1) A Greek engineer has developed an "Islamic SIM card" that helps Muslims practice their faith through features on older mobile phones, like notifying users of prayer times and directing them to Mecca.
2) The SIM card can bring religious functions to basic phones, expanding access beyond smartphones. This may appeal to Muslims in Africa and Asia where most phones are basic models.
3) The inventor sees demand for several years as 3G networks expand in Muslim-majority countries, and hopes to attract younger Muslims by connecting features to social media like Facebook.
eSmartlock - an antipiracy dongle with integrated DRM functionalitiesYiannis Hatzopoulos
eSmartlock is a complex prototype, which demonstrates the use of a Java Card based smartcard dongle as an integrated anti-piracy module and networked DRM engine; plus offering a hardware toolkit that can enhance the security of SSL backed transactions; authenticate timeStamp receptors; function
as a digital eSignature validator over commercial off-the-shelf software products - all in one: Forming an
integrated system that allows users of an application to operate in a closed-user-group setting with their
software producer or vendor; either online or even off-line.
Why? Apart from antipiracy security, the eSmartLock networked DRM model supports a diverse variety
of billing options like: leasing, renting, TimeCrediting, pay-as-you-use ValueCrediting, remote feature unlock, full
feature demo use. It can provide controlled crypto Web access to your eShop; or even secure CD/DVD offline
content access. For high-security conscious users, eSmartLock can encrypt local file Save/Load operations
with internal self-generated keySets; uniquely binding saved data to a specific eSmartLock card. It can be used
in a Server - Client configuration (Trusted Third Party – Key Distribution Center), over a LAN or WAN (extranet)
to authenticate other eSmartLock cards, establish encryption channels between eSmartLocked network nodes
and assist the verification of signed content – all in a single JavaCard applet.
TellerPass is an autonomous Java SIM card that generates dynamic PINs for authentication in ATM, web banking, and phone banking transactions. It provides a single security application to protect multiple banking issuers on the same SIM card. TellerPass uses time synchronization and sliding windows of active PINs to authenticate users and prevent man-in-the-middle attacks without requiring users to remember static PINs. It offers advantages such as minimal cost, instant access to banking services, and a high degree of security.
I have created some sketchworks that are copyrighted under my name, Yiannis Hatzopoulos. The sketchworks are artistic drawings or designs that I worked on casually without intending for them to be finished works. This brief document serves to assert my copyright over these informal sketches and drawings.
1) A Greek engineer has developed an "Islamic SIM card" that helps Muslims practice their faith through features on older mobile phones, like notifying users of prayer times and directing them to Mecca.
2) The SIM card can bring religious functions to basic phones, expanding access beyond smartphones. This may appeal to Muslims in Africa and Asia where most phones are basic models.
3) The inventor sees demand for several years as 3G networks expand in Muslim-majority countries, and hopes to attract younger Muslims by connecting features to social media like Facebook.
eSmartlock - an antipiracy dongle with integrated DRM functionalitiesYiannis Hatzopoulos
eSmartlock is a complex prototype, which demonstrates the use of a Java Card based smartcard dongle as an integrated anti-piracy module and networked DRM engine; plus offering a hardware toolkit that can enhance the security of SSL backed transactions; authenticate timeStamp receptors; function
as a digital eSignature validator over commercial off-the-shelf software products - all in one: Forming an
integrated system that allows users of an application to operate in a closed-user-group setting with their
software producer or vendor; either online or even off-line.
Why? Apart from antipiracy security, the eSmartLock networked DRM model supports a diverse variety
of billing options like: leasing, renting, TimeCrediting, pay-as-you-use ValueCrediting, remote feature unlock, full
feature demo use. It can provide controlled crypto Web access to your eShop; or even secure CD/DVD offline
content access. For high-security conscious users, eSmartLock can encrypt local file Save/Load operations
with internal self-generated keySets; uniquely binding saved data to a specific eSmartLock card. It can be used
in a Server - Client configuration (Trusted Third Party – Key Distribution Center), over a LAN or WAN (extranet)
to authenticate other eSmartLock cards, establish encryption channels between eSmartLocked network nodes
and assist the verification of signed content – all in a single JavaCard applet.
