INDUSTRY
Service Provider
CHALLENGES
• Faced growing challenge from free, over-the-top web video
• Network capability needed to meet customer demand for reliability, greater content offerings, and streaming to televisions, PCs, or handheld devices
• Needed support to implement new service that would satisfy consumer interest in accessing video on these devices
• Required improved billing system to ensure consumer loyalty and prevent customer churn
SOLUTIONS
• Cisco IBSG supported Telecom Italia throughout identifying a comprehensive, end-to-end product/service strategy
• Telecom Italia adopted Cisco CDS-IS technology, offering multiscreen capabilities and high-quality video streaming to any device at any time, while enabling ample room for growth
RESULTS
• Telecom Italia has remained competitive and lessened customer churn
• Telecom Italia broadband TV service enables thousands of concurrent streams and an on-demand offering
- The company has strengths in global content negotiation, connectivity through fiber/LTE networks, and a large distribution network that position it well to capture opportunities in video consumption.
- It aims to develop a differentiated value proposition through exclusive content, multi-device packages, and integrated operator billing and services.
- The growth of internet video traffic and connected devices is reshaping the content landscape, providing an opportunity for telcos to become trusted providers of internet video.
Multi-network Solutions in the Real World Forum at IBC 2013Verimatrix
Ivar Slavenburg, Business Innovation Manager
Ziggo
Creating Value on Hybrid Cable Networks
Spencer Stephens, CTO
Sony Pictures Entertainment
A Content Owner’s Perspective
Keith Wymbs, VP Marketing
Elemental Technologies
Balancing Multi-screen Capacity with Demand via the Cloud
Will Law, Chief Architect, Media Division
Akamai
Maximizing the Pipe: Hybrid Protocols for Optimized OTT Delivery
David Price, Head of TV Business Development
Ericsson
Role of LTE Broadcast in Hybrid Networks
Tom Munro, CEO
Verimatrix
Tomorrow’s Vision of a Hybrid Content Management Model
Nigel Walley, Managing Director
Decipher Media Consultants
Moderator
Xener Systems provides next-generation communication solutions based on IP and multimedia technologies for both wired and wireless networks. It offers products and solutions for enterprises and households in Korea and other countries in Asia to deliver services like internet telephony, voice, and video. As the communication services market evolves rapidly, Xener aims to grow into a leading global company through technological innovation and responding to changing needs.
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- It aims to develop a differentiated value proposition through exclusive content, multi-device packages, and integrated operator billing and services.
- The growth of internet video traffic and connected devices is reshaping the content landscape, providing an opportunity for telcos to become trusted providers of internet video.
Multi-network Solutions in the Real World Forum at IBC 2013Verimatrix
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Spencer Stephens, CTO
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Keith Wymbs, VP Marketing
Elemental Technologies
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Will Law, Chief Architect, Media Division
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David Price, Head of TV Business Development
Ericsson
Role of LTE Broadcast in Hybrid Networks
Tom Munro, CEO
Verimatrix
Tomorrow’s Vision of a Hybrid Content Management Model
Nigel Walley, Managing Director
Decipher Media Consultants
Moderator
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Executive Summary
CUSTOMER
AT&T
INDUSTRY
Service Provider
Challen ges
• Inability to scale quickly during ramp-up
• Subject-matter expertise concentrated in a few individuals
• Salesforce weak in vertical industry expertise
SOLUTIONS
• Value-case process
• Sales-decision toolset
• Training
Resu lts
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event. From video surveillance to the prevention
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organizers to concentrate on operational tasks
knowing that the event was in safe hands.
Sicurezza fisica e security informatica: a Expo
Milano 2015 la protezione di persone, risorse, dati
e dispositivi è stata un fattore chiave per la riuscita
della manifestazione. Dalla video-sorveglianza alla
prevenzione degli attacchi alla componente digitale,
la rete IP Cisco, la sicurezza pervasiva e multilivello
e una task force dedicata al monitoraggio dell’intera
infrastruttura hanno consentito agli organizzatori
di dedicarsi agli aspetti operativi potendo contare
sull’incolumità dell’evento.
