This presentation gives a basic overview of cloud computing for the general computer user. It details some of the advantages and disadvantages of using cloud-based services to manage and backup data. In doing so, the presentation includes examples of syncing calendars across devices, backing up data to the Web, and using online office applications.
This presentation was last given at the Bay Area Seniors Computer Club in October 2010.
This presentation gives a basic overview of cloud computing for the general computer user. It details some of the advantages and disadvantages of using cloud-based services to manage and backup data. In doing so, the presentation includes examples of syncing calendars across devices, backing up data to the Web, and using online office applications.
This presentation was last given at the Bay Area Seniors Computer Club in October 2010.
Surviving agile remote teams - why remote work is a SKILLJens Broos
While agile tradition recommends having a co-located team sitting together and having a face-to-face communication on an everyday basis, there are a lot of good and compelling reasons to work in distributed teams: Perhaps you are unable to find more qualified talent in your city? Maybe your company decided to do a cross-department project?
When it comes to self-organized remote teams, there are a lot of obstacles that may occur, making it hard for your team to survive.
This talk is going to show good practices to improve your remote collaboration - even under those difficult conditions.
Step by Step guide to start your cloud journeyJubin Aghara
With the rise of a pandemic, more and more businesses are adopting cloud technologies to regain momentum; knowing about basic building block of cloud technology is extremely important now than it was ever before!
You will get insights on:
1. What is cloud
2. Traditional vs Cloud computing
3. Benefits of Cloud
4. Cloud services
5. The immense value you will get
6. 3 steps to start your cloud journey
How do organizations ensure that they maintain control over their costs when adopting Cloud?
Ultimately, the key to controlling cost for cloud infrastructure is to ensure that the organization has visibility over resources that are being provisioned — a task that is easier said than done when developers can provision resources in a single API Call.
This talk was presented at the 2014 OpenStack Summit in Atlanta.
CCCEU14 - A Real World Outlook on Hybrid Cloud: Why and HowScalr
Why pursue hybrid cloud? What are success strategies to make it work, and pitfalls to be mindful of?
Thomas Orozco's speaker slides from the CloudStack Conference Europe in Budapest (Nov. 2014).
Key considerations when adopting cloud: expectations vs hurdlesScalr
Everyone is talking about it: Cloud is the next big thing in IT.
But what are the results your business should expect from cloud adoption? What are the keys to making it work? What are the pitfalls you should avoid?
In this talk driven by our experience working with cloud adopters, we'll show that successfully adopting Cloud is a process that actively involves IT and business units, and we’ll be sure to consider and reconcile both perspectives.
This is a talk 100% driven by customer stories, delivered by Sebastian Stadil for the December 3rd 2013 Virtual Build a Cloud Day event.
Event: SoCal UX Camp 2016
Presented by: Steven Meyer
In the United States there are still plenty of people without access to the Internet. Even those with mobile Internet access can still be plagued with dead zones, or low reception areas. Properly managing your application flow from these online to offline transitions will improve the user experience. In this session we will take a look at Chromebooks in education and ways that we have improved the offline experience.
Are you harnessing the power of peer instruction in your classroom? It’s common knowledge that kids often learn lots of things from other kids, so why not ensure that they are learning academic topics from each other?
In this presentation will explore how teachers can use iPads to help their students support the academic achievement of their peers. It shows you how to create video tutorials and educational aids by using free productivity, screen casting, video, and camera apps. These tutorials and educational aids can then be embedded in blogs, wikis, and class websites, or they can be uploaded to the cloud for easy student access and viewing.
Open for Business: A Quick Guide to Starting Your Venture in the CloudKasey Bayne
The crew at Kashoo has put together this free guide to starting your new business in the cloud. From document store to project management (and yes, accounting too!), we recommend tools & tips for running your business in the cloud. Check it out and let us know what you think - answers@kashoo.com anytime!
This is a copy, saved in Word 1997-2003 format, of my research paper that was submitted to and accepted by the graduate school for the Master of Science in Economics. It pertains to the hedge fund market using proprietary data from hedgefund.net.
Surviving agile remote teams - why remote work is a SKILLJens Broos
While agile tradition recommends having a co-located team sitting together and having a face-to-face communication on an everyday basis, there are a lot of good and compelling reasons to work in distributed teams: Perhaps you are unable to find more qualified talent in your city? Maybe your company decided to do a cross-department project?
When it comes to self-organized remote teams, there are a lot of obstacles that may occur, making it hard for your team to survive.
This talk is going to show good practices to improve your remote collaboration - even under those difficult conditions.
