Needham Bank in Needham, MA is benefitting from utilizing Array Networks' remote access technology by providing remote desktop, layer 3 ssl vpn and ipad remote access to its user community.
Difficult Conversations in Creative Environments ~ IA Summit 2009Dan Brown
Information Architects work in environments that demand close collaboration with other people, primarily clients and colleagues. Design teams of any size need to manage the logistics of the design process, collaborate with each other to solve complex problems, and communicate those ideas effectively. Clients also exert pressure on the design team, presenting the design problem and vetting potential solutions. Successful senior designers and team managers must know how to navigate these waters delicately. Every one of these activities–from clarifying requirements to presenting design ideas to walking through revisions–requires working with other people. Every task on a design project has some element of communication and collaboration. And these infinite touchpoints within the team (designers, managers, stakeholders, and clients alike) represent risks to the project: one misstep and the project can come to a screeching halt.
This workshop is for information architects to help them understand and improve the core communications skills for working with teams and clients. Junior information architects seeking advancement will benefit from this opportunity to explore the crucial skills that separate them from senior designers.
Define and understand communication and the communication process
List and overcome the filters/barriers in a communication process
Practice active listening
Tips to improve verbal and non verbal communication
The document discusses interpersonal skills and their importance in the workplace. It defines interpersonal skills as behaviors used to interact effectively with others, including self-esteem, self-confidence, and assertiveness. The document outlines negative emotions like anger and conflict that can arise and need to be dealt with. It also provides tips for developing interpersonal skills like identifying areas for improvement, focusing on basic communication skills, and practicing interpersonal skills. Finally, the document lists 10 important interpersonal skills for the workplace like self-confidence, listening skills, and conflict resolution.
This document discusses leadership and the roles and responsibilities of team leaders. It provides definitions of leadership from Prof. Warren Bennis and describes some key responsibilities of team leaders, such as guiding team members, setting goals and objectives, and monitoring performance. The document also explores whether leaders are born or made and lists important leadership skills like intelligence, creativity, and emotional intelligence. Finally, it discusses the importance of teamwork, accountability, and goal setting for effective leadership.
Accepting the Truth at Work: 3 Practical Tools Janice Fraser
Mind the Product, 2018 London. This talk provides three practical tools that product leaders can use to uncover, accept, and act on what is true—so that you can be less grumpy and more effective at work. Because isn't that what we all enjoy? The feeling that we're doing good work, and that it's working?
(UBAD Model for Buy-In by Janice Fraser is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives License 4.0 International.)
The document provides 10 tips for enhancing leadership skills presented by Maria Afzal, including getting a reality check, not using the power of your position, listening to employees, stopping providing solutions, always being constructive, judging success by team success, including humor, and letting employees know the real you.
People management is one of the most difficult areas of management. Good managers must anticipate issues that could affect their employees' motivation and performance in order to keep their teams aligned with organizational goals. There are two main theories on managing people - Theory X assumes people are lazy and need close supervision, while Theory Y assumes people are self-motivated and seek responsibility. Effective managers balance concern for results with concern for their employees' needs and interests. Regular self-evaluation using a development wheel can help managers improve their coaching, delegation, communication, and other leadership skills.
Difficult Conversations in Creative Environments ~ IA Summit 2009Dan Brown
Information Architects work in environments that demand close collaboration with other people, primarily clients and colleagues. Design teams of any size need to manage the logistics of the design process, collaborate with each other to solve complex problems, and communicate those ideas effectively. Clients also exert pressure on the design team, presenting the design problem and vetting potential solutions. Successful senior designers and team managers must know how to navigate these waters delicately. Every one of these activities–from clarifying requirements to presenting design ideas to walking through revisions–requires working with other people. Every task on a design project has some element of communication and collaboration. And these infinite touchpoints within the team (designers, managers, stakeholders, and clients alike) represent risks to the project: one misstep and the project can come to a screeching halt.
This workshop is for information architects to help them understand and improve the core communications skills for working with teams and clients. Junior information architects seeking advancement will benefit from this opportunity to explore the crucial skills that separate them from senior designers.
Define and understand communication and the communication process
List and overcome the filters/barriers in a communication process
Practice active listening
Tips to improve verbal and non verbal communication
The document discusses interpersonal skills and their importance in the workplace. It defines interpersonal skills as behaviors used to interact effectively with others, including self-esteem, self-confidence, and assertiveness. The document outlines negative emotions like anger and conflict that can arise and need to be dealt with. It also provides tips for developing interpersonal skills like identifying areas for improvement, focusing on basic communication skills, and practicing interpersonal skills. Finally, the document lists 10 important interpersonal skills for the workplace like self-confidence, listening skills, and conflict resolution.
