Gamesys is a leading online gaming business that has consistently utilized IBM Cognos Business Intelligence applications to drive business growth. Many departments use IBM Cognos to access customizable reports, add value through data-driven insights, and maintain transparent regulatory processes. Gamesys works closely with Inca Software to maximize the benefits of IBM Cognos, migrating to new versions and exploring real-time monitoring. This close partnership allows Gamesys to stay at the cutting edge of technology and analytics in support of its business goals.
IBM Cognos 10 represents the beginning of a series of new innovations from IBM Business Analytics that will change how organizations make decisions, allocate resources, and predict and plan the future. This is your chance to see IBM Cognos 10 new features and to start planning to integrate with your solutions for better future. With the help of few demonstrations, We'll understand how you can get started with Cognos BI, integrate it with their own applications & data sources.
Research in the performance of business intelligence tools finds that most deployments serve less than 15% of the enterprise population requiring insights to make better decisions. Surprising then that corporations on average employ more than 15 different BI tools. The high cost and complexity to change means that many Enterprise BI software suites focus on answering questions that are already well understood. Learning lessons from previous deployments suggest the future of business intelligence lies in nimble tools that extend collaborative workspaces with ‘instant insight’.
Learn about Linux in a Private Cloud with Social Business on System z.Learn how Social Media transforms the way we live and do Business. For more information, visit http://ibm.co/PNo9Cb.
CBS February 2013 Cloud Computing in the context of outsourcingHenrik Hasselbalch
What impact does the Cloud Delivery model have on SO business. What is the market and SO is not just for IT but for several processes , therefore BPaaS.
IBM Cognos 10 represents the beginning of a series of new innovations from IBM Business Analytics that will change how organizations make decisions, allocate resources, and predict and plan the future. This is your chance to see IBM Cognos 10 new features and to start planning to integrate with your solutions for better future. With the help of few demonstrations, We'll understand how you can get started with Cognos BI, integrate it with their own applications & data sources.
Research in the performance of business intelligence tools finds that most deployments serve less than 15% of the enterprise population requiring insights to make better decisions. Surprising then that corporations on average employ more than 15 different BI tools. The high cost and complexity to change means that many Enterprise BI software suites focus on answering questions that are already well understood. Learning lessons from previous deployments suggest the future of business intelligence lies in nimble tools that extend collaborative workspaces with ‘instant insight’.
Learn about Linux in a Private Cloud with Social Business on System z.Learn how Social Media transforms the way we live and do Business. For more information, visit http://ibm.co/PNo9Cb.
CBS February 2013 Cloud Computing in the context of outsourcingHenrik Hasselbalch
What impact does the Cloud Delivery model have on SO business. What is the market and SO is not just for IT but for several processes , therefore BPaaS.
Donning a completely new look, the next version of BI promises to deliver more in terms of features and functionality than traditional BI.
By Neeraj Gandhi
Donning a completely new look, the next version of BI promises to deliver more in terms of features and functionality than traditional BI.
By Neeraj Gandhi
Demonstrations of Business Insight, Active Reports, and external data sources. View the video recording and download this deck: http://www.senturus.com/resources/cognos-10-under-the-hood/.
Gain an overview of IBM Cognos 10, including new features, capabilities and demonstrations. A detailed licensing matrix clearly identifies licensing requirements, fees and what Cognos business intelligence features are included in each license level.
Topics include:
- IBM Cognos 10 New Features Overview: Features included at no charge and those requiring trade-up fees
- Business Insight Demonstration
- Active Reports Consumer Demonstration
- External Data Source Demonstration
- IBM Cognos 10 New Features Detailed Review
- Removing the Risk of the Cognos 10 Upgrade
Senturus, a business analytics consulting firm, has a resource library with hundreds of free recorded webinars, trainings, demos and unbiased product reviews. Take a look and share them with your colleagues and friends: http://www.senturus.com/resources/.
Application Modernization: Where Consumer, Social, and Mobile ConvergeJohn Head
Some organizations neglect or under-utilize one of the greatest IT assets in their portfolio - the line of business application. Most were built 10+ years ago with no Web, Mobile, or Social. This session describes the application revolution taking place, covering the options and best practices required for success. Migration and new development will be compared and contrasted. Real-world data will demonstrate the positive return on investment. We will discuss PSC's Application Modernization Center and how it helps move customers from merely maintaining Notes applications to increasing their value with XPages. If your organization is considering a migration or an XPages solution for your Notes/Domino investments, this session is for you!
IBM Cognos 10.1.1 Active Reports: New Features Overview and Tips DemoSenturus
Learn how to develop a strategy for maximizing the benefits of IBM Cognos 10.1.1. View the video recording and download this deck: http://www.senturus.com/resources/active-reports-new-features-cognos-10-1-1/.
Topics include defining the audience and knowing when to use Active Reports vs. standard reports. Three Active Report demonstrations include:
• New features of Cognos 10.1.1 for Active Report authors
• Creating an Active Report using a deck and data iterator
• Including an Active Report output in a Business Insight Workspace
Senturus, a business analytics consulting firm, has a resource library with hundreds of free recorded webinars, trainings, demos and unbiased product reviews. Take a look and share them with your colleagues and friends: http://www.senturus.com/resources/.
