In 2016, cloud technologies went mainstream. But with maturity came the realization that moving to the cloud doesn’t happen overnight. CIOs are prioritizing hosted computing and cloud data storage. But they’re approaching the shift as a gradual, multi-year journey.
Many startups and small businesses will continue to go all-in on cloud. But enterprises will find success in a slow but steady move from on-prem. Hybrid ecosystems—of data, software, and infrastructure—will be the reality for most established organizations.
As this shift to cloud progresses where are things are headed? This paper highlights the top cloud trends for 2017.
The Fog or Edge Computing model complements Cloud Computing with small, typically sensor-enabled and IOT connected devices that process distributed data at its source. As this model matures, we see an uptake on a 3-tier architecture with Intelligent Gateways to aggregate sensor input before communicating with data centers or a Cloud. Two forces will drive the practice of distributing Intelligence (Understanding/Reasoning/Learning) to the Gateway. The first is the presence of the Gateway itself, which enables a standards-based approach to distributing intelligence and moving it closer to the edge. The second is the trend for simplifying system requirements by processing training data or model validation with big data prior to deployment, and using small footprint devices for operational systems.
This webinar will present an overview of the relevant technologies and trends. Participants will learn about the state of the art today, and how to identify apps in their own environment that would be good candidates for Intelligent Edge solutions.
The Fog or Edge Computing model complements Cloud Computing with small, typically sensor-enabled and IOT connected devices that process distributed data at its source. As this model matures, we see an uptake on a 3-tier architecture with Intelligent Gateways to aggregate sensor input before communicating with data centers or a Cloud. Two forces will drive the practice of distributing Intelligence (Understanding/Reasoning/Learning) to the Gateway. The first is the presence of the Gateway itself, which enables a standards-based approach to distributing intelligence and moving it closer to the edge. The second is the trend for simplifying system requirements by processing training data or model validation with big data prior to deployment, and using small footprint devices for operational systems.
This webinar will present an overview of the relevant technologies and trends. Participants will learn about the state of the art today, and how to identify apps in their own environment that would be good candidates for Intelligent Edge solutions.
Cloud delivered desktop is the perfect answer for those companies that need to have complete control over their information. These are virtual desktops delivered via the cloud allowing you to enable you and your employees to securely access your applications and data from any device, from anywhere and at any time –– with the same access, security and productivity as from your own office environment.
Digital Transformation & Cloud ProfitabilityGui Carvalhal
A quick view about Digital Transformation and what's happening with Industries across the globe.
A guidance to IT Channel to accelerate Cloud Profitability with valuable resources for download.
MT85 Challenges at the Edge: Dell Edge GatewaysDell EMC World
"Fog architecture for computing at the edge of the network utilizes edge gateways to aggregate data from multiple devices, perform edge analytics and take real-time action, and introduce data and network security at the edge. This session will explore the differences between traditional proprietary gateways and Dell's intelligent edge gateways including communication protocols, operating systems, and software and hardware-level security.
"
IoT and the Oil & Gas industry at M2M Oil & Gas 2014 in LondonEurotech
How the Internet of Things is catching up with the Oil & Gas industry.
How Eurotech's IoT architecture had its roots in the oil & gas industry, and why it is still relevant today.
3 Advantages (And 1 Disadvantage) Of Edge ComputingBernard Marr
Edge computing is a key technology helping businesses with their digital transformation. Here we explore the advantages and disadvantages every business should be aware of.
CDW Presents the Future of IT - Software-Defined EnterpriseCDW
IT teams must be agile in today's liquid IT world. VMware's Roland Serna shares why the software-defined enterprise is the future of IT in the data center.
Independent of the source of data, the integration of event streams into an Enterprise Architecture gets more and more important in the world of sensors, social media streams and Internet of Things. Events have to be accepted quickly and reliably, they have to be distributed and analysed, often with many consumers or systems interested in all or part of the events. Dependent on the size and quantity of such events, this can quickly be in the range of Big Data. How can we efficiently collect and transmit these events? How can we make sure that we can always report over historical events? How can these new events be integrated into traditional infrastructure and application landscape?
