Overview of SaaS and online services and the business reasons why organisations should be considering these. Delivered by Ben Kepes at Intergen's ON seminar series in May 2010.
Can cloud computing completely change the way companies use technology to service customers, partners and suppliers? What is meant by public clouds, private clouds, and hybrid clouds? Do you know how cloud computing impacts your organization?
Danny Quilton from Capacitas presented a paper, ‘Capacity Management and the Cloud’. The presentation made the case for capacity management of cloud-based services, highlighting the critical role of capacity management in controlling cloud cost. The presentation referenced a number of client engagement case studies to debunk some of the myths surrounding cloud:
Capacity can be turned up instantaneously
Capacity planning discipline is no longer required
Cloud capacity is cheap
Bottlenecks can be alleviated by expanding cloud capacity
Capacity management can be delegated to the cloud provider
Performance is guaranteed by the cloud provider
It has always been a challenge to explain and convince top management including the Chief Financial Officers to embark into Cloud Computing. Predominantly because many still unclear or not so very sure what is cloud computing. Is it managed hosting, co-location or managed services? While technology providers and vendors continue to confuse management technology jargon, the need to embark into cloud computing seems inevitable...just like any others before such as the need to have emails, websites, online transactions, web based applications etc.
This presentation provides layman's, easy to understand meaning of cloud computing, why is it important for management,especially the CFO to seriously consider embarking into and some statistics and trend of how the world will move toward cloud.
Petteri Uljas, Capgemini; Corporate VP, Head of Infrastructure Services; Eastern Europe, India and Latin America
Cloud doesn’t change everything
Evolutionary in implementation, revolutionary in usage.
Normal IT project methodologies apply (mostly).
Leverage processes and skills you already have.
Don’t throw everything out because a small part is new.
Everything that holds up “traditional” projects will hold up your first Cloud project.
Internap’s John Freimuth and Steve LeClair of VMware discuss different paths businesses take toward cloud adoption, how to evolve your own cloud strategy and key considerations for choosing a provider to meet your virtualization goals.
Can cloud computing completely change the way companies use technology to service customers, partners and suppliers? What is meant by public clouds, private clouds, and hybrid clouds? Do you know how cloud computing impacts your organization?
Danny Quilton from Capacitas presented a paper, ‘Capacity Management and the Cloud’. The presentation made the case for capacity management of cloud-based services, highlighting the critical role of capacity management in controlling cloud cost. The presentation referenced a number of client engagement case studies to debunk some of the myths surrounding cloud:
Capacity can be turned up instantaneously
Capacity planning discipline is no longer required
Cloud capacity is cheap
Bottlenecks can be alleviated by expanding cloud capacity
Capacity management can be delegated to the cloud provider
Performance is guaranteed by the cloud provider
It has always been a challenge to explain and convince top management including the Chief Financial Officers to embark into Cloud Computing. Predominantly because many still unclear or not so very sure what is cloud computing. Is it managed hosting, co-location or managed services? While technology providers and vendors continue to confuse management technology jargon, the need to embark into cloud computing seems inevitable...just like any others before such as the need to have emails, websites, online transactions, web based applications etc.
This presentation provides layman's, easy to understand meaning of cloud computing, why is it important for management,especially the CFO to seriously consider embarking into and some statistics and trend of how the world will move toward cloud.
Petteri Uljas, Capgemini; Corporate VP, Head of Infrastructure Services; Eastern Europe, India and Latin America
Cloud doesn’t change everything
Evolutionary in implementation, revolutionary in usage.
Normal IT project methodologies apply (mostly).
Leverage processes and skills you already have.
Don’t throw everything out because a small part is new.
Everything that holds up “traditional” projects will hold up your first Cloud project.
