Mapping the cloud maturity curve is an interactive research programme, sponsored by IBM, exploring the strategic fundamentals of cloud maturity and how companies seize growth opportunities opened up by the cloud. Discover the fundamental five to find out what businesses must have in place to extract the maximum value from the cloud.
Digital platforms and services stimulate economic growth and development. Countries are looking to the “internet economy” to provide new market opportunities and help achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) such as promoting economic growth and sustainable industralisation, a process often relying on an increase in online access rates and smartphone penetration.
For more details, please visit: https://eiuperspectives.economist.com/technology-innovation/digital-platforms-and-services-development-opportunity-asean?utm_source=OrganicSocial&utm_medium=Slideshare&utm_campaign=Amundi&utm_content=Slideshare_whitepaper
Manufacturing and the data conundrum: Too much? Too little? Or just right?, commissioned by Wipro, examines how manufacturers are using integrated data collection and analysis to improve production throughput, reduce costs and improve quality. The research is based on a survey of 50 C-suite executives from manufacturers in North America and Western Europe.
The survey shows that just 42% of respondents have what they consider to be a well-defined data-management strategy. However, 62% are not sure they have been able to keep up with the large volumes of data they collect, as it comes from too many sources and in a variety of formats and speeds.
The report also finds that while over 90% of manufacturers collect data from monitoring production processes, less than half have in place predictive data analytics, and less than 40% use data analysis to find solutions to production problems.
Case Study - Microsemi Uses Microsoft Dynamics AX to Reduce Costs and Improve...Armanino LLP
Microsemi, a semiconductor company, selected Microsoft Dynamics AX to reduce spending on IT resources and improve efficiency by combining disparate systems.
Digital platforms and services stimulate economic growth and development. Countries are looking to the “internet economy” to provide new market opportunities and help achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) such as promoting economic growth and sustainable industralisation, a process often relying on an increase in online access rates and smartphone penetration.
For more details, please visit: https://eiuperspectives.economist.com/technology-innovation/digital-platforms-and-services-development-opportunity-asean?utm_source=OrganicSocial&utm_medium=Slideshare&utm_campaign=Amundi&utm_content=Slideshare_whitepaper
Manufacturing and the data conundrum: Too much? Too little? Or just right?, commissioned by Wipro, examines how manufacturers are using integrated data collection and analysis to improve production throughput, reduce costs and improve quality. The research is based on a survey of 50 C-suite executives from manufacturers in North America and Western Europe.
The survey shows that just 42% of respondents have what they consider to be a well-defined data-management strategy. However, 62% are not sure they have been able to keep up with the large volumes of data they collect, as it comes from too many sources and in a variety of formats and speeds.
The report also finds that while over 90% of manufacturers collect data from monitoring production processes, less than half have in place predictive data analytics, and less than 40% use data analysis to find solutions to production problems.
Case Study - Microsemi Uses Microsoft Dynamics AX to Reduce Costs and Improve...Armanino LLP
Microsemi, a semiconductor company, selected Microsoft Dynamics AX to reduce spending on IT resources and improve efficiency by combining disparate systems.
Value Journal, a monthly news journal from Redington Value Distribution, intends to update the channel on the latest vendor news and Redington Value’s Channel Initiatives.
Key stories from the November Edition:
•DELL EMC To Support AI Knowledge Sharing and VR Adoption
•Fortinet To Drive Security Transformation
•Redington Value adds new big data vendors and unveils advanced analytics practice -Ramkumar Balakrishnan , President, Redington Value
•Huawei fuels Middle East’s AI future
•Microsoft highlights threat management solutions
•AccelStor signs up Redington Value to deliver all-flash array solutions
•Symantec significantly expands cloud security portfolio
•Impinj to deliver transformative IoT solutions in MEA
•Kaspersky Lab signs up Redington Value as regional VAD
•Mimecast spotlights the importance of the ‘human firewall’
•GITEX HIGHLIGHTS
Enable Oauth2.0 with Sentinet API Management (Massimo Crippa @ BTUG Event)Codit
Find here the slides of the presentation on Sentinet, given by Massimo Crippa (Codit) on the BTUG Event of 13th of October 2015.
Sentinet has recently introduced the support for the OAuth and OpenID Connect protocols.