Starting with a product and technology neutral reference architecture, we will then present different solutions using Open Source frameworks and the Oracle Stack both for on premises as well as the cloud.
Turtles all the Way Up – From OSGi bundles to Fog Computing - Tim Ward (Paremus)mfrancis
OSGi Community Event 2018 Presentation by Tim Ward (Paremus)
Abstract: The model of centralized cloud compute is changing. As large-scale IoT deployments have started to become real organizations are realizing that a single central cloud can’t cope with the data security, data volumes, latency or robustness that they need for their businesses. Centralizing in a single cloud also offers a huge operational risk – if the cloud fails, their business must continue!
This talk will introduce BRAIN-IoT, an EU Horizon 2020 funded project. BRAIN-IoT uses the latest OSGi R7 specifications to create an adaptive modular “Fog” environment with decentralized data processing and decision making. We’ll review the current design decisions made by the BRAIN-IoT team, including the issues concerning generic Edge Device discovery & integration, and see how they can be applied across different IoT use cases, including Smart Utilities and Industry 4.0 Factories of the Future.
Powering the Internet of Things with Apache HadoopCloudera, Inc.
Without the right data management strategy, investments in Internet of Things (IoT) can yield limited results. Apache Hadoop has emerged as a key architectural component that can help make sense of IoT data, enabling never before seen data products and solutions.
Feature by Feature comparison of IoT Platform is no sufficient. This presentation talks about why leveraging IOT Platforms is important to accelerate innovation and focus on creating true differentiation. This presentation also provides a reference architecture and technical and business evaluation criteria.
Optimizing Oracle Cloud Infrastructure through Interconnection Equinix
Robert Blackburn, Global Managing Director, Oracle Strategic Alliance at Equinix spoke at Oracle CloudWorld NYC on February 12, 2018 on how Oracle and Equinix empower organizations to transform their business by integrating hybrid and multicloud environments to increase operational efficiency, enhance system processes, improve customer experiences and grow revenues. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure FastConnect on the Equinix Cloud Exchange™ Fabric allows enterprises to optimize connection to the Oracle Cloud with flexible, on-demand, global interconnection—enabling applications, workloads and data to operate on-premises and in the public cloud over high-performance, private and scalable connections. This solution can be deployed as part of an Interconnection Oriented Architecture™ (IOA™) strategy on Platform Equinix™.
En presentation om IBM MessageSight som erbjuder skalbar konnektivitet.
Läs mer om Utveckling och sammankoppling för mobila enheter (http://www-03.ibm.com/software/products/sv/category/SWL00)
Are you benefiting from billions of revenue opportunity available with Cloud Computing? Find out how Microsoft can help businesses and partners like you grow your company and migrate off of legacy technologies.
Join Richard Harbridge as he explains the state of the enterprise mobility industry today and what new innovations and capabilities have been introduced and how other organizations are realizing tremendous value with those new technologies.
Cloud Usage in Business Today and Tomorrowrftclouds
Reach for the Clouds, Inc. was formed to organizations migrate to the cloud with One Solution, One platform, one with your customer.
http://bit.ly/1wqmNX3
Cloud delivered desktop is the perfect answer for those companies that need to have complete control over their information. These are virtual desktops delivered via the cloud allowing you to enable you and your employees to securely access your applications and data from any device, from anywhere and at any time –– with the same access, security and productivity as from your own office environment.
Digital Transformation & Cloud ProfitabilityGui Carvalhal
A quick view about Digital Transformation and what's happening with Industries across the globe.
A guidance to IT Channel to accelerate Cloud Profitability with valuable resources for download.
MT85 Challenges at the Edge: Dell Edge GatewaysDell EMC World
"Fog architecture for computing at the edge of the network utilizes edge gateways to aggregate data from multiple devices, perform edge analytics and take real-time action, and introduce data and network security at the edge. This session will explore the differences between traditional proprietary gateways and Dell's intelligent edge gateways including communication protocols, operating systems, and software and hardware-level security.
