This document discusses IT governance in small and medium enterprises (SMEs). It explores whether IT governance in SMEs is based more on control or trust when outsourcing IT projects. The document outlines definitions of SMEs, issues they face with IT and outsourcing, and introduces the concepts of agency theory and organizational trust as theoretical frameworks. It then describes the research methodology used - a retrospective multiple case study analysis of SMEs that experienced outsourced IT project failures. The document puts forward four propositions relating project failure to levels of control and trust.
This document discusses theoretical foundations for information systems (IS) success in small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). It introduces four theories that may help explain IS success in SMEs: the theory of planned behavior, transaction cost economy, technology acceptance model, and the DeLone & McLean IS success model. The document also presents open questions about how to conceptualize IS success in SMEs and how these theories relate to the existing literature on adopting and using information technologies in small businesses.
The document discusses applying lean principles to IT operations. It notes that companies typically spend 60-80% of their IT budget on keeping existing systems running rather than innovation. Lean IT aims to engage people, improve processes, and leverage technology to streamline value delivery to customers. Specific examples are given of using tools like value stream mapping and A3 problem solving to reduce lead times, errors, and costs for various IT processes like new user setup, service desk requests, and server deployment.
Addressing Today's Challenges in Application DevelopmentMicro Focus
This document summarizes a presentation on addressing challenges in application development. It discusses how business imperatives and technology opportunities present challenges and solutions. Modernizing enterprise IT and application delivery is key. COBOL programmers have an important role to play in modernization efforts, including refactoring legacy systems, integrating systems of record with new systems of engagement, and extracting reusable business rules. With investments in skills and tools, COBOL can remain relevant in heterogeneous, modern systems that integrate multiple programming languages.
Camp It, June 2012, How To Design Your Bi Architecture To Capitalize on New T...Craig Jordan
Craig Jordan discusses how to design a business intelligence (BI) architecture to capitalize on new technologies. He explains that an architecture is the fundamental organization of a system and its components. New technologies may provide new components, make existing ones obsolete, or change relationships and principles. The presentation provides a model for innovation and examples of architectural innovations. It also discusses how to think about an architecture, where to start revising it, how to govern new technology adoption, and when to abandon certain technologies.
"The myth of Certainty - Is implementation a naughty word?" by Steve BellOperae Partners
This document discusses challenges facing traditional approaches to enterprise IT management. It notes that enterprise IT has become fast, complex, competitive and disruptive. New technologies like mobile devices, social networking and cloud computing are driving more change. The traditional IT model focuses too much on keeping the lights on rather than innovation. It argues that doing new things is risky but necessary for transformation. Effective leadership is needed to guide IT through these challenges with competence rather than overconfidence.
This document discusses theoretical foundations for information systems (IS) success in small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). It introduces four theories that may help explain IS success in SMEs: the theory of planned behavior, transaction cost economy, technology acceptance model, and the DeLone & McLean IS success model. The document also presents open questions about how to conceptualize IS success in SMEs and how these theories relate to the existing literature on adopting and using information technologies in small businesses.
The document discusses applying lean principles to IT operations. It notes that companies typically spend 60-80% of their IT budget on keeping existing systems running rather than innovation. Lean IT aims to engage people, improve processes, and leverage technology to streamline value delivery to customers. Specific examples are given of using tools like value stream mapping and A3 problem solving to reduce lead times, errors, and costs for various IT processes like new user setup, service desk requests, and server deployment.
Addressing Today's Challenges in Application DevelopmentMicro Focus
This document summarizes a presentation on addressing challenges in application development. It discusses how business imperatives and technology opportunities present challenges and solutions. Modernizing enterprise IT and application delivery is key. COBOL programmers have an important role to play in modernization efforts, including refactoring legacy systems, integrating systems of record with new systems of engagement, and extracting reusable business rules. With investments in skills and tools, COBOL can remain relevant in heterogeneous, modern systems that integrate multiple programming languages.
Camp It, June 2012, How To Design Your Bi Architecture To Capitalize on New T...Craig Jordan
Craig Jordan discusses how to design a business intelligence (BI) architecture to capitalize on new technologies. He explains that an architecture is the fundamental organization of a system and its components. New technologies may provide new components, make existing ones obsolete, or change relationships and principles. The presentation provides a model for innovation and examples of architectural innovations. It also discusses how to think about an architecture, where to start revising it, how to govern new technology adoption, and when to abandon certain technologies.
"The myth of Certainty - Is implementation a naughty word?" by Steve BellOperae Partners
This document discusses challenges facing traditional approaches to enterprise IT management. It notes that enterprise IT has become fast, complex, competitive and disruptive. New technologies like mobile devices, social networking and cloud computing are driving more change. The traditional IT model focuses too much on keeping the lights on rather than innovation. It argues that doing new things is risky but necessary for transformation. Effective leadership is needed to guide IT through these challenges with competence rather than overconfidence.
Rubin agile 2012_strategies_for_porfolio_management.pdfdrewz lin
Kenny Rubin gave a presentation on strategies for portfolio management. He discussed optimizing a portfolio to maximize lifecycle profits by focusing on variables like cost of delay, accuracy of estimates over precision, applying an economic filter, and managing project arrival and completion rates. He advocated for establishing work-in-process limits based on team capacity, waiting for complete teams to be available before starting new work, and using marginal economics to determine when to terminate a project.
The document discusses integrity and ethics in entrepreneurship. It defines integrity and explains its importance for small businesses. It also discusses how integrity applies to stakeholders like owners, customers, and employees. Additionally, the document outlines challenges to integrity for small businesses and the benefits of acting with integrity. It explores topics like internet ethics, globalization, and building a business culture of integrity. Finally, the document touches on social entrepreneurship and considering both costs and opportunities of environmentalism.
