A rundown of the key findings and overall themes of InvestmentNews' flagship adviser technology benchmarking study, addressing the driving factors behind how and why firms invest in technology, the factors they weigh the closest in making those key decisions, and the strategies they implement to better their firms.
InvestmentNews Research collected firm-level data from over 300 independent advisory firms in December 2014 - January 2014. Firms submitted truncated P&L data, including measures of operating expenses, profits, revenue, assets, client and staff. "Top Performers", or the most profitable and productive firms, and "Innovators", the firms who utilized the most technology at their firms, were identified as cohorts used to benchmark the industry.
SolarWinds IT Trends Report 2015: Business at the Speed of IT (North America)SolarWinds
A look at the current state of significant new technology adoption, barriers to adoption and needs of IT pros tasked with delivering business impact in North America.
AFCEA Cybersecurity through Continuous Monitoring: SolarWinds Survey Results ...SolarWinds
WINNER: Overall Best In Show at 2014 AFCEA® Cyber Conference Solutions Trail
In a 2014 survey by SolarWinds and Market Connections, federal government and military IT professionals stated that their biggest cybersecurity threats are people both malicious external attackers and clueless insiders. So how do Federal IT Pros prevent activity that can put their agencies security at risk and address these living cybersecurity threats when human behavior is out of their
control? Implementing continuous monitoring solutions can help federal agencies safeguard against human error and quickly identify vulnerabilities, compliance issues and other threats by automatically collecting data and reporting on the performance, availability and security posture of an IT infrastructure. While continuous monitoring of the performance of networks, applications, servers, and
more will not stop hackers from attempting to infiltrate a network or stop careless employees from accidental blunders, it can provide a first line of defense and critical insight into how the IT infrastructure is impacted. In this session you will learn: " The top cybersecurity threats plaguing agencies today and their sources " The types of continuous monitoring tools and technologies that can be leveraged by both IT operations and information security simultaneously to quickly detect and mitigate threats " How to overcome common obstacles and frustrations agencies face when implementing continuous monitoring solutions and what benefits they see upon implementation.
Cybersecurity breaches in the government seem to be all over the news. The sheer number and wild variety of sources for these breaches led us to wonder what federal agencies are really dealing with. SolarWinds® partnered with leading government research provider Market Connections to survey 200 federal IT and IT security professionals to find out their top cybersecurity concerns and the obstacles they face when implementing IT security strategies.
The results of our survey include:
Detailed insight into the threats, challenges, and sources of cybersecurity breaches the government faces in its IT infrastructure
Top hindrances in the implementation of appropriate IT security tools
Strategies and courses of action being deployed by federal IT professionals to remediate cybersecurity threats
These results demonstrate that a broad and concerning range of cybersecurity threats plague government agencies. Federal IT pros must consider taking a more pragmatic and unified approach to addressing the availability, performance, and security of their infrastructures.
Visit http://www.solarwinds.com/federal to learn more.
IT Trends Report 2015: Business at the Speed of IT, Public Sector ResultsSolarWinds
IT Trends Report 2015: Business at the Speed of IT
A look at the current state of significant new technology adoption, barriers to adoption and needs of IT pros tasked with delivering organizational impact
(North America, Public Sector)
SolarWinds Federal Cybersecurity Survey 2015SolarWinds
In December 2014, Market Connections, a leading government market research provider, in conjunction with SolarWinds conducted its second annual blind survey of 200 IT and IT security decision makers in the federal government, military and intelligence communities in an effort to uncover their most critical IT security challenges and to determine how to make potential security threats visible so IT can confront them. Respondents weighed in on top cybersecurity threat sources, obstacles to threat prevention, necessary tools for threat prevention, and their concerns, investment and policies regarding cybersecurity.
Visit http://www.solarwinds.com/federal to learn more.
SolarWinds Application Performance End User Survey (Singapore)SolarWinds
The proliferation of BYOD, cloud, SaaS and consumer technologies in the workplace have made the application the disruptive technology that will drive business IT into the coming decades. At the same time, the application delivery chain is becoming more complex to support as applications become more networked, virtualization drives IT infrastructure convergence and abstraction and end users become more mobile. These survey findings highlight the impact of application performance and availability on business end users, and their experiences with and expectations of IT when problems arise. Chief among the findings is that while the application is now the heart of businesses of all sizes and its performance is the lifeblood of success, IT continues to struggle to ensure its performance and availability.
