This document discusses key trends in the IT services market and how vendors can succeed. It finds that companies are increasingly outsourcing IT and migrating to cloud-based services. This favors specialized vendors over generalists. Customers also prefer specialists that can deliver solutions tailored to their industries. To thrive, vendors must focus on differentiated services, improve cloud delivery, and understand customers' business metrics and satisfaction drivers. Those adapting to offer specialized, industry-focused solutions will find the greatest opportunities.
North America Mortgage Banking 2020: Convergent Disruption in the Credit Indu...accenture
To further compound lenders’ challenges to rebuild growth, profitability and efficiency following the recent credit crisis, convergent disruption is leading to a structural change in the industry; multiple disruptive forces are converging, creating an increasingly complex and highly dynamic future environment. Accenture examines the building blocks and roadmap to success in 2020.
Future-Proofing Insurance: Deepening Insights, Reinventing Processes and Resh...Cognizant
Insurance carriers face an imminent sea change in how their mission-critical processes remain efficient, agile and innovative. Ensuring relevance in the future requires redefined business models fueled by heightened productivity across fibusiness as usualfl activities.
The insurance industry is undergoing fundamental transformation as it comes up against the impact of new regulation, new technology, accelerating shifts in consumer demand and mounting competition from digitally-enabled new entrants. In the face of so many disruptive challenges, it’s important not to lose sight of the huge opportunities they’re creating for insurers. Companies from other industries will be looking to your risk insight and expertise to help them navigate an increasingly complex and uncertain business and geopolitical landscape. You’re also in the pole position to capitalise on the new generation of analytics, sensor connectivity, and machine learning technologies that are set to revolutionise our lives. To make the most of these opportunities, it’s important to look beyond the traditional boundaries of the insurance business to embrace new ways of working, new ways of interacting with customers, and whole new possibilities in what your business can deliver.
Accenture 2015 Global Risk Management Study: Banking infographicaccenture
The Accenture 2015 Global Risk Management Study: Banking Report identifies three key challenges and five priorities for risk management in the banking sector. See the infographic for compelling statistics from the study.
Shared Service Centers: Risks & Rewards in the Time of CoronavirusCognizant
Our recent research reveals that organizations are reassessing the pros and cons of captive services. Companies are twice as likely to reduce than increase their use of shared service centers.
How Insurers Can Harness Artificial IntelligenceCognizant
Once science fiction, artificial intelligence now holds vast potential for insurers interested in reinventing their business models and transforming customer experience.
North America Mortgage Banking 2020: Convergent Disruption in the Credit Indu...accenture
To further compound lenders’ challenges to rebuild growth, profitability and efficiency following the recent credit crisis, convergent disruption is leading to a structural change in the industry; multiple disruptive forces are converging, creating an increasingly complex and highly dynamic future environment. Accenture examines the building blocks and roadmap to success in 2020.
Future-Proofing Insurance: Deepening Insights, Reinventing Processes and Resh...Cognizant
Insurance carriers face an imminent sea change in how their mission-critical processes remain efficient, agile and innovative. Ensuring relevance in the future requires redefined business models fueled by heightened productivity across fibusiness as usualfl activities.
The insurance industry is undergoing fundamental transformation as it comes up against the impact of new regulation, new technology, accelerating shifts in consumer demand and mounting competition from digitally-enabled new entrants. In the face of so many disruptive challenges, it’s important not to lose sight of the huge opportunities they’re creating for insurers. Companies from other industries will be looking to your risk insight and expertise to help them navigate an increasingly complex and uncertain business and geopolitical landscape. You’re also in the pole position to capitalise on the new generation of analytics, sensor connectivity, and machine learning technologies that are set to revolutionise our lives. To make the most of these opportunities, it’s important to look beyond the traditional boundaries of the insurance business to embrace new ways of working, new ways of interacting with customers, and whole new possibilities in what your business can deliver.
Accenture 2015 Global Risk Management Study: Banking infographicaccenture
The Accenture 2015 Global Risk Management Study: Banking Report identifies three key challenges and five priorities for risk management in the banking sector. See the infographic for compelling statistics from the study.
Shared Service Centers: Risks & Rewards in the Time of CoronavirusCognizant
Our recent research reveals that organizations are reassessing the pros and cons of captive services. Companies are twice as likely to reduce than increase their use of shared service centers.
