Lenovo's ThinkVantage Technologies (TVT) help reduce the total cost of PC ownership through various tools that assist with deployment, connectivity, security, support, and disposal of PCs. TVT tools such as ImageUltra Builder, System Migration Assistant, Access Connections, Client Security Solution, and Rescue and Recovery help make deployment simpler, improve connectivity, enhance security, and aid support, potentially saving customers $50-180 per PC. Lenovo has also won legal cases allowing it to claim its PCs are the "most secure" and "most manageable" due to the capabilities of TVT and integrated security features.
RetroFit provides an array of essential desktop management services on a flat rate subscription basis to small and medium sized businesses. We help you minimize the hidden costs of desktop ownership which can be considerable.
Many business workers want consistent access to corporate services on any device, whether it’s a desktop, tablet, or smartphone. However, a traditional desktop will only allow you to access its operating system and application on one PC. What if your staff members can access their work desktop from the office, home, and while traveling? It’s time for SwiftTech’s VDI services. Learn more here: http://bit.ly/1HYmdou
RetroFit provides an array of essential desktop management services on a flat rate subscription basis to small and medium sized businesses. We help you minimize the hidden costs of desktop ownership which can be considerable.
Many business workers want consistent access to corporate services on any device, whether it’s a desktop, tablet, or smartphone. However, a traditional desktop will only allow you to access its operating system and application on one PC. What if your staff members can access their work desktop from the office, home, and while traveling? It’s time for SwiftTech’s VDI services. Learn more here: http://bit.ly/1HYmdou
Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) represents the future of enterprise desktop computing and brings with it the detachment of OSs and applications from physical endpoints—a compelling trend that promises greater flexibility, scalability, cost savings and security benefits. The movement also represents radical, and possibly painful, changes in market dynamics for providers of endpoint hardware, software and services.
Yankee Group analysts Phil Hochmuth and Zeus Kerravala dissect the future of VDI and discuss what the technology has to offer enterprises today.
Persystent Suite is an enterprise imaging and self-healing compute solution. Through the use of innovative automation, Persystent is considered by the industry as the fastest imaging and self-healing solution that provides IT Organizations with an affordable option to re-imaging PCs. Root-cause threats such as viruses, malware, zero-days, mis-configurations, and un-authorized changes can be self-healed in seconds rather than costly remediations and re-images. Originally conceived as an imaging product in 2001, the product has evolved to efficiently manage disasters such as failed hard drives to production fast and automated. During 2014 we added a feature that supports the 800-88 NIST standard for secure clear wipe for hard drives that are at end of lease and need to be sent back to the manufacturer. When it comes down to managing a computers configuration state even when disconnected from the network, there isn’t an alternative on the market.
Terminal Services is a configurable service included in the Microsoft Windows 2003 Server operating system that gives it the capability to run Windows-based applications centrally from a server.
Watch this webinar to learn about the benefits of Thin Clients and Terminal Services including:
Centralised Deployment of Software,
High Scalability,
Simplified Installation Costs,
Remote Access,
and much more!
Webinar Content
Brief overview of Microsoft Terminal Services in the Manufacturing Environment
Wonderware's Answer to Thin Clients
Fault Tolerance
Availability Requirements
Licensing Structure
Summary
Symantec's appliance strategy provides customers with a flexible and easy to deploy delivery model for its data protection, storage management and security solutions. This new approach empowers organizations to choose between appliances, software or cloud solutions according to what best suits their IT requirements, needs and environment. With the release of the NetBackup 5020 deduplication appliance, NetBackup 5200 series and FileStore N8300 appliances, Symantec delivers on the company’s strategy.
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) is still a relatively new technology. Most people are either unaware or have only a brief idea about this emerging technology. This Slide share will provide your 12 points which you must know before implementing VDI Technology in your business.
As companies look to further leverage the benefits of virtualization, they are now looking at virtualization for the desktop. However, the adoption of virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) presents a unique set of challenges that need to be overcome in order to make VDI adoption a success.
