Learn about the 4 Key Steps to Application Modernization with Kevin Brearley Product Management Director, joined with our customer Troy Sheeley Senior Project Manager at CSC. This presentation took place at the Gartner Symposium ITxpo in Orlando on 23rd October 2012.”
“Learn about the 4 Key Steps to Application Modernization from Solutions Director Derek Britton and from our customer Glenn Myers, Chief Information Officer at the Insurance Commission of Western Australia. This presentation took place at the Gartner Symposium ITxpo in Gold Coast, Australia on 13th November 2012.”
Enterprise Product Set Introductory customer presentation. An introduction to the new Micro Focus Enterprise product set, released 2012, taken from the webinar of the same name, August 2012. For more information see www.microfocus.com
No clue what a 5Z is? How bout DVPPV? Not ROTFLOL'ing? O.K. We D.K. some either... So @ecgstudio compiled a list of popular acronyms and buzz words and put them here along with their textbook definition. This isn’t a full and exhaustive list, but a handy reference for some of the ones we are asked about the most.
Btw, you can DL: Process Improvement :: acronym, initialism, abbreviation :: Buzz Word Decoder here on Slideshare.
It's DIY guide brought to you by your friends @ecgstudio.
TY and TTYL!
“Learn about the 4 Key Steps to Application Modernization from Solutions Director Derek Britton and from our customer Glenn Myers, Chief Information Officer at the Insurance Commission of Western Australia. This presentation took place at the Gartner Symposium ITxpo in Gold Coast, Australia on 13th November 2012.”
Enterprise Product Set Introductory customer presentation. An introduction to the new Micro Focus Enterprise product set, released 2012, taken from the webinar of the same name, August 2012. For more information see www.microfocus.com
No clue what a 5Z is? How bout DVPPV? Not ROTFLOL'ing? O.K. We D.K. some either... So @ecgstudio compiled a list of popular acronyms and buzz words and put them here along with their textbook definition. This isn’t a full and exhaustive list, but a handy reference for some of the ones we are asked about the most.
Btw, you can DL: Process Improvement :: acronym, initialism, abbreviation :: Buzz Word Decoder here on Slideshare.
It's DIY guide brought to you by your friends @ecgstudio.
TY and TTYL!
Deep Dive into a Large-scale, Distributed, People-centric Medical SystemAndrey Zaychikov
Recently the virus of implementation of various IT systems for healthcare industry has spread quite fast and widely. It is complex, has various forms and still isn't classified. We still have no cure from this virus - just numerous attempts to deal with it by using well-known approaches and solutions.
To be serious, how to deal with dozens of processes and hundreds of interconnected systems and services in widely distributed, poorly unified, people-centric, business crucial IT system? And, of course, with the constraints of time, money, quality and stakeholders’ support. I suggest looking at my team experience working recently on one of the largest healthcare projects in Russia, which had extend the current mission of healthcare. On the project our team faced all the problems described above. Thanks to them, we were able to define the solution that now is changing the rules of the game in Russian healthcare. My team and I have created reference architecture and have partly implemented it.
In my presentation I will cover the following topics:
- Healthcare main problems, issues and challenges that drove one of the largest projects in Russian healthcare industry;
- Set of principles for the highly complex low-structured distributed people-centric informational systems for healthcare industry;
- Approach for creation the business case for IT capabilities in healthcare;
- Experience of architecture defining for the large-scaled system using tailored TOGAF and Archimate;
- Reference architecture for complex IT systems in healthcare;
- Implementation, deployment and lessons learnt from it;
- Next steps of the initiative.
The effort I will describe is fully open-source and free for use and modification, not only as software components, but as reference architecture models as well and it could become a part of a global movement towards good practices for healthcare IT systems implementation.
Key takeaways:
Concerns and stakeholders model for main healthcare issues based on the particular business case;
High-level maturity models for different stakeholders and types of organizations in healthcare;
Approach for creation the business case for the IT capabilities in healthcare;
Set of principles for the highly complex low-structured distributed people-centric informational systems for healthcare industry
Reference architecture for the context-centric systems and healthcare capabilities;
Reference architecture for scaling the IT systems in complex medical environments.
