Several factors will affect innovation in the manufacturing industry across processes, product development, outsourcing engagements and even IT services. Among these factors are digital consumers in the automotive industry; and decision-making using Business Intelligence (BI). This list is in no way complete. But it certainly is a good starting point to explore further.
Discute as facilidades que uma ferramenta como portal corporativo pode oferecer a uma organização, apresenta os critérios de avaliação, infra-estrutura de tecnologia de informação, e o posicionamento, visão e impacto do portal na corporação.
www.terraforum.com.br
If you are a senior IT leader, you need to make the same kinds of disciplined choices for your department that the CEO and top leadership team are making about the strategic direction of the enterprise. Here's how to develop a sophisticated, more strategically oriented information technology approach--based on six ways to create value for the enterprise, and five archetypes that resolve the tension among those six value drivers.
Better Social Services: IBM Social Industry ModelIBM Government
Learn about the IBM social industry model, and how to streamline social services and social security by improving technology, data, performance and more.
Banking Solutions: Managing Customer Data to Improve EfficiencyIBM Banking
IBM banking front office solutions help banks solve their enterprise customer management issues; manage data effectively to create a single view of the customer and leverage opportunities of up-sell and cross-sell.
IBM Retail | CRM Leadership in the Digital Era: A Global StudyIBM Retail
In a recent study, IBM surveyed nearly 500 CRM executives across roles, industries and management responsibilities in 66 countries. Read how these leaders assess the current state of marketing, the viability of old business models and how they define the path forward in an emerging digital age.
Software Engineering: Designing a Better Experience for Communications, Media...Cognizant
Software makes the world go ‘round, from hyperefficient business operations to users wowed by the newest app interface and digital products. For CMT companies, software development innovation is the key not only to enhancing business agility but to rapidly designing and offering extraordinary experiences and cutting-edge products that will continually satisfy and delight customers.
Discute as facilidades que uma ferramenta como portal corporativo pode oferecer a uma organização, apresenta os critérios de avaliação, infra-estrutura de tecnologia de informação, e o posicionamento, visão e impacto do portal na corporação.
www.terraforum.com.br
If you are a senior IT leader, you need to make the same kinds of disciplined choices for your department that the CEO and top leadership team are making about the strategic direction of the enterprise. Here's how to develop a sophisticated, more strategically oriented information technology approach--based on six ways to create value for the enterprise, and five archetypes that resolve the tension among those six value drivers.
Better Social Services: IBM Social Industry ModelIBM Government
Learn about the IBM social industry model, and how to streamline social services and social security by improving technology, data, performance and more.
Banking Solutions: Managing Customer Data to Improve EfficiencyIBM Banking
IBM banking front office solutions help banks solve their enterprise customer management issues; manage data effectively to create a single view of the customer and leverage opportunities of up-sell and cross-sell.
IBM Retail | CRM Leadership in the Digital Era: A Global StudyIBM Retail
In a recent study, IBM surveyed nearly 500 CRM executives across roles, industries and management responsibilities in 66 countries. Read how these leaders assess the current state of marketing, the viability of old business models and how they define the path forward in an emerging digital age.
Software Engineering: Designing a Better Experience for Communications, Media...Cognizant
Software makes the world go ‘round, from hyperefficient business operations to users wowed by the newest app interface and digital products. For CMT companies, software development innovation is the key not only to enhancing business agility but to rapidly designing and offering extraordinary experiences and cutting-edge products that will continually satisfy and delight customers.
Business Intelligence for Consumer Products: Actionable Insights for Business...FindWhitePapers
While historically consumer packaged goods (CPG) organizations have made significant investments in data collection and integration, much of the data stored in their IT infrastructures has not been analyzed or deployed to further the firms business performance.
How Domain-Driven Design Can Boost Legacy System ModernizationCognizant
Legacy modernization initiatives struggle to maintain business alignment when business and IT leaders treat it as merely a technology refresh exercise – even as COVID-19 accelerates such modernization demands. By transforming legacy systems into a set of services and applications based on domain-driven design principles, business can be a fully participating partner throughout the modernization journey.
Rapid Roi - Realizing Rapid ROI Through MobilityElizabeth Lupfer
Companies are reaping the benefits from mobile CRM, field service and sales force automation processes with the latest Research In Motion (RIM) offerings.
As the way we do business becomes more complex and changes more quickly, the gap between the top and bottom performers widens considerably (Source: Competitive Advantage from Better Interactions, by Scott C. Beardsley, Bradford C. Johnson and James M. Manyika). Across sectors, leaders such as Tesco, Procter & Gamble, Goldman Sachs, Apple and Google have one thing in common – they all have an unquenchable thirst for collecting vast amounts of data from everywhere, which is converted to actionable insights for smarter innovation, interactions, transactions.