How Insurers Can Harness Artificial IntelligenceCognizant
Once science fiction, artificial intelligence now holds vast potential for insurers interested in reinventing their business models and transforming customer experience.
Close the AI Action Gap in Financial ServicesCognizant
Banks and financial institutions are making strides with artificial intelligence -- but they've been slow to scale it. Here are four steps to realize AI's full potential throughout the enterprise.
Accenture North American Digital Banking Consumer Survey 2014 accenture
According to the new Accenture 2014 North America Consumer Digital Banking Survey, digital banking trends are changing traditional relationships between consumers and banks. In fact, the research suggests the relationship is increasingly uncertain as consumers are intrigued by branchless digital banks, define their relationships as merely transactional and generally want more advice and proactive financial services from their Everyday Banks. Read the PDF to learn more about the results of the survey, and how banks can respond to these threats.
North American Utility Sparks Up its Complaint Handling SystemCognizant
Electric utility's new complaint handling system reduces resolution times, increases staff productivity, boosts customer satisfaction and improves regulatory compliance.
While security servicing providers have performed well in recent years, they face anemic core growth, shifting client expectations, rising pressure on fees, and the potential for disruption. The COVID-19 pandemic and associated recession will put further pressure on the industry. In response, they must be bold in their planning and approach to service delivery.
Disruption: Data and Analytics Modernization in the COVID-19 EraCognizant
COVID-19 has changed the world – and many companies are gaining benefits by rethinking their analytics models and data management processes to keep pace with the new realities of business, our latest research reveals.
How Analytics Can Transform the U.S. Retail Banking SectorCognizant
To regain customer trust, U.S. retail banks must seriously consider using analytics to improve decision-making, uncover unseen innovation opportunities and improve compliance.
Manufacturers were hard hit by COVID-19, but our research reveals the next best steps to take, based on the investments digital leaders in the industry have made and plan to make.
BCG has extensive experience supporting PMIs, particularly growth oriented complex technology integrations. Learn more about BCG's approach, tools, and perspective on what makes software integrations different.
COVID-19 has increased the need for intelligent decisioning through AI, but ROI is not guaranteed. Here's how to accelerate AI outcomes, according to our recent study.
Based on a survey of Dutch banking executives, we identify the strengths and weaknesses of payments operating models (including selective outsourcing) in a demanding, highly regulated business sector and recommend a customer-centric model.
The Bottom Line on Trust | Accenture Strategy Competitive Agility Index 2018accenture
In the not-too-distant past, trust was considered a “soft” corporate issue. Its connection to a company’s value, tenuous. Not anymore. New Accenture Strategy research quantifies the impact of trust on your company’s competitiveness. And bottom line. Trust is anything but soft.
To be competitive in today’s environment, companies need to execute a balanced strategy that prioritizes trust at the same level as growth and profitability. Those who do benefit from greater resiliency from trust incidents, making them more competitive. Those who don’t are putting billions in future revenue at risk.
Accenture Strategy found that more than half (54%) of the 7.030 companies we scored on our Competitive Agility Index experienced a material drop in trust, a key measure of competitiveness. Conservatively, those companies lost out on US$180 billion in potential revenues.
What if your company could quantify the potential negative impact of a trust incident on key measures of competitiveness: growth and profitability? Accenture Strategy can show you how.
LIBOR and Conduct Risk: When and How Should You Mitigate?accenture
Learn why conduct risk is particularly relevant to the transition from LIBOR, and identify when and how to mitigate conduct risk. Visit our LIBOR Transition site: https://accntu.re/2yD2cZa
Unlocking the data possibilities of Big Data presentation shared at the Big Data / Internet of Things Conference Board Conference June 25-26, 2015
http://www.pwc.com/us/en/analytics/big-data.jhtml
Knowledge Report - Making Retail a preferred employment choice in the digital world by Anil Talreja, Partner M&A Tax, Deloitte India & Sucheta Hota, Director, Human Capital Consulting, Deloitte
The Work Ahead in Utilities: Powering a Sustainable Future with DigitalCognizant
Utilities are starting to adopt digital technologies to eliminate slow processes, elevate customer experience and boost sustainability, according to our recent study.
