your enterprise, making it possible to automate and streamline business processes across the organization. Get a good look at our integration technology and APIs, and learn from customers who've used them to build integrations successfully.
Sourcing doesn't have to be a big, complicated process that only trained professionals can manage. Learn how anyone who purchases goods and services can run Coupa Sourcing events to get better deals. Plus see how the sourcing results can be seamlessly converted into contracts and POs to capture those savings.
According to the Hackett Group, vendor fees are the #1 obstacle to enabling e-Invoicing. We agree. That's why Coupa doesn't charge your suppliers any fees. In this presentation, we discuss just how Coupa is helping customers be successful with supplier enablement.
Procurement to the People - Coupa Bourne Leisure WebcastCoupa Software
Bourne's business drivers and challenges
Their strategy for getting board approval
How they persuaded skeptical users
Why suppliers came on board
Results - including a higher profile for procurement!
Butch Landingin, CTO of Orange & Bronze Software Labs, talks about the Agile Methodology for the Philippine Software Industry Association's Enablement Seminar on April 27 at the AIM.
About O&B:
Orange & Bronze is an offshore product and software development firm in the Philippines, is one of the first companies in Asia to use and advocate Agile Software Development, and has been using it since our inception in 2005, back when Agile was still an emerging movement. O&B offers training courses for Agile with Scrum and XP - these classes were developed and are taught by some of the Philippines' well-known and respected Agile / Scrum coaches and practitioners, and uses the format trusted by some of the best companies in the Philippines.
Governance and the Social Enterprise
James Hindes, The Standard, Director of Enterprise CRM
Lou Fox, Blue Wolf Group, CTO
James Burns, Salesforce.com, Director - Platform
Agenda
Introductions
A Strategic Governance Framework for the Salesforce Platform
The Standard’s Journey to Cloud Governance
Q&A
James Burns
Company – Salesforce.com
Role - Director – Platform Community Solution Advisors
Salesforce experience - 18 months
30 years Enterprise Architecture and design
Strategic Governance Framework
The Standard’s Journey to Cloud Governance
James Hindes – Director Enterprise CRM
Lou Fox – CTO, Blue Wolfe
James Burns
Director – Platform
Community Solution Advisors
http://uk.linkedin.com/in/burnsjames
CoE Drives Strategic Alignment and Ensures Value
Change Control
Basically to manage successful projects its needs 3 key ingredients:
The correct Processes for the job at hand.
The correct people.
The use of the correct techniques for the job at hand.
Traditional via Cloud
Over the years many great IT projects have delivered successfully.
With Cloud we can build on these processes and techniques.
No need to reinvent them.
The Single Org vs Multi Org Dilemma
Decision Process Methodology
Business Considerations
Solution speed to market
Flexibility and adaptability
Frequency of change
Predictability of delivery
Regional, global user base
Commonality of business process across the company
Collaboration use cases
Cross-application access across Salesforce applications to backend systems eg SAP
Technical Considerations
Data security level
Sharing of data across Salesforce applications
Record level access rights
User profiles
Business reporting requirements
Salesforce Org level security and system administration complexity
Common functionality between applications
Do the applications need to share data
Coding Standards
Strategic Governance Framework
Salesforce Platform: Governance and the Social EnterpriseJames Hindes
The road to the Social Enterpise is transformative, but IT departments need to ensure a smooth transition. Join us to learn first hand from customers who have made the journey, how they defined and managed the change with a well crafted governance strategy.
Business Case for Agile - Time for ROI CheckTathagat Varma
When we talk of agility, we often refer to number of user stories or story points delivered, or burn down charts or velocity, etc. I call them 'lower-order agility' and howsomuch interesting they are, they make no sense to the 'higher-order agility' at business level. Why is that outrageous claims of performance, productivity and quality improvements at lower-order agility don't translate to commensurate higher-order agility? In this talk, I explore some of these issues. I also propose some ideas on how the whole notion of portfolio planning should be seen in the context of higher-order agility.
I delivered this talk on 19 July 2012 at the launch of Agile Leadership Network, Bangalore chapter, hosed by Valtech at their office.
Managing one or two unique machines in an ad-hoc manner is not a story that many people talk about nowadays. Today, small teams need to manage hundreds or thousands of nodes, serving a myriad of purposes, running any number of critical Dev and Ops workloads. And they have to do it in a way that still leaves time for unplanned and strategic work.