TATA group company Nelito integrates MAIA's 1KEY for FinCraft Core Banking So...Dhiren Gala
These solutions are also now being offered in a hosted model bringing rich functionality at
affordable costs and without capex to the discerning customer
Going Mobile with IBM Cognos 10.1.1: Mobile Strategies, Features and LicensingSenturus
Learn about mobile business intelligence strategies, the new mobile features of the Cognos 10.1.1 release, and other major new features of Cognos 10. View the video recording and download this deck: http://www.senturus.com/resources/going-mobile-with-cognos-10/.
Mobile rights are included with Cognos Enhanced Consumer licenses and higher. Learn which features of IBM Cognos 10 are included at no additional charge and which require license trade-up.
Senturus, a business analytics consulting firm, has a resource library with hundreds of free recorded webinars, trainings, demos and unbiased product reviews. Take a look and share them with your colleagues and friends: http://www.senturus.com/resources/.
UKLUG - IBM Lotus Notes/Domino Application Development Competitive Advantage ...John Head
Some organizations are neglecting or under-utilizing one of the greatest IT assets in their portfolio today - the Notes/Domino application platform. Some are even considering re-coding Domino applications in other languages and development tools. In this session we present the business case and technical merits of Notes and Domino in direct comparison to other tools such as Microsoft SharePoint. We will put application migration and new application development head to head. Based on data collected from real-world engagements we will demonstrate the positive return on investment of the Notes platform. We will also discuss PSC's application modernization strategy and how it helps move customers from merely maintaining Notes applications to increasing their value with Domino XPages and advanced collaboration functionality. If your organization is considering a migration or is under using your Notes/Domino investment, this session is for you.
Digital enablers: the challenges facing CIOs in an age of digital transformation. Research from Logicalis based on a global study of CIO pressures and priorities.
The Shadow IT Phenomenon - CIO Survey HighlightsLogicalis
Results from the Logicalis Global CIO 2015 Survey: Shadow IT is a reality for over 90% of CIOs, The relevance of SMAC, and the challenges implementing business intelligence (BI)
Chris Gabriel, VP of Solutions Management at Logicalis Group, explores the world of ‘Big Data’, to look at the impact of ‘internet time’ on decision-making and the increasingly central role of business analytics in driving long term competitiveness.
Bring your own device (byod) is here to stay, but what about the risksLogicalis
James Tay, CEO at Logicalis Asia, considers the options when it comes to managing the data security risks
associated with BYOD. Should it be the traditional Network Access Control (NAC) approach, the belt and braces
of Mobile Device Management or the less invasive Mobile Application Management?
Enspire Australia, an integrator, ISP and cloud computing specialist, is Australia’s first Cloud Service Provider to offer Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) using a Vblock implemented by Logicalis.
International project management and services company, AMEC, employs more than 20,000 people working from a network of offices throughout the U.K., U.S. and Canada
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Search and Society: Reimagining Information Access for Radical FuturesBhaskar Mitra
The field of Information retrieval (IR) is currently undergoing a transformative shift, at least partly due to the emerging applications of generative AI to information access. In this talk, we will deliberate on the sociotechnical implications of generative AI for information access. We will argue that there is both a critical necessity and an exciting opportunity for the IR community to re-center our research agendas on societal needs while dismantling the artificial separation between the work on fairness, accountability, transparency, and ethics in IR and the rest of IR research. Instead of adopting a reactionary strategy of trying to mitigate potential social harms from emerging technologies, the community should aim to proactively set the research agenda for the kinds of systems we should build inspired by diverse explicitly stated sociotechnical imaginaries. The sociotechnical imaginaries that underpin the design and development of information access technologies needs to be explicitly articulated, and we need to develop theories of change in context of these diverse perspectives. Our guiding future imaginaries must be informed by other academic fields, such as democratic theory and critical theory, and should be co-developed with social science scholars, legal scholars, civil rights and social justice activists, and artists, among others.
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
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/
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
Let's dive deeper into the world of ODC! Ricardo Alves (OutSystems) will join us to tell all about the new Data Fabric. After that, Sezen de Bruijn (OutSystems) will get into the details on how to best design a sturdy architecture within ODC.
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
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdf
Logicalis Case Study - Gamesys
1. Case Study Business and Technology
Gamesys working as one
2. Gamesys; top players in IBM Cognos BI value
integration
Gamesys don’t play games with technology
“IBM Cognos BI is an integral part
The Gamesys Group was founded in 2001. Five years later, in
of our business, with so many 2006, they fought off intense competition to be named No.1
in the Sunday Times Tech Track 100 League Table, a list they’ve
departments finding ways to add appeared on every year since. They have focused on developing
value in their efforts through use best of breed online instant win, slots, bingo and casino games,
and have created a great capacity for sustainable growth and
of the various Studios it would resilience even during periods of financial instability. Gamesys
be inconceivable for us to work are one of the UK’s most dynamic online gaming businesses,
and have continually used an innovative approach in their
without it.” adaption of IBM Cognos Business Intelligence.