In this presentation you will see the supported authentication flows, how to secure a regular BizTalk SOAP and REST service with OAuth 2.0 and how to call an OAuth-protected API from BizTalk with no coding or any changes in the existing application.
An illustrated guide to the five strategic fundamentals of a mature approach to the cloud that delivers business results—with expert advice on how to strengthen them at your organisation.
Mapping the cloud maturity curve is an interactive research programme exploring the strategic fundamentals of cloud maturity and how companies seize growth opportunities opened up by the cloud.
HEALTHCARE, THE CLOUD, AND ITS SECURITYSilverlineCRM
Originally presented at the Connecting Michigan for Health conference organized by the Michigan Health Information Network (MiHIN), this presentation talked through the benefits and use cases of leveraging cloud in Healthcare, as well as the realities of cloud security.
Benefiting from Semantic AI along the data life cycleMartin Kaltenböck
Slides of 1 hour session of Martin Kaltenböck (CFO and Managing Partner of Semantic Web Company / PoolParty Software Ltd) on 19 March 2019 in Boston, US at the Enterprise Data World 2019, with its title: Benefiting from Semantic AI along the data life cycle.
Deep Text Analytics - How to extract hidden information and aboutness from textSemantic Web Company
- Deep Text Analytics (DTA) is an application of Semantic AI
- DTA fuses methods and algorithms taken from language modeling, corpus linguistics, machine learning, knowledge representation and the semantic web result into Deep Text Analytics methods
- Main areas of use cases for DTA are Information retrieval, NLU, Question answering, and Recommender Systems
Digital disruption is a top-of-mind issue in the C-suites of every industry. Senior executives of traditional firms are looking over their shoulders and wondering if they are in the crosshairs of a digital insurgent.
Value Journal, a monthly news journal from Redington Value Distribution, intends to update the channel on the latest vendor news and Redington Value’s Channel Initiatives.
Key stories from the August Edition:
• Microsoft Announces Channel Updates at Inspire 2018
• Dell to return to public markets in $22bn tracking stock buy out
• Clearing the clouds - Hishamul Hasheel, VP - Software and Security, Redington Value
• Fortinet introduces machine learning capabilities to its FortiWeb Web Application Firewall
• Aruba introduces Software-Defined Branch solution
• Veeam, Nutanix deliver solution for the hyperavailable enterprise cloud
• Malwarebytes introduces Malwarebytes for iOS
• Micro Focus announces File Governance Suite
• Cisco announces new cloud native broadband router
• Oracle study: 93% of people would trust orders from a robot at work
• Splunk closes acquisition of VictorOps
• Reasons to consider Barracuda for your SD-WAN Solution
• Join the stress-free data protection revolution
Trends 2020 - Demystifying Bleeding Edge from Leading Edge TechnologyFulcrum Digital
Want to gain mileage with technologies? Discover the ones that directly add business value through this FREE Whitepaper.
To download go to bit.ly/2020-tech-trends-whitepaper
Ireland has an above-average ranking in the Economist
Intelligence Unit’s Mental Health Integration Index. Its biggest strength in this area is its very advanced policy, but it has a record of poor implementation.
Wider health service upheaval and funding cutbacks as a result of the government’s austerity programme have slowed implementation of the most recent policy.
Value Journal, a monthly news journal from Redington Value Distribution, intends to update the channel on the latest vendor news and Redington Value’s Channel Initiatives.
Key stories from the November Edition:
•DELL EMC To Support AI Knowledge Sharing and VR Adoption
•Fortinet To Drive Security Transformation
•Redington Value adds new big data vendors and unveils advanced analytics practice -Ramkumar Balakrishnan , President, Redington Value
•Huawei fuels Middle East’s AI future
•Microsoft highlights threat management solutions
•AccelStor signs up Redington Value to deliver all-flash array solutions
•Symantec significantly expands cloud security portfolio
•Impinj to deliver transformative IoT solutions in MEA
•Kaspersky Lab signs up Redington Value as regional VAD
•Mimecast spotlights the importance of the ‘human firewall’
•GITEX HIGHLIGHTS
Enable Oauth2.0 with Sentinet API Management (Massimo Crippa @ BTUG Event)Codit
Find here the slides of the presentation on Sentinet, given by Massimo Crippa (Codit) on the BTUG Event of 13th of October 2015.
Sentinet has recently introduced the support for the OAuth and OpenID Connect protocols.