SolarWinds IT Trends Report 2015: Business at the Speed of IT (North America)SolarWinds
A look at the current state of significant new technology adoption, barriers to adoption and needs of IT pros tasked with delivering business impact in North America.
AFCEA Cybersecurity through Continuous Monitoring: SolarWinds Survey Results ...SolarWinds
WINNER: Overall Best In Show at 2014 AFCEA® Cyber Conference Solutions Trail
In a 2014 survey by SolarWinds and Market Connections, federal government and military IT professionals stated that their biggest cybersecurity threats are people both malicious external attackers and clueless insiders. So how do Federal IT Pros prevent activity that can put their agencies security at risk and address these living cybersecurity threats when human behavior is out of their
control? Implementing continuous monitoring solutions can help federal agencies safeguard against human error and quickly identify vulnerabilities, compliance issues and other threats by automatically collecting data and reporting on the performance, availability and security posture of an IT infrastructure. While continuous monitoring of the performance of networks, applications, servers, and
more will not stop hackers from attempting to infiltrate a network or stop careless employees from accidental blunders, it can provide a first line of defense and critical insight into how the IT infrastructure is impacted. In this session you will learn: " The top cybersecurity threats plaguing agencies today and their sources " The types of continuous monitoring tools and technologies that can be leveraged by both IT operations and information security simultaneously to quickly detect and mitigate threats " How to overcome common obstacles and frustrations agencies face when implementing continuous monitoring solutions and what benefits they see upon implementation.
Cybersecurity breaches in the government seem to be all over the news. The sheer number and wild variety of sources for these breaches led us to wonder what federal agencies are really dealing with. SolarWinds® partnered with leading government research provider Market Connections to survey 200 federal IT and IT security professionals to find out their top cybersecurity concerns and the obstacles they face when implementing IT security strategies.
The results of our survey include:
Detailed insight into the threats, challenges, and sources of cybersecurity breaches the government faces in its IT infrastructure
Top hindrances in the implementation of appropriate IT security tools
Strategies and courses of action being deployed by federal IT professionals to remediate cybersecurity threats
These results demonstrate that a broad and concerning range of cybersecurity threats plague government agencies. Federal IT pros must consider taking a more pragmatic and unified approach to addressing the availability, performance, and security of their infrastructures.
Visit http://www.solarwinds.com/federal to learn more.
IT Trends Report 2015: Business at the Speed of IT, Public Sector ResultsSolarWinds
IT Trends Report 2015: Business at the Speed of IT
A look at the current state of significant new technology adoption, barriers to adoption and needs of IT pros tasked with delivering organizational impact
(North America, Public Sector)
SolarWinds Federal Cybersecurity Survey 2015SolarWinds
In December 2014, Market Connections, a leading government market research provider, in conjunction with SolarWinds conducted its second annual blind survey of 200 IT and IT security decision makers in the federal government, military and intelligence communities in an effort to uncover their most critical IT security challenges and to determine how to make potential security threats visible so IT can confront them. Respondents weighed in on top cybersecurity threat sources, obstacles to threat prevention, necessary tools for threat prevention, and their concerns, investment and policies regarding cybersecurity.
Visit http://www.solarwinds.com/federal to learn more.
SolarWinds Application Performance End User Survey (Singapore)SolarWinds
The proliferation of BYOD, cloud, SaaS and consumer technologies in the workplace have made the application the disruptive technology that will drive business IT into the coming decades. At the same time, the application delivery chain is becoming more complex to support as applications become more networked, virtualization drives IT infrastructure convergence and abstraction and end users become more mobile. These survey findings highlight the impact of application performance and availability on business end users, and their experiences with and expectations of IT when problems arise. Chief among the findings is that while the application is now the heart of businesses of all sizes and its performance is the lifeblood of success, IT continues to struggle to ensure its performance and availability.
SolarWinds Application Performance End User Survey (Australia)SolarWinds
The proliferation of BYOD, cloud, SaaS and consumer technologies in the workplace have made the application the disruptive technology that will drive business IT into the coming decades. At the same time, the application delivery chain is becoming more complex to support as applications become more networked, virtualization drives IT infrastructure convergence and abstraction and end users become more mobile. These survey findings highlight the impact of application performance and availability on business end users, and their experiences with and expectations of IT when problems arise. Chief among the findings is that while the application is now the heart of businesses of all sizes and its performance is the lifeblood of success, IT continues to struggle to ensure its performance and availability.
CompTIA’s annual Industry Outlook report examines 10 trends that businesses will use as they rebuild from a challenging year, along with focused sections on expectations for IT professionals and for IT channel firms.
