Several years ago, James Dixon, CTO at Pentaho, published a paper called, “The Bees and the Trees: The Beekeeper Model of Commercial Open Source Software”. I have found that this metaphor is hugely helpful in explaining commercial open source to people. So in this talk I introduce James' model, then I use it as the context to discuss the state of the Alfresco community.
A recording of this session lives here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NSsz-sjbzg
Luminis Session - ML, TechCrunch, Hype, AI and no ironiesThiago de Faria
The talk and demo were given at Luminis HQ (Appeldoorn) on 22/May/2018.
The audience was a group of software engineers with limited exposure to ML algorithms on their professional life. The main takeaway is how different it is developing traditional software engineering and ML development.
devopsdays Amsterdam 2018 - Chaos while deploying AI and making sure it doesn...Thiago de Faria
Presentation + Demo at devopsdays Amsterdam 2018 - June 29th.
AI is such a buzzword, with its futuristic implementations and sophisticated machine learning algorithms (Hello, Deep learning!). We are using ML when we need external data to reach a working product because it would be impossible to solve it with the regular for/if/loops. What are the next steps? Moreover, what about Test, Release, and Deployment? We always value data and call our organizations “data-driven,” but now the impact is even more significant. If you are using an ML component, misused/dirty/problematic data will affect not your internal reports as before… but your application deployment and quality of service. Let’s hear discuss some AI implementations stories (its advantages/problems) finding common mistakes and future challenges for such a hyped theme.
How I Grew in Tech - A Startup Story in 3 ActsElisha Tan
Invited by Google to speak at Google International Women's Day event, I shared my 3.5 years worth of startup journey in this talk. This is also the first time I addressed my startup failure in public.
Lean Startup: How Development Looks Different When You're Changing the WorldAbby Fichtner
How does development look different at a startup where learning (rather than working software) is our most important measure of progress?
Lean Startup is about creating companies with a BIG VISION, where we want to change the world and do something really significant. It's a methodology developed by Eric Ries to combine Agile Development with Customer Development so that we can be disciplined about how we create our startups. Come learn the concepts behind Lean Startup and discover how development looks different when you're creating things that nobody else done before.
[Slides from my Beantown .NET Presentation (April 7, 2011)]
Content Management Interoperability Services (CMIS) is the preferred API for writing code against Alfresco. This presentation explains how to get started using CMIS and covers some of the gotchas and limitations you should be aware of before you commit to CMIS for your project. This presentation was originally delivered at Alfresco Summit 2013 in Barcelona and Boston.
Building Content-Rich Java Apps in the Cloud with the Alfresco APIJeff Potts
This presentation, originally delivered at JavaOne on October 2, 2012, talks about why you should use Alfresco instead of rolling your own content repository and discusses the new public Alfresco API for writing content apps that persist content to Alfresco in the Cloud.
Luminis Session - ML, TechCrunch, Hype, AI and no ironiesThiago de Faria
The talk and demo were given at Luminis HQ (Appeldoorn) on 22/May/2018.
The audience was a group of software engineers with limited exposure to ML algorithms on their professional life. The main takeaway is how different it is developing traditional software engineering and ML development.
devopsdays Amsterdam 2018 - Chaos while deploying AI and making sure it doesn...Thiago de Faria
Presentation + Demo at devopsdays Amsterdam 2018 - June 29th.
AI is such a buzzword, with its futuristic implementations and sophisticated machine learning algorithms (Hello, Deep learning!). We are using ML when we need external data to reach a working product because it would be impossible to solve it with the regular for/if/loops. What are the next steps? Moreover, what about Test, Release, and Deployment? We always value data and call our organizations “data-driven,” but now the impact is even more significant. If you are using an ML component, misused/dirty/problematic data will affect not your internal reports as before… but your application deployment and quality of service. Let’s hear discuss some AI implementations stories (its advantages/problems) finding common mistakes and future challenges for such a hyped theme.
How I Grew in Tech - A Startup Story in 3 ActsElisha Tan
Invited by Google to speak at Google International Women's Day event, I shared my 3.5 years worth of startup journey in this talk. This is also the first time I addressed my startup failure in public.
Lean Startup: How Development Looks Different When You're Changing the WorldAbby Fichtner
How does development look different at a startup where learning (rather than working software) is our most important measure of progress?
Lean Startup is about creating companies with a BIG VISION, where we want to change the world and do something really significant. It's a methodology developed by Eric Ries to combine Agile Development with Customer Development so that we can be disciplined about how we create our startups. Come learn the concepts behind Lean Startup and discover how development looks different when you're creating things that nobody else done before.