Step by Step guide to start your cloud journeyJubin Aghara
With the rise of a pandemic, more and more businesses are adopting cloud technologies to regain momentum; knowing about basic building block of cloud technology is extremely important now than it was ever before!
You will get insights on:
1. What is cloud
2. Traditional vs Cloud computing
3. Benefits of Cloud
4. Cloud services
5. The immense value you will get
6. 3 steps to start your cloud journey
How do organizations ensure that they maintain control over their costs when adopting Cloud?
Ultimately, the key to controlling cost for cloud infrastructure is to ensure that the organization has visibility over resources that are being provisioned — a task that is easier said than done when developers can provision resources in a single API Call.
This talk was presented at the 2014 OpenStack Summit in Atlanta.
CCCEU14 - A Real World Outlook on Hybrid Cloud: Why and HowScalr
Why pursue hybrid cloud? What are success strategies to make it work, and pitfalls to be mindful of?
Thomas Orozco's speaker slides from the CloudStack Conference Europe in Budapest (Nov. 2014).
Key considerations when adopting cloud: expectations vs hurdlesScalr
Everyone is talking about it: Cloud is the next big thing in IT.
But what are the results your business should expect from cloud adoption? What are the keys to making it work? What are the pitfalls you should avoid?
In this talk driven by our experience working with cloud adopters, we'll show that successfully adopting Cloud is a process that actively involves IT and business units, and we’ll be sure to consider and reconcile both perspectives.
This is a talk 100% driven by customer stories, delivered by Sebastian Stadil for the December 3rd 2013 Virtual Build a Cloud Day event.
Event: SoCal UX Camp 2016
Presented by: Steven Meyer
In the United States there are still plenty of people without access to the Internet. Even those with mobile Internet access can still be plagued with dead zones, or low reception areas. Properly managing your application flow from these online to offline transitions will improve the user experience. In this session we will take a look at Chromebooks in education and ways that we have improved the offline experience.
Are you harnessing the power of peer instruction in your classroom? It’s common knowledge that kids often learn lots of things from other kids, so why not ensure that they are learning academic topics from each other?
In this presentation will explore how teachers can use iPads to help their students support the academic achievement of their peers. It shows you how to create video tutorials and educational aids by using free productivity, screen casting, video, and camera apps. These tutorials and educational aids can then be embedded in blogs, wikis, and class websites, or they can be uploaded to the cloud for easy student access and viewing.
Open for Business: A Quick Guide to Starting Your Venture in the CloudKasey Bayne
The crew at Kashoo has put together this free guide to starting your new business in the cloud. From document store to project management (and yes, accounting too!), we recommend tools & tips for running your business in the cloud. Check it out and let us know what you think - answers@kashoo.com anytime!
This is a copy, saved in Word 1997-2003 format, of my research paper that was submitted to and accepted by the graduate school for the Master of Science in Economics. It pertains to the hedge fund market using proprietary data from hedgefund.net.
Do you want to be a Cloud Architect ? Are you stuck in a Sysadmin / DBA job ,and want to transition into the Cloud? Are you interested , but do not know how/where to start ? Then, you are in the right place . This is Part 1 of a 3-Part series , where I share the secret sauce how best to get started on the journey to become a Cloud Architect , and enhance your career.
The presentation "Agile Architecture in a Modern Cloud-Native Ecosystem" by Turja N Chaudhuri.
Recording of the presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4kGI3ARn5o
Details of the event: https://www.meetup.com/Cloud-Study-Network/events/283988261/
Accompanying presentation for Cloud Study Network group (https://www.meetup.com/Cloud-Study-Network/) :
Event link - https://www.meetup.com/Cloud-Study-Network/events/283988261/
hosted on 24.02.2022 , at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4kGI3ARn5o
CloudStudio Review - What Is CloudStudio?
CloudStudio, the revolutionary cloud-based platform, has taken the digital world by storm with its incredible capabilities in hosting, managing, and delivering a wide array of media content at unparalleled speed. In this article, we will explore the key features, benefits, and real-world applications of CloudStudio, shedding light on why it stands out as a remarkable solution in the realm of cloud hosting.
CloudStudio Review – How Does It Work
STEP #1: Upload
Simply drag and drop your files into CloudStudio or upload from your PC. It supports almost all type of files - videos, Images, audios, documents etc.
STEP #2: Share
Easily share your content, including videos, audios, images, documents, graphics, and more, without the risk of ever losing it!
STEP #3: Profit
Start getting eyeballs, bring automated sales, and get paid 24*7.
Presentation to the CSix Cloud Computing Group. Hello Cloud Project was a project that explored, developed, and deployed in The Cloud. Project Team consisted of CSIx Cloud Computing Members. Project Manager, Julie McDaniel; Dan Levin.
