Windows Azure provides opportunities for partners across various cloud service models including infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), and software as a service (SaaS). Microsoft's cloud computing strategy focuses on simplifying migrations, appealing to developers, enterprises and ISVs, and establishing a strong partner ecosystem. The presentation outlines Windows Azure capabilities and opportunities for solution providers to develop applications, migrate existing workloads, offer consulting services, and create new recurring revenue streams in areas like support and training.
Microsoft Azure is the only hybrid cloud to help you migrate your apps, data, and infrastructure with cost-effective and flexible paths. At this event you’ll learn how thousands of customers have migrated to Azure, at their own pace and with high confidence by using a reliable methodology, flexible and powerful tools, and proven partner expertise. Come to this event to learn how Azure can help you save—before, during, and after migration, and how it offers unmatched value during every stage of your cloud migration journey. Learn about assessments, migration offers, and cost management tools to help you migrate with confidence.
Massive Lift & Shift Migrations to Microsoft Azure with the Microsoft Migrati...Morgan Simonsen
Presentation given at the Nordic Infrastructure Conference (NIC) 2015 about migrating servers to Azure IaaS using the Microsoft Migration Accelerator (MA).
Microsoft Azure is an ever-expanding set of cloud services to help your organization meet your business challenges. It’s the freedom to build, manage, and deploy applications on a massive, global network using your favorite tools and frameworks.
Productive
Reduce time to market, by delivering features faster with over 100 end-to-end services.
Hybrid
Develop and deploy where you want, with the only consistent hybrid cloud on the market. Extend Azure on-premises with Azure Stack.
Intelligent
Create intelligent apps using powerful data and artificial intelligence services.
Trusted
Join startups, governments, and 90 percent of Fortune 500 businesses who run on the Microsoft Cloud today.
This is a presentation I created to summarize the eBook/Guide found on this link for the University Students. It is a highly recommended guide for anybody looking to design real solutions in Microsoft Azure and what are the recommended steps they need to take.
Microsoft Azure is the only hybrid cloud to help you migrate your apps, data, and infrastructure with cost-effective and flexible paths. At this event you’ll learn how thousands of customers have migrated to Azure, at their own pace and with high confidence by using a reliable methodology, flexible and powerful tools, and proven partner expertise. Come to this event to learn how Azure can help you save—before, during, and after migration, and how it offers unmatched value during every stage of your cloud migration journey. Learn about assessments, migration offers, and cost management tools to help you migrate with confidence.
Massive Lift & Shift Migrations to Microsoft Azure with the Microsoft Migrati...Morgan Simonsen
Presentation given at the Nordic Infrastructure Conference (NIC) 2015 about migrating servers to Azure IaaS using the Microsoft Migration Accelerator (MA).
Microsoft Azure is an ever-expanding set of cloud services to help your organization meet your business challenges. It’s the freedom to build, manage, and deploy applications on a massive, global network using your favorite tools and frameworks.
Productive
Reduce time to market, by delivering features faster with over 100 end-to-end services.
Hybrid
Develop and deploy where you want, with the only consistent hybrid cloud on the market. Extend Azure on-premises with Azure Stack.
Intelligent
Create intelligent apps using powerful data and artificial intelligence services.
Trusted
Join startups, governments, and 90 percent of Fortune 500 businesses who run on the Microsoft Cloud today.
This is a presentation I created to summarize the eBook/Guide found on this link for the University Students. It is a highly recommended guide for anybody looking to design real solutions in Microsoft Azure and what are the recommended steps they need to take.
Azure. Cloud for all.
These 4 pillars represent the main value proposition for what differentiates Azure from the competition.
As you can see in the proof points, these are the reason why customers choose Microsoft, because of the unique value that we provide in a productive, hybrid, intelligent, and trusted cloud.
With Azure, you can do—or be—all of these things.
Productive
Get unparalleled developer productivity with integrated tools from mobile DevOps to serverless computing.
Learn about accelerating innovation
Hybrid
Develop and deploy where you want, with the only consistent hybrid cloud on the market. Extend Azure on-premises with Azure Stack.
Learn about our consistent hybrid cloud
Intelligent
Create intelligent apps that delight with data-driven experiences. Go quickly from concept to release with Azure data services and artificial intelligence, from image recognition to bot services.
Learn about intelligent apps
Trusted
Join startups, governments, and 90 percent of Fortune 500s that trust the Microsoft Cloud for security, privacy, transparency, and the most compliance coverage of any cloud provider.
ABSTRACT
Software industry is heading towards centralized computing. Due to this trend data and programs are being taken away from traditional desktop PCs and placed in Compute clouds instead. Compute clouds are enormous server farms packed with computing power and storage space accessible through the Internet.
Instead of having to manage one’s own infrastructure to run applications, server time and storage space can be bought from an external service provider. From the customers point of view the benefit behind this idea is to be able to dynamically adjust computing power up or down to meet the demand for that power at a particular moment. This kind of flexibility not only ensures that no costs are incurred by excess processing capacity, but also enables hardware infrastructure to scale up with business growth. Because of growing interest in taking advantage of cloud computing a number of service providers are working on providing cloud services. Amazon, Salerforce.com and Google are examples of firms that already have working solutions on the market. Recently also Microsoft released a preview version of its cloud platform called the Azure. Early adopters can test the platform and development tools free of charge.