[Slides from my Beantown .NET Presentation (April 7, 2011)]
Content Management Interoperability Services (CMIS) is the preferred API for writing code against Alfresco. This presentation explains how to get started using CMIS and covers some of the gotchas and limitations you should be aware of before you commit to CMIS for your project. This presentation was originally delivered at Alfresco Summit 2013 in Barcelona and Boston.
Building Content-Rich Java Apps in the Cloud with the Alfresco APIJeff Potts
This presentation, originally delivered at JavaOne on October 2, 2012, talks about why you should use Alfresco instead of rolling your own content repository and discusses the new public Alfresco API for writing content apps that persist content to Alfresco in the Cloud.
Deutsche Bank announces their contribution of the core technologies of Autobahn, Plexus Interop, to the open source foundation at Symphony Innovate 2017. This is designed to connect thousands of different applications in the financial services industry.
Presented at the Conrad Hotel on October 4, 2017.
Ecosystem Cloud Summit Presentation Deck, Dec 2019 in Sunnyvale CAWorkSpan
WorkSpan, the category leader in the Ecosystem Cloud, is excited to invite you to the Ecosystem Cloud Summit (ECS) in collaboration with NetApp.
Ecosystem leaders from the top technology companies in the world are come together to share:
- Industry best practices on the advent of business ecosystems.
- How to get a head start on business innovations with Ecosystem Cloud?
- Network with other industry professionals.
How do volunteer open-source projects create and maintain so many
compelling, competitive products? What is the Open Source Secret
Sauce? Join open-source insider, Ted Husted, as he takes us deep
inside the Apache Software Foundation, to show how the sausages are
made.
In this session, you will learn
* Why open source matters;
* How open source development works at the ASF;
* What makes open source projects successful.
Lean Startup: How Development Looks Different at a StartupAbby Fichtner
How does development look different at a startup where learning (rather than working software) is our most important measure of progress?
Lean Startup is about creating companies with a BIG VISION, where we want to change the world and do something really significant. It's a methodology developed by Eric Ries to combine Agile Development with Customer Development so that we can be disciplined about how we create our startups. Come learn the concepts behind Lean Startup and discover how development looks different when you're creating things that nobody else done before.
[Slides from my ScrumClub Presentation (December 9, 2010)]
Keynote: Hijacking Boring Sounding Things Like Foundations and Maturity Model...Jon Galloway
Jon has been the executive director of the .NET Foundation since February, and one of his most difficult tasks when he was first starting was figuring out how to describe what the .NET Foundation actually is, let alone why anyone should actually care. How much fun could a foundation be, really? But what if foundations, maturity models were the key to taking .NET open source to the next level and making developing a lot more exciting? And if they are, how could we take it even further?
Video from the presentation here: https://skillsmatter.com/skillscasts/10192-keynote-hijacking-boring-sounding-things-like-foundations-and-maturity-models-to-make-open-source-more-fun
TODO group has published a series of useful guidelines on how to create an open source program office but the reality of implementing can come with unexpected challenges and surprising opportunities. The broad scope of an open source program requires cross-functional coordination between multiple teams with differing goals, culture, focus areas, perspectives, and priorities, including legal, engineering, design, product, business, marketing, and branding. The success of the open source movement has made the concept of open source software so pervasive that it created another layer of challenges in education and communication. This talk will provide the honest story of my one-year journey of building the open source program office at Uber. I will share my observations and takeaways, as well as what I found rewarding and impactful during the process.
Making The Source for Macmillan Cancer Support: Rob Pearson's talk at Product...Rob Pearson
Making The Source: using lean, collaborative UX to make The Source, a new digital product for Macmillan Cancer Support. A talk at Product Tank Brighton, 16 July 2015
Understanding the Past; Being Honest about the Present; Planning for the Futurelisbk
Slides for an invited talk on "Understanding the Past; Being Honest about the Present; Planning for the Future" given by Brian Kelly, Cetis at the SAOIM 2014 conference in Pretoria on 4-5 June 2014.
For further information see Slides available at: http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/events/saoim-2014-lets-predict-the-future-workshop/
Crossing the chasm with a high performance dynamically scalable open source p...mark madsen
Many open source projects are seeking commercial backing and growing into businesses – e.g. Spark, Cassandra, Hadoop. How do you market your project or product to investors or to enterprises? What should your pitch deck or customer presentation look like? This talk will show you the archetype (based on watching hundreds of these presentations) and exactly how not to do a presentation like this.
