In our hands-on tests, the HP Elite mt645 G7 Mobile Thin Client powered by an AMD Ryzen™ 5 5625U processor provided comparable or slightly better system performance, longer battery life, and comparable unified communications experiences versus a repurposed business laptop with an Intel Core i5 processor
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An HP Elite t655 Thin Client powered by an AMD Ryzen™ Embedded R2314 processor outperformed an Intel Pentium Silver N6005 processor-powered Dell OptiPlex 3000 Thin Client and delivered quality Microsoft Teams and Zoom experiences for end users in Citrix, VMware, and Windows 365 VDI environments
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on Dell Latitude 9430 laptops and OptiPlex 7400 all-in-one desktop PCs
Whether your company is purchasing new PCs to improve productivity, to better meet end-user needs, or to gain a competitive edge, in our hands-on tests, speedy performance and adjustments from the AIbased Dell Optimizer had a positive impact. We found that enabling Dell Optimizer 3.1 on two different Dell business PCs running Windows 11 Pro improved system responsiveness
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Any organization using virtual desktop infrastructure can benefit by investing in servers that deliver high performance at a reasonable price. In our test, the AMD-based Open Compute 3.0 server hosted a few more virtual desktop sessions that the HP ProLiant DL360p Gen8 server did, while costing less than half as much.
Boost performance and provide strong end-user unified communications experien...Principled Technologies
An HP Elite t655 Thin Client powered by an AMD Ryzen™ Embedded R2314 processor outperformed an Intel Pentium Silver N6005 processor-powered Dell OptiPlex 3000 Thin Client and delivered quality Microsoft Teams and Zoom experiences for end users in Citrix, VMware, and Windows 365 VDI environments
Improve PC app performance, battery charging, and end-user experiences with ...Principled Technologies
on Dell Latitude 9430 laptops and OptiPlex 7400 all-in-one desktop PCs
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VDI performance and price comparison: AMD-based Open Compute 3.0 server vs. H...Principled Technologies
Any organization using virtual desktop infrastructure can benefit by investing in servers that deliver high performance at a reasonable price. In our test, the AMD-based Open Compute 3.0 server hosted a few more virtual desktop sessions that the HP ProLiant DL360p Gen8 server did, while costing less than half as much.
Optimize networking performance with the Dell PowerEdge R750 featuring a mode...Principled Technologies
Using a single 100Gb NIC provided better and more consistent performance than four 25Gb NICs
Video files and other large digital media can be taxing to networking and underlying server hardware. For organizations that frequently transmit these types of data, such as those that work in content creation, retailers that run AI on video to gather shopping data, or those hosting safety and security video solutions, speeding data transfer can make the difference in productivity or video quality. As workloads increased, we found that using
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Video has never been more important or more omnipresent than it is today. Organizations putting video to work in ever more critical ways need to invest in server solutions with fast, high-performance networking.
In our data center, we found that a Dell PowerEdge R750 server with a single Broadcom 57508 Dual Port 100Gb NIC offered higher and more consistent bandwidth than the same server with four 25Gb NICs. Four times 25 equals 100. However, because of the overhead a multi-NIC solution requires and the realities of balancing multiple network streams across different network interfaces, the solution with a Broadcom 100Gb NIC performed better on both reads and writes running lighter and heavier workloads. If video plays an important role in your business, consider selecting Broadcom 57508 Dual Port 100Gb NICs for your Dell PowerEdge R750 servers.
z Systems redefining Enterprise IT for digital business - Alain PoquillonNRB
IBM z Systems with the new z13 is the backbone infrastructure for the evolving digital era. Built on over 50 years of experience and billions of dollars in developing leading-edge technology, it is at the forefront of modern Information Technology. On different domains. Mr. Poquillon illustrates IBMs’ z13 pre-eminence by highlighting its assets such as its shared-everything approach and centralized management of resources that make it naturally fit for cloud; its hybrid transaction/analytics processing capabilities that provide real-time analytics more efficiently to in-process transactional data, and finally its ability to provide the scale and performance a business needs to survive the mobile and social onslaught.
Showcasing exemplary stories of success where channel partners have gone to great lengths to implement innovative solutions. Acclaiming those partners who have risen to the challenges of the digital era and transformed their business to a solutions offering. Inspiring channel businesses to become value-added providers and trusted allies to their customers. Stories that made a Difference.