Internap’s John Freimuth and Steve LeClair of VMware discuss different paths businesses take toward cloud adoption, how to evolve your own cloud strategy and key considerations for choosing a provider to meet your virtualization goals.
considering the cloud? From IaaS to SaaS and Beyond - Find Your Path to the C...Web2Present
This webinar will show you multiple pathways to the cloud – from Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) to VDI and Desktop-as-a-Service– giving you valuable insight into how you can chart the right course for your organization.
http://www.web2present.com/upcoming-webinars-details.php?id=74
Getting an open systems cloud strategy right the first time linthicmDavid Linthicum
This presentation will take the mystery out of both cloud computing, and the proper fit and function of open systems technology when building a cloud computing strategy. Instead of mere theory, this session will guide you through a step-by-step process for understanding your own requirements, creating the business cases, and selecting the right technology that will lead your enterprise to success in the cloud.
Distinguishing, Evaluating, and Selecting Cloud Service ProvidersGartnerJessica
This presentation is focused on addressing the broad category of Cloud Service Providers. Gartner will provide a overview of how Cloud Service Providers are being defined and how they different from traditional providers of outsourcing or products. And more importantly, what are they offering that is different, new and seeks to solve business problems for the enterprise. This session will provide an overview of these areas and begin the discussion of how do clients develop the business case for certain cloud services offerings.
Topics Discussed
Gartner analysts discussed with participants the following topics:
What is a cloud service provider and how does it differ from traditional outsourcing providers?
How will the approaches to evaluate and select among these providers differ?
How does the business case analysis differ?
Internap’s Adam Weissmuller and Michael Carman of VMware discuss different paths businesses take toward cloud adoption, how to evolve your own cloud strategy and key considerations for choosing a pro
2011.11.22 - Comment développer un Business de Cloud Builder - 8ème Forum du ...Club Cloud des Partenaires
8ème Forum du Club Cloud des Partenaires - Dans le cadre de l'évènement Partner VIP du 22 novembre 2011 - Deck de slides exploités par Loic Simon pour l'atelier "Comment développer un Business de Cloud Builder"
Presentation that discusses how to prepare the enterprise to move to the cloud through consolidation, optimization, automation, and orchestration (Jim Lepianka).
2011.04.04. Les partenaires IBM et le Cloud Business - Loic SimonClub Alliances
Deck sur les Partenaires IBM et le Cloud Business préparé par Loic Simon à l'occasion de sessions de Formation délivrées aux responsables de la relation partenaires chez IBM.
Sample of workshop given at CloudAsia 2012. Workshop is 700 slides, so this is just a small sample to give a feel for the content, depth and independent approach.
This presentation will discuss concerns and opportunities, business drivers, cisco solutions for enterprise cloud, the compute platform, cisco automation solutions and cloud enablement workshop.
Dynamics Day 2012: Stepping outside of the box - creating innovative and end ...Intergen
The Microsoft Dynamics range undoubtedly contains many features that streamline your business and provide the best value to your customers. One of the key features of Microsoft Dynamics is how it can be extended beyond its shrink-wrapped capabilities in ways that give you a competitive edge. In this session we will explore some of these
possibilities through the lens of a design-led approach. We will show you how you can unlock even more value from your Microsoft Dynamics investment by stepping out of the box and taking a holistic approach to addressing your business process needs.
considering the cloud? From IaaS to SaaS and Beyond - Find Your Path to the C...Web2Present
This webinar will show you multiple pathways to the cloud – from Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) to VDI and Desktop-as-a-Service– giving you valuable insight into how you can chart the right course for your organization.
http://www.web2present.com/upcoming-webinars-details.php?id=74
Getting an open systems cloud strategy right the first time linthicmDavid Linthicum
This presentation will take the mystery out of both cloud computing, and the proper fit and function of open systems technology when building a cloud computing strategy. Instead of mere theory, this session will guide you through a step-by-step process for understanding your own requirements, creating the business cases, and selecting the right technology that will lead your enterprise to success in the cloud.
Distinguishing, Evaluating, and Selecting Cloud Service ProvidersGartnerJessica
This presentation is focused on addressing the broad category of Cloud Service Providers. Gartner will provide a overview of how Cloud Service Providers are being defined and how they different from traditional providers of outsourcing or products. And more importantly, what are they offering that is different, new and seeks to solve business problems for the enterprise. This session will provide an overview of these areas and begin the discussion of how do clients develop the business case for certain cloud services offerings.
