MIA presentation from AAM Webinar on October 23, 2013, featuring Verso, the award-winner digital magazine published in-house and available for free on iTunes.
Slides from panel session at 2013 AMM Conference. Panelists: Douglas Hegley, Jane Alexander, Sam Quigley. Sorry for slight formatting errors caused by conversion to slideshare format.
A Beginner's Guide to Content Marketing With a List of DIY Tools, Content Development Methodologies For Marketers Looking to Make Their Audience Fall In Love With Them.
Copy of slide deck presented at the AAM MuseumExpo on Monday, April 27 at the Technology Innovation Stage
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts (MIA) has created an open source toolset for crafting and sharing engaging digital stories. “Griot”, a West African term for wise story-teller. The interpretive software is in use at the MIA, branded as ArtStories: http://artstories.artsmia.org ArtStories are available on tablet devices provided in the galleries, and for those using their own devices. The tools includes authoring content, presenting stories, and tiling & annotating images to enhance zooming, panning, and highlighting details.
This session will describe the development of the tools, demonstrate the software in action, discuss the results of a formal audience evaluation, and its impact on museum visitors.
This presentation was given to women at Oregon State University to explore the potential career opportunities for women who'd like to work in the high tech field. Basically, an excellent opportunity for me to highlight a few of the amazing women I've met through my career and showcase them as role models to women at OSU planning careers in STEM.
Slides from panel session at 2013 AMM Conference. Panelists: Douglas Hegley, Jane Alexander, Sam Quigley. Sorry for slight formatting errors caused by conversion to slideshare format.
A Beginner's Guide to Content Marketing With a List of DIY Tools, Content Development Methodologies For Marketers Looking to Make Their Audience Fall In Love With Them.
Copy of slide deck presented at the AAM MuseumExpo on Monday, April 27 at the Technology Innovation Stage
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts (MIA) has created an open source toolset for crafting and sharing engaging digital stories. “Griot”, a West African term for wise story-teller. The interpretive software is in use at the MIA, branded as ArtStories: http://artstories.artsmia.org ArtStories are available on tablet devices provided in the galleries, and for those using their own devices. The tools includes authoring content, presenting stories, and tiling & annotating images to enhance zooming, panning, and highlighting details.
This session will describe the development of the tools, demonstrate the software in action, discuss the results of a formal audience evaluation, and its impact on museum visitors.
This presentation was given to women at Oregon State University to explore the potential career opportunities for women who'd like to work in the high tech field. Basically, an excellent opportunity for me to highlight a few of the amazing women I've met through my career and showcase them as role models to women at OSU planning careers in STEM.
Some ideas for how you can apply lean startup, customer development and other startup principles to ensure you learn as much as possible from every investor pitch!
The Indiana State Library has a zoo of robots available to Indiana public libraries to check out for the purpose of training staff. This presentation gives an introduction to the concept of makerspaces and details what's in our makerspace kit and our Robot kit.
Are you a library hack too? Perhaps you are and don’t know it.
There are ‘library hacks’ who are still discovering the power of good
research and resources, and then there are ‘library hacks’ who are
using these to take data, images, maps, or objects in exciting new
directions. This presentation will touch on both of these definitions.
There are many tools available through the web to help create and
visualise information and libraries are great untapped repositories
of it, whereby many are using library data to create new content.
The Libraryhack competition run by the National State Libraries of
Australasia early in 2011 brought many great ideas and creations to
the surface. It also provided an opportunity to explore how mash-ups
and data visualisations make content powerful and rich. Hear how
library hacking might just be what your collections need to generate
a new wave of community engagement.
Creating a Digital New Normal with Social, Design, Blogs, Online Events and MoreAlex Field
12 Federal Reserve Banks, government at all levels, and organizations big and small, have embraced digital communications—from social media and video to websites and blogs—to tell their stories and connect with their key audiences. But what separates those that do it as a formality from those that do it with excellence, the “meh” from the “!!!”? In this session, learn how to build a “digital-first culture” and transform your existing communications efforts to dramatic effect. With examples from public service organizations that are winning their piece of the internet, you’ll walk away empowered to shake up your digital status quo.
Slides presented at MCN 2013 on Verso.
Session title: Dynamic, Dimensional, Digital: Creative Strategies for Moving beyond the Printed Page in a Museum Context
Presenters: Kris Thayer, Douglas Hegley
Verso is a digital publication produced by the MIA via Adobe DPS for the iPad platform.
Most of this won't make sense having not heard me give the presentation and hearing what I said for each slide, but several in attendance requested them, so here they are!