In the second installment of L.E.K.'s "The Perennial Millennial" Executive Insights spotlight series, we explore the uptake and future interest in Over-The-Top (OTT) services among Millennials by life stage and the potential impact on traditional Pay TV providers.
The 2016 Strategic Hospital Priorities Study examines the current direction of the industry and, in particular, how Medtech companies can capitalize on the many needs of hospital administrators.
While the healthcare market has steadily evolved since L.E.K. Consulting issued its first hospital study in 2010, many of the same trends remain in place — among them consolidation, non-acute care integration, accountability, technology enhancements and novel pricing schemes.
This Executive Insights addresses a number of key topics, including:
Hospital administrator’s chief priorities
Most valuable medtech services
Focus on IT spending
Outlook for outsourcing
Close the AI Action Gap in Financial ServicesCognizant
Banks and financial institutions are making strides with artificial intelligence -- but they've been slow to scale it. Here are four steps to realize AI's full potential throughout the enterprise.
Accenture North American Digital Banking Consumer Survey 2014 accenture
According to the new Accenture 2014 North America Consumer Digital Banking Survey, digital banking trends are changing traditional relationships between consumers and banks. In fact, the research suggests the relationship is increasingly uncertain as consumers are intrigued by branchless digital banks, define their relationships as merely transactional and generally want more advice and proactive financial services from their Everyday Banks. Read the PDF to learn more about the results of the survey, and how banks can respond to these threats.
North American Utility Sparks Up its Complaint Handling SystemCognizant
Electric utility's new complaint handling system reduces resolution times, increases staff productivity, boosts customer satisfaction and improves regulatory compliance.
While security servicing providers have performed well in recent years, they face anemic core growth, shifting client expectations, rising pressure on fees, and the potential for disruption. The COVID-19 pandemic and associated recession will put further pressure on the industry. In response, they must be bold in their planning and approach to service delivery.
Disruption: Data and Analytics Modernization in the COVID-19 EraCognizant
COVID-19 has changed the world – and many companies are gaining benefits by rethinking their analytics models and data management processes to keep pace with the new realities of business, our latest research reveals.
How Analytics Can Transform the U.S. Retail Banking SectorCognizant
To regain customer trust, U.S. retail banks must seriously consider using analytics to improve decision-making, uncover unseen innovation opportunities and improve compliance.
Manufacturers were hard hit by COVID-19, but our research reveals the next best steps to take, based on the investments digital leaders in the industry have made and plan to make.
BCG has extensive experience supporting PMIs, particularly growth oriented complex technology integrations. Learn more about BCG's approach, tools, and perspective on what makes software integrations different.
COVID-19 has increased the need for intelligent decisioning through AI, but ROI is not guaranteed. Here's how to accelerate AI outcomes, according to our recent study.
Based on a survey of Dutch banking executives, we identify the strengths and weaknesses of payments operating models (including selective outsourcing) in a demanding, highly regulated business sector and recommend a customer-centric model.
The Bottom Line on Trust | Accenture Strategy Competitive Agility Index 2018accenture
In the not-too-distant past, trust was considered a “soft” corporate issue. Its connection to a company’s value, tenuous. Not anymore. New Accenture Strategy research quantifies the impact of trust on your company’s competitiveness. And bottom line. Trust is anything but soft.
To be competitive in today’s environment, companies need to execute a balanced strategy that prioritizes trust at the same level as growth and profitability. Those who do benefit from greater resiliency from trust incidents, making them more competitive. Those who don’t are putting billions in future revenue at risk.
Accenture Strategy found that more than half (54%) of the 7.030 companies we scored on our Competitive Agility Index experienced a material drop in trust, a key measure of competitiveness. Conservatively, those companies lost out on US$180 billion in potential revenues.
What if your company could quantify the potential negative impact of a trust incident on key measures of competitiveness: growth and profitability? Accenture Strategy can show you how.
