The document discusses how the Cast Iron Integration Platform can help companies integrate their cloud and on-premise applications. It provides an overview of Cast Iron and a case study of how Grizzard Communications Group used the platform to integrate Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics, and various vendor applications. The integration helped Grizzard streamline operations, increase efficiency by 30%, and realize a return to profitability. The presentation concludes with a 10-minute demo of the Cast Iron platform and contact information for follow up.
Mainframe Modernization with AWS: Patterns and Best PracticesAmazon Web Services
In this webinar, learn common mainframe migration patterns and best practices for a successful migration to AWS. Hear experiences and lessons learned based on real-world customer modernization projects to AWS.
Best Practices for Architecting VDI with Flash StorageRyan Snell
Classic presentation from 2012 demonstrating exactly where the storage performance bottleneck is for virtual desktop environments that hampers the ability to scale VDI for optimal end user computing experience. Whiptail being the best solution of course!
Move to Hadoop, Go Faster and Save Millions - Mainframe Legacy ModernizationDataWorks Summit
In spite of recent advances in computing, many core business processes are batch-oriented running on Mainframes. Annual Mainframe costs are counted in 6+ figure Dollars per year, potentially growing with capacity needs. In order to tackle the cost challenge, many organizations have considered or attempted multi-year mainframe migration/re-hosting strategies. Traditional approaches to Mainframe elimination call for large initial investments and carry significant risks – It is hard to match Mainframe performance and reliability. Using Hadoop, Sears/MetaScale developed an innovative alternative that enables batch processing migration to Hadoop, without the risks, time and costs of other methods. This solution has been adopted in multiple businesses with excellent results and associated cost savings, as Mainframes are physically eliminated or downsized: Millions of dollars in savings based on MIP reductions have been seen – A reduction of 200 MIPS can yield $1 million in annual savings. MetaScale eliminated over 900 MIPs and an entire Mainframe system for one fortune 500 client. This presentation illustrates reference architecture and approach successfully used by MetaScale to move mainframe processing to the Hadoop platform without altering user-facing business applications.
Migrating Legacy Applications to AWS Cloud: Strategies and ChallengesOSSCube
To reduce the TCO of application infrastructure and to make them more scalable and resilient it is advisable to migrate on-premise legacy applications to AWS cloud. In this webinar, you will learn the benefits, key challenges and strategies to mitigate them. It will also talk about leveraging the cloud infrastructure to further modernize the application.
Key Take Away:
Opportunities and challenges while migrating premise application to cloud.
Identifying the applications
Assessing cloud architecture and costs
Data migrations strategies and options
Strategies for migration applications
Leveraging the cloud and optimization
Mainframe Modernization with AWS: Patterns and Best PracticesAmazon Web Services
In this webinar, learn common mainframe migration patterns and best practices for a successful migration to AWS. Hear experiences and lessons learned based on real-world customer modernization projects to AWS.
Best Practices for Architecting VDI with Flash StorageRyan Snell
Classic presentation from 2012 demonstrating exactly where the storage performance bottleneck is for virtual desktop environments that hampers the ability to scale VDI for optimal end user computing experience. Whiptail being the best solution of course!
Move to Hadoop, Go Faster and Save Millions - Mainframe Legacy ModernizationDataWorks Summit
In spite of recent advances in computing, many core business processes are batch-oriented running on Mainframes. Annual Mainframe costs are counted in 6+ figure Dollars per year, potentially growing with capacity needs. In order to tackle the cost challenge, many organizations have considered or attempted multi-year mainframe migration/re-hosting strategies. Traditional approaches to Mainframe elimination call for large initial investments and carry significant risks – It is hard to match Mainframe performance and reliability. Using Hadoop, Sears/MetaScale developed an innovative alternative that enables batch processing migration to Hadoop, without the risks, time and costs of other methods. This solution has been adopted in multiple businesses with excellent results and associated cost savings, as Mainframes are physically eliminated or downsized: Millions of dollars in savings based on MIP reductions have been seen – A reduction of 200 MIPS can yield $1 million in annual savings. MetaScale eliminated over 900 MIPs and an entire Mainframe system for one fortune 500 client. This presentation illustrates reference architecture and approach successfully used by MetaScale to move mainframe processing to the Hadoop platform without altering user-facing business applications.
Migrating Legacy Applications to AWS Cloud: Strategies and ChallengesOSSCube
To reduce the TCO of application infrastructure and to make them more scalable and resilient it is advisable to migrate on-premise legacy applications to AWS cloud. In this webinar, you will learn the benefits, key challenges and strategies to mitigate them. It will also talk about leveraging the cloud infrastructure to further modernize the application.
Key Take Away:
Opportunities and challenges while migrating premise application to cloud.
Identifying the applications
Assessing cloud architecture and costs
Data migrations strategies and options
Strategies for migration applications
Leveraging the cloud and optimization
The conference was hosted exclusively for accomplished CIO's to facilitate an excellent platform to help gauge organization's readiness for transition to the cloud, identify and address any gaps or areas of concern and develop an actionable cloud strategy and roadmap for the future.
Cloud Innovation Day - Commonwealth of PA v11.3Eric Rice
Enhance and accelerate your path to digital innovation and transformation with IBM Cloud. Develop a roadmap to get started with cloud and incorporate best practices from other organizations just like yours.