IBM is introducing a new family of expert integrated systems called IBM PureSystems. PureSystems include the PureFlex system, which offers pre-configured infrastructure systems, and the PureApplication system, which offers pre-integrated platform systems tuned for specific middleware stacks. PureSystems are designed to deliver built-in expertise, integration by design, and a simplified experience. They provide flexibility, simplicity, and agility through a combination of client-tuned systems, appliances, and cloud-like capabilities.
In current turbulent economic times, we experience increasing pressure on IT efficiency and quality. Although IT hasn’t yet been part of the core business of all industries, it is (or could soon become) a crucial factor of business success in many industries today.
IT Enabling Innovation Across The Corporate EnterpriseRichard Platt
This document discusses how IT can enable innovation across corporate enterprises. It argues that meaningful innovation requires partnerships between IT and other business units. It also provides examples of how companies like BMW, Fraunhofer Institute, and IBM have reevaluated their resources to create new business models and revenue streams. The document recommends that IT supports and enables business units by combining knowledge and process management to solve problems. It also suggests IT should develop a profit center focus and mentality.
This document discusses risk management for small businesses. It defines risk and different types of business risks including property risks, liability risks, and personnel risks. It then covers the risk management process, risk control methods, and evaluating insurance programs. Common types of business insurance are also summarized such as business owner's policies, commercial general liability, and life/disability policies.
20121210 MODELO SOCIETARIO DE UNA KIC. EXPERIENCIA EN LA KIC DE ENERGÍA: Elen...FIAB
This document summarizes the experience of designing and implementing KIC InnoEnergy, a Knowledge and Innovation Community (KIC) funded by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT). Some of the key challenges faced included developing integrative objectives across education, research, and innovation; gaining commitment from diverse partners; establishing an effective governance model; and managing such a large collaborative effort. The result was the formation of KIC InnoEnergy, a partnership of universities, research centers, and companies working across different energy technologies and sectors to decrease energy costs, increase security, and reduce emissions through education programs
This document discusses sustainability reporting in the construction and real estate sector. It provides an overview of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) which publishes sustainability reporting guidelines and sector supplements. The GRI Construction and Real Estate Sector Guidance supplement was developed through a consensus-based process to provide industry-specific reporting topics. The document notes that demand for sustainability performance information is increasing and that the next generation of GRI guidelines, G4, aims to improve technical quality and alignment with other frameworks.
Design Frameworks for Analysis and Synthesis of Complex Systemsdrjanroodt
The document discusses frameworks and models for analyzing complex systems. It proposes using design frameworks that cascade a problem through analysis and synthesis loops to develop solutions. This allows problems to be probed, sensed and responded to, as complex systems cannot be reduced or have fixed targets. Examples of applying this approach to developing a military capability, designing a new hospital, and developing business frameworks are provided. The conclusion advocates for design engineering as a core process that is user-focused, generates traceable outputs, and reduces risks when defining solutions.
Developing The Future of Driving: Smart Systems to Keep Connected Drivers Safe. Presentation given at May 6 Conference: The New American Dream: Smart Grid, Smart Home, Smart Car
EclipseCon 2012 talk describing the use of domain specific languages in development; use of Xtext, EMF as DSL tooling. Learned lessons, impact on development process, and some best practices.
The document discusses what is needed to create thriving entrepreneurial ecosystems, noting that only 0.001% of businesses in places like Denmark grow very large and become global brands, while 99% remain small, and examines factors like available capital, competencies, knowledge, universities, intermediaries, advisors, and support that contribute to startup and growth phases in successful ecosystems. It introduces the hypothesis that entrepreneurial hotbeds may be intentionally created anywhere, not just randomly depending on individuals, culture, and geography.
Introduction to the Decision Model - Larry GoldbergIIBA UK Chapter
Larry Goldberg, Managing Partner of Knowledge Partners International, LLC (KPI), delivera a thought provoking session on "The Decision Model: Aligning Business and Technology", a technology independent model based on the inherent structure of business logic .
The document discusses challenges in the electronics industry due to economic recession, including companies reducing resources for standardization and laying off standards experts. This delays standards development and can increase costs across the supply chain. It also introduces NeoKinetics Inc. (NKI) which offers expert representation for standards development at various levels of engagement in order to help companies focus resources on core activities and lead in standardizing their intellectual property.
Insurance Outsourcing – Ensuring a Brighter Future - September 2011 Everest Group
Everest Group will highlight the findings of its reports on the insurance IT Application Outsourcing (AO) and insurance Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) market covering the following aspects:
1) Insurance outsourcing – Market size and growth: Define insurance outsourcing industry size, review growth trends, understand the key factors driving the growth of insurance outsourcing, and discuss the specific AO and BPO value propositions in light of these drivers
2) Key transaction and adoption trends in Insurance AO & Insurance BPO: Analyze the current IT-BP activity in the insurance sector covering ‘large, multi-year AO relationships’ within IT, and ‘insurance industry specific and non-voice BPO’
3) Emerging priorities and future outlook: Highlight themes that are influencing the sourcing priorities of global insurance majors; and discuss how these changes will impact the AO and BPO outsourcing landscape evolution in the future
Dispelling the mystery around resource planning revckdelcol
This document outlines an alternative approach to resource planning presented by Ken Delcol PMP, PEng at Project World 2012. It discusses identifying the key areas and pitfalls to address when developing a resource plan. The presentation focused on separating the problem into tool selection, configuration, and process. It provided recommendations around simplifying data structure, standardizing views and promoting collaboration between functions to match supply and demand. The goal was leaving attendees with a new way of thinking about resource planning as a multi-faceted organizational issue rather than solely a technical problem.
