This high-powered and interactive presentation shows what can be done with hybrid integration and the power of Azure services. The topics covered include Microsoft BizTalk on-premises, Microsoft Azure Logic Apps, and API Management. Jon’s experience as a Microsoft integration partner, and now at Microsoft HQ, enables him to deliver both great demos and interesting real-life stories from the field.
Cloud integration: what's in it for you? (Toon Vanhoutte & Massimo Crippa at ...Codit
This session focuses on the great opportunities that cloud integration brings to your business. Common challenges and pitfalls for hybrid messaging-based and API-based integration are discussed. Next to that, Codit's added-value approach to hybrid integration is presented, which combines a solid foundation of 15 years integration experience with an innovative and rapidly moving Azure cloud platform.
Integration has traditionally been all about ESB’s, EAI and B2B and the exchange of messages between on-premises systems. Today, many companies wish to integrate beyond their firewall, typically with SaaS based application. This change is reflected in the up rise of API based integration using lightweight protocols. In this session Glenn will talk about the evolution of Enterprise Integration and give you an overview on the current state of the Azure Integration Platform. Dive into its architecture and learn all about Logic Apps and the Enterprise Integration Pack. Learn to create basic IFTT (If This Then That) scenarios, or think big and create enterprise-level, hybrid integration scenarios (using Logic Apps and on premises LOB apps). 'How does it work', 'How is it Made' and 'How does it all fit together’ are just a couple of questions that will be answered during this session.
Presentation delivered by Dan Toomey at the 2017 Global Integration Bootcamp in Brisbane. Some slides are courtesy of the Pro Integration product team at Microsoft, and also a number of slides borrowed from Paco de la Cruz (Mexia).
Azure has a complete offering in Servereless space with Functions and Logic Apps. Logic Apps is a PaaS orchestrating engine of microservices. We will see how to use, for example applying it into IoT world.
Het Microsoft Integratie Platform – Welk model past u het beste? (Steef Jan W...Codit
De wereld verandert, nieuwe technologieën komen op en uw integratieplatform moet daarop meebewegen. Welk platform kiest u, of houdt u in stand, om zowel on-premises als met de cloud te kunnen communiceren? Dankzij de komst van Microsoft Azure en haar nieuwe integratiediensten zijn er legio mogelijkheden. In deze sessie komen de diverse aspecten van on-premises (BizTalk/WCF) en het Azure platform aan bod. U krijgt een helder overzicht van de opties en hoort keuzes en overwegingen om de juiste keuze te komen.
Building microservices with azure functionsJustin Maurer
Getting started in Microservice can be a steep hill to climb, but with Azure Functions we can begin building them within minutes. Azure Functions is a "serverless" computing offering, that allows you to run small bits of JavaScript, C#, Python, PHP, Bash, Batch, and PowerShell that is managed by Azure to scale as needed. In this talk we will cover what are the best applications for Azure Functions, where they fit amongst the many options in cloud computing and go over specific use cases, including building a completely serverless backend for a web application and how it can be used for home automation.
The CQRS pattern enables you to build highly scalable, distributed and event-driven applications. Microsoft Azure contains all the serverless building blocks you need to take advantage of the CQRS pattern. In this session, we’re going to transform a monolithic web app into a modern cloud application, that easily handles peak loads and offers great flexibility. Expect architectural guidance, cost-effective designs and live demo’s.
Cloud integration: what's in it for you? (Toon Vanhoutte & Massimo Crippa at ...Codit
This session focuses on the great opportunities that cloud integration brings to your business. Common challenges and pitfalls for hybrid messaging-based and API-based integration are discussed. Next to that, Codit's added-value approach to hybrid integration is presented, which combines a solid foundation of 15 years integration experience with an innovative and rapidly moving Azure cloud platform.
Integration has traditionally been all about ESB’s, EAI and B2B and the exchange of messages between on-premises systems. Today, many companies wish to integrate beyond their firewall, typically with SaaS based application. This change is reflected in the up rise of API based integration using lightweight protocols. In this session Glenn will talk about the evolution of Enterprise Integration and give you an overview on the current state of the Azure Integration Platform. Dive into its architecture and learn all about Logic Apps and the Enterprise Integration Pack. Learn to create basic IFTT (If This Then That) scenarios, or think big and create enterprise-level, hybrid integration scenarios (using Logic Apps and on premises LOB apps). 'How does it work', 'How is it Made' and 'How does it all fit together’ are just a couple of questions that will be answered during this session.