IT Alert Management Survey Results - February 2013SolarWinds
SolarWinds recently conducted a survey on IT Alert Management with participation from over 150 IT professionals. We learned about the challenges faced in managing alerts. Here are the findings…
Systems Administrators UK Survey ResultsSolarWinds
A wide-ranging survey of UK systems administrators that captures the rapidly evolving nature of the sysadmin role and their thoughts on life inside and outside of the workplace in October 2013
Application-Driven Network Performance Strategies, Pulse Report by Gatepoint ...CA Technologies
In early 2014, CA Technologies commissioned Gatepoint Research to conduct a survey on the topic of application-driven network performance strategies. More than 200 executives participated. The survey was focused on polling respondents from large enterprises who were responsible for network administration. 78% of respondents were from organizations that had annual revenues of greater than $1.5 billion and 90% of respondents were network engineers and managers.
Learn more about Application-driven Network Performance Management from CA Technologies at http://www.ca.com/anpm
The Connected Business Survey: Improving Integration and Creating Connectivit...DellBoomi
The study, conducted for Dell Boomi by the research firm Vanson Bourne, is based on a global survey of 900 IT decision-makers that outlines the state of integration today, the effect of poor integration, and the benefits realized when integration fully connects a business. Highlights of the survey results include:
CompTIA's Trends in Automation research study examines the investments companies are making and the challenges they face as they automate business processes
SolarWinds Application Performance End User Survey (North America)SolarWinds
The proliferation of BYOD, cloud, SaaS and consumer technologies in the workplace have made the application the disruptive technology that will drive business IT into the coming decades. At the same time, the application delivery chain is becoming more complex to support as applications become more networked, virtualization drives IT infrastructure convergence and abstraction and end users become more mobile. These survey findings highlight the impact of application performance and availability on business end users, and their experiences with and expectations of IT when problems arise. Chief among the findings is that while the application is now the heart of businesses of all sizes and its performance is the lifeblood of success, IT continues to struggle to ensure its performance and availability.
SolarWinds Application Performance End User Survey (Australia)SolarWinds
The proliferation of BYOD, cloud, SaaS and consumer technologies in the workplace have made the application the disruptive technology that will drive business IT into the coming decades. At the same time, the application delivery chain is becoming more complex to support as applications become more networked, virtualization drives IT infrastructure convergence and abstraction and end users become more mobile. These survey findings highlight the impact of application performance and availability on business end users, and their experiences with and expectations of IT when problems arise. Chief among the findings is that while the application is now the heart of businesses of all sizes and its performance is the lifeblood of success, IT continues to struggle to ensure its performance and availability.
CompTIA’s annual Industry Outlook report examines 10 trends that businesses will use as they rebuild from a challenging year, along with focused sections on expectations for IT professionals and for IT channel firms.
IT Alert Management Survey Results - February 2013SolarWinds
SolarWinds recently conducted a survey on IT Alert Management with participation from over 150 IT professionals. We learned about the challenges faced in managing alerts. Here are the findings…
Systems Administrators UK Survey ResultsSolarWinds
A wide-ranging survey of UK systems administrators that captures the rapidly evolving nature of the sysadmin role and their thoughts on life inside and outside of the workplace in October 2013
Application-Driven Network Performance Strategies, Pulse Report by Gatepoint ...CA Technologies
In early 2014, CA Technologies commissioned Gatepoint Research to conduct a survey on the topic of application-driven network performance strategies. More than 200 executives participated. The survey was focused on polling respondents from large enterprises who were responsible for network administration. 78% of respondents were from organizations that had annual revenues of greater than $1.5 billion and 90% of respondents were network engineers and managers.
Learn more about Application-driven Network Performance Management from CA Technologies at http://www.ca.com/anpm
The Connected Business Survey: Improving Integration and Creating Connectivit...DellBoomi
The study, conducted for Dell Boomi by the research firm Vanson Bourne, is based on a global survey of 900 IT decision-makers that outlines the state of integration today, the effect of poor integration, and the benefits realized when integration fully connects a business. Highlights of the survey results include:
CompTIA's Trends in Automation research study examines the investments companies are making and the challenges they face as they automate business processes
SolarWinds Application Performance End User Survey (North America)SolarWinds
The proliferation of BYOD, cloud, SaaS and consumer technologies in the workplace have made the application the disruptive technology that will drive business IT into the coming decades. At the same time, the application delivery chain is becoming more complex to support as applications become more networked, virtualization drives IT infrastructure convergence and abstraction and end users become more mobile. These survey findings highlight the impact of application performance and availability on business end users, and their experiences with and expectations of IT when problems arise. Chief among the findings is that while the application is now the heart of businesses of all sizes and its performance is the lifeblood of success, IT continues to struggle to ensure its performance and availability.
