When does it make sense to upgrade to more efficient servers? Most data centers operate on a 3 to 5 year tech refresh cycle. Is this really the best way to decide when to refresh old equipment? By continuously monitoring the cost to run older equipment, you can determine when you have hit the break-even point with your existing servers. Join Viridity co-founder and CTO, Mike Rowan, as he reviews best practices for technology refresh.
In this White Paper the objective is to provide a somewhat detailed dialog regarding technology refresh for client computing. Unlike previous technology refresh cycles, this particular cycle is occurring in the context of other significant trends in client computing.
Whitepaper : Building a disaster ready infrastructureJake Weaver
It’s not just hurricanes, fire or other natureal disasters that can bring a business to its knees. Everyday problems such as bad software, misconfigured networks, hardware failures or power outages are much more common. In fact, power failures accounted for nearly half of the declared disasters reported in a recent survey conducted by Forrester
Can your business survive the next disaster?Ashish Patel
Did you know that 40% of businesses do not re-open after a disaster? Or that it could cost an organization up to $600,000 per hour during a disaster scenario? In today’s “always on” world, businesses must continue to operate no matter what, which means that critical IT infrastructure must be available 24/7/365. In this session we will learn more about a holistic approach towards business continuity & IT resiliency and how organizations can achieve high levels of availability. We will also go over each stage of the business continuity lifecycle and talk about the importance of managed services, key processes and technologies that must be considered for a comprehensive Business Continuity & Resiliency plan.
The speed and productivity benefits of high-performance cloud computing are well documented. For numerically large engineering simulations, a flexible cloud environment typically delivers faster run times, allowing engineers to solve complex problems quickly ― and launch products more rapidly. The world's leading product development teams are already leveraging high-performance computing (HPC) resources, yet many of them remain uncertain about the costs of replacing on-premises hardware and software with cloud hosting.
To clear up the confusion and demonstrate that the cloud delivers a total cost of ownership that is lower than on-premises computing, Ansys has published “A Break in the Clouds: The Cost Benefits of Ansys Cloud.” The white paper illustrates how Ansys Cloud delivers all the speed and efficiency that customers expect from HPC in the cloud ― along with Ansys’ software ― at a cost lower than an on-premises approach.
When does it make sense to upgrade to more efficient servers? Most data centers operate on a 3 to 5 year tech refresh cycle. Is this really the best way to decide when to refresh old equipment? By continuously monitoring the cost to run older equipment, you can determine when you have hit the break-even point with your existing servers. Join Viridity co-founder and CTO, Mike Rowan, as he reviews best practices for technology refresh.
In this White Paper the objective is to provide a somewhat detailed dialog regarding technology refresh for client computing. Unlike previous technology refresh cycles, this particular cycle is occurring in the context of other significant trends in client computing.
Whitepaper : Building a disaster ready infrastructureJake Weaver
It’s not just hurricanes, fire or other natureal disasters that can bring a business to its knees. Everyday problems such as bad software, misconfigured networks, hardware failures or power outages are much more common. In fact, power failures accounted for nearly half of the declared disasters reported in a recent survey conducted by Forrester
Can your business survive the next disaster?Ashish Patel
Did you know that 40% of businesses do not re-open after a disaster? Or that it could cost an organization up to $600,000 per hour during a disaster scenario? In today’s “always on” world, businesses must continue to operate no matter what, which means that critical IT infrastructure must be available 24/7/365. In this session we will learn more about a holistic approach towards business continuity & IT resiliency and how organizations can achieve high levels of availability. We will also go over each stage of the business continuity lifecycle and talk about the importance of managed services, key processes and technologies that must be considered for a comprehensive Business Continuity & Resiliency plan.
The speed and productivity benefits of high-performance cloud computing are well documented. For numerically large engineering simulations, a flexible cloud environment typically delivers faster run times, allowing engineers to solve complex problems quickly ― and launch products more rapidly. The world's leading product development teams are already leveraging high-performance computing (HPC) resources, yet many of them remain uncertain about the costs of replacing on-premises hardware and software with cloud hosting.
To clear up the confusion and demonstrate that the cloud delivers a total cost of ownership that is lower than on-premises computing, Ansys has published “A Break in the Clouds: The Cost Benefits of Ansys Cloud.” The white paper illustrates how Ansys Cloud delivers all the speed and efficiency that customers expect from HPC in the cloud ― along with Ansys’ software ― at a cost lower than an on-premises approach.
How to mitigate risk in the age of the cloudJames Sankar
The convergence of mobile, cloud computing and the Internet of
Things (IoT) heralds a new era of hyper connectivity, and with it,
high expectations from students, staff and faculty for anywhere,
anytime Internet availability and data sharing in real time.
