The document discusses the evolution of collaboration in business. It notes that the way people communicate, collaborate and share information has changed over time. Future business priorities now require more innovation, creating new products/services and attracting customers. New roles must collaborate faster across enterprises. The industry collaboration roadmap includes integrating applications for a unified experience, dynamic communities of practice, and federating collaboration beyond individual enterprises. Business challenges are also evolving to include relevant information, social networking, any device/modality, and end user focus. The adoption of collaboration will have an incremental impact for each customer. The vision is to empower different roles through people-first collaboration that enhances user and customer experiences while enabling business agility.
Breakthrough reporting, analysis and planning tools for midsize companies.IBM Business Insight
See the presentation Patrick Spedding, IBM Cognos Midmarket Solutions Manager A/NZ, gave on his recent road show showcasing the Business Intelligence platform Cognos Express. IBM has specifically designed this powerful tool for mid sized organisations.
A top issue with IT service and support organizations today is how to drive greater business
value from SAP solutions. Most often, the degree of value is directly tied to the decisions
business leaders make on which SAP projects, enhancements, and new solutions they will ask
IT to deliver to their organizations. This presentation will dive into today\'s challenges facing
CIOs, technology delivery executives, and IT project managers: How do you balance the
customers\' demands for SAP enhancements against finite technical resources and managing the
IT portfolio? How do you build close, sustainable relationships with business leaders in order to
drive greater influence on the strategic direction of SAP within their operations? What changes
need to be made within IT itself (organizational structure, job roles, skills) in order to move
from an "order-taker" to a valued partner? This presentation will explore the role of the IT
business partner within Day & Zimmermann - the many successes achieved and challenges
faced in influencing the strategic direction of SAP within its businesses. The presentation will
provide detail on how Day & Zimmermann\'s IT business partners work with executive teams,
their sphere of influence on business and IT decision-making, and driving ownership together
with the interpersonal skills, organizational structure, and IT processes required for strategic
alignment between IT and business stakeholders.
GXS is the world’s largest integration services provider, helping more than 40,000 companies exchange electronic transactions with their trading partners
Breakthrough reporting, analysis and planning tools for midsize companies.IBM Business Insight
See the presentation Patrick Spedding, IBM Cognos Midmarket Solutions Manager A/NZ, gave on his recent road show showcasing the Business Intelligence platform Cognos Express. IBM has specifically designed this powerful tool for mid sized organisations.
A top issue with IT service and support organizations today is how to drive greater business
value from SAP solutions. Most often, the degree of value is directly tied to the decisions
business leaders make on which SAP projects, enhancements, and new solutions they will ask
IT to deliver to their organizations. This presentation will dive into today\'s challenges facing
CIOs, technology delivery executives, and IT project managers: How do you balance the
customers\' demands for SAP enhancements against finite technical resources and managing the
IT portfolio? How do you build close, sustainable relationships with business leaders in order to
drive greater influence on the strategic direction of SAP within their operations? What changes
need to be made within IT itself (organizational structure, job roles, skills) in order to move
from an "order-taker" to a valued partner? This presentation will explore the role of the IT
business partner within Day & Zimmermann - the many successes achieved and challenges
faced in influencing the strategic direction of SAP within its businesses. The presentation will
provide detail on how Day & Zimmermann\'s IT business partners work with executive teams,
their sphere of influence on business and IT decision-making, and driving ownership together
with the interpersonal skills, organizational structure, and IT processes required for strategic
alignment between IT and business stakeholders.
GXS is the world’s largest integration services provider, helping more than 40,000 companies exchange electronic transactions with their trading partners
Managed BI Solutions for TelecommunicationsMarkedBlue
MarkedBlue is a telecommunications specific “instant & managed BI” company with global reach, providing instant BI capabilities to telecommunications operators with cost efficiency and operational simplicity…
This presentation was given by James Jameson, Business Unit Executive, Business Process & Decision Management, Growth Markets, at Impact 2012 in Mumbai on the 1st of June.
Intellinet is a professional, IT services firm dedicated to helping executives succeed in maximizing the business value of IT. As trusted advisors since 1993, Intellinet has been providing clients with exceptional Microsoft technology solutions. Driven by the motto Promises Kept®, Intellinet keeps its promises to clients and strives to earn complete client satisfaction and loyalty.
Do you know how many software as a service (SaaS) applications have been deployed in your company, and in which departments?
Do you know how data from those applications is interacting with data behind your firewall?
Do you know how long these data integration requests currently take?
Find out about cloud integration in the era of “hybrid IT.”
Self-Service Data Integration: How to balance the need for agility without sacrificing governance and data stewardship.
Security & Administration: What is the impact of cloud integration and how does it fit into your current architecture?