“Specification by Example” is a set of process patterns that helps to validate the application for faster feedback and minimal documentation. With Specification by Example, teams write just enough documenta- tion to facilitate change effectively in short iterations or in flow-based development.
Offshore outsourcing comes with its set of risks and it known to fail at times. If one analyzes reasons for failures one will clearly realize that most of these risks can be mitigated. All it takes is a management commitment, mature process and mitigation plan.
Offshore outsourcing comes with its set of risks and it known to fail at times. If one analyzes reasons for failures one will clearly realize that most of these risks can be mitigated. All it takes is a management commitment, mature process and mitigation plan.
Effective Strategies for Distributed TestingAnand Bagmar
Thoughts, experiences and case studies on how to convert Testing principles into practices. We focus on the practices of making testing effective on distributed teams by keeping things simple, yet effective.
http://testing.thoughtworks.com/events/effective-strategies-distributed-testing
“Learn about the 4 Key Steps to Application Modernization from Solutions Director Derek Britton along with our customer Jeroen van der Heijden, Chief Technical Officer at Raet. This presentation took place at the Gartner Symposium ITxpo in Barcelona on 7th November 2012.”
Deep Dive into a Large-scale, Distributed, People-centric Medical SystemAndrey Zaychikov
Recently the virus of implementation of various IT systems for healthcare industry has spread quite fast and widely. It is complex, has various forms and still isn't classified. We still have no cure from this virus - just numerous attempts to deal with it by using well-known approaches and solutions.
To be serious, how to deal with dozens of processes and hundreds of interconnected systems and services in widely distributed, poorly unified, people-centric, business crucial IT system? And, of course, with the constraints of time, money, quality and stakeholders’ support. I suggest looking at my team experience working recently on one of the largest healthcare projects in Russia, which had extend the current mission of healthcare. On the project our team faced all the problems described above. Thanks to them, we were able to define the solution that now is changing the rules of the game in Russian healthcare. My team and I have created reference architecture and have partly implemented it.
In my presentation I will cover the following topics:
- Healthcare main problems, issues and challenges that drove one of the largest projects in Russian healthcare industry;
- Set of principles for the highly complex low-structured distributed people-centric informational systems for healthcare industry;
- Approach for creation the business case for IT capabilities in healthcare;
- Experience of architecture defining for the large-scaled system using tailored TOGAF and Archimate;
- Reference architecture for complex IT systems in healthcare;
- Implementation, deployment and lessons learnt from it;
- Next steps of the initiative.
The effort I will describe is fully open-source and free for use and modification, not only as software components, but as reference architecture models as well and it could become a part of a global movement towards good practices for healthcare IT systems implementation.
Key takeaways:
Concerns and stakeholders model for main healthcare issues based on the particular business case;
High-level maturity models for different stakeholders and types of organizations in healthcare;
Approach for creation the business case for the IT capabilities in healthcare;
Set of principles for the highly complex low-structured distributed people-centric informational systems for healthcare industry
Reference architecture for the context-centric systems and healthcare capabilities;
Reference architecture for scaling the IT systems in complex medical environments.
“Specification by Example” is a set of process patterns that helps to validate the application for faster feedback and minimal documentation. With Specification by Example, teams write just enough documenta- tion to facilitate change effectively in short iterations or in flow-based development.
Offshore outsourcing comes with its set of risks and it known to fail at times. If one analyzes reasons for failures one will clearly realize that most of these risks can be mitigated. All it takes is a management commitment, mature process and mitigation plan.
Offshore outsourcing comes with its set of risks and it known to fail at times. If one analyzes reasons for failures one will clearly realize that most of these risks can be mitigated. All it takes is a management commitment, mature process and mitigation plan.
Effective Strategies for Distributed TestingAnand Bagmar
Thoughts, experiences and case studies on how to convert Testing principles into practices. We focus on the practices of making testing effective on distributed teams by keeping things simple, yet effective.
http://testing.thoughtworks.com/events/effective-strategies-distributed-testing
“Learn about the 4 Key Steps to Application Modernization from Solutions Director Derek Britton along with our customer Jeroen van der Heijden, Chief Technical Officer at Raet. This presentation took place at the Gartner Symposium ITxpo in Barcelona on 7th November 2012.”