Agility and Productivity: How to Leverage Mobility and Cloud Computing for Bu...Jim Vaselopulos
Cloud Computing and Enterprise Mobility represent a huge opportunity for IT leaders to provide significant value to the extended enterprise and its users. But where do hype and reality meet?
In this session, attendees will learn:
* Where cloud computing fits and where it does not fit
* The intersection of cloud and mobility
* The different patterns of current enterprise adoption (e.g. Private vs. Public)
* The differences between Software-as-a- Service (SaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and
* How can we leverage these technologies/processes to make IT more valuable to the business?
The document discusses IT governance and the challenges faced by SMB CIOs in managing IT. It summarizes that IT governance aims to ensure IT dollars are spent on the right projects at the right time. However, the tools and processes typically used by large enterprises are too expensive, complex, and specialized for SMBs. The document then introduces the concept of on-demand CIO services as a more cost-effective solution for SMBs to access expert guidance and management of their IT operations and projects.
The document discusses IT governance and the challenges faced by SMB CIOs in managing IT. It summarizes that IT governance aims to ensure IT dollars are spent on the right projects at the right time. However, the tools and processes typically used by large enterprises are too expensive, complex, and specialized for SMBs. The document then introduces the concept of on-demand CIO services as a more cost-effective solution for SMBs to access expert guidance and management of their IT operations and projects.
Rubin agile 2012_strategies_for_porfolio_management.pdfdrewz lin
Kenny Rubin gave a presentation on strategies for portfolio management. He discussed optimizing a portfolio to maximize lifecycle profits by focusing on variables like cost of delay, accuracy of estimates over precision, applying an economic filter, and managing project arrival and completion rates. He advocated for establishing work-in-process limits based on team capacity, waiting for complete teams to be available before starting new work, and using marginal economics to determine when to terminate a project.
The document discusses integrity and ethics in entrepreneurship. It defines integrity and explains its importance for small businesses. It also discusses how integrity applies to stakeholders like owners, customers, and employees. Additionally, the document outlines challenges to integrity for small businesses and the benefits of acting with integrity. It explores topics like internet ethics, globalization, and building a business culture of integrity. Finally, the document touches on social entrepreneurship and considering both costs and opportunities of environmentalism.
IBM is introducing a new family of expert integrated systems called IBM PureSystems. PureSystems include the PureFlex system, which offers pre-configured infrastructure systems, and the PureApplication system, which offers pre-integrated platform systems tuned for specific middleware stacks. PureSystems are designed to deliver built-in expertise, integration by design, and a simplified experience. They provide flexibility, simplicity, and agility through a combination of client-tuned systems, appliances, and cloud-like capabilities.
In current turbulent economic times, we experience increasing pressure on IT efficiency and quality. Although IT hasn’t yet been part of the core business of all industries, it is (or could soon become) a crucial factor of business success in many industries today.
IT Enabling Innovation Across The Corporate EnterpriseRichard Platt
This document discusses how IT can enable innovation across corporate enterprises. It argues that meaningful innovation requires partnerships between IT and other business units. It also provides examples of how companies like BMW, Fraunhofer Institute, and IBM have reevaluated their resources to create new business models and revenue streams. The document recommends that IT supports and enables business units by combining knowledge and process management to solve problems. It also suggests IT should develop a profit center focus and mentality.
This document discusses risk management for small businesses. It defines risk and different types of business risks including property risks, liability risks, and personnel risks. It then covers the risk management process, risk control methods, and evaluating insurance programs. Common types of business insurance are also summarized such as business owner's policies, commercial general liability, and life/disability policies.
20121210 MODELO SOCIETARIO DE UNA KIC. EXPERIENCIA EN LA KIC DE ENERGÍA: Elen...FIAB
This document summarizes the experience of designing and implementing KIC InnoEnergy, a Knowledge and Innovation Community (KIC) funded by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT). Some of the key challenges faced included developing integrative objectives across education, research, and innovation; gaining commitment from diverse partners; establishing an effective governance model; and managing such a large collaborative effort. The result was the formation of KIC InnoEnergy, a partnership of universities, research centers, and companies working across different energy technologies and sectors to decrease energy costs, increase security, and reduce emissions through education programs
This document discusses sustainability reporting in the construction and real estate sector. It provides an overview of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) which publishes sustainability reporting guidelines and sector supplements. The GRI Construction and Real Estate Sector Guidance supplement was developed through a consensus-based process to provide industry-specific reporting topics. The document notes that demand for sustainability performance information is increasing and that the next generation of GRI guidelines, G4, aims to improve technical quality and alignment with other frameworks.
Design Frameworks for Analysis and Synthesis of Complex Systemsdrjanroodt
The document discusses frameworks and models for analyzing complex systems. It proposes using design frameworks that cascade a problem through analysis and synthesis loops to develop solutions. This allows problems to be probed, sensed and responded to, as complex systems cannot be reduced or have fixed targets. Examples of applying this approach to developing a military capability, designing a new hospital, and developing business frameworks are provided. The conclusion advocates for design engineering as a core process that is user-focused, generates traceable outputs, and reduces risks when defining solutions.
Developing The Future of Driving: Smart Systems to Keep Connected Drivers Safe. Presentation given at May 6 Conference: The New American Dream: Smart Grid, Smart Home, Smart Car
EclipseCon 2012 talk describing the use of domain specific languages in development; use of Xtext, EMF as DSL tooling. Learned lessons, impact on development process, and some best practices.
The document discusses what is needed to create thriving entrepreneurial ecosystems, noting that only 0.001% of businesses in places like Denmark grow very large and become global brands, while 99% remain small, and examines factors like available capital, competencies, knowledge, universities, intermediaries, advisors, and support that contribute to startup and growth phases in successful ecosystems. It introduces the hypothesis that entrepreneurial hotbeds may be intentionally created anywhere, not just randomly depending on individuals, culture, and geography.