Business Intelligence and Compliance: Can you deliver cloud application data to your BI teams as well as meet regulatory compliance requirements?
Cloud Master Data Management: How does this fit into your cloud application on-boarding strategy?
Join us for an overview of ITIL 2011 updates. This session describes the scope and benefits of the updates, key changes to each core book and a high-level overview of the new processes.
Our Smart iT OutSourcing (SiTOS) is an comprehensive IT services offering that provides companies the flexibility to use us as their extended IT arm, with services ranging from enterprise solutions, infrastructure management, IT applications to website and portal management.
Presented during the High Performance Marketing Conference 2012, organized by Accenture on February 9th 2012. This presentation was given by Mirjam de Groot and Simon Soothill of Canon, and discusses Canon EMEA's strategy of a "shift to services"
Microsoft Business Intelligence Vision and StrategyNic Smith
Microsoft Business Intelligence slide deck, learn the Microsoft vision and strategy for business intelligence. These slides include the offering and value proposition for Microsoft BI.
Managed BI Solutions for TelecommunicationsMarkedBlue
MarkedBlue is a telecommunications specific “instant & managed BI” company with global reach, providing instant BI capabilities to telecommunications operators with cost efficiency and operational simplicity…
This presentation was given by James Jameson, Business Unit Executive, Business Process & Decision Management, Growth Markets, at Impact 2012 in Mumbai on the 1st of June.
Intellinet is a professional, IT services firm dedicated to helping executives succeed in maximizing the business value of IT. As trusted advisors since 1993, Intellinet has been providing clients with exceptional Microsoft technology solutions. Driven by the motto Promises Kept®, Intellinet keeps its promises to clients and strives to earn complete client satisfaction and loyalty.
Do you know how many software as a service (SaaS) applications have been deployed in your company, and in which departments?
Do you know how data from those applications is interacting with data behind your firewall?
Do you know how long these data integration requests currently take?
Find out about cloud integration in the era of “hybrid IT.”
Self-Service Data Integration: How to balance the need for agility without sacrificing governance and data stewardship.
Security & Administration: What is the impact of cloud integration and how does it fit into your current architecture?
Business Intelligence and Compliance: Can you deliver cloud application data to your BI teams as well as meet regulatory compliance requirements?
Cloud Master Data Management: How does this fit into your cloud application on-boarding strategy?
Join us for an overview of ITIL 2011 updates. This session describes the scope and benefits of the updates, key changes to each core book and a high-level overview of the new processes.
Our Smart iT OutSourcing (SiTOS) is an comprehensive IT services offering that provides companies the flexibility to use us as their extended IT arm, with services ranging from enterprise solutions, infrastructure management, IT applications to website and portal management.
Presented during the High Performance Marketing Conference 2012, organized by Accenture on February 9th 2012. This presentation was given by Mirjam de Groot and Simon Soothill of Canon, and discusses Canon EMEA's strategy of a "shift to services"
Microsoft Business Intelligence Vision and StrategyNic Smith
Microsoft Business Intelligence slide deck, learn the Microsoft vision and strategy for business intelligence. These slides include the offering and value proposition for Microsoft BI.
Learn how collaboration solutions from SAP help people and companies make better decisions and exchange data, information, and ideas more efficiently. Hear how two companies used the cloud to build secure, collaborative foundations that help them grow and scale quickly. For the full replay please visit http://www.sapvirtualevents.com/sapphirenow/sessiondetails.aspx?sId=2246
Salmon's presentation given at a half-day advisory seminar and networking session designed for Rackspace eCommerce clients and prospects, eCommerce software partners and web design partners.
No orders from your website. No access to your cloud based services. No email. No VOIP. No access to Head office. Can you imagine the chaos?
All businesses are reliant on their data connections these days and some businesses do not review how reliable and robust their connections are or what options may be available. Warren Potts, Product expert at TalkTalk Business discusses the many options businesses have to ensure their internet is as reliable as their reliance on it.
A crisis can come in different shapes and sizes but one thing is common, preparing for the worst is something that many small businesses don’t think a lot about. You’re too busy with the day to day of making money, keeping customers happy and paying your bills.
Key Takeaways...
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- Simple plans to help you prepare for the worst
- Learn how to keep your customers loyal and build relationships
- FREE Planning for a crisis template
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Observability Concepts EVERY Developer Should Know -- DeveloperWeek Europe.pdfPaige Cruz
Monitoring and observability aren’t traditionally found in software curriculums and many of us cobble this knowledge together from whatever vendor or ecosystem we were first introduced to and whatever is a part of your current company’s observability stack.
