This document discusses ways for businesses to cut costs associated with postal communications. It outlines several options including using alternative postal providers through downstream access which can undercut Royal Mail's prices, using private exchange networks, outsourcing mail production through hybrid mail services, and substituting electronic communication when possible. It also explains how businesses can save money by using Royal Mail's franking services, as the cost of metered mail has increased less than stamps in recent years and first class metered mail now costs less than second class stamps. The document provides information on the changing postal market and recommendations for adapting mailing practices to take advantage of new cost-saving opportunities.
Saving on Postal Communications White PaperNeopost UK
This white paper from www.neopost.co.uk highlights how schools and universities can take advantage of developments in postal products and services to cut costs, improve productivity and manage mail processes more effectively.
1) The document analyzes competition between an incumbent telecommunications network and a new entrant network.
2) The networks can charge different prices for on-network calls versus off-network calls, creating price-mediated network effects that favor the larger network.
3) The analysis shows that the incumbent can foreclose competition from the entrant and maintain its monopoly by setting access charges above cost, even when charges are reciprocal, if it benefits from customer inertia on its network.
The document discusses how Royal Mail can help charities through direct mail, door-to-door delivery, and digital marketing services. It outlines Royal Mail's data and targeting capabilities to help non-profits acquire new donors, increase donations from existing supporters, and reduce costs. The document also introduces Royal Mail's Sustainable Mail program which offers lower postal rates for charities that meet environmental standards for their mailings.
This document discusses mobile call termination, which refers to a mobile network completing calls made to its subscribers. It analyzes fixed-to-mobile (FTM) termination and mobile-to-mobile (MTM) termination separately and presents a framework to integrate the two. For FTM, the network faces a monopoly problem as it is the sole provider of terminating access to its subscribers. For MTM, networks can jointly set low termination charges to soften competition for subscribers. However, the document finds that with wholesale arbitrage and a uniform termination charge for both FTM and MTM, networks' incentives lie between monopoly and efficient levels, reducing but not eliminating the need for regulation.
The document is an email benchmarking report for the second half of 2010. Some key findings include:
- Email volumes grew 35% in the second half of 2010, reaching a new high of nearly 102 million emails sent on average per ESP in December 2010.
- Seasonality, particularly around the winter holidays, was cited as the primary driver of increased email volumes.
- The majority of email marketers either kept their email budgets the same as in 2009 or increased spending by up to 20% for the December 2010 period compared to December 2009.
- ESPs expressed confidence that their business volumes will continue to increase in 2011, focusing on basic email deployment and analytics services.
This guide from www.neopost.co.uk shows how to prepare Franked mail and cash-in on savings up to 38% with your postal communications. Additionally franked mail also offers productivity and security benefits as well.
Direct mail safrg south workshop feb. 2011anuptiwari
The document discusses direct mail fundraising strategies. It provides tips for writing effective direct mail letters, including telling compelling stories with a clear call to action. Direct mail has been used for fundraising for over 800 years and while it faces some criticism, it can still effectively acquire new donors when done properly. The summary highlights the longevity of direct mail fundraising, tips for writing impactful letters, and that direct mail can be an effective donor acquisition strategy.
Saving on Postal Communications White PaperNeopost UK
This white paper from www.neopost.co.uk highlights how schools and universities can take advantage of developments in postal products and services to cut costs, improve productivity and manage mail processes more effectively.
1) The document analyzes competition between an incumbent telecommunications network and a new entrant network.
2) The networks can charge different prices for on-network calls versus off-network calls, creating price-mediated network effects that favor the larger network.
3) The analysis shows that the incumbent can foreclose competition from the entrant and maintain its monopoly by setting access charges above cost, even when charges are reciprocal, if it benefits from customer inertia on its network.
The document discusses how Royal Mail can help charities through direct mail, door-to-door delivery, and digital marketing services. It outlines Royal Mail's data and targeting capabilities to help non-profits acquire new donors, increase donations from existing supporters, and reduce costs. The document also introduces Royal Mail's Sustainable Mail program which offers lower postal rates for charities that meet environmental standards for their mailings.