TellerPass is an autonomous Java SIM card that generates dynamic PINs for authentication in ATM, web banking, and phone banking transactions. It provides a single security application to protect multiple banking issuers on the same SIM card. TellerPass uses time synchronization and sliding windows of active PINs to authenticate users and prevent man-in-the-middle attacks without requiring users to remember static PINs. It offers advantages such as minimal cost, instant access to banking services, and a high degree of security.
I have created some sketchworks that are copyrighted under my name, Yiannis Hatzopoulos. The sketchworks are artistic drawings or designs that I worked on casually without intending for them to be finished works. This brief document serves to assert my copyright over these informal sketches and drawings.
The document discusses developing an Islamic SIM card application that would provide features useful for Muslims, such as notifying users of prayer times and banning incoming calls during prayers. It proposes a business model where the SIM application would be preinstalled at factories and generate revenue from royalties on SIM sales and small user fees shared with mobile operators and SIM vendors. The creator is seeking investment to conduct a pilot with a mobile operator and further develop the application, management team, support, and market reach. He provides contact information for interested parties to learn more.
This document summarizes the meet and greet event held by the Chemical Engineering Graduate Students Association at Ryerson University on April 30, 2015. It lists the names of the planning committee members and others in attendance, including professors, graduate students, and administrative staff. The event included welcome addresses by the president of the association and the graduate program director, a health and wellness speaker, and remarks by the dean of the faculty of engineering. Photos were also taken of some of the attendees.
This document provides information about LexiGraf, a software base developed to automate the creation of multilingual dictionaries. LexiGraf incorporates database functionality and handles tasks like layout, indexing, and formatting to output dictionary pages ready for printing. It is being used to create a dictionary with over 50,000 terms each in English, French, German and Greek covering various scientific fields. The document describes LexiGraf's features, technical specifications, implementation of the Greek science dictionary project, and its demonstration at the CRIS98 conference.
Fortune Greece report. Article title: The Greek,who puts Muslims' religious lives in order.
GSM SIM card designed for Muslim users; embedding islamic apps over the card OS.
Networking = Lots of Great Quality Customer ConversationsPaul W. Byrne
Paul Byrne discusses the importance of networking for sales acceleration. He emphasizes that networking requires having a focused strategy, being in the right places, and executing trust-building conversations through active listening, respect, credibility, and follow-through. By visualizing success, focusing one's efforts, and understanding others' perspectives, one can earn trust over time through quality interactions, positioning oneself as a trusted advisor and potentially gaining customers.
A Greek engineer has designed a new Islamic SIM card that allows users to track the direction of Mecca for prayer, receive accurate prayer times, convert between calendars, and automatically reject calls during prayers. It works on both regular phones and smartphones, filling a gap for Islamic-friendly services on basic phones. The SIM card is currently being reviewed by several mobile operators abroad.
This document summarizes the technical work done to define, design, and implement the first version of the Energy Management Device (EMD). The EMD communicates with connected appliances to monitor and control their energy usage. It uses various communication interfaces like powerline, wireless, and Ethernet. The document describes the EMD's architecture, components, interfaces, protocols, and example usage scenarios to realize energy monitoring and savings applications. Although the specified EMD architecture is final, the physical device will be optimized in a second phase.
This document provides instructions for configuring high availability (HA) with Platform Manager. It discusses setting up HA for both gateways and the Platform Manager Server. For gateways, the process involves defining primary and secondary nodes, creating an HA group, adding floating IP addresses, configuring heartbeat channels, installing software on the secondary, and more. For the Platform Manager Server, a similar process is outlined that additionally requires enabling power control, moving services and storage to shared disks, and configuring the secondary server. The document emphasizes key steps and requirements for ensuring HA functions properly during failures.
The document discusses the development of a SIM card designed for Muslims. It was created by a Greek engineer to address the lack of Islamic prayer and worship features available on basic cell phones in Asia and Africa. The SIM card allows users to track the direction of Mecca for prayers, receive accurate prayer times, and convert calendars. It aims to provide these functions for over 1 billion feature phones that cannot install apps. The SIM card has been showcased and its wider availability is hoped to come soon.
