My team investigated closed vs. open systems of innovation through the lens of a particular technology: Artificial Intelligence. I took a pretty large risk in taking such a deep mathematical tone in the beginning, but think I did well to keep it accessible and relevant.
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My team investigated closed vs. open systems of innovation through the lens of a particular technology: Artificial Intelligence. I took a pretty large risk in taking such a deep mathematical tone in the beginning, but think I did well to keep it accessible and relevant.
3 Ways to Enhance the Workplace with VideoLiveTiles
By adopting video technology, discover easier ways to appeal to all ages in the workplace. Instead of simply writing it down, video technology can record, upload, and share videos, all in a digital workplace.
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ABSE is a Model-Driven Software Development methodology that lets you generate the code you want. Capture your own developments skills into easy reusable assets. AtomWeaver is an IDE that implements ABSE, allowing you to save time and be more productive while developing your software project.
Html5 and mLearning: The rapid interactivity approachRicha Bakshi
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The Intersection of Ideas in Open Source and Open StandardsRobert Sutor
While some claim that open source and standards have nothing to do with each other, I disagree. How does one benefit the other? How are they inter-twined historically? Where should their relationship be stronger?
Many organizations are now investing in the development of web interfaces for their existing (and new) Notes/Domino applications. Now is the perfect time to start paying down on the technical debt we have accumulated to ensure that we don’t pass on an unsustainable software development deficit to those that will follow. With this presentation we will challenge the notion that trickle down development based on XPages is the next logical step in that evolution. While XPages still has a place in the world of modern Domino development we will explore new approaches and alternative technologies that have the potential to deliver a brighter prosperous.
Ibm worklight - going from xpages mobile to native mobile applicationsMark Roden
Abstract
In this session John and Mark will demonstrate how an XPages developer can make the simple, practical, logical evolution from XPages to IBM Worklight developer.
Have you ever wondered how to easily integrate a mobile phone native feature set with your corporate web applications? We will show that any XPages developer currently building mobile-accessible websites already has the skillset to build native mobile apps using IBM Worklight. We will cover installation, setup, similarities in designer clients, the test environment, the skills necessary and provide a working example.
You have the skills, you have the knowledge. Your only challenge is to come to the session and understand how to make this work. Go from HTML5 to native in minutes.
Embedded Development - to Fit the Unique Needs of Enterprises Around the GlobeTizbi, Inc.
What is embedded development and what’s so special about it? Why finding an embedded developer is not an easy job? How can Tizbi Team be a hand of help for your company?
Check a slideshow to know the answers.
Learn more about Tizbi custom development services here: http://bit.ly/2YUL4X6.
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presentation explaining software industry into the world and Egypt, Java as programming language and it's application into the enterprise solutions and market, oracle fusion middle ware items and plan to learn java
Developer plantations - colonialism of XXI century (GeeCON 2017)Wojciech Seliga
Slides from my presentation delivered at GeeCON 2017.
Have you ever wondered why great multi-billion dollar software products changing our lives are built in the US, Western Europe or Australia and not in Poland, Ukraine or Bulgaria? Uber, Facebook, Spotify, Tesla (sic!), JIRA - all of them built by software geeks. Are Polish (or other CEE) IT specialists less intelligent or worse than their colleagues from the West? Or maybe it’s about the huge capital those countries have and we don’t. Or maybe the problem is in our approach to IT and our mindset? Regardless of the true reasons, as the effect, tens and hundreds of thousands of relatively low-cost and controllable people in Poland and other CEE countries work on conserving and maintaining software systems envisioned and usually designed elsewhere. Together with other emerging countries, we have become a development plantation for the most modern countries. I’d like to analyse some reasons of this situation and present what mindset change must happen so that Poland and other CEE countries are not anymore colonies providing human resources, but instead have a creational impact on the advancement of the civilisation and modern economy.
The tech recruiting tactics of long ago (headhunters and classified newspaper ads) simply don’t work anymore. Discover why these outdated practices don't work and how to create a more modern developer hiring strategy.