The main purpose of this paper is to shed light on the internals of Microsoft’s Azure platform. In addition to examining how Azure platform works.
The benefits of Azure platform are explored. The most important benefit in
Microsoft’s solution is that it resembles existing Windows environment a lot. Developers can use the same application programming interfaces (APIs) and development tools they are already used to. The second benefit is that migrating applications to cloud is easy. This partially stems from the fact that Azure’s services can be exploited by an application whether it is run locally or in the cloud.
Value Journal, a monthly news journal from Redington Value Distribution, intends to update the channel on the latest vendor news and Redington Value’s Channel Initiatives.
Key stories from the July Edition:
• VMware introduces integrations with Dell EMC to accelerate workforce transformation
• HPE unveils new high-performance computing solution
• Weathering the cybersecurity storm - Hishamul Hasheel VP, Software and Security, Redington Gulf - Value Distribution
• AWS Greengrass is now available
• CyberArk acquires Conjur for $42 Million
• Fidelis Cybersecurity releases endpoint cloud solution
• Fortinet Threat Landscape report highlights most threats are opportunistic
• Fujitsu rolls out new biometric authentication solution
• Trend Micro launches $100 Million venture fund
• Malwarebytes unveils inaugural channel programme
• Red Hat Ceph storage release expands versatility as object store
• Veeam and Microsoft extend alliance to deliver availability for always-on cloud
Leverage your application architecture with azure servicesSammani Palansuriya
Microsoft Azure is an ever-expanding set of cloud services to help your organization meet the business challengers. Choosing the optimal service to solve the problem is the challenging part. Let’s take a common business problem and design an Application Architecture using azure services discussing some azure service and their usage considering basic architectural design aspects.
This slide deck was provided by Microsoft for a crash course on Microsoft Azure at the Saint Louis Cloud Camp.
If you need a quick high level introduction to Azure and/or the cloud in general, this presentation would serve as a good template.
RapidScale, a managed cloud services provider, delivers world-class, secure, and reliable cloud computing solutions to companies of all sizes across the globe. Its state-of-the-art managed CloudDesktop platform and market-leading cloud solutions are the reasons why RapidScale is the provider of choice for leading MSOs, VARs, MSPs, Carriers and Master Agents throughout the United States. RapidScale is not only delivering a service but also innovating advancored solutions and applications for the cloud computing space. RapidScale’s innovative solutions include CloudServer, CloudDesktop, CloudOffice, CloudMail, CloudRecovery, CloudApps, and more. For more information on RapidScale, visit www.rapidscale.net.
Hybrid cloud is a cloud computing environment that uses a mix of on-premises, private cloud and third-party, public cloud services with orchestration between the two platforms. By allowing workloads to move between private and public clouds as computing needs and costs change, hybrid cloud gives businesses greater flexibility and more data deployment options.
Azure was announced in October 2008 and released on 1 February 2010 as Windows Azure, before being renamed to Microsoft Azure on 25 March 2014. Along with Amazon Web Services Azure is considered a leader in the IAAS field.
Microsoft Azure is an open and flexible cloud platform that enables you to quickly build, deploy, and manage applications across a global network of Microsoft-managed datacenters. You can build applications using any language, tool, or framework. And you can integrate your public cloud applications with your existing IT environment.
This definition tells us that Microsoft Azure is a cloud platform, which means you can use it for running your business applications, services, and workloads in the cloud. But it also includes some key words that tell us even more:
Open Microsoft Azure provides a set of cloud services that allow you to build and deploy cloud-based applications using almost any programming language, framework, or tool.
Flexible Microsoft Azure provides a wide range of cloud services that can let you do everything from hosting your company’s website to running big SQL databases in the cloud. It also includes different features that can help deliver high performance and low latency for cloud-based applications.
Microsoft-managed Microsoft Azure services are currently hosted in several datacenters spread across the United States, Europe, and Asia. These datacenters are managed by Microsoft and provide expert global support on a 24x7x365 basis.
Compatible Cloud applications running on Microsoft Azure can easily be integrated with on-premises IT environments that utilize the Microsoft Windows Server platform.
It provides both PAAS and IAAS services and supports many different programming languages, tools and frameworks, including both Microsoft-specific and third-party software and systems.
Windows Azure Active Directory: Identity Management in the CloudChris Dufour
Windows Azure Active Directory provides easy-to-use, multi-tenant identity management services for applications running in the cloud and on any device and any platform. Originally created to support Office 365 it is now available as an Azure service. On November 28th, 2012 Microsoft shared that Windows Azure Active Directory (AD) has processed 200 BILLION authentications.
“At Microsoft, we have been on a transformative journey to cloud computing and we have been working with customers every step of the way. Millions of customers have embraced the cloud and we are excited to share the news that we’ve reached a major milestone in cloud scale computing. Since the inception of the authentication service on the Windows Azure platform in 2010, we have now processed 200 BILLION authentications for 50 MILLION active user accounts. In an average week we receive 4.7 BILLION authentication requests for users in over 420 THOUSAND different domains. This is a massive workload when you consider others in the industry are attempting to process 7B logins per year, Azure processes close to that amount in a week.