Intro:
Mark Madsen’s exposure to the software industry can be measured in terapoints (that’s 1 million powerpoints). He received his Master’s degree in Science from an unnamed university in 1993 and has been doing what is described in technical jargon as “a lot of stuff” since then. With knowledge as broad as the wide Mississippi, his qualifications need not be divulged, and certainly not investigated. He doesn't want anyone to make a fuss over him—just treat him as you would any great man. Please welcome Mark Madsen
20 million users and 10 million projects, how to scale like Freelancer.comConformato
Joe Griston (Director of People and Talents @Freelancer.com) выступил с темой "20 million users and 10 million projects, how to scale like Freelancer.com" на Conformato Conference 2016. Приобрести видеозаписи конференции можно по ссылке https://goo.gl/V6qIJ0
After closing an amazing digital accelerator summer session with 105 top companies, CaribbeanStartups.com is pleased to announce the Fall Boot Camp & Demo Night on October 12, 2016
No Docker? No Problem: Automating installation and config with AnsibleJeff Potts
In this talk I show how to bring stability and repeatability to your Alfresco installation by automating install and config management with Ansible.
This talk was originally given at Alfresco DevCon 2020 (virtual edition).
Moving From Actions & Behaviors to MicroservicesJeff Potts
My DevCon 2019 talk discusses how to make it easier to integrate Alfresco with other systems using an event-based approach. Two real world examples are discussed and demonstrated. The first is about reporting against Alfresco metadata. The second is about enriching metadata by running content through a Natural Language Processing (NLP) model. Both solutions work by listening to generic events generated by Alfresco and placed on an Apache Kafka queue. For the reporting example, the Spring Boot consumer subscribes to Kafka events, then fetches metadata via CMIS and indexes that into Elasticsearch. For the NLP example, a separate Spring Boot consumer subscribes to the same events, but in this case, fetches the content, extracts text using Apache Tika, runs the text through Apache OpenNLP, then writes back extracted entities to Alfresco via CMIS. These are relatively simple examples, but illustrate how a de-coupled, asynchronous, event-based approach can make integrating Alfresco with other systems easier.
Deutsche Bank announces their contribution of the core technologies of Autobahn, Plexus Interop, to the open source foundation at Symphony Innovate 2017. This is designed to connect thousands of different applications in the financial services industry.
Presented at the Conrad Hotel on October 4, 2017.
Ecosystem Cloud Summit Presentation Deck, Dec 2019 in Sunnyvale CAWorkSpan
WorkSpan, the category leader in the Ecosystem Cloud, is excited to invite you to the Ecosystem Cloud Summit (ECS) in collaboration with NetApp.
Ecosystem leaders from the top technology companies in the world are come together to share:
- Industry best practices on the advent of business ecosystems.
- How to get a head start on business innovations with Ecosystem Cloud?
- Network with other industry professionals.
How do volunteer open-source projects create and maintain so many
compelling, competitive products? What is the Open Source Secret
Sauce? Join open-source insider, Ted Husted, as he takes us deep
inside the Apache Software Foundation, to show how the sausages are
made.
In this session, you will learn
* Why open source matters;
* How open source development works at the ASF;
* What makes open source projects successful.
Lean Startup: How Development Looks Different at a StartupAbby Fichtner
How does development look different at a startup where learning (rather than working software) is our most important measure of progress?
Lean Startup is about creating companies with a BIG VISION, where we want to change the world and do something really significant. It's a methodology developed by Eric Ries to combine Agile Development with Customer Development so that we can be disciplined about how we create our startups. Come learn the concepts behind Lean Startup and discover how development looks different when you're creating things that nobody else done before.
[Slides from my ScrumClub Presentation (December 9, 2010)]
Keynote: Hijacking Boring Sounding Things Like Foundations and Maturity Model...Jon Galloway
Jon has been the executive director of the .NET Foundation since February, and one of his most difficult tasks when he was first starting was figuring out how to describe what the .NET Foundation actually is, let alone why anyone should actually care. How much fun could a foundation be, really? But what if foundations, maturity models were the key to taking .NET open source to the next level and making developing a lot more exciting? And if they are, how could we take it even further?
Video from the presentation here: https://skillsmatter.com/skillscasts/10192-keynote-hijacking-boring-sounding-things-like-foundations-and-maturity-models-to-make-open-source-more-fun
TODO group has published a series of useful guidelines on how to create an open source program office but the reality of implementing can come with unexpected challenges and surprising opportunities. The broad scope of an open source program requires cross-functional coordination between multiple teams with differing goals, culture, focus areas, perspectives, and priorities, including legal, engineering, design, product, business, marketing, and branding. The success of the open source movement has made the concept of open source software so pervasive that it created another layer of challenges in education and communication. This talk will provide the honest story of my one-year journey of building the open source program office at Uber. I will share my observations and takeaways, as well as what I found rewarding and impactful during the process.