This document discusses mobile call termination, which refers to a mobile network completing calls made to its subscribers. It analyzes fixed-to-mobile (FTM) termination and mobile-to-mobile (MTM) termination separately and presents a framework to integrate the two. For FTM, the network faces a monopoly problem as it is the sole provider of terminating access to its subscribers. For MTM, networks can jointly set low termination charges to soften competition for subscribers. However, the document finds that with wholesale arbitrage and a uniform termination charge for both FTM and MTM, networks' incentives lie between monopoly and efficient levels, reducing but not eliminating the need for regulation.
The document is an email benchmarking report for the second half of 2010. Some key findings include:
- Email volumes grew 35% in the second half of 2010, reaching a new high of nearly 102 million emails sent on average per ESP in December 2010.
- Seasonality, particularly around the winter holidays, was cited as the primary driver of increased email volumes.
- The majority of email marketers either kept their email budgets the same as in 2009 or increased spending by up to 20% for the December 2010 period compared to December 2009.
- ESPs expressed confidence that their business volumes will continue to increase in 2011, focusing on basic email deployment and analytics services.
This guide from www.neopost.co.uk shows how to prepare Franked mail and cash-in on savings up to 38% with your postal communications. Additionally franked mail also offers productivity and security benefits as well.
Direct mail safrg south workshop feb. 2011anuptiwari
The document discusses direct mail fundraising strategies. It provides tips for writing effective direct mail letters, including telling compelling stories with a clear call to action. Direct mail has been used for fundraising for over 800 years and while it faces some criticism, it can still effectively acquire new donors when done properly. The summary highlights the longevity of direct mail fundraising, tips for writing impactful letters, and that direct mail can be an effective donor acquisition strategy.
Speedmail International was issued an interim license in July 2002 to provide postal services below £1 or 350 grams in the UK. The document discusses the UK postal industry which is currently dominated by Royal Mail. It also examines barriers to entry for competitors, including Royal Mail's strong brand and pricing policies. Speedmail aims to target business-to-business mail flows in London by focusing on operational excellence and reliable overnight delivery to gain a foothold in the market segment.
Postal operators have seen declining mail volumes due to the rise of digital communications. Many postal operators have sought to diversify into new markets like telecommunications to adapt. There is opportunity for postal operators to offer telecom services by leveraging their unique assets like extensive retail networks. Some postal operators have successfully launched their own mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) to develop new revenue streams while providing benefits to their core postal business. Key considerations for postal operators looking to enter the telecom market include focusing on underserved customer segments, managing expectations for average revenue per user, and mitigating potential impacts to existing businesses.
The UK government privatized Royal Mail in 2013 by floating the company on the stock exchange. This allowed retail investors to purchase shares and raised £1.98 billion for the government. Royal Mail employees were given 10% of shares. While privatization provided funds and shareholder incentives, critics argue it was sold too cheaply and will cost jobs. Royal Mail faces challenges from competition and new technologies but must still provide universal postal service.
With the rise of digital communications, mail volumes have declined and many postal operators have sought to diversify revenues into new growth markets. In both developed and developing countries a significant opportunity exists for them to offer telecom services. Postal operators will find that not only can they exploit their existing assets to help ensure success in telecom ventures, but that in many instances there are benefits to the core business too.
In this whitepaper, Cartesian investigates the spectrum of opportunities available for postal operators looking to develop or expand their telecom services, and highlights recent examples where postal operators have found success.
This is a revision presentation on aspects of the privatisation of the Royal Mail - an important milestone in the history of privatisation in the UK economy.
Artikel Mail & Express Review Mart WatervalMart Waterval
Mart Materval studied public administration and focused his thesis on how different countries secure public interests in their postal sectors. He examined the Netherlands (PostNL), United Kingdom (Royal Mail), and New Zealand (New Zealand Post). While countries use different approaches like laws, market forces, or networks, privatization alone does not necessarily affect how public interests are secured. The challenges of maintaining efficiency, affordability, and universal service obligations differ between countries depending on factors like competition and population density.
Lockheed Martin is a leading systems integrator of postal technology with 40 years of experience. Their Managing Director discusses the main challenges facing the postal industry as letter volumes decline and e-commerce rises. Their strategy is to deliver value to existing customers, focus on challenges like parcel processing, and develop next-generation sorting solutions using flexible cloud architectures. Recent innovations include improving USPS parcel sorting and address recognition rates over 99%.