Leveraging the Cloud: Why it Matters to Large & SMB RetailersEarthLink Business
This special report identifies several ways cloud applications are becoming more attractive options. One is via highly targeted point solutions designed to solve specific business needs. Another is via enterprise-wide availability that can be accessed on an as-needed basis. A third major growth area is among small and medium-sized retail businesses, which like cloud’s flexibility and functionality and lack the heavy legacy system investment that can restrain larger organizations from moving to SaaS solutions.
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Cloud Computing’s advocates – and there are many – have long argued that retail and
cloud-based solutions are, like the stars of a romantic comedy of old, made for each other. It’s a sentiment that was voiced at last month’s RIS Retail Technology Conference by Richard Mader, ARTS director emeritus and CIO at multiple retailers throughout his long career.
Mader’s arguments, in brief, were:
• Cloud computing lowers costs, still an imperative for retailers of all sizes;
• It reduces capital expenditures and transfers them to the operational
expenditure budget line;
• The technology can deal with large and sudden spikes, ideal for a highly
seasonal and promotions-driven industry;
• Cloud solutions can handle the enlarged databases and enhanced speed requirements of increasingly popular Big Data applications, and;
• They are well-suited to the spread of mobility in retail.
The negatives about cloud have been concerns about reliability and security, but according to Mader these have largely been dealt with – so much so that some retail enterprises are now cloud-only IT shops.
So why does the cloud computing nirvana always seem to be receding into the future, never quite becoming the actual present? One key factor is the inertia generated by on-premise legacy systems, which means that any move to a cloud-based model will be evolutionary rather than rip-and-replace revolutionary.
The Top Three Product Lifecycle Management Trends Taking Shape Across the Dig...Cognizant
By embracing product data as a service, microservices and emerging blockchain technology, product development organizations can more effectively innovate and compete in the dynamic global marketplace.
Business Intelligence for Consumer Products: Actionable Insights for Business...FindWhitePapers
While historically consumer packaged goods (CPG) organizations have made significant investments in data collection and integration, much of the data stored in their IT infrastructures has not been analyzed or deployed to further the firms business performance.
How Domain-Driven Design Can Boost Legacy System ModernizationCognizant
Legacy modernization initiatives struggle to maintain business alignment when business and IT leaders treat it as merely a technology refresh exercise – even as COVID-19 accelerates such modernization demands. By transforming legacy systems into a set of services and applications based on domain-driven design principles, business can be a fully participating partner throughout the modernization journey.
Rapid Roi - Realizing Rapid ROI Through MobilityElizabeth Lupfer
Companies are reaping the benefits from mobile CRM, field service and sales force automation processes with the latest Research In Motion (RIM) offerings.
As the way we do business becomes more complex and changes more quickly, the gap between the top and bottom performers widens considerably (Source: Competitive Advantage from Better Interactions, by Scott C. Beardsley, Bradford C. Johnson and James M. Manyika). Across sectors, leaders such as Tesco, Procter & Gamble, Goldman Sachs, Apple and Google have one thing in common – they all have an unquenchable thirst for collecting vast amounts of data from everywhere, which is converted to actionable insights for smarter innovation, interactions, transactions.
Leveraging the Cloud: Why it Matters to Large & SMB RetailersEarthLink Business
This special report identifies several ways cloud applications are becoming more attractive options. One is via highly targeted point solutions designed to solve specific business needs. Another is via enterprise-wide availability that can be accessed on an as-needed basis. A third major growth area is among small and medium-sized retail businesses, which like cloud’s flexibility and functionality and lack the heavy legacy system investment that can restrain larger organizations from moving to SaaS solutions.
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Cloud Computing’s advocates – and there are many – have long argued that retail and
cloud-based solutions are, like the stars of a romantic comedy of old, made for each other. It’s a sentiment that was voiced at last month’s RIS Retail Technology Conference by Richard Mader, ARTS director emeritus and CIO at multiple retailers throughout his long career.
Mader’s arguments, in brief, were:
• Cloud computing lowers costs, still an imperative for retailers of all sizes;
• It reduces capital expenditures and transfers them to the operational
expenditure budget line;
• The technology can deal with large and sudden spikes, ideal for a highly
seasonal and promotions-driven industry;
• Cloud solutions can handle the enlarged databases and enhanced speed requirements of increasingly popular Big Data applications, and;
• They are well-suited to the spread of mobility in retail.
The negatives about cloud have been concerns about reliability and security, but according to Mader these have largely been dealt with – so much so that some retail enterprises are now cloud-only IT shops.
