Presentation to the National Association of Regional Councils describing the issues surrounding broadband access, adoption, and use and how the Connected program from Connected Nation is helping to address those issues in communities across the country.
Presentation given to the State Broadband Leaders event in Washington DC. Examines how local data can be used to develop targeted digital inclusion programming in communities.
“Broadband Strategies: Linking Rural Wisconsin with the Global Market Place”,...WI Broadband
A presentation by Professor Andy Lewis, Center for Community Technology Solutions at the Broadband Research Summit at TreeHaven, Wisconsin. The presentation provided an overview of broadband issues in Wisconsin and reviewed strategies that could be applied by local leaders to increase their connectivity.
Presentation to the National Association of Regional Councils describing the issues surrounding broadband access, adoption, and use and how the Connected program from Connected Nation is helping to address those issues in communities across the country.
Presentation given to the State Broadband Leaders event in Washington DC. Examines how local data can be used to develop targeted digital inclusion programming in communities.
“Broadband Strategies: Linking Rural Wisconsin with the Global Market Place”,...WI Broadband
A presentation by Professor Andy Lewis, Center for Community Technology Solutions at the Broadband Research Summit at TreeHaven, Wisconsin. The presentation provided an overview of broadband issues in Wisconsin and reviewed strategies that could be applied by local leaders to increase their connectivity.
One of several Broadband Boot Camps hosted by University Wisconsin-Extension Broadband & E-Commerce Education Center. Oct. 14.2015
Handouts include: Kotter's 8 Steps, Kotter's 8 Steps in Action (Case Study, Marathon County), evaluation, Broadband Opportunities Council executive summary, Federal Broadband Funding Guide (2015).
One of several Broadband Boot Camps hosted by University Wisconsin-Extension Broadband & E-Commerce Education Center. Oct. 14.2015
Handouts include: Kotter's 8 Steps, Kotter's 8 Steps in Action (Case Study, Marathon County), evaluation, Broadband Opportunities Council executive summary, Federal Broadband Funding Guide (2015).
How a new national approach to IT procurement will help to drive innovation , interoperability and data sharing across the public sectors. Success would significantly boost public sector efforts to deliver channel shift, early intervention and workplace transformation.
Digital marketing is a broad topic with many perspectives. This presentation captures high-level thoughts on how to look at the digital landscape with fresh eyes.
Blandin Foundation Project: an Application for Sustainable BroadbandAnn Treacy
The Blandin Foundation talks about their ARRA broadband stimulus fund application to the TISP (Telecommunications and Information Society Policy) Forum
The Lethbridge Community Network presented its “ Urban Wi-Fi Initiative “ to City Council on Monday.
Building upon LCN’s success in providing community access to information since 2004, the
URBAN Wi-Fi INITIATIVE
comprises three key phases directed towards ease of access to information in Lethbridge.
1. Develop a network of free, public, Wi-Fi hotspots in the city, covering major gathering areas (bus transfer points, public parks, cultural centers) and recreation areas (sports venues, arenas etc.)
2. Building a hi-tech transit station (stop) downtown equipped with solar power for LED displays of schedules, local events and advertising, climate controlled, and USB charging ports.
3. Enabling Wi-Fi access on public transportation vehicles throughout the city.
Please show your support by contacting your favorite Councilor and by voting on the www.LethbridgeHerald.com ‘s survey “Should the City support the proposal for Free Wi-Fi throughout the city?
Vote and pass this along to everyone you know ! Thanks and happy summer.
For more information, or to receive LCN’s Urban Wi-Fi Initiative presentation please contact me directly.
Presentation prepared for the Whangarei digital enablement training event. it summarises the responses from Northland businesses who had completed the digital journey assessment (www.digitaljourney.co.nz). It makes recommendations on the products and services that businesses may wish to consider as part of their digital journey.
Management Consulting Toolkit with Great Powerpoint PresentationsAurelien Domont, MBA
Go to www.slidebooks.com to Download and Reuse Now a Management Consulting Toolkit with Great Powerpoint Presentations | Created By ex-McKinsey & Deloitte Consultants.