The document discusses an opportunity to introduce Islamic functions into entry-level mobile phones through a SIM card. The SIM card would provide features like a Mecca compass, prayer notifications, an Islamic calendar, and the ability to ban incoming calls during prayer times. It notes that there are over 1.5 billion Muslims across many countries and languages, and over 800 million mobile phones, suggesting a large potential market. The SIM card solution could deliver value and benefits to customers through religious-focused features and also provide a marketing tool for mobile operators.
An Islamic SIM card that provides religious functionality like prayer times and Qibla direction is being showcased in Africa. The SIM allows users of basic phones to access features normally only available on specialized Islamic phones. It will be displayed at the Africa Com event in Cape Town. The creator believes there is strong demand in Africa and Asia where many people rely on basic phones and may not be able to afford newer smartphones with relevant apps. Mobile operators could use the SIM to attract customers and generate additional revenue through increased SMS usage.
The SIMagine contest awarded six innovative mobile application and startup projects. €150,000 in prizes were given out at the award ceremony in Rome. The winners were judged to have the most innovative, usable, well-designed projects with the highest commercial potential. First place winners in the startup category were eVOTZ (USA), Bipper (Sweden), and Radio Touch (Italy). First place winners in the mobile application category were mKratos (South Africa), Islamic SIMcard (Greece), and Linkedia (China). All winners will receive housing and business coaching support in Sophia Antipolis, Europe's leading mobile telecom cluster.
A Greek engineer has invented an Islamic SIM card that allows users to perform several religious functions on their phones, such as tracking the direction of Mecca for prayer and banning calls during prayer times. The SIM card works on both regular and smartphones, and could be a big competitor in African and Asian markets. It was created to meet the needs of Muslim consumers by packing common features of Islamic phones directly into the SIM card.
This document provides an overview of the architecture and components of the Islamic SIM Card Application Server (ISCAS). The key components include a Linux OS, PostgreSQL or MySQL database, Apache Tomcat web server, and multiple Islamic SIM Card application boxes (ISCBOX) which handle request processing. The components are modular and can be distributed across physical or virtual servers for scalability. User requests from mobile phones are processed by first passing through the SMSC to the Tomcat server and then delegated to an available ISCBOX for execution. The document discusses sample configurations, licensing, and management of the system components.
The document discusses developing an Islamic SIM card application that would provide features useful for Muslims, such as notifying users of prayer times and banning incoming calls during prayers. It proposes a business model where the SIM application would be preinstalled at factories and generate revenue from royalties on SIM sales and small user fees shared with mobile operators and SIM vendors. The creator is seeking investment to conduct a pilot with a mobile operator and further develop the application, management team, support, and market reach. He provides contact information for interested parties to learn more.
This document summarizes the meet and greet event held by the Chemical Engineering Graduate Students Association at Ryerson University on April 30, 2015. It lists the names of the planning committee members and others in attendance, including professors, graduate students, and administrative staff. The event included welcome addresses by the president of the association and the graduate program director, a health and wellness speaker, and remarks by the dean of the faculty of engineering. Photos were also taken of some of the attendees.
This document provides information about LexiGraf, a software base developed to automate the creation of multilingual dictionaries. LexiGraf incorporates database functionality and handles tasks like layout, indexing, and formatting to output dictionary pages ready for printing. It is being used to create a dictionary with over 50,000 terms each in English, French, German and Greek covering various scientific fields. The document describes LexiGraf's features, technical specifications, implementation of the Greek science dictionary project, and its demonstration at the CRIS98 conference.
Fortune Greece report. Article title: The Greek,who puts Muslims' religious lives in order.
GSM SIM card designed for Muslim users; embedding islamic apps over the card OS.
Networking = Lots of Great Quality Customer ConversationsPaul W. Byrne
Paul Byrne discusses the importance of networking for sales acceleration. He emphasizes that networking requires having a focused strategy, being in the right places, and executing trust-building conversations through active listening, respect, credibility, and follow-through. By visualizing success, focusing one's efforts, and understanding others' perspectives, one can earn trust over time through quality interactions, positioning oneself as a trusted advisor and potentially gaining customers.
