Presented at Velocity Conference in September in New York City.
The information age is replacing the industrial age and corporations are going through changes as big as their original adoption of bureaucracy as an organizing principle.
This talk describes the notion of "Intentional Emergence" in a corporate setting. The idea that managers and technologists should create conditions for emergent outcomes rather than always focusing on the outcome itself.
DevOps and other mechanisms for a more dynamic IT culture are important to this end.
Disruptive technologies get lots of attention for their individually dramatic appearances. But the big picture of disruption is not "news" or "history". Instead, it's almost predictable.
The Collaborative Economy is always depicted as a revolution coming from an increasing role of communities and collaboration: in reality, growing technology enablers give individuals totally new possibilities and potential and therefore the collaborative shift should be seen from this alternative, key point of view, that of leveraging the potential of ones, multiplied by platforms and collaborative processes.
In this process, modern capitalism encompasses the whole of te self in a natural evolution that was predicted by Karl Marx already. It's just cognitive capitalism and it's just starting.
The big question is: will this post-industrial capitalism evolve into... post-capitalism?
Context: https://medium.com/@meedabyte/that-s-cognitive-capitalism-baby-ee82d1966c72
[This presentation was originally given for a private event targeting banking and insurance providers]
Living in a Connected, Collaborative but “Dis-integrated” Society - Simone Ci...Simone Cicero
How is digital transformation impacting the potential of collaborative businesses? What does it really mean "collaborative economy"? This is just an expression of the transition towards a post industrial society!
This presentation was given as an opening of the first OuiShare Forum - OuiShare semestrial event for the corporates that want to understand how to transform to cope with the collaborative transformation and become players of change.
Future Proof Design and the Platform Design CanvasSimone Cicero
This presentation was given as an introduction of a workshop on the platform design canvas during the Barcelona Design Thinking Week at the Elisava Design and Engineering School.
The objective of the canvas is to help people design Platforms and Ecosystems not only one shot, one feature, linear products.
The canvas itself is derived by the Business Model Canvas of which it tries to overcome the limitations when applied in Platform Design.
The Platform Design Canvas is currently in Live Edit here http://goo.gl/wz615
Context post: http://meedabyte.com/2013/06/26/the-platform-design-canvas-a-tool-for-business-design/
Business Analysis & The Impact of Disruptive TechnologiesChristian Kobsa
By the year 2050 the world we live in will be significantly different from now. Not only do technological changes continue to occur, but the rate at which these changes happen is accelerating. In addition, many of the new technologies will revolutionize the we work, socialize and live our lives.
Towards a Cooperative, Small scale, Local, P2P Production FutureSimone Cicero
Blog link here >> http://goo.gl/eoeaf (context/introduction of the presentation)
This is the presentation I used for my talk at the ouishare summit.
I really tried to connect the dots over a bunch of topics, amazing authors and innovators (like John Robb, Michel Bauwens, Douglas Rushkoff, Umair Haque, Las Indias, Kevin Carson, Joe Justice and Wikispeed, Open Source Ecology and much more) and also writings that I've done on my own, available on my blog.
All the material produced on my own is CC-BY-SA (please note that Michael Clinard Joe Justice's pic is not CC)
Disruptive technologies get lots of attention for their individually dramatic appearances. But the big picture of disruption is not "news" or "history". Instead, it's almost predictable.
The Collaborative Economy is always depicted as a revolution coming from an increasing role of communities and collaboration: in reality, growing technology enablers give individuals totally new possibilities and potential and therefore the collaborative shift should be seen from this alternative, key point of view, that of leveraging the potential of ones, multiplied by platforms and collaborative processes.
In this process, modern capitalism encompasses the whole of te self in a natural evolution that was predicted by Karl Marx already. It's just cognitive capitalism and it's just starting.
The big question is: will this post-industrial capitalism evolve into... post-capitalism?
Context: https://medium.com/@meedabyte/that-s-cognitive-capitalism-baby-ee82d1966c72
[This presentation was originally given for a private event targeting banking and insurance providers]
Living in a Connected, Collaborative but “Dis-integrated” Society - Simone Ci...Simone Cicero
How is digital transformation impacting the potential of collaborative businesses? What does it really mean "collaborative economy"? This is just an expression of the transition towards a post industrial society!