Webinar: Are your Manufacturing apps ready to evolve to the Cloud?Jade Global
The World is Evolving. Are your Manufacturing apps ready to evolve to the Cloud?
According to IDC nearly 68% of the global manufacturing firms have already migrated to the Cloud.
The Cloud is transforming today’s manufacturing companies into service-oriented and collaborative businesses by enabling them to access large amounts of critical data in real time anywhere along their supply chains, and at a reduced cost.
Watch this on-demand webinar to learn how to:
• Determine the right time to migrate to the Cloud
• Understand the Oracle Cloud Manufacturing offerings
• Differentiate between Cloud Manufacturing and Oracle EBS
Know more: http://www.jadeglobal.com/webinars/manufacturing-systems-moving-cloud and email us at: marketing@jadeglobal.com
Follow us on:
https://www.facebook.com/jadeglobal/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/jade-global
https://twitter.com/JadeGlobal
Collaborate 2018: Hyperion and PeopleSoft - Hands Off AutomationDatavail
In this presentation, we discuss automation tips and techniques that we implemented at Canadian Tire within our Hyperion and PeopleSoft systems. How we moved from manual loads into PeopleSoft to automated loads using DRM and Batch Scripting methods.
How to Revamp your Legacy Applications For More Agility and Better Service - ...NRB
With a series of new tools available on the Mainframe like Operational & Decision Management tools, Real Time Scoring, … revamp the existing legacy applications (without rewriting them) by bridging them to the wealth of new capabilities available on the IBM Mainframe environment
RightScale Webinar: Operationalize Your Enterprise AWS Usage Through an IT Ve...RightScale
We’ve all seen the trend everywhere around us: customers want self-service. It offers them the agility they need and gives businesses the ability to scale and lower their costs. With cloud deployments, enterprises can experience similar benefits through the use of a self-service portal where internal customers can provision their own resources while Central IT maintains control and visibility. This saves both time and money.
In this webinar, learn how to empower your internal customers to provision the necessary cloud resources when they need them but also ensure that what get receive is well within IT approved guidelines. Beyond simple convenience, this methodology permits you to operationalize your AWS cloud usage to easily roll cloud into an overall IT strategy.
Architects from Amazon Web Services (AWS) and RightScale, an Advanced Technology Partner, will provide an overview of the key business and technical considerations for operationalizing your AWS cloud usage. In the second half of the webinar, our technical experts will answer your questions. Priority will be given to pre-submitted questions.
To help illustrate the effectiveness of this approach, our architects will walk you through real-world examples and the overall impact on their organizations.
Key Topics:
1. Create an IT Vending machine with consistent and reproducible processes.
2. Enable your end users while maintaining visibility and control.
3. Use cost planning and forecasting to fine-tune and understand cloud spend.
4. Discover reporting and auditing tools to ensure compliance.
5. Avoid downtime through proven HA/DR architectures.
The mainframe IMS assets can be integrated in the API economy, in the hybrid Cloud, in virtual data lake repositories. Just imagine any business use case and ask for guidance
IMS on Mainframe host many Enterprise Critical assets, transactional and batch applications as well as data. Analytics solutions apply to both!
Contact me for more details
Architecting and Tuning IIB/eXtreme Scale for Maximum Performance and Reliabi...Prolifics
Abstract: Recent projects have stressed the "need for speed" while handling large amounts of data, with near zero downtime. An analysis of multiple environments has identified optimizations and architectures that improve both performance and reliability. The session covers data gathering and analysis, discussing everything from the network (multiple NICs, nearby catalogs, high speed Ethernet), to the latest features of extreme scale. Performance analysis helps pinpoint where time is spent (bottlenecks) and we discuss optimization techniques (MQ tuning, IIB performance best practices) as well as helpful IBM support pacs. Log Analysis pinpoints system stress points (e.g. CPU starvation) and steps on the path to near zero downtime.
Cloud computing is transforming how businesses run their applications.
Join us as we present the latest insights on why and how businesses are
using cloud computing applications. You’ll hear the latest industry trends
and get practical strategies around adoption success. Can cloud computing
give you the security and trust you require while providing you with
scalable solutions?
Introducing the Latest in High Availability from SyncsortPrecisely
In a recent survey of 5,632 IT professionals – on the topic of data protection strategies and IT priorities – 67% responded with data availability as the top measure of IT performance. These statistics clearly state how the impact of downtime on customers, partners and employees is increasingly visible and costly in today’s constantly connected world.
Syncsort’s market-leading portfolio of high availability and disaster recovery solutions continues to expand and evolve to meet the demands of organizations faced with exploding data volumes, limited IT resources and intensifying pressure for non-stop access to data and systems.
View this webinar to learn about the latest developments in our IBM i high availability portfolio that can help your organization meet their critical recovery point and recovery time objectives.
The conference was hosted exclusively for accomplished CIO's to facilitate an excellent platform to help gauge organization's readiness for transition to the cloud, identify and address any gaps or areas of concern and develop an actionable cloud strategy and roadmap for the future.
Cloud Innovation Day - Commonwealth of PA v11.3Eric Rice
Enhance and accelerate your path to digital innovation and transformation with IBM Cloud. Develop a roadmap to get started with cloud and incorporate best practices from other organizations just like yours.
Webinar: Are your Manufacturing apps ready to evolve to the Cloud?Jade Global
The World is Evolving. Are your Manufacturing apps ready to evolve to the Cloud?
