Presentation given to AGCOM 590 at Kansas State on Oct. 27, 2011. Covers new technologies that are available now and in the future and how they can be used in the workplace. Also gives information on evaluating and adopting new technology in the workplace with a case study on iPads.
Contiuously Deploying Culture 2.0 - Agile ÍslandRich Smith
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The focus of the presentation is on the core philosophy of IoT, Design principles, Business Models, Opportunities and Trends.
Targeted for entrepreneurs, startups who wish to work on IoT products.
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Presentation discussing the story of engineering culture at Etsy and the lessons learnt of maintaining a genuine and engaging culture in a rapidly growing technology company.
Luke Closs at URISA BC (Feb, 2012) talking about Innovation and Open Data, and how cities can better capture innovation created by open data communities to lower costs and provide better services.
The focus of the presentation is on the core philosophy of IoT, Design principles, Business Models, Opportunities and Trends.
Targeted for entrepreneurs, startups who wish to work on IoT products.
Leadership From Below: What Software Developers do for Society and Why Others...Trond Arne Undheim
Developers have some core attitudes that are deeply shaping contemporary society. They foreshadow a society built on leadership from below, where leadership is less hierarchical. In this new, somewhat individualitic world, paradoxically, collaboration and standardization lay the foundation for the future.
Presenter: Mukund Seshadri
A very high level brief overview of the different types of Machine Learning strategies and what Product Managers need to know about incorporating ML into their Products.
"A software engineer turned Technical Product Manager. I work at Schneider Electric helping ensure Life is On across the world.
Life is too short to build products that people don't want."
The Internet of Things is everywhere. But, contrary to popular belief, it's not as easy as "just put a chip in it." This presentation discusses the subtle nuances on how to design consumer IoT products with the end-user in mind.
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This presentation also highlights the slow-but-steady improvement in the availability of audio described content across a range of platforms including ABC iView, Netflix and iTunes.
Poised to be the next great technological boom, the Internet of Things has been astronomically hyped. Unfortunately, when it comes to the Smart Home, today we've got more Jucero than Jetsons. To live up to it's name, the Smart Home needs to become invisible.
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Leadership From Below: What Software Developers do for Society and Why Others...Trond Arne Undheim
Developers have some core attitudes that are deeply shaping contemporary society. They foreshadow a society built on leadership from below, where leadership is less hierarchical. In this new, somewhat individualitic world, paradoxically, collaboration and standardization lay the foundation for the future.
Presenter: Mukund Seshadri
A very high level brief overview of the different types of Machine Learning strategies and what Product Managers need to know about incorporating ML into their Products.
"A software engineer turned Technical Product Manager. I work at Schneider Electric helping ensure Life is On across the world.
Life is too short to build products that people don't want."
The Internet of Things is everywhere. But, contrary to popular belief, it's not as easy as "just put a chip in it." This presentation discusses the subtle nuances on how to design consumer IoT products with the end-user in mind.
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Dr Scott Hollier discusses the legacy of assistive technologies such as screen readers, the current availability of accessibility features in popular operating systems such a Windows, iOS and Android, and the potential benefits of wearables and the Internet of Things (IoT).
This presentation also highlights the slow-but-steady improvement in the availability of audio described content across a range of platforms including ABC iView, Netflix and iTunes.
Poised to be the next great technological boom, the Internet of Things has been astronomically hyped. Unfortunately, when it comes to the Smart Home, today we've got more Jucero than Jetsons. To live up to it's name, the Smart Home needs to become invisible.
Thinking outside the Inbox - What some big trends mean for HR and Recruiting. Presentation delivered by Steve Boese and Trish McFarlane at HR Florida 2013.
Defrag app stores and the open letter to the ctoT. A. McCann
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Getting around the constraints of mobile form factors requires some innovative design. UX, interaction design, and information architecture are discussed in relation to usable mobile web and app designs and UI trends.
Cortana Analytics Workshop: The Future of AnalyticsMSAdvAnalytics
Joseph Sirosh. A new era of analytics is being engendered by cloud computing. The cloud gives us the power to collect and integrate data from an enormous variety of sources, to process big data at amazing scale and economics, to dramatically simplify development and deployment, and offer amazing intelligent APIs and applications as hosted services. In this keynote talk, Joseph will review with demos and examples how these game-changing developments will change how we live, work and play, and show the enormous opportunities for customers and partners to capitalize on these innovations. Go to https://channel9.msdn.com/ to find the recording of this session.
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Certainly, technology offers many solutions to reduce cost and improve efficiency. But which solutions are right for you? Where do you start?
Topics Cover in this session include:
• What efficiencies do we need most,
• Email tips to save time,
• Apps to organize your life, and
• Using technology to increase sales and improve efficiency.
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Talk from IoT World in Santa Clara, May 12, 2016. How to make IoT objects interoperable and adapble by adding JavaScript. Introduces XS6 open source JavaScript engine optimized for embedded development. Hat tip to Hallelujah the Hills for the epigrams.