Learn how HP ties DevOps automation, monitoring information and ChatOps collaboration together to eliminate manual, error-prone work and keep critical services running
Presentation used at the CollabNet Dallas CI/CD/DevOps highly practical and interactive workshop which was designed to address specific challenges, opportunities and specific recommendations on how to scale CI, CD and DevOps across the enterprise to support decision making.
Coupa Crank Up the savings roadshow presentation. See how your company can save by using innovative on demand spend management software. Presentation from analyst Jason Busch
Software Outsourcing: Outsource Your Project or Build a TeamSoftheme
This presentation is about two different models of outsourcing - project-based and team-based outsourcing. Read through this presentation material to learn more how to successfully select a proper IT Outsourcing Model for your business.
The idea behind DevOps is to demolish the wall between development and operations, and encourage more collaboration and accountability between both groups so that everyone feels responsible for the code no matter where it is in the software development lifecycle. For better understanding of DevOps, we have answered the 5Ws of DevOps.
Similar to How to build an E-procurement Machine - Concept to-control (20)
With all Coupa customers in one true cloud, running on a single line of code, we can all benefit from the 'collective' - the power of the Coupa community. From aggregate performance benchmarks to group purchasing discounts (Coupa Advantage), this session will address how you can leverage that power from Day One on the Coupa platform. We call this "Spend it Forward"!
Unified Spend Visibility and Control with Expenses that Employees LoveCoupa Software
Tear down the expense management silo. Learn how Coupa Expenses works with the Coupa suite to enable a comprehensive spend strategy that goes far beyond approving and paying back expense reports. See how to get real integrated spend data, set up specific policies and optimize all of your spend - while giving your employees innovative capabilities for automated creation of accurate reports. Looking for a detailed use case? Ask us: http://www.coupa.com/contact-us/
Your procurement system must make it quick and easy for all your employees to get the goods, services and information they need to do their jobs - while ensuring use of preferred suppliers and compliance to policies. Without user adoption, you can't capture and optimize spend, and you cannot succeed. Find out how and why Coupa puts users first in procurement design and deployment. Looking for a detailed use case? Ask us: http://www.coupa.com/contact-us/
Managing Growth: Scaling Financial Processes and Spend Management with Coupa Coupa Software
Growth is great but it also stresses internal resources and processes. Learn from fast-growing Coupa customers how they have used Coupa to maintain controls, increase efficiency and drive compliance, while expanding their businesses and managing ever-increasing transactional volumes. Need a detailed use case? Send us a request: http://www.coupa.com/contact-us/
Invoicing Innovation - Taking Accounts Payable to the Next Level Coupa Software
Increase efficiency, accuracy and compliance to drive costs out of your AP processes. This session will demonstrate Coupa Invoicing and explain how you can automate existing processes, manage by exception, and move from paper-based to touchless invoicing.
Want a detailed use case? Ask us: http://www.coupa.com/contact-us/
Onboarding new suppliers can be a challenge. Join this session for best practices to rapidly enable suppliers and begin transacting with them. You'll walk away with lots of advice and proven processes from Coupa experts and customers. Want a detailed use case? Ask us: http://www.coupa.com/contact-us
Eliminate Redundant Spend and Increase Savings with Coupa Inventory Coupa Software
Coupa Inventory provides real-time visibility into stock on hand while ordering, eliminating redundant spend and reducing waste. Learn how you can better leverage existing inventory, whether it's across supply closets, stock rooms or manufacturing warehouses.
With its true cloud architecture and flexible configuration capabilities, Coupa is a natural for technology firms dealing with growth and change. High tech also spends heavily on services and Coupa shines there as well. Listen as Coupa customers explain how they use Coupa to meet the requirements of high tech and their high volume of services spend.
Coupa Analytics: Actionable Insights to Optimize Your Spend Coupa Software
In this session, you'll learn how Coupa Analytics provides accurate, actionable and accessible insights in real-time that allow executive and business owners to track toward goals and make more informed decisions. Want a detailed use case? Ask us: http://www.coupa.com/contact-us/
Business Agility: Leveraging the Power of Coupa ConfigurationCoupa Software
Need to adjust Coupa to adapt to changing business requirements? In this session, you'll see how Coupa's rules, workflows and custom fields can by managed by the business owner via drag and drop configuration. Learn how to meet your business needs without relying on IT or consultants.