Key stories of the edition are as below:
1. FUELING GROWTH - CDW Middle East & Africa
2. NEW FRONTIERS- EmaxIT International
3. LAYING THE FOUNDATION - Innovative Incorporation
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4. CRITICAL CONNECTIONS- Visiontech Systems International
5. THE BIG PICTURE - BMB Group
6. THE LAST LINE OF DEFENSE - Maxbyte Technologies
7. BANKING ON THE FUTURE - ConSol Enterprising IT
8. TOP GRADE - Cloud Box Technologies
9. EAGLE EYE - Fox Data Dubai
10.SECURE GATEWAYS - Virus Rescuers
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Achieve Business-Class Performance With Intel vPro, an Intel Evo DesignAdele Noble
Intel vPro, an Intel Evo design, provides stylish, sleek, and thin laptops specially designed to fulfill the demands of mobile business users. These co-engineered designs deliver:
Less than 1-second instant wake-up functionality that enables employees to work without disruptions.
Advanced batteries with FHD displays let the workforce remain productive 24/7.
Best-in-class WiFi and wired connectivity always keep your device up.
For more information click here
Intel Evo: https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/faqs/intel-evo/
intel vpro: https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/faqs/pc-life-faqs/what-is-vpro/
How Intel Xeon CPUs enable smarter IoT solutions across various power and industrial use case requirements. Intel's 10/26/17 Advantech Solution Day presentation by Stephen Chenoweth.
Event details: http://www.advantech-eautomation.com/eMarketingPrograms/Server_SolutionDay/
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If your organization needs powerful computing performance in a smaller footprint, compact desktops may be for you. In our series of benchmark tests, we found that one such compact desktop, the Lenovo ThinkCentre M90q Gen 4 Tiny, outperformed the Apple Mac mini (2023) with M2 Pro processor on everything from office productivity tasks to graphics rendering. Plus, the ThinkCentre M90q Gen 4 Tiny was more responsive on everyday tasks in Microsoft 365. With stronger performance in a smaller footprint alongside the benefits that Intel Unison, Intel vPro, and Lenovo ThinkShield can provide, the Lenovo ThinkCentre M90q Gen 4 Tiny may fit right into your business plans.
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 March Edition:
•Oracle Expands Hybrid Cloud Portfolio with Roving Edge Infrastructure
•Huawei Unveils New Solutions to Stimulate Growth in the Digital Economy
•Fortinet Delivers Major Updates to FortiOS Operating System
•Cisco Completes Acquisition of IMImobile
•Palo Alto Networks Launches NextWave 3.0
•Cambium Networks Unveils Gigabit Outdoor Point to Point Solution
•Check Point Software Launches Unified Security Solution Harmony
•Citrix Tackles Employee Well-Being
•CrowdStrike Delivers Advanced Threat Protection for Cloud and Container Workloads
•Kaspersky: DDoS Attacks in Q4 2020 Dropped by a Third Compared to Q3
•Nutanix Extends Ransomware Protections to Help Secure Customers’ IT Environments
•New Veeam Backup & Replication v11 Now Available
•VMware Refreshes vRealize Cloud Management
•Veritas Introduces NetBackup 9
•Ivanti Wavelink Expands Velocity Platform
•CyberArk Delivers New Identity Security Offerings to Drive Customer Success
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Conclusion
Diving into the world of GenAI has the potential to yield a great many benefits for your organization, but it first requires consideration for how best to implement those GenAI workloads. Whether your AI goals are to create a chatbot for online visitors, generate marketing materials, aid troubleshooting, or something else, implementing an AI solution requires careful planning and decision-making. A major decision is whether to host GenAI in the cloud or keep your data on premises. Traditional on-premises solutions can provide superior security and control, a substantial concern when dealing with large amounts of potentially sensitive data. But will supporting a GenAI solution on site be a drain on an organization’s IT budget?
In our research, we found that the value proposition is just the opposite: Hosting GenAI workloads on premises, either in a traditional Dell solution or using a managed Dell APEX pay-per-use solution, could significantly lower your GenAI costs over 3 years compared to hosting these workloads in the cloud. In fact, we found that a comparable AWS SageMaker solution would cost up to 3.8 times as much and an Azure ML solution would cost up to 3.6 times as much as GenAI on a Dell APEX pay-per-use solution. These results show that organizations looking to implement GenAI and reap the business benefits to come can find many advantages in an on-premises Dell solution, whether they opt to purchase and manage it themselves or choose a subscription-based Dell APEX pay-per-use solution. Choosing an on-premises Dell solution could save your organization significantly over hosting GenAI in the cloud, while giving you control over the security and privacy of your data as well as any updates and changes to the environment, and while ensuring your environment is managed consistently.