Introduction to the Decision Model - Larry GoldbergIIBA UK Chapter
Larry Goldberg, Managing Partner of Knowledge Partners International, LLC (KPI), delivera a thought provoking session on "The Decision Model: Aligning Business and Technology", a technology independent model based on the inherent structure of business logic .
The document discusses challenges in the electronics industry due to economic recession, including companies reducing resources for standardization and laying off standards experts. This delays standards development and can increase costs across the supply chain. It also introduces NeoKinetics Inc. (NKI) which offers expert representation for standards development at various levels of engagement in order to help companies focus resources on core activities and lead in standardizing their intellectual property.
Insurance Outsourcing – Ensuring a Brighter Future - September 2011 Everest Group
Everest Group will highlight the findings of its reports on the insurance IT Application Outsourcing (AO) and insurance Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) market covering the following aspects:
1) Insurance outsourcing – Market size and growth: Define insurance outsourcing industry size, review growth trends, understand the key factors driving the growth of insurance outsourcing, and discuss the specific AO and BPO value propositions in light of these drivers
2) Key transaction and adoption trends in Insurance AO & Insurance BPO: Analyze the current IT-BP activity in the insurance sector covering ‘large, multi-year AO relationships’ within IT, and ‘insurance industry specific and non-voice BPO’
3) Emerging priorities and future outlook: Highlight themes that are influencing the sourcing priorities of global insurance majors; and discuss how these changes will impact the AO and BPO outsourcing landscape evolution in the future
Dispelling the mystery around resource planning revckdelcol
This document outlines an alternative approach to resource planning presented by Ken Delcol PMP, PEng at Project World 2012. It discusses identifying the key areas and pitfalls to address when developing a resource plan. The presentation focused on separating the problem into tool selection, configuration, and process. It provided recommendations around simplifying data structure, standardizing views and promoting collaboration between functions to match supply and demand. The goal was leaving attendees with a new way of thinking about resource planning as a multi-faceted organizational issue rather than solely a technical problem.
Agility and Productivity: How to Leverage Mobility and Cloud Computing for Bu...Jim Vaselopulos
Cloud Computing and Enterprise Mobility represent a huge opportunity for IT leaders to provide significant value to the extended enterprise and its users. But where do hype and reality meet?
In this session, attendees will learn:
* Where cloud computing fits and where it does not fit
* The intersection of cloud and mobility
* The different patterns of current enterprise adoption (e.g. Private vs. Public)
* The differences between Software-as-a- Service (SaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and
* How can we leverage these technologies/processes to make IT more valuable to the business?
The document discusses IT governance and the challenges faced by SMB CIOs in managing IT. It summarizes that IT governance aims to ensure IT dollars are spent on the right projects at the right time. However, the tools and processes typically used by large enterprises are too expensive, complex, and specialized for SMBs. The document then introduces the concept of on-demand CIO services as a more cost-effective solution for SMBs to access expert guidance and management of their IT operations and projects.
The document discusses IT governance and the challenges faced by SMB CIOs in managing IT. It summarizes that IT governance aims to ensure IT dollars are spent on the right projects at the right time. However, the tools and processes typically used by large enterprises are too expensive, complex, and specialized for SMBs. The document then introduces the concept of on-demand CIO services as a more cost-effective solution for SMBs to access expert guidance and management of their IT operations and projects.
Transform Your Application Portfolio - and Keep Your Focus!Software AG
The document discusses managing and transforming application portfolios to support business growth. It emphasizes that application portfolio management (APM) is an ongoing process, not just managing, and should lead to activities that transform the portfolio. APM requires creating transparency about the existing portfolio, defining appropriate metrics, and using insights to drive changes like deciding applications' fates and creating IT modernization roadmaps. Software AG's enterprise architecture solution can help with the entire APM process.
Lean IT separates added value from waste by focusing on delivering value to the end customer with less cost. It is based on Toyota's Lean principles and combines Lean Six Sigma tools with Agile development and ITIL methodologies. The first step of Lean IT is to identify the customer and understand what creates value for them from an IT service or project. This allows organizations to maximize customer value while minimizing waste.
This document provides an introduction to information systems and discusses key concepts. It begins with defining an information system as a set of resources designed to foster organizational learning. It then outlines the objectives of understanding information system fundamentals, analyzing structured and unstructured data, and exploring the difference between data and action. The document evaluates information systems based on a case study focusing on value proposition, IT/business alignment, and use of IT concepts and methodologies.
Catalyze Webcast - Carey Schwaber From Forrester Research - 10 Tips For Drivi...Tom Humbarger
These are the slides from Carey Schwaber's webcast for the Catalyze Community on June 12, 2008.
"It’s no secret that in the battle to bring effective business software to market on time and on budget, business analysts are on the front lines. What can business analysts do to improve requirements definition practices and make a difference in project outcomes? Join us as Forrester Senior Analyst, Carey Schwaber, shares a set of 10 practical tips that you can immediately put into action in your organization."
TechZen Consulting Director Joydeep Chakraborty sharing his thoughts with the engineering students of MCA, M.Tech and B.Tech, his perspective about the new age corporate challenges. The lecture included the software industry trend in the backdrop of various technical and skill challenges. A new paradigm discussion about how the industry is preparing to face the global recession. How should the university, faculty and the students gear up, to face the new opportunities and what are the new technology trends that they should be focusing on.
Webinar - Maximizing Requirements Value Throughout the Product Lifecycle Seapine Software
The document discusses maximizing value from requirements throughout the product lifecycle. It argues that defining and delivering customer value is challenging due to disconnects between developers and users. Many projects fail or lose benefits due to problems originating in requirements practices. The document advocates treating requirements as a discipline through practices like just-in-time delivery of accurate, contextual insights. This involves skills like cultivating diverse sources and tools to identify the right information stakeholders need.