LIBOR and Conduct Risk: When and How Should You Mitigate?accenture
Learn why conduct risk is particularly relevant to the transition from LIBOR, and identify when and how to mitigate conduct risk. Visit our LIBOR Transition site: https://accntu.re/2yD2cZa
Unlocking the data possibilities of Big Data presentation shared at the Big Data / Internet of Things Conference Board Conference June 25-26, 2015
http://www.pwc.com/us/en/analytics/big-data.jhtml
Knowledge Report - Making Retail a preferred employment choice in the digital world by Anil Talreja, Partner M&A Tax, Deloitte India & Sucheta Hota, Director, Human Capital Consulting, Deloitte
The Work Ahead in Utilities: Powering a Sustainable Future with DigitalCognizant
Utilities are starting to adopt digital technologies to eliminate slow processes, elevate customer experience and boost sustainability, according to our recent study.
In the second installment of L.E.K.'s "The Perennial Millennial" Executive Insights spotlight series, we explore the uptake and future interest in Over-The-Top (OTT) services among Millennials by life stage and the potential impact on traditional Pay TV providers.
The 2016 Strategic Hospital Priorities Study examines the current direction of the industry and, in particular, how Medtech companies can capitalize on the many needs of hospital administrators.
While the healthcare market has steadily evolved since L.E.K. Consulting issued its first hospital study in 2010, many of the same trends remain in place — among them consolidation, non-acute care integration, accountability, technology enhancements and novel pricing schemes.
This Executive Insights addresses a number of key topics, including:
Hospital administrator’s chief priorities
Most valuable medtech services
Focus on IT spending
Outlook for outsourcing
Today’s air, rail and cruise/ferry passengers, conditioned by their interactions with retailers, have different expectations from those held in the past. They expect options during travel, require flexible pricing alternatives and value personalized experiences.
While passengers have idle time during transit, they each have different needs based on who they are, the purpose of their travel, and where they are in their journey. This gives transport providers the unique opportunity to leverage retailer best practices and provide a consistent, personalized customer experience.
In this Executive Insights Spotlight on Transport, L.E.K. examines the changing behaviors of passengers and reveals how transport providers must act and think differently to implement a differentiated merchandising strategy — one that truly captivates their passengers with personalized, bundled content and connectivity offerings and makes the most of their time on board.
The 2016 Health & Wellness Study examines consumer spending preferences for nutritional supplements, personal care and healthy grocery products among Millennials, Gen X and Boomers. The study looks at category engagement, drivers of channel selection and, the potential for subscription services, as well as the success factors for private-label products. Selected highlights:
While some H&W categories are more “mature” in terms of generational penetration there appears to be significant opportunity to bring Gen Xers and Boomers into more complex categories such as functional beverages and sports nutrition
Traditional grocery and mass merchants continue to be main channels for food & beverage, while nutritional supplements and personal care must employ a broader channel strategy
Convenience plays a more significant role in shopping channel selection for food & beverage consumers than other categories
Millennials and Gen X consumers are far more likely to purchase subscriptions, especially for skin care products, compared to Boomers
Maximising Value from Airport Investments – Adopting a Truly Active ApproachL.E.K. Consulting
Leading airports are now transforming into customer-led organizations, with real financial benefits and implications for their business models. L.E.K. experience has shown significant benefits from taking this kind of approach. This presentation looks at Australian and New Zealand airports in the context of this transformation - most have begun the journey, but there is further to go.
Improving Sales Force Performance and EffectivenessL.E.K. Consulting
L.E.K. Managing Director Chris Kenney spoke at a Chief Executive Network event on improving sales force performance and effectiveness. See his presentation here.
Reincarnating traditional infrastructure outsourcingNIIT Technologies
Ever since Traditional Outsourcing has gone almost extinct, enterprises are focusing on investing more in next-generation service providers that can provide them flexibility and agility to match the ever changing dynamics of business. This paper highlights how and why traditional infrastructure outsourcing market is shrinking dramatically. It also explains how the new age vendors can adapt to new technology to provide benefits to Gen 2.0 clients.
Today’s most forward-thinking IT leaders view outsourcing not as a cost reduction tactic but rather as a strategic vehicle and catalyst for transforming the organization into a digital business. They have learned that taking an approach that drives alignment with business requirements, transforms the state of IT, and changes the “work” that is being done not only produces better service levels but also delivers exponentially greater cost savings. In this new white paper, "IT Outsourcing Is Not About Cost Savings", The Outsourcing Institute and WGroup have teamed up to provide guidance to help you rethink IT outsourcing and how you can deliver increased shareholder value.