Workstations powered by Intel can play a vital role in CPU-intensive AI devel...Principled Technologies
In three AI development workflows, Intel processor-powered workstations delivered strong performance, without using their GPUs, making them a good choice for this part of the AI process
Conclusion
We executed three AI development workflows on tower workstations and mobile workstations from three vendors, with each workflow utilizing only the Intel CPU cores, and found that these platforms were suitable for carrying out various AI tasks. For two of the workflows, we learned that completing the tasks on the tower workstations took roughly half as much time as on the mobile workstations. This supports the idea that the tower workstations would be appropriate for a development environment for more complex models with a greater volume of data and that the mobile workstations would be well-suited for data scientists fine-tuning simpler models. In the third workflow, we explored tower workstation performance with different precision levels and learned that using 16-bit floating point precision allowed the workstations to execute the workflow in less time and also reduced memory usage dramatically. For all three AI workflows we executed, we consider the time the workstations needed to complete the tasks to be acceptable, and believe that these workstations can be appropriate, cost-effective choices for these kinds of activities.
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1. FUELING GROWTH - CDW Middle East & Africa
2. NEW FRONTIERS- EmaxIT International
3. LAYING THE FOUNDATION - Innovative Incorporation
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4. CRITICAL CONNECTIONS- Visiontech Systems International
5. THE BIG PICTURE - BMB Group
6. THE LAST LINE OF DEFENSE - Maxbyte Technologies
7. BANKING ON THE FUTURE - ConSol Enterprising IT
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9. EAGLE EYE - Fox Data Dubai
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Intel vPro, an Intel Evo design, provides stylish, sleek, and thin laptops specially designed to fulfill the demands of mobile business users. These co-engineered designs deliver:
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Advanced batteries with FHD displays let the workforce remain productive 24/7.
Best-in-class WiFi and wired connectivity always keep your device up.
For more information click here
Intel Evo: https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/faqs/intel-evo/
intel vpro: https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/faqs/pc-life-faqs/what-is-vpro/
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When we ran an intensive floating-point workload on a Dell PowerEdge HS5620 and a Supermicro SYS-621CTN12R in three scenario types simulating typical operations at 25°C, a fan failure, and an HVAC malfunction, the Dell server experienced no component warnings or failures. In contrast, the Supermicro server experienced warnings in all three scenario types and experienced component failures in the latter two tests, rendering the system unusable. When we inspected and analyzed each system, we found that the Dell PowerEdge HS5620 server’s motherboard layout, fans, and chassis offered cooling design advantages.
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If your organization’s transactional databases are running on gear that is several years old, you have much to gain by upgrading to modern servers with new processors and networking components and an OpenShift environment. In our testing, a modern OpenShift environment with a cluster of three Dell PowerEdge R7615 servers with 4th Generation AMD EPYC processors and high-speed 100Gb Broadcom NICs outperformed a legacy environment with MySQL VMs running on a cluster of three Dell PowerEdge R7515 servers with 3rd Generation AMD EPYC processors and 25Gb Broadcom NICs. We also easily migrated a VM from the legacy environment to the modern environment, with only a few steps required to set up and less than ten minutes of hands-on time. The performance advantage of the modern servers would allow a company to reduce the number of servers necessary to perform a given amount of database work, thus lowering operational expenditures such as power and cooling and IT staff time for maintenance. The high-speed 100Gb Broadcom NICs in this solution also give companies better network performance and networking capacity to grow as they embrace emerging technologies such as AI that put great demands on networks.
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When your system has plenty of RAM to meet your needs, you can efficiently access the applications and data you need to finish projects and to-do lists without sacrificing time and focus. Our test results show that with more memory available, three Dell PCs delivered better performance and took less time to complete the Procyon Office Productivity benchmark. These advantages translate to users being able to complete workflows more quickly and multitask more easily. Whether you need the mobility of the Latitude 5440, the creative capabilities of the Precision 3470, or the high performance of the OptiPlex Tower Plus 7010, configuring your system with more RAM can help keep processes running smoothly, enabling you to do more without compromising performance.