The Novell VDI solution offers a unique approach to virtualizing the desktop, as well as the management of that environment. Come and learn about this solution with its unique focus on identity, security and management for both the user and the infrastructure.
Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) represents the future of enterprise desktop computing and brings with it the detachment of OSs and applications from physical endpoints—a compelling trend that promises greater flexibility, scalability, cost savings and security benefits. The movement also represents radical, and possibly painful, changes in market dynamics for providers of endpoint hardware, software and services.
Yankee Group analysts Phil Hochmuth and Zeus Kerravala dissect the future of VDI and discuss what the technology has to offer enterprises today.
Persystent Suite is an enterprise imaging and self-healing compute solution. Through the use of innovative automation, Persystent is considered by the industry as the fastest imaging and self-healing solution that provides IT Organizations with an affordable option to re-imaging PCs. Root-cause threats such as viruses, malware, zero-days, mis-configurations, and un-authorized changes can be self-healed in seconds rather than costly remediations and re-images. Originally conceived as an imaging product in 2001, the product has evolved to efficiently manage disasters such as failed hard drives to production fast and automated. During 2014 we added a feature that supports the 800-88 NIST standard for secure clear wipe for hard drives that are at end of lease and need to be sent back to the manufacturer. When it comes down to managing a computers configuration state even when disconnected from the network, there isn’t an alternative on the market.
Terminal Services is a configurable service included in the Microsoft Windows 2003 Server operating system that gives it the capability to run Windows-based applications centrally from a server.
Watch this webinar to learn about the benefits of Thin Clients and Terminal Services including:
Centralised Deployment of Software,
High Scalability,
Simplified Installation Costs,
Remote Access,
and much more!
Webinar Content
Brief overview of Microsoft Terminal Services in the Manufacturing Environment
Wonderware's Answer to Thin Clients
Fault Tolerance
Availability Requirements
Licensing Structure
Summary
Symantec's appliance strategy provides customers with a flexible and easy to deploy delivery model for its data protection, storage management and security solutions. This new approach empowers organizations to choose between appliances, software or cloud solutions according to what best suits their IT requirements, needs and environment. With the release of the NetBackup 5020 deduplication appliance, NetBackup 5200 series and FileStore N8300 appliances, Symantec delivers on the company’s strategy.
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) is still a relatively new technology. Most people are either unaware or have only a brief idea about this emerging technology. This Slide share will provide your 12 points which you must know before implementing VDI Technology in your business.
As companies look to further leverage the benefits of virtualization, they are now looking at virtualization for the desktop. However, the adoption of virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) presents a unique set of challenges that need to be overcome in order to make VDI adoption a success.
The Novell VDI solution offers a unique approach to virtualizing the desktop, as well as the management of that environment. Come and learn about this solution with its unique focus on identity, security and management for both the user and the infrastructure.
Virtual Infrastructure Access can help some clients save around 40% on IT total cost of ownership (TCO). In this case, client payback on Virtual Infrastructure Access project costs is realized within one year.
Predicting the Future of Endpoint Management in a Mobile WorldQuest
In this on-demand webcast, you’ll get a feel for looming changes in the endpoint management landscape over the course of the next six months to five years.
Запознайте се с новите характеристики на Windows 7 в синтезиран вид:
- UAC (User Account Control) – прецизно настройване
- BitLocker Data Encryption за преносими устройства за съхранение на данни
- AppLocker - създаване и прилагане на правила за ограничаване на изпълнимите приложения
- Повишаване на сигурността чрез Windows Defender
- DirectAccess – по-добра свързаност за отдалечени потребители
- По-добра навигация и организираност, благодарение на обновените Тaskbar и Control Panel
- Windows Backup & Restore
- Ефективен troubleshooting с помощта на: Problem Steps Recorder, Performance Monitor, Event Viewer, Windows PowerShell 2.0
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.