Why Dot Net is the Most Demanded Framework in 2024GetAProgrammer
If you are a business owner thinking about stepping into software development, chances are you have heard about the Dot net framework. It is a major player in the industry, but what exactly does it do, and why are more and more businesses turning to Dot net development? In this blog, you will get to know the basics of Dot net, discuss its pros and cons, and explore why it might be the perfect fit for your company.
Dot Net stands out as one of the most favored frameworks for creating web and mobile applications, propelling businesses towards success effortlessly. The demand for Dot Net development companies is continuously surging, with every industrial sector leveraging its benefits. Developed by Microsoft, the Dot net Framework serves as an ideal platform for technology companies of all sizes. Dot Net development facilitates the implementation of MVC structure and web APIs, streamlining application development processes.
Moreover, Dot Net development contributes to the transformation of overall business setups and facilitates the creation of APIs for application development. The proliferation of Dot Net development companies aligns with market demands, fueled by their continuous advancements and popularity.
Its popularity among leading industries can be attributed to its open-source nature and strong community support. While numerous similar frameworks exist in the market, what sets Dot Net apart? Explore the detailed explanation below to understand why opting for the Dot Net framework is advantageous and how it distinguishes itself from others.
Week 3 Lecture 1 - Business SoftwareManagement of Information .docxjessiehampson
Week 3 Lecture 1 - Business Software
Management of Information Systems
Business Software
What should drive an IT infrastructure decision?
Ideally, the software would be selected first and then the hardware to host it. Most companies already possess some hardware that can limit the available options when selecting software. Determining which software or system approach that will fulfill the organization’s business functions is a key IT infrastructure decision. The value returned by software to an organization increases efficiency or competitive advantage. Software should return value to organizations, suppliers, customers, employees, and all stakeholders. Software functionality and the core value propositions (creating opportunities, increasing efficiency, gaining competitive advantage, or business problems solving) must be evaluated and analyzed when selecting software.
Operating systems and application software:
Common software applications are spreadsheet programs, and word processors. Other applications that may not be so familiar are analytics, survey, mapping applications, and web page or blog builders. Developers design applications’ interfaces. Operating systems also have an interface. Application interfaces are contained within the operating system interface.
Figure 4 Microsoft Edge browser application interface highlighted lime; the Windows 10 operating system interface highlighted magenta
Operating systems provide common interfaces to applications such as the close and resize boxes, scroll bars, and features for saving, cutting and pasting. Other layout features of applications come from their developers. Sometimes discerning systems software from application software can be difficult because operating systems are embedded with applications. A database management system, for instance, is application software that could easily be confused with system software.
The most important features of PC software.
PC software should be easy-to-understand, and contain intuitive icons. Icons reduce the time needed to learn to use software and make software more globally accessible because of the language independence of pictures. Metaphors can be used to indicate how to use interfaces. The Windows desktop, for instance, is a metaphor for a desktop containing items on which a person is currently working. Use of metaphors and intuitive icons increase productivity.
Week 3 Lecture 2 - Business Networks and Telecommunications
Management of Information Systems
Business Networks and Telecommunications
Over recent years, telecommunications has transformed how organizations conduct business. Mobile, wireless, and web-based technologies have enabled more strategic business management and increased the efficiency of resource management.
Over the last two decades, television, telephony and other forms of communication have been digitized. Voice over IP (VoIP) has become a popular method of communication. Increasingly, communication takes place over the ...
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While some claim that open source and standards have nothing to do with each other, I disagree. How does one benefit the other? How are they inter-twined historically? Where should their relationship be stronger?
Many organizations are now investing in the development of web interfaces for their existing (and new) Notes/Domino applications. Now is the perfect time to start paying down on the technical debt we have accumulated to ensure that we don’t pass on an unsustainable software development deficit to those that will follow. With this presentation we will challenge the notion that trickle down development based on XPages is the next logical step in that evolution. While XPages still has a place in the world of modern Domino development we will explore new approaches and alternative technologies that have the potential to deliver a brighter prosperous.
Ibm worklight - going from xpages mobile to native mobile applicationsMark Roden
Abstract
In this session John and Mark will demonstrate how an XPages developer can make the simple, practical, logical evolution from XPages to IBM Worklight developer.