Making The Source for Macmillan Cancer Support: Rob Pearson's talk at Product...Rob Pearson
Making The Source: using lean, collaborative UX to make The Source, a new digital product for Macmillan Cancer Support. A talk at Product Tank Brighton, 16 July 2015
Understanding the Past; Being Honest about the Present; Planning for the Futurelisbk
Slides for an invited talk on "Understanding the Past; Being Honest about the Present; Planning for the Future" given by Brian Kelly, Cetis at the SAOIM 2014 conference in Pretoria on 4-5 June 2014.
For further information see Slides available at: http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/events/saoim-2014-lets-predict-the-future-workshop/
Crossing the chasm with a high performance dynamically scalable open source p...mark madsen
Many open source projects are seeking commercial backing and growing into businesses – e.g. Spark, Cassandra, Hadoop. How do you market your project or product to investors or to enterprises? What should your pitch deck or customer presentation look like? This talk will show you the archetype (based on watching hundreds of these presentations) and exactly how not to do a presentation like this.
Intro:
Mark Madsen’s exposure to the software industry can be measured in terapoints (that’s 1 million powerpoints). He received his Master’s degree in Science from an unnamed university in 1993 and has been doing what is described in technical jargon as “a lot of stuff” since then. With knowledge as broad as the wide Mississippi, his qualifications need not be divulged, and certainly not investigated. He doesn't want anyone to make a fuss over him—just treat him as you would any great man. Please welcome Mark Madsen
20 million users and 10 million projects, how to scale like Freelancer.comConformato
Joe Griston (Director of People and Talents @Freelancer.com) выступил с темой "20 million users and 10 million projects, how to scale like Freelancer.com" на Conformato Conference 2016. Приобрести видеозаписи конференции можно по ссылке https://goo.gl/V6qIJ0
After closing an amazing digital accelerator summer session with 105 top companies, CaribbeanStartups.com is pleased to announce the Fall Boot Camp & Demo Night on October 12, 2016
No Docker? No Problem: Automating installation and config with AnsibleJeff Potts
In this talk I show how to bring stability and repeatability to your Alfresco installation by automating install and config management with Ansible.
This talk was originally given at Alfresco DevCon 2020 (virtual edition).
Moving From Actions & Behaviors to MicroservicesJeff Potts
My DevCon 2019 talk discusses how to make it easier to integrate Alfresco with other systems using an event-based approach. Two real world examples are discussed and demonstrated. The first is about reporting against Alfresco metadata. The second is about enriching metadata by running content through a Natural Language Processing (NLP) model. Both solutions work by listening to generic events generated by Alfresco and placed on an Apache Kafka queue. For the reporting example, the Spring Boot consumer subscribes to Kafka events, then fetches metadata via CMIS and indexes that into Elasticsearch. For the NLP example, a separate Spring Boot consumer subscribes to the same events, but in this case, fetches the content, extracts text using Apache Tika, runs the text through Apache OpenNLP, then writes back extracted entities to Alfresco via CMIS. These are relatively simple examples, but illustrate how a de-coupled, asynchronous, event-based approach can make integrating Alfresco with other systems easier.
Flexible Permissions Management with ACL TemplatesJeff Potts
This is was presented as an ignite-style lightning talk at DevCon 2018 in Lisbon. It discusses an open source add-on called ACL Templates which can be used to separate ACL settings from code.
Moving Gigantic Files Into and Out of the Alfresco RepositoryJeff Potts
This talk is a technical case study showing show Metaversant solved a problem for one of their clients, Noble Research Institute. Researchers at Noble deal with very large files which are often difficult to move into and out of the Alfresco repository.
I gave this talk in April 2016 at BeeCon, the Alfresco Community conference. It discusses what would happen if Alfresco Software, Inc., the commercial open source company behind Alfresco were to cease to exist. Would Alfresco as an open source project survive? The talk is light on bullet/text so you may prefer to find a recording to get the full context.
Connecting Content Management Apps with CMISJeff Potts
Discusses ECM interoperability achieved when content repositories like Nuxeo implement a specification called Content Management Interoperability Services (CMIS).
Apache Chemistry in Action: Using CMIS and your favorite language to unlock c...Jeff Potts
This presentation shows how the CMIS specification and Apache Chemistry can be used to create content-centric applications that work with any CMIS-compliant repository.