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Deploying VMware Cloud Foundation 5.1 on next gen Dell PowerEdge servers brings together critical virtualization capabilities and high-performing hardware infrastructure. Relying on our hands-on experience, this deployment guide offers a comprehensive roadmap that can guide your organization through the seamless integration of advanced VMware cloud solutions with the performance and reliability of Dell PowerEdge servers. In addition to the deployment efficiency, the Cloud Foundation 5.1 and PowerEdge solution delivered strong performance while running a MySQL database workload. By leveraging VMware Cloud Foundation 5.1 and PowerEdge servers, you could help your organization embrace cloud computing with confidence, potentially unlocking a new level of agility, scalability, and efficiency in your data center operations.
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Choosing a vendor for server purchases is about more than just the hardware platform. Decision-makers must also consider more long-term concerns, including system/data security, energy efficiency, and ease of management. These concerns make the systems management tools a vendor offers as important as the hardware.
We investigated the features and capabilities of server management tools from Dell and Supermicro, comparing Dell iDRAC9 against Supermicro IPMI for embedded server management and Dell OpenManage Enterprise and CloudIQ against Supermicro Server Manager for one-to-many device and console management and monitoring. We found that the Dell management tools provided more comprehensive security, sustainability, and management/monitoring features and capabilities than Supermicro servers did. In addition, Dell tools automated more tasks to ease server management, resulting in significant time savings for administrators versus having to do the same tasks manually with Supermicro tools.
When making a server purchase, a vendor’s associated management products are critical to protect data, support a more sustainable environment, and to ease the maintenance of systems. Our tests and research showed that the Dell management portfolio for PowerEdge servers offered more features to help organizations meet these goals than the comparable Supermicro management products.
Increase security, sustainability, and efficiency with robust Dell server man...Principled Technologies
Compared to the Supermicro management portfolio
Conclusion
Choosing a vendor for server purchases is about more than just the hardware platform. Decision-makers must also consider more long-term concerns, including system/data security, energy efficiency, and ease of management. These concerns make the systems management tools a vendor offers as important as the hardware.
We investigated the features and capabilities of server management tools from Dell and Supermicro, comparing Dell iDRAC9 against Supermicro IPMI for embedded server management and Dell OpenManage Enterprise and CloudIQ against Supermicro Server Manager for one-to-many device and console management and monitoring. We found that the Dell management tools provided more comprehensive security, sustainability, and management/monitoring features and capabilities than Supermicro servers did. In addition, Dell tools automated more tasks to ease server management, resulting in significant time savings for administrators versus having to do the same tasks manually with Supermicro tools.
When making a server purchase, a vendor’s associated management products are critical to protect data, support a more sustainable environment, and to ease the maintenance of systems. Our tests and research showed that the Dell management portfolio for PowerEdge servers offered more features to help organizations meet these goals than the comparable Supermicro management products.
Scale up your storage with higher-performing Dell APEX Block Storage for AWS ...Principled Technologies
In our tests, Dell APEX Block Storage for AWS outperformed similarly configured solutions from Vendor A, achieving more IOPS, better throughput, and more consistent performance on both NVMe-supported configurations and configurations backed by Elastic Block Store (EBS) alone.
Dell APEX Block Storage for AWS supports a full NVMe backed configuration, but Vendor A doesn’t—its solution uses EBS for storage capacity and NVMe as an extended read cache—which means APEX Block Storage for AWS can deliver faster storage performance.
Scale up your storage with higher-performing Dell APEX Block Storage for AWSPrincipled Technologies
Dell APEX Block Storage for AWS offered stronger and more consistent storage performance for better business agility than a Vendor A solution
Conclusion
Enterprises desiring the flexibility and convenience of the cloud for their block storage workloads can find fast-performing solutions with the enterprise storage features they’re used to in on-premises infrastructure by selecting Dell APEX Block Storage for AWS.
Our hands-on tests showed that compared to the Vendor A solution, Dell APEX Block Storage for AWS offered stronger, more consistent storage performance in both NVMe-supported and EBS-backed configurations. Using NVMe-supported configurations, Dell APEX Block Storage for AWS achieved 4.7x the random read IOPS and 5.1x the throughput on sequential read operations per node vs. Vendor A. In our EBS-backed comparison, Dell APEX Block Storage for AWS offered 2.2x the throughput per node on sequential read operations vs. Vendor A.