Want a detailed use case? Ask us: http://www.coupa.com/contact-us/
In his public lecture, Christian Timmerer provides insights into the fascinating history of video streaming, starting from its humble beginnings before YouTube to the groundbreaking technologies that now dominate platforms like Netflix and ORF ON. Timmerer also presents provocative contributions of his own that have significantly influenced the industry. He concludes by looking at future challenges and invites the audience to join in a discussion.
Pushing the limits of ePRTC: 100ns holdover for 100 daysAdtran
At WSTS 2024, Alon Stern explored the topic of parametric holdover and explained how recent research findings can be implemented in real-world PNT networks to achieve 100 nanoseconds of accuracy for up to 100 days.
GridMate - End to end testing is a critical piece to ensure quality and avoid...ThomasParaiso2
End to end testing is a critical piece to ensure quality and avoid regressions. In this session, we share our journey building an E2E testing pipeline for GridMate components (LWC and Aura) using Cypress, JSForce, FakerJS…
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/
GraphSummit Singapore | The Future of Agility: Supercharging Digital Transfor...Neo4j
Leonard Jayamohan, Partner & Generative AI Lead, Deloitte
This keynote will reveal how Deloitte leverages Neo4j’s graph power for groundbreaking digital twin solutions, achieving a staggering 100x performance boost. Discover the essential role knowledge graphs play in successful generative AI implementations. Plus, get an exclusive look at an innovative Neo4j + Generative AI solution Deloitte is developing in-house.
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.
Essentials of Automations: The Art of Triggers and Actions in FMESafe Software
In this second installment of our Essentials of Automations webinar series, we’ll explore the landscape of triggers and actions, guiding you through the nuances of authoring and adapting workspaces for seamless automations. Gain an understanding of the full spectrum of triggers and actions available in FME, empowering you to enhance your workspaces for efficient automation.
We’ll kick things off by showcasing the most commonly used event-based triggers, introducing you to various automation workflows like manual triggers, schedules, directory watchers, and more. Plus, see how these elements play out in real scenarios.
Whether you’re tweaking your current setup or building from the ground up, this session will arm you with the tools and insights needed to transform your FME usage into a powerhouse of productivity. Join us to discover effective strategies that simplify complex processes, enhancing your productivity and transforming your data management practices with FME. Let’s turn complexity into clarity and make your workspaces work wonders!
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.
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.
Climate Impact of Software Testing at Nordic Testing DaysKari Kakkonen
My slides at Nordic Testing Days 6.6.2024
Climate impact / sustainability of software testing discussed on the talk. ICT and testing must carry their part of global responsibility to help with the climat warming. We can minimize the carbon footprint but we can also have a carbon handprint, a positive impact on the climate. Quality characteristics can be added with sustainability, and then measured continuously. Test environments can be used less, and in smaller scale and on demand. Test techniques can be used in optimizing or minimizing number of tests. Test automation can be used to speed up testing.
Communications Mining Series - Zero to Hero - Session 1DianaGray10
This session provides introduction to UiPath Communication Mining, importance and platform overview. You will acquire a good understand of the phases in Communication Mining as we go over the platform with you. Topics covered:
• Communication Mining Overview
• Why is it important?
• How can it help today’s business and the benefits
• Phases in Communication Mining
• Demo on Platform overview
• Q/A
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.
GraphSummit Singapore | The Art of the Possible with Graph - Q2 2024Neo4j
Neha Bajwa, Vice President of Product Marketing, Neo4j
Join us as we explore breakthrough innovations enabled by interconnected data and AI. Discover firsthand how organizations use relationships in data to uncover contextual insights and solve our most pressing challenges – from optimizing supply chains, detecting fraud, and improving customer experiences to accelerating drug discoveries.
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How to build an E-procurement Machine - Concept to-control
1. Concept to Control
How Berkshire Bank built an e-procurement machine that
put their savings initiatives into overdrive
2. Today’s Session
IMPACT
CONCEPT PLAN IMPLEMENT ADOPT CONTROL
TIME
3. Who We Are
Dee Harnish Rob Bernshteyn
Purchasing CEO
4. About Us
Leader in Cloud Spend Management enterprise applications
Empowering organizations to:
Spend Less: Reduce maverick spending by ~33%
Pay Less: Lower average order costs by ~25%
Reduce Cycle Time: Reduce time to get goods by ~30%
Reduce Operating Costs: Reduce time spent on purchasing / auditing by ~20%
Improve Spend Predictability: Increase spend under management by ~20%
Total Customers: 160+ around the world
Platform Spend: Billions of Dollars with over 35,000 suppliers
Pure Cloud Platform: 99.999% uptime
5. About Us
$2.7 billion in assets
Integrated insurance and wealth management ($650 million AUM)
New England asset based lending group
Largest local regional bank
46 Financial Centers in Western MA, Eastern NY, and Southern VT
A leader in philanthropy and community involvement and leadership
by providing over $12 million in funding
Committed to the RIGHT core values: Respect, Integrity, Guts,
Having Fun and Teamwork
Constantly developing fresh new approaches to our customer
service experience
6. Concept
To increase procurement
efficiency and spend
control.