This document discusses leadership and the roles and responsibilities of team leaders. It provides definitions of leadership from Prof. Warren Bennis and describes some key responsibilities of team leaders, such as guiding team members, setting goals and objectives, and monitoring performance. The document also explores whether leaders are born or made and lists important leadership skills like intelligence, creativity, and emotional intelligence. Finally, it discusses the importance of teamwork, accountability, and goal setting for effective leadership.
Accepting the Truth at Work: 3 Practical Tools Janice Fraser
Mind the Product, 2018 London. This talk provides three practical tools that product leaders can use to uncover, accept, and act on what is true—so that you can be less grumpy and more effective at work. Because isn't that what we all enjoy? The feeling that we're doing good work, and that it's working?
(UBAD Model for Buy-In by Janice Fraser is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives License 4.0 International.)
The document provides 10 tips for enhancing leadership skills presented by Maria Afzal, including getting a reality check, not using the power of your position, listening to employees, stopping providing solutions, always being constructive, judging success by team success, including humor, and letting employees know the real you.
People management is one of the most difficult areas of management. Good managers must anticipate issues that could affect their employees' motivation and performance in order to keep their teams aligned with organizational goals. There are two main theories on managing people - Theory X assumes people are lazy and need close supervision, while Theory Y assumes people are self-motivated and seek responsibility. Effective managers balance concern for results with concern for their employees' needs and interests. Regular self-evaluation using a development wheel can help managers improve their coaching, delegation, communication, and other leadership skills.
Delegation is important for business growth. It allows managers to focus on high-value tasks while increasing productivity. To delegate effectively, managers should select the right person for each task, provide training, set clear expectations, and then trust the employee to complete the work without micromanaging. When done properly, delegation boosts employee morale, improves work-life balance for managers, and allows both the business and its employees to reach their full potential.
Team building ppt manisha (may & june, 2012)Manisha Sharma
The document discusses the importance of team building. It defines a team as a group of people who depend on each other to combine their skills to achieve a common goal. Effective teams have commitment to shared objectives, clear roles, open communication, rapid response to problems, and strong leadership. The document outlines several factors that are important for successful team performance, including having a strategy, clear roles and responsibilities, open communication, rapid response, and effective leadership. It emphasizes the importance of trust, empowerment, information sharing, developing team spirit, and sharing success to build a strong team. Team building activities can help develop creativity, initiative, combined effort, individual growth, and a sense of responsibility.
This document provides tips on how to think on your feet and speak under pressure. It begins by giving examples of situations where one might need to speak publicly without preparation. It then discusses taking a deep breath before responding, listening carefully to the question, using silence to organize thoughts, sticking to one main point, practicing clear delivery, being interesting through brief storytelling, and summarizing before stopping. The document also discusses why thinking on your feet is important for making sensible decisions and delivering effective responses. It suggests developing emotional intelligence and provides examples of how thinking on your feet is useful for interviews, presentations, and life in general.
This presentation was made by me for providing training to the employees of Unique Contracting Co. LLC on "Adaptability & Flexibility". Unique is a construction company based in Muscat, Oman. It is owned and managed by the Limbani Family of Gujarat (Republic of India).
The document discusses effective communication skills. It provides facts about muscles used for communication and defines communication as transmitting information between people through words and actions. The document outlines different types of communication, barriers to effective communication, and techniques to improve listening skills such as paraphrasing, summarizing, and asking open-ended questions. It emphasizes the importance of communication skills for success and provides tips for improving communication abilities.
The document provides 7 tips for building accountability in employees. The tips include letting employees know you expect them to take responsibility, giving clear goals and latitude in how they achieve them, easing direction as competence increases, resisting solving problems for employees and instead turning it back to them, asking questions that focus on thinking process rather than details, and recognizing and acknowledging when employees take responsibility. Following these tips can help create a culture of accountability that benefits both managers and employees.
This document outlines the course content for a network security class at Kabul Education University. It includes an overview of topics to be covered in the first week such as network security background, definitions, why security became important, network models, and security goals. It also outlines the class policies on attendance and assignments. The grading evaluation breaks down the internal and final exam components. Several lecture slides provide more details on concepts like what security is, why network security is needed, security attack categories, and that security is best achieved through a process using multiple mechanisms rather than a single product.