The document provides an overview of managing information systems through a series of presentations. It discusses key concepts like what constitutes an information system, the objectives and problems they aim to address, the role of information and how the internet factors in. The document presents frameworks for understanding these concepts at a high level and evaluating them through case studies and metrics. It also describes setting up collaborative workspaces and workshops to apply these ideas.
Summerschool+ 2012 Ibm Kees Donker future of learningKennisnet
The document discusses the future of learning and education. It notes that computer processing power and data are growing exponentially and will continue to do so. This will enable new approaches to personalized learning pathways centered around the student. Emerging technologies can support immersive learning on any device and interconnected learning communities. Successful education systems will adopt student-centric processes and promote open standards. The educational continuum from primary to higher education and workforce skills will be transformed by these trends.
Introspection Of India Egov Npc Feb 2009subramanian K
The document discusses India's progress with e-governance and digital administration. It notes that while India has many assets like population and infrastructure, it lacks political will, project governance, collaboration, and integration of stakeholders. Lessons are discussed around people, process, technology, and resources. The future of e-governance requires leadership, standards, multi-sector participation, and moving up the evolution staircase from basic presence to outsourcing through transformation. Success requires assimilating lessons from experience and practicing them in real-life projects.
This document discusses outsourcing, offshore outsourcing, and IS suppliers. It provides an overview of why companies outsource IT functions like reducing costs and risks. While outsourcing can help lower costs, there are also transition costs involved and companies still face strategic, operational, and other risks. Offshoring moves some operations overseas for additional cost savings, with locations like India initially popular but the landscape is now more complex. Case studies examine outsourcing arrangements between companies and how suppliers provide services using an optimal mix of onshore, nearshore and offshore resources.
"How to create usless software... and distribute it" (Alto university lecture...Marcin Kokott
How to create useless software and distribute it
1) The document discusses how to create useless software and distribute it in an ineffective manner. 2) It promotes producing software that does not meet customer needs, is of poor quality, and is delivered late. 3) The author suggests traditional "waterfall" development methods lead to high failure rates and advocate for agile principles instead.
Lotusphere Id601 - Understanding the marketplace advantages for IBM Lotus sol...Ed Brill
The document discusses IBM Lotus collaboration software solutions and their advantages over competitors. It highlights IBM's leadership position across key collaboration categories like enterprise email, portals, and business process management. The document also summarizes IBM's product strategy, roadmap, and focus on open standards and integration. It addresses questions customers may have around migration costs when evaluating switching from existing solutions.
Maximizing business value from information technology investmentOswaldo Lorenzo
The document discusses how organizations can maximize the value of existing IT investments over long periods of time. It argues that businesses do not fully exploit existing technology and jump from project to project without maximizing the value of each implementation. The document presents a model called "The Long Conversation" which views IT implementation as a long-term learning process rather than individual projects. This requires new organizational capabilities to support social learning, knowledge sharing, and incremental improvements over time.
In recent years, concern for quality in the ICT sector has increased, so that many companies are looking for models and certifications that allow them to demonstrate to customers and to the market their commitment to quality, industry best practices and international standards.
The first decision to be taken by a company, that wants to implement an improvement program, is the choice of process model or standard to be used as roadmap on the path of continuous improvement. On some occasions, there may be no choice to be made because, the sector itself, the requirements of a government or of large buyers have already established which is the a reference model. However, in other cases, it is necessary to define what are the business objectives of the company, and then, define the improvement project and the process model that best fits their needs.
This presentation gives an overview of the components that are part of a successful improvement program and places special emphasis on the most recognized models in the market (EFQM, ISO 9001, COBIT, People CMM, CMMI, ITMARK, IDEAL), especially the scope and structure of each one. Exercises will be presented to reinforce the theory and allow interaction with participants.
Ken Morse "Innovate or Die" - 22 of March 2012 - ESADECREAPOLIS Esade Creapolis
Open Conference: "Innovate or Die" - 22 of March 2012
Never let a crisis go to waste: today, corporations feel the innovation imperative. But how best to act?
Come hear Ken Morse share his experience on how companies, large and small, can organize themselves to achieve both incremental and radical innovation.
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KENNETH P. MORSE:
• Founding Managing Director, MIT Entrepreneurship Center
• Chair in Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Competitiveness,
Delft University of Technology
• Visiting Professor, ESADE Business School
• Chairman, Entrepreneurship Ventures, Inc.
• Commercialization Advisor, Dynasil Corporation
• Serial Entrepreneur
• Bachelor of Science, MIT
• MBA, Harvard Business School
We studied successful private and hybrid cloud projects at over 150 companies in order to uncover their secrets of success. By looking at what worked at other organizations, you can answer questions that help you get your cloud project right the 1st time.
What are typical pre-requisites for a successful effort? What are critical dependencies during your project? What solution capabilities fit common use cases? Where should you focus your POC efforts? What are common friction points to avoid? What are typical results?
Attend this session to cut through the cloud clutter and learn from other top-performing IT organizations. This isn't a marketing gimmick or sales pitch. This is real research based on rigorous analysis of hard data from a broad range of companies like yours.
The document discusses how businesses need to adapt to succeed in today's complex and changing economic environment. It recommends that companies focus on value, exploit opportunities, and act with speed. Additionally, it emphasizes that business partners need to team up and capitalize on hot opportunities like green IT and social networking through ecosystem development. Finally, it provides steps for business partners to get started in establishing leadership, making hard decisions, developing a roadmap, and communicating their plans.
