Oracle software can be tricky to manage and maintain a level of compliance. These slides offer key areas to review within your organisation and best practice guidelines to get better value from your investments.
Oracle database - The most common license compliance issues seenb.lay
The Oracle Database software is one of the most popular Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMS) used by many of the world’s larger enterprises. Although the Oracle Database is one of the major components in the IT landscape, almost every company that uses the software struggles with managing the accompanying licenses in a complete and accurate manner. This can easily result in large operational, financial and/or legal risks. The objective of this presentations is to provide a clear overview of the most common license compliance issues. After this webinar you can assess your organisations own situation and get a grasp of actions to be taken.
Be prepared and read our white paper "Oracle database - The most common license issues" on www.b-lay.com!
Optimizing Oracle licensing in VMware environments iQuate
Hosted by:
Jason Keogh – Founder and CTO, iQuate
Will Monin – Alliances Director, VMware
Virtualizing server environments carelessly can lead to significant, unexpected costs in relation to software licenses from vendors such as Oracle, Microsoft and IBM.
However, done correctly, Virtualization can actually significantly reduce software license costs while improving performance, scalability and reliability of enterprise applications.
Unfortunately, many customers are prevented from realizing these benefits because of widespread confusion and uncertainty around the implications of licensing Oracle in VMware environments.
This webinar will be jointly hosted by iQuate and VMware and is focused on Oracle database licensing. It will provide insights as to how best structure virtual environments to reduce costs while ensuring compliance and providing maximum ROI.
Intended Audience:
Professionals working in:
Software Asset Management
IT Asset Management
Procurement
IT Management
IT Operations
Anyone who needs practical guidance on maximizing ROI from implementing Oracle in virtual environments.
With extended support for SQL Server 2005 expiring on April 12, 2016, many organisations are beginning to look at their upgrade options.
This presentation is from a webinar broadcast in August 2015 hosted by SoftwareONE, Microsoft and Ridgian.
The presentation highlights key milestone dates, the potential impact of not upgrading prior to April 12, 2016 and upgrade options from SQL Server 2005 to 2014 and hybrid opportunities with Microsoft Azure.
End-users are typically not ready for an Oracle audit. Either since a) end-users are not even aware of the fact that they are under License Audit since Oracle send them a request to do a License or Business Review, b) end-users think that they are covered since they have an Oracle Verified Tool in place or c) end-users underestimating the level of detail that is required in order to manage the complexity related to Oracle software licenses. Once such a License Audit is announced for the Oracle Database, Application server, Weblogic, SOA Suite, Siebel, JD Edwards, E-Business Suite or PeopleSoft programs is started, end-users should consider a number of things before starting with the audit. These considerations should include what (confidential) data is required to be collected during the audit and for what reason? How will the data be collected and can the collected data leave your premises? Which results are shared when and with whom from the vendors’s organisation? What is the performance impact of the Oracle Audit Tools proposed? What will the vendor do with the audit, where will it be stored and who can access the collected data?
At the same time, end-user organisations should not be afraid about an audit from Oracle (or any other software vendor) and should focus on the best defence strategy: take the control yourselves! This can be achieved by performing regulated internal license audits in which the real entitlements (including all the terms and conditions of the related documentation like the program documentation) are compared with the real deployment and usage of the different software programs. End-users should prioritise software license management at C-level, in which the appropriate budget is made available for dedicated specialists/resources to manage the software assets in a proper way. From a management perspective its even rather strange that the average end-user does not have a dedicated (large engouh) budget available for the management of assets which typically contributes to 50-70% of the total IT costs within an end-user organisation
This contains more details on each step. You can use the powerpoint to click yourself to the right step and right info. (hyperlinks and to specific slides in the ppt)
Oracle database - The most common license compliance issues seenb.lay
The Oracle Database software is one of the most popular Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMS) used by many of the world’s larger enterprises. Although the Oracle Database is one of the major components in the IT landscape, almost every company that uses the software struggles with managing the accompanying licenses in a complete and accurate manner. This can easily result in large operational, financial and/or legal risks. The objective of this presentations is to provide a clear overview of the most common license compliance issues. After this webinar you can assess your organisations own situation and get a grasp of actions to be taken.
Be prepared and read our white paper "Oracle database - The most common license issues" on www.b-lay.com!
