The document discusses alternative work areas as part of business continuity management. It describes how alternative work areas can help ensure business processes can continue during an outage by providing workstations, applications, and other resources to allow personnel to work remotely. Well-designed alternative work areas provide ergonomic workspaces, amenities like cafeterias and dormitories, and recreation to help reduce stress and allow personnel to focus on recovery tasks. The document emphasizes that while IT disaster recovery focuses on systems, business continuity management must also address ensuring people and processes can continue through maintaining alternative work areas.
Addressing Today's Challenges in Application DevelopmentMicro Focus
Today’s business climate demands increased agility, adaptive skill sets, and fast-paced innovation in IT. With the introduction of popular trends such as mobile and tablet computing, increased security threats and the growing adoption of Cloud-based services, how do application development teams respond? Can reliable, time-tested, and proven application technologies such as COBOL adapt to meet this changing paradigm and business need? We’ll take a close look in this session at the application development landscape today, the growing technology and process trends, and the outlook for existing business applications and enterprise application development.
Agility and Productivity: How to Leverage Mobility and Cloud Computing for Bu...Jim Vaselopulos
Cloud Computing and Enterprise Mobility represent a huge opportunity for IT leaders to provide significant value to the extended enterprise and its users. But where do hype and reality meet?
In this session, attendees will learn:
* Where cloud computing fits and where it does not fit
* The intersection of cloud and mobility
* The different patterns of current enterprise adoption (e.g. Private vs. Public)
* The differences between Software-as-a- Service (SaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and
* How can we leverage these technologies/processes to make IT more valuable to the business?
How to be Relevant in 2010: Selecting Technologies that are Business Enablersguestec6ddc1
With limited budgets, staff, and time, CIO's must be shrewd in selecting the right projects, methods and technologies. Irrespective of elegance or merit, technologies must be evaluated in the context of business value.
(EMS) develops software that medical, nursing, and allied health schools, hospitals, and counseling programs use to efficiently run their clinical simulation training facilities. For more infomation http://www.ems-works.com
Addressing Today's Challenges in Application DevelopmentMicro Focus
Today’s business climate demands increased agility, adaptive skill sets, and fast-paced innovation in IT. With the introduction of popular trends such as mobile and tablet computing, increased security threats and the growing adoption of Cloud-based services, how do application development teams respond? Can reliable, time-tested, and proven application technologies such as COBOL adapt to meet this changing paradigm and business need? We’ll take a close look in this session at the application development landscape today, the growing technology and process trends, and the outlook for existing business applications and enterprise application development.
Agility and Productivity: How to Leverage Mobility and Cloud Computing for Bu...Jim Vaselopulos
Cloud Computing and Enterprise Mobility represent a huge opportunity for IT leaders to provide significant value to the extended enterprise and its users. But where do hype and reality meet?
In this session, attendees will learn:
* Where cloud computing fits and where it does not fit
* The intersection of cloud and mobility
* The different patterns of current enterprise adoption (e.g. Private vs. Public)
* The differences between Software-as-a- Service (SaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and
* How can we leverage these technologies/processes to make IT more valuable to the business?
How to be Relevant in 2010: Selecting Technologies that are Business Enablersguestec6ddc1
With limited budgets, staff, and time, CIO's must be shrewd in selecting the right projects, methods and technologies. Irrespective of elegance or merit, technologies must be evaluated in the context of business value.
(EMS) develops software that medical, nursing, and allied health schools, hospitals, and counseling programs use to efficiently run their clinical simulation training facilities. For more infomation http://www.ems-works.com
32 Ways a Digital Marketing Consultant Can Help Grow Your BusinessBarry Feldman
How can a digital marketing consultant help your business? In this resource we'll count the ways. 24 additional marketing resources are bundled for free.
There's an App for That, and That, and That: Managing Mobile in the WorkforceHuman Capital Media
Hardly a provider of human capital or workforce management has missed the tsunami of mobile applications, connecting smartphones or tablets to HCM applications over the cloud. These always-handy “in-your-pocket” applications can provide immediacy and 24/7 accessibility to both managers and workers. But what does this mean for your organization?
Neither HR nor IT departments can afford to give employees access to this plethora of applications without serious planning. This webinar looks at the areas that need to be addressed in moving to a mobile workforce.
Join Dr. Katherine Jones, longtime industry analyst covering HCM technology at Bersin by Deloitte, Deloitte Consulting LLP, to review the critical areas underlying a mobile strategy and deployment in your organization.
You will learn:
Criteria in developing a mobile strategy for your organization.
Device management: Who’s responsible.
The impact of BYOD (bring your own device) vs. corporate-supplied mobile devices.