Alfresco: The Story of How Open Source Disrupted the ECM MarketJeff Potts
The early 90's saw the rise of powerful, inexpensive team collaboration software on one hand and huge document management systems on the other. Open source and cloud have brought us full circle. Today's businesses can implement extremely powerful productivity enhancing solutions quickly and easily. Alfresco capitalized on this trend. It used open source to get to the market quickly. It delivered functionality on par with legacy ECM as open source. Today, however, it is not just an open source alternative to things like Documentum and SharePoint, it is a visionary in the ECM market. This presentation tells that story, putting into context the things happening in ECM, collaboration, open source, and cloud from the 1990's to present day.
This presentation shows how the CMIS specification and Apache Chemistry can be used to create content-centric applications that work with any CMIS-compliant repository.
A brief introduction to the CMIS spec and some tips and tricks for developers new to CMIS. Demos showed how to install and use cmislib, the Python API for CMIS, and OpenCMIS, the Java API. Both projects are part of Apache Chemistry. Originally given as part of an Alfresco webinar. Recording: http://blogs.alfresco.com/wp/webcasts/2012/01/getting-started-with-cmis-2/
In the past, developers have chosen to develop their own content-centric apps from scratch or by leveraging low level libraries. A content repository like Alfresco can save time and cost. Even if you don't choose Alfresco, you should still consider leveraging a standard API like CMIS as much as possible.
Presented at the Alfresco South Africa User Group on September 14. Covers a high-level look at the state of the ECM industry including a "Top 5 Takeaways" from AIIM's State of the Industry report.
In his public lecture, Christian Timmerer provides insights into the fascinating history of video streaming, starting from its humble beginnings before YouTube to the groundbreaking technologies that now dominate platforms like Netflix and ORF ON. Timmerer also presents provocative contributions of his own that have significantly influenced the industry. He concludes by looking at future challenges and invites the audience to join in a discussion.
Welcome to the first live UiPath Community Day Dubai! Join us for this unique occasion to meet our local and global UiPath Community and leaders. You will get a full view of the MEA region's automation landscape and the AI Powered automation technology capabilities of UiPath. Also, hosted by our local partners Marc Ellis, you will enjoy a half-day packed with industry insights and automation peers networking.
📕 Curious on our agenda? Wait no more!
10:00 Welcome note - UiPath Community in Dubai
Lovely Sinha, UiPath Community Chapter Leader, UiPath MVPx3, Hyper-automation Consultant, First Abu Dhabi Bank
10:20 A UiPath cross-region MEA overview
Ashraf El Zarka, VP and Managing Director MEA, UiPath
10:35: Customer Success Journey
Deepthi Deepak, Head of Intelligent Automation CoE, First Abu Dhabi Bank
11:15 The UiPath approach to GenAI with our three principles: improve accuracy, supercharge productivity, and automate more
Boris Krumrey, Global VP, Automation Innovation, UiPath
12:15 To discover how Marc Ellis leverages tech-driven solutions in recruitment and managed services.
Brendan Lingam, Director of Sales and Business Development, Marc Ellis
zkStudyClub - Reef: Fast Succinct Non-Interactive Zero-Knowledge Regex ProofsAlex Pruden
This paper presents Reef, a system for generating publicly verifiable succinct non-interactive zero-knowledge proofs that a committed document matches or does not match a regular expression. We describe applications such as proving the strength of passwords, the provenance of email despite redactions, the validity of oblivious DNS queries, and the existence of mutations in DNA. Reef supports the Perl Compatible Regular Expression syntax, including wildcards, alternation, ranges, capture groups, Kleene star, negations, and lookarounds. Reef introduces a new type of automata, Skipping Alternating Finite Automata (SAFA), that skips irrelevant parts of a document when producing proofs without undermining soundness, and instantiates SAFA with a lookup argument. Our experimental evaluation confirms that Reef can generate proofs for documents with 32M characters; the proofs are small and cheap to verify (under a second).
Paper: https://eprint.iacr.org/2023/1886
Securing your Kubernetes cluster_ a step-by-step guide to success !KatiaHIMEUR1
Today, after several years of existence, an extremely active community and an ultra-dynamic ecosystem, Kubernetes has established itself as the de facto standard in container orchestration. Thanks to a wide range of managed services, it has never been so easy to set up a ready-to-use Kubernetes cluster.
However, this ease of use means that the subject of security in Kubernetes is often left for later, or even neglected. This exposes companies to significant risks.
In this talk, I'll show you step-by-step how to secure your Kubernetes cluster for greater peace of mind and reliability.