A feature guide to QUT's Digital Workplace (Intranets2016)Andy McBride
The digital workplace is an emerging concept, and universities are complex places. Over the past 10 years QUT have been on a journey of continuous improvement covering staff and student intranets, mobile and most recently transforming four searches into one. This presentation will highlight some key features of QUT’s new digital workplace:
- a unique presentation of global vs. local content that helped reduce content duplication by over 85%
- meeting varied user needs with their LaunchPad and Application Directory
- making search work (in just three months)
Conference: Intranets 2016
Presenter: Andy McBride
Copyright QUT 2016.
Some ideas for how you can apply lean startup, customer development and other startup principles to ensure you learn as much as possible from every investor pitch!
The Indiana State Library has a zoo of robots available to Indiana public libraries to check out for the purpose of training staff. This presentation gives an introduction to the concept of makerspaces and details what's in our makerspace kit and our Robot kit.
Are you a library hack too? Perhaps you are and don’t know it.
There are ‘library hacks’ who are still discovering the power of good
research and resources, and then there are ‘library hacks’ who are
using these to take data, images, maps, or objects in exciting new
directions. This presentation will touch on both of these definitions.
There are many tools available through the web to help create and
visualise information and libraries are great untapped repositories
of it, whereby many are using library data to create new content.
The Libraryhack competition run by the National State Libraries of
Australasia early in 2011 brought many great ideas and creations to
the surface. It also provided an opportunity to explore how mash-ups
and data visualisations make content powerful and rich. Hear how
library hacking might just be what your collections need to generate
a new wave of community engagement.
Creating a Digital New Normal with Social, Design, Blogs, Online Events and MoreAlex Field
12 Federal Reserve Banks, government at all levels, and organizations big and small, have embraced digital communications—from social media and video to websites and blogs—to tell their stories and connect with their key audiences. But what separates those that do it as a formality from those that do it with excellence, the “meh” from the “!!!”? In this session, learn how to build a “digital-first culture” and transform your existing communications efforts to dramatic effect. With examples from public service organizations that are winning their piece of the internet, you’ll walk away empowered to shake up your digital status quo.
Slides presented at MCN 2013 on Verso.
Session title: Dynamic, Dimensional, Digital: Creative Strategies for Moving beyond the Printed Page in a Museum Context
Presenters: Kris Thayer, Douglas Hegley
Verso is a digital publication produced by the MIA via Adobe DPS for the iPad platform.
Most of this won't make sense having not heard me give the presentation and hearing what I said for each slide, but several in attendance requested them, so here they are!
A feature guide to QUT's Digital Workplace (Intranets2016)Andy McBride
The digital workplace is an emerging concept, and universities are complex places. Over the past 10 years QUT have been on a journey of continuous improvement covering staff and student intranets, mobile and most recently transforming four searches into one. This presentation will highlight some key features of QUT’s new digital workplace:
- a unique presentation of global vs. local content that helped reduce content duplication by over 85%
- meeting varied user needs with their LaunchPad and Application Directory
- making search work (in just three months)
Conference: Intranets 2016
Presenter: Andy McBride
Copyright QUT 2016.
Opening Keynote - DrupalCamp St. Louis 2014Brad Nowak
I presented this opening keynote "Drupal FTW" on April 26, 2014 at DrupalCamp St. Louis 2014 hosted by Washington University. The presentation was intended to address a broad audience from Drupal newcomers to current developers via a brief history of Drupal, a review of some key reasons people choose Drupal, and advice for achieving success with Drupal from the perspectives of strategy, design, and technology.
Mark Dehmlow, Head of the Library Web Department at the University of Notre Dame
At the University of Notre Dame, we recently implemented a new website in concert with rolling out a “next generation” OPAC into production for our campus. While much of the pre-launch feedback was positive, once we implemented the new systems, we started receiving a small number of intense criticisms and a small wave of problem reports. This presentation covers how to plan for big technology changes, prepare your organizations, effectively manage the barrage of post implementation technical problems, and mitigate customer concerns and criticisms. Participants are encouraged to bring brief war stories, anecdotes, and suggestions for managing technology implementations.”
eLearning and Networking Technologies to Mimic the In-Person Experiencejanetkrenn
Conducting an online graduate-level course poses many technological challenges that aren’t often experienced in e-Learning, which typically involves undergraduate-level students watching slideshow presentations. Not only were the students of Theory and Practice of Collaborative Fisheries Research course expected to view lectures synchronously, they were expected to verbally contribute to discussions in the online classroom, and occasionally present their own lecture. Outside of the classroom, PIs hoped to provide a private social networking space for students to interact with the goal of developing a future cohort of professional researchers interested in working collaboratively with industry. Following a needs and goals assessment, technologies were chosen that resulted in an overall successful solution. This presentation will review the considerations, opportunities, and challenges of conducting an online experience to mimic in-person education and networking.