“What the App?”… A Modernization Strategy for Your Business Applications John Head
It’s 2016 – your application portfolio is being reviewed and scrutinized. Email and application platforms are being separated. Users’ expectations of their work experiences are higher than ever. Your social platform is stable and maturing. But you’re invested in your applications (Notes, Domino, and much more) – what do you do? Looking through the lens of IBM ICS solutions, we will answer that question by providing a roadmap and experiences to help you choose the best path. We will deep dive into the five aspects of Application Modernization: User Experience, Cloud, Mobile, Modern Workflow & special focus on the last – Social. See demos of actual application transformations and the impact they have within an organization. We will also show how your applications, integrated into your social platform, increases productivity and engagement. Learn how new functionality in the products will make your journey easier. See live demos putting AM into practice.
A panel discussion is a public exchange of ideas with a goal of informing audience members about a particular subject or issue. In most cases, 4 or more panelists share their knowledge and expertise after being asked questions in a format that allows some discussion. Panel discussions are used to delve into politics, science and community topics, as well as many other issues. Use these tips to conduct a panel discussion for your group, organization or company.
CSC Presentation: 3 Secrets to Future Proofing Your BusinessThe Digital Insurer
Andrew Dart presented this at IDC's Conference in Singapore in September 2014 on Future Proofing you Business. the Digital Insurer was pleased to moderate a panel discussion that included Andrew (CSC), Cyrus (IDC Insights) and Oscar (Zurich Insurance) -see our web blog for more information.
The panel discussion is summarised at www.the-digital-insurer.com/future-proofing-panel-discussion-idc-conference/
SysAdmin to SRE: Creating Capacity to Make Tomorrow Better Than Today Rundeck
Damon Edwards, co-founder of Rundeck, talks at SCALE 17x on March 9, 2019 in Pasadena, CA.
Wouldn't everyone in operations love more time to work on exciting projects? Build out new platforms, improve performance, contribute to open source projects focus on security, level-up their automation — all things that add value to your companies and advance your career. But instead, the life of a traditional systems administrator is often buried in interruptions and repetitive work. Imagine the things you could do, if you just had the time to get to it.
Then along comes a new way of working and a new role called Site Reliability Engineering (SRE). But SRE almost seems too good to be true! People are doing what systems administrators used to do, but getting to spend more than 50% of their time doing engineering work that adds enduring value to their company? How can less than half of these SREs' time be wasted on the interruptions, repetitive work, and drudgery that seem to consume most of the traditional systems administrator's time? And do this with the same or less headcount?
This talk will first take a close look at what SRE is and what SRE isn't. We will break down the principles behind the SRE movement and highlight where SRE departs from the current conventional wisdom of Operations and Systems Administration work. You'll learn about key concepts like Toil, SLOs, Error Budgets, and Shared Responsibility Models.
Next, we'll look at how to move to an SRE style of working. We'll look at how traditional operations beliefs and practices can leave organizational scar tissue that is difficult to overcome. We'll examine examples of how silos, excessive toil, reliance on queues, and incorrectly applied governance models undermine the adoption of SRE principles and practices in the enterprise. We'll also look at the individual skills and mindset changes that you'll need to adopt an SRE way of working.
You'll leave this talk with an appreciation for how SRE can create the capacity you need to make tomorrow better than today.
See a Demo of Rundeck Enterprise :
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2014-10 DevOps NFi - Why it's a good idea to deploy 10 times per day v1.0Joakim Lindbom
Corporations are struggling with overly complex systems and system landscapes. DevOps is presented as one piece of the puzzle to go for much leaner and simpler landscapes - all in order to increase the readiness for change and innovation.
The presentation also discusses the the basic thought error behind organising according to Design-Build-Run, which is the basis for most ICT IM outsourcing.
devops, microservices, and platforms, oh my!Andrew Shafer
A story about a boy and his quest to build great software delivered at the Cloud Foundry Summit in Santa Clara May 2015. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX4mQHPWuUY) Walk through the history of my personal career, and the evolution of the industry highlighting themes like devops, microservices and platforms.