Cloud ITSM Market PPT: Growth, Outlook, Demand, Keyplayer Analysis and Opport...IMARC Group
The global cloud ITSM market size reached US$ 8.7 Billion in 2023. Looking forward, IMARC Group expects the market to reach US$ 36.0 Billion by 2032, exhibiting a growth rate (CAGR) of 16.92% during 2024-2032.
More Info:- https://www.imarcgroup.com/cloud-itsm-market
Fast-Tracking Digital: A Blueprint for Communications Services ProvidersCognizant
For communications services providers (CSPs), becoming a digital business is essential to remaining relevant and competitive, and meeting customers’ demands for best-in-class, omnichannel experiences that simplify and personalize communications and transactions. Building this capability requires integrating existing capabilities within the context of a larger digital ecosystem and industry-specific platforms. When it comes to digital transformation, the question isn’t if to start, but how – and where.
Pinnacle digital advisors -How U.S.Telecoms Can More Effectively Convert Data...sangeetk072
Pinnacle Digital Products ,Pinnacle digital advisors,,Pinnacle digital is the leading provider of next generation network and customer analytics solutions
http://pinnacledigital.in/index.html
Tech Research Asia: Optimising the New ChannelMark Iles
A summary of some of the critical challenges in how the IT model (Vendor - Partner - Customer) works and in particular the divergence between how customers are increasingly choosing, procuring and deploying technology and collectively how partners and vendors are aligning to sell their solutions.
L.E.K. Consulting’s annual Media & Entertainment Study
was conducted between December 2018 and January
2019. We surveyed around 2,000 households on their
entertainment choices, preferences and viewing habits.
This Executive Insights analyzes key findings about
movie theater attendance and subscription services.
The Fourth Annual Global Mobility Study [hyperlink] by L.E.K. Consulting, Vision Mobility and CuriosityCX highlights that there is a much greater uptake of ride-hailing and other new mobility options in India and China than in mature western economies. With relatively low levels of car ownership and less developed public transport systems in these Asian countries, new mobility use is now comparable with and set to overtake traditional transport for a segment of the population.
5 Opportunities in the Nutritional Supplements IndustryL.E.K. Consulting
According to the third installment of a biennial survey L.E.K. Consulting conducted on the healthy living marketplace, U.S. adult consumers spend, on average, a reported $635 on nutritional supplements each year: $433 on vitamins, minerals and herbal supplements (VMS), and $202 on sports nutrition products. And yet, within both categories, there is still room for further growth.
Indeed, when asked about their prior month’s purchases, just 55% of consumers who make H&W a priority said they bought VMS, and only 25% had purchased sports nutrition products. In other words, for retailers and brands there are some significant opportunities — and even a lurking threat — to be found.
Infrastructure Victoria - AZ/ZEV International ScanL.E.K. Consulting
InfrastructureVictoria for released the Evidence Base that will inform its advice to the Victorian Government on the infrastructure required to support automated and zero emissions vehicles. The Evidence Base includes the findings of ten projects to address key areas, including transport, energy, ICT and urban design. L.E.K. Consulting contributed to this work program, undertaking an international scan of the regulation and technical standards relating to automated and zero emission vehicle technologies.
The Rapidly Evolving Landscape of Meal Kits and E-commerce in Food & BeverageL.E.K. Consulting
Consumers are increasingly strapped for time, and when they’re shopping for and preparing fresh, healthy food, every extra minute counts. Here’s where meal kits and e-commerce come in: they give consumers control and the ability to personalize their meals, while saving them valuable time otherwise spent on shopping and food prep.
In this webinar, Rob Wilson, Managing Director at L.E.K. Consulting, and The Food Institute will explore the $150 billion land grab of e-commerce sales in food & beverage and the role of meal kits in this rapidly evolving landscape.
Top 8 Insights From the 2018 Beauty, Health & Wellness SurveyL.E.K. Consulting
Think nutritional supplements and skincare are of interest only to consumers of a certain age? Think again. According to L.E.K. Consulting’s third installment of a biennial survey of the healthy living marketplace, this one focusing on nutrition and skincare, some 80% of health and wellness (H&W) consumers across generations — from millennials to baby boomers — are highly engaged with both categories.
The survey captured insights from more than 1,600 respondents, representing roughly 77% of the U.S. adult population who identify with H&W themes, and generated eight key insights across categories. Together these insights make clear that consumer interest in nutritional supplements and skincare often lasts a lifetime.