In this presentation you will see the supported authentication flows, how to secure a regular BizTalk SOAP and REST service with OAuth 2.0 and how to call an OAuth-protected API from BizTalk with no coding or any changes in the existing application.
An illustrated guide to the five strategic fundamentals of a mature approach to the cloud that delivers business results—with expert advice on how to strengthen them at your organisation.
Mapping the cloud maturity curve is an interactive research programme exploring the strategic fundamentals of cloud maturity and how companies seize growth opportunities opened up by the cloud.
HEALTHCARE, THE CLOUD, AND ITS SECURITYSilverlineCRM
Originally presented at the Connecting Michigan for Health conference organized by the Michigan Health Information Network (MiHIN), this presentation talked through the benefits and use cases of leveraging cloud in Healthcare, as well as the realities of cloud security.
Benefiting from Semantic AI along the data life cycleMartin Kaltenböck
Slides of 1 hour session of Martin Kaltenböck (CFO and Managing Partner of Semantic Web Company / PoolParty Software Ltd) on 19 March 2019 in Boston, US at the Enterprise Data World 2019, with its title: Benefiting from Semantic AI along the data life cycle.
Deep Text Analytics - How to extract hidden information and aboutness from textSemantic Web Company
- Deep Text Analytics (DTA) is an application of Semantic AI
- DTA fuses methods and algorithms taken from language modeling, corpus linguistics, machine learning, knowledge representation and the semantic web result into Deep Text Analytics methods
- Main areas of use cases for DTA are Information retrieval, NLU, Question answering, and Recommender Systems
Digital disruption is a top-of-mind issue in the C-suites of every industry. Senior executives of traditional firms are looking over their shoulders and wondering if they are in the crosshairs of a digital insurgent.
Value Journal, a monthly news journal from Redington Value Distribution, intends to update the channel on the latest vendor news and Redington Value’s Channel Initiatives.
Key stories from the August Edition:
• Microsoft Announces Channel Updates at Inspire 2018
• Dell to return to public markets in $22bn tracking stock buy out
• Clearing the clouds - Hishamul Hasheel, VP - Software and Security, Redington Value
• Fortinet introduces machine learning capabilities to its FortiWeb Web Application Firewall
• Aruba introduces Software-Defined Branch solution
• Veeam, Nutanix deliver solution for the hyperavailable enterprise cloud
• Malwarebytes introduces Malwarebytes for iOS
• Micro Focus announces File Governance Suite
• Cisco announces new cloud native broadband router
• Oracle study: 93% of people would trust orders from a robot at work
• Splunk closes acquisition of VictorOps
• Reasons to consider Barracuda for your SD-WAN Solution
• Join the stress-free data protection revolution
Trends 2020 - Demystifying Bleeding Edge from Leading Edge TechnologyFulcrum Digital
Want to gain mileage with technologies? Discover the ones that directly add business value through this FREE Whitepaper.
To download go to bit.ly/2020-tech-trends-whitepaper
Ireland has an above-average ranking in the Economist
Intelligence Unit’s Mental Health Integration Index. Its biggest strength in this area is its very advanced policy, but it has a record of poor implementation.
Wider health service upheaval and funding cutbacks as a result of the government’s austerity programme have slowed implementation of the most recent policy.
Read about the latest global economic forecast in this November presentation from the EIU's Global Forecasting Service. To receive regular global economic updates, or to dig deeper into the data, register for free access at www.eiu.com/gfs.
In the second of a series of reports commissioned by HSBC, we consider the extent to which businesses are incorporating responsibility in their business operations.
This article compares the opportunities and constraints of the Chinese and Indian capital markets. While the Indian market is more open to foreign portfolio investments, there are governance and reliability risks as well as substantial volatility. In the Chinese case, much of the market is closed to foreign portfolio investors. While exposure to these markets offers important opportunities for diversification, both also have drawbacks which must be clearly understood for their risks to be effectively managed.
The EIU has updated its economic forecast for January. Highlights since December include: raising GDP growth forecasts for both the US and euro zone, China's slowing economy, and commodity price and demand outlook.
The corporate CFO was once confined to financial gatekeeping and oversight. But for some time now CFOs have been taking on wider and more strategic corporate responsibilities. Today’s CFO needs to partner with the CEO on strategic leadership of a company through budgeting and planning, while taking on greater responsibilities in daily operations and even functions such as enterprise content management. Indeed, CFOs are making more decisions in real-time in areas new to them, and they are relying on volumes of new information.