According to IDC nearly 68% of the global manufacturing firms have already migrated to the Cloud.
The Cloud is transforming today’s manufacturing companies into service-oriented and collaborative businesses by enabling them to access large amounts of critical data in real time anywhere along their supply chains, and at a reduced cost.
Watch this on-demand webinar to learn how to:
• Determine the right time to migrate to the Cloud
• Understand the Oracle Cloud Manufacturing offerings
• Differentiate between Cloud Manufacturing and Oracle EBS
Know more: http://www.jadeglobal.com/webinars/manufacturing-systems-moving-cloud and email us at: marketing@jadeglobal.com
Follow us on:
https://www.facebook.com/jadeglobal/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/jade-global
https://twitter.com/JadeGlobal
Collaborate 2018: Hyperion and PeopleSoft - Hands Off AutomationDatavail
In this presentation, we discuss automation tips and techniques that we implemented at Canadian Tire within our Hyperion and PeopleSoft systems. How we moved from manual loads into PeopleSoft to automated loads using DRM and Batch Scripting methods.
How to Revamp your Legacy Applications For More Agility and Better Service - ...NRB
With a series of new tools available on the Mainframe like Operational & Decision Management tools, Real Time Scoring, … revamp the existing legacy applications (without rewriting them) by bridging them to the wealth of new capabilities available on the IBM Mainframe environment
RightScale Webinar: Operationalize Your Enterprise AWS Usage Through an IT Ve...RightScale
We’ve all seen the trend everywhere around us: customers want self-service. It offers them the agility they need and gives businesses the ability to scale and lower their costs. With cloud deployments, enterprises can experience similar benefits through the use of a self-service portal where internal customers can provision their own resources while Central IT maintains control and visibility. This saves both time and money.
In this webinar, learn how to empower your internal customers to provision the necessary cloud resources when they need them but also ensure that what get receive is well within IT approved guidelines. Beyond simple convenience, this methodology permits you to operationalize your AWS cloud usage to easily roll cloud into an overall IT strategy.
Architects from Amazon Web Services (AWS) and RightScale, an Advanced Technology Partner, will provide an overview of the key business and technical considerations for operationalizing your AWS cloud usage. In the second half of the webinar, our technical experts will answer your questions. Priority will be given to pre-submitted questions.
To help illustrate the effectiveness of this approach, our architects will walk you through real-world examples and the overall impact on their organizations.
Key Topics:
1. Create an IT Vending machine with consistent and reproducible processes.
2. Enable your end users while maintaining visibility and control.
3. Use cost planning and forecasting to fine-tune and understand cloud spend.
4. Discover reporting and auditing tools to ensure compliance.
5. Avoid downtime through proven HA/DR architectures.
The mainframe IMS assets can be integrated in the API economy, in the hybrid Cloud, in virtual data lake repositories. Just imagine any business use case and ask for guidance
IMS on Mainframe host many Enterprise Critical assets, transactional and batch applications as well as data. Analytics solutions apply to both!
Contact me for more details
Architecting and Tuning IIB/eXtreme Scale for Maximum Performance and Reliabi...Prolifics
Abstract: Recent projects have stressed the "need for speed" while handling large amounts of data, with near zero downtime. An analysis of multiple environments has identified optimizations and architectures that improve both performance and reliability. The session covers data gathering and analysis, discussing everything from the network (multiple NICs, nearby catalogs, high speed Ethernet), to the latest features of extreme scale. Performance analysis helps pinpoint where time is spent (bottlenecks) and we discuss optimization techniques (MQ tuning, IIB performance best practices) as well as helpful IBM support pacs. Log Analysis pinpoints system stress points (e.g. CPU starvation) and steps on the path to near zero downtime.
Cloud computing is transforming how businesses run their applications.
Join us as we present the latest insights on why and how businesses are
using cloud computing applications. You’ll hear the latest industry trends
and get practical strategies around adoption success. Can cloud computing
give you the security and trust you require while providing you with
scalable solutions?
Introducing the Latest in High Availability from SyncsortPrecisely
In a recent survey of 5,632 IT professionals – on the topic of data protection strategies and IT priorities – 67% responded with data availability as the top measure of IT performance. These statistics clearly state how the impact of downtime on customers, partners and employees is increasingly visible and costly in today’s constantly connected world.
Syncsort’s market-leading portfolio of high availability and disaster recovery solutions continues to expand and evolve to meet the demands of organizations faced with exploding data volumes, limited IT resources and intensifying pressure for non-stop access to data and systems.
View this webinar to learn about the latest developments in our IBM i high availability portfolio that can help your organization meet their critical recovery point and recovery time objectives.
See how AWPRx used Jitterbit to succesfully move its business to the cloud. Jitterbit was used to migrate, synchronize, and replicate data between force.com, private clouds, and Salesforce.
This was presented by Supratik Ghatak, Co-Founder Blazeclan, at the AWS Summit Mumbai 2013. CIO pain points, cloud migration reasons and strategies are the key focus of this presentation. CIOs and CTOs can gain insights into various ways of leveraging the AWS cloud. The presentation also talks about the priority areas for CIOs & CTOs to look at while using the cloud as well as how to plan their strategies around AWS cloud. Further case studies are depicted that show how organization
can benefit from AWS Cloud.