Where's the Broadband? Inter-County Coordinating Committee, 4.21.14WI Broadband
Where's the Broadband?
Presentation by the Broadband & E-Commerce Education Center to the Inter-county Coordinating Committee, April 21,2014 Green Lake, WI
Green Lake Training Center
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
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
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
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.
Encryption in Microsoft 365 - ExpertsLive Netherlands 2024Albert Hoitingh
In this session I delve into the encryption technology used in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Purview. Including the concepts of Customer Key and Double Key Encryption.
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/
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
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.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
How Does Broadband Contribute to Economic Development
1. How Does Broadband
Contribute to Economic
Development
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
Eric Frederick, AICP, LEED AP
Vice President for Community Affairs
517-994-8024 : efrederick@connectednation.org
November 16, 2016
2. Context
Connected Nation, non-profit dedicated to expanding
broadband access, adoption, and use to improve quality of life
and community and economic development.
Core competencies include:
• Community Engagement and Planning
• Research & Analysis
• Policy Consultation
• Mapping/GIS
• Digital Inclusion
By the Numbers:
• 10 state-based broadband public-private partnerships, from Alaska
to Puerto Rico, impacting 876 counties
• 1,200+ unique broadband provider relationships in data collection
and processing
• Broadband availability mapping across 37% of the U.S. landmass and
27.6 million households
• 170 communities actively engaged in local technology planning
activities
Access
The physical connection to
high-speed infrastructure
Adoption
Recognizing the value of
broadband and subscribing
either at home, work, or via
public institutions
Use
Skills and applications to
leverage technology to
improve quality of life and
community/economic
development
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3. Effecting Change - Broadband
Planning Framework
Many communities have
experienced…
•Recession w/o recovery
•Job loss
•Attrition
•Disinvestment
•Apathy
•Overall decline
Broadband and technology
provide new means of…
•Education
•Economic activity
•Healthcare
•Government service delivery
•Workforce development
Strategic assessment, planning,
investment, and improvements
in tech…
•Access
•Adoption
•Use
•In these areas…
Which then support…
•Stabilization
•Sustainability
•Maintenance
•Metered growth
•Transformation
•Which combats and
prevents…
Lead to..
•Leadership development
•Family and youth retention
•Civic engagement
•Local human capital
development
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4. Connected Community
Engagement Program
Using hyperlocal data to benchmark and identify gaps: Spartanburg, SC
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5. Connected Community
Engagement Program
Examining relationships with business technology adoption and use in Spartanburg County, SC
60%
35%
40%
65%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Businesses
w/Revenue <
$250k
Businesses
w/Revenue >
$250k
Less than 25 Mbps More than 25 Mbps
Business Revenue by
Connection Speed
42%
37%
58%
63%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Not Hiring in the
Last or Next 6
Months
Hiring in the Last or
Next 6 Months
Less than 25 Mbps More than 25 Mbps
Business Recent Hiring by
Connection Speed
45%
20%
31%
15%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
Businesses With a
Website
Businesses
Without a
Website
Will Hire in Next 6 Months
Hired in Last 6 Months
Business Website Use by
Hiring Trends
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6. Connected Community
Engagement Program
Business Revenue and Current Use of Various
Advanced Technologies and Applications
30.2%
20.6%
31.7%
22.2%
20.6%
33.3%
41.3%
38.1%
30.2%
25.4%
41.3%
47.6%
77.8%
37.5%
39.0%
39.4%
42.5%
46.7%
48.3%
50.2%
55.6%
61.4%
62.2%
70.3%
83.4%
96.9%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
e-Commerce
e-Supply Chain
Point-of-Sale
Teleworking
Videoconferencing
Online Cust. Experience
e-Inventory
Mobile Devices
e-Management
VoIP
Online Directories
e-HR/Finance
Admin. Email
More than $250k Less than $250k
34%
15%
59%
40%
15%
4%
10%
20%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
Bus. Hiring in Last 6 Months Bus. Not Hiring in Last 6
Months
On-Site Training On-the-Job Training
Incentives for Training Does Not Support Training
Business Technology Training Policies by
Recent Hiring
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7. Connected Community
Engagement Program
Digital communication and interaction among businesses and residents
Several times daily
Several times weekly
Several times monthly
Less than once monthly
Less than $50,000$50,000 to $99,999 $100,000 to
149,999
$150,000 to
$249,999
$250,000 to
$499,999
$500,000 to
$999,999
$1,000,000 to
$2,000,000
More than
$2,000,000
Business Use of Social Media by Annual Revenue
MoreFrequently----LessFrequently
Facebook
Twitter Instagram
Social Media Avg.