These numbers sound big right? They are. To put it into perspective, in the 2 minutes it takes to brew yourself a single cup of coffee, Windows Azure Active Directory (AD) has already processed just over 1 MILLION authentications from many different devices and users around the world. Not only are we processing a huge number of authentications but we’re doing it really fast! We respond to 9,000 requests per second and in the U.S. the average authentication takes less than 0.7 seconds. That’s faster than you can get your coffee from your cup and into your mouth! (Do not attempt this at home :-))!”
In this session we will take a tour of Windows Azure Active Directory to learn about its capabilities, interfaces and supported scenarios, and understand how you can take advantage of the features in your application.
What is Microsoft Azure?
What is Azure used for?
Why do businesses want to use someone else's hardware?
What are the advantages of virtualization?
Is Azure secure?
How does Azure stack up against the competition?
To help you make an informed decision about whether Azure is right for your business.
PECB Webinar: The alignment of Information Security in Service ManagementPECB
The webinar covers:
• Using ISO 27001 and/or COBIT as a framework
• Defining the proper KPI’s
• Information security in service management
Presenter:
This session was presented by Arthur Donkers, Managing Partner of ITSX and a PECB Certified Trainer with more than 30 years of experience.
Link of the recorded session published on YouTube: https://youtu.be/epYUd3mzKzo
This is a presentation based on the 2012 R2 generation of the Microsoft Cloud OS, including Microsoft Azure, Windows Server 2012 R2, Hyper-V, and System Center 2012 R2. It spans Microsoft public cloud IaaS, partner operated public cloud, and private cloud.
Azure. Cloud for all.
These 4 pillars represent the main value proposition for what differentiates Azure from the competition.
As you can see in the proof points, these are the reason why customers choose Microsoft, because of the unique value that we provide in a productive, hybrid, intelligent, and trusted cloud.
With Azure, you can do—or be—all of these things.
Productive
Get unparalleled developer productivity with integrated tools from mobile DevOps to serverless computing.
Learn about accelerating innovation
Hybrid
Develop and deploy where you want, with the only consistent hybrid cloud on the market. Extend Azure on-premises with Azure Stack.
Learn about our consistent hybrid cloud
Intelligent
Create intelligent apps that delight with data-driven experiences. Go quickly from concept to release with Azure data services and artificial intelligence, from image recognition to bot services.
Learn about intelligent apps
Trusted
Join startups, governments, and 90 percent of Fortune 500s that trust the Microsoft Cloud for security, privacy, transparency, and the most compliance coverage of any cloud provider.
ABSTRACT
Software industry is heading towards centralized computing. Due to this trend data and programs are being taken away from traditional desktop PCs and placed in Compute clouds instead. Compute clouds are enormous server farms packed with computing power and storage space accessible through the Internet.
Instead of having to manage one’s own infrastructure to run applications, server time and storage space can be bought from an external service provider. From the customers point of view the benefit behind this idea is to be able to dynamically adjust computing power up or down to meet the demand for that power at a particular moment. This kind of flexibility not only ensures that no costs are incurred by excess processing capacity, but also enables hardware infrastructure to scale up with business growth. Because of growing interest in taking advantage of cloud computing a number of service providers are working on providing cloud services. Amazon, Salerforce.com and Google are examples of firms that already have working solutions on the market. Recently also Microsoft released a preview version of its cloud platform called the Azure. Early adopters can test the platform and development tools free of charge.
The main purpose of this paper is to shed light on the internals of Microsoft’s Azure platform. In addition to examining how Azure platform works.
The benefits of Azure platform are explored. The most important benefit in
Microsoft’s solution is that it resembles existing Windows environment a lot. Developers can use the same application programming interfaces (APIs) and development tools they are already used to. The second benefit is that migrating applications to cloud is easy. This partially stems from the fact that Azure’s services can be exploited by an application whether it is run locally or in the cloud.
Value Journal, a monthly news journal from Redington Value Distribution, intends to update the channel on the latest vendor news and Redington Value’s Channel Initiatives.
Key stories from the July Edition:
• VMware introduces integrations with Dell EMC to accelerate workforce transformation
• HPE unveils new high-performance computing solution
• Weathering the cybersecurity storm - Hishamul Hasheel VP, Software and Security, Redington Gulf - Value Distribution
• AWS Greengrass is now available
• CyberArk acquires Conjur for $42 Million
• Fidelis Cybersecurity releases endpoint cloud solution
• Fortinet Threat Landscape report highlights most threats are opportunistic
• Fujitsu rolls out new biometric authentication solution
• Trend Micro launches $100 Million venture fund
• Malwarebytes unveils inaugural channel programme
• Red Hat Ceph storage release expands versatility as object store
• Veeam and Microsoft extend alliance to deliver availability for always-on cloud
Leverage your application architecture with azure servicesSammani Palansuriya
Microsoft Azure is an ever-expanding set of cloud services to help your organization meet the business challengers. Choosing the optimal service to solve the problem is the challenging part. Let’s take a common business problem and design an Application Architecture using azure services discussing some azure service and their usage considering basic architectural design aspects.
This slide deck was provided by Microsoft for a crash course on Microsoft Azure at the Saint Louis Cloud Camp.