Tickets Friends представляет собой социальный инструмент продажи электронных билетов на мероприятия для друзей и знакомых. Сервис отличается тем, что дополнительно к традиционным элементам сервисов по продаже билетов (наличие афиши мероприятий и возможности покупки билетов на них), Tickets Friends позволяет быстро и эффективно находить среди списков друзей пользователя на социальных ресурсах, желающих для совместного посещения интересующего события и, как следствие, покупки электронных билетов на выбранное мероприятие.
Axiss Dental, India’s largest multi-specialty chain of top dental clinics with over 65 state-the-art dental clinics across the country has been providing good dental treatments in India since 2004.
IJRET : International Journal of Research in Engineering and Technology is an international peer reviewed, online journal published by eSAT Publishing House for the enhancement of research in various disciplines of Engineering and Technology. The aim and scope of the journal is to provide an academic medium and an important reference for the advancement and dissemination of research results that support high-level learning, teaching and research in the fields of Engineering and Technology. We bring together Scientists, Academician, Field Engineers, Scholars and Students of related fields of Engineering and Technology
IJRET : International Journal of Research in Engineering and Technology is an international peer reviewed, online journal published by eSAT Publishing House for the enhancement of research in various disciplines of Engineering and Technology. The aim and scope of the journal is to provide an academic medium and an important reference for the advancement and dissemination of research results that support high-level learning, teaching and research in the fields of Engineering and Technology. We bring together Scientists, Academician, Field Engineers, Scholars and Students of related fields of Engineering and Technology
Experiences from the Blended Learning Pilot Course in Helsinki. A Participant's point of view - from Manna Parvinen
The presentation describes the experience of a participant of the pilot course.
Bi-Layer Tablet Press for Chamunda Pharma MachineryRohan Agraval
Chamunda Pharma Machinery is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of tablet presses and specially designed process equipment. We provide Total and Comprehensive Tableting Solutions through in-house designed and manufactured machineries for pharmaceutical and associated industries.
A survey on various resource allocation policies in cloud computing environmenteSAT Publishing House
IJRET : International Journal of Research in Engineering and Technology is an international peer reviewed, online journal published by eSAT Publishing House for the enhancement of research in various disciplines of Engineering and Technology. The aim and scope of the journal is to provide an academic medium and an important reference for the advancement and dissemination of research results that support high-level learning, teaching and research in the fields of Engineering and Technology. We bring together Scientists, Academician, Field Engineers, Scholars and Students of related fields of Engineering and Technology.
Importance of step in the integration of manufacturing activitieseSAT Publishing House
IJRET : International Journal of Research in Engineering and Technology is an international peer reviewed, online journal published by eSAT Publishing House for the enhancement of research in various disciplines of Engineering and Technology. The aim and scope of the journal is to provide an academic medium and an important reference for the advancement and dissemination of research results that support high-level learning, teaching and research in the fields of Engineering and Technology. We bring together Scientists, Academician, Field Engineers, Scholars and Students of related fields of Engineering and Technology
In order to faithfully serve God, we have to know WHY we are serving Him. It's not enough to do it because the Bible says so or because our parents did or even because it makes us feel good. Our service has to be a combination of all three of those things!
IJRET : International Journal of Research in Engineering and Technology is an international peer reviewed, online journal published by eSAT Publishing House for the enhancement of research in various disciplines of Engineering and Technology. The aim and scope of the journal is to provide an academic medium and an important reference for the advancement and dissemination of research results that support high-level learning, teaching and research in the fields of Engineering and Technology. We bring together Scientists, Academician, Field Engineers, Scholars and Students of related fields of Engineering and Technology
The Expanding Role and Importance of Application Delivery Controllers [Resear...Radware
When it Comes to ADCs, Perception is Not Reality.
The Enterprise Strategy Group and Radware recently conducted a collaborative research project about the current use and future strategies of application delivery controllers (ADCs).
Based on a survey of 243 IT professionals, the research reveals that the role of ADCs has expanded well beyond the historical perception of hardware-based load balancers.