This document discusses achieving high performance in the post and parcel industry. It identifies three strategic priorities that high performers follow: 1) defending the core mail business to maintain profitability through innovation and pricing; 2) investing in growing the profitable parcels business through market share and pricing; and 3) selectively diversifying into logistics and other businesses. It also stresses the importance of being a digital organization. High performers are more profitable in mail through pricing and have grown parcel revenues through market share and pricing while diversifying into logistics. The document advocates focusing digital investments on revenue generation, addressing new retailer/consumer demands, and pursuing an international strategy to compete.
The overall strategy for PostStream is to work with clients and prospective clients to enable their transition from a physical only distribution model to an optimised multi-channel distribution model that reduces distribution costs, mitigates risk, and improves deliverability and governance for transactional, operational and marketing customer communications.
1. The document discusses the effectiveness of direct mail (DM) as an advertising medium compared to other channels like email and digital.
2. It provides statistics and case studies that show DM has higher response and engagement rates than email marketing. It also increases the effectiveness of other channels when used together.
3. Experts are quoted saying DM is better than other media for conveying detailed messages and building brand values. The document advocates that DM still has a important role to play in advertising alongside digital channels.
Royal Mail is undergoing a major transformation to modernize its operations and ensure its long-term viability in a declining mail volume environment. The presentation outlines Royal Mail's modernization programs which include investing over £1 billion to automate mail processing, rationalize the mail center and distribution center networks, and introduce new delivery methods. The transformation is intended to reduce costs by over £0.9 billion annually while maintaining high quality service. While there have been successes in automation and network optimization, fully modernizing delivery operations remains a challenge. The transformation is supported by governance structures and over 1,000 change management professionals.
The document discusses changes to UK postal pricing and regulations following decisions by OFCOM. Key points include:
- OFCOM will remove price controls for most Royal Mail products, giving them more flexibility but also subjecting postal services to VAT unless exempted.
- Royal Mail will only need to give 1 month notice for price changes to universal service products instead of 3 months. Terms and conditions will also only require 1 month notice.
- The changes mean the postal market in the UK will be very different after April, with a greater pace and scale of change. It will be more complex but also provide new opportunities for postal users.
- Alternatives to Royal Mail like TNT Post can help users through services
Prime competence: Delivering the strategy - Innovationprimevision
On Tuesday 24 November, Mark Ryder gave a presentation on behalf of Prime Competence on "Delivering the strategy - Innovation" where he was talking about new initiatives in the postal industry.
Interested in finding out more?
Contact us at info@primecompetence.com
This document summarizes a case study about the transformation and diversification of Poste Italiane, the Italian postal operator. It discusses how Poste Italiane gradually transformed from a loss-making government agency into a profitable company. It focuses on Poste Italiane's 2007 diversification into mobile communications through the launch of PosteMobile. The case study aims to help students understand strategic context in regulated industries, diversification, competitive strategies, and the co-existence of emergent and planned strategic approaches.
The document discusses email deliverability and how the choice of email provider can impact a company's bottom line. It summarizes data from over 75 million email records that show the inbox placement rates for major email providers vary significantly depending on the delivery platform used. Choosing the right delivery platform with high inbox placement, such as SparkPost which delivers 15 points higher than the industry average, can mean millions of dollars in additional revenue for large companies by ensuring more emails reach customers.
The document summarizes information from a company newsletter about KGP Logistics, a provider of supply chain services and communications equipment. It discusses KGP Logistics' new supply chain management system, Logility Voyager, which provides improved inventory management and real-time supply chain intelligence. It also highlights KGP Logistics' partnership with TE Connectivity to offer high-quality connectivity solutions, and advertises TE Connectivity and other companies' products. Finally, it provides information about an industry organization called QuEST Forum and its initiative to establish network service and reliability benchmarks.
1) The document discusses the postal sector in Europe and the challenges it faces from declining mail volumes and increasing electronic substitution. It notes the diversity in situations across different European countries and details some of the regulatory initiatives impacting postal operators.