This report, commissioned by Qlik, finds that having to use so much new information to shape corporate strategy is a double-edged sword. The growth of non-traditional information sources, such as social media and location-based data, offers more potential opportunities for CFOs to generate important insights about their businesses.
Expats come to tax-free United Arab Emirates hoping to pocket the savings. Many are surprised by a range of cost of living shocks, which can undermine the financial aspirations of the unprepared.
By leveraging newly available data and new
analytic tools, HR leaders will be better able to help
their organisations create value across a broad
spectrum of potential, thereby enhancing their
own role and stature in the process.
Read the latest Economist Intelligence Unit economic forecast for August. Includes regional outlooks for the US, Western Europe, Japan, and Emerging Markets. Also forecasts for commodities and exchange rates. Visit www.eiu.com/gfs to view more.
China plans to become the industry leader in electric vehicle development. The Chinese government wants to have 5m new energy vehicles (NEVs) on its roads by 2020. What are China’s chances of meeting its ambitioyus development plans? Does China need to expand its definition of EVs to include some low-speed vehicles? What does this mean for the automotive industry as a whole?
This report also gives an assessment of how China's EV plans compare with those of other countries, notably the US, and what effect China's public investment in the technology will have on carmakers' own investment plans. Download the free summary and share with your colleagues.
Since the onset of the global financial crisis in 2008, businesses around the world have faced a barrage of new risk-related challenges.
The macroeconomic environment of recent years, marked by the global financial crisis, fiscal uncertainty in the US and sovereign debt problems in Europe, has also helped to make companies more riskaverse, leading them to swap bold investment decisions for more cautious behaviour and cash hoarding. The tide is turning, however, with most expecting 2014 to mark a return to growth...
With conditions in the developed markets of Europe and North America likely to remain weak in the near term, business is increasingly looking to Asia for growth. Growth will not be uniform across sectors or even within them. Which subsectors will see the most dynamic growth? And what will drive it? Exports? Domestic sales? Technology? Innovation? Rising consumer incomes? What should companies be thinking about as they plan their Asia strategies for the next five to ten years?
The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), sponsored by InvestKL, developed the “industry dynamism” barometer to measure the resilience and growth potential of six industry sectors across Asia.
A new report published today by The Economist Intelligence Unit finds that progress in providing faster broadband access varies significantly across South-East Asia, despite the economic opportunities being well acknowledged.
There are great differences in the level of broadband planning and implementation, where even leaders, such as Singapore and Malaysia, face challenges in achieving greater coverage and uptake. In Singapore, 95% of households have access to fiber to the home (FTTH) network speed and 46% of them have subscribed to it. In Myanmar, by contrast, there is not even a national broadband plan. Among those with a plan for development, implementation is uneven.
This is among the key findings of The future of broadband in South-East Asia, an Economist Intelligence Unit report commissioned by Huawei. Although the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ ICT Masterplan 2015 maps out a strategy to achieve greater integration across six areas, including infrastructure development and bridging the digital divide, implementation remains a domestic issue. In Malaysia, for instance, broadband targets are based on speeds of 256Kbps with the aim to provide 10Mbps or greater to high economic impact areas. The government has set a target to increase the broadband penetration rate to 75% of households by 2015.
Mobile-broadband has been touted as a quick way to provide broader access, but experts are now concluding that it is not a silver bullet. Conversion of spectrum allocation, the necessary technical development to provide faster mobile speeds, has been slow across much of the region. Even where successful policies are in place, such as in Singapore, limited bandwidth for data poses an emerging challenge. This highlights the continued importance of fixed broadband networks to supplement increasingly crowded mobile networks.
The report also finds that, in order not to fall behind, regulators are now taking a more holistic perspective and working with industry to resolve such issues and promote strong infrastructure environments.
As the information society grows in importance, digital inclusiveness becomes more urgent. Yet reaching rural and vulnerable populations remains difficult even for leading countries such as Singapore and Malaysia. Cyber security has also emerged as an issue which can affect uptake.
Despite the financial and practical challenges of broadband implementation, it remains the easier part of the supply and demand equation. More difficult are the challenges of improving affordability and raising awareness of the benefits of broadband adoption. Countries are only now beginning to tackle these issues.