Optimizing Oracle licensing in VMware environments iQuate
Hosted by:
Jason Keogh – Founder and CTO, iQuate
Will Monin – Alliances Director, VMware
Virtualizing server environments carelessly can lead to significant, unexpected costs in relation to software licenses from vendors such as Oracle, Microsoft and IBM.
However, done correctly, Virtualization can actually significantly reduce software license costs while improving performance, scalability and reliability of enterprise applications.
Unfortunately, many customers are prevented from realizing these benefits because of widespread confusion and uncertainty around the implications of licensing Oracle in VMware environments.
This webinar will be jointly hosted by iQuate and VMware and is focused on Oracle database licensing. It will provide insights as to how best structure virtual environments to reduce costs while ensuring compliance and providing maximum ROI.
Intended Audience:
Professionals working in:
Software Asset Management
IT Asset Management
Procurement
IT Management
IT Operations
Anyone who needs practical guidance on maximizing ROI from implementing Oracle in virtual environments.
With extended support for SQL Server 2005 expiring on April 12, 2016, many organisations are beginning to look at their upgrade options.
This presentation is from a webinar broadcast in August 2015 hosted by SoftwareONE, Microsoft and Ridgian.
The presentation highlights key milestone dates, the potential impact of not upgrading prior to April 12, 2016 and upgrade options from SQL Server 2005 to 2014 and hybrid opportunities with Microsoft Azure.
End-users are typically not ready for an Oracle audit. Either since a) end-users are not even aware of the fact that they are under License Audit since Oracle send them a request to do a License or Business Review, b) end-users think that they are covered since they have an Oracle Verified Tool in place or c) end-users underestimating the level of detail that is required in order to manage the complexity related to Oracle software licenses. Once such a License Audit is announced for the Oracle Database, Application server, Weblogic, SOA Suite, Siebel, JD Edwards, E-Business Suite or PeopleSoft programs is started, end-users should consider a number of things before starting with the audit. These considerations should include what (confidential) data is required to be collected during the audit and for what reason? How will the data be collected and can the collected data leave your premises? Which results are shared when and with whom from the vendors’s organisation? What is the performance impact of the Oracle Audit Tools proposed? What will the vendor do with the audit, where will it be stored and who can access the collected data?
At the same time, end-user organisations should not be afraid about an audit from Oracle (or any other software vendor) and should focus on the best defence strategy: take the control yourselves! This can be achieved by performing regulated internal license audits in which the real entitlements (including all the terms and conditions of the related documentation like the program documentation) are compared with the real deployment and usage of the different software programs. End-users should prioritise software license management at C-level, in which the appropriate budget is made available for dedicated specialists/resources to manage the software assets in a proper way. From a management perspective its even rather strange that the average end-user does not have a dedicated (large engouh) budget available for the management of assets which typically contributes to 50-70% of the total IT costs within an end-user organisation
This contains more details on each step. You can use the powerpoint to click yourself to the right step and right info. (hyperlinks and to specific slides in the ppt)
How to exit or renew your Oracle ULA, common compliance issues, contract terms
Read more about Oracle ULAs.
https://redresscompliance.com/oracle-ula-certification/
Learn About the Top Oracle E-Business Suite Security VulnerabilitiesOAUGNJ
Learn about the top security risks and vulnerabilities specific to the Oracle E-Business Suite and why you should care! Whether your ERP is in the process of being implemented or has been in place for years, there are a number of security vulnerabilities commonly overlooked by implementation / support teams focused on project timing, budget, and functionality. This presentation is geared toward the end user community, system administrators, and other application support personnel and what they need to know to protect their Oracle EBS data from unauthorized access.
Amplify the participants’ overall security awareness
Share knowledge and experiences in securing Oracle EBS
Provide a detailed list of commonly overlooked security vulnerabilities, risks each pose, and how to fix or mitigate each
OOW16 - Oracle E-Business Suite Information Discovery: Your Journey to the Cl...vasuballa
Learn how to take advantage of Oracle Compute Cloud (infrastructure as a service) to run Oracle E-Business Suite’s information discovery applications. This session takes you through the journey of how the applications were transformed to a cloud-enabled product and how to take advantage of that for your Oracle E-Business Suite implementation.