Topics Discussed
Gartner analysts discussed with participants the following topics:
What is a cloud service provider and how does it differ from traditional outsourcing providers?
How will the approaches to evaluate and select among these providers differ?
How does the business case analysis differ?
Internap’s Adam Weissmuller and Michael Carman of VMware discuss different paths businesses take toward cloud adoption, how to evolve your own cloud strategy and key considerations for choosing a pro
2011.11.22 - Comment développer un Business de Cloud Builder - 8ème Forum du ...Club Cloud des Partenaires
8ème Forum du Club Cloud des Partenaires - Dans le cadre de l'évènement Partner VIP du 22 novembre 2011 - Deck de slides exploités par Loic Simon pour l'atelier "Comment développer un Business de Cloud Builder"
Presentation that discusses how to prepare the enterprise to move to the cloud through consolidation, optimization, automation, and orchestration (Jim Lepianka).
2011.04.04. Les partenaires IBM et le Cloud Business - Loic SimonClub Alliances
Deck sur les Partenaires IBM et le Cloud Business préparé par Loic Simon à l'occasion de sessions de Formation délivrées aux responsables de la relation partenaires chez IBM.
Sample of workshop given at CloudAsia 2012. Workshop is 700 slides, so this is just a small sample to give a feel for the content, depth and independent approach.
This presentation will discuss concerns and opportunities, business drivers, cisco solutions for enterprise cloud, the compute platform, cisco automation solutions and cloud enablement workshop.
Dynamics Day 2012: Stepping outside of the box - creating innovative and end ...Intergen
The Microsoft Dynamics range undoubtedly contains many features that streamline your business and provide the best value to your customers. One of the key features of Microsoft Dynamics is how it can be extended beyond its shrink-wrapped capabilities in ways that give you a competitive edge. In this session we will explore some of these
possibilities through the lens of a design-led approach. We will show you how you can unlock even more value from your Microsoft Dynamics investment by stepping out of the box and taking a holistic approach to addressing your business process needs.
Intergen's newsletter, Smarts, now available for online reading.
Intergen provides information technology solutions across Australia, New Zealand and the world based exclusively on Microsoft’s tools and technologies.
Intergen ran this Twilight presentation for those of us who couldn't attend Microsoft's annual TechEd event in New Zealand. Targeted at IT professionals, this presentation takes a broad look at the event and what was covered.
Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 (version 7) was released to market on 1 October 2012 and constitutes a major functional and technology leap forward. This session covers key changes, including details of the new licensing model, and the deployment options that are now available. It takes a deep dive into the new Windows client and show you how it can be applied to make your organisation more productive and better informed.
Creating engaging web experiences with SharePointIntergen
Intergen Seminar presented September 2012.
Pure content management is no longer enough. Successful web content management systems need to be able to deliver content based on visitor context: Who are they? Why are they visiting? Where do they come from?
The future of the web will see “Content + Context” driving user engagement and enabling organisations to achieve their objectives.
Well-known as a solution within the enterprise, Microsoft SharePoint is also a content management system which can be used for delivering external-facing websites. This session will look at some of the features of SharePoint that allow it to deliver context-based content and explores how this can add value to your organisation.
Intergen Twilight Seminar: Constructive Disruption with Cloud TechnologiesIntergen
What is cloud computing and what does it mean for your business today?
Microsoft New Zealand will share insights into cloud computing including:
• Beyond the hype - what really is cloud computing?
• The business case for cloud
• Showcases of what cloud computing is doing for New Zealand companies
• Economics of cloud computing and cost considerations
• Implementation tips and recommendations to get started
• Demonstration of Microsoft’s leading cloud productivity suite – Office365
Learn about Microsoft Office365 - a set of cloud-enabled tools that let you access your email, documents, contacts, and calendars from virtually anywhere, on almost any device. Office 365 brings together our best communication and collaboration tools including Microsoft Office, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft Lync in an always-up-to-date cloud service, for a low flexible monthly subscription. And we’ll show you this works and how to assess whether or not cloud computing makes sense for your organisation and what it takes to get there.