2) It then examines some of the misconceptions around sustainability and the impact of electronic versus physical mail. Specifically, it notes that both media have environmental impacts and that
The morning post accessing mailmark and tray savings - 25 juneRachel Aldighieri
Charles Neilson from Royal Mail presented on Mailmark, a new barcode standard for mail tracking. Mailmark allows items to be tracked from collection through delivery. Analytics reports provide visibility into the supply chain and predicted delivery dates. Reporting has helped identify customer issues to improve mail quality. Royal Mail is aiming for 90% of bulk mail volume to use Mailmark by 2016 for mutual benefit. Jennifer Rufus from TNT Post provided an operator perspective, noting positives like influence over Mailmark but challenges in customer adoption and potential surcharges issues.
The document discusses the transition from print to electronic documents and invoices. It notes that while electronic communication is growing, print and paper still account for the majority of business communication. The postal sector faces challenges from declining mail volumes and increased competition. However, countries and situations differ in their reliance on mail and adoption of electronic alternatives. The document advocates that postal operators rebalance their business from prioritizing senders to adding more value for receivers, and change their core focus from physical delivery to include more hybrid physical-digital services.
Speedmail International was issued an interim license in July 2002 to provide postal services below £1 or 350 grams in the UK. The document discusses the UK postal industry which is currently dominated by Royal Mail. It also examines barriers to entry for competitors, including Royal Mail's strong brand and pricing policies. Speedmail aims to target business-to-business mail flows in London by focusing on operational excellence and reliable overnight delivery to gain a foothold in the market segment.
Postal operators have seen declining mail volumes due to the rise of digital communications. Many postal operators have sought to diversify into new markets like telecommunications to adapt. There is opportunity for postal operators to offer telecom services by leveraging their unique assets like extensive retail networks. Some postal operators have successfully launched their own mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) to develop new revenue streams while providing benefits to their core postal business. Key considerations for postal operators looking to enter the telecom market include focusing on underserved customer segments, managing expectations for average revenue per user, and mitigating potential impacts to existing businesses.
The UK government privatized Royal Mail in 2013 by floating the company on the stock exchange. This allowed retail investors to purchase shares and raised £1.98 billion for the government. Royal Mail employees were given 10% of shares. While privatization provided funds and shareholder incentives, critics argue it was sold too cheaply and will cost jobs. Royal Mail faces challenges from competition and new technologies but must still provide universal postal service.
With the rise of digital communications, mail volumes have declined and many postal operators have sought to diversify revenues into new growth markets. In both developed and developing countries a significant opportunity exists for them to offer telecom services. Postal operators will find that not only can they exploit their existing assets to help ensure success in telecom ventures, but that in many instances there are benefits to the core business too.
In this whitepaper, Cartesian investigates the spectrum of opportunities available for postal operators looking to develop or expand their telecom services, and highlights recent examples where postal operators have found success.
This is a revision presentation on aspects of the privatisation of the Royal Mail - an important milestone in the history of privatisation in the UK economy.
Artikel Mail & Express Review Mart WatervalMart Waterval
Mart Materval studied public administration and focused his thesis on how different countries secure public interests in their postal sectors. He examined the Netherlands (PostNL), United Kingdom (Royal Mail), and New Zealand (New Zealand Post). While countries use different approaches like laws, market forces, or networks, privatization alone does not necessarily affect how public interests are secured. The challenges of maintaining efficiency, affordability, and universal service obligations differ between countries depending on factors like competition and population density.
Lockheed Martin is a leading systems integrator of postal technology with 40 years of experience. Their Managing Director discusses the main challenges facing the postal industry as letter volumes decline and e-commerce rises. Their strategy is to deliver value to existing customers, focus on challenges like parcel processing, and develop next-generation sorting solutions using flexible cloud architectures. Recent innovations include improving USPS parcel sorting and address recognition rates over 99%.
This document discusses achieving high performance in the post and parcel industry. It identifies three strategic priorities that high performers follow: 1) defending the core mail business to maintain profitability through innovation and pricing; 2) investing in growing the profitable parcels business through market share and pricing; and 3) selectively diversifying into logistics and other businesses. It also stresses the importance of being a digital organization. High performers are more profitable in mail through pricing and have grown parcel revenues through market share and pricing while diversifying into logistics. The document advocates focusing digital investments on revenue generation, addressing new retailer/consumer demands, and pursuing an international strategy to compete.
The overall strategy for PostStream is to work with clients and prospective clients to enable their transition from a physical only distribution model to an optimised multi-channel distribution model that reduces distribution costs, mitigates risk, and improves deliverability and governance for transactional, operational and marketing customer communications.