Introduction to Microsoft Azure. Covers the change to a cloud development paradigm. Motivations for the change, Pricing structures, and an exercise in IT portfolio evaluation.
All Change how the economics of Cloud will make you think differently about JavaSteve Poole
How far have you gotten with learning about the cloud? Got your head around platform as a service? Understand what IaaS means? Know how to spell Docker? It’s easy to focus on learning new technology, but it’s time to take a step back and look at what the technical implications are when an application is heading to the cloud. In the world of the cloud, the benefits are high but the economics (financial and technical) can be radically different. Learn about these new realities and how they can change application design, deployment, and support. Cloud technologies and their rapid adoption are creating new opportunities and challenges. Whether you’re a designer, developer, or tester, this session will help you start thinking differently about Java and the cloud.
Transform your Intranet with Drupal and Alfresco - by OptarosAlfresco Software
View the full webinar recording here: http://www.alfresco.com/about/events/ondemand
Learn how combining Drupal and Alfresco can give you a powerful platform with everything you need to revitalize your intranet with engaging community features, and rock-solid document management.
Optaros content management experts Chris Fuller and Jeff Potts will discuss how a game publisher was able to save time and money by leveraging open source for their intranet.
You’ll learn valuable insights that will help you take your Enterprise collaboration to the next level.
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.
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
zkStudyClub - Reef: Fast Succinct Non-Interactive Zero-Knowledge Regex ProofsAlex Pruden
This paper presents Reef, a system for generating publicly verifiable succinct non-interactive zero-knowledge proofs that a committed document matches or does not match a regular expression. We describe applications such as proving the strength of passwords, the provenance of email despite redactions, the validity of oblivious DNS queries, and the existence of mutations in DNA. Reef supports the Perl Compatible Regular Expression syntax, including wildcards, alternation, ranges, capture groups, Kleene star, negations, and lookarounds. Reef introduces a new type of automata, Skipping Alternating Finite Automata (SAFA), that skips irrelevant parts of a document when producing proofs without undermining soundness, and instantiates SAFA with a lookup argument. Our experimental evaluation confirms that Reef can generate proofs for documents with 32M characters; the proofs are small and cheap to verify (under a second).
Paper: https://eprint.iacr.org/2023/1886
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.
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:
A tale of scale & speed: How the US Navy is enabling software delivery from l...sonjaschweigert1
Rapid and secure feature delivery is a goal across every application team and every branch of the DoD. The Navy’s DevSecOps platform, Party Barge, has achieved:
- Reduction in onboarding time from 5 weeks to 1 day
- Improved developer experience and productivity through actionable findings and reduction of false positives
- Maintenance of superior security standards and inherent policy enforcement with Authorization to Operate (ATO)
Development teams can ship efficiently and ensure applications are cyber ready for Navy Authorizing Officials (AOs). In this webinar, Sigma Defense and Anchore will give attendees a look behind the scenes and demo secure pipeline automation and security artifacts that speed up application ATO and time to production.
We will cover:
- How to remove silos in DevSecOps
- How to build efficient development pipeline roles and component templates
- How to deliver security artifacts that matter for ATO’s (SBOMs, vulnerability reports, and policy evidence)
- How to streamline operations with automated policy checks on container images
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.
Encryption in Microsoft 365 - ExpertsLive Netherlands 2024Albert Hoitingh
In this session I delve into the encryption technology used in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Purview. Including the concepts of Customer Key and Double Key Encryption.
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
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/
Removing Uninteresting Bytes in Software FuzzingAftab Hussain
Imagine a world where software fuzzing, the process of mutating bytes in test seeds to uncover hidden and erroneous program behaviors, becomes faster and more effective. A lot depends on the initial seeds, which can significantly dictate the trajectory of a fuzzing campaign, particularly in terms of how long it takes to uncover interesting behaviour in your code. We introduce DIAR, a technique designed to speedup fuzzing campaigns by pinpointing and eliminating those uninteresting bytes in the seeds. Picture this: instead of wasting valuable resources on meaningless mutations in large, bloated seeds, DIAR removes the unnecessary bytes, streamlining the entire process.
In this work, we equipped AFL, a popular fuzzer, with DIAR and examined two critical Linux libraries -- Libxml's xmllint, a tool for parsing xml documents, and Binutil's readelf, an essential debugging and security analysis command-line tool used to display detailed information about ELF (Executable and Linkable Format). Our preliminary results show that AFL+DIAR does not only discover new paths more quickly but also achieves higher coverage overall. This work thus showcases how starting with lean and optimized seeds can lead to faster, more comprehensive fuzzing campaigns -- and DIAR helps you find such seeds.