Moving services to the cloud can deliver significant infrastructure
benefits and cost efficiencies to help the education sector meet these
new expectations, but these opportunities come with risks that are
sometimes overlooked in the rush to join the crowd in the cloud.
It’s important to consider the risks, as well as the benefits, when
making decisions around out-sourcing IT services to the cloud.
Rethinking business continuity and disaster recovery plans is vital for
ensuring that any investment in cloud services will meet the service
delivery expectation goals of institutions, now and into the future.
Forrester: How Organizations Are Improving Business Resiliency with Continuou...EMC
This analyst report describes reasons why adoption of continuous availability is rapidly increasing, citing research on benefits they believe they can realize in their IT environment.
Designing a Modern Disaster Recovery EnvironmentBrian Anderson
In this presentation I presented EAGLE's ideas on designing a modern disaster recovery environment. Key concepts include balancing cost, risk and complexity in DR strategies. Most notably we'll cover recovery objectives, common DR technologies (that allow you to backup and pre-position data), and the importance of viewing DR as an insurance policy.
EMC's IT Transformation Journey ( EMC Forum 2014 )EMC
The Cloud transforms IT from being reactive into a business enabler improving your organizations agility. But IT Transformation is not just about technology. It involves changing IT roles, skills, and processes to adapt to the new IT paradigm. Led by EMC IT, let's come together in this insightful session to explore how to transform your IT infrastructure, operating model, and applications.
When it comes to Green IT, businesses have been reactive. Interest in Green IT rises significantly when energy prices increase, and drops just as quickly when prices flatten out. This is typical of the ad-hoc approach taken by most organizations which has led to inconsistent results. This research will help organizations determine:
•Why Green IT is important.
•Examples of Green IT opportunities.
•The state of Green IT today.
•How to implement a successful Green IT program.
In this storyboard, learn how a strategic approach to Green IT and a longer-term commitment to sustainability can positively impact the bottom line.
Deloitte Software As A Service Deloitte SeminarTheo Slaats
Presentation of Theo Slaats, partner at Deloitte, on "Software as a Service" during a seminar of Deloitte and Oracle on October 8, 2008 in Amsterdam.
This presentation from IBM's Business Continuity and Resiliency Services examines the trends and challenges that support cloud-based resiliency, and how IBM's Cloud Resilience portfolio can help.
Capacity Optimisation: Use what you have. Buy what you need: Jim Waring, BMC ...BMC Software
Do you know which resources you already own are actually being used? How do you know what additional resources you need? Before you can plan and budget for additional infrastructure resources, you need to know what you have, what you are using, and how well your IT services are running on those existing resources.
This presentation will discuss how you can cost-effectively right-size your IT infrastructure to meet the changing needs of your business.
The truth is that your customers don’t care about backup. They care about recovery.
In this webinar, backup specialist Christophe Bertrand of Arcserve will talk about on simplifying backup and discuss the key things you need to focus on when providing disaster recovery services to today’s businesses.
Join Christophe and the N-able team as we cover:
• The impact of downtime on an average business and how to minimize data loss
• Taking the complexity out of backup and talking about what matters
• How you can measure data protection and meet your SLA
Data is the lifeblood of every organization yet many either fail to backup their data or they are not doing so properly. Losing data can be catastrophic for a business. This white paper explains why backups are important and the challenges they face.
Disaster Recovery: Develop Efficient Critique for an Emergencysco813f8ko
Disaster recovery will be the procedure, policies and procedures that are associated with getting yourself ready for recovery or continuation of technologies infrastructure that are vital for an organization following a natural or human-induced catastrophe. Disaster recovery is really a subset connected with business continuity. While business continuity entails planning for maintaining all facets of a company functioning in the midst of bothersome occasions, disaster recovery targets the IT or technology techniques that support company features.
How to mitigate risk in the age of the cloudJames Sankar
The convergence of mobile, cloud computing and the Internet of
Things (IoT) heralds a new era of hyper connectivity, and with it,
high expectations from students, staff and faculty for anywhere,
anytime Internet availability and data sharing in real time.
Moving services to the cloud can deliver significant infrastructure
benefits and cost efficiencies to help the education sector meet these
new expectations, but these opportunities come with risks that are
sometimes overlooked in the rush to join the crowd in the cloud.
It’s important to consider the risks, as well as the benefits, when
making decisions around out-sourcing IT services to the cloud.
Rethinking business continuity and disaster recovery plans is vital for
ensuring that any investment in cloud services will meet the service
delivery expectation goals of institutions, now and into the future.
Forrester: How Organizations Are Improving Business Resiliency with Continuou...EMC
This analyst report describes reasons why adoption of continuous availability is rapidly increasing, citing research on benefits they believe they can realize in their IT environment.