Have you ever wondered how to easily integrate a mobile phone native feature set with your corporate web applications? We will show that any XPages developer currently building mobile-accessible websites already has the skillset to build native mobile apps using IBM Worklight. We will cover installation, setup, similarities in designer clients, the test environment, the skills necessary and provide a working example.
You have the skills, you have the knowledge. Your only challenge is to come to the session and understand how to make this work. Go from HTML5 to native in minutes.
Embedded Development - to Fit the Unique Needs of Enterprises Around the GlobeTizbi, Inc.
What is embedded development and what’s so special about it? Why finding an embedded developer is not an easy job? How can Tizbi Team be a hand of help for your company?
Check a slideshow to know the answers.
Learn more about Tizbi custom development services here: http://bit.ly/2YUL4X6.
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presentation explaining software industry into the world and Egypt, Java as programming language and it's application into the enterprise solutions and market, oracle fusion middle ware items and plan to learn java
Developer plantations - colonialism of XXI century (GeeCON 2017)Wojciech Seliga
Slides from my presentation delivered at GeeCON 2017.
Have you ever wondered why great multi-billion dollar software products changing our lives are built in the US, Western Europe or Australia and not in Poland, Ukraine or Bulgaria? Uber, Facebook, Spotify, Tesla (sic!), JIRA - all of them built by software geeks. Are Polish (or other CEE) IT specialists less intelligent or worse than their colleagues from the West? Or maybe it’s about the huge capital those countries have and we don’t. Or maybe the problem is in our approach to IT and our mindset? Regardless of the true reasons, as the effect, tens and hundreds of thousands of relatively low-cost and controllable people in Poland and other CEE countries work on conserving and maintaining software systems envisioned and usually designed elsewhere. Together with other emerging countries, we have become a development plantation for the most modern countries. I’d like to analyse some reasons of this situation and present what mindset change must happen so that Poland and other CEE countries are not anymore colonies providing human resources, but instead have a creational impact on the advancement of the civilisation and modern economy.
The tech recruiting tactics of long ago (headhunters and classified newspaper ads) simply don’t work anymore. Discover why these outdated practices don't work and how to create a more modern developer hiring strategy.
Why Dot Net is the Most Demanded Framework in 2024GetAProgrammer
If you are a business owner thinking about stepping into software development, chances are you have heard about the Dot net framework. It is a major player in the industry, but what exactly does it do, and why are more and more businesses turning to Dot net development? In this blog, you will get to know the basics of Dot net, discuss its pros and cons, and explore why it might be the perfect fit for your company.
Dot Net stands out as one of the most favored frameworks for creating web and mobile applications, propelling businesses towards success effortlessly. The demand for Dot Net development companies is continuously surging, with every industrial sector leveraging its benefits. Developed by Microsoft, the Dot net Framework serves as an ideal platform for technology companies of all sizes. Dot Net development facilitates the implementation of MVC structure and web APIs, streamlining application development processes.
Moreover, Dot Net development contributes to the transformation of overall business setups and facilitates the creation of APIs for application development. The proliferation of Dot Net development companies aligns with market demands, fueled by their continuous advancements and popularity.
Its popularity among leading industries can be attributed to its open-source nature and strong community support. While numerous similar frameworks exist in the market, what sets Dot Net apart? Explore the detailed explanation below to understand why opting for the Dot Net framework is advantageous and how it distinguishes itself from others.
Week 3 Lecture 1 - Business SoftwareManagement of Information .docxjessiehampson
Week 3 Lecture 1 - Business Software
Management of Information Systems
Business Software
What should drive an IT infrastructure decision?
Ideally, the software would be selected first and then the hardware to host it. Most companies already possess some hardware that can limit the available options when selecting software. Determining which software or system approach that will fulfill the organization’s business functions is a key IT infrastructure decision. The value returned by software to an organization increases efficiency or competitive advantage. Software should return value to organizations, suppliers, customers, employees, and all stakeholders. Software functionality and the core value propositions (creating opportunities, increasing efficiency, gaining competitive advantage, or business problems solving) must be evaluated and analyzed when selecting software.
Operating systems and application software:
Common software applications are spreadsheet programs, and word processors. Other applications that may not be so familiar are analytics, survey, mapping applications, and web page or blog builders. Developers design applications’ interfaces. Operating systems also have an interface. Application interfaces are contained within the operating system interface.