"
IoT and the Oil & Gas industry at M2M Oil & Gas 2014 in LondonEurotech
How the Internet of Things is catching up with the Oil & Gas industry.
How Eurotech's IoT architecture had its roots in the oil & gas industry, and why it is still relevant today.
3 Advantages (And 1 Disadvantage) Of Edge ComputingBernard Marr
Edge computing is a key technology helping businesses with their digital transformation. Here we explore the advantages and disadvantages every business should be aware of.
CDW Presents the Future of IT - Software-Defined EnterpriseCDW
IT teams must be agile in today's liquid IT world. VMware's Roland Serna shares why the software-defined enterprise is the future of IT in the data center.
Independent of the source of data, the integration of event streams into an Enterprise Architecture gets more and more important in the world of sensors, social media streams and Internet of Things. Events have to be accepted quickly and reliably, they have to be distributed and analysed, often with many consumers or systems interested in all or part of the events. Dependent on the size and quantity of such events, this can quickly be in the range of Big Data. How can we efficiently collect and transmit these events? How can we make sure that we can always report over historical events? How can these new events be integrated into traditional infrastructure and application landscape?
Starting with a product and technology neutral reference architecture, we will then present different solutions using Open Source frameworks and the Oracle Stack both for on premises as well as the cloud.
Turtles all the Way Up – From OSGi bundles to Fog Computing - Tim Ward (Paremus)mfrancis
OSGi Community Event 2018 Presentation by Tim Ward (Paremus)
Abstract: The model of centralized cloud compute is changing. As large-scale IoT deployments have started to become real organizations are realizing that a single central cloud can’t cope with the data security, data volumes, latency or robustness that they need for their businesses. Centralizing in a single cloud also offers a huge operational risk – if the cloud fails, their business must continue!
This talk will introduce BRAIN-IoT, an EU Horizon 2020 funded project. BRAIN-IoT uses the latest OSGi R7 specifications to create an adaptive modular “Fog” environment with decentralized data processing and decision making. We’ll review the current design decisions made by the BRAIN-IoT team, including the issues concerning generic Edge Device discovery & integration, and see how they can be applied across different IoT use cases, including Smart Utilities and Industry 4.0 Factories of the Future.
Powering the Internet of Things with Apache HadoopCloudera, Inc.
Without the right data management strategy, investments in Internet of Things (IoT) can yield limited results. Apache Hadoop has emerged as a key architectural component that can help make sense of IoT data, enabling never before seen data products and solutions.
Feature by Feature comparison of IoT Platform is no sufficient. This presentation talks about why leveraging IOT Platforms is important to accelerate innovation and focus on creating true differentiation. This presentation also provides a reference architecture and technical and business evaluation criteria.
Optimizing Oracle Cloud Infrastructure through Interconnection Equinix
Robert Blackburn, Global Managing Director, Oracle Strategic Alliance at Equinix spoke at Oracle CloudWorld NYC on February 12, 2018 on how Oracle and Equinix empower organizations to transform their business by integrating hybrid and multicloud environments to increase operational efficiency, enhance system processes, improve customer experiences and grow revenues. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure FastConnect on the Equinix Cloud Exchange™ Fabric allows enterprises to optimize connection to the Oracle Cloud with flexible, on-demand, global interconnection—enabling applications, workloads and data to operate on-premises and in the public cloud over high-performance, private and scalable connections. This solution can be deployed as part of an Interconnection Oriented Architecture™ (IOA™) strategy on Platform Equinix™.
En presentation om IBM MessageSight som erbjuder skalbar konnektivitet.
Läs mer om Utveckling och sammankoppling för mobila enheter (http://www-03.ibm.com/software/products/sv/category/SWL00)
Are you benefiting from billions of revenue opportunity available with Cloud Computing? Find out how Microsoft can help businesses and partners like you grow your company and migrate off of legacy technologies.