OOW16 - Online Patching with Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2 [CON6710]vasuballa
The Online Patching feature of Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2 will reduce your Oracle E-Business Suite patching downtime to however long it takes to bounce your application server. This Oracle Development session details how online patching works, with special attention given to what is happening at the database object level when patches are applied to an Oracle E-Business Suite environment that is still running. Come learn about the operational and system management implications for minimizing maintenance downtime when applying Oracle E-Business Suite patches with this new technology, and the related impact on customizations you might have built on top of Oracle E-Business Suite.
OOW15 - Oracle E-Business Suite Integration Best Practicesvasuballa
Oracle is investing across applications and technologies to make the application integration experience easier for customers. Oracle E-Business Suite provides tools and technologies to address various application integration challenges and styles. Learn more about Oracle’s integration offering for cloud, data, event-driven, business-to-business, and process-centric integrations. In this session, you will get a better understanding of what Oracle integration technologies you can use and how, when, and where you can leverage them to connect end-to-end business processes across your enterprise, including the Oracle Applications portfolio in the cloud.
OOW15 - managing oracle e-business suite auditing and securityvasuballa
Come to this session to learn recommendations for auditing, monitoring, and securing your Oracle E-Business Suite environment and sensitive data. Configuration guidelines for monitoring and auditing activity in your Oracle E-Business Suite application and database are provided. The session provides an overview of Oracle’s secure configuration guidelines, updates to the secure configuration scripts, and optional security integrations. It wraps up with a summary of some of the new security features available in Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2 including enhancements for proxy user functionality and ways to reduce your attack surface by reducing cookie scope, allowed JavaServer Pages, and external redirects.
Learn about IBM PowerVM Virtualization Technology on IBM POWER7 Systems. This technical white paper presents benchmark results showing greater VM consolidation ratios than demonstrated in previous benchmarks and demonstrating the extent of the performance lead that PowerVM virtualization technologies deliver over x86-based add-on virtualization products. For more information on Pure Systems, visit http://ibm.co/J7Zb1v.
Visit http://bit.ly/KWh5Dx to 'Follow' the official Twitter handle of IBM India Smarter Computing.
How to exit or renew your Oracle ULA, common compliance issues, contract terms
Read more about Oracle ULAs.
https://redresscompliance.com/oracle-ula-certification/
Learn About the Top Oracle E-Business Suite Security VulnerabilitiesOAUGNJ
Learn about the top security risks and vulnerabilities specific to the Oracle E-Business Suite and why you should care! Whether your ERP is in the process of being implemented or has been in place for years, there are a number of security vulnerabilities commonly overlooked by implementation / support teams focused on project timing, budget, and functionality. This presentation is geared toward the end user community, system administrators, and other application support personnel and what they need to know to protect their Oracle EBS data from unauthorized access.
Amplify the participants’ overall security awareness
Share knowledge and experiences in securing Oracle EBS
Provide a detailed list of commonly overlooked security vulnerabilities, risks each pose, and how to fix or mitigate each
OOW16 - Oracle E-Business Suite Information Discovery: Your Journey to the Cl...vasuballa
Learn how to take advantage of Oracle Compute Cloud (infrastructure as a service) to run Oracle E-Business Suite’s information discovery applications. This session takes you through the journey of how the applications were transformed to a cloud-enabled product and how to take advantage of that for your Oracle E-Business Suite implementation.
OOW16 - Online Patching with Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2 [CON6710]vasuballa
The Online Patching feature of Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2 will reduce your Oracle E-Business Suite patching downtime to however long it takes to bounce your application server. This Oracle Development session details how online patching works, with special attention given to what is happening at the database object level when patches are applied to an Oracle E-Business Suite environment that is still running. Come learn about the operational and system management implications for minimizing maintenance downtime when applying Oracle E-Business Suite patches with this new technology, and the related impact on customizations you might have built on top of Oracle E-Business Suite.
OOW15 - Oracle E-Business Suite Integration Best Practicesvasuballa
Oracle is investing across applications and technologies to make the application integration experience easier for customers. Oracle E-Business Suite provides tools and technologies to address various application integration challenges and styles. Learn more about Oracle’s integration offering for cloud, data, event-driven, business-to-business, and process-centric integrations. In this session, you will get a better understanding of what Oracle integration technologies you can use and how, when, and where you can leverage them to connect end-to-end business processes across your enterprise, including the Oracle Applications portfolio in the cloud.