Business growth saw Seeberger needing a
new warehouse. But not just any warehouse.
Blended Cisco® Internet of Everything (IoE)
innovation now feed state-of-the-art storage
and production processes.
Neotel is South Africa’s first converged telecommunications network operator, providing business, wholesale, and consumer voice and data services. Cisco Smart Net Total CareTM provides Neotel with proactive support to optimise and secure the network, solving problems faster, improving operational efficiency, and reducing the risk of downtime.“Smart Net Total Care has proactively supported, optimised, and secured our network performance, allowing us to pay more attention to the running of our business.”
— Chala Rao, Chief Network Officer, Neotel
Il Gruppo Marcegaglia conferma una strategia di
sicurezza IT basata su soluzioni Cisco che va dagli
strumenti di firewall al sistema di Next-Generation
Intrusion Prevention System passando per la
gestione centralizzata.
The Marcegaglia Group confirms an IT security
strategy based on Cisco solutions with the
acquisition of centrally managed firewall tools
and a Next-Generation Intrusion Prevention System.
Creating classrooms without boundaries. Egyptian institution sought academic excellence, mastering the Internet of Everything held the key. We innovated hyperconnected learning.
“ Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport
has a vital role in transforming Egypt and the Arab World towards
tomorrow’s knowledge economy. We need to educate, open the
door to innovation, and deliver better education and research
quality in a rapid-changing knowledge world.”
Dr. Ismail Abdel Ghafar, President of the Arab Academy for Science,
Technology and Maritime Transport
Universal Motors Agencies (UMA), one of the largest General Motors dealers in Saudi Arabia, needed to improve communication between its 22 showrooms and 69 sites to better serve customers and reduce costs. UMA implemented a Cisco collaboration solution including networking infrastructure, voice, video, and contact center applications. This unified employees, improved responsiveness to customers, and reduced IT costs by 30% while increasing productivity by 10% and employee satisfaction by 20%.
ScanPlus is a leading European provider of managed cloud services with over 140 employees and 500 customers. It operates data centers in Germany and Switzerland linked by a Europe-wide IP backbone. ScanPlus provides a portfolio of cloud services tailored for medium-sized enterprises using Cisco technology, which helps make operations simpler, better protected, and easier to scale. Their cloud platform powered by Cisco has achieved high availability, scalability, and easier administration allowing the company to grow without problems and focus on creating new services.
Odeabank implemented a Cisco collaboration platform including Cisco Unified Contact Center Enterprise to transform their customer experience. This allowed contact center agents to communicate with customers via multiple channels while also collaborating with colleagues. As a result, staff turnover in the contact center is below market average. The technology has helped Odeabank grow rapidly since launching in 2012 and be named the Most Innovative Bank in Turkey.
IBB Energie AG provides electricity, gas, water, and communication services to customers in Switzerland. To stay competitive in a changing market, IBB upgraded its data centers with a Cisco FlexPod solution to improve application performance, reduce costs, and allow services to be deployed 30% faster. The new infrastructure enables IBB to respond more quickly to changing customer demands.
Schmitz Cargobull is a large manufacturer of trailers and semi-trailers in Europe. Their previous wireless network was no longer capable of supporting their production needs, slowing down processes. They implemented Cisco Outdoor Wireless Mesh to provide 100% wireless coverage across their main production site, improving connectivity of mobile devices, applications, and the production chain. This increased efficiency of logistic processes by 50% and improved business process quality, enhancing customer service and reducing costs.
Mankiewicz Gebr & Co wanted to renew its SAP infrastructure to improve performance and scalability issues. It virtualized its SAP system and database using a VMware vSphere platform spanning two EMC VNX storage-based data centers with Cisco UCS Blade Servers. This new highly available configuration runs SAP 20% faster, supports scaling beyond 1.4TB databases, and allows true 24/7 operations with improved weekend access for global users.