1. The document discusses the effectiveness of direct mail (DM) as an advertising medium compared to other channels like email and digital.
2. It provides statistics and case studies that show DM has higher response and engagement rates than email marketing. It also increases the effectiveness of other channels when used together.
3. Experts are quoted saying DM is better than other media for conveying detailed messages and building brand values. The document advocates that DM still has a important role to play in advertising alongside digital channels.
Royal Mail is undergoing a major transformation to modernize its operations and ensure its long-term viability in a declining mail volume environment. The presentation outlines Royal Mail's modernization programs which include investing over £1 billion to automate mail processing, rationalize the mail center and distribution center networks, and introduce new delivery methods. The transformation is intended to reduce costs by over £0.9 billion annually while maintaining high quality service. While there have been successes in automation and network optimization, fully modernizing delivery operations remains a challenge. The transformation is supported by governance structures and over 1,000 change management professionals.
The document discusses changes to UK postal pricing and regulations following decisions by OFCOM. Key points include:
- OFCOM will remove price controls for most Royal Mail products, giving them more flexibility but also subjecting postal services to VAT unless exempted.
- Royal Mail will only need to give 1 month notice for price changes to universal service products instead of 3 months. Terms and conditions will also only require 1 month notice.
- The changes mean the postal market in the UK will be very different after April, with a greater pace and scale of change. It will be more complex but also provide new opportunities for postal users.
- Alternatives to Royal Mail like TNT Post can help users through services
Prime competence: Delivering the strategy - Innovationprimevision
On Tuesday 24 November, Mark Ryder gave a presentation on behalf of Prime Competence on "Delivering the strategy - Innovation" where he was talking about new initiatives in the postal industry.
Interested in finding out more?
Contact us at info@primecompetence.com
This document summarizes a case study about the transformation and diversification of Poste Italiane, the Italian postal operator. It discusses how Poste Italiane gradually transformed from a loss-making government agency into a profitable company. It focuses on Poste Italiane's 2007 diversification into mobile communications through the launch of PosteMobile. The case study aims to help students understand strategic context in regulated industries, diversification, competitive strategies, and the co-existence of emergent and planned strategic approaches.
The document discusses email deliverability and how the choice of email provider can impact a company's bottom line. It summarizes data from over 75 million email records that show the inbox placement rates for major email providers vary significantly depending on the delivery platform used. Choosing the right delivery platform with high inbox placement, such as SparkPost which delivers 15 points higher than the industry average, can mean millions of dollars in additional revenue for large companies by ensuring more emails reach customers.
The document summarizes information from a company newsletter about KGP Logistics, a provider of supply chain services and communications equipment. It discusses KGP Logistics' new supply chain management system, Logility Voyager, which provides improved inventory management and real-time supply chain intelligence. It also highlights KGP Logistics' partnership with TE Connectivity to offer high-quality connectivity solutions, and advertises TE Connectivity and other companies' products. Finally, it provides information about an industry organization called QuEST Forum and its initiative to establish network service and reliability benchmarks.
1) The document discusses the postal sector in Europe and the challenges it faces from declining mail volumes and increasing electronic substitution. It notes the diversity in situations across different European countries and details some of the regulatory initiatives impacting postal operators.
2) It then examines some of the misconceptions around sustainability and the impact of electronic versus physical mail. Specifically, it notes that both media have environmental impacts and that
The morning post accessing mailmark and tray savings - 25 juneRachel Aldighieri
Charles Neilson from Royal Mail presented on Mailmark, a new barcode standard for mail tracking. Mailmark allows items to be tracked from collection through delivery. Analytics reports provide visibility into the supply chain and predicted delivery dates. Reporting has helped identify customer issues to improve mail quality. Royal Mail is aiming for 90% of bulk mail volume to use Mailmark by 2016 for mutual benefit. Jennifer Rufus from TNT Post provided an operator perspective, noting positives like influence over Mailmark but challenges in customer adoption and potential surcharges issues.