It used to be the case that staff worked the way they were told to by their employers. It was therefore the objectives of the organisation – efficiency, in most cases – that defined the working style of the majority.
Now, though, the way we work is subject to all manner of influences. Organisations that wish to design engaging and productive working environments for their employees must understand those forces, and react accordingly.
The power of Cloud - Driving business model innovationIBM Software India
Although businesses today are leveraging the power of Cloud to transform the way they function, they are yet to realize its potential when it comes to driving innovation in the organisation. When utilised effectively, Cloud capabilities offer numerous advantages to drive business innovation. Read through or download the study to find out more.
Can content management be used as an asset to boost productivity and collaboration?
Atos’ performance at the Olympic Games has proved the ideal challenge to improving the way we deliver world-beating business technology for our clients. This new Fast Track Guide on ECM is quick to read and formed from the very latest thinking. It describes how, in the economic climate, enterprise collaboration tools have been embraced by organizations looking to become leaner and more flexible to boost productivity and efficiency across an increasingly dispersed and mobile workforce.
Insurance Cloud: From Tactical to Strategic Investment for European InsurersAccenture Insurance
Insurance companies have been relatively cautious about cloud adoption. However, the conversation among insurers has changed in the last few years, moving to “when and how” rather than “why.” Several factors are driving today’s insurance companies to move their applications and data into the cloud as they reassess their business opportunities. Learn more:
Rebooting IT Infrastructure for the Digital AgeCapgemini
The Digital Transformation Institute has launched its latest research report titled “Faster, Better, Smarter: Rebooting IT Infrastructure for the Digital Age.” The report highlights why organizations need robust and seamless IT infrastructure that keeps pace with evolving market and technology demands. IT infrastructure has always been known as a “keeping the lights on” function but now it has evolved into a core catalyst of Digital Transformation. However, as a function, IT infrastructure is yet to undergo a core transformation. The report discusses why a reboot is critical.
Cloud computing is now a viable option for businesses seeking to outsource part or all of their IT operations. But in this new era — where the power of the Internet is harnessed for IT tasks — outsourcing to the cloud can be a strategic maneuver, not just a cost-cutting measure.
Economist Intelligence Unit: Preparing for Next-Generation CloudHitachi Vantara
Preparing for next-generation cloud: Lessons learned and insights shared is an Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) research programme, sponsored by Hitachi Data Systems. In this report, the EIU looks at companies’ experiences with cloud adoption and assesses whether the technology has lived up to expectations. Where the cloud has fallen short of expectations, we set out to understand why. In cases of seamless implementation, we gather best practices from firms using the cloud successfully.
Over the last decade, cloud computing has transformed the market for IT services. But the journey to cloud adoption has not been without its share of twists and turns. This report looks at lessons that can be derived from companies' experiences implementing cloud computing technology.
Maybe you can already recite the sales pitch for cloud computing in your sleep—how it’s faster, more flexible, and economical than amassing your own servers on site. But, as Joe Weinman argues in “Rethinking the Benefits of Cloud,” that’s just scratching the surface. In this exclusive white paper, Weinman, author of Cloudonomics: The Business Value of Cloud Computing, explores some of the overlooked—and more nuanced—business benefits of moving workloads to the cloud, such as faster innovation, global expansion, and customer satisfaction.
Early adopters of cloud technology—companies that have planned, implemented and seen the benefits in real deployments—are beginning to establish a track record of “lessons learned”. The Economist Intelligence Unit, sponsored by SAP, has analysed the experiences of six companies that have implemented cloud solutions specifically designed to foster collaboration in the workplace.
Realising Digital’s Full Potential in the Value ChainCognizant
When we spoke with executives across Europe who lead digitising efforts, they described a diverse range of deployments, but digital can, and must, deliver far more than it has so far. In this ebook, we explore how businesses can explore digital's full potential across their value chain.
Being Digital, Fast-forward to the Right Digital Strategy Fabio Mittelstaedt
Do my Company have the right Digital Strategy? Is it compelling enough to beat my competitors? Or to conquer the new digital customers from millenniums to baby boomers? Competing in a world shaped by digital technologies requires a fundamentally different approach to how strategies are developed and executed. 55% of business leaders admit that they do not yet have an enterprise-level digital strategy to support their corporate strategy. But there is a difference between developing some digital capabilities or being a digital lead in your industry. Digital disrupts business strategy. Business leaders must consider a new strategic approach.