The town of Lomma Kommun in Sweden needed to upgrade its unreliable and unsecure network to better support growing demand for public services. It implemented a new Cisco Wi-Fi network with 360 access points and Cisco ISE for secure authentication across all buildings including 30 schools and care centers. This allows staff and students to access resources anywhere on campus, saves staff time by not needing to log in and out, and provides free guest Wi-Fi for tourists. The new secure network solution has halved IT costs and freed staff to develop new services for citizens.
Skipton Building Society's aging IT infrastructure was hindering its ability to support the growing business demands, slowing responsiveness. A Cisco Domain Ten workshop assessed IT processes and priorities and developed a customized roadmap for IT transformation. Implementing Cisco UCS Blade Servers and virtualizing servers reduced provisioning time from 4 weeks to less than 1 day. The new agile infrastructure better supports Skipton's competitive application development and ability to adapt to changing business needs.
Cisco Nexus 9000 Application-Centric Infrastructure (ACI)
Invested in proof of concept to show operational efficiency
Customer ACI deployment going live in February 2015
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 5DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 5. In this session, we will cover CI/CD with devops.
Topics covered:
CI/CD with in UiPath
End-to-end overview of CI/CD pipeline with Azure devops
Speaker:
Lyndsey Byblow, Test Suite Sales Engineer @ UiPath, Inc.
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.
Unlocking Productivity: Leveraging the Potential of Copilot in Microsoft 365, a presentation by Christoforos Vlachos, Senior Solutions Manager – Modern Workplace, Uni Systems
Removing Uninteresting Bytes in Software FuzzingAftab Hussain
Imagine a world where software fuzzing, the process of mutating bytes in test seeds to uncover hidden and erroneous program behaviors, becomes faster and more effective. A lot depends on the initial seeds, which can significantly dictate the trajectory of a fuzzing campaign, particularly in terms of how long it takes to uncover interesting behaviour in your code. We introduce DIAR, a technique designed to speedup fuzzing campaigns by pinpointing and eliminating those uninteresting bytes in the seeds. Picture this: instead of wasting valuable resources on meaningless mutations in large, bloated seeds, DIAR removes the unnecessary bytes, streamlining the entire process.
In this work, we equipped AFL, a popular fuzzer, with DIAR and examined two critical Linux libraries -- Libxml's xmllint, a tool for parsing xml documents, and Binutil's readelf, an essential debugging and security analysis command-line tool used to display detailed information about ELF (Executable and Linkable Format). Our preliminary results show that AFL+DIAR does not only discover new paths more quickly but also achieves higher coverage overall. This work thus showcases how starting with lean and optimized seeds can lead to faster, more comprehensive fuzzing campaigns -- and DIAR helps you find such seeds.
- These are slides of the talk given at IEEE International Conference on Software Testing Verification and Validation Workshop, ICSTW 2022.
Maruthi Prithivirajan, Head of ASEAN & IN Solution Architecture, Neo4j
Get an inside look at the latest Neo4j innovations that enable relationship-driven intelligence at scale. Learn more about the newest cloud integrations and product enhancements that make Neo4j an essential choice for developers building apps with interconnected data and generative AI.
Sudheer Mechineni, Head of Application Frameworks, Standard Chartered Bank
Discover how Standard Chartered Bank harnessed the power of Neo4j to transform complex data access challenges into a dynamic, scalable graph database solution. This keynote will cover their journey from initial adoption to deploying a fully automated, enterprise-grade causal cluster, highlighting key strategies for modelling organisational changes and ensuring robust disaster recovery. Learn how these innovations have not only enhanced Standard Chartered Bank’s data infrastructure but also positioned them as pioneers in the banking sector’s adoption of graph technology.
Best 20 SEO Techniques To Improve Website Visibility In SERPPixlogix Infotech
Boost your website's visibility with proven SEO techniques! Our latest blog dives into essential strategies to enhance your online presence, increase traffic, and rank higher on search engines. From keyword optimization to quality content creation, learn how to make your site stand out in the crowded digital landscape. Discover actionable tips and expert insights to elevate your SEO game.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 6DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 6. In this session, we will cover Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI.