Figure 4 Microsoft Edge browser application interface highlighted lime; the Windows 10 operating system interface highlighted magenta
Operating systems provide common interfaces to applications such as the close and resize boxes, scroll bars, and features for saving, cutting and pasting. Other layout features of applications come from their developers. Sometimes discerning systems software from application software can be difficult because operating systems are embedded with applications. A database management system, for instance, is application software that could easily be confused with system software.
The most important features of PC software.
PC software should be easy-to-understand, and contain intuitive icons. Icons reduce the time needed to learn to use software and make software more globally accessible because of the language independence of pictures. Metaphors can be used to indicate how to use interfaces. The Windows desktop, for instance, is a metaphor for a desktop containing items on which a person is currently working. Use of metaphors and intuitive icons increase productivity.
Week 3 Lecture 2 - Business Networks and Telecommunications
Management of Information Systems
Business Networks and Telecommunications
Over recent years, telecommunications has transformed how organizations conduct business. Mobile, wireless, and web-based technologies have enabled more strategic business management and increased the efficiency of resource management.
Over the last two decades, television, telephony and other forms of communication have been digitized. Voice over IP (VoIP) has become a popular method of communication. Increasingly, communication takes place over the ...
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Although a mobile solution is essential, choosing the right technology for mobile app development is equally important. These technologies can be used by startups to make their business ideas more appealing to investors.
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The world is rapidly changing, and the COVID-19 Pandemic has only helped to accelerate that change. For example, E-learning has seen a boom in remote work, teleconferences, and ecommerce due to the Pandemic. In addition, the e-learning sector boomed as millions of children moved to mobile phones to continue their education while the rest of the world shut down.
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TOP 5 TECHNOLOGIES TO CREATE A COMPETENT ANDROID APP IN 2019upssingh
As 2019 is around the corner, we would like to focus and want to talk about the emerging trends, tools and ideas of technology that are likely to define the coming new (2019) year. As we know IT industry never stands still, it is an ever-changing stream and people are getting involved progressively with digital devices across the globe every year.
In the digital world, where everyone is familiar, connected and dependable on digital devices like phones, smartphones, tablets and using mobile apps, apps industry getting more competent and modern. This is why mobile apps are more popular among people.
There are various apps available in the market but not necessarily all are effective, useful and working in the right way. As per the current survey, more than 75% of users open an app once and never come back as they are expecting a lot from a mobile app. Nowadays in a fast-growing world, everyone is busy and have a shortage of time so expecting the maximum work in the minimum time through digital devices.
So to design an effective mobile app there is a need to understand the people requirement and expectation, which can be done by only a skilled, creative and experienced developer who can think out of the box and listen to their client completely.
To meet with this Android app development competition trend we explain the top 5 technologies to create a competent android APP.
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/
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
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.
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Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
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.
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A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
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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.
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Using Technology to Make People More Powerful
1. Using Technology to Make People More Powerful
Creating the Ability to Meet Bigger Challenges
Ian Heron
Director of Strategy & Innovation at OmniCommand Ltd
2. Our Modern World is Amazing, But Frustrating!
Computing has affected every aspect of our lives, the way we
work, live, love and communicate has changed beyond all
recognition in the last 40 years.
This has happened due to an explosion of technology that is
inexpensive and readily available.
But we have only just scratched the surface.
Most of us are only able to use computer solutions designed by
other people.
Many of the devices we own are no more functional than they
were on the day that we bought them.
That usually means compromising in all sorts of ways.
On top of that, computer solutions take a long time to
develop.
What would the world be like if we could all build our own
solutions quickly and cheaply?
3. Who is Empowered Today?
In 2016 IDC, (International Data Corporation), estimated
that approximately 21 Million people out of the 7 billion on
the planet could develop code.
That means only 1 in every 333 people can program any
part of a computer.
The technologies they are using are so complicated that
each of them can usually only develop a small part of a
complete solution.
As today’s development languages are very detailed, even
that small part takes a lot of time and effort to construct.
The skills are so hard to learn that these individuals usually
don’t have a wealth of experience in other trades or roles.
This means that a small army of analysts are necessary to
help them understand how to build a solution that will meet
the needs of their customer.