Decades of economic growth and development along with better governance and nutrition-specific programmes had lifted hundreds of millions of people in Asia out of poverty, as well as starvation and malnutrition. However, due to the uneven development, while a large segment of Asian's population had changed their eating habits to over-nutrition diets and worrying about lifestyle diseases like diabetes, cancer and heart diseases, there are still some countries and regions suffering from lack of nutrition. For example, childhood malnutrition and stunting is still prevalent in South Asia, one Indian survey found that 21% of children suffer wasting, and a further 7.5% of children suffer it severely.
For more details, please visit: https://eiuperspectives.economist.com/sustainability/fixing-asias-food-system/white-paper/food-thought-eating-better?utm_source=OrganicSocial&utm_medium=Slideshare&utm_campaign=Amundi&utm_content=Slideshare_whitepaper
The world’s top 100 asset owners (AOs) represent about US$19trn in assets under management. The largest, and potentially most influential, proportion is in Asia—more than a third of the total. Out of the top 20 largest funds, three out of the first five and nearly half of the total are in Asia.
For more insights, please visit: https://eiuperspectives.economist.com/sustainability/sustainable-and-actionable-study-asset-owner-priorities-esg-investing-asia?utm_source=OrganicSocial&utm_medium=Slideshare&utm_campaign=Amundi&utm_content=Slideshare_whitepaper
Internet connectivity has proven to be one of the most profound enablers of social change and economic growth of our time. Beginning with fixed narrowband internet connections and moving through successive generations of increasingly pervasive and powerful networks, connectivity has come to underpin our working and personal lives, empowering businesses to operate more efficiently and with wider reach. In turn, connectivity has sparked and fuelled countless new industries, products and services that are coming to define our modern age. Connectivity has proven to be a vital ingredient for business success.
This report examines the burden of lung cancer in Latin America and how well countries in the region are addressing the challenge. Its particular focus is on 12 countries in Central and South America, chosen for various factors including size and level of economic development: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay.
In the cyber world, many are attacked but not all are victims. Some organisations emerge stronger. The most cyber-resilient organisations can respond to an incident, fix the vulnerabilities and apply the lessons to strategies for the future. A key element of their resilience is governance, a task that falls to the board of directors.
To learn more about the challenges of governing a cyber-resilient organisation, The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) conducted a global survey, sponsored by Willis Towers Watson, of 452 large-company board members, C-suite executives and directors with responsibility for cyber-resilience.
Among the findings:
-In the past year, a third of the companies surveyed experienced a serious cyber-incident — one that disrupted operations, impaired financials and damaged reputations — and most placed high odds on another one in the next 12 months.
-Many companies lack confidence in their ability to source talent and develop a cyber-savvy workforce.
-Executives cite the size of the financial and reputational risk as the most important reason for board oversight.
Artificial intelligence (AI) will profoundly affect the ways in which businesses and governments engage with consumers and citizens alike. From advances in genetic diagnostics to industrial automation, these widespread changes will have significant economic, social and civic implications. As such, Intelligent Economies explores the transformative potential of AI on markets and societies across the developed and developing worlds.
This report, developed by The Economist Intelligence Unit and sponsored by Microsoft, draws on a survey of more than 400 senior executives working in various industries, including financial services, healthcare and life sciences, manufacturing,
retail and the public sector. Survey respondents operate in eight markets: France, Germany, Mexico, Poland, South Africa, Thailand, the UK and the US.
As businesses generate and manage vast amounts of data, companies have more opportunities to gather data, incorporate insights into business strategy and continuously expand access to data across the organisation. Doing so effectively—leveraging data for strategic objectives—is often easier said
than done, however. This report, Transforming data into action: the business outlook for data governance, explores the business contributions of data governance at organisations globally and across industries, the challenges faced in creating useful data governance policies and the opportunities to improve such programmes.
It wasn’t long ago that a work meeting meant gathering around a table to discuss an agenda. These days you may be using Slack, Hangouts or other digital collaboration platforms that blend messaging with video and allow real-time editing of
documents. Even with these tools, communication at work can still break down, potentially endangering careers, creating stressful work environments and slowing growth.