7. Develop the Concept
Accessible
• 41 branches
• Consistent
process, suppliers
Accurate Innovative
• Real-time data Efficiency • Easy to implement
and maintain
& Control
• Immediate action
• Compliance and • Would be adopted
audit tracking by users
Automated
• Eliminate manual
processing
• Ensure proper
review, approval
8. Roundtable Discussion – Conceptualize the Goal
What ideas and concepts
are you considering
achieve efficiency and
control?
What challenges have
you faced in developing
your concept? How are you working
around these challenges
to get your concept off
the ground?
10. Putting A Plan in Place
Get stakeholders involved, they will be more accepting of
change and will help make it happen
Start a steering committee
Include stakeholders from all areas
11. Putting A Plan in Place
Understand user needs and identify requirements
Vendor and contract management
Policies and procedures
Compliance and auditing
Reporting and budgeting
Collaborate with end users
What is working with the existing process? What isn’t? How do they use
process / solution in day-to-day job?
Prioritize feedback based on impact
Aggregate and identify trends
Pick out a subset of things to tackle – doing it all is impossible and
unnecessary
12. Putting A Plan in Place
Conduct a vendor due diligence
Submit an RFP, get a demo
Create a “short list”
Trial solution, test and push boundaries
Let end users have a go
Select the vendor that meets your requirements
Coupa Cloud Spend Management
e-procurement “lite” enterprise e-procurement
Basic P2P functionality Advanced features, complex capabilities
On-demand On-premise
13. Roundtable Discussion – The Plan
How are you making your
concepts a reality?
What part of the
planning process is most
challenging? How are you engaging
stakeholders in the
planning process?
17. Innovation in the Cloud
Traditional Dev Model Cloud Dev Model
1.Lengthy Independent Upgrades 1.Quick and Simple Upgrades
VS
18. Innovation in the Cloud
Traditional Dev Model Cloud Dev Model
1.Lengthy Independent Upgrades 1.Quick and Simple Upgrades
2.Difficult Independent Implementations 2.Rapid Implementation
VS
19. Innovation in the Cloud
Traditional Dev Model Cloud Dev Model
1.Lengthy Independent Upgrades 1.Quick and Simple Upgrades
2.Difficult Independent Implementations 2.Rapid Implementation
3.Multiple Code Bases 3.One Optimized Code Base
VS Cloud Platform
20. Innovation in the Cloud
Traditional Dev Model Cloud Dev Model
1.Lengthy Independent Upgrades 1.Quick and Simple Upgrades
2.Difficult Independent Implementations 2.Rapid Implementation
3.Multiple Code Bases 3.One Optimized Code Base
VS Cloud Platform
Non-viable long-term business model Sustainable Business Model
21. The Cloud is the Most Cost Effective
• IT Support
•Maintenance
•Upgrade
•Professional
Services
• IT Support • IT Support
•Maintenance •Maintenance
•Professional •Professional
Services Services
•Implementation • Implementation • Implementation •
•Hardware •Hardware •Hardware
•Database / •Database / •Database /
Middleware Middleware • Middleware •
•Software Fee •Software Fee
•Software Fees • • •
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
22. Roundtable Discussion - Implementation
How quickly can change
happen at your
organization?
What are the typical
bottle necks
encountered?
How do you work around
those to get things done?
23. Adoption
You can’t control what is not
visible.
24. Users Drive Spend Visibility & Control
If it’s not in the system, it’s not controllable
Drive user adoption
Make it easier than any alternative
Include stakeholders in planning to develop buy in
Continuously train and educate
Champion change, lead by example
25. Roundtable Discussion - Adoption
Do you know how much
of your spend is under
management?
How do you drive users
to adopt processes and
systems? What are some of the
ways you have
championed change in
your organization?