A Greek engineer has designed a new Islamic SIM card that allows users to track the direction of Mecca for prayer, receive accurate prayer times, convert between calendars, and automatically reject calls during prayers. It works on both regular phones and smartphones, filling a gap for Islamic-friendly services on basic phones. The SIM card is currently being reviewed by several mobile operators abroad.
This document summarizes the technical work done to define, design, and implement the first version of the Energy Management Device (EMD). The EMD communicates with connected appliances to monitor and control their energy usage. It uses various communication interfaces like powerline, wireless, and Ethernet. The document describes the EMD's architecture, components, interfaces, protocols, and example usage scenarios to realize energy monitoring and savings applications. Although the specified EMD architecture is final, the physical device will be optimized in a second phase.
This document provides instructions for configuring high availability (HA) with Platform Manager. It discusses setting up HA for both gateways and the Platform Manager Server. For gateways, the process involves defining primary and secondary nodes, creating an HA group, adding floating IP addresses, configuring heartbeat channels, installing software on the secondary, and more. For the Platform Manager Server, a similar process is outlined that additionally requires enabling power control, moving services and storage to shared disks, and configuring the secondary server. The document emphasizes key steps and requirements for ensuring HA functions properly during failures.
The document discusses the development of a SIM card designed for Muslims. It was created by a Greek engineer to address the lack of Islamic prayer and worship features available on basic cell phones in Asia and Africa. The SIM card allows users to track the direction of Mecca for prayers, receive accurate prayer times, and convert calendars. It aims to provide these functions for over 1 billion feature phones that cannot install apps. The SIM card has been showcased and its wider availability is hoped to come soon.
The document discusses an opportunity to introduce Islamic functions into entry-level mobile phones through a SIM card. The SIM card would provide features like a Mecca compass, prayer notifications, an Islamic calendar, and the ability to ban incoming calls during prayer times. It notes that there are over 1.5 billion Muslims across many countries and languages, and over 800 million mobile phones, suggesting a large potential market. The SIM card solution could deliver value and benefits to customers through religious-focused features and also provide a marketing tool for mobile operators.
An Islamic SIM card that provides religious functionality like prayer times and Qibla direction is being showcased in Africa. The SIM allows users of basic phones to access features normally only available on specialized Islamic phones. It will be displayed at the Africa Com event in Cape Town. The creator believes there is strong demand in Africa and Asia where many people rely on basic phones and may not be able to afford newer smartphones with relevant apps. Mobile operators could use the SIM to attract customers and generate additional revenue through increased SMS usage.
The SIMagine contest awarded six innovative mobile application and startup projects. €150,000 in prizes were given out at the award ceremony in Rome. The winners were judged to have the most innovative, usable, well-designed projects with the highest commercial potential. First place winners in the startup category were eVOTZ (USA), Bipper (Sweden), and Radio Touch (Italy). First place winners in the mobile application category were mKratos (South Africa), Islamic SIMcard (Greece), and Linkedia (China). All winners will receive housing and business coaching support in Sophia Antipolis, Europe's leading mobile telecom cluster.
A Greek engineer has invented an Islamic SIM card that allows users to perform several religious functions on their phones, such as tracking the direction of Mecca for prayer and banning calls during prayer times. The SIM card works on both regular and smartphones, and could be a big competitor in African and Asian markets. It was created to meet the needs of Muslim consumers by packing common features of Islamic phones directly into the SIM card.
This document provides an overview of the architecture and components of the Islamic SIM Card Application Server (ISCAS). The key components include a Linux OS, PostgreSQL or MySQL database, Apache Tomcat web server, and multiple Islamic SIM Card application boxes (ISCBOX) which handle request processing. The components are modular and can be distributed across physical or virtual servers for scalability. User requests from mobile phones are processed by first passing through the SMSC to the Tomcat server and then delegated to an available ISCBOX for execution. The document discusses sample configurations, licensing, and management of the system components.
Logossolvo islamic SIM service
• Mecca Compass, assisting subscribers in finding the direction to Mecca. It can be a normal text SMS or an MMS.
• Prayer Schedule, delivering the five prayer times (in text SMS) for the subscriber’s selected day and
auto-detected location, together with sunrise and sunset times.