L.E.K. Consulting recently surveyed more than 200 U.S. brand managers and packaging stakeholders at consumer packaged goods companies to understand their packaging needs and views on trends driving demand.
The survey focused on topics that include:
- Brand trends and their effect on packaging demand
- Shifts within packaging (e.g., new materials, packaging innovations)
- Perspectives on packaging demand (including forecast spend on packaging for their brands)
This Executive Insights analyzes key findings from this proprietary research
Spotlight on Media & Entertainment: Box Office TrendsL.E.K. Consulting
In the first installment of our Executive Insights “Spotlight on Media & Entertainment" series – which features our insights in a new impactful visual format – we focus on box office trends. L.E.K.’s Dan Schechter, Gil Moran and Francesco Di Ianni explore the current trends in admissions, movie production, movie ticket prices and whether the 3D movie growth may be coming to an end.
Capitalizing on Opportunities in Fresh Prepared FoodsL.E.K. Consulting
With the increased focus on investing in the perimeter of the grocery store, fresh prepared foods is one of the most interesting growth areas for U.S. grocers. The lines of retail and foodservice have been blurring as grocers realize there is a golden opportunity to capitalize on consumers’ desire for fresh prepared foods and drive foot traffic.
This Executive Insights profiles the high-growth category of fresh prepared foods and why retailers and suppliers alike can expect to find significant opportunities in this market for years to come.
L.E.K. recently conducted the first in-depth analysis of U.K. Millennials’ media consumption habits by life stage, from living at home with parents all the way through to starting their own families. The research, which covers six life stages, shatters the common assumption that, once millennials are older and have their own children, they revert to more traditional media consumption patterns.
Spotlight on Media & Entertainment: Future of Advertising SpendL.E.K. Consulting
In this latest Executive Insights Spotlight on Media & Entertainment series, L.E.K. uncovers the latest in digital advertising spend and the future of industry consolidation.
Spotlight on Media & Entertainment: Virtual RealityL.E.K. Consulting
As new technologies are developed and price points drop, virtual reality (VR) is poised to take off for some applications. In this Executive Insights’ "Spotlight on Media and Entertainment" series, L.E.K. takes a look at the three different types of VR including Super VR, Medium VR, and Casual Mobile VR.
The New Face of Retail: Retail and Consumer Trends Reshaping the LandscapeL.E.K. Consulting
There are several trends reshaping the U.S. retail market today, from the decline of traditional media to smaller, more focused branding. In this webinar with ACG, L.E.K. Consulting’s Rob Haslehurst and Jon Weber discuss the trends reshaping the retail market today.
China: Opportunities and Hot-Spots in the MedTech (Medical Device), Pharmaceu...L.E.K. Consulting
In this presentation, Dr Neale Jones, Partner, L.E.K. Consulting Australia explores the "Opportunities and hot spots for Australian companies in China". This presentation aims to assist Australian companies in the life science industry in entering the China market. This was first presented at the Australia China Life Sciences Summit in Sydney Australia in February 2014.
Opportunities and Challenges Associated with Novel Companion Diagnostic Techn...L.E.K. Consulting
L.E.K. Managing Director Alex Vadas spoke at a BDA workshop on "How to Mature Emerging Technologies into Companion Diagnostics?" See his presentation here.
China Exit or Co-Investment Opportunities for German PE InvestorsL.E.K. Consulting
L.E.K.'s Karin von Kienlin recently presented at BVK on a study conducted by L.E.K. Munich and Shanghai. They wished to:
- Understand developments in Chinese equity investments in both the domestic China / pan-Asian market and cross-border investments between China and Germany / Europe
- Identify trends in likely future investment behavior and its drivers
- Defining success factors both for Chinese and German investors / corporates as to how to benefit from the potential opportunities of cross-border investments and cooperation
Learn more in the presentation here.
L.E.K.'s John Moran recently spoke at an NDC in Action conference hosted by Farelogix. He covered topics such as the evolution of consumer expectations, merchandising's potential, why NDC matters and 10 questions to ask about your ancillary strategy. Learn more in his presentation here.
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
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.
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
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
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
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.
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.