27. Gain Spend Visibility and Control
100% of indirect spend – purchasing and expenses – visible
and under control
Infrastructure to manage, report and control spend
Reduce admin burden through automation / integration
with AP / GL systems
Historical audit trails to standardize and enhance policies
Greater negotiation power and adherence to preferred
vendor contracts
28. An Action Plan for Savings
Increase control over company spending
Review and approve immediately via email
Enable strategic purchasing initiative to lower costs
Make the shift from damage control to spend control
Control maverick Spending
Save 5% - 20% on every dollar under management in
the system
Spend 25% less on total purchasing activities
29. Roundtable Discussion – Spend Control
How do you get spend
information?
What enables you to take
action to stop waste?
How are you delivering
savings to your
organization?
30. Your Ideas CAN Become a Reality!
IMPACT
CONCEPT PLAN IMPLEMENT ADOPT CONTROL
TIME
31. THANK YOU
Dee Harnish Rob Bernshteyn
Purchasing CEO
dharnish@berkshirebank.com rob.berhshteyn@coupa.com
Editor's Notes
Rob to open / introduce: Thank you for joining us and welcome to today’s roundtable session. Today, we’re going to talk about how as procurement professionals, we can work to optimize two very important variable. These variables are TIME and IMPACT. Of course it goes without question that all of us are constrained by TIME, and updoubtedly we want to make the greatest IMPACT possible at our organizations when it comes to optimizing PROCUREMENT and SPEND MANAGEMENT processes, but how do we do that? So, we’re going to take it STEP by STEP and we’ll discuss how to go from CONCEPT formulation thru….all way to optimized spend CONTROL….
I’m Rob Bernshteyn, CEO of Coupa Software and I will be leading today’s roundtable discussion. I’m very lucky to have with me Dee Harnish of Berkshire Bank. Dee joined Berkshire Bank to build their purchasing department. She is leading some very exciting efforts to completely transform the procurement function there and today we will discuss some of her experiences, as well as some of the things all of you are experiencing as heads of procurement in your organizations.
But first, let me take a moment to tell you about the company, I have the privleage of running. Coupa is the….We Empower organizations to…
Now let me turn it over to Dee to tell us about Berkshire Bank and kick us off…
Dee to present:At Berkshire Bank, our concept was simple enough – to increase procurement efficiency and spend control. We made it our mission to: capture and analyze all of the Bank’s spend in a single database, control costs, improve performance, reduce procurement processing time, gain spend visibility, enforce policies, reduce paper and manage risks.But just saying “increase efficiency and control” is not enough to really move the project forward.
Dee to present:So we developed the concept more. We thought about how we would want and need to control spend and came up with 4 areas that would solidify our concept a bit more so we could start developing an actionable plan. We knew that to get spend under control we needed to have something in place that was:Accessible: All branches and departments must be able to access and must leverage the same processes for efficiency and compliance, as well as the same suppliers in order to take advantage of negotiated prices and volume discountsInnovative: We knew we wanted something that was SaaS, cloud based since it is easier to implement and maintain (no hardware or software to buy), and we wanted to make sure the experience was something that users would already have some familiarity with (i.e. online shopping) in order to accelerate user adoptionsAutomated: This was key. We already had an archaic, manual process in place that we really wanted to move away from, so whatever we did it need to eliminate those paper based pains and ensure that all spend received the proper review and approval before anything is purchasedAccurate: Having access to real-time data and being able to take immediate action to eliminate wasteful spend would also be important to help budget owners really make sure they stay on track and within spend targets.
So, now lets take a moment to hear from you.Have any of you been challenged with clearly articulating and getting buy-in on conceptual goals for a procurement initiative, and how did you over come that?Great, well challenges and all once the goals are set any level, making them a reality is another story.Lets talk about the next step..
Dee to take over presentation:We knew it was essential to develop a plan if our concept had any shot at becoming reality, so we did three things to make that happen.
Dee presents:The first thing we did was created a steering committee that would be responsible for developing a plan that meets the needs and requirements of the organization as well as the end users. We wanted to ensure that anyone who would be impacted by the system would have their opinions heard and concerns addressed. Our steering committee consisted of representatives from various branches, IT, facilities and AP.
Dee presents: Once we had our steering committee assembled, they set out to start understanding user needs and put together a list of requirements. The steering committee made a point to not operate in a vacuum, they collaborate with users across the organization to get feedback on what’s working, what isn’t, how purchasing is a part of their day-to-day worlds. It was very interesting what we discovered…Armed with an aggregated list of needs and requirements, the steering committee then set out to prioritize the list so we could focus our efforts on the 80% that will make a real impact to the purchasing process.