So why does the cloud computing nirvana always seem to be receding into the future, never quite becoming the actual present? One key factor is the inertia generated by on-premise legacy systems, which means that any move to a cloud-based model will be evolutionary rather than rip-and-replace revolutionary.
The Top Three Product Lifecycle Management Trends Taking Shape Across the Dig...Cognizant
By embracing product data as a service, microservices and emerging blockchain technology, product development organizations can more effectively innovate and compete in the dynamic global marketplace.
Transformation of bi through ai and ml democratizationajaygajjelli
How do huge organizations work all over the world and yet the data is maintained efficiently? All business holders are aware of Business Intelligence as it identifies the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats to organizations by creating understandable insights.
https://www.esspl.com/transformation-of-bi-through-ai-and-ml-
democratization-2/
Big Data for Marketing: When is Big Data the right choice?Swyx
Chief Marketing Officers (CMOs) without plans for Big Data may be putting themselves and
their companies at a competitive disadvantage. Big Data is already being widely deployed to enhance marketing responsibilities, although the small number of widely-touted success stories might be masking a significant number of failed implementations. When correctly planned and implemented, however, Big Data can create significant value for CMOs and their organisations. In this paper, we focus on describing specific examples of how Big Data can support CMO responsibilities and developing frameworks for identifying Big Data opportunities.
Big Data for Marketing: When is Big Data the right choice?Swyx
Chief Marketing Officers (CMOs) without plans for Big Data may be putting themselves and
their companies at a competitive disadvantage. Big Data is already being widely deployed to enhance marketing responsibilities, although the small number of widely-touted success stories might be masking a significant number of failed implementations. When correctly planned and implemented, however, Big Data can create significant value for CMOs and their organisations. In this paper, we focus on describing specific examples of how Big Data can support CMO responsibilities and developing frameworks for identifying Big Data opportunities.
Digital disruption is a top-of-mind issue in the C-suites of every industry. Senior executives of traditional firms are looking over their shoulders and wondering if they are in the crosshairs of a digital insurgent.
Learn about how Enterprise systems have long defined the core value proposition of business computing, as well as the IT infrastructures that large organizations depend on to support both day to day operational processes and long term strategic initiatives.
Charles King, Pund-It, Inc believes that the term 'enterprise system' has to be redefined to meet the today business process, application and workload.To know more about the IBM System z, visit http://ibm.co/PNo9Cb.
Building it infrastructure framework that drives innovation and business perf...GlobalStep
Whitepaper on Building IT infrastructure framework that drives innovation and business performance by GlobalStep.
The first trend is the buyer’s increased perception of IT Infrastructure service as a commodity which lowers perceived value and forces cost reductions. The second trend is that of increased complexity which is driven by disruptive technologies like cloud, virtualization and others along with innovative service models such as software-as-a-service and desktop-as-a-service.
The challenges of cost, complexity, and compliance are nearly overwhelming today's CIOs. Instead of devising business aligned IT programs, they are forced to concentrate on maintaining and managing a sloppy infrastructure. To tackle these challenges and to align with business goals, IT must shift its focus to become a business-centric line of business. From the large variety of our clients and our interaction with their IT Infrastructure leaders, we understand that they strongly believe that consistent innovation is their only means of meeting user expectations and rapidly evolving business demands within budgetary constraints. This innovation is not just about using a new technology but also about doing the same thing differently, which involves new way of interacting with the customers and vendors.
www.globalstep.com
How can today’s retailers keep costs low and maximise margins, but at the same time grow market share, find new customer touchpoints and create better customer experiences? It’s a huge challenge – but, as this white paper will show, recent shifts in technology are creating huge opportunities for retailers to achieve these goals.
Our latest market report highlights some of the key themes for our clients this year. Please get in touch with one of the team if you'd like to discuss any aspects further
Big Data is Here for Financial Services White PaperExperian
Conquering Big Data Challenges
Financial institutions have invested in Big Data for many years, and new advances in technology infrastructure have opened the door for leveraging data in ways that can make an even greater impact on your business.
Learn how Big Data challenges are easier to overcome and how to find opportunities in your existing data and scale for the future.
Infosys commissioned an independent market research company, Vanson Bourne, to investigate the use of digital technologies and key trends in nine industries. We surveyed 1,000 senior decision makers from business and IT, from large organizations with 1,000 employees or more and annual revenue of at least US$500 million.
The report aims to discover:
a) the surging tide of digital technology adoption in organizations – what is used and where?
b) the promised land of digital technology use, and the hurdles organizations face to get there
c) the biggest disruptive digital trends within the next three years and why organizations see them as vital to future success
The summary here presents the survey results and highlights the digital outlook that will define the healthcare industry strategy over the next three years.