Presentation delivered by Dan Toomey at the 2017 Global Integration Bootcamp in Brisbane. Some slides are courtesy of the Pro Integration product team at Microsoft, and also a number of slides borrowed from Paco de la Cruz (Mexia).
Azure has a complete offering in Servereless space with Functions and Logic Apps. Logic Apps is a PaaS orchestrating engine of microservices. We will see how to use, for example applying it into IoT world.
Het Microsoft Integratie Platform – Welk model past u het beste? (Steef Jan W...Codit
De wereld verandert, nieuwe technologieën komen op en uw integratieplatform moet daarop meebewegen. Welk platform kiest u, of houdt u in stand, om zowel on-premises als met de cloud te kunnen communiceren? Dankzij de komst van Microsoft Azure en haar nieuwe integratiediensten zijn er legio mogelijkheden. In deze sessie komen de diverse aspecten van on-premises (BizTalk/WCF) en het Azure platform aan bod. U krijgt een helder overzicht van de opties en hoort keuzes en overwegingen om de juiste keuze te komen.
Building microservices with azure functionsJustin Maurer
Getting started in Microservice can be a steep hill to climb, but with Azure Functions we can begin building them within minutes. Azure Functions is a "serverless" computing offering, that allows you to run small bits of JavaScript, C#, Python, PHP, Bash, Batch, and PowerShell that is managed by Azure to scale as needed. In this talk we will cover what are the best applications for Azure Functions, where they fit amongst the many options in cloud computing and go over specific use cases, including building a completely serverless backend for a web application and how it can be used for home automation.
The CQRS pattern enables you to build highly scalable, distributed and event-driven applications. Microsoft Azure contains all the serverless building blocks you need to take advantage of the CQRS pattern. In this session, we’re going to transform a monolithic web app into a modern cloud application, that easily handles peak loads and offers great flexibility. Expect architectural guidance, cost-effective designs and live demo’s.
An Integration Platform to Support Vision 2025BizTalk360
Northumbria University is at an exciting point on its journey to become a new kind of excellent university at a time when the higher education sector itself is undergoing significant change. The University’s “Vision 2025” and underpinning corporate strategy describe how the University will respond to a changing sector and exploit emerging opportunities (including technologies) to help shape the future direction of higher education and differentiate itself by providing outstanding experiences to its students. A key enabler to “Vision 2025” is an innovative transformation and technology strategy which places integration right at its heart. In this session we will explore how a flexible business focused integration platform could be created with Microsoft Azure and other technologies to help the University achieve its vision.
The challenges of monitoring an integration solution today!Adam Walhout
Monitoring an integration solution becomes challenging when it’s a distributed solution with several components running in Azure, Hybrid or on-premise environment. The proper tools can help an enterprise face these challenges and set up a fit-for-purpose solution. In this session, Azure Technology Consultant and Microsoft MVP Steef-Jan Wiggers presents the various challenges, tools and a solution approach to mitigate the challenges.
Intelligent Integrations with Azure, Logic Apps and BizTalkAdam Walhout
In this presentation, former BizTalk Premier Field Engineer and BizTastic founder Ricardo Torre shows how to apply machine learning to hybrid integrations using BizTalk, Azure and Logic Apps.
In this presentation, Microsoft Technical Support Engineers Harikharan Krishnaraju & Karan Singh explains the advantages of Azure Logic Apps and Microsoft Flow.
Logic Apps y las posibilidades de Integración Cloud (por Felipe Senso, de Mic...Jorge Millán Cabrera
En esta sesión, Felipe Senso nos contará cómo la transformación digital ha cambiado las reglas de la integración tradicional. Se presentará la nueva estrategia de integración de Microsoft , donde LogicApps juega un papel fundamental junto con BizTalk. Finalmente, se realizará una demo de LogicApps integrando Twitter, OneDrive y Sercicios Cognitivos de Azure.