Join Richard Harbridge as he explains the state of the enterprise mobility industry today and what new innovations and capabilities have been introduced and how other organizations are realizing tremendous value with those new technologies.
Cloud Usage in Business Today and Tomorrowrftclouds
Reach for the Clouds, Inc. was formed to organizations migrate to the cloud with One Solution, One platform, one with your customer.
http://bit.ly/1wqmNX3
Enterprises have been embracing hybrid IT infrastructures that combine on-premises and public cloud capabilities, and more and more enterprises are expected to adopt this strategy in the future. But, is it right for your business?
Find out if hybrid cloud services are a winning fit for your company: https://www.oneneck.com/cloud/hybrid-it-a-winning-strategy
A managed journey to the cloud requires that IT Leaders:
- Engage Lines of Business leaders as partners
- Establish a cloud migration strategy that meets the needs of the business
- Enlists their key technology providers' commitment to that strategy
Hear more at the 2016 Quest Executive Forum in Las Vegas on April 12.
While use of the cloud today is generally associated with the ability to reduce costs and improve efficiency, widespread adoption of this technology is projected to have a transformative effect on all businesses of all sizes.
For IT recruiters, and just about everyone who has been interested in tech, cloud is not a new phenomena. However, over the past 18 months, adoption of cloud is growing quickly and is now used in some shape or form by businesses of all sizes around the world.
This issue provides an overview to the rise of cloud, highlights the most in demand IT skills and lists the fastest growing cloud companies by employee.
In this QuickView
- Fastest growing cloud companies by employees
- Most in demand skills, job roles and certifications
- Top employers of cloud professionals
- Is Big-data-as-a-service the next big growth sector?
- Top 5 uses of cloud computing for 2015
Cloud Computing Applications and Benefits for Small Businesses .docxclarebernice
Cloud Computing: Applications and Benefits for Small Businesses
Abstract
Cloud computing is one of the most talked about topics in the world of technology and entrepreneurship. Until now it has never been so easy for people, especially small business owner’s, to have the tools and resources readily available just one click away and at the fraction of the cost of the typical investment a few years back. Cloud computing offers cost-effective solutions at various levels that can be customize to meet the needs of anyone. Cloud computing can be thought of as a new found technology and this paper defines the concept of the cloud and provides a brief background of where most business are in regards to the use of this technology. This is then continued by describing the types of cloud currently available and potential use. The paper then presents a short but important section of cloud security issues and challenges. Finally, the paper discusses the benefits each of the different levels of cloud computing can provide small business.
Introduction
The use of cloud computing has grown exponentially in the last decade, according to Weins (2015) eight-four percent of enterprises that make use of such services in one way or another. Could computing by definition is internet-based computing, where by shared resources, software and information are provided to the end user as metered services much like a utility does(Bradley, 2014). For businesses in many cases could computing is use for IT solution purposes as it can provide IT-related capabilities as a service using internet technologies.
With the fast pace of today’s market businesses need to provide fast and reliable services to their customers in order to remain competitive. The concept of could computing is not something new as it uses existing technology and processes; however it can be consider new in sense that using these technologies has revolutionized the manner in which we host and cater services to customers. Startup companies and small businesses can take advantage of could computing to reduce spending on IT, be more adept to changes in the market, change scale and lower risk and cost.
Given the structural complexity of larger organization, Alijani (2014) states that it is essential for cloud computing to deliver rear value rather than serve as a platform for simple task. The need to deliver rear value is just as important for small businesses. For small businesses value is important but it’s their customer relationship and public image, flexibility and continuity. As such small business owners need to consider the benefits, drawback s and the effect of cloud computing on their organization before taking the decision to implement.
Types of cloud computing
There are three categories or levels cloud computing, this are: Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS).
Infrastructure as a Service (I ...
The future of work is not about where you are, but about how
quickly you can move. While most organisations are “keeping
the lights on” by supporting remote work, market leaders are
capitalising by reforming their entire approach.