What’s most interesting is that ADCs are becoming a critical component of a defense-in-depth security strategy as enterprises fine-tune security policy and enforcement to align with their sensitive business applications. Organizations are also deploying ADCs as virtual appliances at an increasing rate and taking advantage of ADC functionality from the network through the application layer.
There is a lesson to be learned here: enterprise organizations can get creative with ADC deployments for performance tuning, application-specific services, and critical system protection. Read this research http://www.radware.com/social/esg-adc-research/ to understand the benefits of applying ADCs in this fashion.
With recent dramatic changes in our global workforce, economy, and environment, the need for digital business transformation is now proven to be critical.
These slides—based on the webinar from leading IT research firm EMA and Redwood Software—explain why you should prioritize digital transformation in your organization and support those efforts with workload automation.
EMA/Apica October 2016 Event: User Environment Management For Digital Transfo...Apica
Both User Environment Management (UEM) and Digital Transformation (DT) are current industry buzzwords. However, the two are more interrelated than most recognize. During an October 2016 event Julie Craig, research director from analyst firm Enterprise Management Associates, addressed these two trends and discussed ways in which UEM– and specifically synthetics solutions such as Apica– supports and facilitates DT initiatives.
For most organizations, new technologies are coming to market faster than we can keep up with. This wave of innovation brings with it new opportunities for cutting-edge applications and services that create industry differentiation. At the same time, the complexity of melding new technologies into existing production systems makes it difficult to chart a course through the flood of possibilities these technologies have to offer. As a result, many companies deploy new applications first, then figure out how to manage performance and availability.
In other words, performance optimization is too often an afterthought.
ScottMadden Finance Shared Services Benchmark Highlights 2020ScottMadden, Inc.
ScottMadden has joined forces with American Productivity & Quality Center (APQC), a benchmarking and best practices research organization, to conduct the fifth cycle of the Finance Shared Services Benchmarking Study. This study covers both trends and benchmarks, and is focused on the shared services delivery model. Topics covered include the delivery model, staffing and performance, technology, and scope of services. For more information, please visit www.scottmadden.com.
Autotask- Metrics that Matter 2014 - Len DiCostanzoMAXfocus
Join Len DiCostanzo, SVP Community and Business Development at Autotask, as he takes you through the key findings of our Metrics that Matter 2014 survey of 1,300+ IT Service Providers and MSPs. In this interactive session, Len will share ideas and advice about how to incorporate this invaluable peer insight to chart a course to profitability, and will ask the audience to chime in on what is happening in their part of the world.
Len discusses in detail:
•Where the opportunities for growth are
•Top demand drivers
•The trends that are changing client priorities
•The ways to improve profitability
•Business health metrics and the importance of benchmarking
Attend this session for a chance to win a 42” Monitor, or stop by our booth for more information.
Drawing from an EMA survey of 400 global respondents, targeting North America, EMEA and Asia, and spanning development, operations, IT service management (ITSM) teams and executive IT, these slides based on the webinar address DevOps initiatives from many perspectives.
Disruptive outsourcing leaps to the front. Our 2018 survey of more than 500 executives from leading organizations indicates that disruptive outsourcing solutions—led by cloud and automation—are fundamentally transforming traditional outsourcing. https://deloi.tt/2x7zxb8
MT108 On the Edge of Eminence:When Will Services Transform the System?Dell EMC World
What surprises await us in the future of IT services and what will it mean for our companies, our customers, our planet? A recent industry study identified service and support as the top criteria for customers selecting complex data center systems. Why? What about services is so important? Isn’t it actually about the systems themselves, systems comprised of servers running diagnostics for hospitals, storage keeping stores operating…systems comprised of PCs, tablets, and phones for thousands of employees? Yes, it is about the systems and one component of those systems is becoming indispensable: services. Join our panel for a surprising glimpse at the future of IT services.
Survey: Application Use & Challenges in Government IT InfrastructuresSolarWinds
A look at which applications government IT Pros are using, where applications are stored, how application problems are identified, how application performance issues are addressed, and more.
The Roadmap to Becoming a Top Performing Organization in Managing IT OperationsDigital Enterprise Journal
Research study - the key findings of Digital Enterprise Journal's research study based on insights from more than 800 organizations.