The road to System Center Service Manager 2012 - case studyIntergen
Presentation at Intergen's event: Delivering IT Performance across Devices, Data Centres and Clouds.
Learn how Microsoft Systems Center 2012 helped CPIT benchmark its IT activity and, as a result, improve its delivery across the organisation.
Mobile is hot right now. People are spending more time on their mobile devices than ever before. Given that the number of people accessing the web via mobile devices is predicted to surpass the number accessing via the desktop in the next two years, it is high time that we start to take this mobile thing seriously.
The mobile web is different. It can be daunting for those venturing into the mobile realm for the first time. Where do you start? Do you need to design a native app, a web app or a combination of both? What devices should you target?
In this Twilight Presentation Mark Delaney spoke about:
User-Centred Mobile Design
Mobile Design Considerations
Principles to Prototypes
Responsive Design Techniques
Mark is a senior UX Designer at Intergen and leads the User Experience Design team. In this presentation he took attendees on a whirlwind tour of the best practices for organising and designing your mobile experience.
Dynamics Day 2012: Extending your current AX implementationIntergen
Dynamics AX is implemented? What next? ‘Extending your current AX implementation’ will explore a raft of interesting features from compliance and budget control, workflow, portals and Office interoperability through to travel and expenses. This presentation covers what you can implement after go live to drive greater efficiency.
Intergen's magazine, Smarts, now available for online reading.
In this issue:
- After being talked about for many years, the concept of the modern enterprise is becoming a reality for many forward-thinking organisations.
- Introducing Cohesion: Intergen's Enterprise Content Management as a Service
- Responsive website design
- Silver Fern Farms adopts a solution fit for the field
- A day in the life of Intergen's Seattle Office
- Tips and tricks for migrating to the cloud
- Microsoft's vision for Microsoft Dynamics and the Modern Enterprise
Intergen provides information technology solutions across Australia, New Zealand and the world based exclusively on Microsoft’s tools and technologies.
Dynamics Day 2013 Microsoft Dynamics CRM Product Update and RoadmapIntergen
Dynamics Day 2013 is focused on giving Microsoft Dynamics users the information they need to get the most out of their investments in the Dynamics range, or to help organisations who are considering any of these solutions insights into what’s possible and what’s on the roadmap in the future.
Steven Foster and Dylan Haskins provide a product update on Microsoft Dynamics CRM, focusing on CRM 2013 and providing an overview of the solution’s future direction.
Smarts 31 - All for one and one for all (Australia)Intergen
All for one and one for all. Consistent experiences help to unify people, systems and organisations.
Visions are given that name for many reasons; they’re a goal, a direction for organisations to head towards; a means of bringing together people to support a common cause or purpose. In the technology world, visionaries are everywhere – they’re the people and organisations constantly driving change, challenging the status quo and trying – often desperately – to evolve or disrupt what’s happened in the past in order to arrive at a better future.
Intergen's newsletter, Smarts, now available for online reading.
Intergen provides information technology solutions across Australia, New Zealand and the world based exclusively on Microsoft’s tools and technologies.
Moving Beyond Migration: Reinventing Process in the CloudPeter Coffee
Cloud computing should do much more than merely relocate the current delays, risks, and costs of application development. Peter Coffee, former Technology Editor of eWEEK, explores the status and prospects of the multi-product, multi-vendor cloud, where complementary services offer proven development leverage and enable next-generation business processes. Presented to 2010 Convention of Chinese-American Engineers and Scientists Association of Southern California on 24 April in San Gabriel, CA.