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
PHP Frameworks: I want to break free (IPC Berlin 2024)Ralf Eggert
In this presentation, we examine the challenges and limitations of relying too heavily on PHP frameworks in web development. We discuss the history of PHP and its frameworks to understand how this dependence has evolved. The focus will be on providing concrete tips and strategies to reduce reliance on these frameworks, based on real-world examples and practical considerations. The goal is to equip developers with the skills and knowledge to create more flexible and future-proof web applications. We'll explore the importance of maintaining autonomy in a rapidly changing tech landscape and how to make informed decisions in PHP development.
This talk is aimed at encouraging a more independent approach to using PHP frameworks, moving towards a more flexible and future-proof approach to PHP development.
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.
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.
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/
A tale of scale & speed: How the US Navy is enabling software delivery from l...sonjaschweigert1
Rapid and secure feature delivery is a goal across every application team and every branch of the DoD. The Navy’s DevSecOps platform, Party Barge, has achieved:
- Reduction in onboarding time from 5 weeks to 1 day
- Improved developer experience and productivity through actionable findings and reduction of false positives
- Maintenance of superior security standards and inherent policy enforcement with Authorization to Operate (ATO)
Development teams can ship efficiently and ensure applications are cyber ready for Navy Authorizing Officials (AOs). In this webinar, Sigma Defense and Anchore will give attendees a look behind the scenes and demo secure pipeline automation and security artifacts that speed up application ATO and time to production.
We will cover:
- How to remove silos in DevSecOps
- How to build efficient development pipeline roles and component templates
- How to deliver security artifacts that matter for ATO’s (SBOMs, vulnerability reports, and policy evidence)
- How to streamline operations with automated policy checks on container images
Elevating Tactical DDD Patterns Through Object CalisthenicsDorra BARTAGUIZ
After immersing yourself in the blue book and its red counterpart, attending DDD-focused conferences, and applying tactical patterns, you're left with a crucial question: How do I ensure my design is effective? Tactical patterns within Domain-Driven Design (DDD) serve as guiding principles for creating clear and manageable domain models. However, achieving success with these patterns requires additional guidance. Interestingly, we've observed that a set of constraints initially designed for training purposes remarkably aligns with effective pattern implementation, offering a more ‘mechanical’ approach. Let's explore together how Object Calisthenics can elevate the design of your tactical DDD patterns, offering concrete help for those venturing into DDD for the first time!
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
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
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.
Observability Concepts EVERY Developer Should Know -- DeveloperWeek Europe.pdfPaige Cruz
Monitoring and observability aren’t traditionally found in software curriculums and many of us cobble this knowledge together from whatever vendor or ecosystem we were first introduced to and whatever is a part of your current company’s observability stack.
While the dev and ops silo continues to crumble….many organizations still relegate monitoring & observability as the purview of ops, infra and SRE teams. This is a mistake - achieving a highly observable system requires collaboration up and down the stack.
