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This document discusses managed print services (MPS) and how focusing only on reducing printing costs can negatively impact business productivity. It recommends that MPS providers take a holistic approach that optimizes business processes and document workflows to drive printing costs down while improving efficiency. Nuance provides MPS software that helps analyze printing usage and influence user behavior to better manage print as a strategic asset rather than just a cost center.
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Businesses remain reliant on printing for many processes, yet print infrastructure is often poorly managed, leading to high costs and risk. Managed print services (MPS) can simplify this complexity and optimize costs by consolidating devices. While large enterprises typically use hardware vendors for MPS, independent MPS providers are expanding availability to mid-sized companies by offering unbiased assessments and support for multi-vendor environments. As MPS delivery models diversify, businesses must choose solutions matching their objectives and device fleet. Independent providers allow flexibility beyond a single vendor while still gaining benefits of MPS.
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This is a methodology to extract, justify, apply and track actionable insights from a structured dataset and a cross-departments exchange. Please find its summarized mechanism below.
A simple “coordination & action” concept based on four pillars, their related key actions and two strong principles that feed your organization everyday: Growing Cells & “comestible” Fuel. Human Beings interacting and learning collaboratively & Structured data understandable and exploitable by them.
Thanks to both and the D2B bridge, your organization will be able to identify and implement actionable insights that will positively impact your overall business growth and organizational processes. Moreover, your organization will build by itself a learning machine that each individual will beneficiate from. Actions run by someone’s God Feeling appear now as obsolete. For sure, Alone, we go faster. But together, we go farer.
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2) Implementing an MPS program typically reduces printing costs by 30% on average and cuts carbon emissions from printing fleets by 60% on average.
3) MPS providers help organizations improve processes like document scanning, routing, archiving and automated workflows to further increase benefits beyond just cost savings.
This document provides an overview of managed print services (MPS). It discusses how MPS can help organizations achieve cost savings, increased efficiency and environmental benefits by optimizing their print fleets and processes. The document outlines the stages of MPS adoption, from an initial focus on hardware and costs to more advanced optimization of workflows and integration with broader IT strategies. It provides examples of the significant savings and efficiencies that well-implemented MPS programs can achieve based on research from Photizo, a consulting firm that specializes in MPS. The document is intended to introduce readers to key concepts and benefits of MPS.
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Managed print services is an offering by an external provider to assess, optimize, and continually manage an organization's document output environment in order to lower costs, improve productivity, and increase efficiency. A complete MPS program includes assessments, hardware replacements, device service, and supplies fulfillment. MPS covers assessment of current print environments, optimization through consolidation and rationalization, and ongoing management through business reviews and remote monitoring. Common issues addressed include understanding total cost of ownership over time and outsourcing print management since it is not a core competency for most businesses. Predictive analytics uses historical device data and analytics to determine needed supplies or maintenance ahead of time to improve device productivity and reduce downtime and costs.
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The document discusses how organizations can identify and reduce hidden print costs through managed print services (MPS). MPS aims to cut costs by consolidating equipment, centralizing procurement, monitoring usage, and establishing standard print rules. An MPS provider can help analyze an organization's print environment, recommend cost-saving solutions, implement changes, and ensure ongoing improvements are made. The document provides examples of organizations that significantly reduced their print costs through MPS programs and in-house print operations.
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Imagine a world where software fuzzing, the process of mutating bytes in test seeds to uncover hidden and erroneous program behaviors, becomes faster and more effective. A lot depends on the initial seeds, which can significantly dictate the trajectory of a fuzzing campaign, particularly in terms of how long it takes to uncover interesting behaviour in your code. We introduce DIAR, a technique designed to speedup fuzzing campaigns by pinpointing and eliminating those uninteresting bytes in the seeds. Picture this: instead of wasting valuable resources on meaningless mutations in large, bloated seeds, DIAR removes the unnecessary bytes, streamlining the entire process.
In this work, we equipped AFL, a popular fuzzer, with DIAR and examined two critical Linux libraries -- Libxml's xmllint, a tool for parsing xml documents, and Binutil's readelf, an essential debugging and security analysis command-line tool used to display detailed information about ELF (Executable and Linkable Format). Our preliminary results show that AFL+DIAR does not only discover new paths more quickly but also achieves higher coverage overall. This work thus showcases how starting with lean and optimized seeds can lead to faster, more comprehensive fuzzing campaigns -- and DIAR helps you find such seeds.
- These are slides of the talk given at IEEE International Conference on Software Testing Verification and Validation Workshop, ICSTW 2022.