• Ringtone Prayer Alarm notifies the user a few minutes prior to praying time.
• Prayer Mute Service, redirecting incoming calls to ensure that the mobile phone does not ring during
praying time.
• Calendar Converter to convert calendar dates between Gregorian and Arabic Calendars.
• Earth’s magnetic model has been incorporated in the ISS server. This produces accurate direction
calculations to Mecca.
• Terrain height geospatial Database connectivity gives accurate prayer time calculations.
• Official prayer time lists of Mosques (for large cities) can be imported into the service.
• Muslim Fastening start/break time for Ramadan along with prayer time lists.
A Japanese wedding gown was created using Compucon EOS embroidery software and a Barudan embroidery machine. The gown featured golden thread embroidery. The software and machine were used to design and produce the golden thread embroidery on the wedding gown.
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive function. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms.
The Getronics / Ingenico TT41 is a point-of-sale terminal that allows merchants to accept card payments. It features a color touchscreen, integrated card reader, and connectivity options including Ethernet, WiFi and cellular. The TT41 runs on Android operating system for flexibility and supports payment apps and services.
SMSVoiceIt is a SIM card application that transforms received SMS messages into voice messages that can be listened to through a mobile phone's hands-free system. This allows drivers to access SMS messages without having to look at their phone. It also helps visually impaired users and deaf people access SMS content. The application stores SMS messages on the SIM card and converts them to audio files using text-to-speech. Users can listen to messages and call senders. It also allows deaf people to send voice SMS messages to fixed lines. The application is designed to work on any mobile phone and help various groups access SMS messaging more easily.
The document discusses an Islamic SIM card application designed for Muslim users. Some key points:
- There are 1.5 billion Muslims globally who pray 5 times a day at precisely defined times that vary daily depending on location.
- The proposed Islamic SIM card would provide automated alerts for prayer times, a compass pointing to Mecca, and the ability to automatically silence incoming calls during prayers.
- It could be distributed widely through SIM cards to the billions of feature phones used in developing markets with prepaid plans.
- The founder has created prototypes and showcased the Islamic SIM card at several technology conferences. Distribution partnerships have been established but a first pilot with a mobile network operator is still pending to prove the business
Intellibox aims to roll out more than 1,500 ATM-style phone trade-in kiosks across the UK in the next 12 months to allow consumers to trade in their phones for cash or Amazon vouchers. About 40 kiosks are currently operating, but Intellibox plans to increase that number to 70 by March and over 1,500 total by the end of the year. The kiosks use patented technology to value devices and make payments within 5 minutes. Intellibox conducted a year-long trial of 40 kiosks and saw over 3,000 trades, aiming to increase annual turnover from £1 million to £10 million.
This document discusses the Getronics/Ingenico TT41 point-of-sale terminal developed between 1999-2000 that could handle multiple payment methods both online and offline, including smartcards, debit cards, and more in the Benelux region. It also integrated the Chipper smartcard eWallet from IBM that could hold up to 100 euro and be reloaded using public phones and an automated bank service. The TT41 terminal was sold by Barclays Bank to retailers with profitability coming from transaction fees charged based on sales volume processed by each terminal.
The Compucon USB antipiracy dongle is a tiny processing device that can execute code autonomously to help protect software applications. It functions like a miniature second PC connected to your desktop through a USB port.
Programming Foundation Models with DSPy - Meetup SlidesZilliz
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Unlock the Future of Search with MongoDB Atlas_ Vector Search Unleashed.pdfMalak Abu Hammad
Discover how MongoDB Atlas and vector search technology can revolutionize your application's search capabilities. This comprehensive presentation covers:
* What is Vector Search?
* Importance and benefits of vector search
* Practical use cases across various industries
* Step-by-step implementation guide
* Live demos with code snippets
* Enhancing LLM capabilities with vector search
* Best practices and optimization strategies
Perfect for developers, AI enthusiasts, and tech leaders. Learn how to leverage MongoDB Atlas to deliver highly relevant, context-aware search results, transforming your data retrieval process. Stay ahead in tech innovation and maximize the potential of your applications.