If you need a quick high level introduction to Azure and/or the cloud in general, this presentation would serve as a good template.
RapidScale, a managed cloud services provider, delivers world-class, secure, and reliable cloud computing solutions to companies of all sizes across the globe. Its state-of-the-art managed CloudDesktop platform and market-leading cloud solutions are the reasons why RapidScale is the provider of choice for leading MSOs, VARs, MSPs, Carriers and Master Agents throughout the United States. RapidScale is not only delivering a service but also innovating advancored solutions and applications for the cloud computing space. RapidScale’s innovative solutions include CloudServer, CloudDesktop, CloudOffice, CloudMail, CloudRecovery, CloudApps, and more. For more information on RapidScale, visit www.rapidscale.net.
Hybrid cloud is a cloud computing environment that uses a mix of on-premises, private cloud and third-party, public cloud services with orchestration between the two platforms. By allowing workloads to move between private and public clouds as computing needs and costs change, hybrid cloud gives businesses greater flexibility and more data deployment options.
Azure was announced in October 2008 and released on 1 February 2010 as Windows Azure, before being renamed to Microsoft Azure on 25 March 2014. Along with Amazon Web Services Azure is considered a leader in the IAAS field.
Microsoft Azure is an open and flexible cloud platform that enables you to quickly build, deploy, and manage applications across a global network of Microsoft-managed datacenters. You can build applications using any language, tool, or framework. And you can integrate your public cloud applications with your existing IT environment.
This definition tells us that Microsoft Azure is a cloud platform, which means you can use it for running your business applications, services, and workloads in the cloud. But it also includes some key words that tell us even more:
Open Microsoft Azure provides a set of cloud services that allow you to build and deploy cloud-based applications using almost any programming language, framework, or tool.
Flexible Microsoft Azure provides a wide range of cloud services that can let you do everything from hosting your company’s website to running big SQL databases in the cloud. It also includes different features that can help deliver high performance and low latency for cloud-based applications.
Microsoft-managed Microsoft Azure services are currently hosted in several datacenters spread across the United States, Europe, and Asia. These datacenters are managed by Microsoft and provide expert global support on a 24x7x365 basis.
Compatible Cloud applications running on Microsoft Azure can easily be integrated with on-premises IT environments that utilize the Microsoft Windows Server platform.
It provides both PAAS and IAAS services and supports many different programming languages, tools and frameworks, including both Microsoft-specific and third-party software and systems.
Windows Azure Active Directory: Identity Management in the CloudChris Dufour
Windows Azure Active Directory provides easy-to-use, multi-tenant identity management services for applications running in the cloud and on any device and any platform. Originally created to support Office 365 it is now available as an Azure service. On November 28th, 2012 Microsoft shared that Windows Azure Active Directory (AD) has processed 200 BILLION authentications.
“At Microsoft, we have been on a transformative journey to cloud computing and we have been working with customers every step of the way. Millions of customers have embraced the cloud and we are excited to share the news that we’ve reached a major milestone in cloud scale computing. Since the inception of the authentication service on the Windows Azure platform in 2010, we have now processed 200 BILLION authentications for 50 MILLION active user accounts. In an average week we receive 4.7 BILLION authentication requests for users in over 420 THOUSAND different domains. This is a massive workload when you consider others in the industry are attempting to process 7B logins per year, Azure processes close to that amount in a week.
These numbers sound big right? They are. To put it into perspective, in the 2 minutes it takes to brew yourself a single cup of coffee, Windows Azure Active Directory (AD) has already processed just over 1 MILLION authentications from many different devices and users around the world. Not only are we processing a huge number of authentications but we’re doing it really fast! We respond to 9,000 requests per second and in the U.S. the average authentication takes less than 0.7 seconds. That’s faster than you can get your coffee from your cup and into your mouth! (Do not attempt this at home :-))!”
In this session we will take a tour of Windows Azure Active Directory to learn about its capabilities, interfaces and supported scenarios, and understand how you can take advantage of the features in your application.
What is Microsoft Azure?
What is Azure used for?
Why do businesses want to use someone else's hardware?
What are the advantages of virtualization?
Is Azure secure?
How does Azure stack up against the competition?
To help you make an informed decision about whether Azure is right for your business.
PECB Webinar: The alignment of Information Security in Service ManagementPECB
The webinar covers:
• Using ISO 27001 and/or COBIT as a framework
• Defining the proper KPI’s
• Information security in service management
Presenter:
This session was presented by Arthur Donkers, Managing Partner of ITSX and a PECB Certified Trainer with more than 30 years of experience.
Link of the recorded session published on YouTube: https://youtu.be/epYUd3mzKzo
This is a presentation based on the 2012 R2 generation of the Microsoft Cloud OS, including Microsoft Azure, Windows Server 2012 R2, Hyper-V, and System Center 2012 R2. It spans Microsoft public cloud IaaS, partner operated public cloud, and private cloud.
Modernization doesn't happen overnight. But by reassessing your existing IT portfolio, including infrastructure and applications, as well as your current processes and roles, you can better understand how you can leverage cloud technologies to deliver value faster.