Enhancing Performance with Globus and the Science DMZGlobus
ESnet has led the way in helping national facilities—and many other institutions in the research community—configure Science DMZs and troubleshoot network issues to maximize data transfer performance. In this talk we will present a summary of approaches and tips for getting the most out of your network infrastructure using Globus Connect Server.
Encryption in Microsoft 365 - ExpertsLive Netherlands 2024Albert Hoitingh
In this session I delve into the encryption technology used in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Purview. Including the concepts of Customer Key and Double Key Encryption.
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/
Alt. GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using ...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.
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.
Le nuove frontiere dell'AI nell'RPA con UiPath Autopilot™UiPathCommunity
In questo evento online gratuito, organizzato dalla Community Italiana di UiPath, potrai esplorare le nuove funzionalità di Autopilot, il tool che integra l'Intelligenza Artificiale nei processi di sviluppo e utilizzo delle Automazioni.
📕 Vedremo insieme alcuni esempi dell'utilizzo di Autopilot in diversi tool della Suite UiPath:
Autopilot per Studio Web
Autopilot per Studio
Autopilot per Apps
Clipboard AI
GenAI applicata alla Document Understanding
👨🏫👨💻 Speakers:
Stefano Negro, UiPath MVPx3, RPA Tech Lead @ BSP Consultant
Flavio Martinelli, UiPath MVP 2023, Technical Account Manager @UiPath
Andrei Tasca, RPA Solutions Team Lead @NTT Data
Generative AI Deep Dive: Advancing from Proof of Concept to ProductionAggregage
Join Maher Hanafi, VP of Engineering at Betterworks, in this new session where he'll share a practical framework to transform Gen AI prototypes into impactful products! He'll delve into the complexities of data collection and management, model selection and optimization, and ensuring security, scalability, and responsible use.
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.
The Metaverse and AI: how can decision-makers harness the Metaverse for their...Jen Stirrup
The Metaverse is popularized in science fiction, and now it is becoming closer to being a part of our daily lives through the use of social media and shopping companies. How can businesses survive in a world where Artificial Intelligence is becoming the present as well as the future of technology, and how does the Metaverse fit into business strategy when futurist ideas are developing into reality at accelerated rates? How do we do this when our data isn't up to scratch? How can we move towards success with our data so we are set up for the Metaverse when it arrives?
How can you help your company evolve, adapt, and succeed using Artificial Intelligence and the Metaverse to stay ahead of the competition? What are the potential issues, complications, and benefits that these technologies could bring to us and our organizations? In this session, Jen Stirrup will explain how to start thinking about these technologies as an organisation.
Why You Should Replace Windows 11 with Nitrux Linux 3.5.0 for enhanced perfor...SOFTTECHHUB
The choice of an operating system plays a pivotal role in shaping our computing experience. For decades, Microsoft's Windows has dominated the market, offering a familiar and widely adopted platform for personal and professional use. However, as technological advancements continue to push the boundaries of innovation, alternative operating systems have emerged, challenging the status quo and offering users a fresh perspective on computing.
One such alternative that has garnered significant attention and acclaim is Nitrux Linux 3.5.0, a sleek, powerful, and user-friendly Linux distribution that promises to redefine the way we interact with our devices. With its focus on performance, security, and customization, Nitrux Linux presents a compelling case for those seeking to break free from the constraints of proprietary software and embrace the freedom and flexibility of open-source computing.
15. Renew our open source
strategy
“Building a Stronger Open Source Product”
• http://bit.ly/kMkAq
Company has evolved since 2009
Strategy will too, but fundamental values
haven’t changed
#SummitNow
#SummitNow
17. The honey farm is enormous
Active Alfresco forum users by location, November
2012
#SummitNow
#SummitNow
18. Alfresco Community Stars 2013
Amy Currans
Joseph John
Carlo Sciolla (skuro)
Tahir Malik
Carl Nordenfeldt
Axel Faust
Florian Maul
Lanre Abiwon
(darkstar1)
Oksana Kurysheva
Peter Lofgren (Loftux)
Piergiorgio Lucidi (openpj)
Ian Crew
Mittal Patoliya (mitpatoliya)
Jean Joseph (jeanjot)
Charles Le Seac’h
(cleseach)
Jan Pfitzner (alfrescian)
Denys G. Santos (gsdenys)
Cristina Martin Ruiz#SummitNow
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Mike Priest
19. Ian Crew: Enterprise Customer. Dean of
IRC.
Works for: UC Berkeley
Blog: wanderingalfresco.
wordpress.com
IRC Nic: iancrew
“The Alfresco community is more about the
moral support and community of people
who really get what I'm experiencing…”
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20. Oksana Kurysheva: Language Packer.