#MongoDB #VectorSearch #AI #SemanticSearch #TechInnovation #DataScience #LLM #MachineLearning #SearchTechnology
TrustArc Webinar - 2024 Global Privacy SurveyTrustArc
How does your privacy program stack up against your peers? What challenges are privacy teams tackling and prioritizing in 2024?
In the fifth annual Global Privacy Benchmarks Survey, we asked over 1,800 global privacy professionals and business executives to share their perspectives on the current state of privacy inside and outside of their organizations. This year’s report focused on emerging areas of importance for privacy and compliance professionals, including considerations and implications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies, building brand trust, and different approaches for achieving higher privacy competence scores.
See how organizational priorities and strategic approaches to data security and privacy are evolving around the globe.
This webinar will review:
- The top 10 privacy insights from the fifth annual Global Privacy Benchmarks Survey
- The top challenges for privacy leaders, practitioners, and organizations in 2024
- Key themes to consider in developing and maintaining your privacy program
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The first topic is CVE (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures). I have published CVEs many times. But what exactly is a CVE? I'll provide a basic understanding of CVEs and explain how to detect and handle vulnerabilities in OSS.
Next, let's discuss package managers. Package managers play a critical role in the OSS ecosystem. I'll explain how to manage library dependencies in your application.
I'll share insights into how the Ruby and RubyGems core team works to keep our ecosystem safe. By the end of this talk, you'll have a better understanding of how to safeguard your code.
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Driving Business Innovation: Latest Generative AI Advancements & Success StorySafe Software
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During the hour, we’ll take you through:
Guest Speaker Segment with Hannah Barrington: Dive into the world of dynamic real estate marketing with Hannah, the Marketing Manager at Workspace Group. Hear firsthand how their team generates engaging descriptions for thousands of office units by integrating diverse data sources—from PDF floorplans to web pages—using FME transformers, like OpenAIVisionConnector and AnthropicVisionConnector. This use case will show you how GenAI can streamline content creation for marketing across the board.
Ollama Use Case: Learn how Scenario Specialist Dmitri Bagh has utilized Ollama within FME to input data, create custom models, and enhance security protocols. This segment will include demos to illustrate the full capabilities of FME in AI-driven processes.
Custom AI Models: Discover how to leverage FME to build personalized AI models using your data. Whether it’s populating a model with local data for added security or integrating public AI tools, find out how FME facilitates a versatile and secure approach to AI.
We’ll wrap up with a live Q&A session where you can engage with our experts on your specific use cases, and learn more about optimizing your data workflows with AI.
This webinar is ideal for professionals seeking to harness the power of AI within their data management systems while ensuring high levels of customization and security. Whether you're a novice or an expert, gain actionable insights and strategies to elevate your data processes. Join us to see how FME and AI can revolutionize how you work with data!
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The original Czech 🇨🇿 version of the presentation can be found here: https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/hlavni-novinky-souvisejici-s-ccs-tsi-2023-2023-1695/269688092 .
The videorecording (in Czech) from the presentation is available here: https://youtu.be/WzjJWm4IyPk?si=SImb06tuXGb30BEH .
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Cosa hanno in comune un mattoncino Lego e la backdoor XZ?Speck&Tech
ABSTRACT: A prima vista, un mattoncino Lego e la backdoor XZ potrebbero avere in comune il fatto di essere entrambi blocchi di costruzione, o dipendenze di progetti creativi e software. La realtà è che un mattoncino Lego e il caso della backdoor XZ hanno molto di più di tutto ciò in comune.
Partecipate alla presentazione per immergervi in una storia di interoperabilità, standard e formati aperti, per poi discutere del ruolo importante che i contributori hanno in una comunità open source sostenibile.
BIO: Sostenitrice del software libero e dei formati standard e aperti. È stata un membro attivo dei progetti Fedora e openSUSE e ha co-fondato l'Associazione LibreItalia dove è stata coinvolta in diversi eventi, migrazioni e formazione relativi a LibreOffice. In precedenza ha lavorato a migrazioni e corsi di formazione su LibreOffice per diverse amministrazioni pubbliche e privati. Da gennaio 2020 lavora in SUSE come Software Release Engineer per Uyuni e SUSE Manager e quando non segue la sua passione per i computer e per Geeko coltiva la sua curiosità per l'astronomia (da cui deriva il suo nickname deneb_alpha).