Discover the benefits of migrating mainframe environments to AWS and the best practices learned by helping customers modernize mainframes through IT transformation strategy and planning. Learn about running mainframe software in the AWS Cloud, including different approaches, benefits of modernization, how to deal with legacy code, and more.
Accelerating Innovation with Hybrid CloudJeff Jakubiak
Cloud can be an efficient and cost effective tool in delivering innovation to the marketplace; however, a hybrid approach to cloud adoption is a necessity for the enterprise.
How to Balance System Speed and Risk for Multi-Platform InnovationClaudia Ring
Walking the line between speed to market and stability of mission-critical systems is something many enterprise organizations deal with on a consistent basis, especially when planning a major application release. Multi-speed IT is a term that connotes the difficulty of balancing speed and risk for these enterprises, but also one that inherently defines a solution; moving at different speeds depending on system requirements. While moving at various speeds based on whether you are releasing changes for Systems of Engagement (SOE) or Systems of Record (SOR) can seem negative, it can be used as a stepping stone towards complete enterprise agility and iterative improvements in release management across both types of systems. Join Rosalind Radcliffe, IBM Distinguished Engineer and Chief Architect for DevOps, as she discusses;
How to begin incorporating continuous testing into the release cycle for both SOE's and SOR's
How deployment automation can be incorporated into multi-platform deployments
How earlier, more frequent testing and automated deployments can help stabilize risk while increasing speed
Customer success with using these testing and deployment solutions to achieve agility across both SOE's and SOR's
ICP for Data- Enterprise platform for AI, ML and Data ScienceKaran Sachdeva
IBM Cloud Private for Data, an ultimate platform for all AI, ML and Data Science workloads. Integrated analytics platform based on Containers and micro services. Works with Kubernetes and dockers, even with Redhat openshift. Delivers the variety of business use cases in all industries- FS, Telco, Retail, Manufacturing etc
Critical Considerations for Moving Your Core Business Applications to the Clo...Amazon Web Services
From the Amazon Web Services Singapore & Malaysia Summits 2015 Track 1 Breakout, 'Critical Considerations for Moving Your Core Business Applications to the Cloud' Presented by Leo Valaris, Director, CloudSuite Solutions - Infor
Steve Robinson discusses how clients are taking advantage of cloud and cognitive computing to build a new generation of apps and services that are deepening the way people interact with technology.
Learn more by visiting our Bluemix Hybrid page: http://ibm.co/1PKN23h
Speakers
Steve Robinson (General Manager, Cloud Platform Services, IBM Cloud)
Cognitive Demo
Ram Vennam (IBM Bluemix Developer Advocate)
Damion Heredia (VP of Product Management and Design, IBM Bluemix and Marketplace)
Intel IT Open Cloud - What's under the Hood and How do we Drive it?Odinot Stanislas
L'IT d'Intel fait sa révolution et s'impose d'agir comme un "Cloud Service Provider". La transformation est initiée avec au programme la mise en place d'un Cloud Fédéré, Interopérable et Open mais aussi d'un framework de maturité, du DevOps et de la prise de risque. Bref, vraiment intéressant
Informatica Cloud Services deliver purpose-built data integration cloud applications to allow business users to integrate data across cloud-based applications and on-premise systems and databases. Informatica Cloud Services address specific business processes (customer/product master synchronization, opportunity to order, etc.) and point-to-point data integration (e.g. Salesforce.com to on premise end-points).
In his public lecture, Christian Timmerer provides insights into the fascinating history of video streaming, starting from its humble beginnings before YouTube to the groundbreaking technologies that now dominate platforms like Netflix and ORF ON. Timmerer also presents provocative contributions of his own that have significantly influenced the industry. He concludes by looking at future challenges and invites the audience to join in a discussion.
The Metaverse and AI: how can decision-makers harness the Metaverse for their...Jen Stirrup
The Metaverse is popularized in science fiction, and now it is becoming closer to being a part of our daily lives through the use of social media and shopping companies. How can businesses survive in a world where Artificial Intelligence is becoming the present as well as the future of technology, and how does the Metaverse fit into business strategy when futurist ideas are developing into reality at accelerated rates? How do we do this when our data isn't up to scratch? How can we move towards success with our data so we are set up for the Metaverse when it arrives?
How can you help your company evolve, adapt, and succeed using Artificial Intelligence and the Metaverse to stay ahead of the competition? What are the potential issues, complications, and benefits that these technologies could bring to us and our organizations? In this session, Jen Stirrup will explain how to start thinking about these technologies as an organisation.
Le nuove frontiere dell'AI nell'RPA con UiPath Autopilot™UiPathCommunity
In questo evento online gratuito, organizzato dalla Community Italiana di UiPath, potrai esplorare le nuove funzionalità di Autopilot, il tool che integra l'Intelligenza Artificiale nei processi di sviluppo e utilizzo delle Automazioni.