Effective Communication Skills to succeed at your WorkplacePeace Itimi
These tips will help you communicate better with your colleagues and everyone you come in contact with. I listed 5 core communications skills here for a presentation to my colleague
This training programme provides managers with the skills to effectively conduct employee performance appraisals and give feedback. The programme covers preparing for and planning appraisals, roles and responsibilities of managers, setting objectives, giving feedback, and identifying the key elements of an effective performance review. Trainees will practice conducting appraisals through role plays and receive feedback from observers on their skills. The goal is to enable honest and constructive feedback to help employees improve performance.
This document discusses the responsibilities and skills of effective supervisors. It outlines that supervisors must work well with employees, management, and peers by setting a good example, providing trust and loyalty, and offering constructive feedback. Supervisory responsibilities include conducting safety meetings and investigations, assisting with job safety analyses, maintaining equipment and work areas, training employees, and supervising task performance. Additional characteristics of successful supervisors are having a positive attitude, being a good communicator, and possessing both technical and human relations skills.
Successful teams are empowered to establish their own goals, make decisions about how to achieve those goals, undertake the tasks required to meet them, and be mutually accountable for results. Experience has shown this approach leads to successful teams.
This document discusses ways to build accountable teams. It defines accountability as taking responsibility for one's actions and their consequences. It notes there are three meanings: accountability, responsibility, and commitment. It then outlines six tracks to develop accountability: 1) extending the perimeter of accountability; 2) developing empowerment; 3) developing a results-oriented culture; 4) encouraging innovation and risk-taking; 5) developing agility; and 6) redefining the manager's role to focus on communication, confidence, creation, and competency development through coaching. The overall message is that accountability is a process that requires empowering teams and focusing on collective goals and mutual accountability.
The document discusses the qualities and skills of effective leadership. It identifies key leadership traits such as motivating followers, having initiative, communicating clearly, and problem solving abilities. The document also provides tips for developing leadership skills, such as learning to communicate effectively, organizing workflow, and recognizing individual contributions. Examples of leadership failures include an inability to organize or provide support. Overall, the document outlines the characteristics of good leaders and offers advice for improving one's leadership capabilities.
This document discusses the importance of supervisory development training. It notes that supervisors are the first line managers and their skills impact the speed of the entire organization. Effective supervisory skills include patience, commitment, respect, good judgment, and the ability to manage adversity. The methodology outlined includes providing a respectful workplace where ideas are valued, recognizing talent, short and long term career planning, empowering decision making, setting clear goals, and providing continuous feedback and rewards. Activities include solving problems immediately, reviewing team goals in line with organizational goals, and prioritizing work to meet targets.
The document discusses the importance of effective supervision and outlines key factors for supervisors to be effective. It states that effective supervisors are critical to achieving organizational goals like increased productivity and engaged employees. To be effective, supervisors need personal qualities like communication skills, technical skills relevant to the job, experience on the job, formal training, mentoring from other supervisors, and support from upper management. The document provides details on each of these factors and their impact.
Feedback training visuals toolbox presentationPeter Zvirinsky
Feedback training visuals toolbox - communication concepts diagrams and illustrations: Feedback definition
Types of feedback, written and verbal feedback, 360 degree feedback. Giving and receiving feedback
Feedback guidelines, good and bad feedback messages.
This document discusses basic management skills, including the role of a manager, predictive versus reactive management, delegation, and evaluation. It covers key topics such as creating a management mission statement, the importance of predictive management to reduce the need for reactive management, secrets to effective delegation including deciding what tasks to delegate and training employees, and using performance improvement plans to address deficiencies. The overall document provides an overview of fundamental management concepts and best practices.
M2 Computing was founded in 2000 to provide affordable IT solutions for small and medium businesses. It helps businesses harness technology to become more productive and competitive. The expectations for disaster recovery have increased so businesses need to be able to recover instantly from IT failures. M2 Computing recommends virtual desktop solutions which host desktops, applications, and data remotely so businesses can access them from anywhere and are protected from local hardware failures. They have helped many clients successfully migrate to virtual desktops and implement backup and disaster recovery solutions.
This document summarizes a presentation about developing a complete desktop strategy. It discusses challenges like managing costs during a Windows 7 migration and ensuring applications and data are securely accessible from anywhere. It promotes using the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack and cloud services to provide end-to-end PC management, security, mobility and optimization of existing investments. Virtualization techniques like application virtualization and virtual desktop infrastructure are presented as key tactics to maximize flexibility. The presentation encourages evaluating these Microsoft solutions in a proof of concept to modernize the desktop strategy.