HCL Notes und Domino Lizenzkostenreduzierung in der Welt von DLAUpanagenda
Webinar Recording: https://www.panagenda.com/webinars/hcl-notes-und-domino-lizenzkostenreduzierung-in-der-welt-von-dlau/
DLAU und die Lizenzen nach dem CCB- und CCX-Modell sind für viele in der HCL-Community seit letztem Jahr ein heißes Thema. Als Notes- oder Domino-Kunde haben Sie vielleicht mit unerwartet hohen Benutzerzahlen und Lizenzgebühren zu kämpfen. Sie fragen sich vielleicht, wie diese neue Art der Lizenzierung funktioniert und welchen Nutzen sie Ihnen bringt. Vor allem wollen Sie sicherlich Ihr Budget einhalten und Kosten sparen, wo immer möglich. Das verstehen wir und wir möchten Ihnen dabei helfen!
Wir erklären Ihnen, wie Sie häufige Konfigurationsprobleme lösen können, die dazu führen können, dass mehr Benutzer gezählt werden als nötig, und wie Sie überflüssige oder ungenutzte Konten identifizieren und entfernen können, um Geld zu sparen. Es gibt auch einige Ansätze, die zu unnötigen Ausgaben führen können, z. B. wenn ein Personendokument anstelle eines Mail-Ins für geteilte Mailboxen verwendet wird. Wir zeigen Ihnen solche Fälle und deren Lösungen. Und natürlich erklären wir Ihnen das neue Lizenzmodell.
Nehmen Sie an diesem Webinar teil, bei dem HCL-Ambassador Marc Thomas und Gastredner Franz Walder Ihnen diese neue Welt näherbringen. Es vermittelt Ihnen die Tools und das Know-how, um den Überblick zu bewahren. Sie werden in der Lage sein, Ihre Kosten durch eine optimierte Domino-Konfiguration zu reduzieren und auch in Zukunft gering zu halten.
Diese Themen werden behandelt
- Reduzierung der Lizenzkosten durch Auffinden und Beheben von Fehlkonfigurationen und überflüssigen Konten
- Wie funktionieren CCB- und CCX-Lizenzen wirklich?
- Verstehen des DLAU-Tools und wie man es am besten nutzt
- Tipps für häufige Problembereiche, wie z. B. Team-Postfächer, Funktions-/Testbenutzer usw.
- Praxisbeispiele und Best Practices zum sofortigen Umsetzen
In the rapidly evolving landscape of technologies, XML continues to play a vital role in structuring, storing, and transporting data across diverse systems. The recent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) present new methodologies for enhancing XML development workflows, introducing efficiency, automation, and intelligent capabilities. This presentation will outline the scope and perspective of utilizing AI in XML development. The potential benefits and the possible pitfalls will be highlighted, providing a balanced view of the subject.
We will explore the capabilities of AI in understanding XML markup languages and autonomously creating structured XML content. Additionally, we will examine the capacity of AI to enrich plain text with appropriate XML markup. Practical examples and methodological guidelines will be provided to elucidate how AI can be effectively prompted to interpret and generate accurate XML markup.
Further emphasis will be placed on the role of AI in developing XSLT, or schemas such as XSD and Schematron. We will address the techniques and strategies adopted to create prompts for generating code, explaining code, or refactoring the code, and the results achieved.
The discussion will extend to how AI can be used to transform XML content. In particular, the focus will be on the use of AI XPath extension functions in XSLT, Schematron, Schematron Quick Fixes, or for XML content refactoring.
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1. http://www.techsahara.com/ceo-weekends-yiannis-hatzopoulos-on-why-he-build-a-sim-card-
exclusively-for-muslims/
Recently a Greek engineer, Yannis Hatzop0ulos, launched a unique GSM SIM card exclusively for
Muslim only to help them achieve their religious duties.
The SIM card comes with applications such as a compass used to point to the direction of Mecca, a
list of prayer times, a call to prayer and an Islamic calendar to name a few. The SIM card can be used
on both smart phones and normal mobile devices.