Designing a Modern Disaster Recovery EnvironmentBrian Anderson
In this presentation I presented EAGLE's ideas on designing a modern disaster recovery environment. Key concepts include balancing cost, risk and complexity in DR strategies. Most notably we'll cover recovery objectives, common DR technologies (that allow you to backup and pre-position data), and the importance of viewing DR as an insurance policy.
EMC's IT Transformation Journey ( EMC Forum 2014 )EMC
The Cloud transforms IT from being reactive into a business enabler improving your organizations agility. But IT Transformation is not just about technology. It involves changing IT roles, skills, and processes to adapt to the new IT paradigm. Led by EMC IT, let's come together in this insightful session to explore how to transform your IT infrastructure, operating model, and applications.
When it comes to Green IT, businesses have been reactive. Interest in Green IT rises significantly when energy prices increase, and drops just as quickly when prices flatten out. This is typical of the ad-hoc approach taken by most organizations which has led to inconsistent results. This research will help organizations determine:
•Why Green IT is important.
•Examples of Green IT opportunities.
•The state of Green IT today.
•How to implement a successful Green IT program.
In this storyboard, learn how a strategic approach to Green IT and a longer-term commitment to sustainability can positively impact the bottom line.
Deloitte Software As A Service Deloitte SeminarTheo Slaats
Presentation of Theo Slaats, partner at Deloitte, on "Software as a Service" during a seminar of Deloitte and Oracle on October 8, 2008 in Amsterdam.
This presentation from IBM's Business Continuity and Resiliency Services examines the trends and challenges that support cloud-based resiliency, and how IBM's Cloud Resilience portfolio can help.
Capacity Optimisation: Use what you have. Buy what you need: Jim Waring, BMC ...BMC Software
Do you know which resources you already own are actually being used? How do you know what additional resources you need? Before you can plan and budget for additional infrastructure resources, you need to know what you have, what you are using, and how well your IT services are running on those existing resources.
This presentation will discuss how you can cost-effectively right-size your IT infrastructure to meet the changing needs of your business.
The truth is that your customers don’t care about backup. They care about recovery.
In this webinar, backup specialist Christophe Bertrand of Arcserve will talk about on simplifying backup and discuss the key things you need to focus on when providing disaster recovery services to today’s businesses.
Join Christophe and the N-able team as we cover:
• The impact of downtime on an average business and how to minimize data loss
• Taking the complexity out of backup and talking about what matters
• How you can measure data protection and meet your SLA
Data is the lifeblood of every organization yet many either fail to backup their data or they are not doing so properly. Losing data can be catastrophic for a business. This white paper explains why backups are important and the challenges they face.
Disaster Recovery: Develop Efficient Critique for an Emergencysco813f8ko
Disaster recovery will be the procedure, policies and procedures that are associated with getting yourself ready for recovery or continuation of technologies infrastructure that are vital for an organization following a natural or human-induced catastrophe. Disaster recovery is really a subset connected with business continuity. While business continuity entails planning for maintaining all facets of a company functioning in the midst of bothersome occasions, disaster recovery targets the IT or technology techniques that support company features.
Enterprise grade disaster recovery without breaking the bankactualtechmedia
Perform a cost comparison of 3 DR strategies
View a comprehensive breakdown of DR infrastructure costs
Address the benefits of cloud-based DR
Draw from use cases of enterprises who have reduced IT expenditures with cloud DR
http://www.actualtech.io/enterprise-grade-disaster-recovery/
Craft an End-to-End Data Center Consolidation Strategy to Maximize BenefitsInfo-Tech Research Group
Your Challenge
Data center operating costs continue to escalate as organizations struggle with data center sprawl.
While data center consolidation is an attractive option to reduce cost and sprawl, the complexity of these projects makes them extremely difficulty to execute.
The status quo is also not an option, as budget constraints and the challenges with managing multiple data centers continues to increase.
Our Advice
Critical Insight
Despite consolidation being an effective way of addressing sprawl, it is often difficult to secure buy-in and funding from the business.
Many consolidation projects suffer cost overruns due to unforeseen requirements and hidden interdependencies which could have been mitigated during the planning phase.
Organizations that avoid consolidation projects due to their complexity are just deferring the challenge, while costs and inefficiencies continue to increase.
Impact and Result
Successful data center consolidation will have an immediate impact on reducing data center sprawl. Maximize your chances of success by securing buy-in from the business.
Avoid cost overruns and unforeseen requirements by engaging with the business at the start of the process. Clearly define business requirements and establish common expectations.
While cost improvements often drive data center consolidation, successful projects will also improve scalability, operational efficiency, and data center redundancy.