GraphRAG for Life Science to increase LLM accuracyTomaz Bratanic
GraphRAG for life science domain, where you retriever information from biomedical knowledge graphs using LLMs to increase the accuracy and performance of generated answers
Sudheer Mechineni, Head of Application Frameworks, Standard Chartered Bank
Discover how Standard Chartered Bank harnessed the power of Neo4j to transform complex data access challenges into a dynamic, scalable graph database solution. This keynote will cover their journey from initial adoption to deploying a fully automated, enterprise-grade causal cluster, highlighting key strategies for modelling organisational changes and ensuring robust disaster recovery. Learn how these innovations have not only enhanced Standard Chartered Bank’s data infrastructure but also positioned them as pioneers in the banking sector’s adoption of graph technology.
Cosa hanno in comune un mattoncino Lego e la backdoor XZ?Speck&Tech
ABSTRACT: A prima vista, un mattoncino Lego e la backdoor XZ potrebbero avere in comune il fatto di essere entrambi blocchi di costruzione, o dipendenze di progetti creativi e software. La realtà è che un mattoncino Lego e il caso della backdoor XZ hanno molto di più di tutto ciò in comune.
Partecipate alla presentazione per immergervi in una storia di interoperabilità, standard e formati aperti, per poi discutere del ruolo importante che i contributori hanno in una comunità open source sostenibile.
BIO: Sostenitrice del software libero e dei formati standard e aperti. È stata un membro attivo dei progetti Fedora e openSUSE e ha co-fondato l'Associazione LibreItalia dove è stata coinvolta in diversi eventi, migrazioni e formazione relativi a LibreOffice. In precedenza ha lavorato a migrazioni e corsi di formazione su LibreOffice per diverse amministrazioni pubbliche e privati. Da gennaio 2020 lavora in SUSE come Software Release Engineer per Uyuni e SUSE Manager e quando non segue la sua passione per i computer e per Geeko coltiva la sua curiosità per l'astronomia (da cui deriva il suo nickname deneb_alpha).
Observability Concepts EVERY Developer Should Know -- DeveloperWeek Europe.pdfPaige Cruz
Monitoring and observability aren’t traditionally found in software curriculums and many of us cobble this knowledge together from whatever vendor or ecosystem we were first introduced to and whatever is a part of your current company’s observability stack.
While the dev and ops silo continues to crumble….many organizations still relegate monitoring & observability as the purview of ops, infra and SRE teams. This is a mistake - achieving a highly observable system requires collaboration up and down the stack.
I, a former op, would like to extend an invitation to all application developers to join the observability party will share these foundational concepts to build on:
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 5DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 5. In this session, we will cover CI/CD with devops.
Topics covered:
CI/CD with in UiPath
End-to-end overview of CI/CD pipeline with Azure devops
Speaker:
Lyndsey Byblow, Test Suite Sales Engineer @ UiPath, Inc.
Goodbye Windows 11: Make Way for Nitrux Linux 3.5.0!SOFTTECHHUB
As the digital landscape continually evolves, operating systems play a critical role in shaping user experiences and productivity. The launch of Nitrux Linux 3.5.0 marks a significant milestone, offering a robust alternative to traditional systems such as Windows 11. This article delves into the essence of Nitrux Linux 3.5.0, exploring its unique features, advantages, and how it stands as a compelling choice for both casual users and tech enthusiasts.
Pushing the limits of ePRTC: 100ns holdover for 100 daysAdtran
At WSTS 2024, Alon Stern explored the topic of parametric holdover and explained how recent research findings can be implemented in real-world PNT networks to achieve 100 nanoseconds of accuracy for up to 100 days.
Communications Mining Series - Zero to Hero - Session 1DianaGray10
This session provides introduction to UiPath Communication Mining, importance and platform overview. You will acquire a good understand of the phases in Communication Mining as we go over the platform with you. Topics covered:
• Communication Mining Overview
• Why is it important?
• How can it help today’s business and the benefits
• Phases in Communication Mining
• Demo on Platform overview
• Q/A
TrustArc Webinar - 2024 Global Privacy SurveyTrustArc
How does your privacy program stack up against your peers? What challenges are privacy teams tackling and prioritizing in 2024?
In the fifth annual Global Privacy Benchmarks Survey, we asked over 1,800 global privacy professionals and business executives to share their perspectives on the current state of privacy inside and outside of their organizations. This year’s report focused on emerging areas of importance for privacy and compliance professionals, including considerations and implications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies, building brand trust, and different approaches for achieving higher privacy competence scores.
See how organizational priorities and strategic approaches to data security and privacy are evolving around the globe.
This webinar will review:
- The top 10 privacy insights from the fifth annual Global Privacy Benchmarks Survey
- The top challenges for privacy leaders, practitioners, and organizations in 2024
- Key themes to consider in developing and maintaining your privacy program
Managing Print as a Strategic Asset for Your Organization
1. WHITE PAPER
Managing Print as a Strategic
Asset for Your Organization
How MPS and Nuance Software Can Drive Productivity Gains
and Improve Business Processes
“Historically, print has basically been viewed as a necessary
but unmeasured expense: a critical business function but
not necessarily an integral business process.”