This presentation was given as an opening of the first OuiShare Forum - OuiShare semestrial event for the corporates that want to understand how to transform to cope with the collaborative transformation and become players of change.
Future Proof Design and the Platform Design CanvasSimone Cicero
This presentation was given as an introduction of a workshop on the platform design canvas during the Barcelona Design Thinking Week at the Elisava Design and Engineering School.
The objective of the canvas is to help people design Platforms and Ecosystems not only one shot, one feature, linear products.
The canvas itself is derived by the Business Model Canvas of which it tries to overcome the limitations when applied in Platform Design.
The Platform Design Canvas is currently in Live Edit here http://goo.gl/wz615
Context post: http://meedabyte.com/2013/06/26/the-platform-design-canvas-a-tool-for-business-design/
Business Analysis & The Impact of Disruptive TechnologiesChristian Kobsa
By the year 2050 the world we live in will be significantly different from now. Not only do technological changes continue to occur, but the rate at which these changes happen is accelerating. In addition, many of the new technologies will revolutionize the we work, socialize and live our lives.
Towards a Cooperative, Small scale, Local, P2P Production FutureSimone Cicero
Blog link here >> http://goo.gl/eoeaf (context/introduction of the presentation)
This is the presentation I used for my talk at the ouishare summit.
I really tried to connect the dots over a bunch of topics, amazing authors and innovators (like John Robb, Michel Bauwens, Douglas Rushkoff, Umair Haque, Las Indias, Kevin Carson, Joe Justice and Wikispeed, Open Source Ecology and much more) and also writings that I've done on my own, available on my blog.
All the material produced on my own is CC-BY-SA (please note that Michael Clinard Joe Justice's pic is not CC)
Open Gets Real - From Software to Manufacturing: how the open, agile and p2p ...Simone Cicero
A presentation I gave at Codemotion Roma 2013 on March the 22nd. This presentation connects the dots between the resource depletion trends (off peak), advancements in digital fabrication, open design, agile and lean manufacturing and shows the potential that an open production ecosystem may mean for ut in the future.
For those interested, here's a strongly related initiative that is also mentioned in the presentation: http://www.opensourcewarehouse.org/
Also, please note this work is strongly based on discussion I had with ouishare, open source ecology, open source hardware association, open knowledge foundation, etc...
In particular I wanted to thank:
- Marcin Jakuboski
- Catarina Mota
- Alicia Gibb
- Massimo Menichinelli
- Joe Justice
Digital Networks & Platform Business Models (Masterclass)Benjamin Tincq
Slides from a Masterclass I did at WeFab in São Paulo, for business executives and entrepreneurs:
1) Introduction
2) The Long Tail of Production
3) Uberization? No: Platform Economy
4) Open, Collaborative & Decentralized
5) Exercise: The Platform Design Toolkit
La disruption n’est pas seulement un mot tendance. C’est aussi une réalité qui bouscule tous les grands acteurs du marché. Que signifie-t-elle exactement ? Quels sont ses effets positifs et négatifs et comment la gérer ?
Summary of the Book Exponential organizationsGMR Group
Happy Morning
I have made a small attempt to summarize this book after reading this number of times.
In this book Salim Ismail gives a deep dive – Exponential Organizations where he shows how any company, from Startup to a multi-national , can become exponential.
The author unveils years of research learning how organizations can accelerate growth through use of Technology. The goal of the book is to provide you with the knowledge to leverage assets such as big data, communities, algorithms, and new technology to achieve performance ten times better than your competition.
It is good book for entrepreneurs who need a guide for harnessing and strategizing the hyper growth of a company that feeds off of modern technology in the 21st century and beyond.
Because we focus on accelerating technologies and the future we identified an infection point in how we build businesses that has never noticed before.
Most CEOs see innovation as product or service innovation. But there is also process innovation, social innovation, organizational innovation, management innovation, business model innovation etc.
Those business that do not evolve , will not survive
Happy Reading
Presentation by Tuomo Alasoini, Chief Adviser, Tekes (the Finnish Funding Agency for Innovation). The presentation consists of remarks based literature and presentations at the BRIE-ETLA & SWiPE seminar. The seminar was held on 30 August 2016 in the Business and Work in the Era of Digital Platforms research seminar in Helsinki, Finland, where SWiPE, Smart Work in the Platform Economy research project was launched. The seminar was hosted jointly by BRIE-ETLA and SWiPE research projects.