OOW15 - managing oracle e-business suite auditing and securityvasuballa
Come to this session to learn recommendations for auditing, monitoring, and securing your Oracle E-Business Suite environment and sensitive data. Configuration guidelines for monitoring and auditing activity in your Oracle E-Business Suite application and database are provided. The session provides an overview of Oracle’s secure configuration guidelines, updates to the secure configuration scripts, and optional security integrations. It wraps up with a summary of some of the new security features available in Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2 including enhancements for proxy user functionality and ways to reduce your attack surface by reducing cookie scope, allowed JavaServer Pages, and external redirects.
Learn about IBM PowerVM Virtualization Technology on IBM POWER7 Systems. This technical white paper presents benchmark results showing greater VM consolidation ratios than demonstrated in previous benchmarks and demonstrating the extent of the performance lead that PowerVM virtualization technologies deliver over x86-based add-on virtualization products. For more information on Pure Systems, visit http://ibm.co/J7Zb1v.
Visit http://bit.ly/KWh5Dx to 'Follow' the official Twitter handle of IBM India Smarter Computing.
Your take-away from the IT Service Management (ITSM) presentation are:
• A clear understanding of PM practices used in the implementation of ITSM
• Planning tips to successfully deliver an ITSM process improvement project
• Marketing ideas to socialize the message to the organization
• Testing techniques to achieve organic improvements along the way
• Ways to achieve buy-in from stakeholders
Oracle software can be tricky to manage and maintain a level of compliance. These slides offer key areas to review within your organisation and best practice guidelines to get better value from your investments.
The presentation gives details about
Rythium's Oracle License Management Services.
We pioneered the Independent Oracle License Audit process in India in 2015. Since then we have worked with clients across India, Africa, Middle East, South Asia, UK & US. Our clients save between 30% to 100% of their license exposure. We are now offering Independent Third-Party Support on Oracle products reducing annual costs by 50%+; and also offer Software Asset Management Services on Microsoft, Red Hat, Adobe and other publishers.
www.rythium.com
Insider Secrets to Oracle License ManagementOnRamp
Oracle licensing is complicated and can pose many different challenges. Learn how to take control of your relationship with Oracle from an independent license auditor.
As a leader in high tech, OnRamp strives to bring our network best in class advice. We’ve teamed up with Mohammad Inamullah, Principal at Redwood Compliance, as a guest speaker for this online event. Mohammad offers practical advice on Oracle procurement planning, Oracle optimization, and cost control regardless of whether you’re just starting out or have an existing relationship with Oracle.
Fundamentals of Oracle Licensing
- Why effective Oracle license management is important
- Key licensing metrics and contractual terms
- Oracle contract types: Unlimited License Agreements (ULA), OMA/OLSA, Cloud Service Agreement (CSA)
-Oracle Support terms
-License Compliance & Optimization
-Risks and costs of Oracle license compliance issues
-Optimization and cost control
A practical approach to Oracle license compliance & optimization
Dealing with Oracle
-Oracle Sales
-Oracle License Management Services (LMS) – the auditors
-Practical steps for smart Oracle procurement planning
Virtualization
-Benefits of virtualization
-Oracle’s approach to virtualization
Oracle in VMware – Have your cake and eat it too?
Disaster Recovery (DR) Licensing
-Key DR licensing concepts
-Cost control and DR licensing
Join us as we take a deep dive into the architecture of the Salesforce1 Platform, explain how multitenancy actually works, and how it affects you as a developer. Showing the technology we use and the design principles we adhere to, you'll see how our platform teams manage three major upgrades a year without causing any issues to existing development. We'll cover the performance and security implications around the platform to give you an understanding of how limits have evolved. By the end of the session, you'll have a better grasp of the architecture underpinning Force.com and understand how to get the most out of it.
This presentation is from a recorded webinar broadcast on 22 January 2016. We focus on the areas of SAM that we see as having the biggest impact on reducing the cost and complexity for IT budget managers.
This will focus on the 4Ps of SAM: People; Process; Products; Partners, and we will look at the tangible benefits to maturing in each area.
These slides formed part of a webinar introducing the new Office 365 E5 Plan, hosted by SoftwareONE and Microsoft and broadcast on Thursday 14th January.