Continuous Performance Testing: Myths and RealitiesAlexander Podelko
While development process is moving towards all things continuous, performance testing remains rather a gray area. Some continue to do it in the traditional pre-release fashion, some claim 100% automation and full integration into their continuous process. We have a full spectrum of opinions of what, when, and how should be done in regard to performance. The issue here is that context is usually not clearly specified - while context is the main factor here. Depending on context, the approach may (and probably should) be completely different. Full success in a simple (from the performance testing point of view) environment doesn't mean that you may easily replicate it in a difficult environment. The speaker will discuss the issues of making performance testing continuous in detail, illustrating them with personal experience when possible.
North America Strategic Modernization Exec Forum Micro Focus
Slides shared at the recent and exclusive Micro Focus North America Executive Forum about Strategic Application Modernization (COBOL & PL/I based applications sitting on 'legacy' hardware platforms)
Tech Channel ebook on unlocking COBOL Business Value - published in March 2021.
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A ll it took for COBOL to make the mainstream
headlines was a pandemic. When COVID-19
began resulting in mass layoffs, many
unemployed people in New Jersey found that filing
an online claim was nearly impossible.
Derek Britton gets creative and compiles an overview of this legendary language. At 60 years young, why is it so prevalent in core enterprise systems? A great slideshare about the 'Philosophy of COBOL' (written by a black-belt 3rd dan master.....)
5 key capabilitie for a smart service desk solution infographicMicro Focus
Modern service management that goes beyond IT
A single solution for ITIL aligned ITSM, ITAM, and enterprise service management such as human resource workflow, project, application and service portfolio management.
SAP Fortify by Micro Focus: Deliver Secure, High-Quality Solutions Across Your Software Landscape
Read how you can keep all your applications secure with SAP Fortify by Micro Focus. Find out how the software enables you to assess the risk of your business software, whether it is deployed on premise, on the Web, as on-demand cloud software, as mobile apps, or within IoT devices.
A combination of technology advances, evolving customer expectations, process evolutions (e.g., digitization), and new business models are forcing organizations to re-think their IT strategies in 2020. In the end, the decisions technology executives make can impact differentiation, growth and scale, profitability, customer satisfaction and speed-to-market. Here are some important facts to consider about digital transformation, and the core elements of success, when evaluating next steps.
Whats new in Enterprise 5.0 Product SuiteMicro Focus
This What's New? document covers some of the new features and functions in the latest release of theMicro Focus Enterprise Product Suite. Updates apply to the following products:•Micro Focus Enterprise Developer which provides a contemporary development suite for developingand maintaining mainframe applications, whether the target deployment is on or off the mainframe.•Micro Focus Enterprise Test Server which provides a comprehensive test platform that takesadvantage of low cost processing power on Windows environments, to supply scalable capacity fortesting z/OS applications without consuming z/OS resources.•Micro Focus Enterprise Server which provides the execution environment to deploy fit-for-purposemainframe workload on Linux, UNIX and Windows (LUW) environments on IBM LinuxONE (IFLs),standalone servers, virtual servers, or the Cloud.•Micro Focus Enterprise Server for .NET which provides the execution and modernization platform todeploy fit-for-purpose mainframe workload on a scale-out .NET infrastructure and the Azure Cloud.This document helps you to quickly understand the new capabilities within the 5.0 release.
Micro Focus is uniquely positioned to help customers maximize existing software investments and embrace innovation in a world of hybrid IT—from mainframe to mobile to cloud.
We are one of the largest pure-play software companies in the world, focused from the ground up on building, selling, and supporting software. This focus allows us to deliver on our mission to put customers at the center of innovation and deliver high-quality, enterprise-grade scalable software that our teams can be proud of. We help customers bridge the old and the new by maximizing the ROI on existing software investments and enabling innovation in the new hybrid model for enterprise IT.
We believe that organizations don't need to eliminate the past to make way for the future. Everything we do is based on a simple idea: The quickest, safest way to get results is to build on what you have. Our software does just that. It bridges the gap between existing and emerging technologies—so you can innovate faster, with less risk, in the race to digital transformation.