Blog link here >> http://goo.gl/Z8P6Q
(context/introduction of the presentation)
This is the presentation I used for my talk at the IDCAMP.
I tried to put together two things:
- an analysis of the new practices we need to create enduring and impacting enterprise in a time of radical change
- a practical 10 rules guide to be adopted.
All the material produced on my own is CC-BY-NC.
The 10x Effect - Unlocking the Business Transforming Secrets of Exponenital10x Nation
Our world is on the precipice of a major paradigm shift in business.
The age of cumbersome corporate giants is coming to a close. And the age of the agile exponential business is coming online.
The pace and scope of growth in technology has made the status quo model of scarcity-centered business almost completely obsolete.
On the flip side, these ever-accelerating technologies are allowing abundance-minded businesses to do far more with far less.
Embracing exponential practices like cloud computing, crowd-sourcing, and staff-on-demand have allowed a new generation of companies to experience unprecedented growth, scalability, and agility.
But how can embracing these exponential changes affect positive change in your business?
Innovation in a time of radical changesSimone Cicero
This is the presentation I've made during Joe Justice's Workshop in Rome, for the Wikispeed European Tour organized by Ouishare in Rome, Barcelona and Paris.
Here's a related post http://wp.me/plmpp-px
We Are Running Our Organizations on Old DataHelge Tennø
Data informs the mental models by which we manage our organizations and make decisions. Big space data, computer vision and machine learning creates a new generation of data and gives companies a completely new framework for understanding their world. Solving the short comings of todays rude, inefficient and static data. Are we ready to be rewired and reprogrammed?
This is my presentation at SpacePort Norway in Stavanger on the 20th of June 2017. It is similar in content to my talk in Skellefteå published just a few days ago but tailored to a different crowd.
Discussing the Global Commision on Internet Governance statement, Toward a So...Philip Sheldrake
The Global Commission on Internet Governance (ourinternet.org) published a statement 15th April 2015 for the Global Conference on Cyberspace meeting in The Hague. It calls on the global community to build a new social compact between citizens and their elected representatives, the judiciary, law enforcement and intelligence agencies, business, civil society and the Internet technical community, with the goal of restoring trust and enhancing confidence in the Internet.
This stack frames my contribution to a discussion of the statement at the Web Science Institute event 8th June 2015.
Open Gets Real - From Software to Manufacturing: how the open, agile and p2p ...Simone Cicero
A presentation I gave at Codemotion Roma 2013 on March the 22nd. This presentation connects the dots between the resource depletion trends (off peak), advancements in digital fabrication, open design, agile and lean manufacturing and shows the potential that an open production ecosystem may mean for ut in the future.
For those interested, here's a strongly related initiative that is also mentioned in the presentation: http://www.opensourcewarehouse.org/
Also, please note this work is strongly based on discussion I had with ouishare, open source ecology, open source hardware association, open knowledge foundation, etc...
In particular I wanted to thank:
- Marcin Jakuboski
- Catarina Mota
- Alicia Gibb
- Massimo Menichinelli
- Joe Justice
Digital Networks & Platform Business Models (Masterclass)Benjamin Tincq
Slides from a Masterclass I did at WeFab in São Paulo, for business executives and entrepreneurs:
1) Introduction
2) The Long Tail of Production
3) Uberization? No: Platform Economy
4) Open, Collaborative & Decentralized
5) Exercise: The Platform Design Toolkit
La disruption n’est pas seulement un mot tendance. C’est aussi une réalité qui bouscule tous les grands acteurs du marché. Que signifie-t-elle exactement ? Quels sont ses effets positifs et négatifs et comment la gérer ?
Summary of the Book Exponential organizationsGMR Group
Happy Morning
I have made a small attempt to summarize this book after reading this number of times.
In this book Salim Ismail gives a deep dive – Exponential Organizations where he shows how any company, from Startup to a multi-national , can become exponential.
The author unveils years of research learning how organizations can accelerate growth through use of Technology. The goal of the book is to provide you with the knowledge to leverage assets such as big data, communities, algorithms, and new technology to achieve performance ten times better than your competition.