Dee presents: When we had our requirements list together, we started our vendor evaluation process. We really took a hard look at a wide range of solutions, from your basic P2P systems to your more complex, full integrated spend management solutions. We looked at on-demand and on-premise solutions. Once our initial evaluation was complete, we then created a short list of 3 that included SpendMap, Ariba and Coupa. After we further vetted out the solutions, gave them a try in our environment and let users weigh in on their experiences, we selected Coupa Cloud Spend Management, which is delivered on-demand, in the cloud and provided a robust set of P2P functionality, workflow automation, dashboards and benchmarks and other innovations like expense management we hadn’t initially thought of, but will add even more value to what we are trying to accomplish.
So, what about the planning process, what challenges have folks had in this area, and how have you overcome them.Not stiking the right balance between functional requirements (feature requirement speed and usability) that has plagued this space?So, of course planning is great but putting that plan into action is something else…
Dee presents:Based on our understanding of user and business requirements and with a solid plan in place, we were in a place to start executing against our plan and implementing our new procurement systems and processes.
Dee to present:This is currently where we are at in the concept-to-control continuum. We started our implementation process in March and will be finished by October – at the latest. Unlike many other implementations of this size – remember we are rolling out to 46 different locations – it has only taken months for us to get something ready for prime-time. That’s because we chose a cloud-based solution that required very little from us to get started.
Rob to present on why companies should consider the cloud:A lot of you might not be really familiar with the cloud, so I wanted to take a few minutes to just provide a high level overview of what a cloud-based solution really is. There are a lot of options out there, but the road to success leads to the clouds…
Rob to present on why companies should consider the cloud:
Rob to present on why companies should consider the cloud:
Rob to present on why companies should consider the cloud:
Rob to present on why companies should consider the cloud:
Rob to present on why companies should consider the cloud:
So, lets talk a little bit about Implementation. What are some of the challenges, you’ve faced and how have you been able to overcome them?
Dee to present: We know in order to make this successful and really get the kind of control we need, we must get users to adopt the new systems and processes. If they do not, their purchases and spend remain outside of the system in come in after the fact on an expense report or unexpected invoice removing the ability to control spend before it happens.
Dee to present:We really felt in order to drive user adoption we needed to get them involved every step of the way. So from our initial steering committee to implementation, our users have been a big part of making this happen. We are ensuring they all get trained and able to really get a feel for the system. As we go through our phased roll out, we are able to take the lessons learned from one department and are able to applies those to the next, ensuring that with each step we are getting better and having a bigger impact. And executive management has been very support in getting people on board with the change.
Rob to lead roundtable discussion and provide Coupa point of view on driving user adoption:User adoption is difficult to drive – and more often than not people will resist change. But by implementing an easy-to-use system with a familiar Web 2.0 interface that users inherently know how to use, you are able to really drive adoption, people will actually want to use the system…Roundtable seed questions:Do you know how much of your spend is under management?How do you drive users to adopt processes and systems?What are some of the ways you have championed change in your organization?Your concept has become a reality, you have everything in place and users are actually using the system, now let’s explore how you use this to gain control of spend.
Dee to present:We are really excited to get to this final stage. Once we are able to get the system completely rolled out and users actively using it, we will be able to really gain control of spend and being able to take real-time action to deliver savings.
Dee to present:Our ambition is bigger than just getting control over purchasing spend. We want to get 100% of indirect spend under control. That include procurement and T&E expenses. Having a centralized platform to do both will enable us to have a complete view of spend across the entire organization and take action accordingly to drive savings…[Dee to provide more detail on how they plan to utilize system reports and benchmarks to control spend]
From a show of hands, how many of you have 100% of spend in all categories under management? Very difficult to do, but do-able. Coupa customers are now averaging just over 88% of spend under management from our own internal analysis. We still have a ways to go in helping our customer, but we’re certainly making a dent in this.
So, back to our opening slide. Time is limited. Impact maximization is key.Nail the concept and socialize it and move rapidly through planning, implementation, adoption and finally control by marrying best in class cloud based technologies and business process support that gets the job done.Develop your concept from an idea to something more tangibleCreate a plan that meets organization and user needsLeverage innovation to drive quick, cost-effective, and efficient implementationDrive user adoption to really get all spend under managementUtilize real-time data, alerts and action to control spend and deliver savings
Thank you very much. If there are any questions, we’re happy to take them.