The Micro Focus AMC team are looking forward to hosting #DevDay50 back in Atlanta where the series began. It's in January 2019, the year that COBOL turns 60, so we thought it would be a great idea to pull some numbers about our DevDay events together. https://www.microfocus.com/events/dev-days/
90% of the data on the internet has been created since 2016, according to an IBM Marketing Cloud study. People, businesses, and devices have all become data factories that are pumping out incredible amounts of information to the web each day.
We’ve been tracking the growth of data created on the internet for several years, and have updated the information for 2017 to show you how much data that is being created on the internet – every day!
Read more in our blog: https://blog.microfocus.com/how-much-data-is-created-on-the-internet-each-day/
Easily Create Scalable Automation using SeleniumMicro Focus
We were delighted to be at STAREAST again, one of the longest-running and most respected conferences on software testing and quality assurance. Archie Roboostoff ran a session on how to easily create Scalable Test Automation using Selenium and here are his charts. To find out more about how we can help go to https://www.microfocus.com/products/silk-portfolio/silk-webdriver/
Mainframe DevOps—the development challenge
Embracing change can be easier to say than do for mainframe organizations. Resource priority on the mainframe is given to production rather than dev and test. Current tooling, processes and practices may be cumbersome, linear, iterative and slow—but they will also be long-established.
New efficiencies from mainframe environments
By embracing modern development tooling and contemporary testing capability, organizations can achieve DevOps levels of efficiencies and see new returns on mainframe investments. Working collaboratively, teams can deliver more releases faster—and in parallel.
Efficiency, collaboration and flexibility—the pillars of mainframe DevOps
Adopting a DevOps culture and modern tooling can remove bottlenecks and enable parallel development at scale while preserving quality and process integrity and managing mainframe cost.
Micro Focus extend 10 and 10.1 with AcuToWebMicro Focus
Piet Henskens presentation from #DevDay Copenhagen on Micro Focus extend 10 and 10.1.
The extend® portfolio enables developers to build and deploy ACUCOBOL® applications across desktop, web and mobile platforms using AcuBench®, the COBOL Virtual Machine and a full suite of application modernization solutions.
For ISVs or corporations, the latest version of extend offers even greater platform support, new performance optimizations, Unicode internationalization support and a new capability for instant UI transformation for web and mobile access—AcuToWeb.
Whether you're maintaining mission critical applications or moving into new markets, the latest version of extend offers new solutions to keep you up-to-date and ready for innovation.
Wim Ebbinkhuijsen (born 24 December 1939, Amsterdam) is a retired Dutch computer scientist who is considered to be one of the "fathers of Cobol". He presented his story at the April #DevDay events in Stockholm and Copenhagen. Here are his slides.
in 1979 he initiated the International ISO COBOL Working Group. From 1967 he was a member, and from 1978 until 2003 he was the chairman of the Dutch COBOL Committee ("Nederlandse COBOL Commissie"). From 1998 until 2001 he was also a member of the NCITS/ANSI COBOL committee X3J4. As such, he has designed and rewritten dozens parts of the current COBOL standard. He has been active for many years with Exin (EXamenINstituut, "Dutch examination Institute"), where he acted as member and later as chairman of the examining-board T2-Cobol. He has written six course-books about COBOL. He also wrote the first International Standard for the programming language BASIC.
At October 22, 2004 he left the Cobol world after 42 years of commitment, with a valedictory symposium in the auditorium of the Vrije Universiteit of Amsterdam. For his enormous contribution to COBOL he received an IEEE award, as well as the Dutch royal distinction, Knighted in the Order of Orange-Nassau (Ridder in de Orde van Oranje Nassau).
DevDay Copenhagen - Micro Focus overview and introductionMicro Focus
Tom Tralvik's introduction to #DevDay Copenhagen slides and Micro Focus overview.
Micro Focus is a global software company with 40 years of experience in delivering and supporting enterprise software solutions that help customers innovate faster with lower risk.