Plus, the ability to scale beyond three nodes—up to 512 storage nodes with capacity of up to 8 PBs—enables Dell APEX Block Storage for AWS to help ensure performance and capacity as your team plans for the future.
Get in and stay in the productivity zone with the HP Z2 G9 Tower WorkstationPrincipled Technologies
We compared CPU performance and noise output of an HP Z2 G9 Tower Workstation in High Performance Mode to Dell Precision 3660 and 5860 tower workstations in optimized performance modes
Conclusion
HP Z2 G9 Tower Workstation users can change the BIOS settings to dial in the performance mode that best suits their needs: High Performance Mode, Performance Mode, or Quiet Mode. In good
news for both creative and technical professionals, we found that an Intel Core i9-13900 processor-powered HP Z2 G9 Tower Workstation set to High Performance mode received higher CPU-based benchmark scores than both a similarly configured Dell Precision 3660 and a Dell Precision 5860 equipped with an Intel Xeon w5-2455x processor. Plus, the HP Z2 G9 Tower Workstation was quieter while running CPU-intensive Cinebench 2024 and SPECapc for Solidworks 2022 workloads than both Dell Precision tower workstations. This means HP Z2 G9 Tower Workstation users who prize performance over everything else can do so without sacrificing a quiet workspace.
Open up new possibilities with higher transactional database performance from...Principled Technologies
In our PostgreSQL tests, R7i instances boosted performance over R6i instances with previous-gen processors
If you use the open-source PostgreSQL database to run your critical business operations, you have many cloud options from which to choose. While many of these instances can do the job, some can deliver stronger performance, which can mean getting a greater return on your cloud investment.
We conducted hands-on testing with the HammerDB TPROC-C benchmark to see how the PostgreSQL performance of Amazon EC2 R7i instances, enabled by 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors, stacked up to that of R6i instances with previous-generation processors. We learned that small, medium-sized, and large R7i instances with the newer processors delivered better OLTP performance, with improvements as high as 13.8 percent. By choosing the R7i instances, your organization has the potential to support more users, deliver a better experience to those users, and even lower your cloud operating expenditures by requiring fewer instances to get the job done.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
Search and Society: Reimagining Information Access for Radical FuturesBhaskar Mitra
The field of Information retrieval (IR) is currently undergoing a transformative shift, at least partly due to the emerging applications of generative AI to information access. In this talk, we will deliberate on the sociotechnical implications of generative AI for information access. We will argue that there is both a critical necessity and an exciting opportunity for the IR community to re-center our research agendas on societal needs while dismantling the artificial separation between the work on fairness, accountability, transparency, and ethics in IR and the rest of IR research. Instead of adopting a reactionary strategy of trying to mitigate potential social harms from emerging technologies, the community should aim to proactively set the research agenda for the kinds of systems we should build inspired by diverse explicitly stated sociotechnical imaginaries. The sociotechnical imaginaries that underpin the design and development of information access technologies needs to be explicitly articulated, and we need to develop theories of change in context of these diverse perspectives. Our guiding future imaginaries must be informed by other academic fields, such as democratic theory and critical theory, and should be co-developed with social science scholars, legal scholars, civil rights and social justice activists, and artists, among others.
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.
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.
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
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Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
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.
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
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
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.
Empowering NextGen Mobility via Large Action Model Infrastructure (LAMI): pav...
Get a mobile thin client that delivers great unified communications experiences
1. It may be a bad idea to mix business with pleasure, but how many of us
have checked work email on our personal smartphone or used a work
device for personal activities? In an article on ZDNet, a former IT pro begs
us to stop, reminding us that “cybersecurity incidents can have serious
negative consequences for both your employer and you.”1
One way
employers can reduce this potential threat is by providing their employees
with mobile thin clients, which can be cost-effective, easy to manage,
and less vulnerable to malware than traditional laptops.2
In the past, a thin
client was a “stripped-down endpoint that [lacked] the bells and whistles
of a traditional PC or laptop.” Things are different now.3
The HP Elite mt645 G7 Mobile Thin Client is powered by an AMD Ryzen™
5000 Series processor. Our hands-on tests show this newcomer delivers
system performance that matches or exceeds that of a repurposed Dell™
Latitude™
3420 business laptop with an Intel®
Core™
i5 processor and
customer-installed thin client operating systems. Plus, we found that the
HP Elite mt645 G7 Mobile Thin Client provided unified communications
experiences for end users that were comparable to those of the Dell
Latitude 3420 in Citrix®
Virtual Apps and Desktops™
7, VMware®
Horizon®
8, and Windows 365 Cloud PC virtual desktop infrastructure
(VDI) environments.