Author: Bojan Simic, President and Chief Analyst, Digital Enterprise Journal
What we know as “#outsourcing” has been around in one form or another for decades, and so have the predictions of its demise, but it keeps adapting to changing business environments. Today, #outsourcing is not only alive, and well, but it is #growing, and #changing. The results of the #2016GlobalOutsourcingSurvey, which compiled 280 responses representing organizations from across the globe, show that #outsourcing not only continues to expand across mature functions, such as IT, #HR, and #Finance, but it also continues to move into non-traditional functions, such as #Realestate, #FacilitiesManagement, and #Procurement. But, this isn’t the most intriguing part of the story: #Outsourcing is #reinventing itself. Respondents increasingly see #outsourcing as a vital way to drive innovation into the enterprise. In other words, it is increasingly a means of potentially attaining, and maintaining competitive advantage—and not just a way to cut costs.
Optimizing Project Resources and Improving Visibility in the Professional Ser...Alicia Anderson
Market volatility, increased competition, and a shortage of skilled resources all combine to create pressures on today’s services business. Making the most of the available resources and staying on top of performance levels is key to enabling growth and success.
Learn from our expert panelists in this discussion of best practices in improving these and other elements of successful professional services firms with NetSuite, the leading solution for services businesses.
For 34 years, Blytheco has designed and implemented business systems for thousands of companies nationwide. Now we are sharing our best practices with you.
Observability is the most important capability needed to manage the development, deployment, and operation of modern systems.
These slides—based on the webinar with EMA Research and LightStep--explore the importance of observability and how to address this capability for complex systems.
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
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.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
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
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/
"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.
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
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.
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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.
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2. Study Overview
• Survey fielded from November 20, 2014 – January 12, 2015
• Responses from over 300 firms
• Requested top-line financials for 2013 and estimated 2014
• Seeks to identify how financial advisers align their technology needs
and investments with their firm goals.
• Benchmarks the practices of the best-performing firms, as well as
among those with the most innovative use of technology
3. Participating Firms: Affiliations and Service models
The 2015 study is InvestmentNews Research’s third adviser technology benchmarking survey. The first iteration, published in 2011, looked
exclusively at the RIA channel. In 2013, the survey was opened up to the broker-dealer population.
RIA IBD Dually Registered
64.4%
11.7%
23.9%
Financial planning Investment advisory
Investment management Wealth management
61.9%
16.0%
10.0%
12.1%
4. Participating Firm Financials
(values are averages) 2013 2014 % change
AUM $331,412,116 $374,121,217 12.9%
Revenue $1,959,902 $2,306,977 17.7%
No. of Clients 544 627 15.3%
Professionals - 4.0 -
Total Staff - 9.0 -
Total Technology Spending $66,289 $80,507 22.4%
Total Operating Expenses $1,025,444 $1,150,571 12.2%
Tech Spend as % of Revenue 4.2% 4.2% -
Tech Spend as % of Expenses 9.6% 9.8% -
Operating Profit Margin 46.4% 49.0% -
Revenue per Staff - $248,222 -
Revenue per Professional - $714,409 -
5. Source: InvestmentNews 2015 Adviser Compensation & Staffing Study
Common-Size Income Statement
Value Amount % of Revenue % of Overhead
Total Revenue $3,241,255 100.0% -
Total Direct Expense $1,297,141 40.0%
GROSS PROFIT $1,944,115 60.0% -
Staffing Expenses $570,686 17.6% 49.7%
Occupancy Cost (Rent, Utilities, etc.) $108,531 3.3% 9.4%
Technology Cost $79,971 2.5% 7.0%
Marketing and Business Development $64,142 2.0% 5.6%
Professional Services $61,024 1.9% 5.3%
Office Expenses $47,435 1.5% 4.1%
Travel $30,994 1.0% 2.7%
Other Expenses (Taxes, Licenses etc.) $186,732 5.8% 16.2%
Total Overhead Expenses $1,149,379 35.5% 100.0%
OPERATING INCOME $794,736 24.5% -
6. Sharp uptick in Technology Spending
Advisory firms raised their technology spending 22.5% in 2014. While overhead grew by 12.2%, technology spending grew twice
as fast as overall operating expenses, making it likely among the fastest growing expenses in 2014 for most firms.
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$10,000
$20,000
$30,000
$40,000
$50,000
$60,000
$70,000
$80,000
$90,000
2013 2014
Total Tech Spend
$32,985
$17,784
$4,771
$10,751
$38,666
$21,280
$9,822
$10,84417.2% 19.7%
105.9%
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15.0%
35.0%
55.0%
75.0%
95.0%
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$30,000
$35,000
$40,000
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Software Technology-related
consulting or
outsourcing
All other technology
expenses
Hardware
2013 2014 % Change
7. 2015 Tech Spending Outlook
Over half of advisory firms anticipate increasing the amount they spend on technology in 2015 – just 6% said they would
decrease.