By applying proven expertise in software and security, we enable customers to utilize new technology solutions while maximizing the value of their investments in critical IT infrastructure and business applications. As a result, they can build, operate, and secure the IT systems that bring together existing business logic and applications with emerging technologies—in essence, bridging the old and the new—to meet their increasingly complex business demands.
Micro Focus Software Delivery and Testing Jan De Coster Presentation on the Journey to DevOps in the recent Micro Focus #DevDay Copenhagen.
Micro Focus enables enterprise software organizations to build innovative software and accelerate application delivery to meet the needs of the business. Whatever the challenges and infrastructures, our core principle—of reusing what already works to minimize business risk while supporting modern software practices—has positioned our customers to be better prepared to support the digital transformation of the business.
Build, test and deliver innovative software faster with less risk.
April 2017.
ACUCOBOL - Product Strategy and RoadmapMicro Focus
Dominique SACRÉ presentation from #DevDay Copenhagen April 2017.
The extend® portfolio enables developers to build and deploy ACUCOBOL® applications across desktop, web and mobile platforms using AcuBench®, the COBOL Virtual Machine and a full suite of application modernization solutions.
For ISVs or corporations, the latest version of extend offers even greater platform support, new performance optimizations, Unicode internationalization support and a new capability for instant UI transformation for web and mobile access—AcuToWeb.
Whether you're maintaining mission critical applications or moving into new markets, the latest version of extend offers new solutions to keep you up-to-date and ready for innovation.
Andreas Sjöberg from Bluegarden presentation from #DevDay Copenhagen on taking payroll to the 21st Century using using .NET and Micro Focus Visual COBOL
SAP Sapphire 2024 - ASUG301 building better apps with SAP Fiori.pdfPeter Spielvogel
Building better applications for business users with SAP Fiori.
• What is SAP Fiori and why it matters to you
• How a better user experience drives measurable business benefits
• How to get started with SAP Fiori today
• How SAP Fiori elements accelerates application development
• How SAP Build Code includes SAP Fiori tools and other generative artificial intelligence capabilities
• How SAP Fiori paves the way for using AI in SAP apps
Elevating Tactical DDD Patterns Through Object CalisthenicsDorra BARTAGUIZ
After immersing yourself in the blue book and its red counterpart, attending DDD-focused conferences, and applying tactical patterns, you're left with a crucial question: How do I ensure my design is effective? Tactical patterns within Domain-Driven Design (DDD) serve as guiding principles for creating clear and manageable domain models. However, achieving success with these patterns requires additional guidance. Interestingly, we've observed that a set of constraints initially designed for training purposes remarkably aligns with effective pattern implementation, offering a more ‘mechanical’ approach. Let's explore together how Object Calisthenics can elevate the design of your tactical DDD patterns, offering concrete help for those venturing into DDD for the first time!
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:
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.
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
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
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.
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.
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
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/
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
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Head of Service Strategy Chief Technical
IT Ops Mgr Ops Mgr CTO QA Manager CIO
Development Delivery Mgr Manager Architect Analyst
5. > Common themes
Which of our applications We must solve our Our mainframe testing We are running short
should we take forward? skills shortage is hugely expensive of processing time
We need factual insight We are stifled using We never hit our test We need to budget for
to shape our IT strategy 3270 software and QA milestones the mainframe upgrade
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this system change? collaborating enough capacity for testing core systems quickly
Knowledge Development Quality Deployment
Head of Service Strategy Chief Technical
IT Ops Mgr Ops Mgr CTO QA Manager CIO
Development Delivery Mgr Manager Architect Analyst
6. > Your Modernization Journey
Unified Mainframe Test Environment,
Portfolio Knowledge Application Test Data Application Service
and Management Development Management Deployment
Knowledge Development Quality Deployment
Enterprise Test
Enterprise Analyzer Enterprise Developer Enterprise Server
Server
Micro Focus Enterprise product set
7. Micro Focus Enterprise product set
Client Objectives Key Requirements Micro Focus Solutions
Prioritization and cost containment of Understand the application landscape.