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Spotlight on Technology: Steering Clear of the IT Danger Zones
1. STEERING CLEAR OF THE IT DANGER ZONES
Executive Insights | SPOTLIGHT ON TECHNOLOGY
L.E.K. Consulting / March 2016 LEK.COM
STEERING CLEAR OF THE IT DANGER ZONES
Companies increasingly seek to
maximize operating flexibility
by taking advantage of IT
services that help migrate their
industry-specific business
processes to the cloud.
In this Executive Insights
Spotlight on IT Services, L.E.K.
Consulting examines the key
drivers behind the global
growth in IT services, changing
behaviors of IT services buyers
– and how vendors and
investors can steer clear of
danger zones.
How fast is IT spend growing? »
What’s Driving Global Growth in IT Services and Who Will Be
Tomorrow’s Winners?
Source: L.E.K. survey, interviews and analysis
• Customers need help developing
customized cloud strategies;
however, cloud reduces demand
for on-premises ITO services,
cannibalizing traditional offerings
• Spending on IT services contracted
during the most recent global
slowdown, but has since improved
with macro conditions
• Increased IT heterogeneity heightens
demand for specialized expertise;
an industry talent shortage has
made finding required IT skill
sets more difficult
• Customers are demanding new
ways to view and interact with
data, driving industries
(e.g., banking) to bolster offerings
• IT services prices have increased
in line with inflation; commoditization
of ITO is putting some pressure
on prices overall
Key market demand drivers over the next 3-5 years
Regions
impacted
Segments
impacted
W.W.
market
Largest impact in
U.S.; China earlier
in adoption curve,
and EU lagging
Migration toward
the cloud
Moderated
macroeconomic
growth
Increasing IT
complexity /
resource
constraints
Industry-specific
demand for
technology
offerings
Growing pricing
pressures
U.S. strong, with EU
beginning to strengthen
and APAC softness
expected to continue
Worldwide
trend
Worldwide
trend
Worldwide trend;
strong APAC
pricing pressures
Applications
Infrastructure
Technology Outsourcing
All segments
Infrastructure
Technology
Outsourcing
Applications
All segments
2. Executive Insights | SPOTLIGHT ON TECHNOLOGY
L.E.K. Consulting / March 2016 LEK.COM
STEERING CLEAR OF THE IT DANGER ZONES
To realize better returns on
their IT dollars, companies are
increasing their outsourcing
relationships with vendors.
Over half of all senior
executives surveyed expect to
increase their level of IT
outsourcing over the next
three years, with a majority of
those expecting to spend 10
percentage points or more on
outsourcing compared with
last year.
What market trends underpin demand? »
Most Companies Expect to Increase Their Spend on Outsourced IT
Increase spend
significantly
(10 percentage
points)
All respondentsDecrease spend
significantly
(10 percentage
points)
DecreaseNo changeIncrease
Expectations for Outsourcing Over the Next 3 Years
Percentageofrespondents
Source: L.E.K. survey, interviews and analysis
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100%
Respondents currently outsourcing
3. Executive Insights | SPOTLIGHT ON TECHNOLOGY
L.E.K. Consulting / March 2016 LEK.COM
STEERING CLEAR OF THE IT DANGER ZONES
At face value, almost all service
lines are expected to
experience some growth and
appear attractive.
Upon closer examination,
however, those services that
more directly drive workflow
productivity gains are expected
to generate higher revenue
and/or margin opportunity for
vendors.
How are customers utilizing vendors? »
Outsourced IT Has Huge Upside – $1 Trillion in Annual Spend by 2018
Infrastructure technology
consulting and strategy
(including enterprise
hardware, end-user devices,
help desk, data center
services, etc.)
Outsourcing of key business
support functions
(e.g., HR, CRM, payroll)
Packaged and customized
applications/cloud offerings
Infrastructure technology
outsourcing (ITO)
Business process
outsourcing (BPO)
Application development,
implementation, support
Enterprise IT Services – W.W. (2015E-18F)
2015E 2018F
5-6
3-4
4-5
35-40
Example offering
CAGR %
(15E-18F)
Avg. Gross
Margins %
30-35
20-25
Source: L.E.K. survey, interviews and analysis
0
200
400
600
800
$1,000
BillionsofU.S.dollars
4. STEERING CLEAR OF THE IT DANGER ZONES
Executive Insights | SPOTLIGHT ON TECHNOLOGY
L.E.K. Consulting / March 2016 LEK.COM
STEERING CLEAR OF THE IT DANGER ZONES
Although companies are
increasing IT services spending
overall, they are also utilizing
more vendors to meet the
growing complexity of their
business and operational
needs.