Microsoft Services offers an end-to-end approach to modernization and DevOps. Our goal is to help you transform your environment so you can deliver continuous value. We’ve built our approach based on experience with thousands of customers, as well as our own transformation journey.
Enterprises that are embracing cloud computing are interested in driving fundamental changes in their business so they can compete in the future. IT transformation, enabled by cloud adoption, is a key component of this future success—from tighter alignment with business unit stakeholders to increased agility and pace of innovation. In this session, we explore the potential for transformation that comes with cloud adoption and discuss how some of the world’s leading enterprises were able to transform. We also explore organizational and technology best practices that you can implement to support transformation in your organization.
Unleash the power of your data and gain instant insights without additional investments in IT infrastructure. We review the state of data analytics, discuss the differences in long-term, medium-term and (near) real-time data and how companies can leverage it with PowerBI.
Navigating the Future of the Cloud to Fuel InnovationPerficient, Inc.
The future of the cloud holds a wealth of promise for those who know how to leverage the power of high-performance computing to fuel business innovation and growth. As predicted, cloud has quickly become a prominent technology for executing digital transformation, but many enterprises are still struggling to understand how the cloud can help future-proof their business.
This second webinar in our Cloud First, Business-Driven webinar series explored some of the key concepts around the future of cloud, and how to think about what’s next for your enterprise. We discussed:
-Short- and long-term cloud trends
-Personal cloud with intelligent agent
-Personalized pricing and payment systems
-Taking hybrid cloud to the next level
-Customer-defined products
Moving to the cloud requires proper planning. There are many reasons to move to the cloud but without starting with a solid plan it will be difficult to achieve your objectives.
Are you prepared for the cloud?
In this webinar, Portal Solutions’ Daniel Cohen-Dumani and Dale Tuttle discuss Making your Cloud Strategy Work in 2016, including:
- Learning the key steps to making a cloud strategy that works
- Determining how moving to the cloud impacts your staff & your business
- Learning how to align your goals with opportunities
Moving to the cloud requires proper planning. There are many reasons to move to the cloud but without starting with a solid plan it will be difficult to achieve your objectives.
Are you prepared for the cloud?
In this webinar, Portal Solutions’ Daniel Cohen-Dumani and Dale Tuttle discuss Making your Cloud Strategy Work in 2016, including:
- Learning the key steps to making a cloud strategy that works
- Determining how moving to the cloud impacts your staff & your business
- Learning how to align your goals with opportunities
Data Virtualization, a Strategic IT Investment to Build Modern Enterprise Dat...Denodo
This content was presented during the Smart Data Summit Dubai 2015 in the UAE on May 25, 2015, by Jesus Barrasa, Senior Solutions Architect at Denodo Technologies.
In the era of Big Data, IoT, Cloud and Social Media, Information Architects are forced to rethink how to tackle data management and integration in the enterprise. Traditional approaches based on data replication and rigid information models lack the flexibility to deal with this new hybrid reality. New data sources and an increasing variety of consuming applications, like mobile apps and SaaS, add more complexity to the problem of delivering the right data, in the right format, and at the right time to the business. Data Virtualization emerges in this new scenario as the key enabler of agile, maintainable and future-proof data architectures.
Presentation from Chesapeake Regional Tech Council\'s TechFocus Seminar on Cloud Security; Presented by Scott C Sadler, Business Development Executive - Cloud Computing, IBM US East Mid-Market & Channels on Thursday, October 27, 2011. http://www.chesapeaketech.org
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Migrating its entire virtualized environment from VMware to Hyper-V has helped Miele & Cie, an appliance manufacturer shrink its server space by more than 50 percent and improve productivity.
To add to the new flexible and energy-efficient data center, Miele has also ‘saved an estimated 35 percent in licensing costs by going with a Microsoft virtualization solution’.
Hyper-V has helped AcXess fill that much needed virtualization gap with an improvised and more competent functionality and reduced data center and hardware costs.
According to Tom Elowson, President and Cofounder, AcXess, “Hyper-V has made all the difference. It is amazing to think we have grown our business 300 percent over the last few years with Hyper-V. ”
There are many misconceptions surrounding Cloud Computing and what it has to offer.
Tell apart the facts from the myths with Cloud Computing Myth Busters and develop a deeper understanding of the Cloud.
Download Myth Busters >>
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
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.
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
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
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
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.
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
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/
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.
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.
9. Cut costs to survive today, but still invest for tomorrow
10. Invest in technologies that help the bottom lineSource: http://hbr.org/2010/03/roaring-out-of-recession/ar/1?cm_mmc=npv-_-HBR_UPDATE-_-2010-_-MAR Source: : http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hinchcliffe/eight-ways-that-cloud-computing-will-change-business/488
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13. The need to provide a flexible and dynamic ecosystem exists across an organization CEO CFOIO “I need the organization to become more agile to take advantage of changing market dynamics.” “We need to reduce our total cost of ownership and prioritize business initiatives rather than IT imperatives.” Product Manager Director, Operations “I cant wait for IT to procure capacity, we need to take our product to market now.” “I need operational transparency so that we can align our investments with the business needs .” Sales Account Manager IT Administrator “I need solutions that scale with our customers and provide greater mobility for more devices.” “I need to reduce the amount of time my team is spending keeping systems operational and maintained.”