The document discusses the transition from print to electronic documents and invoices. It notes that while electronic communication is growing, print and paper still account for the majority of business communication. The postal sector faces challenges from declining mail volumes and increased competition. However, countries and situations differ in their reliance on mail and adoption of electronic alternatives. The document advocates that postal operators rebalance their business from prioritizing senders to adding more value for receivers, and change their core focus from physical delivery to include more hybrid physical-digital services.
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The document summarizes the findings of a study on the future of the UK printing industry. It finds that while printing remains significant, the industry faces challenges from declining demand, overcapacity, and competition from other media. However, the study also finds opportunities for printers in diversifying into new services like multi-channel communications, variable data printing, mailing and fulfillment. For printers to thrive, the summary says they will need to meet customers' changing needs by moving beyond traditional print and embracing diversification.
The document discusses the future of the printing and mailing industry. It notes that while printing is a highly competitive environment, direct mail still accounts for over 15 billion mail items annually in the UK. The document advocates that companies in the printing and mailing industry position themselves as part of an overall communications mix and focus on customer services rather than just manufacturing. Accessing customer data and using print and mail alongside other media like social media and online can help companies improve response rates, gain new insights, and differentiate themselves from competitors.
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In today’s seminar, we break down the importance of cross media campaigns and the need to deliver marketing material to customer preferences. With consumers now using more than one device to make product choice, both online and offline communications have a huge role to play in helping your business stay relevant and visible.
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This short document encourages the reader to push themselves further in their goals and ambitions. In a single word, it advises taking action to advance oneself beyond current limits or comfort levels. By going further, one may achieve more than previously thought possible.
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Our company provides fast and accurate document processing services. We have a team of highly trained professionals who can quickly analyze documents and extract the key details and data. Customers appreciate our speed, accuracy, and attention to detail when handling their document needs.
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Get an inside look at the latest Neo4j innovations that enable relationship-driven intelligence at scale. Learn more about the newest cloud integrations and product enhancements that make Neo4j an essential choice for developers building apps with interconnected data and generative AI.
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* What is Vector Search?
* Importance and benefits of vector search
* Practical use cases across various industries
* Step-by-step implementation guide
* Live demos with code snippets
* Enhancing LLM capabilities with vector search
* Best practices and optimization strategies
Perfect for developers, AI enthusiasts, and tech leaders. Learn how to leverage MongoDB Atlas to deliver highly relevant, context-aware search results, transforming your data retrieval process. Stay ahead in tech innovation and maximize the potential of your applications.
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Observability Concepts EVERY Developer Should Know -- DeveloperWeek Europe.pdfPaige Cruz
Monitoring and observability aren’t traditionally found in software curriculums and many of us cobble this knowledge together from whatever vendor or ecosystem we were first introduced to and whatever is a part of your current company’s observability stack.
While the dev and ops silo continues to crumble….many organizations still relegate monitoring & observability as the purview of ops, infra and SRE teams. This is a mistake - achieving a highly observable system requires collaboration up and down the stack.
I, a former op, would like to extend an invitation to all application developers to join the observability party will share these foundational concepts to build on:
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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.
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Are you ready to revolutionize how you handle data? Join us for a webinar where we’ll bring you up to speed with the latest advancements in Generative AI technology and discover how leveraging FME with tools from giants like Google Gemini, Amazon, and Microsoft OpenAI can supercharge your workflow efficiency.
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Guest Speaker Segment with Hannah Barrington: Dive into the world of dynamic real estate marketing with Hannah, the Marketing Manager at Workspace Group. Hear firsthand how their team generates engaging descriptions for thousands of office units by integrating diverse data sources—from PDF floorplans to web pages—using FME transformers, like OpenAIVisionConnector and AnthropicVisionConnector. This use case will show you how GenAI can streamline content creation for marketing across the board.
Ollama Use Case: Learn how Scenario Specialist Dmitri Bagh has utilized Ollama within FME to input data, create custom models, and enhance security protocols. This segment will include demos to illustrate the full capabilities of FME in AI-driven processes.
Custom AI Models: Discover how to leverage FME to build personalized AI models using your data. Whether it’s populating a model with local data for added security or integrating public AI tools, find out how FME facilitates a versatile and secure approach to AI.
We’ll wrap up with a live Q&A session where you can engage with our experts on your specific use cases, and learn more about optimizing your data workflows with AI.