Planning for security and cost.
Cost ramifications.
Bersin by Deloitte delivers research-based people strategies designed to help leaders and their organizations in their efforts to achieve exceptional business performance. Our WhatWorks® membership gives Fortune 1000 and Global 2000 HR professionals the information and tools they need to design and implement leading practice solutions, benchmark against others, develop their staff, and select and implement systems. A piece of Bersin by Deloitte research is downloaded on average approximately every minute during the business day. More than 5,000 organizations worldwide use our research and consulting to guide their HR, talent and learning strategies. For more information, please visit http://www.deloitte.com/bersin or http://www.bersin.com.
The ‘success trap’ of new, emerging and disruptive technologiesLivingstone Advisory
The adoption of these technologies may provide much value in the short term, however may become a liability at some point down the track. How can you and your organizations insulate yourself against the future adverse consequences of these emerging and disruptive technologies – the so called success trap?
Its all about Learning! We constantly innovate to provide better learning approach for Academia and for Enterprises. We offer product based approach for Academia. For Enterprises, we partner to be part of their Employee Life cycle.
New agile ways of working remotely: a Point of View that goes beyond the tools for those working in remote environments - by Dipesh Pala and Cobus Beetge
IT Service Management (ITSM) Model for Business & IT AlignementRick Lemieux
Today’s multi-faceted business world demands that Information Technology provide its services in the context of a fully integrated corporate strategic model. This transformation becomes possible when IT evolves from its technological heritage into a Business Technical Organization, or an “internal service provider.” This paper describes how the itSM Solutions reference model integrates five widely used service management domains to create a powerful model to guide IT in its journey into the business leadership circle.
A presentation I did on behalf of Salesforce.com for their Cloud Executive Series. It covers four immutable trends of clomosoda:cloud mobile social and data. The underlying message that the pace of change is increasing and Institutions are not keeping pace with customers and employees. It also covers opportunities with crowds and development communities with a number of real life examples. It includes results from a recent survey of HR people across Australian organisations to highlight the current attitudes to Social Media and seeks to break the myth that Social reduces productivity when the reality is that it can significantly increase it.
Am Seeking challenging career in a professional organization, which appreciates hard work and creative skills, while providing opportunity for career growth and future advancement.
32 Ways a Digital Marketing Consultant Can Help Grow Your BusinessBarry Feldman
How can a digital marketing consultant help your business? In this resource we'll count the ways. 24 additional marketing resources are bundled for free.
There's an App for That, and That, and That: Managing Mobile in the WorkforceHuman Capital Media
Hardly a provider of human capital or workforce management has missed the tsunami of mobile applications, connecting smartphones or tablets to HCM applications over the cloud. These always-handy “in-your-pocket” applications can provide immediacy and 24/7 accessibility to both managers and workers. But what does this mean for your organization?
Neither HR nor IT departments can afford to give employees access to this plethora of applications without serious planning. This webinar looks at the areas that need to be addressed in moving to a mobile workforce.
Join Dr. Katherine Jones, longtime industry analyst covering HCM technology at Bersin by Deloitte, Deloitte Consulting LLP, to review the critical areas underlying a mobile strategy and deployment in your organization.
You will learn:
Criteria in developing a mobile strategy for your organization.
Device management: Who’s responsible.
The impact of BYOD (bring your own device) vs. corporate-supplied mobile devices.
Planning for security and cost.
Cost ramifications.
Bersin by Deloitte delivers research-based people strategies designed to help leaders and their organizations in their efforts to achieve exceptional business performance. Our WhatWorks® membership gives Fortune 1000 and Global 2000 HR professionals the information and tools they need to design and implement leading practice solutions, benchmark against others, develop their staff, and select and implement systems. A piece of Bersin by Deloitte research is downloaded on average approximately every minute during the business day. More than 5,000 organizations worldwide use our research and consulting to guide their HR, talent and learning strategies. For more information, please visit http://www.deloitte.com/bersin or http://www.bersin.com.
The ‘success trap’ of new, emerging and disruptive technologiesLivingstone Advisory
The adoption of these technologies may provide much value in the short term, however may become a liability at some point down the track. How can you and your organizations insulate yourself against the future adverse consequences of these emerging and disruptive technologies – the so called success trap?
Its all about Learning! We constantly innovate to provide better learning approach for Academia and for Enterprises. We offer product based approach for Academia. For Enterprises, we partner to be part of their Employee Life cycle.