5 tips to make your mainframe as fit as youInfosys
Just like a periodic health check-up is important to assess your overall well-being, a detailed reexamination of the enterprise IT landscape is paramount. We take a look at the various ways an enterprise needs to revamp its mainframe and sharpen its functionalities to stay ahead of the game. While APIs aid you in providing superior customer service, migrating to the cloud provides you with scalability and resilience. These and many more sub-offerings from Infosys aid your organization in staying agile and equipped to leverage the latest technologies to cater to the ever-changing market. Learn more.
Human Amplification In The Enterprise - Resources and UtilitiesInfosys
Infosys commissioned a study to develop a research methodology and get insights into the current nature of digital transformation enterprises undergo, across industry verticals. This deck provides industry specific insights from Resources and Utilities.
The study sought to understand a) the specific drivers of digital transformation for enterprises, b) the various facets of this transformation, c) expected and ensuing outcomes, and d) the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Human Amplification In The Enterprise - Telecom and CommunicationInfosys
Infosys commissioned a study to develop a research methodology and get insights into the current nature of digital transformation enterprises undergo, across industry verticals. This deck provides industry specific insights from Telecom and Communication.
The study sought to understand a) the specific drivers of digital transformation for enterprises, b) the various facets of this transformation, c) expected and ensuing outcomes, and d) the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Human Amplification In The Enterprise - Retail and CPGInfosys
Infosys commissioned a study to develop a research methodology and get insights into the current nature of digital transformation enterprises undergo, across industry verticals. This deck provides industry specific insights from Retail and CPG.
The study sought to understand a) the specific drivers of digital transformation for enterprises, b) the various facets of this transformation, c) expected and ensuing outcomes, and d) the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Human Amplification In The Enterprise - Manufacturing and High-techInfosys
Infosys commissioned a study to develop a research methodology and get insights into the current nature of digital transformation enterprises undergo, across industry verticals. This deck provides industry specific insights from Manufacturing and High-tech.
The study sought to understand a) the specific drivers of digital transformation for enterprises, b) the various facets of this transformation, c) expected and ensuing outcomes, and d) the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Human amplification in the enterprise - Automation. Innovation. Learning.Infosys
Infosys commissioned a study to develop a research methodology and get insights into the current nature of digital transformation enterprises undergo, across industry verticals. This deck provides industry specific insights from Automation, Innovation and learning.
The study sought to understand a) the specific drivers of digital transformation for enterprises, b) the various facets of this transformation, c) expected and ensuing outcomes, and d) the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Human Amplification In The Enterprise - Healthcare and Life SciencesInfosys
Infosys commissioned a study to develop a research methodology and get insights into the current nature of digital transformation enterprises undergo, across industry verticals. This deck provides industry specific insights from Healthcare and Life Sciences
The study sought to understand a) the specific drivers of digital transformation for enterprises, b) the various facets of this transformation, c) expected and ensuing outcomes, and d) the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Human Amplification In The Enterprise - Banking and InsuranceInfosys
Infosys commissioned a study to develop a research methodology and get insights into the current nature of digital transformation enterprises undergo, across industry verticals. This deck provides industry specific insights from Banking and Insurance.
The study sought to understand a) the specific drivers of digital transformation for enterprises, b) the various facets of this transformation, c) expected and ensuing outcomes, and d) the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Take a glimpse at few of our efforts that we made to demonstrate that efficient technologies can easily be deployed in large scale in a cost effective manner to make our campus environmental friendly on this World Environment Day 2015
The Information Services industry is in the eye of the digital storm. Two major contenders within this industry - traditional and new age media companies must adopt strategies for the significant mass of millennials and demanding consumers.
Infosys' session on IoT World - Systems Integration in an IOT world: A practi...Infosys
The installed base of IOT products is growing exponentially along with its economic impact. Innovators are seeking a new generation of technology solutions that will help them create, operate and maintain smart connected products. It is a system of systems world that is complex, heterogeneous with a mix of incompatible, non-standard, multi-vendor, smart & not-so smart, connected and not-connected products that generate incredible amounts of data to be analyzed for insight and value. In this presentation, Jayraj Nair, AVP and Head of IoT, Infosys Engineering Services will share his experience’s building real world IOT solutions, innovative ways in which a system integrator can enable the integration between the physical and digital worlds and accelerate the adoption of Internet of Things.