TechMoran caught up with him, and here are his reasons.
What inspired you?
Indeed the first thing that journalists always ask me , is how a Greek engineer came up with this
2. concept.
I can say that it is a proof that serendipity rules. I was attending the Mobile World Congress in 2009
in Barcelona. At that time, I was being hosted at the Gemalto booth (www.gemalto.com) – presenting
prototyping work on SIM development and talking to business visitors. In one of the discussions I had,
the successful launch of the 2nd generation of LG’s Islamic phones came up (eg check this
http://www.lg.com/tn_en/mobile-phones/lg-GD335 ).
At that time LG was very successful with these; sold tens of millions that year, retailing around 250
USD. I was impressed with the concept; I got interested in this type of product and started checking it
out. The next few months I realized that I could pack most of the functions of an islamic phone inside
a SIM card, to turn any casual feature phone into an islamic phone simply through the swap of its SIM
card. A lot of GSM feature phones are in use in Asia and Africa, due to their low prices, long battery
lives and ease of use. Also, there are places where the networks have not been upgraded to 3G,
which can support a functional smartphone with islamic apps; and in most places prepaid
connections and high churn rates exist + lots of dual SIM phones in Asia. I always wanted to design a
really affordable product, that great numbers of people could use and appreciate in their lives.
A SIM is cheap, so this type of product-offering could be used as a utility gadget by mobile networks,
to attract those users that could not really afford an islamic phone or smartphone, but would find it
convenient (eg think of Ramadan time) to introduce islamic features in their existing GSM phones.
The concept prototype was submitted to SIMagine, a development and business plan contest
event run by SIMAlliance (www.simalliance.org) in 2010. The Islamic SIM project got a Best mobile
app award that year, which subsequently led to contacts to SIM manufacturers who eventually
provided resources to build the first network connected samples for market evaluation. Right now I
am working closely with Bluefish Technologies. I think they are No 5 in the world in SIM
manufacturing.
This SIM basically offers on plain-vanilla feature phones what you get on an Islamic
phone/smartphone, minus the Quoran text. (We get a dial-a-Quoran voice recital instead with the
SIM…)
As you know Islamic praying is a complex practice. Executed 5times/day- and times change from day
to day (based on location, date, islamic jurisprudence).
Featurewise, this SIM helps the users track the Mecca direction when navigating unfamiliar space,
delivers ringtone calls-to-prayer generated by the SIM card, redirects incoming calls during muslim
prayer time (thus cellphones need not be deactivated inside Mosques…). It also provides Arabic
calendar converters and other handy little utils. Moreover, think of places where Muslims are minority,
like India. Their phone can ring anytime during their prayer session, since the other people can not
keep track of the Islamic praying practice. With this SIM no lost calls and no disturbance by incoming
calls during a prayer session any more.
Why only for muslims?
Similar offerings for other religions are under preparation.
How does it work?
It is basically embedded software that ‘sits’ on top of the SIM Card operating system
that makes it all possible. Functionality wise you get access to these services through
your SIM menu.
3. Who is on your team?
The first prototype I designed it alone. To turn it into a product I hired
a small group of Greek engineers and was provided support engineers from LogosSolvo
(www.logossolvo.com) which belongs to the same holding group as Bluefish Technologies
(www.bluefish.com) which helps market the product.
Who are your partners-say telcos on board?
Cannot publicly disclose at the moment.
What is the market like?
Practically every Muslim person that owns a smartphone has an Islamic app installed. This is
not the case for users of feature and cheap low-end phones.
Markets in Asia and Africa are dominated by feature phones. In Africa only 14% are smartphones
and in Asia less than 25%. Around 1billion feature phones are used by Muslims and have
the potential to be transformed into Islamic handsets, through the swap of the SIM.
Also markets are dominated by prepaid connections and high price-sensitivity.
Plus many dual sim phones out there. We try to launch the service, to help MNOs attract
more subscribers to their networks, reduce churn rates and keep the users that
cannot afford a smartphone+data plan loyal to the network, giving more value and technological edge
than competition.
Any funding?
Privately funded so far.