This document discusses the concepts of projects and project management. It begins with definitions of a project as a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product or service. Key aspects of projects mentioned include them being limited in time, goal-centric, and impacting existing organizations. Examples of projects like building a house or developing a new product are provided. The document then discusses what constitutes a project team and management. It provides insights into evaluating different project models and highlights factors like control, discipline, and organization type that determine the best model. The rest of the document offers perspectives on project failures, principles of high reliability organizations, and practical tools for project planning like the work breakdown structure, Gantt chart, PERT planning and managing scope.
The document discusses research into finding theoretical foundations for the COBIT 5 framework. It aims to determine if COBIT has visible theoretical underpinnings by mapping its principles, processes, and goals to constructs in stakeholder theory, principal-agent theory, and the technology acceptance model. The research finds the strongest links to principal-agent theory, along with some relationships to stakeholder theory. It concludes that while certain theories are present, COBIT may have benefited from a clearer theoretical starting point in its development.
This document summarizes challenges with IT projects and proposes new paradigms for managing them more effectively. It notes that 30-40% of IT projects run over budget, over schedule, or fail to meet specifications. Common types of system failures include failing to capture business requirements or provide organizational benefits. The document then discusses traditional project management approaches and their limitations. It proposes new paradigms like real options pricing models, prioritizing high reliability through collective mindfulness, and considering the sociomateriality of information systems. Overall, it argues for a more critical perspective on projects that focuses on values, ethics, meaning, and trust in addition to traditional efficiency and control measures.
The document discusses IT governance in small and medium enterprises (SMEs). It begins by providing background on corporate governance and IT governance. It then questions whether IT governance is relevant for SMEs given factors like independence, personal influence of the CEO, and need for flexibility. The presentation outlines new findings from a study of IT governance research involving SMEs in 22 countries. Key findings include that IT can enable innovation but adoption is often slow in SMEs, benefits of IT are difficult to measure, and outsourcing is common due to resource constraints.
The document presents a perspective on IT governance in small and medium enterprises (SMEs). It discusses how existing IT governance principles are better suited for large organizations rather than SMEs due to SMEs having less separation between ownership and control, and being more influenced by the CEO's personal beliefs. New findings from research on IT governance in SMEs in 22 countries show that while IT is important for innovation, benefits are hard to measure and strategic thinking on IT follows a bottom-up rather than top-down approach. The conclusions suggest existing IT governance models may be too mechanistic and formal for SMEs, and that an approach focusing more on people would be better suited.
This document discusses the emergence of engineering as a profession and contrasts the engineering model with an alternative approach called bricolage. The engineering model emphasizes reductionism, specialization, and the separation of creation and use. In contrast, bricolage is characterized by making use of whatever resources are at hand, an emphasis on relationships and interconnected systems over isolated parts, and blending creation and use. The document suggests that while both approaches have merits, a mixed approach integrating aspects of engineering and bricolage may be most effective.
The document summarizes Dr. Jan Devos' presentation on using bricolage to facilitate emergent collectives in small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs). It discusses emergent collectives and bricolage, presents Devos' research question on how bricolage can help adopt emergent collectives, and outlines the action research methodology used in a case study of a drop shipping company. The findings show how bricolage repertoire, dialogue, and outcomes exist in the company and support several of Ciborra's bricolage propositions. The conclusion is that bricolage helped adopt emergent technologies in a way that is more developed than traditional control-based thinking.
IT for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs)Ghent University
This document discusses IT for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). It begins with a brief history of SMEs, noting they were largely ignored until the 1970s. It then discusses definitional problems in classifying SMEs, noting heterogeneity in factors like organizational size, economic sector, and ownership structure. The document also outlines some generic characteristics of SMEs in relation to IT, such as resource poverty, low IT capabilities, and a focus on informal management. Finally, it summarizes some key findings from past research on IT use and challenges in SMEs.
The document provides information about Dr. Jan Devos and discusses several topics related to engineering models and organizational change. It includes contact information for Dr. Devos at the top, followed by sections that discuss the emergence of the engineering model in history. Later sections discuss successes and failures of the engineering model, as well as alternative approaches and examples of emergent collectives such as Wikipedia.
This document outlines a research study on how bricolage can facilitate emergent collectives in an entrepreneurial setting. It discusses key concepts like emergent collectives, bricolage, and provides an outline of the presentation. The research question asks how bricolage can be used to help adopt emergent collectives. The methodology includes action research using a case study of a small drop shipping company. Preliminary findings suggest bricolage repertoires exist and can be used dialogically to create value for customers.
This document provides contact information for Dr. Jan Devos and information about his expertise in electronics and IT. It discusses three rules for conducting a project, but notes that nobody knows what those rules actually are. It then provides definitions and examples of what constitutes a project, including its temporary nature, goal orientation, and impact on existing organizations. Project management is introduced as the planning, monitoring, and control of all aspects of a project to achieve objectives on time and within budget. Key project management practices like work breakdown structures, GANTT charts, and PERT planning are also summarized.
O documento é uma reflexão sobre como a economia global produz bens baratos de forma questionável, explorando a inocência. O autor expressa indignação com um mundo que permite tal exploração.
The document discusses key topics related to information and communication technologies (ICTs) and their impact on businesses and society. It addresses issues like disruptive innovations, the need for businesses to change their models, the importance of broadband access, and questions around control and appropriate business models in a digital world. The future of ICTs and emerging collectives is uncertain but impactful.
Digital Marketing Trends in 2024 | Guide for Staying AheadWask
https://www.wask.co/ebooks/digital-marketing-trends-in-2024
Feeling lost in the digital marketing whirlwind of 2024? Technology is changing, consumer habits are evolving, and staying ahead of the curve feels like a never-ending pursuit. This e-book is your compass. Dive into actionable insights to handle the complexities of modern marketing. From hyper-personalization to the power of user-generated content, learn how to build long-term relationships with your audience and unlock the secrets to success in the ever-shifting digital landscape.