I, a former op, would like to extend an invitation to all application developers to join the observability party will share these foundational concepts to build on:
Free Complete Python - A step towards Data Science
TCO & TVT
1. Lenovo Strategic Overview Leo Curtis Executive Senior Consultant TCO & TVT Beijing, China ThinkVantage
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3. Total Cost of Ownership Gartner research shows that the annualized cost of a PC represents less than 20% of the annual Total Cost of Ownership Estimated at $9,000 a year
4. Lenovo offers hardware and software-based tools called ThinkVantage Technologies that can help customers reduce the total cost of ownership of their PCs throughout the entire PC lifecycle ownership experience. TVT – PC Lifecycle ownership experience ThinkVantage ® Deploy Connect Support Protect Dispose
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6. User Enabled Highly Productive IT Controlled Highly Restrictive $50 $400 PC Lifecycle Cost (per client) Approach to lower PC Lifecycle Cost Fully “end-user enabled” & protected w/ TVT’s Automated update (TVT, MS, Norton, etc.) Authentication thru SSL Configuration Management Unmanaged Client Locked Down Full Best Practices & Thin Client TVT Added Value Increased IT Control Increased User Enablement Inventory Control Inventory Control Distribute SW Updates Distribute SW Updates Patch Management Rescue and Recovery Pure “Vanilla” User Enabled vs. IT Controlled Environments Client Management – Different Approaches
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8. ThinkVantage ® ImageUltra™ Builder Lifecycle : Deployment Imaging technology designed to simplify the creation and distribution of corporate images and reduce image technology maintenance to virtually zero. Productivity, Reliability, Efficiency Potential Savings: $100 / pc
9. ThinkVantage ® System Migration Assistant™ Lifecycle : Deployment System Migration Assistant helps get your end-users up and running by quickly and accurately migrating their individual data and settings to their new Lenovo systems Potential Savings: $70 / pc
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11. ThinkVantage ® Access Connections™ Lifecycle: Connect Seamlessly switch between wired and wireless environments, managing security settings, printers, home pages, and other location-specific settings automatically. Potential Savings: $50 / ThinkPad
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13. ThinkVantage ® Client Security Solution Lifecycle : Protect CSS helps protect your company information, including passwords, encryption keys and electronic credentials, while guarding against unauthorized access. Potential Savings: $150 / pc
14. ThinkVantage ® Active Protection System™ Lifecycle: Protect Active Protection System detects sudden changes in motion and temporarily stops the hard drive to help protect your data from everyday notebook accidents. Potential Savings: $180 / pc
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16. ThinkVantage ® Productivity Center Lifecycle : Support Productivity Center guides you to a host of information and tools to help you set up, understand, maintain, and enhance your ThinkPad® notebook or ThinkCentre® desktop.
17. ThinkVantage ® System Update™ Lifecycle : Support System Update downloads updates for software, drivers and BIOS from a Lenovo server directly over the Internet without requiring specific user knowledge.
18. ThinkVantage ® Rescue and Recovery™ Lifecycle : Support Finally, a tool that thoroughly eliminates system corruptions in as little time as possible, sometimes in as little as 2-3 minutes! Potential Savings: $180 / pc
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21. ThinkVantage ® Secure Data Disposal Lifecycle Dispose Secure Data Disposal makes removing confidential information on a disk drive fast and simple and the data irretrievable. Potential Savings: $45 / pc
30. ThinkVantage ® ThinkPlus On-site Service Lifecycle 1: Deployment Secure Data Disposal makes removing confidential information on a disk drive fast and simple and the data irretrievable.
31. Deploy, Connect, Protect, Support, & Dispose ImageUltra™ Builder System Migration Assistant Access Connections Client Security Solution Active Protection System Fingerprint Reader Client Security Private Disk Client Security Password Manager Rescue and Recovery ™ Message Centre Productivity Center Live Update Learn About Secure Data Disposal Ultra-Small Form Factor Technologies Design Dual Antenna Frame Design Steel Hinges The Blue Button Tool-less Desktop Spill Resistant Keyboard Increased Battery life ThinkLight ™ UltraNav® / TrackPoint ® ThinkVantage – Technologies & Design Deploy Connect Protect Support Dispose
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33. Colleagues, Yesterday, we received word from our legal team that we have won the legal challenge from Dell for the title of "world's most secure PC." In plain terms, this means we can make this claim for our Think PCs and Dell cannot. Although this ruling was in the US legal system, it has world-wide implications since Dell is unlikely to challenge our claim after being soundly defeated. The "most secure" claim is based on our TVT technologies, our integrated partner solutions that work better on Think PC's than other brands, and our BIOS security features. If you add this to our earlier TVT-based legal victory over Dell for the claim of "most manageable PC," we have a strong story that should be passed along to our sales and support teams. Please pass the word along. All the best, Clain Anderson Director, ThinkVantage & Innovation Lenovo Software & Peripherals Business Unit 05/28/2008 10:06 PM
Editor's Notes
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