2011.11.22 - Cloud Infrastructure Provider - 8ème Forum du Club Cloud des Par...Club Cloud des Partenaires
p8ème Forum du Club Cloud des Partenaires [dans le cadre de Partner VIP - 22 novembre 2011]. Deck de slides qui accompagnent l'atelier "Hébergeurs, infogéreurs, comment différencier votre offre Cloud" [animé par Florence Marcel]
This was presented at 2009 Web World Conference.
The presentation analyzes some trends of cloud computing, and prospects the futures of cloud computing.
The Ultimate Guide to Cloud Migration - A Whitepaper by RapidValueRapidValue
Digital transformation based on cloud-first strategy is a marathon. Any transformation journey which is disruptive and requires changing the core foundation of the organization can be very challenging. It is bound to fail unless the journey is planned with specific goals in mind, right roles and resources allocated to it, ‘as-is’ to ‘to-be state’ is mapped and implementation engine is fine-tuned.
Based on the experience of implementing numerous transformation projects for our global clients, RapidValue has formulated a BRAVE framework for cloud-first digital transformation.
Katpro Technology, a IT solutions company, announced it has been selected by Microsoft Co-corporations as a windows Azure Circle Partner.The Partnership will provide katpro with the ability to service customers needs in the area of cloud, training and support material provided by Microsoft.
Creating intelligent content: How to automate personalised, one-to-one market...Intergen
Now more than ever as organisations we need to accelerate our digital engagement and use our content intelligently, sensitively and helpfully.
One of the only ways to connect with customers is digitally, and so the challenge for us as brands is how do we deliver a relevant and engaging experience at scale? And, within that, how do we make sure that we're tailoring the right content, to reach our audiences in the right ways, at the right time?
In this webinar, we'll discuss the importance of personalisation in delivering an outstanding customer experience and the challenges marketers face when it comes to delivering true one-to-one personalised journeys. We will then look how Episerver's new Content Intelligence and Content Recommendations can, through the power of AI, help marketers gain deep content insights and automate true one-to-one, personalised marketing at scale.
The Coronavirus pandemic had a profound impact on the way we work. Almost overnight, organisations have had to learn how to work remotely – and collaborate effectively – often by the most expedient means possible.
The good news is that the flexible, remote working practices and tools that always seemed like a good idea in principle, have now been tested under extreme conditions and, in many cases, have been proven to be highly effective. To maintain the momentum and continue to realise the benefits, it's essential that we balance that flexibility and immediacy with governance and management. This is particularly true with 'easy to use' tools designed with user empowerment at their heart, such as Microsoft Teams, Zoom and others.
In this webinar, we explore common pain points and problems arising from the explosive growth of these tools and potential solutions to those problems. We will hear from Anthony Martino, IT Operations Manager at flybuys (Australia), on how they plan to balance user empowerment with effective governance and management. We will look at practical approaches available to all customers, to continue realising the benefits of flexible working in a secure, streamlined and controlled manner.
For more information visit https://www.intergen.co.nz/ReimagineWork/ #ReimagineWork
Customer Insights: It's time to get personalIntergen
During this webinar, Qassem Naim, Head of Data and Tech at FCB NZ (one of the largest global advertising agencies) joined us to discuss how excellent customer experience starts by getting personal. To do this right, it is important to understand how each customer interacts with your business. We then looked at how the Dynamics 365 Customer Insights platform can help you unify customer data from any touchpoint and personalise the buying experience for each customer through AI-driven insights and recommendations.
For more information visit https://www.intergen.co.nz/ReimagineWork/ #ReimagineWork
Working Remotely with Microsoft TechnologiesIntergen
Keeping with the #ReimagineWork theme, we ran the "Working Remotely with Microsoft Technologies" webinar - conducted with Microsoft Teams live event - where we discussed covering remote working with Microsoft Azure Windows Virtual Desktop and communication with Microsoft Teams.
Watch the recording https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBWkoPbw5kc to see how you can use Microsoft Azure technology to create and deploy Windows desktop images that run on the cloud, accessible from web browsers, Windows and MacOS clients as well as Android and iOS apps, giving your employees access to the same tools they would normally have through your physical desktop deployments.