While the dev and ops silo continues to crumble….many organizations still relegate monitoring & observability as the purview of ops, infra and SRE teams. This is a mistake - achieving a highly observable system requires collaboration up and down the stack.
I, a former op, would like to extend an invitation to all application developers to join the observability party will share these foundational concepts to build on:
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 6DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 6. In this session, we will cover Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI.
UiPath Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI webinar offers an in-depth exploration of leveraging cutting-edge technologies for test automation within the UiPath platform. Attendees will delve into the integration of generative AI, a test automation solution, with Open AI advanced natural language processing capabilities.
Throughout the session, participants will discover how this synergy empowers testers to automate repetitive tasks, enhance testing accuracy, and expedite the software testing life cycle. Topics covered include the seamless integration process, practical use cases, and the benefits of harnessing AI-driven automation for UiPath testing initiatives. By attending this webinar, testers, and automation professionals can gain valuable insights into harnessing the power of AI to optimize their test automation workflows within the UiPath ecosystem, ultimately driving efficiency and quality in software development processes.
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into integrating generative AI.
2. Understanding how this integration enhances test automation within the UiPath platform
3. Practical demonstrations
4. Exploration of real-world use cases illustrating the benefits of AI-driven test automation for UiPath
Topics covered:
What is generative AI
Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI.
UiPath integration with generative AI
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Securing your Kubernetes cluster_ a step-by-step guide to success !KatiaHIMEUR1
Today, after several years of existence, an extremely active community and an ultra-dynamic ecosystem, Kubernetes has established itself as the de facto standard in container orchestration. Thanks to a wide range of managed services, it has never been so easy to set up a ready-to-use Kubernetes cluster.
However, this ease of use means that the subject of security in Kubernetes is often left for later, or even neglected. This exposes companies to significant risks.
In this talk, I'll show you step-by-step how to secure your Kubernetes cluster for greater peace of mind and reliability.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 5DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 5. In this session, we will cover CI/CD with devops.
Topics covered:
CI/CD with in UiPath
End-to-end overview of CI/CD pipeline with Azure devops
Speaker:
Lyndsey Byblow, Test Suite Sales Engineer @ UiPath, Inc.
Dr. Sean Tan, Head of Data Science, Changi Airport Group
Discover how Changi Airport Group (CAG) leverages graph technologies and generative AI to revolutionize their search capabilities. This session delves into the unique search needs of CAG’s diverse passengers and customers, showcasing how graph data structures enhance the accuracy and relevance of AI-generated search results, mitigating the risk of “hallucinations” and improving the overall customer journey.
Generative AI Deep Dive: Advancing from Proof of Concept to ProductionAggregage
Join Maher Hanafi, VP of Engineering at Betterworks, in this new session where he'll share a practical framework to transform Gen AI prototypes into impactful products! He'll delve into the complexities of data collection and management, model selection and optimization, and ensuring security, scalability, and responsible use.
Removing Uninteresting Bytes in Software FuzzingAftab Hussain
Imagine a world where software fuzzing, the process of mutating bytes in test seeds to uncover hidden and erroneous program behaviors, becomes faster and more effective. A lot depends on the initial seeds, which can significantly dictate the trajectory of a fuzzing campaign, particularly in terms of how long it takes to uncover interesting behaviour in your code. We introduce DIAR, a technique designed to speedup fuzzing campaigns by pinpointing and eliminating those uninteresting bytes in the seeds. Picture this: instead of wasting valuable resources on meaningless mutations in large, bloated seeds, DIAR removes the unnecessary bytes, streamlining the entire process.
In this work, we equipped AFL, a popular fuzzer, with DIAR and examined two critical Linux libraries -- Libxml's xmllint, a tool for parsing xml documents, and Binutil's readelf, an essential debugging and security analysis command-line tool used to display detailed information about ELF (Executable and Linkable Format). Our preliminary results show that AFL+DIAR does not only discover new paths more quickly but also achieves higher coverage overall. This work thus showcases how starting with lean and optimized seeds can lead to faster, more comprehensive fuzzing campaigns -- and DIAR helps you find such seeds.
- These are slides of the talk given at IEEE International Conference on Software Testing Verification and Validation Workshop, ICSTW 2022.
Sudheer Mechineni, Head of Application Frameworks, Standard Chartered Bank
Discover how Standard Chartered Bank harnessed the power of Neo4j to transform complex data access challenges into a dynamic, scalable graph database solution. This keynote will cover their journey from initial adoption to deploying a fully automated, enterprise-grade causal cluster, highlighting key strategies for modelling organisational changes and ensuring robust disaster recovery. Learn how these innovations have not only enhanced Standard Chartered Bank’s data infrastructure but also positioned them as pioneers in the banking sector’s adoption of graph technology.