A survey from The Economist Intelligence Unit and sponsored by Lucidchart reveals some of the perceived causes and effects of these communication breakdowns. The survey, conducted from November 2017 to January 2018, included 403 senior executives, managers and junior staff at US companies divided equally and from companies with annual revenue of less than
US$10m, between US$10m and US$1bn and more than US$1bn. The survey research provides insights about what employees see as the biggest barriers to workplace communication, the causes of the barriers and their impact on work life. Complete survey results are included at the end of
this report.
Successful young entrepreneurial innovators have achieved something akin to rockstar status. They grace magazine covers and keynote global conferences, inspiring burgeoning
start-ups and Fortune 50 companies alike.
Collectively, young entrepreneurs are innovative by nature and their thinking is an important source of growth and job creation across the world. Today, with digital tools in hand, leaders are better positioned to expand their businesses across borders, seize niche opportunities and shape the global economic future.
Yet, most of today’s young entrepreneurs want more than status and a global corporate footprint. Their ideas of success arise from powerful social, political and economic convictions.
To find out what really makes young innovators tick, The Economist Intelligence Unit, sponsored by FedEx, surveyed more than 500 of these young entrepreneurs around the globe about their motivations, ideals and priorities. Our survey respondents were between 25 and 50 years of age and all founders, owners or partners of firms with fewer than 500 employees. They are living in North America, Europe, Middle
East, India and Africa, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America. We surveyed them on matters of globalization, technology and social values.
We then compared their views with a similar survey of the general public in the same regions. Side by side, these surveys enabled us to differentiate the outlooks of today’s young and innovative entrepreneurs.
Our surveys identified four key mindsets that guide young entrepreneurs: leading with passion; thinking globally; embracing social responsibility; and banking on connectivity. This report explores the similarities and divergences of today’s young entrepreneurs and the general public. It seeks insights into the elements of the business environment that matter most to entrepreneurs, as well as their views on a variety of issues including free trade and social responsibility.
Education systems across the world are grappling with the challenge of preparing their students for the rapid changes they will experience during their lifetimes. To this end, schools have a critical role in equipping students with the requisite skills and
competencies that will be in demand, particularly as digital technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) increasingly transform businesses and influence economies. In this report, The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) discusses the results of a study that explores how to best prepare primary and
secondary school (referred to in this report as “K-12”) students for the 21st century workplace (“the modern workplace”), where
a mix of hard and soft skills are crucial for success. The research, sponsored by Google for Education, draws on a survey of 1,200 educators in 16 countries.1 It looks at the
strategies most effective in developing 21st century skills and how technology can support such efforts.
Gone are the days when marketing chiefs focused solely on the classic 4Ps: Product, Price, Promotions and Place - they now must take an integrated approach to drive company goals.
Corporate and shareholder sentiment towards MA has rebounded since the dark days of 2008. Low borrowing costs have coaxed many new buyers, including acquisitive Chinese conglomerates, into the market. The prices of prized assets have risen accordingly. It remains a sellers market in technology-driven deals, particularly in the consumer-goods, financial services, and media and telecommunications sectors.
Corporate treasury is now a top target for cyber-criminals. Treasury’s trove of personal and corporate data, its authority to make payments and move large amounts of cash quickly, and its often complicated structure make it an appealing choice for discerning fraudsters.
Corporate treasury is now a top target for cyber-criminals. Treasury’s trove of personal and corporate data, its authority to make payments and move large amounts of cash quickly, and its often complicated structure make it an appealing choice for discerning fraudsters.
In today’s low-yield and regulated environment, many Asia-Pacific investors are more actively monitoring their portfolios with a willingness to increase turnover and shift asset allocations for higher returns.
Asia-Pacific institutional investors are struggling to balance long-term liabilities with the need to secure yield in a world where it is increasingly scarce. They are also in the world’s fastest-growing region that has no shortage of volatility. How are they achieving returns while managing risks?
How are institutional investors in North America adapting to increasingly complex risks? Are these risks driving investors to make portfolio changes based on short-term goals or are they making tactical moves to stay focused on long-term objectives?
Political risks and the search for yield are pushing some North American institutional investors toward more tactical decisions. Investors are focused on reallocating to equities and using alternative investments to mitigate risks.
How are EMEA investors responding to changing macroeconomic and regulatory environments, stakeholder objectives and pressures, and market conditions? Based on a survey of 200 institutional investors in the region, this report takes a detailed look.
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.
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
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.
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
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
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
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