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50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
18-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-69 70+
Local Businesses
Non-Local Businesses
Residents Digitally Interacting at Least Weekly with Local and Non-Local Businesses
8. Connected Community
Engagement Program
Residents Stating Their Proficiency with Various Online Activities by
Age Income
Digital skills among residents that could impact economic activity
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
18-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+
E-Banking
Searching
For Jobs Online
Taking
Online
Classes
Staying Safe
Online
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20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
Less than
$35,000
$35,000 -
$49,999
$50,000 -
$74,999
$75,000 -
$99,999
$100,000
or more
E-Banking
Searching
For Jobs Online
Taking
Online
Classes
Staying Safe
Online
9. Connected Community
Engagement Program
So what? What do we do with this new, local information?
Faster connection speeds
tend to be associated with
bus. with higher revenue and
that have recently hired.
How do we get faster
connections to our
businesses?
We use it to inform a plan of action to leverage broadband and technology for the improvement of
economic activity and prosperity in the community.
Businesses that have hired
recently tend to be those
with websites.
How do we get more
businesses to have a website
or online presence?
Businesses that have
implemented advanced tech.
applications tend to have
higher revenue.
How do we help businesses
incorporate advanced tech.
into their operations and
business plans?
Businesses that have hired
recently offer greater assistance
to employees for tech-related
continuing education.
How can we support technology
training and continuing
education for local employees?
Social media use is highest
among bus. with revenues
btw. $150k and $1m.
Can social media help
smaller businesses grow
and how can we assist?
Residents tend to digitally
interact slightly more
frequently with non-local
businesses.
Is there an opportunity to
improve the online presence
of local businesses and the
awareness of such?
30% of residents aged 45 to 54
say they need to learn how to
search for jobs online.
What training opportunities do
we have or could we employ to
help improve residents’ ability
to find jobs online?
Lower income residents tend
to be less proficient with
online activities related to
the digital economy.
How can new or existing
digital training efforts better
reach low-income residents?
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10. Connected Community
Engagement Program
Wright County, IA
- Agricultural community
- Focused on growing existing businesses, while
also attracting new, tech. establishments
- Want to improve the Internet and tech. skill set
among local business owners
- Economic development corporation
implementing e-commerce training courses for
businesses
Clare County, MI
- Rural, agricultural community with small towns
- Small ILEC installing gigabit internet services
- ILEC and community partnered to promote new
infrastructure to grow local businesses and
attract investment
- Have entered into PPPs in the past to accelerate
infrastructure expansion
- Hold annual business technology summit to
connect businesses with tech. providers.Harbor Springs, MI (HarborActive)
- Rural, dispersed, and often seasonal population
- Wants to improve the digital literacy of the
community and businesses
- Developed their own training program to train
groups of all types on the latest technology
including social media, tablets, website
development, etc.
- Wine and Web (most popular)
Roscommon and Newaygo Counties, MI
- Rural area with a need to expand economic
development
- Instead of focusing on attracting new businesses,
programs aimed at retaining, growing, and
sustaining those already in the community
- MichiganWorks office and local EDCs conducting
training programs to get more businesses online with
social media and websites
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