Speed day-to-day
tasks with a 49.9%
higher overall
PassMark rating
Work from almost
anywhere with over 11
hours and 21 minutes
of battery life
Deliver a good unified
communications
experience to end
users in Citrix, VMware,
and Windows 365 VDI
environments
Get a mobile
thin client
that delivers
great unified
communications
experiences
In our hands-on tests, the HP Elite
mt645 G7 Mobile Thin Client
powered by an AMD Ryzen™
5 5625U
processor provided comparable or
slightly better system performance,
longer battery life, and comparable
unified communications experiences
versus a repurposed business laptop
with an Intel Core i5 processor
Get a mobile thin client that delivers great unified communications experiences June 2023
A Principled Technologies report: Hands-on testing. Real-world results.
2. HP Elite mt645 G7 Mobile Thin Client
powered by an AMD Ryzen™
5 5625U
processor (2.3-4.3GHz), AMD Radeon™
Graphics, Realtek Wi-Fi 6, a Bluetooth®
5.3
wireless card, and a 51Whr battery
Dell Latitude 3420 business laptop powered
by an Intel Core i5-1135G7 processor
(2.4-4.2GHz), Intel Iris Xe Graphics, Intel
Wi-Fi 6, a Bluetooth 5.2 wireless card, and
a 54Whr battery
Both mobile devices included integrated graphics, 8 GB of memory (2 x 4 GB), and 256 GB of SSD storage.
While the HP Elite mt645 G7 Mobile Thin Client shipped with a Windows 10 IoT Enterprise Long Term Servicing
Channel (LTSC) 21H2 operating system and an HP ThinPro OS, we had to install both the Dell ThinOS and
Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC operating systems on the Dell Latitude 3420 before we started testing.
To compare system responsiveness from many angles, we ran the following benchmarks:
• PCMark 10 Standard
• PassMark PerformanceTest
• Geekbench 5
We also compared battery life and efficiency by running the PCMark 10 benchmark.
For the unified communications end-user experience comparison, we first set up Citrix Virtual Apps and
Desktops 7, VMware Horizon 8, and Windows 365 Cloud PC VDI environments. Then, we compared webcam
and audio capabilities on the test devices using Microsoft Teams and Zoom applications.
We also tried to install and run the Geekbench performance benchmark on Linux®
-based versions of these
devices. Unfortunately, we were able to accomplish this on only the Linux-based HP Elite mt645 G7 Mobile Thin
Client. Our detailed results are in the science behind the report.
The benchmark scores, battery life, and unified communications end-user experience results we report reflect the
specific configurations we tested. Any difference in the configurations, as well as browsers, screen brightness,
network traffic, or software additions, can affect these results. For more information on the test devices as well as
our testing parameters and procedures, see the science behind the report.
How we tested
Despite the prevalence of fast broadband networks, powerful servers, and inexpensive storage, a continuing
roadblock to mobile thin client adoption has been a perceived lack of processor power.4
To determine the
system performance gains you could expect from investing in HP Elite mt645 G7 Mobile Thin Clients powered
by AMD Ryzen™ 5000 Series processors instead of repurposing traditional laptops with Intel Core i5 processors,
we conducted business-application-based system responsiveness testing and unified communications end-user
experience comparisons on both types of devices. We conducted Microsoft Teams and Zoom tests in three
environments: Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7, VMware Horizon 8 and , Windows 365 Cloud PC.
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3. Mobile thin client benefits
aren’t limited to cloud workers
You might think that only healthcare, financial
services, and call centers environments can
benefit from investing in HP Mobile Thin Clients.
However, according to the TechTarget website,
“Any organization that works with highly sensitive
data or must meet strict compliance guidelines
should consider using mobile thin clients because
they allow users to securely access resources from
any location.”7
Plus, unlike traditional laptops, HP Mobile Thin
Clients are relatively inexpensive, plug-and-play
investments that don’t need large amounts of
local storage or software licenses tied to individual
devices to get the job done. These hardware
and potential software cost savings, along
with the associated cost savings of managing
a single server instead of a fleet of laptop
operating systems, could be a potential boon for
organizations of all shapes and sizes. An added
bonus is that server-hosted software reduces
the risk of hacks and leaks “because each user
is limited to what they can do at the local level.