Delegation is important for business growth. It allows managers to focus on high-value tasks while increasing productivity. To delegate effectively, managers should select the right person for each task, provide training, set clear expectations, and then trust the employee to complete the work without micromanaging. When done properly, delegation boosts employee morale, improves work-life balance for managers, and allows both the business and its employees to reach their full potential.
Team building ppt manisha (may & june, 2012)Manisha Sharma
The document discusses the importance of team building. It defines a team as a group of people who depend on each other to combine their skills to achieve a common goal. Effective teams have commitment to shared objectives, clear roles, open communication, rapid response to problems, and strong leadership. The document outlines several factors that are important for successful team performance, including having a strategy, clear roles and responsibilities, open communication, rapid response, and effective leadership. It emphasizes the importance of trust, empowerment, information sharing, developing team spirit, and sharing success to build a strong team. Team building activities can help develop creativity, initiative, combined effort, individual growth, and a sense of responsibility.
This document provides tips on how to think on your feet and speak under pressure. It begins by giving examples of situations where one might need to speak publicly without preparation. It then discusses taking a deep breath before responding, listening carefully to the question, using silence to organize thoughts, sticking to one main point, practicing clear delivery, being interesting through brief storytelling, and summarizing before stopping. The document also discusses why thinking on your feet is important for making sensible decisions and delivering effective responses. It suggests developing emotional intelligence and provides examples of how thinking on your feet is useful for interviews, presentations, and life in general.
This presentation was made by me for providing training to the employees of Unique Contracting Co. LLC on "Adaptability & Flexibility". Unique is a construction company based in Muscat, Oman. It is owned and managed by the Limbani Family of Gujarat (Republic of India).
The document discusses effective communication skills. It provides facts about muscles used for communication and defines communication as transmitting information between people through words and actions. The document outlines different types of communication, barriers to effective communication, and techniques to improve listening skills such as paraphrasing, summarizing, and asking open-ended questions. It emphasizes the importance of communication skills for success and provides tips for improving communication abilities.
The document provides 7 tips for building accountability in employees. The tips include letting employees know you expect them to take responsibility, giving clear goals and latitude in how they achieve them, easing direction as competence increases, resisting solving problems for employees and instead turning it back to them, asking questions that focus on thinking process rather than details, and recognizing and acknowledging when employees take responsibility. Following these tips can help create a culture of accountability that benefits both managers and employees.
This document outlines the course content for a network security class at Kabul Education University. It includes an overview of topics to be covered in the first week such as network security background, definitions, why security became important, network models, and security goals. It also outlines the class policies on attendance and assignments. The grading evaluation breaks down the internal and final exam components. Several lecture slides provide more details on concepts like what security is, why network security is needed, security attack categories, and that security is best achieved through a process using multiple mechanisms rather than a single product.
Effective Communication Skills to succeed at your WorkplacePeace Itimi
These tips will help you communicate better with your colleagues and everyone you come in contact with. I listed 5 core communications skills here for a presentation to my colleague
This training programme provides managers with the skills to effectively conduct employee performance appraisals and give feedback. The programme covers preparing for and planning appraisals, roles and responsibilities of managers, setting objectives, giving feedback, and identifying the key elements of an effective performance review. Trainees will practice conducting appraisals through role plays and receive feedback from observers on their skills. The goal is to enable honest and constructive feedback to help employees improve performance.
This document discusses the responsibilities and skills of effective supervisors. It outlines that supervisors must work well with employees, management, and peers by setting a good example, providing trust and loyalty, and offering constructive feedback. Supervisory responsibilities include conducting safety meetings and investigations, assisting with job safety analyses, maintaining equipment and work areas, training employees, and supervising task performance. Additional characteristics of successful supervisors are having a positive attitude, being a good communicator, and possessing both technical and human relations skills.
Successful teams are empowered to establish their own goals, make decisions about how to achieve those goals, undertake the tasks required to meet them, and be mutually accountable for results. Experience has shown this approach leads to successful teams.