In 2013, 50% of participants said they would increase spending, and 9% said they would decrease.
In which areas do you plan to invest? Average Ranking
Software 1.6
Hardware 2.8
Technology training 2.8
IT consulting or outsourcing 2.9
55%
6%
39%
We will increase
spending
We will decrease
spending
We will keep
spending the
same
8. Technology investments: Top considerations
“Expected benefit to client” gained significant ground as a response to this question, up from 22% in our 2013 survey.
3%
5%
6%
6%
33%
45%
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45% 50%
Expected cost
More time to focus on business development activities
Increased profitability
Expected benefit to staff
Expected benefit to client
Productivity gains
9. Client Experience or Productivity Gains?
Invest to reap Expected Benefit to Client Invest to boost Productivity Gains
Increased their tech spend by 53% year-over-year, and are more likely to
increase spending in 2015 (59%)
Increased their tech spend at a slower rate (12%) year-over-year, and are less
likely to spend more in 2015 (48% said they plan to increase tech budget)
Less likely to rely on partners for technology investment decisions (69%) Rely more heavily on firm partners (81%), rather than committees, dedicated
staff, or outsiders to make tech decisions
Increasing capacity more likely to enact change in tech systems Improving workflows much more likely to prompt firms to consider a change in
tech systems
Far more likely to weigh client satisfaction when evaluating tech (21% vs. 2%)
and integration (14% vs. 1%)
More likely to weigh productivity measures (33% vs. 22%)
Has fewer software solutions, but is more likely to access them all regularly (at
least 1/week) from a mobile device.
Has more software solutions, integrated software and mobile applications.
More likely to have fully automated integration between software systems
(30% vs. 20%)
Is less likely to have fully automated integration.
More likely to offer robo-advice now (6%) or plan to in the future (12%) Much less likely to offer robo-advice now (1%) or in the future (7%)
Have bigger clients (average AUM of $5M) Have smaller clients (average AUM of $1.5M)
10. Questions to consider:
Where is your firm in its technology lifecycle?
What are your primary firm-wide objectives?
How will your plan to increase/decrease technology
spending change in the coming years?
11. Technology & Staffing
- Consultants are now the leading source of tech support services, a shift from two years ago, when “knowledgeable staff”
was the most popular response.
- When it comes to decision-making, however, firm management retains tight control, with 90% of firms saying partners or
partner-led committees are the primary decision-maker for technology investments.
37.1%
30.9%
21.1%
7.2%
0.0%
5.0%
10.0%
15.0%
20.0%
25.0%
30.0%
35.0%
40.0%
Consultant(s) or
third parties
Knowledgeable staff
(those who know
technology but have
a different primary
role)
Technology
outsourcing
Dedicated IT staff
Primary source for installation, implementation,
training and support
78.9%
10.8%
3.1% 2.1%
0.0%
10.0%
20.0%
30.0%
40.0%
50.0%
60.0%
70.0%
80.0%
90.0%
Partners or
dedicated
management such
as CEO, COO
Committee
(multiple
departments)
Dedicated IT staff Consultant(s) or
third parties
Decision-maker regarding technology
investments
12. Software solutions used
The popularity of software solutions has only increased, with all but two product categories showing strong increases in overall usage among our
current study sample vs. our 2013 study – Portfolio Rebalancing software in particular saw a massive spike in use, up to 54% of advisers using,
from 37%. The average participant in our study utilizes 5 (4.6) software solutions at their firm – up from 4 (4.2) in our 2013 study.
30.3%
36.9%
62.5%
53.3%
66.6%
75.7%
85.5%
28.6%
53.7%
58.6%
62.1%
74.9%
80.6%
89.9%
0.0%
10.0%
20.0%
30.0%
40.0%
50.0%
60.0%
70.0%
80.0%
90.0%
100.0%
Compliance Portfolio rebalancing Document
management
Account aggregation Portfolio
management
Financial planning CRM
2013 2015
14. How do you envision technology-driven
growth taking place at your firm?
55.6%
26.5%
18.0%
0.0% 10.0% 20.0% 30.0% 40.0% 50.0% 60.0%
Fully utilizing my firm’s currently technology
Investing in new and emerging technologies
Technology will not play a significant role in my firm’s ability to grow
Which of the following would be the most critical to achieving your goals for growth?