23. Cloud computing provides opportunities for businesses to optimize uptime, agility, and efficiency New Economics Reduced Management Increased Productivity No patching, maintenance Faster deployment Robust multi-layered security Reliability and fault-tolerance Pay for what you use Lower and transparent costs Shift from capex and opex Accelerate speed to value Latest software for users Internet collaboration Anywhere access Instant self-provisioning
24. High Level Cloud computing Overview – “Refresher” “IaaS” “SaaS” “PaaS” Infrastructure as a Service Platform as a Service Software as a Service consume it build on it migrate to it Caching Email Application Development Legacy CRM Networking Collaborative Decision Support File Security Web Technical ERP Streaming System Mgmt Workloads
26. Cloud Services Revenue to grow 24% to touch $44B by 2013 IDC IDC All Up Cloud Market Sizing Revenue $ billion Total: $15.5 B Total: $44.9 B Source: IDC (March 2010) Bringing the Private Cloud to the Data Center IDC Cloud Market Sizing From 2009 to 2013: SaaS to grow at a 21% compound annual growth rate to touch $17.6 billion PaaS to grow at 20% compound annual growth rate to $14 billion IaaS to grow at 35% compound annual growth rate to $13.3 billion
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28. Up to 20% of all business applications offered by ISVs will be in an SaaS deployment by 2016Source: IDC (Sep 2009) Cloud Computing 2010, An IDC Update; Forrester (July 2009) Platform as a Service Market Sizing
29. IT Services Related to Cloud Computing to accelerate to 35.6%Gartner Cloud IT services are expected to more than triple over the next three years Cloud Computing Revenue Growth Projections (2009-2013) Source: Forecast: Understanding the Traditional IT Services Opportunities Related to Cloud Computing, Worldwide,2009-2013, Gartner (October 2009)
30. New opportunities exist across the ecosystem for all partners Distribution Sales and Marketing Operations Channel dynamics Deployment Delivery rhythm Subscriptions Customer acquisition ARPU, churn, renewal 24/7 business Capital expenditure Partnerships The bottom line: “Early adopters are finding serious benefits, meaning that cloud computing is real and warrants your scrutiny as a new set of platforms for business applications.” Forrester
31. Cloud computing provides a range of opportunities for partners Developer Aggregator Implementer Develop new applications Extend existing applications, including geography Utilize Windows Azure for computational work Strategy Consulting Technical Assessments Capacity & Expansion Planning Application Development Migration Support and Training Performance Testing Increase range of services offered Assess, Plan, Support organizations adoption of cloud services Migrate on-premise applications Integrate on-premise applications and cloud-based applications together Recurring revenue streams Increased service based opportunities Increase range of services offered including geography
32. Windows Azure is a priority for Microsoft Capabilities & Solutions Field Priorities Partner Support Management focus throughout organization Account management focus through commitments Windows Azure revenue targets Windows Azure readiness support is a top priority. New materials/information is being deployed daily for partners Windows Azure and other services are releasing new capabilities continually Partners can obtain support from all Microsoft contact points Partner Network regularly releasing materialsraining
34. The evolution of computing Windows Azure is an integrated cloud solution, utilizing Microsoft products already familiar with IT professionals Mobile / other browser Developer Experience PC browser applications Use existing skills and tools Compute Storage Relational data Access control Management Management Service Bus On-premises Leveraging Existing IT Investments Hybrid applications LOB Applications
40. Supports both Microsoft & open-source tools and languagesThere are multiple ways for businesses to utilize Windows Azure, from creating new solutions to migrating existing ones
41. Microsoft Windows Azure Vision and Strategy Windows Azure Strategy Windows Azure Today Windows Azure Vision Simplify migrations from on-premise to the cloud Offering shared model for improved elasticity, tenant customization/provisioning and lower TCO Appeal equally to ISV’s, Developers and Enterprises Shared hardware model (PaaS & IaaS) Strong Channel & Partner ecosystem Full range of offerings (including SaaS) Best positioned to support customers with shared hardware platforms Well-suited to support enterprise customers Focus on enhancing Windows Azure to support full range of SaaS offerings i.e. VM Role Widening customer base to include those without existing on-premise infrastructure Deep investment in infrastructure and management software layers across the globe
42. Partner Opportunities within the Cloud Cloud Service Offerings Traditional Service Models Business Consulting Assessments/Pilots Systems Integration Solutions Software Development Outsourcing SLA Management
43. Microsoft: Your Partner in the Cloud (SI) SIs can offer assessment services, migration tools, integrate applications/web services, manage support services, and create training tools to leverage cloud. SI ISV Speed Up Development Generate Revenue by Providing New Efficient Choices to Your Customers Choose a Dependable Partner with a Large Ecosystem Augment existing applications using Azure services comprehensive, interoperable, business class features Blend your customer on-premises IT assets with cloud computing capabilities Migrate legacy solutions to Windows Azure Move applications without re-architecting the infrastructure Provide your customers with efficient investments which scale as they grow Familiar developer experience: Visual Studio integration Windows Azure is designed for interoperability(SOAP, REST XML) Support for popular programming languages Reduce the barriers associated with large or slower deployments by leveraging the agility of Azure Accelerate your sales cycle by providing solutions with little to no dependency on your customer IT Microsoft is a market-leading platform infrastructure provider– as its core business Reliability (Proofpoints) Security Standards Automated Management Microsoft’s large partner ecosystem makes it easy to establish relationships with ISVs that you can integrate Azure Services into your customers’ existing environment
44. Microsoft benefits include shifting IT resource focus towards core value adding activities On Premises Cost Breakdown Windows Azure Solution Cost Breakdown new capacity or cost savings App Dev Hardware/Hosting Support Cost saved Infrastructure Maturity Model Source: Making the Windows Azure Platform Real for the CIO: An MSIT Perspective, 05/31/2010 Windows Azure accelerates Infrastructure Maturity Lower levels of infrastructure maturity: Have higher potential IT benefits Introduce agility and efficiency into organization behavior quickly
45. Customers will benefit from moving to Windows Azure Transcend Complexity Agile Infrastructure Sustained Advantage Rapid deployment of new business solutions Focus IT on driving the business not maintenance Low ongoing infrastructure costs Utilize familiar development tools Helps provide a secure and compliant platform Scale capacity up and down on demand Transparent ROI Opportunity for extra functionality
46. Delivering the right Windows Azure Service – Solution Selling 4 Utilization Patterns 5 IT Scenarios
52. Disaster response / recoveryCustomers with considerable investments in their data centers may find themselves with significant capacity problems, or simply may want to explore minimizing future capital expenditures.