📕 Vedremo insieme alcuni esempi dell'utilizzo di Autopilot in diversi tool della Suite UiPath:
Autopilot per Studio Web
Autopilot per Studio
Autopilot per Apps
Clipboard AI
GenAI applicata alla Document Understanding
👨🏫👨💻 Speakers:
Stefano Negro, UiPath MVPx3, RPA Tech Lead @ BSP Consultant
Flavio Martinelli, UiPath MVP 2023, Technical Account Manager @UiPath
Andrei Tasca, RPA Solutions Team Lead @NTT Data
Essentials of Automations: The Art of Triggers and Actions in FMESafe Software
In this second installment of our Essentials of Automations webinar series, we’ll explore the landscape of triggers and actions, guiding you through the nuances of authoring and adapting workspaces for seamless automations. Gain an understanding of the full spectrum of triggers and actions available in FME, empowering you to enhance your workspaces for efficient automation.
We’ll kick things off by showcasing the most commonly used event-based triggers, introducing you to various automation workflows like manual triggers, schedules, directory watchers, and more. Plus, see how these elements play out in real scenarios.
Whether you’re tweaking your current setup or building from the ground up, this session will arm you with the tools and insights needed to transform your FME usage into a powerhouse of productivity. Join us to discover effective strategies that simplify complex processes, enhancing your productivity and transforming your data management practices with FME. Let’s turn complexity into clarity and make your workspaces work wonders!
Welcome to the first live UiPath Community Day Dubai! Join us for this unique occasion to meet our local and global UiPath Community and leaders. You will get a full view of the MEA region's automation landscape and the AI Powered automation technology capabilities of UiPath. Also, hosted by our local partners Marc Ellis, you will enjoy a half-day packed with industry insights and automation peers networking.
📕 Curious on our agenda? Wait no more!
10:00 Welcome note - UiPath Community in Dubai
Lovely Sinha, UiPath Community Chapter Leader, UiPath MVPx3, Hyper-automation Consultant, First Abu Dhabi Bank
10:20 A UiPath cross-region MEA overview
Ashraf El Zarka, VP and Managing Director MEA, UiPath
10:35: Customer Success Journey
Deepthi Deepak, Head of Intelligent Automation CoE, First Abu Dhabi Bank
11:15 The UiPath approach to GenAI with our three principles: improve accuracy, supercharge productivity, and automate more
Boris Krumrey, Global VP, Automation Innovation, UiPath
12:15 To discover how Marc Ellis leverages tech-driven solutions in recruitment and managed services.
Brendan Lingam, Director of Sales and Business Development, Marc Ellis
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.
Observability Concepts EVERY Developer Should Know -- DeveloperWeek Europe.pdfPaige Cruz
Monitoring and observability aren’t traditionally found in software curriculums and many of us cobble this knowledge together from whatever vendor or ecosystem we were first introduced to and whatever is a part of your current company’s observability stack.
While the dev and ops silo continues to crumble….many organizations still relegate monitoring & observability as the purview of ops, infra and SRE teams. This is a mistake - achieving a highly observable system requires collaboration up and down the stack.
I, a former op, would like to extend an invitation to all application developers to join the observability party will share these foundational concepts to build on:
Climate Impact of Software Testing at Nordic Testing DaysKari Kakkonen
My slides at Nordic Testing Days 6.6.2024
Climate impact / sustainability of software testing discussed on the talk. ICT and testing must carry their part of global responsibility to help with the climat warming. We can minimize the carbon footprint but we can also have a carbon handprint, a positive impact on the climate. Quality characteristics can be added with sustainability, and then measured continuously. Test environments can be used less, and in smaller scale and on demand. Test techniques can be used in optimizing or minimizing number of tests. Test automation can be used to speed up testing.
PHP Frameworks: I want to break free (IPC Berlin 2024)Ralf Eggert
In this presentation, we examine the challenges and limitations of relying too heavily on PHP frameworks in web development. We discuss the history of PHP and its frameworks to understand how this dependence has evolved. The focus will be on providing concrete tips and strategies to reduce reliance on these frameworks, based on real-world examples and practical considerations. The goal is to equip developers with the skills and knowledge to create more flexible and future-proof web applications. We'll explore the importance of maintaining autonomy in a rapidly changing tech landscape and how to make informed decisions in PHP development.
This talk is aimed at encouraging a more independent approach to using PHP frameworks, moving towards a more flexible and future-proof approach to PHP development.
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/
Generative AI Deep Dive: Advancing from Proof of Concept to ProductionAggregage
Join Maher Hanafi, VP of Engineering at Betterworks, in this new session where he'll share a practical framework to transform Gen AI prototypes into impactful products! He'll delve into the complexities of data collection and management, model selection and optimization, and ensuring security, scalability, and responsible use.
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.
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.
Elevating Tactical DDD Patterns Through Object CalisthenicsDorra BARTAGUIZ
After immersing yourself in the blue book and its red counterpart, attending DDD-focused conferences, and applying tactical patterns, you're left with a crucial question: How do I ensure my design is effective? Tactical patterns within Domain-Driven Design (DDD) serve as guiding principles for creating clear and manageable domain models. However, achieving success with these patterns requires additional guidance. Interestingly, we've observed that a set of constraints initially designed for training purposes remarkably aligns with effective pattern implementation, offering a more ‘mechanical’ approach. Let's explore together how Object Calisthenics can elevate the design of your tactical DDD patterns, offering concrete help for those venturing into DDD for the first time!
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.
1. Turbo-Charge Cloud Apps With
Integration
Mark Litherland
Director of Integration Architecture
Grizzard Communications Group
Sean O’Connell
Product & Channel Marketing
Cast Iron Systems, an IBM Company
2. Agenda
Integration Using the Cast Iron Integration Platform
Grizzard – Case Study
How it Works — 10-minute Demo
Q&A All
3. IBM Software Group | Cast Iron Systems
Cast Iron — Company Overview
3
Buzz
With Cast Iron, IBM gets a proven Cloud
integration-as-a-service solution.