For the full video of this presentation, please visit: https://www.edge-ai-vision.com/2024/06/temporal-event-neural-networks-a-more-efficient-alternative-to-the-transformer-a-presentation-from-brainchip/
Chris Jones, Director of Product Management at BrainChip , presents the “Temporal Event Neural Networks: A More Efficient Alternative to the Transformer” tutorial at the May 2024 Embedded Vision Summit.
The expansion of AI services necessitates enhanced computational capabilities on edge devices. Temporal Event Neural Networks (TENNs), developed by BrainChip, represent a novel and highly efficient state-space network. TENNs demonstrate exceptional proficiency in handling multi-dimensional streaming data, facilitating advancements in object detection, action recognition, speech enhancement and language model/sequence generation. Through the utilization of polynomial-based continuous convolutions, TENNs streamline models, expedite training processes and significantly diminish memory requirements, achieving notable reductions of up to 50x in parameters and 5,000x in energy consumption compared to prevailing methodologies like transformers.
Integration with BrainChip’s Akida neuromorphic hardware IP further enhances TENNs’ capabilities, enabling the realization of highly capable, portable and passively cooled edge devices. This presentation delves into the technical innovations underlying TENNs, presents real-world benchmarks, and elucidates how this cutting-edge approach is positioned to revolutionize edge AI across diverse applications.
FREE A4 Cyber Security Awareness Posters-Social Engineering part 3Data Hops
Free A4 downloadable and printable Cyber Security, Social Engineering Safety and security Training Posters . Promote security awareness in the home or workplace. Lock them Out From training providers datahops.com
zkStudyClub - LatticeFold: A Lattice-based Folding Scheme and its Application...Alex Pruden
Folding is a recent technique for building efficient recursive SNARKs. Several elegant folding protocols have been proposed, such as Nova, Supernova, Hypernova, Protostar, and others. However, all of them rely on an additively homomorphic commitment scheme based on discrete log, and are therefore not post-quantum secure. In this work we present LatticeFold, the first lattice-based folding protocol based on the Module SIS problem. This folding protocol naturally leads to an efficient recursive lattice-based SNARK and an efficient PCD scheme. LatticeFold supports folding low-degree relations, such as R1CS, as well as high-degree relations, such as CCS. The key challenge is to construct a secure folding protocol that works with the Ajtai commitment scheme. The difficulty, is ensuring that extracted witnesses are low norm through many rounds of folding. We present a novel technique using the sumcheck protocol to ensure that extracted witnesses are always low norm no matter how many rounds of folding are used. Our evaluation of the final proof system suggests that it is as performant as Hypernova, while providing post-quantum security.
Paper Link: https://eprint.iacr.org/2024/257
How to Interpret Trends in the Kalyan Rajdhani Mix Chart.pdfChart Kalyan
A Mix Chart displays historical data of numbers in a graphical or tabular form. The Kalyan Rajdhani Mix Chart specifically shows the results of a sequence of numbers over different periods.
Dandelion Hashtable: beyond billion requests per second on a commodity serverAntonios Katsarakis
This slide deck presents DLHT, a concurrent in-memory hashtable. Despite efforts to optimize hashtables, that go as far as sacrificing core functionality, state-of-the-art designs still incur multiple memory accesses per request and block request processing in three cases. First, most hashtables block while waiting for data to be retrieved from memory. Second, open-addressing designs, which represent the current state-of-the-art, either cannot free index slots on deletes or must block all requests to do so. Third, index resizes block every request until all objects are copied to the new index. Defying folklore wisdom, DLHT forgoes open-addressing and adopts a fully-featured and memory-aware closed-addressing design based on bounded cache-line-chaining. This design offers lock-free index operations and deletes that free slots instantly, (2) completes most requests with a single memory access, (3) utilizes software prefetching to hide memory latencies, and (4) employs a novel non-blocking and parallel resizing. In a commodity server and a memory-resident workload, DLHT surpasses 1.6B requests per second and provides 3.5x (12x) the throughput of the state-of-the-art closed-addressing (open-addressing) resizable hashtable on Gets (Deletes).
Trusted Execution Environment for Decentralized Process MiningLucaBarbaro3
Presentation of the paper "Trusted Execution Environment for Decentralized Process Mining" given during the CAiSE 2024 Conference in Cyprus on June 7, 2024.
Driving Business Innovation: Latest Generative AI Advancements & Success StorySafe Software
Are you ready to revolutionize how you handle data? Join us for a webinar where we’ll bring you up to speed with the latest advancements in Generative AI technology and discover how leveraging FME with tools from giants like Google Gemini, Amazon, and Microsoft OpenAI can supercharge your workflow efficiency.
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!
5th LF Energy Power Grid Model Meet-up SlidesDanBrown980551
5th Power Grid Model Meet-up
It is with great pleasure that we extend to you an invitation to the 5th Power Grid Model Meet-up, scheduled for 6th June 2024. This event will adopt a hybrid format, allowing participants to join us either through an online Mircosoft Teams session or in person at TU/e located at Den Dolech 2, Eindhoven, Netherlands. The meet-up will be hosted by Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), a research university specializing in engineering science & technology.
Power Grid Model
The global energy transition is placing new and unprecedented demands on Distribution System Operators (DSOs). Alongside upgrades to grid capacity, processes such as digitization, capacity optimization, and congestion management are becoming vital for delivering reliable services.
Power Grid Model is an open source project from Linux Foundation Energy and provides a calculation engine that is increasingly essential for DSOs. It offers a standards-based foundation enabling real-time power systems analysis, simulations of electrical power grids, and sophisticated what-if analysis. In addition, it enables in-depth studies and analysis of the electrical power grid’s behavior and performance. This comprehensive model incorporates essential factors such as power generation capacity, electrical losses, voltage levels, power flows, and system stability.