As remote working has become the “new normal”, businesses
have replaced informal discussions with online messaging,
augmented data centres with the cloud, and secured their
data from outages and cyber attacks with SaaS solutions.
The future of work is not about where you are, but about how
quickly you can move. While most organisations are “keeping
the lights on” by supporting remote work, market leaders are
capitalising by reforming their entire approach.
Digital transformation is the process of reorienting an organization to focus on value creation through the widespread and persistent application of digital technologies.
enterprise cloud computing adoption accelerated in 2016 and will do so again in 2017. are you ahead of your competitors or lagging behind the average enterprise? Infrastructure and operations (I&o) leaders must answer this question to chart their companies’ cloud futures. this report gathers important adoption metrics for public, private, and hybrid cloud and explores enterprise cloud priorities and policies to help you benchmark your progress against the broader market. use these benchmarks to inform your cloud strategic plan.
this is an update of a previously published report; Forrester reviews and revises it periodically for continued relevance and accuracy. We’re updating it now to include new data from Forrester’s Business technographics surveys.
enterprise cloud computing adoption accelerated in 2016 and will do so again in 2017. are you ahead of your competitors or lagging behind the average enterprise? Infrastructure and operations (I&o) leaders must answer this question to chart their companies’ cloud futures. this report gathers important adoption metrics for public, private, and hybrid cloud and explores enterprise cloud priorities and policies to help you benchmark your progress against the broader market. use these benchmarks to inform your cloud strategic plan.
this is an update of a previously published report; Forrester reviews and revises it periodically for continued relevance and accuracy. We’re updating it now to include new data from Forrester’s Business technographics surveys.
Enabling Governed Data Access with Tableau Data Server Tableau Software
Data Server is one of the most powerful tools within Tableau Server to promote security, governance, data exploration, and collaboration—all while hiding the complexity of your data architecture from business users. It allows you to centrally manage live connections or extracted data sets as well as database drivers. At the same time, Data Server enables business users to have trust and confidence that they are using the right data so they can explore it the way they want and discover new insights that drive business value. Learn how Data Server helps IT become a stronger business enabler with governed data access.
Business intelligence norms are evolving across the retail industry, and leading retailers are prioritizing analytics initiatives as a result. While the trend toward retail analytics isn’t new, maturing technologies and techniques are. Here are the trends that will shape retail analytics in 2017.
Traditional BI promises security and scale, but at what cost? Often, working with data, finding answers and sharing them can be laborious and time intensive. The rapid growth and maturation of cloud technologies offers an easier path.
With Tableau and AWS you can move your BI to the cloud and deliver the security and scale of your traditional BI, but with accessibility, flexibility, and speed. Take a closer look at the benefits of cloud BI, and how you can get started today.
Bigger, faster, and cloudier: that’s where big data is headed in 2016. More people are doing more things faster with their data, but the details of how continue to evolve. Get up to speed on the latest trends in big data.
Cloud computing is becoming the norm. People are no longer asking why they should go to the cloud. Instead, we hear customers asking insight on what’s working and what they should be thinking about.
An Analytics Culture Drives Performance in Asia Pacific Organizations Tableau Software
In the last few years, many researchers and analysts have predicted power shifts in business intelligence and analytics world. Today, self-service analytical tools are enabling information workers everywhere identify new insights and drive business performance.
In this presentation, see what IDC Research expert and Amaysim BI Manager have to say about:
1. Why meeting the analytical needs of business users matter to organizational performance
2. What’s driving leaders in APAC enterprises towards a self-service paradigm?
3. How to encourage adoption of analytical tools in your organization
4. How leading APAC enterprises such as Amaysim are adopting self-service analytics and the benefits they’ve experienced.
Want to learn more? Check out the full webinar at http://www.tableau.com/learn/webinars/how-analytic-culture-drives-performance-asia-pacific-organizations
How a Data-Driven Culture Improves Organizational Performance Tableau Software
In the last few years, many researchers and analysts have predicted power shifts in business intelligence and analytics world. Today, self-service analytical tools are enabling information workers everywhere identify new insights and drive business performance.