Technology trends 2018 and beyond | PLAN Tech Day ConferenceBrian Pichman
Over the last few years, we’ve seen technology evolve in new and exciting ways. Join Brian Pichman of the Evolve Project as he highlights this year’s biggest technology trends and what those trends mean for libraries. What changes are we expecting to see in 2018, and what will be a fad, and what will be the hot tech everyone is talking about? From drones to virtual reality, to creating and innovating, and crazy new inventions — you’ll be left with lots of great ideas, how to stay informed, and how to prepare for what’s ahead.
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Everyone is talking about Smart Home this and Smart Home that, but how and why would I want to put something like this in my home? And how can I take advantage of this technology in the library? Through this webinar we will explore how to implement Smart Home technologies in the library to drive increased patron experience, drive return visits, and continue to increase overall engagement of the visitors.
Teaching Tech to Patrons: The Current LandscapeNick Tanzi
Staff have long served as technology instructors to our communities; what does that role look like in the year 2018 and beyond? This presentation will look at common topics, suggested curriculum, and best practices. A variety of approaches will be covered, including one-on-one, small group, drop-in, and passive instruction. With the right preparation, libraries can continue to help our patrons navigate the rapidly changing tech landscape!
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
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Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
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The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
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Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
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Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
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The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
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Have you ever wanted a Ruby client API to communicate with your web service? Smithy is a protocol-agnostic language for defining services and SDKs. Smithy Ruby is an implementation of Smithy that generates a Ruby SDK using a Smithy model. In this talk, we will explore Smithy and Smithy Ruby to learn how to generate custom feature-rich SDKs that can communicate with any web service, such as a Rails JSON API.
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
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/
AI for Every Business: Unlocking Your Product's Universal Potential by VP of ...
New Technologies and their role in the workplace
1. New Technologies
and their role in the workplace
Russell Feldhausen
Computer Support Specialist
russfeld@ksu.edu @russfeld
AGCOM 590 October 27, 2011
2. New Technologies
• How can I use new technologies at work?
• What new technologies are there?
• What are the new technologies of the future?
3. Technology at Work
• 20 years ago – Computers were only at work
• 10 years ago – Internet was mainly at work
• Today…
– People have iPads
– People have Smartphones
– People use Dropbox
– People download Music, Movies, and Software
– People use Social Media all the time
4. The times, they are a changin’
• Old and busted:
– Your employer provides you with technology
– Everything is locked down and controlled centrally
– You have very little input in the process
• New hotness:
– Employees bringing their own devices to work
– Everything is in the cloud
– You decide what you think will work for you
5. Case Study: iPads
• iPad - April 2010 (only 18 months ago!!)
• People bought them to play with at home
• Enterprise IT ignored them, no use for them
• But…
– People figured out how useful they were
– Showed IT staff how well they performed tasks
– Enterprise IT had to quickly adapt to keep up
7. The Problem
• iPads are consumer devices
– Meant for only 1 user
– No user accounts, so no privacy
– No easy way to manage lots of them
– Hard to get useful files on them
– They require credit cards to purchase anything
– Is there a Return on Investment (ROI)?
8. The Solution
• Enterprise IT had to adapt, fast
– Accenture: 500 iPads got e-mail within 24 hours
– Corporate data had to become mobile, accessible
– Less focus on control, more on secure access
• Apple had to adapt, sort of
– Now allowing bulk app purchasing
– Tools for deploying settings to devices
– Still very consumer oriented, but changing
9. The Result
• 25 Million iPads sold in first 14 months
• 11.1 Million sold last quarter alone!
• People quickly adopted iPads at home, work
• Everything is going to the cloud
• Websites are becoming mobile friendly
• Everyone wants to have their own app
10. Why did it work?
iPads are:
• Cheap (cheaper than a laptop but not
throwaway)
• Easy to use, no user training required
• Fit a unfilled (and unknown) need better than
current technology
• TONS of apps for everything
• Just darn cool!
11. The Good
• Keep up with the latest and greatest out there
• Save time (and maybe even money)
• Stay relevant in a changing world
• Help people do their jobs better, more
efficiently
• Make things easier for the client
12. The Bad
• Need to train staff (and clients) each time
• Always spending money to keep up
• No proven track record of success
• Constantly changing just to keep up
13. The Ugly
• More Open = Less Secure
• Current infrastructure may not be enough
• Resistance to change from IT, Execs, Staff,
Clients
• Some people may be left behind due to
– Slow Internet
– Old Devices
– Lack of technology expertise
– Cultural / ideological inhibitions
14. Evaluating New Technology
• Think about business goals, not new devices
• Look at ways to improve current practices
• Calculate the Return on Investment (ROI)
• Its not about WHAT people work on, but
– HOW they work
– WHEN they work
– WHERE they work
– WHO they work with
15. Warning Signs
• Lack of a user / developer / hacker community
• Vendor lock-in – can you change later?