Users can’t download new software with local
permissions, and they can’t change data.”8
About HP Elite mt645 G7 Mobile Thin Client
HP designed this 14-inch mobile thin client for productivity
and performance in hybrid work environments. This thin
client includes fast, efficient AMD Ryzen™
5000 Series
processors with premium, commercial-grade connectivity
and multi-layered security features.
To learn more about HP Elite mt645 G7 Mobile Thin Client,
visit https://www.hp.com/us-en/shop/pdp/hp-elite-mt645-
g7-mobile-thin-client.
Keep confidential data safe
HP Elite Mobile Thin Clients securely store
data offsite, and end users can work with
only data and applications to which they have
authorized access. They also can’t download
new software. Only IT personnel with server-
level permissions can add programs to the
networked systems.5
About AMD Ryzen 5 5625U processors
AMD Ryzen™
5 5000 Series processors are
built on “Zen 3” cores with AMD Radeon™
Graphics. This model includes PCIe®
3.0
connectivity and AMD Enhanced Virus
Protection (NX bit).6
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4. Deliver a good unified communications experience to end users
Video conferencing is a critical business tool that has become even more important in remote and hybrid
work environments. Achieving good performance in VDI environments can be challenging because unified
communications solutions such as Microsoft Teams and Zoom put a lot of resource strain on virtualization
platforms.9
For our unified communications end-user experience comparison, we first set up Citrix Virtual
Apps and Desktops 7, VMware Horizon 8, and Windows 365 Cloud PC VDI environments. Then, we compared
webcam and audio capabilities on the test devices using both the Microsoft Teams and Zoom applications:
• Microsoft Teams + Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7
• Microsoft Teams + VMware Horizon 8
• Microsoft Teams + Windows 365 Cloud PC
• Zoom + Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7
• Zoom + VMware Horizon 8
• Zoom + Windows 365 Cloud PC
An important metric in video and audio quality is bitrate, a term that describes the amount of data transferring in
a given time, but many other factors also matter in VDI environments:
1. A higher video bitrate translates to a higher quality video—but a higher-quality video requires more
bandwidth. See the callouts on the next page.
2. Unreasonably high bitrate can put additional strain on hardware and data bandwidth, which may
lead to glitching.
3. Different screen resolutions need different bitrates.
4. One-on-one (1:1) meetings have different bandwidth requirements than group meetings.
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5. We followed all VDI platform and Microsoft Teams and Zoom app optimization recommendations before we
conducted our 1:1 unified communications end-user experience tests. We compared the relevant quality of
service (QoS) measurements from each VDI environment. These measurements report the bitrate results in
kilobits per second (kbps), the jitter and latency results in milliseconds (ms), and frames per second (FPS). We
found that both devices performed comparably overall in the Microsoft Teams and Zoom apps on Citrix Virtual
Apps and Desktops 7, VMware Horizon 8, and Windows 365 Cloud PC VDI environments.
See the science behind the report to dive into each specific VDI environment and our
line-by-line results.
Microsoft Teams bandwidth requirements
1:1 audio calls = 30kbps
1:1 audio calls with screen sharing = 130kbps
1:1 quality video calls = 500kbps
1:1 720p HD video calls = 1.2Mbps
1:1 1080p HD video calls = 1.5Mbps
Group video calls = 500kbps/1Mbps
HD group video calls (540p videos on 1080p screen) = 1Mbps/2Mbps10
Zoom bandwidth requirements
1:1 audio voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) = 60 – 80kbps (receiving)
1:1 Zoom Phone calls = 60 – 100kbps
1:1 audio calls with screen sharing = 50 – 75kbps
1:1 video calls with screen sharing = 50 – 150kbps
1:1 quality video calls = 600kbps*
1:1 720p HD video calls = 1.2Mbps*
1:1 1080p HD video calls = 3.8Mbps/3.0Mbps*
Group video calls = 1.0Mbps/600kbps*
720p HD group video calls = 2.6Mbps/1.8Mbps*
1080p HD group video calls = 3.8Mbps/3.0Mbps*11
*(sending/receiving)
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6. Meet or exceed productivity objectives
Because there is no single type of organization that uses VDI for its remote workers, we conducted a range of
industry-standard benchmark tests that measure different aspects of system performance. Together, these results
provide a picture of the kind of day-to-day responsiveness end users are likely to experience in a variety of
situations. In this section, we show what our hands-on benchmark tests revealed.