16. Integration remains elusive
21% of respondents say that they’re systems are fully integrated, up slightly from 2013, when 19% of participants said the
same. 53% have some level of integration, and 26% report zero integrated systems.
*respondents could select all choices that apply
2.3%
5.2%
5.2%
10.5%
18.0%
56.4%
0.0% 10.0% 20.0% 30.0% 40.0% 50.0% 60.0%
Improved response times with clients
Increased accuracy
Improved client satisfaction
Reduced manual input time
Improved productivity in general
Greater efficiency of our process
What is your primary reason for integrating
systems?
7.0%
10.7%
11.8%
12.8%
16.6%
17.6%
26.2%
27.8%
38.0%
0.0% 10.0% 20.0% 30.0% 40.0%
Inability to get real-time data feeds
Lack of support from our custodian or
broker-dealer
Can’t keep up with the pace of new
technology
Low return on investment
Lack of software vendor support
Lack of internal resources for investing in,
and maintaining, a solution
One or more systems that we would like to
integrate are currently manual
Unable to identify an appropriate solution
Insufficient staff time for developing a plan
or implementing fully integrated systems
What are the main obstacles limiting
integration?*
17. Does your firm have a mobile strategy?
25.4%
68.1%
6.5%
0.0%
10.0%
20.0%
30.0%
40.0%
50.0%
60.0%
70.0%
80.0%
Yes No Not sure
Does your firm have a mobile strategy in place for more effectively
using smartphone and tablet technologies over the next 1-3 years?
18. Mobile & Cloud: changing the face of advice
• 73% utilize the cloud
• 56% of firms have a mobile-accessible client-facing portal
• 82% of respondents use a tablet, up from 62% in 2013.
• 45% access core applications via their mobile device, up from 43% in
2013.
• 69% access their CRM via mobile application, most of all core apps
• 38% said improved client communications will rival enhanced
productivity (40%) for having the most significant impact as a result of
mobile usage over next 1-2 years. (just 24% said same of client
communications in 2013)
20. Proof Points: Top Performers
At firms that rated highest in adviser and staff productivity, profit margins, and levels of product integration, technology is an
established means of improving efficiency and adding value for clients.
• Believe fully utilizing tech will be critical to
achieving growth (69% vs. 51%), and only 7% (vs.
22% of all others) say tech will NOT play a
significant role in firm growth.
• Top Performers more likely to increase their tech
spend in the coming year – and much less likely
(2% vs. 7%) to decrease.
• Top Performers are more likely to evaluate their
firm technology based on efficiency than all others.
• Advisers at top performers spend 85% of their time
on “core” activities, versus 73% for all others.
• Not a single Top Performer cited cost as a primary
concern when investing in technology.
• Top Performers are overwhelmingly more likely to
have a mobile strategy in place at their firm (38%
vs. 21%)
68.9%
24.4%
6.7%
51.4%
27.1%
21.5%
0.0%
10.0%
20.0%
30.0%
40.0%
50.0%
60.0%
70.0%
80.0%
Fully utilizing my
firm’s currently
technology
Investing in new
and emerging
technologies
Technology will not
play a significant
role in my firm’s
ability to grow
Which of the following would be most critical to
achieving your goals for growth?
Top Performers All Others
21. Proof Points: the Innovators
Innovators are firms who use the most software, mobile and cloud solutions, have the most integrated technology systems, and have an
expressed mission to embrace new technology. These are our innovators: firms with the deepest commitment to leveraging adviser technology,
and they experienced nearly twice the growth of all others in 2014, increasing their revenue by 36% in 2014 (all others grew revenue by 19%).
• Spent 5.5% of revenue on technology (all others:
3.9%)
• Achieve higher profit margins – 48% vs. 45%
• Generally have smaller clients ($1M vs. $3M in
AUM), but post equal or better productivity ratios
in Rev. per Staff and Rev. per Professional
• Their advisers have more time for core activities
(81% vs. 73% of their time spend)
• Are much more likely to invest in technology
training than all others
• Are much more likely to evaluate their current
technology twice per year or more (62%) than all
others (39%)
21.1%
51.4%
43.0%
52.1%
71.8%
78.9%
90.1%
54.0%
74.0%
88.0%
96.0%
96.0%
98.0%
100.0%
0.0% 20.0% 40.0% 60.0% 80.0% 100.0% 120.0%
Compliance
Document management
Portfolio rebalancing
Account aggregation
Portfolio management
Financial planning
CRM
Software Solutions Used
Innovators All Others