This document discusses ways to build accountable teams. It defines accountability as taking responsibility for one's actions and their consequences. It notes there are three meanings: accountability, responsibility, and commitment. It then outlines six tracks to develop accountability: 1) extending the perimeter of accountability; 2) developing empowerment; 3) developing a results-oriented culture; 4) encouraging innovation and risk-taking; 5) developing agility; and 6) redefining the manager's role to focus on communication, confidence, creation, and competency development through coaching. The overall message is that accountability is a process that requires empowering teams and focusing on collective goals and mutual accountability.
The document discusses the qualities and skills of effective leadership. It identifies key leadership traits such as motivating followers, having initiative, communicating clearly, and problem solving abilities. The document also provides tips for developing leadership skills, such as learning to communicate effectively, organizing workflow, and recognizing individual contributions. Examples of leadership failures include an inability to organize or provide support. Overall, the document outlines the characteristics of good leaders and offers advice for improving one's leadership capabilities.
This document discusses the importance of supervisory development training. It notes that supervisors are the first line managers and their skills impact the speed of the entire organization. Effective supervisory skills include patience, commitment, respect, good judgment, and the ability to manage adversity. The methodology outlined includes providing a respectful workplace where ideas are valued, recognizing talent, short and long term career planning, empowering decision making, setting clear goals, and providing continuous feedback and rewards. Activities include solving problems immediately, reviewing team goals in line with organizational goals, and prioritizing work to meet targets.
The document discusses the importance of effective supervision and outlines key factors for supervisors to be effective. It states that effective supervisors are critical to achieving organizational goals like increased productivity and engaged employees. To be effective, supervisors need personal qualities like communication skills, technical skills relevant to the job, experience on the job, formal training, mentoring from other supervisors, and support from upper management. The document provides details on each of these factors and their impact.
Feedback training visuals toolbox presentationPeter Zvirinsky
Feedback training visuals toolbox - communication concepts diagrams and illustrations: Feedback definition
Types of feedback, written and verbal feedback, 360 degree feedback. Giving and receiving feedback
Feedback guidelines, good and bad feedback messages.
This document discusses basic management skills, including the role of a manager, predictive versus reactive management, delegation, and evaluation. It covers key topics such as creating a management mission statement, the importance of predictive management to reduce the need for reactive management, secrets to effective delegation including deciding what tasks to delegate and training employees, and using performance improvement plans to address deficiencies. The overall document provides an overview of fundamental management concepts and best practices.
M2 Computing was founded in 2000 to provide affordable IT solutions for small and medium businesses. It helps businesses harness technology to become more productive and competitive. The expectations for disaster recovery have increased so businesses need to be able to recover instantly from IT failures. M2 Computing recommends virtual desktop solutions which host desktops, applications, and data remotely so businesses can access them from anywhere and are protected from local hardware failures. They have helped many clients successfully migrate to virtual desktops and implement backup and disaster recovery solutions.
This document summarizes a presentation about developing a complete desktop strategy. It discusses challenges like managing costs during a Windows 7 migration and ensuring applications and data are securely accessible from anywhere. It promotes using the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack and cloud services to provide end-to-end PC management, security, mobility and optimization of existing investments. Virtualization techniques like application virtualization and virtual desktop infrastructure are presented as key tactics to maximize flexibility. The presentation encourages evaluating these Microsoft solutions in a proof of concept to modernize the desktop strategy.
The IT Engineer was responding to a support ticket from a user requesting to connect their personal laptop to the company network, which violates security standards. While the IT department is responsible for supporting over 150 computers across multiple sites with a reduced staff, they have implemented security measures to prevent over 2,000 hacking attempts and 42,000 viruses last month. The IT department is working on several projects to streamline and improve systems, including deploying Oracle applications, upgrading networks and computers, and developing a cloud solution to enable remote collaboration.
This document discusses cloud database as a service (CDaaS). It begins by outlining some key advantages of CDaaS, such as scalability, cost savings, and ease of use. It then examines some challenges of CDaaS, such as internet speed, query workloads, and privacy issues. Finally, it proposes that CDaaS will play an important role in the future of databases and computing.
End-user computing is not a trend, it's a transformational shiftUni Systems S.M.S.A.
In the new end-user computing environment, people want to stay connected and have access to the best networks and services as a seamless extension of their traditional desktop.
End-user computing is no longer about managing laptops and desktops. Today, we need to support user access to services, applications, and data on any device and in any location.
This revolution promises greater flexibility, productivity enhancements, staff morale improvements, and cost savings.
Your business can benefit from Virtual Desktop Computing.