The business has consistently utilised the capabilities and
functionality of the IBM Cognos Business Intelligence
Overview applications in every conceivable way, recognising its flexibility
and potential to be tapped into to further their business.
Challenge Nick Hughes, BI Manager at Gamesys, has worked with the
To consistently achieve technological advancements, IBM Cognos products for many years. With an IBM Cognos
maintaining a presence at the forefront of technology project already underway at Gamesys when he joined in
with the ultimate aim of growing their business. 2008, Nick quickly became involved in the intricacies of the
implementation, looking after framework development and
Why Inca? becoming the main BI product decision maker at the company.
Gamesys appreciate the benefit of having their Technical Inca Software, a Logicalis Company, started supporting
Account Manager; even as a very self sufficient IBM Cognos Gamesys later that year.
user they see the value of having an advisor to consult.
BI applications to meet every business
Solution requirement
Gamesys utilise nearly all of the IBM Cognos BI studios.
“IBM Cognos BI is an integral part of our business,” states
They recognise the value of a business intelligence solution
Nick, “with so many departments finding ways to add value
that continuously develops and offers technological
in their efforts through use of the various Studios it would be
advancement to growing businesses like them.
inconceivable for us to work without it.” In the years before
IBM Cognos BI departments at Gamesys had had to rely on
Key Benefits
late afternoon daily reports to make business decisions. “They
Many different departments have access to a wealth
needed more control, and the ability to choose when to run
of reports that they can control themselves. Gamesys
reports, which they now have, and it has really made a
are consistently able to find ways to add value to their
difference to the way they work,” comments Nick. He continues,
business with IBM Cognos BI.
”Also, in accordance to gambling regulations we can utilise IBM
Cognos BI to create and maintain transparent processes.
“IBM Cognos BI allows us flexibility; a member of the Customer
Services department wanted some alternative ways to run
reports on customer correspondence, having previously worked
for a major bank where an expensive reporting solution was
3. “It is really fantastic to have access
their business. Nick explains, “We are greedy for knowledge and
to a Technical Account Manager, to technology, we need to be at the forefront and if anything is
have someone to exchange ideas out there that will help us grow our business we will make sure
we have access to it. Migrating to IBM Cognos BI 10.1 was part
with and provide extra consultancy of this approach and we are now trialing real time monitoring”.
advice and guidance when and if we He continues, “Other companies without data warehouses
might have to wait up to 12 or even 24 hours for meaningful
need it. We’re also really pleased with
information while we are looking on a second by second basis”.
the Inca Helpdesk self-service portal, Various departments at many different levels of the business use
SupportWorks; this has really led to IBM Cognos BI, including offices in Malta and Gibraltar. “People
really appreciate the benefits of using IBM Cognos… especially
a transparent process of calls being when they remember the pain of using spreadsheets!” Nick
opened and documenting progress says. “With regards to Inca, it is really fantastic to have access
to a Technical Account Manager, to have someone to exchange
that is refreshing to see.” ideas with and provide extra consultancy advice and guidance
when and if we need it. We’re also really pleased with the
Inca Helpdesk self-service portal, SupportWorks; this has
really led to a transparent process of calls being opened and
documenting progress that is refreshing to see.”
implemented and held up as a gold standard to aim towards”.
Nick ran the project, pulling information from many different
data sources into one report in a standard format utilizing
IBM Cognos Framework Manager Report studio; “The bank
in question spent 6 figure sums on purchasing a reporting
solution to deliver this. The only extra expense we had was
purchasing the relevant ODBC connectors to “talk” to the
member contact systems from our DW”. A complex report, it is
still being utilised over a year later.
Until recently tracking the budgets at Gamesys was Excel
driven but now, Nick comments, “Metrics is potentially going
to change the way we do business”. He explains, “Metrics were
run each month but are now run daily, which provides a more
accurate representation. A lot of traditional Excel users in the
business can, because of this now see the benefits of showing
things more graphically; beyond spreadsheets and hard
numbers. Ultimately it’s a much more interactive experience”.
Gamesys also utilise IBM Cognos BI Events Studio for tracking
purposes, used by several departments.
Value Integrators
Gamesys are very much a business keen to stay at the cutting
edge of technology, and see it as a core component of growing
4. Inca Software
Founded in 2002, Inca Software is the largest and most successful UK IBM partner, providing customers with the full suite
of IBM Business Analytics and Optimisation products. In 2010 Inca not only achieved the prestigious IBM Premier Business
Partner status but also received the IBM EMEA Business Partner Excellence Award out of recognition as the European reseller of the
year. Acquired by Logicalis UK Ltd in 2011, Inca has continued to expand its software, service and support offerings and grow
its business in the UK. Inca currently supports and provides services to over 400 organisations across all industry sectors, and
is the IBM Partner of choice for companies who want to gain a clear understanding of business performance through improved
business analytics and optimisation processes.
Inca Software
110 Buckingham Avenue T: +44 (0) 1753 491 310
Slough F: +44 (0) 1753 777 383
Berkshire E: info@incasoftware.co.uk
SL1 4PF W: www.incasoftware.co.uk Business and Technology
working as one