It is good book for entrepreneurs who need a guide for harnessing and strategizing the hyper growth of a company that feeds off of modern technology in the 21st century and beyond.
Because we focus on accelerating technologies and the future we identified an infection point in how we build businesses that has never noticed before.
Most CEOs see innovation as product or service innovation. But there is also process innovation, social innovation, organizational innovation, management innovation, business model innovation etc.
Those business that do not evolve , will not survive
Happy Reading
Presentation by Tuomo Alasoini, Chief Adviser, Tekes (the Finnish Funding Agency for Innovation). The presentation consists of remarks based literature and presentations at the BRIE-ETLA & SWiPE seminar. The seminar was held on 30 August 2016 in the Business and Work in the Era of Digital Platforms research seminar in Helsinki, Finland, where SWiPE, Smart Work in the Platform Economy research project was launched. The seminar was hosted jointly by BRIE-ETLA and SWiPE research projects.
Blog link here >> http://goo.gl/Z8P6Q
(context/introduction of the presentation)
This is the presentation I used for my talk at the IDCAMP.
I tried to put together two things:
- an analysis of the new practices we need to create enduring and impacting enterprise in a time of radical change
- a practical 10 rules guide to be adopted.
All the material produced on my own is CC-BY-NC.
The 10x Effect - Unlocking the Business Transforming Secrets of Exponenital10x Nation
Our world is on the precipice of a major paradigm shift in business.
The age of cumbersome corporate giants is coming to a close. And the age of the agile exponential business is coming online.
The pace and scope of growth in technology has made the status quo model of scarcity-centered business almost completely obsolete.
On the flip side, these ever-accelerating technologies are allowing abundance-minded businesses to do far more with far less.
Embracing exponential practices like cloud computing, crowd-sourcing, and staff-on-demand have allowed a new generation of companies to experience unprecedented growth, scalability, and agility.
But how can embracing these exponential changes affect positive change in your business?
Innovation in a time of radical changesSimone Cicero
This is the presentation I've made during Joe Justice's Workshop in Rome, for the Wikispeed European Tour organized by Ouishare in Rome, Barcelona and Paris.
Here's a related post http://wp.me/plmpp-px
We Are Running Our Organizations on Old DataHelge Tennø
Data informs the mental models by which we manage our organizations and make decisions. Big space data, computer vision and machine learning creates a new generation of data and gives companies a completely new framework for understanding their world. Solving the short comings of todays rude, inefficient and static data. Are we ready to be rewired and reprogrammed?
This is my presentation at SpacePort Norway in Stavanger on the 20th of June 2017. It is similar in content to my talk in Skellefteå published just a few days ago but tailored to a different crowd.
Discussing the Global Commision on Internet Governance statement, Toward a So...Philip Sheldrake
The Global Commission on Internet Governance (ourinternet.org) published a statement 15th April 2015 for the Global Conference on Cyberspace meeting in The Hague. It calls on the global community to build a new social compact between citizens and their elected representatives, the judiciary, law enforcement and intelligence agencies, business, civil society and the Internet technical community, with the goal of restoring trust and enhancing confidence in the Internet.
This stack frames my contribution to a discussion of the statement at the Web Science Institute event 8th June 2015.
Presented to Southern California Software Process Improvement Network, July 2011
As 'the cloud' becomes the mainstream platform for IT innovation, platform architects will combine smart devices, global networks, and application models inspired by Twitter and Facebook to let people do what they do best: to recognize what’s not normal, and either address the problem or pursue the opportunity.
The first decade of cloud computing decisively demonstrated that massively sharable/scalable systems can shrink operating costs and slash development delays, but the era of the Social Enterprise goes farther to turn the cloud model from a perceived challenge into a compelling avenue for IT innovations that need not compromise security or governance.
How can you overcome barriers such as old legacy systems and darwinian technology platforms in creating a sustainable business/IT alignment Roadmap? Enterprise 2.0 helps you to quickly deploy lightweight applications and leverage Core IT Systems through a conversational and business layer
Digital Transformation and Application Decommissioning - THE RESEARCHTom Rieger
The resulting research paper from the August 2020 market surveying of 1000s of IT professionals around the current state of affairs and what is happening over the next 18-14 months.