GraphSummit Singapore | The Future of Agility: Supercharging Digital Transfor...Neo4j
Leonard Jayamohan, Partner & Generative AI Lead, Deloitte
This keynote will reveal how Deloitte leverages Neo4j’s graph power for groundbreaking digital twin solutions, achieving a staggering 100x performance boost. Discover the essential role knowledge graphs play in successful generative AI implementations. Plus, get an exclusive look at an innovative Neo4j + Generative AI solution Deloitte is developing in-house.
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.
GraphSummit Singapore | The Art of the Possible with Graph - Q2 2024Neo4j
Neha Bajwa, Vice President of Product Marketing, Neo4j
Join us as we explore breakthrough innovations enabled by interconnected data and AI. Discover firsthand how organizations use relationships in data to uncover contextual insights and solve our most pressing challenges – from optimizing supply chains, detecting fraud, and improving customer experiences to accelerating drug discoveries.
Why You Should Replace Windows 11 with Nitrux Linux 3.5.0 for enhanced perfor...SOFTTECHHUB
The choice of an operating system plays a pivotal role in shaping our computing experience. For decades, Microsoft's Windows has dominated the market, offering a familiar and widely adopted platform for personal and professional use. However, as technological advancements continue to push the boundaries of innovation, alternative operating systems have emerged, challenging the status quo and offering users a fresh perspective on computing.
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.
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.
Climate Impact of Software Testing at Nordic Testing DaysKari Kakkonen
My slides at Nordic Testing Days 6.6.2024
Climate impact / sustainability of software testing discussed on the talk. ICT and testing must carry their part of global responsibility to help with the climat warming. We can minimize the carbon footprint but we can also have a carbon handprint, a positive impact on the climate. Quality characteristics can be added with sustainability, and then measured continuously. Test environments can be used less, and in smaller scale and on demand. Test techniques can be used in optimizing or minimizing number of tests. Test automation can be used to speed up testing.
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
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.
1. The Evolution of Collaboration
Richard Bennett
Director - Unified Communications and Collaboration
2. The way WE
Communicate, Collaborate and Share
has evolved….
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3. Future Business Priorities Require
Innovation
2010 2013
Improving business Creating new products or
1 processes 1 services (innovate)
Reducing enterprise costs Improving business
2 2 processes
Increasing the use of Attracting & retaining new
3 information / analytics 3 customers
Improving enterprise Creating new sources of
4 workforce effectiveness 4 competitive advantage
Attracting & retaining new Increasing the use of
5 customers 5 information / analytics
Source: Gartner 2010
New people and roles must collaborate
faster across the enterprise
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4. Industry Collaboration Roadmap
Collaboration: Federation Beyond Enterprise
Applications: Integrated Experience
Business Process: Dynamic Communities
Business Process: Find and Connect
Optimisation: Unified Communications
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6. Adoption of Collaboration
Each customer has their own incremental journey
Business Transformation Bus. Impact Bus. Impact
Soft $ Hard $
Incorporate work assignment Soft $ Hard $
and managed workflow
Integrate communications into
business applications Targeted Applications
Inter-enterprise collaboration
Simplify and personalize
Measure, analyze, optimize customer and user experiences
Rapidly deploy targeted
Context Driven mobility, UC clients, video,
Enterprise conferencing – to right users
Drive group productivity with
video and shared work spaces.
Enable multi-modal contact
Consolidate centers, social networking
Expand customer self service
Lower TCO
everywhere – speech, web,
Reduce communication costs video, social widgets
Consolidate applications Bus. Impact
Evolve to session-based Soft $ Hard $
architecture
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7. Integrating the user adoption and user
experience
Empowering different USER Enabling people-first
roles and processes collaboration that
Productivity
within a common Ease of use
enhances user and
UC architecture Speed and Choice customer experiences
Effectiveness
BUSINESS CORE SERVICES
Accelerated processes Business agility
Customer satisfaction Openness and flexibility
Responsiveness Lower costs and risks
Time to market Investment protection
MANAGEMENT
Lower TCO, Simplicity, Security
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9. Avaya Portfolio Differentiation
Web
Conferencing Video
Conferencing
Audio
Conferencing x
IM
Presence
Unified
IPT Messaging
Context Driven Ubiquitous
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10. Flare on iPad in a Mobile Environment?
Flare securely connected ,via Sipera UC-Sec, to the Enterprise
Other apps using the Internet
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12. The Right Experience For Every Person
Socially
Integrated
Visual team Back office
Power collaborators collaborators Mobile and home
collaborators collaborators
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Editor's Notes
But UC is more than IPT, it includes presence, IM, video conferencing and web conferencing to truly enable context drive collaboration