It is clear that big changes are needed if we are to empower
people to fully utilise the technology at their disposal.
4. Onwards & Upwards
JohnVincentAtanasoff invented Digital, (Binary) Computing in the 1930’s.
If you wanted to program a computer to add two numbers together and
remember the answer you had to set at least 112 individual bits or
instructions.
In the 1940’s various pioneers worked to simplify this and in 1951 Maurice
Wilkes inventedAssembly language allowing the same thing to be
achieved with 4 instructions.
In 1954 John Backus invented the first ‘high level’ computing language,
(Fortran), which could add two numbers together with a single instruction.
In the Mid 1970’s SQL, (StructuredQuery Language), was invented by
Donald Chamberlin allowing large groups of numbers or information to be
processed with a single instruction, unfortunately this approach was only
ever applied to database development.
These are examples of the four main generations of programming
languages developed to date.
This progression was based on a simple idea:
“As the language gets simpler –
it gets easier, cheaper and quicker to achieve more”
Since the 1970’s the new languages developed have become more
complex with each release.We appear to have moved backwards.
5. An End to Advancement
In the mid 1990’s a major shift in thinking occurred.
I.T companies began to realise that their profits were not being generated from the
software itself but from the services they could offer around that software.
Further simplification was not in their commercial best interests, if everyone could do
anything then how would they sell technical services?
Marketing teams began driving technical product direction away from simplicity and a
new range of complex technologies were born:
Microsoft abandoned its Market leading Visual Basic language and began work on the far more complicated
and lower level .Net suite.
James Gosling at Sun Microsystems developed Java – a new low level language that tried to offer cross
platform portability, (a promise that was never really fulfilled).
Since 1996 these have become the dominant development languages for Business
applications.
When Apple released its revolutionary iPhone in 2007, it could only be programmed with
a version of the C++ language which was invented by Bjarne Stroustrup in 1979 and was
even more complicated than Java and .Net.
So our relationship with computers stopped improving in the mid 1990’s, and has actually
deteriorated since.
Today it is more difficult and expensive to develop, deploy and operate a business
application than it has ever been.
6. So What’s the Problem?
Surely we’re all quite happy? – After all, many Billion Dollar industries are based on
slow, complex coding technologies and the implications of their use.
However, these complex technologies mean that:
Technology almost always changes more slowly than businesses need it to, setting the pace at which
organisations can evolve
Massive change is almost impossible to deliver, compounding complexity and cost across large systems
quickly stops them being viable
It is so difficult to program a computer that only a tiny percentage of the population can do it, the rest can
only use them.
Our needs are growing:
People are getting used to the power Applications can give them and their expectations are changing,
they want their large institutions to be Digitally enabled, (Government, Health Services etc). Attempts to
do this have been pitiful at best and have often failed.
The Internet of Things, (IoT), is rapidly multiplying the number of programmable devices on the planet,
and there aren’t anywhere near enough programmers to meet the demand this is generating.
This excessive complexity leads to high levels of inefficiency which wastes resources, this is no longer
ecologically tolerable.
There has been a long trail of projects that have failed because they were so complicated they were
unmanageable.
Solutions are so complex that it is impossible to secure them, criminals have only recently woken up to
how easy and lucrative Cybercrime is but the Genie is now most definitely out of the bottle.
In Short - we have squeezed every last drop of capability out of complex coding, now
we need something more powerful.
7. OmniFabric – The Next Step
We wanted to invent a new kind of programming conversation.
We wanted a command structure so simple that it could be learned and remembered in moments.
We wanted a flow based graphical interface so that the function of a program would be quick and
easy to understand.
We wanted the build tools to be internet based so that no installation was required and they would
be available from anywhere in the world.
We wanted powerful search tools to help Builders locate functionality quickly and easily
We wanted names and descriptions to be in proper sentences, to make it quick and easy to
understand the role of each item.
We wanted a clear and easy way to handle variables, arguments and errors, eliminating many of
the most common mistakes in programming.
We wanted 3rd parties to be able to add their own functionality to the platform quickly and
cheaply.
We wanted an interactive browser-based debugger that would allow Builders to diagnose and
repair solutions from anywhere in the world in real-time.