IBM bought Cast Iron Systems because…
they do inter-enterprise integration better than
anyone else….
Recent Awards
Founded in 2001 by integration
industry experts
Acquired by IBM May 2010
Pioneered SaaS / cloud integration
Unique focus on speed &
simplicity — “Integration in Days”
Thousands of customer
integrations
14 consecutive quarters of growth
96% customer retention
Patented technology
Corporate Facts
4. IBM Software Group | Cast Iron Systems
Cloud Application Use is Exploding
4
Global Public Cloud Market: $55.5B in 2014 – source: IDC 2010
27% CAGR
5. IBM Software Group | Cast Iron Systems
And It Has Created a Hybrid World
5
Private Clouds
Home-grown
Applications
Packaged
Applications
Public Clouds
Companies have both Cloud and On-Premise Applications
6. IBM Software Group | Cast Iron Systems
Which Demands Integration
6
Private Clouds
Packaged
Applications
Public Clouds
Integration is Critical in a Hybrid World
Home-grown
Applications
7. IBM Software Group | Cast Iron Systems
Needs Getting More and More Complex
7
Home-grown
Applications
Packaged
Applications
Integration Maximizes Value of Cloud Investments
8. IBM Software Group | Cast Iron Systems
Existing Solutions are Incomplete
8
Integration Maximizes Value of Cloud Investments
People Intensive
On-Demand
Rudimentary Capabilities
Cloud is an Afterthought
9. IBM Software Group | Cast Iron Systems
Which Has Led to Dissatisfaction
Source: Saugatuck Technology Inc., 2010
Global User Survey; n=1793
9
10. IBM Software Group | Cast Iron Systems
And Companies Re-evaluating the Cloud
10
11. IBM Software Group | Cast Iron Systems
11
Cast Iron Integration Platform
Integration Maximizes Value of Cloud InvestmentsComplete. Proven. Trusted.
People Intensive
On-Demand
Rudimentary Capabilities
Cloud is an Afterthought
12. IBM Software Group | Cast Iron Systems
Complete Flexibility
Cast Iron Cloud2™
Virtual Appliances
Physical Appliances
Complete
Total Connectivity Complete Reusability
TIP Exchange
TIP Development Kit
TIP Community
For All Types of Projects
UI Mashups
Process Integration
Data Migration
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13. IBM Software Group | Cast Iron Systems
Complete Flexibility
Complete
Total Connectivity Complete Reusability
TIP Exchange
TIP Development Kit
TIP Community
For All Types of Projects
UI Mashups
Process Integration
Data Migration
Reduce
Risk
Save Up to 80%
in Time
& Costs
Increase
Return
Save Up to 50%
in Time &
Costs
Cast Iron Cloud2™
Virtual Appliances
Physical Appliances
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14. IBM Software Group | Cast Iron Systems
Complete * Partial Functionality
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19. Turbo-Charge Cloud Apps With
Integration
Mark Litherland
Director Integration Architecture
Grizzard Communications Group
20. All About Grizzard Communications Group
For almost 90 years Grizzard has pioneered
direct marketing, and today provides fully-
integrated marketing solutions for non-profit
clients, both large and small.
• High-volume order processing requirements
• Opportunity Products are the controlling records
• 20+ distinct integrations to external services
• 15 VisualForce Pages create a platform application
for order management
• 300,000 orders processed representing over
100,000,000 individual marketing pieces annually
21. Case Study– B2B Vendor Integration
• SFDC
– Accounts, Product and Order history
• MS GreatPlains
– Campaign Information
• Disparate Vendor Applications
– Database Vendors
– Data Processing Vendors
– Production Vendors
• Over 20 end-points in total
22. Case Study – Business Problems Identified
• Complex Orders, High Volumes
– Customers requiring thousands
of direct mail campaigns per
month
– Database, vendors and many
moving parts needed to
successfully execute
• High risk of exceeding project
deadlines
– Data entered manually into
separate systems
– Limited vendor progress visibility
• Many database, data-processing
and production vendors to deal
with
• High expectations, limited IT
resources SFDC – Great Plains, Vendor Applications
Database Vendors
Data Processing
Vendors
Production Vendors
Adobe InDesign
23. Case Study – Competition
• Custom Code
• Didn’t scale to meet needs
• Future projects meant too costly to
maintain
• Pervasive and BizTalk
• Needed too many resources to
implement and support
• Ability to Deliver a Strong Factor in
Decision-making process
24. Phase I Application Environment
OrderOrder
AccountAccount
OpportunityOpportunity
ProductProduct
VersionVersion
SelectionSelection Production
Vendors
25. Integrated Salesforce Order Management
Client Information
Product Setup
Approved Catalog
Final Pricing & Qty
Mail Dates
Order Status
Vendor Feedback
26. 2007 Project Results
3 Months
– Salesforce.com Initial Deployment
– Dynamics Order Integration
– Vendor automated order processing
– Financial Reporting phase 1
6 Months
– Full deployment to all teams
– Additional vendor integrated services
– Data-driven Financial Reporting
And a return to profitability in 2008And a return to profitability in 2008