The document is a presentation about moving accounting software to the cloud using TimberCloud. It discusses the benefits of cloud computing like reduced costs, increased access and productivity. It provides information on how TimberCloud works, the security of their data centers, cost savings comparisons, concerns about reliability and security, the migration process and testimonials from existing users. The presentation aims to convince construction companies to switch their Sage Timberline Office or Sage 300 software to TimberCloud for hosting in the cloud.
This document discusses how tablets are becoming essential tools for deskless workers. Tablets provide a versatile form factor that allows workers to be productive from any position and access important customer and device information remotely. They bridge humans and IoT data by enabling workers to both access and input data easily. Tablets send a signal that businesses are adapting to new technologies, important for attracting younger workers. When paired with security and management tools, tablets improve service experiences and outcomes while increasing job satisfaction and efficiency for mobile workforces.
This document summarizes a case study of automating a hedge fund's end-of-day trade summarization process. A financial brokerage firm had hedge fund clients that previously summarized trades manually, which took time and introduced errors. The firm engaged DATA Inc. to develop a desktop application that integrated and automated the summarization process using Microsoft technologies like .NET and SQL Server. The application reduced summarization time from hours to under a minute, ensured consistent and accurate results, and saved the clients and brokerage firm time and money.
This document discusses how independent software vendors (ISVs) can accelerate their business by providing customers with high-performance data connectivity solutions. It emphasizes that superior data connectivity is needed to meet customers' real-time data expectations across big data, relational databases, and cloud sources. The document recommends partnering with a single connectivity provider that can provide access to any data source from any device through on-premise, hybrid or cloud solutions while improving data access speeds by up to 500%. Case studies of NetSuite and Explore Analytics highlight how they leveraged Progress DataDirect solutions to provide seamless connectivity and integration to customers.
MF Biz-Connect is a handheld device created by MMFSL to streamline their rural loan processing. Key issues it addressed include infrastructure constraints in rural India causing delays, lack of adequate customer data for compliance, and customer and employee dissatisfaction over delays. The device allows capturing customer data including biometrics and multimedia on site and uploading it anywhere via GPRS. It provides extended backup, thermal printing, and an easy interface. This allows processing loans within 2 hours, improving portfolio health and meeting financial inclusion goals while reducing errors, paper usage, and dependency on infrastructure. The modular design allows easy upgrades to keep up with technology changes.
Desktop virtualization involves separating the desktop environment from the physical device and hosting it centrally in a data center. This allows users to access their desktop from any device. There are several drivers for companies adopting desktop virtualization, including lower management costs, improved security since data is centralized, and reduced total cost of ownership. Desktop virtualization solutions include terminal services, virtual desktops, application virtualization, and virtual systems. T-Systems' Dynamic Desktop offering provides these advantages through centralized management of desktops in the data center, giving users flexibility in accessing their desktop environment from various locations and devices.
The document discusses challenges businesses face with security, mobility, and IT costs and proposes EarthLink Cloud Workspace as a solution. It summarizes EarthLink Cloud Workspace as a hosted virtual desktop that provides secure access to over 250 applications from any device, reduces costs, improves productivity and security, and requires minimal IT resources. Key benefits include reducing operating costs, supporting a mobile workforce, centralized management, and security compliance.
With 2017 upon us, now is a decent time as any to investigate the new advancements that will be forming the data center industry for quite a long time to come. Investigate what driving analysts and specialists say in regards to the best rising patterns, including the move far from corporate server farms and advancing employment requests.
Watch full webinar here: https://bit.ly/3dhbZTK
What started to evolve as the most agile and real-time enterprise data fabric, data virtualization is proving to go beyond its initial promise and is becoming one of the most important enterprise big data fabrics.
Watch this session to learn:
- What data virtualization really is.
- How it differs from other enterprise data integration technologies.
- Why data virtualization is finding enterprise-wide deployment inside some of the largest organizations.
Designing End-User Experience for Workplace of the Futurestevej7699
Desktop virtualization technologies can help enterprises design and deliver superior end-user experiences for the workplace of the future. Desktop virtualization adopts a user-centric approach to securely deliver data and applications to employees across any device from any location. It provides a flexible, agile environment while ensuring security and availability. Understanding employee needs through user profiling is key to identifying the right virtualization deployment methods and enhancing productivity and experience. Managing the virtual desktop environment well after implementation also requires addressing challenges to maintain optimal performance over time.
Windows 7 desktop virtualization will help to usher in a new era of PC computing. Learn how RingCube vDesk is making IT and employees happier and more productive especially when mobile and remote.