Let's meet and talk about Microsoft Azure PaaS offerings. The PaaS layer provides many scalable and globally deployed services completely manged by Microsoft that allow developer to focus on specific business requirements and to leave the infrastructure bits to the cloud provider. We will underline the differences between Virtual Machines, Cloud Services and Azure Web Apps on the compute layer. Later we will compare SQL Server and Azure SQL.
Then we will focus on Data Storage and Data Analytics services that gives incredible power to developers and data professionals.
Most of the examples we cover are platform agnostic so people from any programming background are welcome to join and share their unique experience. Microsoft Azure is getting more open and open source friendly with every new day!
Come and join us to learn more about Microsoft Azure and enjoy your journey with the public cloud!
Building serverless integration solutions with Microsoft AzureBizTalk360
With this talk Steef-Jan will go through various end to end solutions leveraging Azure Services like Event Grid, Service Bus, Logic Apps, and so on. In the session I will discuss architecture, non-functionals, costs and operations.
Logic Apps: El Poder de la nueva Integración (por Félix Mondelo) Jorge Millán Cabrera
En esta sesión, Félix Mondelo analizará la evolución de la arquitectura Cloud hasta llegar a una arquitectura Serverless, y nos explicará cómo las Logic Apps y otros elementos de Azure encajan dentro de ella. Fruto de esta nueva arquitectura, se presentará la nueva integración empresarial que se ofrece con la combinación de Logic Apps y el Enterprise Integration Pack. Finalmente, Félix nos contará cómo pasar de una arquitectura basada en BizTalk a una nueva arquitectura basada en Azure iPaaS, analizando los paralelismos entre ambas.
A Q&A session discussing how Challenger were able to transform their business digitally in the cloud using best practice AWS solutions.
Angela Koh, Partner Business Manager, Amazon Web Services, ASEAN
(Kuala Lumpur) Felix Foo, Business Development Director, ASEAN, Datapipe
(Singapore) Joshua Woon, Chief Technology Officer, Challenger Technologies & Felix Foo, Business Development Director, ASEAN, Datapipe
Hybrid connectivity options with the microsoft cloudBizTalk360
There are many ways you can connect the cloud and your on premise applications using Microsoft Azure. How do you decide which is the right one to use? In this session Michael will discuss some of the options available including Azure networking, Azure Service Bus and Azure BizTalk Hybrid Connections. We will discuss some of the pro’s and cons of each and examples of where they have been used in real world projects.
Azure Logic Apps & AI - Building Integration & AI SolutionsDaniel Toomey
Presentation delivered at the Brisbane Data & AI Bootcamp on Saturday, 18 May 2024. Covers Workflow Assistant and new Azure OpenAI and AI Search connectors.
An Integration Platform to Support Vision 2025BizTalk360
Northumbria University is at an exciting point on its journey to become a new kind of excellent university at a time when the higher education sector itself is undergoing significant change. The University’s “Vision 2025” and underpinning corporate strategy describe how the University will respond to a changing sector and exploit emerging opportunities (including technologies) to help shape the future direction of higher education and differentiate itself by providing outstanding experiences to its students. A key enabler to “Vision 2025” is an innovative transformation and technology strategy which places integration right at its heart. In this session we will explore how a flexible business focused integration platform could be created with Microsoft Azure and other technologies to help the University achieve its vision.
The challenges of monitoring an integration solution today!Adam Walhout
Monitoring an integration solution becomes challenging when it’s a distributed solution with several components running in Azure, Hybrid or on-premise environment. The proper tools can help an enterprise face these challenges and set up a fit-for-purpose solution. In this session, Azure Technology Consultant and Microsoft MVP Steef-Jan Wiggers presents the various challenges, tools and a solution approach to mitigate the challenges.
Intelligent Integrations with Azure, Logic Apps and BizTalkAdam Walhout
In this presentation, former BizTalk Premier Field Engineer and BizTastic founder Ricardo Torre shows how to apply machine learning to hybrid integrations using BizTalk, Azure and Logic Apps.
In this presentation, Microsoft Technical Support Engineers Harikharan Krishnaraju & Karan Singh explains the advantages of Azure Logic Apps and Microsoft Flow.