The webinar focussed on the new major components of the E5 Plan - Skype for Business, Power BI and enhancements to security as well as an overview of the commercial options and upgrade paths for existing Office 365 customers.
SoftwareONE Microsoft Licensing Update and the Future of the Microsoft DesktopSoftwareONEPresents
So Windows 10 has landed! But what does it mean for your desktop strategy? And what’s the latest on Bring Your Own License (BYOL)? This revised presentation is taken from a webinar broadcast on Thursday 5th November 2015 detailing recent announcements from Microsoft, upcoming changes and discussing how they may affect your organisation's desktop strategy.
What and How to Cloud - A new way to plan and migrate apps and servers to cl...SoftwareONEPresents
If you are thinking about how to modernise your Datacentre to leverage the benefits of Microsoft Azure and Hybrid Cloud, there can be concerns about where to start and how to find out what the lowest hanging fruits are in terms of infrastructure or workloads, and also regarding the time, costs and reliability of the migration process to modern platforms.
This presentation presents a new offering that helps address these challenges and delivers:
Full budgetary costing (technical & licensing) of the migration project to build your business case
A fully-fledged migration plan you can really rely on both at the infra/server and components/application layer in half the time and cost it would normally take - while meeting all your technical and business requirements
This presentaion is from a webinar broadcast on Wednesday 4th November, 2015 hosted by SoftwareONE, Refresh-IT Solutions and Microsoft.
Azure and StorSimple for Disaster Recovery and Storage Management - SoftwareO...SoftwareONEPresents
Slides from webinar demonstrating the disaster recovery and storage management capabilities of Microsoft Azure and StoreSimple.
The webinar was hosted on Friday 14th November 2014 and the recording can be viewed here:
http://1drv.ms/1vovwKF
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
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.
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.
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
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.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 3. In this session, we will cover desktop automation along with UI automation.
Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
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
1. Procuring and Effectively Managing Your Oracle Estate
Part 1: Oracle Licensing
February 2014
Robert Lamb
Oracle Practice Head
Dave Bloxham
Head UK Marketing
2. Subject Matter
SoftwareONE
Oracle Software Licensing
- Difficulties and Challenges
Oracle License Review (Audit)
- Preparation and getting a win
Taking Control and Summary
3. A Global Company
As a solution provider with software licensing at its core, SoftwareONE gains added
insight into the challenges and opportunities your software lifecycle presents, enabling
us to provide the highest level of expertise and most complete services throughout the
lifecycle of your investments.
Software Portfolio Management is a proven enterprise methodology that combines three
core data streams of SAM, technology demand roadmaps & commercial analysis services
to drive an all up view of IT investments”
“ A successfully implemented SPM service ensures IT investments”
support evolving business needs while delivering value, innovation, and alignment to cost
management initiatives.”
4. A Proven Partner
Founded in 1985
Authorisations and local presence in 83 countries
Revenue of $3.4B in 2013 Over 25% YoY growth for last 5 years
Microsoft’s and Oracle’s fastest growing Partner
1,900 Publishers Represented
43,000+ Contracts Managed
6. “
And still continue to be so…
Acquisitions
Company Overview
Product
Releases
Terms &
Conditions
Oracle Revenues 30+ years
7. Research
Gartner
Forrester
In average 19% of a IT budget contains
of software and license costs
Compliance: $10 in software per laptop
or server with regard to compliance
Licence optimisation: From $50 per
desktop to $300 per server
Other costs: 10% in IT support, costs in
Company Overview
training, research and productivity
improvement.
70% of organisations have a 30%
discrepancy in their actual vs. planned
software use
35% can expect an external audit
20-30% is the expected initial ROI for
implementing a SAM process
8. New Challenges in the Datacentre
Gartner: In 2014; 69% of a
datacenter budget is software and
license costs
Complex licenses rules, policies and
price models for business software
e.g. ERP CMDB, etc.
,
Company Overview
Multiple platforms such as Terminal
Servers, application virtualisation,
server virtualisation, all with
different dependencies on your
license optimization and
compliance.