16 Best Practices for Mobile Customer Engagement & Data Collection in the Ent...Avoka
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Why You Should Replace Windows 11 with Nitrux Linux 3.5.0 for enhanced perfor...SOFTTECHHUB
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One such alternative that has garnered significant attention and acclaim is Nitrux Linux 3.5.0, a sleek, powerful, and user-friendly Linux distribution that promises to redefine the way we interact with our devices. With its focus on performance, security, and customization, Nitrux Linux presents a compelling case for those seeking to break free from the constraints of proprietary software and embrace the freedom and flexibility of open-source computing.
In his public lecture, Christian Timmerer provides insights into the fascinating history of video streaming, starting from its humble beginnings before YouTube to the groundbreaking technologies that now dominate platforms like Netflix and ORF ON. Timmerer also presents provocative contributions of his own that have significantly influenced the industry. He concludes by looking at future challenges and invites the audience to join in a discussion.
In the rapidly evolving landscape of technologies, XML continues to play a vital role in structuring, storing, and transporting data across diverse systems. The recent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) present new methodologies for enhancing XML development workflows, introducing efficiency, automation, and intelligent capabilities. This presentation will outline the scope and perspective of utilizing AI in XML development. The potential benefits and the possible pitfalls will be highlighted, providing a balanced view of the subject.
We will explore the capabilities of AI in understanding XML markup languages and autonomously creating structured XML content. Additionally, we will examine the capacity of AI to enrich plain text with appropriate XML markup. Practical examples and methodological guidelines will be provided to elucidate how AI can be effectively prompted to interpret and generate accurate XML markup.
Further emphasis will be placed on the role of AI in developing XSLT, or schemas such as XSD and Schematron. We will address the techniques and strategies adopted to create prompts for generating code, explaining code, or refactoring the code, and the results achieved.
The discussion will extend to how AI can be used to transform XML content. In particular, the focus will be on the use of AI XPath extension functions in XSLT, Schematron, Schematron Quick Fixes, or for XML content refactoring.
The presentation aims to deliver a comprehensive overview of AI usage in XML development, providing attendees with the necessary knowledge to make informed decisions. Whether you’re at the early stages of adopting AI or considering integrating it in advanced XML development, this presentation will cover all levels of expertise.
By highlighting the potential advantages and challenges of integrating AI with XML development tools and languages, the presentation seeks to inspire thoughtful conversation around the future of XML development. We’ll not only delve into the technical aspects of AI-powered XML development but also discuss practical implications and possible future directions.
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Cosa hanno in comune un mattoncino Lego e la backdoor XZ?Speck&Tech
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1. Market: Banking and Financial Services
Application: Remote Access with Data Leakage Protection
Product: Array DesktopDirect
Array Networks, Inc.
1371 McCarthy Blvd. — Milpitas, CA 95035
www.arraynetworks.net 1.866.MY.ARRAY sales@arraynetworks.net
case studyiPad for Business Productivity
This case study relates to Needham Bank, a leading Massachusetts community bank that has
been providing both commercial and consumer financial products since 1892. With multiple
branches in the state of Massachusetts, the bank is a strong supporter of the local businesses
and residents in the towns and the surrounding areas in which they operate.
The Challenge
Needham Bank’s search for more remote access began when it became clear to IT that enhancing
productivity for employees would be highly beneficial to their business. But because very few
employees are actually entrusted with unrestricted access to the building, it was very difficult to
increase the bank’s overall productivity levels during evenings and weekends.
Security is a major consideration in the financial sector. While the bank needed enhanced produc-
tivity for its employees, it also needed to maintain security and compliance to meet requirements
set forth by examiners and regulators. Full VPN access was not a viable option, mainly due to the
inherent risks of VPN, such as data leakage and laptop theft.
The organization had been using GoToMyPC for remote desktop access, but it had proven to be
more laborious than the bank’s IT department had bargained for, and GoToMyPC’s user interface
had left the end user experience lacking. Users were required to remember multiple passwords,
and usage had dropped to a couple hours per month for only about a dozen users. There were
12 disparate entry points of access, which caused IT endless headaches in troubleshooting
connections and sessions for users who were hardly using the service at all in the first place.
The Solution
When the head of IT first saw DesktopDirect he said,“it became clear what my remote desktop
access requirements really were. Being able to access the PC from any device -- iPad and iPhone,
Windows, Chrome, without establishing proxy sessions, was key. I didn’t want to provide full
VPN access -- with DesktopDirect, I can restrict printing and file sharing and prevent exposure of
sensitive financial data and account information. Plus, we’ve had Array’s excellent support to
hammer out any problem along the way -- and there haven’t been many -- the product just works.