27. 2008 Economy Changes Things
After Phase I, we were well prepared
– Achieved significant efficiency gains
– Much better cost controls
– However, some client-specific information still maintained on
TABS Mainframe (Address & Signature)
TABS’ business was changing
– No longer data processing
– Mainframe was being phased out
28. 2008 Challenges – Phase II
Pressures
– Data Processing
– More Customization
– Lower Costs
Two Major Initiatives
– Cloud-Based Resources
• Data Processing
• Donor Management
– Greater Efficiencies
• Variable Text
• Huge Data Increase
29. Phase II – Direct Mail Production in the Cloud
Amherst, NY
Donor Database
Amherst, NY
Donor Database
Atlanta, GA
Order Management
Atlanta, GA
Order ManagementDallas, TX
Production
Dallas, TX
Production
Los Angeles, CA
Order Management
Los Angeles, CA
Order Management
San Francisco, CA
Salesforce.com
San Francisco, CA
Salesforce.com
Bangalore, India
Data Processing
Bangalore, India
Data Processing
New Delhi, India
Data Processing
New Delhi, India
Data Processing
30. Phase II Application Environment
OrderOrder
CampaignsCampaigns
AccountAccount
OpportunityOpportunity
ProductProduct
VersionVersion
SelectionSelection
GroupGroup
Variable TextVariable Text
Database
Vendors
Data Processing
Vendors
Production
Vendors
Adobe InDesign
31. Phase II Composite Order
OpportunitiesOpportunities
Custom ObjectsCustom Objects
Logical/Real-
time SQL
Logical/Real-
time SQL
32. Case Study – Results
• 100% user adoption
• 30% increase in bottom line
• 90% of the bottom line increase from
operational efficiency
• 20,000 API calls/day (JUST TO
SALESFORCE).
33. Grizzard – The Future
• Continue to be Innovative
– Less than 1/4th
of current end-points
integrated, more to come
• Use common technology when able
– WebServices used as backbone for
vendors
• Leverage the Cloud
– Use with Appliances, ERP system and
other tools that have maturity
– Do things successfully in short fashion
34. Case Study – Lessons Learned
• Project management is critical
• Training is critical
• Involving end users early and often is
critical
• Leverage standard functionality when
possible
• Develop custom solutions when needed
35. IBM Software Group | Cast Iron Systems
Manage
10 Minute Demo
Run
WhatWhat
HowHow
Configure
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36. IBM Software Group | Cast Iron Systems
Summary: Cast Iron Integration Platform
Thousands of customer integrations
Proven
Trusted
Complete
Strategic integration partner for all the leading cloud and on premise providers
A single platform for all your cloud and on premise integration needs
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38. Contact
Sean O’Connell
Product & Channel Marketing
Cast Iron Systems, an IBM Company
(650) 316-6091
soconnell@us.ibm.com
www.castiron.com
www.castiron.com/ibm
www.twitter.com/CastIronSystems
www.grizzard.com
Mark Litherlland
Director of Integration Architecture
Grizzard Communications Group
Mark.Litherland@grizzard.com
***For Mark : reuse bottom Enterprise Gif to replace current (with as many Enterprise Apps as will fit)*** OmniCloud logo: that’s why we created it! Speak back to previous “problems” with competitors Amazon Azure Cisco Webex Success Factors Increase Concur size Paypal OneSource Rainmaker
***For Mark : reuse bottom Enterprise Gif to replace current (with as many Enterprise Apps as will fit)*** OmniCloud logo: that’s why we created it! Speak back to previous “problems” with competitors Amazon Azure Cisco Webex Success Factors Increase Concur size Paypal OneSource Rainmaker
Given these scenarios and the current hybrid climate, it is not surprising that integration is among the top concerns for IT executives when it comes to adopting SaaS applications. This is reflected in a recent survey by Saugatuck, arguably the leading analyst for cloud computing. When Saugatuck asked a group of IT executives what were their top concerns regarding SaaS adoption and deployment, integration was second only to security on their list. The concern for integration was not only relevant to enterprise applications. The same integration concerns came up for flat files, data structures and other SaaS applications.
Given these prevalent concerns regarding integration, it is not surprising that many IT organizations have felt hesitation if not outright rejection of SaaS applications. According to a Gartner study conducted in 2009 on why many CIO’s were actually transitioning away from SaaS deployments, 56% responded it was due to the impact of integration requirements on their systems. So, we can see the complexity of integrating applications has obviously been a driving factor for adoption and implementation of SaaS solutions. Main Points:. Forrester surveyed a number of CIOs and 67% of them said that integration was the #1 reason why they *shy away* from the cloud. Gartner surveyed a number of existing cloud computing customers and 56% said that integration was the #1 reason why they *moved away* from the cloud So it is is the # 1 problem for both ‘adoption’ and ‘stickiness’ of cloud offerings.