We wanted a build environment that could handle content and assets as well as programs
We wanted programs that could move from machine to machine, removing the need to build
separate integration technology.
We wanted integration, threading and clustering to be handled with a few simple instructions.
We wanted programs to be capable of modifying their own operation during execution.
We wanted a language so simple and quick, that it would eventually be possible to program it with
a Joystick.
So that’s what we built
8. Today’s Languages vs OmniFabric
Java,VB .Net and OmniFabric can all be used to develop solutions:
VB .Net has 224 significant words or phrases that control program flow or take an
action.
Java has 50.
OmniFabric has 5.
Java and VB require complex integration components to talk between platforms.
OmniFabric doesn’t.
Java and Visual Basic programs appear as densely populated lists of complex text.
OmniFabric Agents look like a chart.
Java has to be modified to move between different devices and only runs on a few
platforms
Visual Basic only runs on Microsoft supported platforms
OmniFabric runs on most major platforms without any modification at all.
Visual Basic and Java Solutions are developed, tested and deployed as hundreds or
sometimes thousands of separate files
OmniFabric Personalities are created, tested and deployed as a single file.
Visual Basic and Java solutions have to be installed and configured
OmniFabric Personalities just have to be copied to the target platform
Which is more powerful?
Agent
Execute Agents
Data
Work with Information or
Assets, (Images, Videos etc).
Calculate
Do Anything Mathematical.
Decide
Make Decisions.
Action
Make Things Happen.
9. A Simple Comparison – Building a Web Server
The current version of the popular and powerful Apache Web Server has
slightly under 2 million lines of code in it.
This enables it to:
Receive Requests and Return Web components
Encrypt Connections
Process Cookies
Process HTTP Headers
Support Identification and Access Control
Integrate with Back-End Systems, application servers and databases
Work in clusters and handle threading properly to enable scalability
and fast performance
Log Activity & Handle Errors
The code has been developed and refined by thousands of developers
over many years
The equivalent functionality offered in OmniFabric has 187 Steps in it.
With a little training it can be built in a few days.
For those who don’t understand how a web server works or don’t have
time for training, a template exists that will create a Web Server for them
in 4 clicks, They can then extend this to create any kind of application
they want.
An example of the main Web Server Agent is shown to the right.
If this OmniFabric Web Server is developed on Windows or Unix then
copied to an iPhone or Android phone it will function perfectly without
any further changes
10. So Where Does This Leave Us?
Before OmniFabric, a whole team of technical experts were needed to build and
deploy Web Applications.
Now anybody can do it.
Before OmniFabric, Web applications needed to run on powerful computers
Now they can run on a phone or even a wristwatch
Before OmniFabric, Applications took forever to develop.
Now many can be up and running in minutes
Before OmniFabric, solutions needed to be documented to be supportable
Now they document themselves
Before OmniFabric, it took months to learn basic programming
Now it takes hours
Before OmniFabric, solutions had to be developed on the platform they
would run on
Now they can be developed on any platform and run on any other
Before OmniFabric, solutions had to be debugged offline
Now problems can be diagnosed on the live platform in real time from anywhere in the
world
Now Everyone is a Programmer!
Do you feel powerful yet?
11. Into the Future
If we are to survive and thrive as a species then we have some huge
challenges in front of us:
We have to either stop destroying our planet or get off it
We have to find a way to generate power plentifully, cheaply and cleanly
We have to establish a fairer system of global government and resource distribution
We have to find a way to synthetically respond to the evolving Viral and Bacterial
landscape
We have to find a way to restart our own evolution
To achieve all of the above we have to better understand the universe that we live in
For all of these challenges our own intelligence and tenacity can only take
us so far.
Technology will be the way that we enhance our ability to solve all of these
problems, but to do that we must advance.
We must enable people to achieve more with the technology that they
have.
We need a simpler solution that fully realises the power of that
technology.
There are 7 billion amazing and creative individuals on our planet, when
they are all capable of using small computers to realise big ideas, will there
be anything we can’t achieve?
12. Take the Next Step…..Take the Next Step…
Contact us at OmniCommand Ltd for a demonstration of OmniFabric technology.
The future beckons, and it’s looking brighter all the time….