Logic Apps y las posibilidades de Integración Cloud (por Felipe Senso, de Mic...Jorge Millán Cabrera
En esta sesión, Felipe Senso nos contará cómo la transformación digital ha cambiado las reglas de la integración tradicional. Se presentará la nueva estrategia de integración de Microsoft , donde LogicApps juega un papel fundamental junto con BizTalk. Finalmente, se realizará una demo de LogicApps integrando Twitter, OneDrive y Sercicios Cognitivos de Azure.
Let's meet and talk about Microsoft Azure PaaS offerings. The PaaS layer provides many scalable and globally deployed services completely manged by Microsoft that allow developer to focus on specific business requirements and to leave the infrastructure bits to the cloud provider. We will underline the differences between Virtual Machines, Cloud Services and Azure Web Apps on the compute layer. Later we will compare SQL Server and Azure SQL.
Then we will focus on Data Storage and Data Analytics services that gives incredible power to developers and data professionals.
Most of the examples we cover are platform agnostic so people from any programming background are welcome to join and share their unique experience. Microsoft Azure is getting more open and open source friendly with every new day!
Come and join us to learn more about Microsoft Azure and enjoy your journey with the public cloud!
Building serverless integration solutions with Microsoft AzureBizTalk360
With this talk Steef-Jan will go through various end to end solutions leveraging Azure Services like Event Grid, Service Bus, Logic Apps, and so on. In the session I will discuss architecture, non-functionals, costs and operations.
Logic Apps: El Poder de la nueva Integración (por Félix Mondelo) Jorge Millán Cabrera
En esta sesión, Félix Mondelo analizará la evolución de la arquitectura Cloud hasta llegar a una arquitectura Serverless, y nos explicará cómo las Logic Apps y otros elementos de Azure encajan dentro de ella. Fruto de esta nueva arquitectura, se presentará la nueva integración empresarial que se ofrece con la combinación de Logic Apps y el Enterprise Integration Pack. Finalmente, Félix nos contará cómo pasar de una arquitectura basada en BizTalk a una nueva arquitectura basada en Azure iPaaS, analizando los paralelismos entre ambas.
A Q&A session discussing how Challenger were able to transform their business digitally in the cloud using best practice AWS solutions.
Angela Koh, Partner Business Manager, Amazon Web Services, ASEAN
(Kuala Lumpur) Felix Foo, Business Development Director, ASEAN, Datapipe
(Singapore) Joshua Woon, Chief Technology Officer, Challenger Technologies & Felix Foo, Business Development Director, ASEAN, Datapipe
Hybrid connectivity options with the microsoft cloudBizTalk360
There are many ways you can connect the cloud and your on premise applications using Microsoft Azure. How do you decide which is the right one to use? In this session Michael will discuss some of the options available including Azure networking, Azure Service Bus and Azure BizTalk Hybrid Connections. We will discuss some of the pro’s and cons of each and examples of where they have been used in real world projects.
Azure Logic Apps & AI - Building Integration & AI SolutionsDaniel Toomey
Presentation delivered at the Brisbane Data & AI Bootcamp on Saturday, 18 May 2024. Covers Workflow Assistant and new Azure OpenAI and AI Search connectors.
Code first in the cloud: going serverless with AzureJeremy Likness
The popularity of microservices combined with the emergence of serverless based solutions has transformed how modern developers tackle cloud native apps. Microsoft's Azure cloud provides a feature known as serverless functions (including Azure Functions and Logic Apps) that enable developers to stand up integrated end points leveraging the programming language of their choice without having to worry about the supporting infrastructure. Learn how to develop serverless .NET apps and connect them with queues, web requests, and databases or seamlessly integrate with third-party APIs like Twitter and Slack.
This slidedeck was used during my session at the SharePoint Connections 2012 conference at 20 November in Amsterdam. The presentation is about how to build great applications using the new technologies introduced in SharePoint 2013.
How well does your solution work?, How do you know how well your solution works? In this session, Mike will show you how developers of integration solutions can use Azure Application Insights to complement existing monitoring solutions to provide developers with an additional level of insight into the way their solutions behave in the real world and how this can be applied to the types of integration components which we normally build.