This webinar is ideal for professionals seeking to harness the power of AI within their data management systems while ensuring high levels of customization and security. Whether you're a novice or an expert, gain actionable insights and strategies to elevate your data processes. Join us to see how FME and AI can revolutionize how you work with data!
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.
Building Production Ready Search Pipelines with Spark and MilvusZilliz
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- These are slides of the talk given at IEEE International Conference on Software Testing Verification and Validation Workshop, ICSTW 2022.
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See how organizational priorities and strategic approaches to data security and privacy are evolving around the globe.
This webinar will review:
- The top 10 privacy insights from the fifth annual Global Privacy Benchmarks Survey
- The top challenges for privacy leaders, practitioners, and organizations in 2024
- Key themes to consider in developing and maintaining your privacy program
Threats to mobile devices are more prevalent and increasing in scope and complexity. Users of mobile devices desire to take full advantage of the features
available on those devices, but many of the features provide convenience and capability but sacrifice security. This best practices guide outlines steps the users can take to better protect personal devices and information.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 5DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 5. In this session, we will cover CI/CD with devops.
Topics covered:
CI/CD with in UiPath
End-to-end overview of CI/CD pipeline with Azure devops
Speaker:
Lyndsey Byblow, Test Suite Sales Engineer @ UiPath, Inc.
Unlocking Productivity: Leveraging the Potential of Copilot in Microsoft 365, a presentation by Christoforos Vlachos, Senior Solutions Manager – Modern Workplace, Uni Systems
Full-RAG: A modern architecture for hyper-personalizationZilliz
Mike Del Balso, CEO & Co-Founder at Tecton, presents "Full RAG," a novel approach to AI recommendation systems, aiming to push beyond the limitations of traditional models through a deep integration of contextual insights and real-time data, leveraging the Retrieval-Augmented Generation architecture. This talk will outline Full RAG's potential to significantly enhance personalization, address engineering challenges such as data management and model training, and introduce data enrichment with reranking as a key solution. Attendees will gain crucial insights into the importance of hyperpersonalization in AI, the capabilities of Full RAG for advanced personalization, and strategies for managing complex data integrations for deploying cutting-edge AI solutions.
HCL Notes and Domino License Cost Reduction in the World of DLAUpanagenda
Webinar Recording: https://www.panagenda.com/webinars/hcl-notes-and-domino-license-cost-reduction-in-the-world-of-dlau/
The introduction of DLAU and the CCB & CCX licensing model caused quite a stir in the HCL community. As a Notes and Domino customer, you may have faced challenges with unexpected user counts and license costs. You probably have questions on how this new licensing approach works and how to benefit from it. Most importantly, you likely have budget constraints and want to save money where possible. Don’t worry, we can help with all of this!
We’ll show you how to fix common misconfigurations that cause higher-than-expected user counts, and how to identify accounts which you can deactivate to save money. There are also frequent patterns that can cause unnecessary cost, like using a person document instead of a mail-in for shared mailboxes. We’ll provide examples and solutions for those as well. And naturally we’ll explain the new licensing model.
Join HCL Ambassador Marc Thomas in this webinar with a special guest appearance from Franz Walder. It will give you the tools and know-how to stay on top of what is going on with Domino licensing. You will be able lower your cost through an optimized configuration and keep it low going forward.
These topics will be covered
- Reducing license cost by finding and fixing misconfigurations and superfluous accounts
- How do CCB and CCX licenses really work?
- Understanding the DLAU tool and how to best utilize it
- Tips for common problem areas, like team mailboxes, functional/test users, etc
- Practical examples and best practices to implement right away
Programming Foundation Models with DSPy - Meetup SlidesZilliz
Prompting language models is hard, while programming language models is easy. In this talk, I will discuss the state-of-the-art framework DSPy for programming foundation models with its powerful optimizers and runtime constraint system.
Infrastructure Challenges in Scaling RAG with Custom AI modelsZilliz
Building Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems with open-source and custom AI models is a complex task. This talk explores the challenges in productionizing RAG systems, including retrieval performance, response synthesis, and evaluation. We’ll discuss how to leverage open-source models like text embeddings, language models, and custom fine-tuned models to enhance RAG performance. Additionally, we’ll cover how BentoML can help orchestrate and scale these AI components efficiently, ensuring seamless deployment and management of RAG systems in the cloud.