Power Grid Model is currently being applied in a wide variety of use cases, including grid planning, expansion, reliability, and congestion studies. It can also help in analyzing the impact of renewable energy integration, assessing the effects of disturbances or faults, and developing strategies for grid control and optimization.
What to expect
For the upcoming meetup we are organizing, we have an exciting lineup of activities planned:
-Insightful presentations covering two practical applications of the Power Grid Model.
-An update on the latest advancements in Power Grid -Model technology during the first and second quarters of 2024.
-An interactive brainstorming session to discuss and propose new feature requests.
-An opportunity to connect with fellow Power Grid Model enthusiasts and users.
HCL Notes and Domino License Cost Reduction in the World of DLAUpanagenda
Webinar Recording: https://www.panagenda.com/webinars/hcl-notes-and-domino-license-cost-reduction-in-the-world-of-dlau/
The introduction of DLAU and the CCB & CCX licensing model caused quite a stir in the HCL community. As a Notes and Domino customer, you may have faced challenges with unexpected user counts and license costs. You probably have questions on how this new licensing approach works and how to benefit from it. Most importantly, you likely have budget constraints and want to save money where possible. Don’t worry, we can help with all of this!
We’ll show you how to fix common misconfigurations that cause higher-than-expected user counts, and how to identify accounts which you can deactivate to save money. There are also frequent patterns that can cause unnecessary cost, like using a person document instead of a mail-in for shared mailboxes. We’ll provide examples and solutions for those as well. And naturally we’ll explain the new licensing model.
Join HCL Ambassador Marc Thomas in this webinar with a special guest appearance from Franz Walder. It will give you the tools and know-how to stay on top of what is going on with Domino licensing. You will be able lower your cost through an optimized configuration and keep it low going forward.
These topics will be covered
- Reducing license cost by finding and fixing misconfigurations and superfluous accounts
- How do CCB and CCX licenses really work?
- Understanding the DLAU tool and how to best utilize it
- Tips for common problem areas, like team mailboxes, functional/test users, etc
- Practical examples and best practices to implement right away
Your One-Stop Shop for Python Success: Top 10 US Python Development Providersakankshawande
Simplify your search for a reliable Python development partner! This list presents the top 10 trusted US providers offering comprehensive Python development services, ensuring your project's success from conception to completion.
Digital Banking in the Cloud: How Citizens Bank Unlocked Their MainframePrecisely
Inconsistent user experience and siloed data, high costs, and changing customer expectations – Citizens Bank was experiencing these challenges while it was attempting to deliver a superior digital banking experience for its clients. Its core banking applications run on the mainframe and Citizens was using legacy utilities to get the critical mainframe data to feed customer-facing channels, like call centers, web, and mobile. Ultimately, this led to higher operating costs (MIPS), delayed response times, and longer time to market.
Ever-changing customer expectations demand more modern digital experiences, and the bank needed to find a solution that could provide real-time data to its customer channels with low latency and operating costs. Join this session to learn how Citizens is leveraging Precisely to replicate mainframe data to its customer channels and deliver on their “modern digital bank” experiences.
Have you ever been confused by the myriad of choices offered by AWS for hosting a website or an API?
Lambda, Elastic Beanstalk, Lightsail, Amplify, S3 (and more!) can each host websites + APIs. But which one should we choose?
Which one is cheapest? Which one is fastest? Which one will scale to meet our needs?
Join me in this session as we dive into each AWS hosting service to determine which one is best for your scenario and explain why!
In the realm of cybersecurity, offensive security practices act as a critical shield. By simulating real-world attacks in a controlled environment, these techniques expose vulnerabilities before malicious actors can exploit them. This proactive approach allows manufacturers to identify and fix weaknesses, significantly enhancing system security.
This presentation delves into the development of a system designed to mimic Galileo's Open Service signal using software-defined radio (SDR) technology. We'll begin with a foundational overview of both Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) and the intricacies of digital signal processing.
The presentation culminates in a live demonstration. We'll showcase the manipulation of Galileo's Open Service pilot signal, simulating an attack on various software and hardware systems. This practical demonstration serves to highlight the potential consequences of unaddressed vulnerabilities, emphasizing the importance of offensive security practices in safeguarding critical infrastructure.
Generating privacy-protected synthetic data using Secludy and MilvusZilliz
During this demo, the founders of Secludy will demonstrate how their system utilizes Milvus to store and manipulate embeddings for generating privacy-protected synthetic data. Their approach not only maintains the confidentiality of the original data but also enhances the utility and scalability of LLMs under privacy constraints. Attendees, including machine learning engineers, data scientists, and data managers, will witness first-hand how Secludy's integration with Milvus empowers organizations to harness the power of LLMs securely and efficiently.
Skybuffer AI: Advanced Conversational and Generative AI Solution on SAP Busin...Tatiana Kojar
Skybuffer AI, built on the robust SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP), is the latest and most advanced version of our AI development, reaffirming our commitment to delivering top-tier AI solutions. Skybuffer AI harnesses all the innovative capabilities of the SAP BTP in the AI domain, from Conversational AI to cutting-edge Generative AI and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG). It also helps SAP customers safeguard their investments into SAP Conversational AI and ensure a seamless, one-click transition to SAP Business AI.
With Skybuffer AI, various AI models can be integrated into a single communication channel such as Microsoft Teams. This integration empowers business users with insights drawn from SAP backend systems, enterprise documents, and the expansive knowledge of Generative AI. And the best part of it is that it is all managed through our intuitive no-code Action Server interface, requiring no extensive coding knowledge and making the advanced AI accessible to more users.