Industry 4.0 - The State of the Nations - Executive SummaryInfosys
The first major study in the field of Industrial Manufacturing to shed light on asset efficiency as a major driver for competiveness and to identify company-specific readiness and maturity for Industry 4.0 enabled asset efficiency.
Enterprise Collaboration Solution Breaks Down Information SilosInfosys
Infosys implemented a document and records management platform for robust data governance and regulatory compliance at a global oil and gas company. The platform enabled employees to better manage, store, and archive electronic documents. The document management and collaboration ecosystem helped the company save more than US$500,000 annually.
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
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/
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.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Generating a custom Ruby SDK for your web service or Rails API using Smithyg2nightmarescribd
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.
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
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.
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.
Encryption in Microsoft 365 - ExpertsLive Netherlands 2024Albert Hoitingh
In this session I delve into the encryption technology used in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Purview. Including the concepts of Customer Key and Double Key Encryption.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Elevating Tactical DDD Patterns Through Object CalisthenicsDorra BARTAGUIZ
After immersing yourself in the blue book and its red counterpart, attending DDD-focused conferences, and applying tactical patterns, you're left with a crucial question: How do I ensure my design is effective? Tactical patterns within Domain-Driven Design (DDD) serve as guiding principles for creating clear and manageable domain models. However, achieving success with these patterns requires additional guidance. Interestingly, we've observed that a set of constraints initially designed for training purposes remarkably aligns with effective pattern implementation, offering a more ‘mechanical’ approach. Let's explore together how Object Calisthenics can elevate the design of your tactical DDD patterns, offering concrete help for those venturing into DDD for the first time!
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
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/
Monitoring Java Application Security with JDK Tools and JFR Events
Road Ahead for 2012
1. View Point
Road Ahead for 2012
Trends and Idea factories from the Manufacturing industry
- Arindam Banerji
Abstract
Key trends are reshaping how a user thinks of products and services for the Manufacturing industry. Innovations in the
auto industry, the next generation of revolutionary products, product pricing, decision-making- are all reaching significant
inflection points. In turn, this will drive further innovation in how Manufacturers improve their processes, product
development, product and services outsourcing and even IT services deployment.
While some inflection points of past years have become main-stream, such as Mobility, Cloud and Digital Marketing
techniques – others are still in an early stage in the adoption cycle.
Below, are some of the trends in innovation that are changing the manufacturing landscape. The pointers that follow delve
into some of the specific innovation themes that the Manufacturing unit at Infosys is beginning to take to its customers.
www.infosys.com
2. The science of Business Intelligence (BI) has For example, in recent discussions, a particular OEM wanted
to move 20% of their suppliers from a USD 50 Million resiliency
changed – democratization of BI is on us
bracket to a sub USD 30 Million resiliency bracket; thus reshaping
BI used to be just for analysis and some amount of technical their costs in the case of an unpredicted disruption. Several
decision support – but, as several people have pointed out, technologies are shaping this possibility – data consolidation
executives now want BI tools to make (or help make) the decisions from unstructured sources, to industry and geography specific risk
that they used gut-feel for. Executives need BI to help them predict prediction models that are being put in place.
the future, as opposed to just analyze the past – gut feel decisions
Manufacturers are also looking at organizational and process
simply are not effective in market conditions of great volatility. This
changes to transform how they handle various risk probabilities.
is the largest catalyst for business analytics.
Most importantly, at least some are re-considering their
For example, a sales VP may want to see the best way to reduce procurement models and product designs.
the gap between the product list price and pocket price, without
But, this is not the only sea shift affecting supply chains. Even
affecting cash-flow. This is not just a simple analysis of past data,
optimization and the way service is provided is also changing. Most
but involves consolidating fragmented data models, predicting
manufacturers realize that their service revenues can be enhanced,
through multiple scenarios and strategies – thus, shaping not only
however controlling and managing their customer satisfaction
product pricing strategy, but also how the product is sold and built.
levels while minimizing unnecessary repairs is still difficult to do.
A somewhat different trend is the consumerizations of BI - Larger companies find that third-party service vendors often can
depending upon who you ask, only about 5% to at most 20% provide dedicated and optimal service at cost-points with greater
of the people for whom BI tools are meant for, actually do use agility than they can, thus losing service dollars in the process.
them. The resulting fix, is through technologies like self-service BI, Thus, innovations in service lifecycle management are slowly
decision making on your favorite hand-held and vastly improved coming to the fore, over and above simple asset management.
visualization. Larger numbers of people are beginning to look at
optimizing production schedules, mapping Engineering Change
Notice (ECN) schedules to expected cash flow or fine-tuning Trust the Cloud – but, Cyber Warfare is here
optimal SLA management. The result is better run manufacturing to stay
businesses.