For years, SharePoint has been positioned as a web development platform, but it’s hard to build modern websites using SharePoint’s rigid UI, which is rooted in decade-old WebForms technology. These solutions often break when SharePoint is upgraded, either in a migration from SharePoint 2013 to 2016, or really at any moment with SharePoint online! In this session, you’ll learn how to follow the patterns Microsoft uses in its NextGen portals and build your own modern application using SharePoint and Office 365 as a set of services. These solutions are responsive and can be developed using contemporary ASP.NET MVC technology. Content is stored in SharePoint or Office 365, and is enhanced through the machine learning in Office Graph. You’ll even learn how to include your own line-of-business data without the need for complex BCS configurations. Join us and learn to make your own Next Generation portal backed by SharePoint and Office 365!
Slides of my #SPBizConf session about using office graph API's. We begin by some recaps, then demonstrate what's a graph and talk about microsoft's implementation
Cloud Native Demystified: Build Once, Run Anywhere!Codit
Innovate faster and accelerate your company's position in a world increasingly defined by the way we build software, in this webinar on Cloud Native.
Discover the webcast: https://bit.ly/3vOga40
Get exclusive insights on IoT technology that has the potential to accelerate your business and give you the necessary agility to keep up with the pace of business. Join us and learn about the current and future state of the IoT landscape and what it takes to be successful in IoT. Gain insights from customer stories and discover how to get started building successful IoT solutions with Microsoft Azure.
Discover the webcast: https://bit.ly/2U1N8iI
Discover what's next for Microsoft's BizTalk Server, what options are available to you, and how you can start planning the roadmap to the future for your integration solution.
Discover the webcast: https://bit.ly/3owUgyN
Introduction to Time Series Analytics with Microsoft AzureCodit
Improve operations and decision-making by using real-time data insights and interactive analytics to accelerate IoT data use throughout your organization.
Discover the webinar here: https://bit.ly/38sMcrP
Discover in this webcast how AI-based solutions mitigate fraud, reduce losses, and help businesses remain competitive.
In this webcast you will learn:
- The main digital tools to mitigate fraud.
- Rule-based tools can be augmented by Machine Learning. How does this work? What are the advantages?
- Insights on how to implement ML-driven fraud monitoring solution.
- The challenges when working with AI-Based Fraud Management solutions.
Discover the Webcast: https://bit.ly/359lsu9
Learn about Blockchain and how forward-thinking businesses are using this tech as an integral piece of their integration strategy.
Blockchain is often touted as the next big thing in technology. Perhaps you’re familiar with cryptocurrencies and Bitcoin, but did you know that Blockchain is being used by pioneering organizations to accelerate and support their business processes?
Discover more: https://bit.ly/2zvHGdM
The Ideal Approach to Application Modernization; Which Way to the Cloud?Codit
Determine your best way to modernize your organization’s applications with Microsoft Azure.
Want to know more? Don't hesitate to download our White Paper 'Making the Move to Application Modernization; Your Compass to Cloud Native': http://bit.ly/39XylZp
Lessons learned when integrating with Dynamics 365Codit
Get insights on the implementation aspect of integration with Dynamics 365 and learn which technology components you should use for your specific scenario.
See the webcast at: https://www.codit.eu/en/events/webinars/integrating-with-d365/
Five Reasons IoT Projects Fail - CTO Sam Vanhoutte @ IoT Convention 2019Codit
IoT is central to organizations that want to collect and process data, so they uncover business insights. It presents a huge opportunity for organizations across many sectors, from retail, manufacturing, to logistics, just to name a few. However even with the best proposal in place, and all the budget in the world, success with your IoT project isn’t guaranteed. In this session, Sam Vanhoutte breaks down the five major reasons IoT projects fail – and how you can make sure yours don’t.
Real time Analytics in IoT - Marcel Lattmann Codit Switzerland @.NET Day 2019Codit
The number of IoT devices which stream data to the cloud increases daily. In this practical session, we will build an end-to-end architecture for real-time analytics using the latest IoT technologies like IoT edge and data bricks.