UiPath Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI webinar offers an in-depth exploration of leveraging cutting-edge technologies for test automation within the UiPath platform. Attendees will delve into the integration of generative AI, a test automation solution, with Open AI advanced natural language processing capabilities.
Throughout the session, participants will discover how this synergy empowers testers to automate repetitive tasks, enhance testing accuracy, and expedite the software testing life cycle. Topics covered include the seamless integration process, practical use cases, and the benefits of harnessing AI-driven automation for UiPath testing initiatives. By attending this webinar, testers, and automation professionals can gain valuable insights into harnessing the power of AI to optimize their test automation workflows within the UiPath ecosystem, ultimately driving efficiency and quality in software development processes.
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into integrating generative AI.
2. Understanding how this integration enhances test automation within the UiPath platform
3. Practical demonstrations
4. Exploration of real-world use cases illustrating the benefits of AI-driven test automation for UiPath
Topics covered:
What is generative AI
Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI.
UiPath integration with generative AI
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Programming Foundation Models with DSPy - Meetup SlidesZilliz
Prompting language models is hard, while programming language models is easy. In this talk, I will discuss the state-of-the-art framework DSPy for programming foundation models with its powerful optimizers and runtime constraint system.
GraphSummit Singapore | The Art of the Possible with Graph - Q2 2024Neo4j
Neha Bajwa, Vice President of Product Marketing, Neo4j
Join us as we explore breakthrough innovations enabled by interconnected data and AI. Discover firsthand how organizations use relationships in data to uncover contextual insights and solve our most pressing challenges – from optimizing supply chains, detecting fraud, and improving customer experiences to accelerating drug discoveries.
GraphSummit Singapore | The Future of Agility: Supercharging Digital Transfor...Neo4j
Leonard Jayamohan, Partner & Generative AI Lead, Deloitte
This keynote will reveal how Deloitte leverages Neo4j’s graph power for groundbreaking digital twin solutions, achieving a staggering 100x performance boost. Discover the essential role knowledge graphs play in successful generative AI implementations. Plus, get an exclusive look at an innovative Neo4j + Generative AI solution Deloitte is developing in-house.
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.
Communications Mining Series - Zero to Hero - Session 1DianaGray10
This session provides introduction to UiPath Communication Mining, importance and platform overview. You will acquire a good understand of the phases in Communication Mining as we go over the platform with you. Topics covered:
• Communication Mining Overview
• Why is it important?
• How can it help today’s business and the benefits
• Phases in Communication Mining
• Demo on Platform overview
• Q/A
GraphRAG for Life Science to increase LLM accuracyTomaz Bratanic
GraphRAG for life science domain, where you retriever information from biomedical knowledge graphs using LLMs to increase the accuracy and performance of generated answers
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
Essentials of Automations: The Art of Triggers and Actions in FMESafe Software
In this second installment of our Essentials of Automations webinar series, we’ll explore the landscape of triggers and actions, guiding you through the nuances of authoring and adapting workspaces for seamless automations. Gain an understanding of the full spectrum of triggers and actions available in FME, empowering you to enhance your workspaces for efficient automation.
We’ll kick things off by showcasing the most commonly used event-based triggers, introducing you to various automation workflows like manual triggers, schedules, directory watchers, and more. Plus, see how these elements play out in real scenarios.
Whether you’re tweaking your current setup or building from the ground up, this session will arm you with the tools and insights needed to transform your FME usage into a powerhouse of productivity. Join us to discover effective strategies that simplify complex processes, enhancing your productivity and transforming your data management practices with FME. Let’s turn complexity into clarity and make your workspaces work wonders!
Dr. Sean Tan, Head of Data Science, Changi Airport Group
Discover how Changi Airport Group (CAG) leverages graph technologies and generative AI to revolutionize their search capabilities. This session delves into the unique search needs of CAG’s diverse passengers and customers, showcasing how graph data structures enhance the accuracy and relevance of AI-generated search results, mitigating the risk of “hallucinations” and improving the overall customer journey.
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