Speed day-to-day tasks
Where remote and hybrid workers complete their assignments may be flexible, but getting the job done
quickly and efficiently rarely is. While some of the performance gains are modest, these marginal savings
add up over time.
PassMark PerformanceTest ratings (Higher is better)
4,734.0
3,156.6
49.9%
higher
PassMark rating
Dell Latitude 3420
HP Elite mt645 G7 Mobile Thin Client
Figure 1: PassMark PerformanceTest ratings. Higher is better. Source: Principled Technologies.
PCMark 10 Standard benchmark scores (Higher is better)
5,713
4,800
19.0%
higher
PCMark 10
Standard score
Dell Latitude 3420
HP Elite mt645 G7 Mobile Thin Client
Figure 2: PCMark 10 Standard benchmark scores. Higher is better. Source: Principled Technologies.
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7. Unlock resource-intensive app potential
Your employees may not play games on these mobile devices—but the Geekbench resource-intensive
benchmark scores can provide good insights on overall performance. For example, higher Geekbench single-
core and multi-core scores can translate to speedier system response times with demanding productivity apps
such as PowerPoint and Excel. And higher GPU scores can translate to speedier system response times when
using computer-aided design (CAD) programs, MATLAB scientific simulation software, and product development
and design applications.
Geekbench 5 (CPU single-core) (Higher is better)
1,418
1,370
3.5%
higher
Geekbench 5
(CPU single-core)
score
Dell Latitude 3420
HP Elite mt645 G7 Mobile Thin Client
Figure 3: Geekbench 5 (CPU single-core) benchmark scores. Higher is better. Source: Principled Technologies.
Geekbench 5 (CPU multi-core) (Higher is better)
5,840
4,051
44.1%
higher
Geekbench 5
(CPU multi-core)
score
Dell Latitude 3420
HP Elite mt645 G7 Mobile Thin Client
Figure 4: Geekbench 5 (CPU multi-core) benchmark scores. Higher is better. Source: Principled Technologies.
Geekbench 5 (CPU Compute OpenCL) (Higher is better)
13,514
12,888
4.8%
higher
Geekbench 5
(CPU Compute OpenCL)
score
Dell Latitude 3420
HP Elite mt645 G7 Mobile Thin Client
Figure 5: Geekbench 5 (GPU Compute OpenCL) benchmark scores. Higher is better. Source: Principled Technologies.
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8. Work from almost anywhere
Working remotely means employees have the freedom to complete tasks where they want—provided there’s a
strong internet connection. A mobile device with more than a workday’s worth of battery life lets workers avoid
being tethered to a plug.
PCMark 10 battery life (110 nits) (Higher is better, hh:mm)
11:21
11:02
2.8% longer
battery life
Dell Latitude 3420
HP Elite mt645 G7 Mobile Thin Client
Figure 6: PCMark 10 battery life results. Time (hh:mm). More time is better. Source: Principled Technologies.
PCMark 10 minutes per Whr (Higher is better)
13.4
12.3
8.9% better
efficiency
Dell Latitude 3420
HP Elite mt645 G7 Mobile Thin Client
Figure 7: PCMark 10 battery life results. Higher is better. Source: Principled Technologies.
About the benchmarks
The PassMark PerformanceTest benchmark gathers CPU, disk, memory, and 2D/3D graphics performance
metrics. It combines these individual component metrics to create a single, overall score: the PassMark rating.12
The PCMark 10 Standard benchmark contains a set of tests that simulate a wide range of modern office
activities, including everyday productivity tasks, web browsing, video conferencing, and CPU-intensive digital
media content tasks.13
The Geekbench 5 benchmark tests how well a system can handle demanding tasks such as gaming.14
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9. Conclusion
Choosing HP Mobile Thin Clients over repurposed laptops is a strategy that may open the door to more secure
remote data accessibility, potentially easier remote fleet management, cost savings, and increased productivity.
Investing in effective HP Elite mt645 G7 Mobile Thin Clients powered by AMD Ryzen™ 5000 Series processors
that also provide quality unified communications experiences in multiple VDI environments is a good way to
keep end users happy, improve their day-to-day experiences, and facilitate a productivity boost.
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