The complexity of today’s application integration needs and the limitations of current solutions are precisely why Cast Iron developed the OmniConnect platform. OmniConnect was designed to meet the specific needs of connecting your cloud applications, on-premise applications and any hybrid environment between the two. It can connect one-to-one or scale to connect one-to-many application end-points, providing a platform to effectively and rapidly consolidate and manage the application functionality in your enterprise regardless of how it was deployed. What makes OmniConnect stand out from the three previous integration options mentioned are that it is complete, proven and trusted. Let’s go into a bit more detail on why being complete, proven and trusted makes OmniConnect unique as well as the preferred option for organizations seeking to integrate their applications. Notes: remove OmniConnect, replace with spiffy new branding for CI Integration Platform
The first and arguably most important point is the OmniConnect platform provides complete functionality to connect all applications in your enterprise. It is the only platform available that provides a complete flexibility in deployment options. In other words, you can build, run and manage an integration between applications such as SFDC and SAP and deploy it using a physical on-premise appliance, a virtual appliance, or completely in our multi-tenant cloud service. It is the only solution that allows for this choice of deployment using the same product and code-base interchangeably. Because of this, it is futureproof, meaning you can start off with one form-factor today, and easily move to another one over-time to scale to your IT strategies. The second advantage OmniConnect offers is total connectivity. This means not just industry leading SaaS and enterprise applications-over 150 to date, but every type of database, custom applications, web services and connectivity protocol. Another important feature is reusability. OmniConnect provides a user-friendly template-based approach via the Template Integration Process or TIP. These are templates of common integration scenarios which can be used as a starting-point for your integration projects. You are not alone in your integration needs and should not have to reinvent the wheel. OmniConnect gives you the benefit of previous success and best-practices available through our community of customers. Finally, this is one platform for all types of integration projects. You can use OmniConnect for data migration, process integration or even for UI mashups for taking relevant data from a backoffice application, such as SAP and displaying it witrhin a commonly used front-office application such as SFDC. Notes: swap with CIIP brand
So, to quickly recap, the value of this complete solutions translates to lower risk, Saving time and costs associated with building and deploying connectors for each new project and having one platform for all types of integration projects means an increased ROI and lower TCO. Notes; ditto
That’s the high-level overview of what makes OmniConnect complete as an integration platform. But to further this point, we can take a moment to go over some details in functionality that organizations find necessary for successfully integrating their applications. Cast Iron took these functional requirements coming from the field and saw the deficit in the existing product offerings available in the market. It architected OmniConnect with the goal of providing complete functionality to meet the integration needs and requirements that IT and business were demanding. ***Note – at this point go over some key features your customer may have already specified in the RFP or pre-sales cycle.
It is because of the reliability that this complete functional set that the application vendors themselves trust Cast Iron to form strategic partnerships. In fact, he world’s leading cloud megabrands are partnering with Cast Iron; working closely with us to solve the issues of integration for their customers. We’re the only integration provider today that can provide the benefit of all these partnerships.
The third factor that sets OmniConnect apart from competing solutions is that it is proven with thousands of customer integrations and a wide portfolio of customer success cases. So, we can prove by previous success how we can solve your particular integration scenario.
A few quick examples of our proven success integrating applications which are relevant to your particular scenario: We see a number of organizations which had the need to connect their CRM system, in this case SFDC to various back-end ERP systems. I’d like to highlight the duration of these projects; as we can see, these large organizations, in many cases spanning multiple geographies, were able to accomplish enterprise application integration in just days. Notes: Sweep, format
And as we can see, once they were able to successfully integrate the initial systems for their project, they were able to leverage Cast Iron OmniConnect’s platform for future integrations. So, while they may have started off using OmniConnect for point-to-point integration, they were able to subsequently use it as a platform for additional projects, given the reusability and template-based architecture we spoke about.
Integrated marketing (TV, Print, Direct Mail). Direct Mail single largest portion of what they do. Non-profit is the biggest sector. Salvation Army, Red Cross solicitations. (Put Logos on slide). If you are producing millions of pieces of direct mail a year, ever single piece is personalized. It will have name and donation history and personalized information. You can see the amt of dependent data. If an order comes from Atlanta Area Metro Red Cross campaign, they will need 10K names. 10K orders come every month. Complex order to contain flexible, personalized data for delivery. High volume. Need accountablility and reconciliation for public company. Need order drive financials for reporting purposes via back office integration. Less than ¼ of the current end-points. Database, data-processing and production vendors are twice as many now. CI is integration backbone between “internal systems” (SFDC included) as well as webseriveces backbone for vendors. About5 20 end-points now. ¼ being cloud, 10 on-premise, the others FTP connection (not on premise). Output for FTP connections being flat-files. Multiple systems with multiple destinations. Data determines where file goes; i.e. order file contains data from ½ dozen vendors. i.e. specific fields within the file. Routed via CI workfflow.
Liked proactive approach.
What we’d like to do at this point is transition to a live demonstration of our product, to give you a real-time view of a scenario which mirrors the challenges you are facing. The goal here is to reiterate the value of real-time bi-directional integration accomplished through a simplified, user-friendly interface with the ability to reuse this information for future projects. We’d also like to highlight some key functionality along the way which are relevant to your particular integration project.
To recap from the demo, we want to ensure you understand the value of the ability of our solution to accomplish your integration project. OmniConnect a proven solution; chosen by more SFDC customers than any other vendor. Not surprisingly, it is trusted not only by Salesforce.com, but by every other industry-leading application vendor in the world, who rely on us to be their strategic integration partner. And finally, OmniConnect is a complete solution, with a full feature-set that allows you to purchase one platform for your immediate integration needs, as well as providing the reusability and scalability for all your future integration projects. Thank you for your time, and with that, let’s open this up for any questions you may have.