Business Change Management is more than just sending out a few emails, doing a bit of training and writing a new policy. It is about understanding the things that make the business unique, working with people to find out how the change will actually affect them and how they feel about it. You can then provide them with the right information and tools to comfortably and confidently transition to the new system.
Equally, it’s not a one off, hit and run activity. Supporting people as they transition to new ways of working should be ongoing throughout the life of a project and beyond.
This approach leads to the development of a change strategy, creation and delivery of communications and training resources, and the facilitation of all staff training.
Working with people to understand their needs and then coming up with practical and creative ways to address them allows you to come up with targeted approaches to getting people on board.
It’s hard not to be inspired by someone who is actually excited and committed to change. Alternatively, change is never successful when a solution is thrown in and people feel that leaders are ‘doing it to them, not with or for them’.
Enters InterConnect, a proven approach that focuses on what your business wants to achieve and then works with your people leaders to give them the skills and confidence to support their teams through the transition. The approach is based on having conversations, providing an open forum for teams to discuss the changes and giving your leaders the knowledge and skills to maintain the drive for change.
With more than 50,000 new malware created every day organisations can no longer afford to risk the financial and reputational impacts of a security or data breach, which can be too much for a business to recover from. Because of this, IT managers face increasing scrutiny and pressure from CEOs, managing directors and boards to prove that they are keeping the organisation secure.
The changing threat landscape means organisations need to be vigilant and smarter about security. While businesses still face threats from infected devices and malware, attackers have also moved beyond that. For example, there is an increasing number of targeted email attacks with cyber criminals spending time to monitor communications so they can imitate emails that are so sophisticated that even relatively savvy users will open them.
This webinar will explore the building blocks required to ensure you have the roadmap required to best protection against cyber attacks. We will provide you with a high level view of the following topics:
· Audit and discovery – What are your weaknesses and are you compliant?
· Education – Do your employees know when not to open that attachment?
· Policy – Do you have the right policies for your industry?
· Technology – Where to start and what has changed?
Dynamics Day 2016: Microsoft Dynamics 365 first lookIntergen
James Page and Steven Foster give the first Australasian public viewing of Microsoft’s new business platform as a service, Dynamics 365, and explore the foundations underpinning future Digital Transformation success.
Dynamics Day 2016: CRM Field Service and Project ServiceIntergen
Steven Foster and Microsoft’s Scott Smedley look at how Field Service and Dynamics Portals can change the way you serve your customers, ensuring you provide an intelligent and data-driven engagement that empowers employees and customers.
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.
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.
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
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/
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/
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
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.
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.
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.
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
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.
"Impact of front-end architecture on development cost", Viktor TurskyiFwdays
I have heard many times that architecture is not important for the front-end. Also, many times I have seen how developers implement features on the front-end just following the standard rules for a framework and think that this is enough to successfully launch the project, and then the project fails. How to prevent this and what approach to choose? I have launched dozens of complex projects and during the talk we will analyze which approaches have worked for me and which have not.
5. Why Talk About Cloud Computing?
“A recent IDC survey of IT executives, CIOs, “The bottom line: Early adopters are finding
and their line of business (LOB) colleagues serious benefits, meaning that
shows that cloud services cloud computing is real and warrants
are ‘crossing the chasm’ and entering a your scrutiny as a new set of
period of platforms for business
widespread applications.”
adoption.” Forrester, August 2009
IDC, October 2008
“... among large enterprises, “...most enterprises
cloud computing is gaining will eventually exploit
critical mass, with more cloud-based services for a
than 80 percent of significant portion of their
respondents at least in trial stages for information services over time and, in
public and private cloud computing the long run, a majority of these
deployments.” implementations will be hybrids.”
F5, August 2009 Gartner, December 2008
6. Cloud is…
Cloud computing is a model for enabling convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing
resources (e.g., networks, servers, storage, applications, and services) that can be rapidly provisioned and released with
minimal management effort or service provider interaction. This cloud model promotes availability and is composed of five
essential characteristics, three service models, and four deployment models.