57. Scalable websites: low-cost option for product launches, M&As, or customer loyalty programs. If customers plan any new application development, the Windows Azure platform provides an attractive solution to minimize their development lifecycle and/or maximize TCO benefits.
65. Data Distribution – The ability to host and distribute proprietary information, such as videos or documents, which are being globally accessed via the web.
68. Data Backup and RecoveryStorage in the Cloud is rapidly becoming more attractive for customers with large and rapidly growing repositories of data and/or customers with mature data governance polices.
69. Microsoft’s Cloud Continuum: Choice Private Public Software as a Service (SaaS) Platform as a Service (PaaS) Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) | | Dynamic Data Center Toolkit For Hosters Dynamic Data Center Toolkit For Enterprises
71. Windows Azure is uniquely positioned against competing offerings
72. The Vision of Microsoft’s Position in Cloud Computing "Microsoft is really getting ahead of the game in the cloud, and it is in a much better position vis-a-vis its competition." -CNN Money “The launch of Windows Azure and Azure Services platform is a first step in a long evolutionary path.” -IDC “Cloud computing places Microsoft and its customers at the center of a remarkable transition in and around everything [they] do with technology.“ -Business Week “[Microsoft is] unique in that no other vendor has the same level of experience and expertise in software and services." -CIO.com “Microsoft has the ability to establish…a low- or no-impact, evolutionary solution for customers to move to a cloud infrastructure.” -IDC
73. What’s Coming Unified Programming Platform and Tools .NET 4 & Visual Studio 2010 Improved compatibility between on-premise applications and Windows Azure applications via support for VMs and other methods Simplified Management Improved interoperability with System Center and APIs for integration with mainstream management tools like OpenView and Tivoli Flexible and Trustworthy Storage Windows Azure Storage: Automatic data geo-replication SQL Azure: Larger database sizes for SQL Azure & On premise/Cloud data sync Efficient Networking Improvements in flexibility and responsiveness Global Platform Additional locations and CDN nodes & Global Traffic Management Capabilities Compliance Important new security and compliance certifications Adaptable Pricing Models Integration with MS Volume Licensing
75. Windows Azure business models aim to empower Partners “Built for Windows Azure Platform” Channel Model Applications that include the Windows Azure Platform: • Customer buys applications and the Windows Azure Platform from a partner. • Partner buys the Windows Azure Platform from Microsoft. “Embedded“ Channel Model Applications that include the Windows Azure Platform: • Customer buys applications and the Windows Azure Platform from a partner. • Partner buys the Windows Azure Platform from Microsoft.