DRIVERS AND IMPEDIMENTS TO DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION - THE RESEARCHTom Rieger
In August 2020 EnterpriseDB and Platform 3 jointly asked 1000s of IT professionals their perspectives and priorities. This paper is a detailed view of those results.
The Future of Work is being reshaped by major trends - namely virtualization of work and consumerization of IT. These comprise the four major forces of change - globalization, virtualization, the Millennial mindset and cloud computing. These have drastically changed the way we communicate, collaborate, learn, buy, engage and consume. When the virtualization of work meets the consumerization of IT in the enterprise - and when systems of recod meet systems of engagement - the dynamics of work itself change.
Contextual intelligence deals with the practical application of knowledge and information to real-world situations, and can be defined as:“the capacity to exploit business moments and operational events in a way that enables to make informed decisions and take effective action in varied, changing and uncertain situations”.
The future business value will accrue to those who are able to lever contextual intelligence and build sustainable intelligent enterprises and ecosystems.
Mantacore Whitepaper Part1 Standard System EnMantacore
In this white paper you’ll get information on what you
should think about if you are in two minds whether to continue developing your own system or to switch to one of the off-the-shelf software products currently available on the market.
Why should you choose a software product rather than build your own? How can you still be unique, in relation to the rest of the market?
What are the advantages of an off the-shelf system?
Mantacore Whitepaper Part1 Standard System EnMantacore
In this white paper you’ll get information on what you should think about if you are in two minds whether to continue developing your own system or to switch to one of the
off-the-shelf software products currently available on the market.
Why should you choose a software product rather than build your own?
How can you still be unique, in relation to
the rest of the market?
What are the advantages of an off the-shelf system?
White Paper: Understanding the Networked Society – new logics for an age of e...Ericsson
Technology has the potential to transform how we organize our lives, businesses and societies. But if the era we are now entering is to be more inclusive, equitable and empowering, we must start by examining the fundamentally different nature of a physical world fueled by digital connectivity.
Connection for Innovation - Petter Coffee - Avanxo Cloud Forum 2013 Avanxo
¿Cómo innovar y destacarse en un mundo interconectado?
Presentación Peter Coffee - VP de innovación Salesforce.com - Cloud Forum Avanxo 2013 en Bogotá Connection For Innovation
W-JAX Keynote - Big Data and Corporate Evolutionjstogdill
A look at corporate evolution from the industrial revolution to the information age - with a focus on how Big Data will make an impact.
Presented at W-JAX Java Conference in Munich Germany, 11-8-11
Transition from industrial to network age means Army IT isn't just about doing C2 better, it's about enabling internal small world networks and emergence.
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
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/
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Dr. Sean Tan, Head of Data Science, Changi Airport Group
Discover how Changi Airport Group (CAG) leverages graph technologies and generative AI to revolutionize their search capabilities. This session delves into the unique search needs of CAG’s diverse passengers and customers, showcasing how graph data structures enhance the accuracy and relevance of AI-generated search results, mitigating the risk of “hallucinations” and improving the overall customer journey.
Elevating Tactical DDD Patterns Through Object CalisthenicsDorra BARTAGUIZ
After immersing yourself in the blue book and its red counterpart, attending DDD-focused conferences, and applying tactical patterns, you're left with a crucial question: How do I ensure my design is effective? Tactical patterns within Domain-Driven Design (DDD) serve as guiding principles for creating clear and manageable domain models. However, achieving success with these patterns requires additional guidance. Interestingly, we've observed that a set of constraints initially designed for training purposes remarkably aligns with effective pattern implementation, offering a more ‘mechanical’ approach. Let's explore together how Object Calisthenics can elevate the design of your tactical DDD patterns, offering concrete help for those venturing into DDD for the first time!
PHP Frameworks: I want to break free (IPC Berlin 2024)Ralf Eggert
In this presentation, we examine the challenges and limitations of relying too heavily on PHP frameworks in web development. We discuss the history of PHP and its frameworks to understand how this dependence has evolved. The focus will be on providing concrete tips and strategies to reduce reliance on these frameworks, based on real-world examples and practical considerations. The goal is to equip developers with the skills and knowledge to create more flexible and future-proof web applications. We'll explore the importance of maintaining autonomy in a rapidly changing tech landscape and how to make informed decisions in PHP development.