Source: Gartner
9. Oracle Licensing – Procurement View
Possibly your estate is bigger than you realise
Database
Oracle Database 11g
Enterprise Edition
Options
Data Warehousing
Database Security
Data Integration
Exadata
Enterprise Manager
MySQL
Middleware
Java
Application Grid
Exalogic Elastic Cloud *
SOA | BPM
Content Management
Enterprise 2.0 and
Portals
Enterprise Performance
Management and
Business Intelligence *
Identity Management
Enterprise Manager
Applications
Oracle Fusion
Applications
Oracle E-Business Suite
PeopleSoft Enterprise
Oracle Policy
Automation
Siebel
ATG
Oracle CRM On
Demand
JD Edwards
EnterpriseOne
JD Edwards World
Hyperion
Primavera
Server and Storage
Systems
Exadata ‘ Logic
SPARC Servers
Sun Storage and Tape
Sun Oracle Database
Machine
Oracle Solaris
Oracle Linux
Virtualization
Enterprise Manager Ops
Center
Sun Blade Servers
•
•
•
Multiple Price Lists
000’s of Products
Many new Acquisitions
10. Oracle Licensing Complexity- IT View
End User View
SAN and disk
configuration
Service and
Process
information
Map Virtual
Machines to
Physical Hosts
Who is using what
All software
installed, versions
& patches
CPU Model, # of
CPU’s, cores, etc.
EM Packs
Options installed,
Options in USE
11. Oracle Licensing
Why is it difficult to manage?
Procurement
License Agreements (OLSA’s - OMA may vary
Lack of understanding of Pre-requites and dependencies of Products
Overlooked in the heat of the sales _ internal price list
Supplements
Technical/Business
Pre-loaded software (Availability of license assumes right to use)
Contractor implementation
Infrastructure changes
Software Estate Management
Oracle
Constant licence agreement and rules changes
Changes to Business Practices
Inconsistent account engagement
Or to quote clients…..” It’s Oracle”
12. Oracle Licensing
What may be the consequences?
“ Drifting” Non - Compliance
Due to a mixture of Procurement, Technical And Oracle
Commercial advantage of centralising known spend on Oracle
Knowledge of Oracle Products diluted by multiple sourcing
Ability to maximise ROI
Movement of assets x-border and x-company
Duplication of Assets
Overspend on Support and Maintenance
An unplanned visit from Oracle LMS or COLs
Emergency and unplanned compliance spend
15. Oracle Licensing Audit (Review)
Steps into & through a review (i)
Precipitation causing Stress on Current License Position
OSW from Oracle requesting, or escalated to LMS
Strategic review required for compelling Business reason
Or you simply do not know should state a position
Time Window
Pressure from Oracle
Business pressure for Finance or M&A
Is the outcome financial or administrative
Support – Redundant Product – Compliance & SAM standards
Oracle Estate information
A support renewal spread sheet from Oracle is not good enough
OLSA / OMA and any contract details
Discovery – Methodology and Tools
What information is available from Oracle
Factor in any decommissioning, Project roll-outs, and M&A
16. Oracle Licensing Audit (Review)
Steps into & through a review (ii)
Project Plan
Set timescale with clear objectives
Oracle expertise required from Vendor Independent or Internal
Engagement with Oracle
Who – When – Where – Why
Oracle Relationships
Use review and any engagement to maximise Oracle relationships for
technical / procurement and any relevant stakeholder
…. Where do we start?
18. The Vendor
The traditional approach
A first Approach – Soft Review
OSW
Oracle Rep CSR TSR OD
Invite from the Client
Classic Mistakes
They are on your side
LMS are involved
The DBA understands Oracle Licenses
Scripts or Worksheet?
Client interprets SIG or other documentation
Company Name:
ORACLE SERVER WORKSHEET
Date:
Details provided by:
1*
Server
Name
2
3
4
5
Oracle Instance Connect Version
DB /
Standar
IAS Name String d (SE)
Enterpri
if DB
if DB se (EE)
Version
6
7*
8
9
10*
11*
Estimated # of
Application App
Status
Arch
Estimated #
max.
Client/Serv different
simultaneous
Name Provider Dev (D)
er
users
users
" Named
" Concurrent
Test (T) Three Tier
Users"
Device"
Inter/Intra/
Prod (P) ExtraNet
etc.
etc.
12*
13
Generic
Login
Used
Y /N/No
Login
Server
Model
14
15
Processo No.
r
of
type
16
17
18
19
No.
of Proc.