The tipping point in cloud business growth is Trust - it decides how
Finally, most people realize the potential of using large amounts of far companies are willing to go beyond data center consolidation
data in better forms to reach better and more informed decisions and simple e-mail on the cloud. Trust in the cloud – especially
– thus Big Data (including Hadoop, Pregel), seamless use of public clouds is expected to increase in 2012-2013, to cause a rush
unstructured data have become key technologies that enterprises of tier-1 application movement to cloud environments. Salesforce’s
have begun to use. However, there are key problems that need to success is a testament to this trend. However, this current lack of
be solved – companies run into issues such as “which data do you trust cannot be seen in isolation – other factors affect it.
put into Hadoop and which do you put into traditional BI tools”,
Cybercrime and cyber attacks have become a business and in
“how do you map these newer technologies to solve the specific
some cases a national priority. Hacking has moved to well-funded
decision making issues of YOUR enterprise,” “how do you train
consistent threats .Deploying select products is not good enough
your ETL and OLAP folks to deal with distributed graph theory.”
when RSA can get hacked into and trade secrets stolen. This is
The essence is that the science of BI has changed and so has its
understandable, since according to Ponemon institute’s report, the
capability.
average organizational cost of each data breach was around USD
7.2 Million (in 2010). 6-% of the respondents in the same report
No longer your traditional Supply Chain had 2 or more documented break-ins in the last 12 months. No
surprises, then that end-to-end cyber protection is a key growth
area, often not publicized.
“Supply chain disruption can cost 10% drop in stock
price and takes two years or more for companies to But, the problem has become worse, with cyber warfare and well
fully recover from disruption.” funded attempts at break-ins.
Kevin Hendricks, Vinod Singhal
At least 48 chemical and defense companies were victims
1a
Thanks to the impact on one of the largest auto companies in the of a co-ordinated cyber attack that has been traced to a
world, due to the recent earthquake or take the instance of the man in China according to a new report by a large well-
crunch on clothing manufacturers, due to the turmoil in Egypt, known security firm, Symantec Corp.1a
most manufacturers of any significant size are waking up to the
need for a deeper transformation of their risk profiles.
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3. Stuxnet like sophisticated technologies are well understood Collaboration – truly immersive
now, and some security experts expect blowback from copycats
who replicate such technologies to attacking other nations, by Online collaboration technologies like web2.0 and social
damaging digital controllers for example. The number of cyber- media have existed for a while – while facebook like enterprises
warfare attacks has increased significantly, so the question is how have reaped the benefits, enterprises have struggled to reach
enterprises protect themselves from it. measurable commercial benefits. There’s a whole new kind of
collaboration coming into play, which is changing how we run
Companies like Narus provide the next generation of cyber- operations, design our products and interact with our partners.
security through technologies such as deep analytics, well beyond
monitoring and hardening. However, most manufacturers should The shift is to move beyond blogs and wikis into 2 different
expect to spend significant amounts in protecting their operations, directions.
not just their data. Innovations in this area are just beginning. a) Immersive seamless environments, move beyond online
collaboration to physical collaboration. These environments
create a same room effect through the use of technologies
The Steve Jobs Effect such as telepresence and remote control. The core
The effect of Apple’s product design and approach has been technologies have existed for a few years now and tele-health
permeating through multiple industries. The introduction of and remote operations of machines have become possible.
revolutionary products that marry different hitherto fragmented Now immersive technologies are being applied to a broader
technologies into a cohesive whole not only open up new markets, set of processes within an enterprise, such collaborative test
but also new problems of service, support, supply chains and environments for global quality teams. Customer service
manufacturing. A few interesting examples are given here: and incident management is also beginning to change,
as enterprises look at immersive technologies to improve
efficiencies.
1
Former Apple exec markets a thermostat for the
b) Functional applications that depend upon collaboration
iPhone generation – the Nest thermostat is designed to
are rapidly moving beyond CRM. Social-CRM is already
learn homeowner’s schedules and surroundings and
quite developed, but in areas such as global design and
keep them comfortable, while saving them money and
engineering, tools specific to such tasks are improving
energy bills1
efficiencies of global design teams and increasing
capabilities. The presence of collaborative platforms,
2
Lytro is developing a new type of camera that such as Microsoft’s Sharepoint or Salesforce’s Chatter
dramatically changes photography for the first time is facilitating the development of vertical specific
since the 1800s. Rather than just capturing one plane of collaborative applications much easier – examples include,
light, it captures the entire light field around a picture, the use of collaboration to improve buying efficiencies for
all in one shot taken on a single device. A light field procurement departments.
includes every beam of light in every direction at every
point in time. Experimentation in this field started in the The Food and Farming Revolution
mid-1990s at Stanford with 100 cameras in one room.