In this slideshare, learn from IDC research and Amaysim BI Manager about:
Why meeting the analytical needs of business users matter to organizational performance
What’s driving leaders in APAC enterprises towards a self-service paradigm?
How to encourage adoption of analytical tools in your organization
How leading Asia Pacific enterprises such as Amaysim are adopting self-service analytics and the benefits they’ve experienced.
This slideshare came from a full webinar delivered by Tableau. You can the full length webinar at http://www.tableau.com/learn/webinars/how-analytic-culture-drives-performance-asia-pacific-organizations
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/
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
Let's dive deeper into the world of ODC! Ricardo Alves (OutSystems) will join us to tell all about the new Data Fabric. After that, Sezen de Bruijn (OutSystems) will get into the details on how to best design a sturdy architecture within ODC.
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
"Impact of front-end architecture on development cost", Viktor TurskyiFwdays
I have heard many times that architecture is not important for the front-end. Also, many times I have seen how developers implement features on the front-end just following the standard rules for a framework and think that this is enough to successfully launch the project, and then the project fails. How to prevent this and what approach to choose? I have launched dozens of complex projects and during the talk we will analyze which approaches have worked for me and which have not.
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
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 3. In this session, we will cover desktop automation along with UI automation.
Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
2. Top 10 Cloud Trends for 2017
In 2016, cloud technologies went mainstream. But with maturity
came the realization that moving to the cloud doesn’t happen
overnight. CIOs are prioritizing hosted computing and cloud data
storage. But they’re approaching the shift as a gradual, multi-year
journey. IT teams are gearing up for this shift as well. They are building
expertise with new training priorities and recruiting employees
with cloud experience.
Here are the ten trends we see shaping 2017.
Many startups and small businesses
will continue to go all-in on cloud. But
enterprises will find success in a slow
but steady move from on-prem. Hybrid
ecosystems—of data, software, and
infrastructure—will be the reality for
most established organizations.
3. IT shifts its skill set
Continued growth in cloud adoption is creating increased demand for cloud expertise. In response, IT is
prioritizing cloud-focused training for both hard skills and new workflows.
In order to execute on their organization’s technology roadmap, IT is shifting its skill set. Training
programs are focusing on cloud security, hosted databases, and infrastructure as a service. And IT
managers are stepping up their search for candidates with experience in DevOps practices and cloud
platforms like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform.
IT is also reorienting their approach. Top-down waterfall methodologies for multi-year on-prem
deployments have long been the standard. But with cloud, concerns like scalability and maintenance
are all but taken care of. In their place, IT is adopting agile methods that provide continuous
development and delivery of projects. Hosted servers supporting a POC, for example, are now seens
as a disposable resource. They can be spun up and shut down in just a matter of hours, giving IT new
bandwidth to drive more strategic projects.
FURTHER READING: The new role of IT (BetterCloud Monitor)
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4. Organizations embrace a hybrid world
Many organizations are living a hybrid reality that includes both on-prem and cloud environments.
The cloud is no longer isolated from locally stored data, nor from on-premises infrastructure.
Not able—or wanting—to move to the cloud in one fell swoop, CIOs have adopted a hybrid approach.
But this can often yield significant challenges. Data is fragmented across local servers
and cloud services. And many software applications are restricted to on-prem deployment or
cloud-only use.
To stay efficient within a hybrid environment, businesses need solutions that work on-premise and
in the cloud. And that’s where hybrid software comes in. Hybrid software allows people to connect to
data stored anywhere. It gives them the choice of deploying on-prem or in the public cloud or running
as a fully-hosted service. And it allows CIOs to invest in a single solution for their entire business. For
the end user, these solutions make complex hybrid environments function as one cohesive system.
For IT, the benefits run even deeper: investments in hybrid software will remain fully relevant even as
organizations shift operations toward an all-cloud future.