Essential Characteristics:
On-demand self-service. A consumer can unilaterally provision computing capabilities, such as server time and network storage,
as needed automatically without requiring human interaction with each service’s provider.
Broad network access. Capabilities are available over the network and accessed through standard mechanisms that promote use
by heterogeneous thin or thick client platforms (e.g., mobile phones, laptops, and PDAs).
Resource pooling. The provider’s computing resources are pooled to serve multiple consumers using a multi-tenant model, with
different physical and virtual resources dynamically assigned and reassigned according to consumer demand. There is a
sense of location independence in that the customer generally has no control or knowledge over the exact location of the
provided resources but may be able to specify location at a higher level of abstraction (e.g., country, state, or datacenter).
Examples of resources include storage, processing, memory, network bandwidth, and virtual machines.
Rapid elasticity. Capabilities can be rapidly and elastically provisioned, in some cases automatically, to quickly scale out and rapidly
released to quickly scale in. To the consumer, the capabilities available for provisioning often appear to be unlimited and can
be purchased in any quantity at any time.
Measured Service. Cloud systems automatically control and optimize resource use by leveraging a metering capability at some
level of abstraction appropriate to the type of service (e.g., storage, processing, bandwidth, and active user accounts).
Resource usage can be monitored, controlled, and reported providing transparency for both the provider and consumer of
the utilized service.
US National Institute of Standards and Technology
10. “ Software as a Ser vice ( SaaS) is a model of
Software Delivery where the software
company provides maintenance, daily
technical operation, and support for the
software.
”
- Wikipedia
11. “ SaaS is about service, not about software
- Rod Drury, CEO Xero
”
12. Understanding SaaS...
• Software that lives “in the clouds”
• Software you “rent”
• Software you DON’T maintain
• Inherently collaborative
• Anywhere/Anytime
14. Benefits of SaaS...
• Manages risks of acquisition of software
• Minimises roll-out requirements
• Keeps IT strategically focussed
• Scales (almost) effortlessly
• Enables collaboration
• Generally reduces cost
• Gives agility to teams
• Eases pain of managing on-premise apps
15. Anywhere Access without VPN!
Trial and Buy Single Sign On
User Management IT Pro End User Application Access
Settings SharePoint Links
Support Downloads
Tools Password Reset
Subscription Service Rich Client
Web Access
and Trial Administration Access
16. E-mail
Instant Messaging Web Conferencing
Document Sharing Presence
Calendaring Work Flow Mobility Offline Access Archiving
17. Financial Benefits...
• Makes your costs even and predictable
• Reduces both capex and opex
• Priced simply: includes both software and hardware
18. Process Benefits...
• Business class availability backed by SLAs
• Highly secure operations
• Assurance of world class operational standards
20. People Benefits...
• Enables IT staff to focus on adding business value
• Helps meet the challenges of workforce reduction
• Helps IT adapt to mergers and acquisitions quickly
21. Strategic Focus...
IT Is a More IT Is a IT Is a
IT Is a Cost
Efficient Cost Business Strategic
Center
Center Center Asset
Software + Services Accelerate the Journey
+ Services Accelerate
Basic Standardized Rationalized Dynamic
26. “ Services designed to scale to tens or
hundreds or millions of users will
dramatically change the nature and cost
of solutions deliverable to enterprise..
”
- Bill Gates
Microsoft Internal memo
27. “ I believe, over time, more and more
software will be delivered as a service.
I totally believe that... We have to be
good at this, or we have a problem.
”
- Larry Ellison CEO Oracle
28. We’ve Been Doing This For Years...
• Hotmail
• Google/Bing
• Flickr
• YouTube
• Amazon Web Services
• Salesforce.com
29. Key competencies to look for
• A vendor with a credibility
• Pre-existing SLAs
• Proactive approach towards security agreements
• A deep understanding of the domain