Unlock a Smarter Business with Digital Identity - Sylvia Vandevelde @CONNECT19Codit
Our world is becoming more digital and mobile every day. Customers are increasingly using online services for their banking, retail, and public service needs. But this increase also comes with a layer of digital challenges around privacy and security. How can you ensure that customers are able securely share their private information, so they can easily make online transactions?
AI as Driver of Transformation - Didier Ongena @CONNECT19Codit
During Didier his session you’ll discover how companies and partners that embrace AI will clearly create a competitive advantage and will grow at a faster pace than those who resist it. Future-orientated companies are already laying the foundations for this transformation, by conducting pilot projects and releasing AI applications for their daily operations. Of course, our technology evolves and we’re moving towards working with our partners and customers to create artificial intelligence that truly augments human capabilities.
Extending Operations from On-premises Solutions Towards Hybrid and Cloud - Da...Codit
Danny highlights the importance how a solid support system behind your chosen integration solution is not an option but a must if you want to get ahead and stay ahead. You’ll gain key insights into how managing and supporting an Azure platform is different from an on-premises solution and why you need experts who know the difference and have the resources to support you. In this session you’ll discover how a hybrid integration solution is the key to a strong stack, and why Azure is not the end of the story.
Why your business needs an API driven strategy - Massimo Crippa @CONNECT19Codit
These days, every business is a digital business, undergoing a digital transformation. Digital transformation means that you must discover innovative ways to deliver products and services to your customers. Software - powered by APIs - delivers true value to businesses and allows them deliver exceptional digital experiences to their customers. In this session API expert Massimo Crippa will walk you through some use cases so you can gain a better understanding of how APIs are central to all organizations – no matter their size, industry, or location. You’ll also learn why APIs are not only a building block but are an essential part of your digital transformation.
Pushing the boundaries with IoT - Glenn Colpaert @CONNECT19Codit
With over 20 years’ experience in the field, Codit is helping customers get into Azure IoT Solution. New evolutions like Azure IoT Edge and Digital Twins are real game-changers for business and open up a whole range of new possibilities. Glenn will give a behind the curtains look on success stories, so you can get ideas about how IoT can be used for your business to drive revenue, discover new business models, and optimize business processes.
The Future of Integration - Toon Vanhoutte @CONNECT19Codit
The heart of the digital transformation story for many businesses lies in integration. Today’s app market place allows businesses to pick and choose from a smorgasbord of apps and these apps need to get connected to improve transparency across the company and make it easier to make high-level decisions. Businesses need a flexible integration solution that not only helps them get connected to employees and customers, but also paves the way to the future.
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.
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/
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.
Search and Society: Reimagining Information Access for Radical FuturesBhaskar Mitra
The field of Information retrieval (IR) is currently undergoing a transformative shift, at least partly due to the emerging applications of generative AI to information access. In this talk, we will deliberate on the sociotechnical implications of generative AI for information access. We will argue that there is both a critical necessity and an exciting opportunity for the IR community to re-center our research agendas on societal needs while dismantling the artificial separation between the work on fairness, accountability, transparency, and ethics in IR and the rest of IR research. Instead of adopting a reactionary strategy of trying to mitigate potential social harms from emerging technologies, the community should aim to proactively set the research agenda for the kinds of systems we should build inspired by diverse explicitly stated sociotechnical imaginaries. The sociotechnical imaginaries that underpin the design and development of information access technologies needs to be explicitly articulated, and we need to develop theories of change in context of these diverse perspectives. Our guiding future imaginaries must be informed by other academic fields, such as democratic theory and critical theory, and should be co-developed with social science scholars, legal scholars, civil rights and social justice activists, and artists, among others.
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.
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.
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
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.
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
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/
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.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 3. In this session, we will cover desktop automation along with UI automation.
Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Logic Apps can integrate with “anything” (APIs) and solve small or complex problems. Automation in a secure and reliable environment fast and easy.
Connect Anything:
On-premises, hybrid and cloud
Mission critical, complex integration scenarios
Business productivity
Agile Business:
Quickly create workflows
Position to the future API centric
Transform Business:
Extract value from both (on-premises and cloud apps)
Build Holistic integration solutions.