7 Habits for High Effective Disaster Recovery AdministratorsQuorumLabs
Quorum and Forrester discuss the 7 habits for highly effective Disaster Recovery administrators. Topics such as RPO, RTO, performance, and networking will be discussed as part of a due diligence list prior to making the 7 habits highly effective.
Business Continuity for Mission Critical ApplicationsDataCore Software
Unplanned interruption events, a.k.a. “disasters,” hit virtually all data centers at one time or another. While the preponderance of annual downtime results from interruptions that have a limited or localized scope of impact, IT planners must also prepare for the possibility of a catastrophic event with a broader geographical footprint.
Such disasters cannot be circumvented simply by using high availability configurations in servers or storage. What is needed, especially for mission-critical applications and databases, are strategies that can help organizations prevail in the wake of “big footprint” disasters, but that can also be implemented in a more limited way in response to interruption events with a more limited impact profile.
DataCore Software’s storage platform provides several capabilities for data protection and disaster recovery that are well-suited to today’s most mission-critical databases and applications.
What’s the recovery point objective (RPO) & recovery time objective (RTO)? RTO vs RPO, what are the differences. What disaster recovery solutions cover RTO/RPO?
Enterprise-Grade Disaster Recovery Without Breaking the BankDonna Perlstein
Until recently, enterprise-grade DR had been prohibitively expensive, leaving many companies with high risk levels and unreliable solutions. Now, many organizations are enjoying top-of- the-line disaster recovery at a fraction of the price, thanks to the rapid development of cloud technology. CloudEndure and Actual Tech Media are thrilled to present this presentation, with a cost comparison of 3 Disaster Recovery Strategies, and much more.
Enterprise-Grade Disaster Recovery Without Breaking the BankCloudEndure
Until recently, enterprise-grade DR had been prohibitively expensive, leaving many companies with high risk levels and unreliable solutions. Now, many organizations are enjoying top-of- the-line disaster recovery at a fraction of the price, thanks to the rapid development of cloud technology. CloudEndure and Actual Tech Media are thrilled to present this presentation, with a cost comparison of 3 Disaster Recovery Strategies, and much more.
NEC Backup as a Service reduces administrative tasks, helping it departments...InteractiveNEC
Cloud solutions continue to grow not only in adoption but also in importance in customer IT strategies. In typical risk-averse practices, cloud solutions were initially used near the fringes of IT environments, delivering test and development functions far outside most of the core mission-critical workloads sustaining internal and external business operations. Likewise, customers in regulated industries such as healthcare or government were initially wary of the security and performance of services delivered from third-party data centers. These dynamics are changing rapidly, however, as both the customer and vendor behavior around cloud have matured considerably. Cloud providers have expanded their data center locations, added almost every flavor of regulatory compliance, and enhanced security capabilities. These developments have dramatically lowered the traditional barriers to cloud adoption, allowing customers in almost any industry to have at least the possibility of deploying most of their workloads through cloud delivery methods.
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.
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.
Generating a custom Ruby SDK for your web service or Rails API using Smithyg2nightmarescribd
Have you ever wanted a Ruby client API to communicate with your web service? Smithy is a protocol-agnostic language for defining services and SDKs. Smithy Ruby is an implementation of Smithy that generates a Ruby SDK using a Smithy model. In this talk, we will explore Smithy and Smithy Ruby to learn how to generate custom feature-rich SDKs that can communicate with any web service, such as a Rails JSON API.
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!
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 3. In this session, we will cover desktop automation along with UI automation.
Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
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
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.
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/
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
14. The Plan: It’s the business Backups Disaster Recovery Business Continuity Too often, IT staffs have discussed IT disaster recovery in terms of recovering servers rather than business value
15. The Plan: Metrics Recovery Time Objective - Time required to recover critical systems to a functional state, often assumed to be “back to normal” for those systems designated as mission critical. Recovery Point Objective - Point in time to which the information has been restored when the RTO has elapsed and is dependent upon what is available from an offsite data storage location. "Are you trying to avoid employee inconvenience with your requested service levels?"
16. BIA: just study it right? Categorize Applications? Silo or interdependence Prioritize Impact? Everything is critical Replicate data? Is everything in sync? Immediate or deferred Opps, although more and more shops technically have all of their data replicated to a DR location, it is not readily usable by applications because it is not in sync. As a result, database administrators and application specialists need to spend additional hours, sometimes days, reconciling data and rolling databases back to bring the various data components into alignment. By the time this effort is complete, the desired recovery window has long since been exceeded. A B M O P A B Y Z M Y Z O P V Y Z
17. The Plan: the hard part is not the box The most common mistake businesses make when determining service-level requirements is trying to keep the business running as if nothing happened.