76. Profiling your Sales Targets Enterprises SMBs TDM/BDMs There are also opportunities in the lower- midsize market segment Your upper-midsize and enterprise customers with 500+ computers Target roles include TDMs and BDMs, especially those responsible for increasing business agility, lower capital expenditure and deceasing TCO
77. Potential Deal Sizes Enterprises TDM/BDMs SMBs Potential # of Applications to Migrate 50-100+ 2-5+ 1 Bus Dev Investment Hours 100+hrs 40-80hrs 10-20hrs Pre Sales Activities Cloud Assessment Workshops Business Case Support Client Awareness Factoryngine ROI Business Case Support Client Awareness Client Awareness Proof of Concepts Implementation Activities Application Development & Test Decommissioning Support Application Extension Architecture Design Application Development & Test DR Setup/Relief Decommissioning Support Application Development & Test Potential Implementation Hours 3000-6000hrs 750-1500hrs 200-500hrs Deal Size $300-$500k $75-$200k $40-$60k
78. Top Five Ideal Customer Traits for Windows Azure Opportunities Midsize customer accounts with a history of investing in IT to differentiate for competitive advantage and are actively pursuing innovative projects and ways to service clients 1 Looking for application/infrastructure stability, is experiencing scalability or peak demand issues for either system or data resources and currently has no– or low-Service Level Agreements for uptime 2 3 Strong partner relationship through IT and Application Outsourcing 4 Looking to decrease Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and minimize capital expenditure 5 Owns Microsoft Windows Server 2003 or 2008 and the majority of their application stack utilizes Microsoft technologies
79. Typical Windows Azure Deal Parameters Exposure Typical Emerging Trends Enterprise typically as a significant investment in the Microsoft stack already Track record of adopting new technologies early To create hybrid solutions Proprietary data remains secured behind firewalls Low risk data/processing leverages cloud’s elastic nature BDM and/or TDM is driving teams/projects in order to gain exposure to the cloud Looking for a simple conversation to get quick wins and to get some learning about how to use the cloud Typical Motivations Core Concerns Security of data within the cloud Open to learning how solution will ensure privacy compliance Reduce IT capital budget Drive IW productivity and company growth Rationalize ROI through transparent accounting
80. Many of your Accounts are Ready “By 2012, 80% of Fortune 1000 enterprises will be using some cloud computing services, 20% of businesses will own no IT assets.” Gartner “The bottom line: Early adopters are finding serious benefits, meaning that cloud computing is real and warrants your scrutiny as a new set of platforms for business applications.” Forrester Begin initiating Cloud Assessments to qualify opportunities Identify technology “first mover” accounts and utilize proof of concept solution selling
81. Windows Azure benefits customers, partners, and Microsoft Partner Consulting Services Migration/Build Services Application Management Provide Training / Materials Provide Assessment Process Incentives / Introductory offers Provide thought leadership Deliver Assessment Services Build/migrate/manage applications Customer Microsoft Windows Azure Revenue Reduced IT Costs Improved Performance Purchase Windows Azure Service
82. Migration assessments help convert customer interest into a decision to migrate applications to Windows Azure Customer Journey Running on Windows Azure Platform Client interest in Windows Azure Decision to migrate to Windows Azure Migrate Applications Migration Assessment Key tasks: Key tasks: Project Management Architectural Design Development Testing Monitoring Qualify Opportunity Identify Candidate Applications Assess Benefits case Assess Migration Suitability Build Portfolio Migration Plan
83. Windows Azure Cloud Assessment Process Build Migration Plan Assess Migration Suitability Assess Benefits Case Identify Candidate Applications Qualify Opportunity Analyze business objectives Score apps against business objectives TCO analysis (Total Cost Ownership) Utilize Migration Assessment Tool (MAT) Analyze migration scenarios Activities Analyze technical environment Define candidates apps for assessment Analyze TCO & benefits scorecard Assess customized migration report Develop Migration Plan Account Manager Tech Pre-Sales Migration Assessment Roles Customer Business Decision Maker Technical Architects Project/ Assessment Manager Migration Assessment Tool TCO Tool Portfolio Assessment Framework Sales Qualification Questionnaire Migration Prioritization Approach Tools and Support Benefits Scorecard Architectural Guidance Training
96. Lowers total cost of ownershipSituation/Solution: Wipro wanted to offer its customers highly scalable, high-performance business services solutions while reducing development, maintenance, and infrastructure costs. The firm is building solutions for the Windows Azure platform, to take advantage of its scalability, broad service platform, versatile storage, and easy integration with on-premises solutions. Key Advances: By taking advantage of the on-demand application scaling, Windows Azure storage services, Microsoft SQL Azure relational database capabilities, and support for familiar programming languages in the Windows Azure platform, Wipro expects to reduce costs, improve agility, enhance global consistency for its customers, and add new revenue streams for its own operations. IT Services Company Reduces Costs, Expands Opportunities with New Cloud Platform “The Windows Azure platform is a highly effective and low cost option for hosting complex solutions with agility and scalability.” — Srini Pallia, Senior Vice President and Global Head of Business Technology Services, Wipro Technologies Company Profile: Wipro Technologies, one of the world's largest IT services companies, provides global integrated business, technology, and process solutions. Based in Bangalore, India, Wipro employs more than 95,000 people worldwide.
97. Microsoft is offering a variety of partner programs to support building a Windows Azure practice Find more information on pricing and offers, visit www.windowsazure.com/pricing.
102. Develop a simple web based services to gain exposure to worker roles and SQL Azure2 3 Recognize that Windows Azure is an extension of current Microsoft on-premise development environment 4 Identify internal applications that can be migrated to Windows Azure 5 Migrate an Internal application 6 Support resource learning on Application Migration considerations 7 Look for application migration opportunities with clients
103. Initial Windows Azure Customer Engagement framework Application Migration New Solutions
105. Windows Azure Roles – from Sales to Implementation Business Process/Architecture Implementation Technical Architect Technical Analyst Project Management Sales Technical Pre-Sales Custom Application Developers w/ Windows Azure training .NET, Open Source technologies SQL Server Scalability, Availability and Performance experts
106. Role-Based Learning Paths Roles in a Windows Azure solution implementation Sales IT architect IT implementer Technical presales Application Developer Practice Executive
107. Managed SI – Sales Learning Paths By Role Demand Gen Prospect Qualify Develop Solution Proof Close Deploy BDM (Practice Exec) Sales Technical Pre-Sales
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