“Pinnacle of PaaS compute”
Not just hardware “servers”, but software servers are also managed for you
Focus on business logic, not solving technical problems not core to business
Lower effort to get started makes it easier to experiment (bots, etc.)
Lets talk about what really makes up MSFT’s Serverless platform: At the center of the Serverless platform, is our compute offerings: Azure Functions and Azure Logic Apps. Azure Functions is an event based Serverless compute experience that helps you accelerate your development. Logic Apps is a powerful workflow and orchestration tool. It enables building a Serverless app in minutes – by orchestrating multiple functions using a visual workflow tool.
Say you have your apps up and running using Serverless. Congratulations! You now need to collect intelligence from different apps across platforms to take actions upon. There are a few essential components which we think are core to building Serverless applications are:
Data/ Storage –Functions has triggers and bindings with Azure document DB and Azure Blob storage
** Triggers: Triggers are event responses used to trigger your custom code. They allow you to respond to events across the Azure platform or on premise.
** Bindings: Bindings represent the necessary meta data used to connect your code to the desired trigger or associated input or output data.
Messaging such as queues and topics using Azure Service Bus and Azure Event Hubs
Integration – that includes core LOB apps and SaaS apps integration via Azure Logic Apps.
Intelligence on data and sentiment/ predictive analysis using Cognitive services and Machine learning
Conversation as a service – how do we equip developers to build apps that offer an end-to-end experience for their end users – Azure Bot Service offers a Serverless interactive bot experience.
More, developers are spending more time writing code that allows them to add huge business impact with Serverless. MSFT offers numerous development tools such as IDE Support for Visual Studio in functions and Logic Apps, enables local development (vs web browser coding environment), visual debugging capability, all with your tools of choice.
Lastly, I also want to highlight top scenarios and use cases for Serverless:
Real-time Stream analytics: Customers can use Functions to feed real-time streams of data from application tracking into structured data and store it in SQL online.
SaaS event processing: Customers can use Functions and Logic Apps to analyze data from an excel file in Onedrive and perform validation, filtration, sorting and convert data into consumable business charts
Web app architecture: Used a lot in creating targeted marketing collaterals – when a customer clicks on a webpage, it triggers a webhook, that uses a function to create an ad that matches the customer profile and displays a completed webpage.
Real-time bot messaging: When customers send a message to a chatbox, Functions calls Cortana analytics to generate appropriate answers and sends a response back.
//from before: Customers have different paths to build a Serverless app – start by building the distributed application components using functions by leveraging the numerous templates and declarative bindings Or
Start with the workflow and orchestration of Serverless application using Azure Logic Apps. The visual designer enables developers to quickly and easily author, edit and visualize orchestration of multiple functions and workflow.
Case study: https://customers.microsoft.com/de-de/story/fujifilm-software-co-ltd
Stat: Development time cut by 75 percent
Task
The decade that brought increasing success for IMAGE WORKS also brought increasing challenges. While its technology had been state-of-the-art 10 years earlier, the legacy technology behind the on-premises, self-hosted solution was unfamiliar to new engineers and hampered efficient development. Customers requested new features at a frequency that was difficult to meet. The volume of image files soared to 1 terrabyte (TB) per day, and the amount of corresponding metadata increased to 10 million objects. As these numbers increased, so did system latency. The way that customers could use metadata in workflows was a competitive advantage for IMAGE WORKS, but now that metadata was slowing the system’s responsiveness to customers.
Before Serverless
Earlier way to build this system was using VMs, but FUJIFILM executives had discounted an on-premises expansion because of the potential time and cost.
Using Serverless
FUJIFILM’s use of Azure App Service and the ability to develop the new IMAGE WORKS in separate service units and then connect them with Azure Functions helped to speed development.
The company also used Azure Functions to implement microservices, which boost stability for service delivery. That’s because, with microservices, FUJIFILM avoids suspension of its broader service when a single microservice fails or is taken offline for scheduled maintenance. The company had traditionally used waterfall development, but these Azure features supported FUJIFLM’s adoption of agile development for IMAGE WORKS. The move from waterfall to agile cut development time for new functions by 75 percent.