Op
Virtual
Spee
Environme
Proc. Cores d System
nt
(Ghz)
19. Understanding Discovery
Our preferred approach
Cust
Tool
Tool
Tool
Physical Virtual
Oracle
Machine Machine Id
Oracle Product Id / Host / Host
CSI
Category Name
Name
Oracle
Product Physical Virtual
CSI
Category Hostname Hostname
Database ARES
N/A
Tool
Tool
None
N/A
Cust
RSC/ Tool
Cust
RSC/ Tool
App
Status
(prod,
User Count
Top
App
test, dev, (DBA
User Count Concurrency
Name
train..)
Users)
(App)
Timestamp
Top
Applicatio Applicatio DBA Users App User Concurrency
n Name n Status Count
count
Timestamp
Enterpri IQOR
se
CL
Tool Tool Tool
20
V$License Count OS
CPU Highw’ Level
Tool
Versi Options
Port on
Installed
RSC/ To RSC/ To
ol
ol
RSC/ Tool
Tool
Tool
Options in
use
Packs Granted
Versi Options
Options
Port on
Installed
Used
P,S,AS,RAC
10.2. ,OLAP,DM,
1798 0.4.0 RAT
P,AS
Packs Agreed
Packs Granted
Packs Agreed
ASC,ASD,DCO,DD,
DT
None
Tool
Tool
Tool
Company Overview
Devices Inst Sess
Sessions seen
Highwater
Instance
Max
Devices Session
Sessions Seen
Highwater
27/01/2010
06:01
1
3
Tool
26/01/2010 Tool
CPU
06:36 Total Max poss
0
1
24
Total
Sockets Sockets Physical
Cap
Pop
Cores
Tool
CPU Databas Datab
Partitionin Pinne e
ase
g Method d
Edition Name
CPU
Partitionin Pinne
g Method d
Edition Name
Cust
Tool
Tool
Server
Install Date Manuf
Server Model
Sever
Install Date Manuf
Server Model
09/11/2009 Hewlett10:27 Packard
10/11/2009 Hewlett
7
11:18 Packard
4
Logical No.of alloc
CoresCPU
Processor Identifier
1
2
2
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
AMD Turion(tm) X2 Ultra
Dual-Core Mobile ZM-82
Intel(R) Itanium 2
processor (1.5 GHz, 6
MB)
Op Sys
Microsoft
HP Pavilion dv5 Windows 7
Notebook PC Ultimate
RSC/ T RSC/
RSC/ T
ia64 hp server Tool
rx2600
HP-UX
CPU Proc
Speed Factor
2200
1500
Op Sys
Proc Lic
Req
NUP Min
20. And When It Goes Wrong
Actual customer numbers:
>6,000 devices. 47 Oracle servers, 83 instances
RAC, Partitioning, OLAP Data Mining, Advanced Security
,
3 Servers from manual declaration were 100% accurate – 44 were not
Company Overview
Over spent:
$1,500,000
Under spent:
$ 920,000
Oracle Settlement: $ 560,000 *
* Recovered in 3 years from reduced support bills
SAM & Discovery now in place as part of ongoing license management
process
22. Business Case
Where are the savings?
Reduce support and
maintenance costs
Fit license strategy to
business
requirements
Manage ongoing
requests against
capacity
You can leverage relationships and scale,
to deliver benefits through
negotiation of exceptional terms
Reduce cost of
ownership
23. Taking Control
The basic steps
“A successfully implemented SPM service ensures IT investments
support evolving business needs while delivering value,
innovation, and alignment to cost management initiatives.”
24. In Summary
Oracle Estate
What is the current understanding
Continuous review Process
What steps are in place should Oracle approach
Strategy for Vendors Oracle
SAM
Procurement
Oracle Relationships
Who and what is their motivation
Revenue/Product/Support Industry Leader
27. Software Contract Negotiation
Understanding your spend profile,
How to gather vendor spend
Leakage – what is it and how to avoid
Which vendors do we start with? (defining quick wins)
Future Requirements
Build A Roadmap
Calculate full contract costs
Tools available
Virtualisation Modelling
SQL Modelling
Software Procurement Platform Demo
Discovery Tools
SAM Tools
Company Overview