FURTHER READING: Vendors acknowledge the hybrid reality (CIO Dive)
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5. IT actively partners with
business users
Early adoption of software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications
poses a challenge to IT. But IT is now making the first move and
proactively vetting, securing, and supporting these applications.
Cloud solutions are often closely aligned with business
requirements and frequently adopted without IT’s knowledge. This
can result in security loopholes, licensing issues, and a proliferation
of unsupported applications. But with cloud becoming a strategic
priority for many enterprises, IT is now working in close partnership
with business users and proactively vetting popular applications.
As a result, SaaS apps can be fully integrated into the business.
IT can connect apps to relevant data streams, meet security
requirements, and scale solutions across their entire organization.
But the benefits aren’t restricted to IT; business users gain a vastly-
improved user experience. Portals from IdPs like OneLogin and
Okta simplify access. In-house IT experts offer technical support.
And applications integrate with internal systems to become more
useful. Business users get the apps they want—without needing to
circumvent company policy.
FURTHER READING: IT departments get a handle on shadow cloud (ZDNet)
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6. Software governance improves life
for IT and the business
Locally-installed software makes it hard for IT to balance visibility
of deployed applications with flexibility for the end user. But hosted
services are now enabling IT to retain control of applications without
locking down personal choice for end users.
As the guards of corporate policy and security standards, IT must
often restrict download rights and application permissions for desktop
software. But with growing adoption of IT-deployed cloud applications,
the need to lock down software is falling away. Hosted applications
allow administrators to monitor usage and manage features at any
time. This allows IT to maintain fine-grained control of things like
authentication, data security, and user permissions. It also helps
reduce restrictions placed on end users. Business users now have the
freedom to choose and customize their applications.
Access to cutting-edge technology is now recognized as a top
contributor to overall employee satisfaction. And with newfound
autonomy over their software, many employees are becoming more
productive and satisfied with their workflow. Organizations making the
shift to hosted applications are poised to win big as they fight for top
talent.
FURTHER READING: Making Sense of the SaaS Security Market (451 Research)
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7. Hosted applications streamline
internal business ops
Business operations require significant investments in software,
hardware, and people to manage it all. But enterprises are now
looking to SaaS in their quest to cut costs and boost agility.
Massive on-prem enterprise applications account for large
operational costs. These applications provide everything from CRM
services to ERP and HR management. But they are expensive to
implement, require months to plan, and can take years to deploy.
Add in the aditional challenge of software upgrades, and business
agility becomes all but impossible.
But today, SaaS is beginning to replace these monolith on-prem
applications. Hosted products from Concur, Zendesk, NetSuite,
Workday, and Tableau, for example, help businesses gain
operational flexibility by way of cutting deployment burdens and
eliminating the need to manually maintain and upgrade software.
With less time and budget earmarked for on-prem deployments, IT
is now free to focus on business insights and innovation.
FURTHER READING:
Is Enterprise SaaS Ready to Take Off? (CIO Dive) | Business @ Work (Okta)
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8. Long-term customer success and
adoption are top priorities
Cloud platforms have eliminated many upfront challenges associated
with on-prem deployments. In response, cloud software vendors are
extending their focus far beyond the point of sale. They’re working
with customers to ensure product adoption and business value.
In the world of cloud, software deployments require fewer initial
investments of time and money. Customers evaluating software
renewals no longer have to worry about large sunk costs. This shift is
placing satisfaction rates and business value front and center.
Sales engagements increasingly span the entire lifecycle of a buyer’s
journey. Cloud vendors are focusing on their customers’ long-term
success and developing a strong working relationship with both IT and
the business. They’re offering higher levels of customer support, more
robust training resources, and deeper guidance on product adoption.
This new timeframe is leading to mutually beneficial partnerships.
Enterprises realize more value from their investments, and vendors
build long-term customers rather than one-time buyers.