Lytro’s innovation is making it small enough to fit in • 1 billion people worldwide struggle to afford food, according
your pocket.2 to a large international survey conducted in 201176 million
illnesses are caused by food contamination every year in the
United States
3
Emotiv System’s only current product is the Emotiv EPOC, • Food Riots in Jordan, Algeria, Egypt, Haiti, Yemen, Tunisia –
a USD 300 peripheral for gaming on Windows PCs… Source: Media publications quoted around 2011 Global Food
Emotiv Systems claims the headset will make it possible Crisis Response Program (GFRP) has approved USD1,238.2
for games to be controlled and influenced by the player’s million in 35 countries as of 09 September 2010- Source: GFRP
mind, and facial expressions)3 response list , 2010
• China may be compelled to tap some of their USD 2.85 trillion in
Innovations in these products opens up doors for similar products foreign exchange reserves to import wheat to feed their hungry
in related sub-verticals, and also the customer expectations people - Source: The Huffington Post, 2011
have changed. More importantly, as companies design the next
Farming equipment can remotely manage and can access
generation of products, the bar has been set much higher.
historical data to decide optimal geography specific soil additives
or help seed planting distances are here. Smart plants that can
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4. be managed for diseases based on the last 50 years of historical patterns will forever change shopping – for example, it could
data are also here. Every manufacturer in the ecosystem of agri- dramatically increase impulse buying. How would payment
products – from equipment makers to farm franchisees to seed gateways change to accommodate this?
manufacturers is gearing up to meet this critical transformation.
b. Stripe is a new, full-stack payment processor that helps
Food safety norms and regulations are fast changing in many developers add credit card processing to a website very
countries, thanks to disease outbreaks and resulting deaths. quickly and without worrying about most Payment Card
Products already exist that allow a buyer to trace the farm to fork Industry (PCI) requirements. Launched just a few months
path of super-market produce. Store-houses, processing plants, ago, Stripe could be the most important new ecommerce-
sensor systems and our own hand-helds are driving this change related start-up since PayPal. 4a
in how we buy, sell, process, and store food; thus, affecting many
c. Behavioral Pricing - According to The Daily Mail, Alex
discrete manufacturers, and not just agri-companies.
Gannett, founder of CampusSplash, says this will be “the year
of behavioral pricing.” That means companies could start
E-commerce on your phone – and other using Twitter and Facebook to analyze how people would
be willing to pay for their product, sort of like customized
changes that are reshaping e-commerce
Internet cookies. In other words, you could inadvertently
raise the price of something by ‘liking’ it on Facebook.5
There are 92 Million smartphones in the US and 90% of the
owners, use them on a regular basis – in fact, smartphones Chris Simpson, Chief Marketing Officer at price comparison
have become our true sidekicks. Many younger buyers do website Kelkoo, warns that it could have even darker
most of their shopping, including ordering dinner from implications, like different price adjustments for different
their smartphones, so it’s not a surprise that e-commerce people. He explains, “There are many pricing policies already
especially directed towards mobile use models, is the bulls used by retailers that most consumers are completely
eye for much of innovation now-a-days. unaware of. These include things like regional pricing
variations in the same stores across the country, not to
mention retailers using different pricing structures for the
Below, I have simply listed three trends that are changing our same products in stores and online.”
e-commerce use in different ways – from pricing to how we actually
buy things.
a. NFC is here – a leading business research and consulting firm
thinks that in 2 years, the transactions carried through NFC
in the US will be USD 150 Billion. Such simplicity in buying
Where have our laptops gone ?
Walt Mossberg reported immediately after the ipad-4G launch, that the most amazing piece of data announced at the launch was the
comparison ofipad ships for last quarter, with PC shipments from other major companies. Apple shipped 15.4 Million iPads, while HP shipped
15.1 Million PCs, Lenovo 13 Million, Dell 11.9 Million and Acer 9.8 Million and so on and one has not even seen the beginning of Windows 8
tablets yet – so, the writing on the wall is clear. But, how does it affect manufacturers?
Simply put, a couple of changes are to be expected. First, our employees will interact through different technologies introducing new
applications, new models of deployment of IT services. Next, the confluence of audio, video, Big Data, Cloud, Mobility, LTE communication
and billing in our tablets allows our sales folks to interact with their customers in entirely different ways – changing how manufacturers reach
customers and tell their product storyboards.