This talk is aimed at encouraging a more independent approach to using PHP frameworks, moving towards a more flexible and future-proof approach to PHP development.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
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:
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.
Securing your Kubernetes cluster_ a step-by-step guide to success !KatiaHIMEUR1
Today, after several years of existence, an extremely active community and an ultra-dynamic ecosystem, Kubernetes has established itself as the de facto standard in container orchestration. Thanks to a wide range of managed services, it has never been so easy to set up a ready-to-use Kubernetes cluster.
However, this ease of use means that the subject of security in Kubernetes is often left for later, or even neglected. This exposes companies to significant risks.
In this talk, I'll show you step-by-step how to secure your Kubernetes cluster for greater peace of mind and reliability.
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
Sudheer Mechineni, Head of Application Frameworks, Standard Chartered Bank
Discover how Standard Chartered Bank harnessed the power of Neo4j to transform complex data access challenges into a dynamic, scalable graph database solution. This keynote will cover their journey from initial adoption to deploying a fully automated, enterprise-grade causal cluster, highlighting key strategies for modelling organisational changes and ensuring robust disaster recovery. Learn how these innovations have not only enhanced Standard Chartered Bank’s data infrastructure but also positioned them as pioneers in the banking sector’s adoption of graph technology.
Generative AI Deep Dive: Advancing from Proof of Concept to ProductionAggregage
Join Maher Hanafi, VP of Engineering at Betterworks, in this new session where he'll share a practical framework to transform Gen AI prototypes into impactful products! He'll delve into the complexities of data collection and management, model selection and optimization, and ensuring security, scalability, and responsible use.
2. intentional: done on purpose.
deliberate.
emergence: the arising of novel and
coherent structures, patterns and
properties during the process of self-organization
in complex systems.
3.
4.
5.
6. Q: The traditional corporate / government
enterprises have the same technologies as
Silicon Valley.
So why do they deliver innovation so
differently?
30. And, maybe it takes a network
to build a network to interact
with a network.
31. Constructal Law:
For a finite-size system to persist in time (to live)
it must evolve in such a way that it provides
easier access to the imposed currents that flow
through it.
-From Design in Nature
More and more of the “currents” imposed on the
modern corporate enterprise are informational and
digital.
32. If you want information flow, architect
your systems to promote connections
33. “It is no exaggeration to say that if we had had to rely on
conscious central planning for the growth of our industrial
system, it would never have reached the degree of
differentiation, complexity, and flexibility it has attained.
…
Any further growth of its complexity, therefore, far from making
central direction more necessary, makes it more important than
ever that we should use a technique which does not depend on
conscious control.”
Friedrich Hayak, The Road to Serfdom
38. Gall’s Law: A complex system that works
is invariably found to have
evolved from a simple system
that worked.
So, we need to make lots of little
systems. And help them grow,
adapting quickly as they do.
41. “One” starts
here
Building the long tail of IT contribution. On
purpose.
42. Generativity = “a system’s
capacity to produce
unanticipated change
through unfiltered
contributions from broad
and varied audiences.”
43.
44. Some things that contribute to
generativity
Open Source
Software
Open
Standards
Runtime
Platforms
Low hurdles
for initial
project start
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networks
Open Data
Open API’s
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48. Q: What changes to policy,
architecture, technology, or
culture would enhance long tail
emergence in the company you
work for?
49. Q: How can we better
impedance match our
organizations to the
decentralized and emergent
world we are immersed in?
50. “The test of a first-rate intelligence is the
ability to hold two opposed ideas in the
mind at the same time, and still retain the
ability to function.”
- F. Scott Fitzgerald
This talk is about creating fertile soil for emergence in the traditional corporate enterprise where DevOps is one of the important enablers.
Ask for people’s backgrounds: “Web” or “Enterprise”
Let’s start with a definition to baseline the discussion.
In a nutshell I think the web (and Silicon Valley) represent an emergent way of doing business …
… while the corporate enterprise remains stubbornly planned and reductionist. The information age is rewarding the former and causing pain to the latter in at least some quarters - pain that is beginning to force change. This talk is about broadening the way we think about that change.
If I’m honest, this session isn’t really about DevOps. I’ve been exploring these and related ideas for a while, and for this go around I just added DevOps to the title so that the Velocity editorial team would notice it. On the other hand, this talk in whatever version, has always been at least partially about DevOps even when I didn’t put that in the title.