• Poor user reviews / lack of user reviews
• Resistance to change
• Dramatic price reductions
• Too good to be true
16. Adopting New Technology
• Start with a few “early adopters”
• Have a clear and concise goal in mind
• Spend lots of time training and learning
• Encourage people to experiment
• Move quickly, but not too quickly
17. What aren’t we talking about
• Security – Does it keep your data safe?
• Privacy – Does it expose information?
• Sustainability – What is the cost of upkeep?
• Redundancy – What if it breaks or goes away?
• Copyright – Who owns it and how can I use it?
• Long-term – Will it last long enough to use?
• Neutrality – Does it favor a certain group?
19. The Internet
• It’s everywhere
• Speeds are increasing all the time
• Websites are becoming mobile
• Everything is at your fingertips…
• …if only you could get to it
20. Mobile Devices
• Tablets, smartphones and eReaders
• Instant, always-on access to the internet
• Never have to “not know” again
• Never get lost again
• A camera in every pocket
• Save money while shopping
21. The Cloud
• Computing resources sold as a service and not
a product
• They own the computers and you use them
• Crashplan, Dropbox, Slideshare
• Shazam, Gmail, Paypal
• All the Internet could be “the cloud”
22. Internet TV
• Small box connected to the internet
• Access to
– Hulu
– Youtube
– Netflix
– Pandora
• Who needs cable TV anymore?
23. Other Stuff
• MacBook Air
• SLR Cameras
• Nintendo 3DS
• Intel Core Processors
25. The Internet
• IPv6 – 2^128 IP addresses
• What is the future of Electricity? Internet?
• Websites = mobile websites = apps
• Completely connected homes
• Fragmented – Multiple networks??
• Tiered system – pay to play??
26. Powerful Small Devices
• Ultrabooks – Powerful, light, long battery life
• Quad-core phones – Full-on gaming devices
• iPad2 - Top 30 supercomputer in 1993
• PS Vita – PS3 power in your pocket
• Nest Thermostat – It learns what you like
• Amazon Kindle Fire – Tablet + Amazon :^)
27. Cars: The Final Frontier
• Cars are becoming the next mobile device
• Voice Commands
• Wifi Hotspot
• Car to Car communication
• Interface with phones, laptops, homes
• Personal Recognition
28. E-Ink
• Display Screens everywhere
• No power / no light needed
• Screens on clothes, cars, people
• Everything is a touchscreen
• End of the traditional newspaper
• Buy it once, always has the latest news
29. 3D Printers
• Need a new part for something? Print one
• Rapid prototyping of new ideas
• Print things that would be impossible to
actually manufacture
• Printer in every kids room? (Think: Legos)
• Space travel – just print what you need
30. Light Field Cameras
• Captures not only light color and intensity, but
angle at which it is received
• Refocus the picture after it is taken
• No longer have to worry about shutter
speed, aperture, ISO, etc.
31. End of Physical Media
• VHS & Audio Tapes – Gone
• DVDs and CDs – Going
• Blu-ray – Already on the way out…?
• Video Game Discs – Disappearing…?
• Everyone downloads everything now
• How do you establish ownership?
32. Trusted Computing
• You can’t trust any computer anymore
• Create a system to verify exactly what the
computer is doing and who is doing it
• Only allow access to data from systems that
are “trusted”
• Want to run your own systems… tough luck!
• Secure and Private vs. Open and Available
33. Voice Commands
• Siri – Apple’s new iPhone 4S
• Need something? Just ask it! …or ask her…
• Coming soon to
cars, computers, elevators, TVs, McDonalds, St
arbucks,
35. Keeping up with Technology
• Slashdot: http://slashdot.org
• Google News: http://news.google.com
• ZDNet: http://www.zdnet.com
• PCWorld: http://www.pcworld.com
• CNET: http://www.cnet.com
• Liliputing: http://liliputing.com
• Newegg: http://www.newegg.com
36. Keeping up with Technology
• Ask your IT person (if he or she is helpful)
– If not, find one that is
– Think “tech evangelist” and not “tech czar”
• Talk to colleagues & industry professionals
• Conferences & Conventions & Tradeshows
• Communicate with vendors (if others aren’t)
• Try things yourself!
38. Discussion Time!
• How can what we learned today help our
client and/or the client’s target audience?
• Is there something we should include in our
client report/proposal?
• Is there something we should include on our
WordPress site?
• Is there something we need to research
further based on Today’s discussion?
39. Further Reading
• 23 incredible new techs: http://ow.ly/7aFSm
• Car as the Mobile Device: http://ow.ly/7aGni
• 5 Big Trends in IT: http://ow.ly/7aGx9
• Future of the Internet: http://ow.ly/7aGFT
• iPad Revolution: http://ow.ly/7aHmx
• iPad in the Enterprise: http://ow.ly/7aHvF
• Adopting Tech in SMB: http://ow.ly/7aHH4