As a consequence, vendors
must accelerate new-customer
wins or successfully increase
their share-of-wallet to keep
pace with overall industry
growth.
What vendors are winning or losing? »
Fragmented IT Spend:
More on Specialized Service Providers, Less on Legacy Providers
Expected Change in Customer Spending per Vendor
Average spend
per customer
100
Decreased spending
per vendor due to
vendor fragmentation
Average spend
per vendor
92
Increase in
total spend
5
Percentageofspend
Source: L.E.K. survey, interviews and analysis
0
20
40
60
80
100% (13)
5. Executive Insights | SPOTLIGHT ON TECHNOLOGY
L.E.K. Consulting / March 2016 LEK.COM
STEERING CLEAR OF THE IT DANGER ZONES
Companies are shifting
spending away from
undifferentiated generalist
service providers and toward
specialist providers,
demonstrating increasing
confidence that specialists will
deliver meaningful business
impact.
Service providers that don’t
tailor their offering to the
customers’ nuanced business
needs are expected to struggle,
particularly as companies
increasingly realize more value
from specialists than from
generalist IT services vendors.
How are vendors capitalizing on these trends? »
Specialists Preferred by 2-to-1 Margin Over Generalist Vendors
Customer Preference for Using Specialist vs. Generalist IT Service Providers
Specialists preferred
39
Generalists preferred
19
Percentageofrespondents
Source: L.E.K. survey, interviews and analysis
0
10
20
30
40%
6. STEERING CLEAR OF THE IT DANGER ZONES
Executive Insights | SPOTLIGHT ON TECHNOLOGY
L.E.K. Consulting / March 2016 LEK.COM
STEERING CLEAR OF THE IT DANGER ZONES
To address IT services needs,
CSC has pivoted from its focus
on traditional lower-margin/
lower-growth infrastructure
and horizontal applications
toward more attractive spaces
such as industry-specific
solutions, cloud infrastructure,
big data, security, etc.
This shift in perspective has
resulted in higher profitability,
as customers are willing to pay
more for these services.
What are the key issues for operators or investors? »
Generalist Vendor Response:
Aggressive Moves to Meet New Market Realities
Generic / horizontal /
traditional services
Industry-specific /
next-generation services
Low
Profitability
High
CSC Revenue by Service Type (FY2012, Projected FY2015)
FY2012 Projected FY2015
(9%)
Operating
profit
9%
Percentageoftotalrevenue
Source: CSC; L.E.K. survey, interviews and analysis
0
20
40
60
80
100%
39
61
67
33
7. STEERING CLEAR OF THE IT DANGER ZONES
Executive Insights | SPOTLIGHT ON TECHNOLOGY
L.E.K. Consulting / March 2016 LEK.COM
STEERING CLEAR OF THE IT DANGER ZONES
Our Executive Insights
Spotlight on IT Services series
provides a perspective on IT
services spending trends and
evolving customer purchase
behaviors – particularly their
growing appetite for
specialized vendors.
Tomorrow’s winners will be
those players that know the
danger zones to avoid and can
pinpoint where to exploit the
greatest opportunities in a fast-
changing market that rewards
responsiveness and specialized
capabilities.
Implications for Vendors and Investors:
Big Opportunities for Those Who Know Where to Look
Key considerations for evaluating IT services investments
• Build specific capabilities to deliberately accelerate differentiators in a well-defined set of
functional or industry-specific solution areas
• Ensure ongoing investments in organization, systems and processes continuously improve
the delivery effectiveness of cloud/next generation-oriented services
• Measure the effectiveness of SLAs primarily against contribution to customers’ most
relevant business metrics
• Understand the triggers behind timely changes in customer satisfaction scores to quickly
uncover areas requiring attention/additional investment
• Segment customers based on spending behaviors and appetite to pace change, accordingly
engage customers with a tailored services adoption roadmap
• Focus on driving scale and extracting as much operating inefficiency out of undifferentiated
service lines such as infrastructure technology outsourcing