Hacker.
Works for: ITD
Translations managed at:
crowdin.net/project/alfresco
“Alfresco community is like a big family.
There are hundreds of people you meet
every day on IRC or Alfresco Forums, see
their commits to Github projects…When
you see all these faces at Alfresco Summit
you feel like you are at home.”
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21. Jan Pfitzner: Partner. Add-On King.
Works for: fme
Blog: blog.alfrescian.com
Twitter: @alfrescian
“Answering questions in the forums and on
Stack Overflow is still my favourite
approach to get in touch with new
components or APIs.”
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22. Amy Currans: Queen of the Meetup
Works for: Tribloom
Twitter: @HanaleiGirl
“Be aggressive in getting involved in the
community! The Alfresco community has
plenty of room for new people, new ideas
and contributions. Get out there and do
something.”
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23. Engineering Alfresco Awesomesauce
Will Abson
Integrations Engineer
Claim to fame:
Share Extras
Mark Rogers
Repository Engineer
Claim to fame:
Most Forum Posts. Ever.
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24. None of these people
participate in our community
as their primary responsibility
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26. Attracting and keeping bees
Make it easy for newcomers
Foster a welcoming, helpful environment
Make contributions visible
Provide nourishing raw material
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29. How do you want to measure it?
• Community Edition
downloads
• Jiras filed
• Major code contributions
• Forum, wiki, blog hits
• Wiki edits
• Active forum users
• Active IRC users
• Meetup groups &
attendees
• Facebook, LinkedIn, Twit
ter followers
• Projects on Addons, Google
Code, Bitbucket, &
GitHub
• Alfresco Public API
registered developers
• Community translators
• Blog posts by community
• Alfresco Summit traffic
• Community Survey
• TechTalk Live & Office
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32. Community focus in recent
years
2011: Get the community organized
2012: Community system improvements
2013: Focus on external engagement
2014: What does the community want to do?
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33. Newsletter
• Goes out Quarterly
• Round-up
Sign up at:
http://www.alfresco.com/
company/
newsletters
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37. Every bee makes a contribution
Help someone in the forums or on IRC
Report bugs
Contribute fixes
Edit the wiki
Upload your add-on
Start or join a meetup
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Not really. But let me tell you what I mean.Photo credit, roberrific, cc-nc, http://www.flickr.com/photos/roberrific/6921510878/
There’s this cool whitepaper from James Dixon at Pentaho. James says…Non-commercial open source projects are like wild bee hivesProject centered around a few queen bees, bees come and goAnyone is free to come along and take the honey, but no formal go to market functionOutput depends on the number of bees, health of the hive, etc.Queen bees are like the core engineering team. The other bees are community members. The honey and honeycomb is the software. The hive is the community.Open source has community but only produces raw material, not whole product. Most customers don’t want to collect their own honey. They want the whole product, not a raw material.Photo credit: Bee hive, by DB Duo Photography, cc-by-sa 2.0: http://www.flickr.com/photos/drb62/2144873098/Source: “The Bees and the Trees: The Beekeeper Model of Commercial Open Source Software”, by James Dixon, CTO, Pentaho
Source: “The Bees and the Trees: The Beekeeper Model of Commercial Open Source Software”, by James Dixon, CTO, PentahoProprietary software is like a maple syrup factoryCompletely focused on generating product, taking that product to the marketTrees aren’t actively involved in making syrupNo one from the outside involved, including customers Proprietary software produces a whole product but has no community.Both produce a sticky, sugary substance, but with a different process and outputs.Photo credit: Maple Grove Farms of Vermont, by J. Stephen Conn, cc-by-nc 2.0: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jstephenconn/2779332097/
Photo credit: Bee hives by Eilidh B, cc-by-nd 2.0: http://www.flickr.com/photos/29647084@N06/5002498868/
Source: “The Bees and the Trees: The Beekeeper Model of Commercial Open Source Software”, by James Dixon, CTO, PentahoBeekeeper creates a rich environmentOutputs sold, profits grow the bee farmSome roles focus on the bees, some on the productMutually beneficial partnership between beekeeper and beesGrowth of the farm depends on how much product the can be sold to customers.The honey in the jar is the same honey as the honey in the hive, but customers will only pay for it when it comes in a jar.Each individual bee makes a small contribution and it takes a lot of bees for a successful outcome.