New agile ways of working remotely: a Point of View that goes beyond the tools for those working in remote environments - by Dipesh Pala and Cobus Beetge
IT Service Management (ITSM) Model for Business & IT AlignementRick Lemieux
Today’s multi-faceted business world demands that Information Technology provide its services in the context of a fully integrated corporate strategic model. This transformation becomes possible when IT evolves from its technological heritage into a Business Technical Organization, or an “internal service provider.” This paper describes how the itSM Solutions reference model integrates five widely used service management domains to create a powerful model to guide IT in its journey into the business leadership circle.
A presentation I did on behalf of Salesforce.com for their Cloud Executive Series. It covers four immutable trends of clomosoda:cloud mobile social and data. The underlying message that the pace of change is increasing and Institutions are not keeping pace with customers and employees. It also covers opportunities with crowds and development communities with a number of real life examples. It includes results from a recent survey of HR people across Australian organisations to highlight the current attitudes to Social Media and seeks to break the myth that Social reduces productivity when the reality is that it can significantly increase it.
Am Seeking challenging career in a professional organization, which appreciates hard work and creative skills, while providing opportunity for career growth and future advancement.
5 Keys to Mastering Today's Communication DomainAvaya Inc.
IT leaders are buffeted by a variety of forces coming at them from all directions. Typical are the day-to-day distractions such as budget constraints, legal and regulatory requirements, the demands of internal corporate governance, and human resource issues.
But beyond these daily concerns is the larger context within which the IT executive must steer a steady course if he or she is to master the communications component of the IT domain. Learn about the capabilities needed to anticipate events, control outcomes and lead
with a steady hand.
Facility Management dept. is capable of contributing towards organizational success if it is given the opportunity to exploit new ideas and perform innovative activities that are regularly measured and integrated within the overall business goals or an organisation. To achieve this, it is essential that innovation in Facility Management is given appropriate empowerment and a platform within the boundaries of the organisation's total innovation agenda. Attached My Insights and collects of Facility Management Innovations.
As an entrepreneur, one should always have belief that technology can transform the world much faster than even one can think. One of the most important qualities an entrepreneur should possess is the ability to recognize the potential of technology. Entrepreneurs should also inspire their teammatesfor utilizing technology efficiently.One can improve the quality of the solutions by utilizing latest technologies available. By utilizing technologies most resourcefully, lot of innovations can be made possible.
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.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
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.
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.
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.
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!
Climate Impact of Software Testing at Nordic Testing DaysKari Kakkonen
My slides at Nordic Testing Days 6.6.2024
Climate impact / sustainability of software testing discussed on the talk. ICT and testing must carry their part of global responsibility to help with the climat warming. We can minimize the carbon footprint but we can also have a carbon handprint, a positive impact on the climate. Quality characteristics can be added with sustainability, and then measured continuously. Test environments can be used less, and in smaller scale and on demand. Test techniques can be used in optimizing or minimizing number of tests. Test automation can be used to speed up testing.
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/
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
Securing your Kubernetes cluster_ a step-by-step guide to success !KatiaHIMEUR1
Today, after several years of existence, an extremely active community and an ultra-dynamic ecosystem, Kubernetes has established itself as the de facto standard in container orchestration. Thanks to a wide range of managed services, it has never been so easy to set up a ready-to-use Kubernetes cluster.
However, this ease of use means that the subject of security in Kubernetes is often left for later, or even neglected. This exposes companies to significant risks.
In this talk, I'll show you step-by-step how to secure your Kubernetes cluster for greater peace of mind and reliability.
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.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
Threats to mobile devices are more prevalent and increasing in scope and complexity. Users of mobile devices desire to take full advantage of the features
available on those devices, but many of the features provide convenience and capability but sacrifice security. This best practices guide outlines steps the users can take to better protect personal devices and information.
GridMate - End to end testing is a critical piece to ensure quality and avoid...ThomasParaiso2
End to end testing is a critical piece to ensure quality and avoid regressions. In this session, we share our journey building an E2E testing pipeline for GridMate components (LWC and Aura) using Cypress, JSForce, FakerJS…
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
A tale of scale & speed: How the US Navy is enabling software delivery from l...
Alternative Work Area in BCM
1. A small handout on
Alternative Work Area in
Business
Continuity
Management
About Author
Amit Abhyankar
AVP & Practice Head - BCP
Amit Abhyankar is an AVP and a Practice Head for
Omnitech’s Business Continuity Services division. He
has a total of 20 years of professional experience, of
which, the past 4 years have been exclusively spent in
developing the Business Continuity Services for
Omnitech. His present role as a Practice Head involves
evangelizing BCM, business development, driving top
line as well bottom line growth for the division and
identifying strategic geographical locations where
Omnitech can o er Business Continuity Services to a
January 2011 global clientele. He has recently been awarded the
Member grade by the BCI.
www.omnitechglobal.com