“Before I knew about DesktopDirect, I considered using Windows 7 tablet computers to provide
mobile productivity for users -- but after factoring in the cost of the tablets and software licenses,
I realized that I would have to spend at least $30,000 for just the initial phase of our rollout. With
DesktopDirect and iPad, overall TCO is significantly lower. Plus, taking into account the average
battery life of 2-3 hours for tablet PCs or laptops, vs. the iPad’s 10 hours, and the intuitive user
interface of the iPad, it was clear that DesktopDirect with the iPad was the way to go. Now we can
eliminate the need for laptops altogether, which helps me sleep at night, knowing the bank’s
sensitive data won’t ever get into the wrong hands. When it comes down to it, I’m glad I didn’t
spend $30,000.”
By deploying DesktopDirect, the bank was able to increase productivity for employees at a much
lower total cost of ownership, plus they received the added benefit of the Apple iPad’s intuitive
Array Networks DesktopDirect:
iPad for Access to Business Applications
Industry
Banking and Financial Services
• Enhance employee productivity
• Eliminate need to remember
multiple passwords
• Increase remote desktop access
usage among employees
• Reduce support calls associated
with multiple disparate entry points
Solution
• Array Networks DesktopDirect
with iPad Client Application
Results
• Employee productivity enhanced
at a fraction of the cost of VPN
• Full access to office PCs from the
intuitive iPad interface
• Single-sign-on for easy, one-time,
one-password user login
• Data leakage protection -- data
never leaves the office PC
• Fewer, easier-to-resolve calls for
technical support
Customer Quotes
“...it was clear that DesktopDirect with
the iPad was the way to go”
“...with DesktopDirect, I can prevent
exposure of sensitive financial data”
“...I’m glad I didn’t spend $30,000.”
Challenges
2. user interface, enabling users to benefit from the iPad’s streamlined
design to make accessing and using office PCs that much easier.
Alternative Solutions Considered
James Gordon continues,“Had we not found DesktopDirect, we would
have trudged along with the GoToMyPC solution. DesktopDirect came
along in the nick of time, enabling us to move forward with our iPad and
iPhone deployment. Instead of being stuck with a solution that people
wouldn’t have used, now we have a solution that will enhance the bank’s
productivity and competitiveness for at least a couple years.
”We also had heard great things about other alternate solutions such as
Juniper and Cisco, but those people who chose these vendors seemed to
be making their decisions based entirely on the fact that these guys are the
biggest names in networking. For us, we looked at capabilities, including
the ability to dump into syslog, audit activity, and the 256-bit strong
encryption offered by the Array solution.”
Overall Sentiment So Far
“I know this will be one of those technologies that people don’t know how
they lived without. With the world going the way of the iPhone and iPads,
having access to business intelligence no matter where you are is critical.
”At Needham Bank, accounting staff can now rapidly access financial data
remotely, and the business development team can access core banking
applications to get to account and relationship information, which is key
right before going into a meeting. The lending department can access
lending applications and process information, and I don’t need to
emphasize how important DesktopDirect has been so far to IT -- we were
able to service a support call from an executive assistant who needed help
at the bank -- I was able to provide support remotely from my own iPad
while I was out of the office in my car!
“DesktopDirect is painless -- users can even register themselves. Access is
controlled by a single group policy object which is heavily audited. That,
along with DesktopDirect’s ability to generate detailed reports, has enabled
me to configure my own desktop PC environment for easy, secure access
from anywhere. Since this is the central IT command center for the entire
bank, I can now provide full support at any time, from any location, which
lowers overall IT support overhead, thereby saving the bank money.”
James Gordon
Vice President of IT
Needham Bank
case studyiPad for Business Productivity
Array Networks, Inc.
1371 McCarthy Blvd. — Milpitas, CA 95035
www.arraynetworks.net 1.866.MY.ARRAY sales@arraynetworks.net
Needham Bank’s Remote Desktop Access
Architecture, Using GoToMyPC
Needham Bank’s Remote Desktop Access
Architecture, Using DesktopDirect
- disparate points of network entry
- multiple passwords required
- difficult to troubleshoot
- single point of network entry
- single sign-on (SSO)
- easy to support
iPad and iPhone accessing Windows via DesktopDirect