None of these talks have been definitive, prescriptive. They are all me wrestling with the ideas out loud.
My interest in this topic started with this question. I was doing work for the government / DoD and I was struck by the fact that, despite big budgets, they couldn’t seem to make great thing happen quickly.
The answer has something to do with how they go about things. The center of effort just seems different in the two environments. Part of that might be scale and maturity, but that doesn’t seem to tell the whole story.
It’s much deeper than process and tools. The differences seem to be more about world view, culture, and evolutionary path.
Silicon Valley and the corporate enterprise aren’t just two stacks and two approaches to technology, they are different evolutionary lines, the manifestation of different adaptive schemes that succeeded in different evolutionary contexts (you might not like the corporate enterprise, but it is largely a successful form).
Aside: evolution makes a good framing for the discussion of progress, because evolution is in the direction of increasing complexity (on average). As the dynamic environment becomes more complex, the organizations interacting with it become more complex too to adapt. Hierarchy and bureaucracy have built in limits to the complexity that they can handle so this transition is qualitative.
This should be obvious - but sometimes we miss the big things in our focus on the minute - the industrial age is in transition into the information age and the things that made those environments different are fading.
As the industrial age unfolded, railroad networks connected markets and made the rise of national brands possible. Digital networks are connecting everyone and everything and will make even more dramatic changes possible. Rapidly changing the scale and nature of the dynamic environment in which they operate.
More than just hierarchy, rules, and specialization though, bureaucracy was our first corporate systems architecture. It was the original technology stack that businesses used for passing messages, storing state, and processing data.
Say what you will, but bureaucracy was a successful evolutionary adaptation.
Unfortunately, in today’s networked and fast moving dynamic environment, bureaucracy remains a low band filter with delay, only the big project bass notes get through, slowly, and its impact on maneuver is predictable.
It was effectively adapted for the industrial age, but as a rationalist product of reductionist, modernist, centralized, hierarchy it is increasingly out of step with our decentralizing expansionist world.
Btw, you may notice that I tend to mix metaphors and draw ideas from lots of places…I find useful analogies in the second law of thermodynamics, from evolution, complex adaptive systems, theories of intelligence, neuroscience, military strategy and etc.
I take inspiration from Col John Boyd. He is known as a grand strategist, but I think of him as a grand synthesizer. People who attended his lectures describe the breadth of his source material and that his talks were as much about the intellectual journey as they were about the end strategy.
I make absolutely no claims of being like Boyd, but I like the way his thinking gave permission to look far afield for analogy and inspiration.
Ok, back to the topic, sometimes I think talk about silicon valley, the enterprise, open, closed, ITIL, DevOps, centralized, decentralized, etc. are really just code words for the culture struggle between modernism and post modernism in the workplace. And it’s a struggle that isn’t confined there. It’s throughout our society.
The industrial age informed and created one kind of social fabric, the network / information age is creating another.
The network age doesn’t just extend industrialization, it leaves it behind. Modernism and reductionism may be in their final steep decline. They are being supplanted by a new kind of network empiricism that will exert its own gravitational force on our social and organizational fabric. George Bush, with his perfect illustrations of reductionism (“You are with us or against us”) will probably be our last president of the modernist era.
Reductionism remains intuitively appealing to us as humans in need of simple narratives of cause and effect but is increasingly out of step with our complex networked world.
So let’s go through a few different ideas that apply to this transforming enterprise.
Bureaucracy hasn’t sat completely still. The network is making its way into our traditional bureaucracies and and is causing them to evolve into hybrid hierarchy / networks, some form or another of a post-bureaucratic enterprise. Often this isn’t on purpose of course, it lacks the “intentional part” - these networks are overlays on to the hierarchy of the official organization chart.
And we *need* that increasing internal organizational complexity because a hierarchical organization can never be smarter than the people who run it, but our extended ecosystem is just too complex for that small group of managers to understand and react to. So we need internal structures, processes, and time cycles that are better able to cope.
We need the corporation to be smarter than the people that run it. And in fact, smarter than the sum of all of the people in it.
We must be both emergent and planned. The greatest challenge to our organizations is being able to hold both of those ideas in our cultural minds at the same time.