- These are slides of the talk given at IEEE International Conference on Software Testing Verification and Validation Workshop, ICSTW 2022.
Securing your Kubernetes cluster_ a step-by-step guide to success !KatiaHIMEUR1
Today, after several years of existence, an extremely active community and an ultra-dynamic ecosystem, Kubernetes has established itself as the de facto standard in container orchestration. Thanks to a wide range of managed services, it has never been so easy to set up a ready-to-use Kubernetes cluster.
However, this ease of use means that the subject of security in Kubernetes is often left for later, or even neglected. This exposes companies to significant risks.
In this talk, I'll show you step-by-step how to secure your Kubernetes cluster for greater peace of mind and reliability.
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.
PHP Frameworks: I want to break free (IPC Berlin 2024)
How My Website Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Cloud
1. How My website Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Cloud EduComm 2010
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3. Playing the role of… Mike Richwalsky Director of Marketing Services, John Carroll University NITLE Technology Fellow 2009-10 HighEdWebTech.com Tw/FB: mrichwalsky HigherEdCloud.com
4. If you can talk brilliantly about a problem, it can create the consoling illusion that it has been mastered. Stanley Kubrick
5. What is the cloud? Use of external infrastructure to solve internal technology issues and needs Use resources only as you need them Scale up and down quickly and easily Pay only for what you use.
13. The days of custom writing web apps for every single possible scenario are coming to an end. Not because I don’t want to write and support them, but other places and companies can do it way better than I ever could.
21. Forms Ugh. Remember FormMail.pl? Ever write custom ASP or PHP? Custom CGI per form does not scale.
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23. I <3 Wufoo Give access to campus users to do their own forms Secure out of the box Branded for the institution Conditional processing
24. I <3Wufoo Continuity across all forms Email, Database, Excel output Payment processing Embed in site or Wufoo url
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26. If you build it… Offices saw a dramatic increase in student response rates and interest when a form was included with an email. Continuity is nice The form they filled out to receive info is the same form they’ll see when they’re on campus.
31. Backup your web server to S3 Command-line scripts and tools written in a variety of languages PHP, Python, Ruby, Perl and more Control to just backup web content and/or MySQL databases Zipped up, these are small and cheap to move and store
35. But we have have YouTube! Not every video we create is meant for YouTube. Fundraising, admissions, on-campus only videos The cloud gives my video super fast availability and speed across the globe.
37. Case Study, Allegheny College Need to provide high quality video experience for fundraising effort Outsourced video hosting to Amazon S3 Site handled initial load+long tail Total Cost: $9
39. Spin up a server Test a plugin, piece of code, new version quickly and easily If it breaks, no problem. Shut it down and start over.
40. CMS Derby Total Cost: In the course of an afternoon, we tried 7 CMS systems $1.10 WordPress Drupal Joomla Umbraco Hippo SilverStripe Typo3
41. How did we do it? Started up pre-built Amazon Servers $0.085 per hour Started up some Rackspace Cloud Servers $0.01 per hour, no pre-built images. We wanted to see how easy or hard it was to install, setup, customize and break.
42. Case Study, Pace University MaharaePortfolioPlatform Testing + Buildout Started Amazon EC2 server to develop on before launching production environment on campus Total cost: ~$60 More info: http://bit.ly/anUCxH
47. DNS? Seriously? DNS is not sexy. At all. But… OpenDNS and Google DNS refresh faster and easier than on-campus DNS, which is helpful if you’re doing testing, pushing site updates, adding domains, etc.
52. Instant Focus Group Spend a few dollars to get opinions, research, answers from an audience you can qualify and pay for their work/opinions. Quicky test a design element, graphic or navigation UI. HITs are easy to create, via web, API or spreadsheet. http://mturk.com
61. Google Docs This has become an integral tool in our web development group. Share information, best practices, research Multiple people can have access Including students who do my research
64. We shoot a lot of video We encode video for multiple audiences, platforms and devices. Can do on my desktop Mac, but this is time consuming. Don’t have access to all codecs Look to the cloud!
67. Why are these interesting? API Pay as you go Hey!Watch as low as $0.40 for HD with 2 pass encoding for high quality Multiple codecs, platforms with just a click Time saves = win.
68. Security Your data and services are only as secure as you make them. If data and processes on your campus are not secure, your cloud data and processes will not be secure.
69. Quick Cloud Project Checklist What is the duration of your project? What type of service do you need Remember the cloud is better at some things than others Amount of data you need to move in and out You often pay for both upload and download