Source: “The Bees and the Trees: The Beekeeper Model of Commercial Open Source Software”, by James Dixon, CTO, PentahoEngineers have routine and direct interactions with the community.Community has a mutually-beneficial relationship with the open source company.Engineering and product management are involved in both the syrup and the beekeeper model—those roles are not significantly different.The commercial open source model includes all of the components of the wild hive AND all of the components of the maple syrup factory. Nothing is missing.
Photo credit: Jordan Fischer, cc by 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/jordanfischer/2341263192/
Let’s look at the state of the Alfresco bee hive…Photo credit: Brian, by-nc-sa, http://www.flickr.com/photos/ncreedplayer/3763639071/
Many new faces on the senior management team.Many are new to open source, so we’re educating them.Ultimately, a strong go-to-market engine is absolutely critical because it brings profits that can be invested in the community.
Community members are asking if the new management team means a change for the community.Everyone take a deep breath.Ouropen source model has brought us incredibly far and it will continue to do so. Here are a few reasons why I think that is true…
Profits from the commercial side allow us to invest in the communityCustomer is an organization, a person is a community memberGo-to-market is fundamentally separate from community buildingLet’s take a super-successful go to market engine, give them the selling points of a high quality product produced with a superior process and let great things happen.
Openness continues to be an extremely important value for us and our customersIf you are on-premise, the open platform is critical. Our customers are telling us that is still an important reason they choose Alfresco.If you are in the cloud, you want to be able to build content-centric applications on top of that repository, so an open API is critical.Openness is still an important value to the company.
We still want a freely-available Community Edition to be a quality productCore values haven’t changed from the time of the blog postBut our company has. So we need to update the differentiation guidelines with that context.Back then we had one product. Now we have several. So the company has changed but our values haven’t.
The hive is diverse. Let’s zoom in a bit
The Alfresco Honey Farm is huge. Our community is truly global
This year’s community members who have distinguished themselves with their level of time and energy given to the community.I am sorry that I always leave deserving people off of this list—there are so many dedicated individuals around the world. Please let me know when you see someone deserving.I want to highlight a few of these folks, so you can put a face to their name.Also pay attention to the diversity of skills, roles, and motivations of the following individuals…
> 270 community-based translators at last count
Very active in developing modules listed at Alfresco Addons (http://addons.alfresco.com)
Not technical. But still loves our community. Applies her passion and organizational skills to running meetups.
So many more Alfresco engineers I could mention here if I had the room
They do it because they love the community.Beyond that, though, everyone has their own motivation.Some are establishing credibility. Some are looking for productivity gains. Some are marketing themselves or their company.We must understand all of those motivations and set up an environment that addresses those needs
Could do better on making the learning curve easier. Tactically, I have written a CMIS book, revised the ecmarchitect.com tutorials and have added an alfresco-api-examples project on github. Need more for Share customizations, though.As a community, we already do a great job of welcoming newcomers (but we need to on-ramp them better)Add-Ons does a lot for making contributions visible. We’ve also resurrected the contributions wiki page. But we could improve a lot on things like how Jiras from first-time creators are triaged. Mozilla says that is the #1 determiner of whether or not a contributor will stick around.
Peaks had to do with some internal code line reorganizations and other resource intensive tasks.Everyone wants those peaks to go away.We are working to get Community Edition out more frequently.
How do you know when your community is happy and healthy?
We watch most or all of these metrics.Each quarter we’ll pick a few and try to move them one way or another.But none taken alone will give you a complete picture of our community
Is there something always happening somewhere?Do people get an answer when they ask a question?Are we living up to our values of openness and transparency?
We’ve made progress over the last few years, but there is still more to do.We need to listen to the community, find out what it is they want to do, and then put systems and processes in place to enable that.
Have been experimenting with Google Hangouts on Air. People seem to like it.Live Office Hours: Community team just talking about what’s been going on. No set agenda. Community members join as panelists sometimes.Tech Talk Live: Specific technical agenda with a guest panelist.
I’ve heard many people say that it feels like there is always something going on but it is sometimes hard to find out what’s happening, whenA new landing page helps existing community members find out what’s going on, helps them track things like Jiras, forum threads, wiki editsAlso helps newcomers
Photo Credit: beekeepers, by bwohack, cc-by-sa, http://www.flickr.com/photos/wohack/3727252089/
Every bee makes a small contribution to the output of the hive. Together, something amazing happens.I cannot (and do not want to) compel you to participateMy goal is to make you want to participateAnd if there is a reason you cannot participate and I can help, please let me or someone on my team know
You are the bee. Be the bee. Let’s make something beautiful together!Photo credit: Bee, by blathlean, cc by 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/blathlean/5424404555/