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5. Auto Industry- the driving experience has b) Safety and driver assistance – As government safety
mandates for automobiles increase, advanced driver assist
changed
systems (ADAS) are beginning to grow rapidly. For some
data:
Over the last year or more, there has been a remarkable
resurgence of the auto industry. Hence, its no surprise, 8
Revenue in 2011 from the three major ADAS technologies of
that Intel Capital just announced the USD 100 Million adaptive cruise control (ACC), lane departure warning (LDW)
Connected Car Investment Fund, to “accelerate innovation and side object detection (SOD) collectively will reach USD
and adoption of new technologies and services in the 1.65 billion, up a ro¬bust 57 percent from USD 1.05 billion in
automotive industry”. Bill Ford recently remarked on 2010. Growth will be even stronger next year at 63 percent,
the need for connected car technologies to overcome with combined revenue from the three sectors climbing to
“crippling congestion” as the number of cars on global USD 2.69 billion. By 2015, the ADAS market from the three
roads grow by a factor of 4 over the next few decades. systems (ONLY) will be worth USD 6.21 billion.8 according
to the automotive research wing of a Automotive research
firm’s information and analysis provider
a) 6Autonomous technologies – The potential for avoiding
c) Cloud and app-stores – 4 Toyota announced that it would
crashes, improving roadway and parking capacity and
start rolling out its next generation telematics service for
overcoming driver distraction, has made Nevada and now
emerging markets starting with Thailand in March 2012.
California consider legislation to legalize such vehicles. But,
The platform would be based on a global cloud platform
some adoption of these technologies is already under way.6
built in collaboration with Microsoft..4 [But, the role model
Autonomous vehicles may well represent the new wave setup by Apple’s app store for the back-end support needed
of driving in the future, but the market for vehicle sensors by telematics services has been mentioned before. Several
offering such engineering marvels is already available today companies seem to be headed in the direction of rolling
and will keep expanding by leaps and bounds during the out service-app-stores specifically designed for telematics
next few years, according to the automotive research wing services.
of a Automotive research firm’s information and analysis
d) The importance of analytics: Predictive analytics in the field of
provider.
auto insurance is already opening up models of pay-as-you-
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Park-assist cameras and lane departure warning cameras, go and close monitoring of driver behavior to model future
just two of the sensors that will figure in autonomous warranty pricing schemes. Fleet and asset management
driving applications are expected to post significant growth have already seen analytics being used for fuel optimization
every year for the next five years. Shipments in 2012 of such and even diagnostics. We expect that autonomous cars
sensors will reach 3.4 million units, double the 1.7 million and ADAS technologies will become more prevalent, and
units of last year, on their way to some 18.0 million units by analytics will redirect traffic and avoid congestions and this
2015, a remarkable expansion almost 20 times the sensors’ will become key areas of innovation.
2010 level of just 939,200 units.7
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6. Summary
The list of trends and innovations is by no means complete – but, suffice to say that
inflection points exist that will fundamentally change the space for manufacturers
and all the players within their ecosystem.
There are other drivers such as the changing globalized customer – who do you
target if you have to design the next generation smartphone – the college student
in India/China or the sales executive in the U.S.? Buying patterns, customer decision
processes, how we pay for what we buy and whom we get advice from before we
buy, have all changed and perhaps this is going to be the biggest driver in how
manufacturers innovate in their products, business processes and sales models.
REFERENCES
1. http://articles.latimes.com/2011/oct/24/business/la-fi-smart-thermostat-20111025
2. http://techcrunch.com/2011/06/21/lytro-launches-to-transform-photography-with-50m-
in-venture-funds-tctv/
3. Wikipedia
4. TeelmaticsNewInfo
4. practical E-commerce blog
5. Sodahead
6,7,8. iSupply Market Research firm
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7. About the Authors
Arindam Banerji
Unit Technology Officer, Manufacturing, Infosys Limited
For the last 18 years, Arindam has been a technologist of some visibility within the industry.
As one of the visionaries and chief technologist behind E-speak at HP, Arindam in the late-
nineties laid the foundation for the next generation of computing, now broadly known as
web services and Service-Oriented Architectures (SOA). He was also one of the early pioneers
of semantic search.
In the past, he has been the Global R&D head for Hewlett Packard’s Web-Services (then called
E–Services) product lines, Principal Scientist and Head of Strategy Research Organization for
HP’s Services business, Architect at Sun Microsystems and the CTO for several tech. startups
in the Manufacturing space.
At Infosys, his group focuses on providing technology strategy and advisory services to
Manufacturing customers globally, while providing intellectual property driven solutions in
the supply chain and engineering collaboration spaces.
He has a PhD from the University of Notre Dame, over 30 publications and 6 patents.
Arindam can be reached at Arindam_Banerji@infosys.com
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