FURTHER READING: Cloud pushes vendors closer to customers (ZDNet)
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9. Cloud service providers remove
the complexities of regional
data regulations
New government policies regarding data privacy and sovereignty pose
significant challenges for global companies. To comply, businesses
are turning to major cloud service providers.
In 2015, the European Union ruled against Safe Harbor, requiring
international companies to revamp many of their compliance efforts.
Then in July 2016, the Privacy Shield agreement again demanded
new efforts from businesses with data spanning the Atlantic. These
regulations are proving to be a constant challenge, and many
companies are looking to major cloud providers for help.
Cloud providers operate globally and maintain regional data centers
that meet today’s data sovereignty regulations. They also have teams
dedicated to monitoring and planning for regulatory shifts, which
often proves cost-prohibitive for individual businesses. By leveraging
cloud services, organizations can avoid having to maintain expensive
local data centers and instead focus on growing their business.
FURTHER READING:
Privacy Shield (Fortune) | Cloud vendors adjust to new regulations (CIO)
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10. Flexible analytics solve IoT’s last-mile challenge
With large quantities of IoT data now easily ingested into cloud storage, focus is shifting from capture
to analysis. Organizations are demanding analytical tools that seamlessly connect to and integrate
diverse forms of cloud-hosted data.
IoT data tends to be heterogeneous and stored across multiple systems, from Hadoop clusters to
noSQL databases. It’s no small feat to access and understand all that data. As a result, people need
analytical tools that seamlessly connect to and combine a wide variety of data sources. These tools
enable businesses to explore and visualize any type of data stored anywhere and maximize the value of
their IoT investment.
Evidence is accruing around the world. New Zealand utility company MainPower has long struggled to
draw insight from its IoT network’s many disparate data sources. But today, MainPower has deployed
a flexible business intelligence solution that allows the company to analyze data from multiple sources
and of varying formats. By joining together disparate IoT data into a single view, the company can
quickly identify problem regions and underperforming services. With this solution to the “last-mile” of
IoT data, MainPower can increase efficiencies and improve its bottom line.
FURTHER READING: Solving IoT’s last-mile challenge (Tableau)
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11. Service providers shift from software
deployment to change management
The growth of hosted software is changing the game for service
providers. No longer just deployment consultants, service providers
are becoming trusted advisors for their customers as they move to
the cloud.
Service providers have traditionally focused on technical support
for complex software deployments, and rightly so. Enterprise-
wide roll outs often entail IT hurdles that require the help of expert
partners. But in the age of cloud, hosted software erases many of the
deployment challenges associated with on-prem.
This shift is creating new opportunities for service providers. As
subject matter experts, they are now providing guidance on cloud
deployments that range from change management to best practices
for cultural adoption of new technology. With these innovative
new services, providers are increasing their value-add to cloud
deployments and helping to support their customers throughout
their move to the cloud.
FURTHER READING: Evolution of the channel (Channelnomics)
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12. Collaboration comes standard
with all applications
Collaboration takes time, and a lot of it. In fact, collaborative tasks
have recently ballooned by more than 50%. But features baked into
cloud applications are helping to streamline teamwork in the office.
Prominent studies and thinkers are telling the story of a modern
workforce dissatisfied with collaboration. An intense corporate focus
on collaboration has, it turns out, resulted in lower productivity and
more stress as meetings fill calendars and email chains spiral out of
control. But cloud applications are beginning to address these issues.
And applications are leading the way with built-in collaboration tools
like in-app chat, messaging, and commenting. The need for siloed,
standalone collaboration tools is quickly falling away.
Collaborating with data is also becoming easier. Modern analytics
tools seamlessly incorporate sharing and collaboration features.
These self-service products are helping people easily share data and
dashboards, all within their browser. Similarly, intelligent features
like subscriptions and recommendations are taking the pain out of
collaboration in large groups. This new cohort of cloud applications
help people stay focused and productive, effectively transforming
collaboration from a time-sink to a value-add.
FURTHER READING:
Enterprise Collaboration: What businesses need to know (ITProPortal)
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