Application Service Delivery
Modernization projects Simplify complexity Enterprise Analyzer
Modernization
Reduce cost of maintenance
Cut through traditional development
improving development group Enterprise Developer
processes and log jams
efficiency and quality
Aligned and Effective Improved Service Delivery Cycles Enterprise Test Server
Application Service Delivery
Exploit contemporary
technology for accelerated and Rapid, Cost-Effective Enterprise Enterprise Server
agile workload delivery Application Deployment
8. > Modernization: sound practice
Package 10x cost
COST Rewrite 4x cost
Modernize 1x cost Lowest cost
Package Medium risk
RISK Rewrite High risk
Modernize Low risk Lowest risk
Package 2-3 years
TIME TO
VALUE Rewrite 3-5 years
Modernize 4 months Shortest time
Package
COMPETITIVE 0/10 competitive advantage
ADVANTAGE
Rewrite 6/10 competitive advantage
(0 – 10)
Modernize 10/10 competitive Greatest advantage
advantage
10. zLinux: Move to a New Frontier
John Hancock Case Study
Troy Sheeley, Sr. Project Manager
October 2012
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11. Market Context
VansonBourne – Research
• Almost nine in ten plan to upgrade at least
one of their key applications as a result of a
recent portfolio review 13%
• 43% - HR application
• 42% - BPM application
• 42% - PPM application Planning to
modernise at
• 41% - CRM application
least one key
• 39% - finance/account application application
• 34% - ERP application
• Reasons why modernisation is likely to take 87% Not planning to
place are:
modernise any
• Reducing licensing costs (48%) key applications
• Increasing reliability/speed (44%)
• Future growth (44%)
Summary of those intending to modernize at least one of their
key applications which run on the mainframe
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12. John Hancock
• 150 years old and major player in Financial Services Market
• Millions of clients across 22 countries and worldwide territories
• Ranked 14th largest public life insurer in the world
– 6th largest in North America!
• QTR end June 30 2012, US Operations reported shareholder earnings
at $174M and $8.6B total premiums and deposits
• Funds under management $284.4B
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13. Project Definition – Objectives
“John Hancock seeks to move their current zOS production mainframe
environment for VANTAGE-ONE to a lower-cost operating environment. The
new environment should provide similar or better performance characteristics
and security features. The new operating environment should be able to meet
current Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Service Level Agreements.”
Project Definition, April 2011
Other Project Goals:
• No interruption to business operations or processes
• Must produce equal values in zLinux under ASCII
• Maintain compatibility with existing JH systems
• Batch cycle performance equal to or better than zOS
• Allow for a potential future upgrade to wmA, csA, and/or Performance Plus
“The primary business driver is to achieve significantly lower processing
costs. Project ROI should be no more than 12-18 months.”
“Effective October 12, 2012 this becomes a “closed block of business”.
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14. Requirements – The Customer’s View
• Respond to current market conditions [in the annuity market] by moving to a
cost effective technological platform offering
• zLinux architecture will provide efficiencies during periods of intense
processing (month / quarter end). zLinux under Integrated Facilities for Linux
(IFL) is most efficient when fully loaded
• Additional Test Regions can be spun off easily as needed and can support
more contracts at no additional cost
• Positions John Hancock for future strategic enterprise technology upgrades
• Target of 40% cost reduction per year in policy processing costs
• 18 month project (March 2011 – August 2012)
• Actual ROI = 12 months
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15. The Solution - Overview
• Exploit Micro Focus Enterprise Product Set to address IT strategy and
application modernization needs for CSC’s client base
• Speed/Time-to-Productivity - faster application service delivery
• Solution Capabilities
- Holistic comprehension of applications, business processes and IP
- Development process - expedite application updates and development
- Testing cycles - quality assured applications minimize risk to the business
- Production - optimize applications, on and off the mainframe
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16. Approach - Why Linux on z/OS?
• Keeping it simple – do more with less:
Linux on System z adds the IBM System z core strengths that distinguish the
System z from the other platforms to the Linux applications. These IT strengths
manifest as business advantages, helping your organization to:
– Reduce cost through operational and energy efficiency
– Improve service with simplified service management and business integration
– Manage risk with resiliency and security features
• Leverage investment in existing mainframe processor
Other alternatives prove to be more complex and costly (i.e.. p Series)
zLinux running on z/VM is the most cost effective and secure platform available to
move your mainframe applications to a distributed platform. This is especially
true if you own your mainframe.
http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/os/linux/about/index.html
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18. Project Results
• Operating Cost Reduction
– Actual reduction is approximately 42% after ROI
– Met budget for hardware and software costs
• Project Timeline & Cost
– Project completed from inception to production in 18 months
– (Target implementation was originally set at 17 month mark)
– Project came in on budget, balanced onshore/offshore resource spend,
and maintained cost containment on vendor hardware/software
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19. Project Results cont’d
• User Satisfaction
– Client is pleased with ease of implementation after initial delay of 1 month
– Client has had no major outages and very few defects opened since go-
live date
• Performance
– Performance metrics for batch cycle and CICS are on par or better than
zOS
– No major “gotcha” on system design or performance since launch
– Meeting all major Service Level Agreements
– Several efficiencies were identified toward the end of the project and have
already been implemented post launch
– CSC best practices will monitor performance for additional efficiencies
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20. Time to Implement
NOTE: Depending on the project scope, the time to implement can be
greatly reduced in future implementations.
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21. Return on Investment
Project Go Live – 8/13/2012
ROI Realized – 2013Q4
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22. Lessons Learned
• Project Phases
– Use of CSC Global Project Management Framework (GPMF) and
Delivery Assurance/PMO processes helped keep the project on schedule
and budget
– More time needed in the project planning and initiation phases will ensure
well documented requirements (LTM/PTM) for cross functional use
– Resource needs in key areas (DBA, SuSE Linux, etc.) are key to the
success of the project. Subject Matter Experts and Architect oversight is
required
– Project was successfully broken down into key sub projects
– Managed scope creep through change control procedure documented in
Project Definition
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23. Lessons Learned
• Technology
– Micro Focus partnership played key role in the project’s success
– The number of required IFL’s was understated initially (5 were planned, but only 2
were purchased for FY12). 4 was optimum and will be planned for comparable
installations going forward. Note: # of IFLs vary by processor size
– Key technology and hardware/software decisions made throughout the project will
allow for more efficient use of time in subsequent installations/projects
– Several key decisions such as use of existing DASD allowed for reuse of existing
processes such as Disaster Recovery. Use of distributed version of existing job
scheduling tool eliminated hours of work planned for the build of the schedule.
Security solution still leverages mainframe process software.
– There were many different ways to solve for technological needs (i.e.. SuSE vs.
Red Hat), however a template now exists that can be used for future work,
therefore eliminating time spent on software evaluation and proof of concept
– Learning is ongoing. For example, benefits of moving to EXT4 file system was
realized when working with a copy of the database used for month end processing.
This shaved three hours off our run time at month end!
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24. Lessons Learned
• Testing
– Testing approach allowed for significant time in CSC and client testing
– Flexibility of the zLinux solution allowed for CSC to quickly create testing
environments when needed (i.e.. Certification, Model Office, etc.)
– A lot of time was spent in CSC performance testing, but time was built
into the schedule to allow for it
– Parallel testing activities allowed for CSC performance testing and more
than 40 client Model Office test cycles
– Project went live in production with no outstanding defects
– Recommend testing process and sufficient environments/servers to do
system level testing for enhancements and efficiencies
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25. Summary – A New Frontier
• A CSC zLinux/Micro Focus Offering:
– Will solve for customers’ long term technology needs on a distributed platform
– Will greatly reduce operating costs at a time when profits are at all time lows for
investment products
– Will create greater flexibility for development and testing
– Can be tailored to any CSC product offering
• CSC can get you there by leveraging:
– CSC resources across the globe
– CSC program and project management capabilities
– CSC project oversight
– CSC partnerships and global alliances with key suppliers and vendors
– Proven tools, applications, and processes
– Experienced delivery team with technical, business, and Micro Focus expertise
• A CSC zLinux and Micro Focus Solution:
– Can be expanded to most Cobol application currently on an IBM mainframe
– Can be part of an in-house or hosted solution
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