The Fourth International Workshop on RESTful Design, WS-REST 2013
REST in Brazil - Industry Keynote
On learning REST, and its impact on the design of massive applications in Brazil
Drupal: Northeastern University Libraries websiteiFactory
A closer look at the Drupal side of our Northeastern University Libraries website redesign//Drupal build. Presented by Lisa Sawin to the Rice University Library Drupal Group on June 5, 2012.
HMG Strategy session, February 23, 2023. Virtual: Lessons in Global Leadership. This presentation explores the application of psychology to digital transformation, with a focus on the role of the Chief Information Officer (CIO), including the mindset and leadership required to drive successful digital transformation initiatives, and the importance of insight, empathy, and other "soft skills" in achieving success. In addition, it examines the psychological principles of motivation and what drives people crazy. Suggested recommended reading is included for those wishing to delve deeper into the topics discussed.
Keynote address for the International CIMED Conference about Museums and Digital Strategies - “II Congreso Internacional de Museos y Estrategias Digitales”, dedicated to Museums and Digital Strategies for the Spanish and Latin American professionals https://remed.webs.upv.es/cimed22/ on October 19, 2022. This talk explores the origins and current state of digital in the museum sector, which enable us to put a frame of reference on the accelerated changes that happened during the COVID-19 pandemic and examine what is likely to come next. Museums have faced numerous challenges on the journey to digital transformation, and success often depends not only on a clear vision and strategy, but also on how that strategy is implemented in day-to-day work. It is vital for the digital function to be closely-aligned with the overall strategy of the organization, empowering staff to work together in close collaboration. This talk will include specific examples of successful digital strategies and initiatives, along with a few illustrative failures. We will also take a look at how ongoing rapid changes in technology create particular challenges for the cultural heritage sector.
Presentation given to students in the Drexel University Westphal College of Media Arts & Design. Course instructor Alaine Arnott, CEO of the Liberty Museum. This is a genera overview of digital strategy for museums and cultural heritage organizations, including my perspective from a background in psychology. Also focused on audience engagement and the importance of centering all decisions on human experience and connection.
October 11, 2021
Presentation/Lecture examining digital strategy, cultural heritage, audience engagement and the power of brand. In addition, a look at the role of psychology in the development of strategies for public engagement and also a peek at a few emerging technologies and how they might have important applications in the cultural heritage and museum sectors.
Agenda:
1. Introduction – career, position
2. Context for digital strategy
3. Digital at The Met
4. Brand and digital strategy
5. Case Study: from the MIA to Mia
6. Future vision and emerging technology
7. Q & A
Slides from 28 September 2021, event hosted by Museo Nazionale Etrusco - Villa Giulia, Italy. Titled: Italy and the United States: Culture, Business, Economy. Investment Models for Economic Recovery. This presentation looks at the importance of brand + digital strategy in the success of museums and cultural heritage organizations, and includes a specific case study from the Minneapolis Institute of Art.
Slides from May 25, 2021 online session.
Session description: With the outbreak of Covid-19, 95% of museums across the world were forced to close doors.
Commemorating World Museums Day, Columbia Global Centers | Mumbai invites you to a panel discussion with distinguished museum leaders to address how museums have creatively dealt with the challenges of the pandemic. Panelists will showcase strategies for exhibiting their collections, reaching audiences globally and nationally to fulfill their mandate of cultural access and public education, building new skills, and developing new models for future sustainability.
Panelists
• Tasneem Zakaria Mehta, Managing Trustee and Honorary Director, Dr, Bhau Daji Lad Museum
• Sabyasachi Mukherjee, Director General of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS Museum)
• Douglas Hegley, Chief Digital Officer, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Moderator
Ravina Aggarwal, Director, Columbia Global Centers | Mumbai
Keynote talk on 14 April 2021
The New Era of Digital Culture
Web Live Conference
Session Abstract:
The broad impact of the COVID-19 global pandemic has been felt across all industries, including museums. Faced with sudden closures and drastic reductions in revenue, museums were forced to pivot to digital engagement – but some were better prepared than others, and the overall lack of strategic preparation was evident. Over the past year, museums have learned important lessons, which the sector can take into the future. We are not “going back to normal” even after the pandemic is over. Digital engagement is here to stay. This keynote will focus on the strategic approach to moving forward and will include several specific recommendations to help museums remain audience-focused and relevant through the range of onsite visits, virtual engagement, and hybrid experiences that combine both.
What makes a CxO tick? Particularly within the context of enterprise architecture and digital transformation. How can the value of IT and innovation align with leadership practice? This presentation is from a roundtable event on April 1, 2021.
Presentation from May 14, 2020 - a little about the nature of the CDO role, and how that is different from a CIO and CTO - along with some ideas about disrupting traditional leadership models.
Presentation from the MCN Conference, November 7, 2019.
Session Title: Acing the Interview
Session Description: As rapidly as technologies change, so does the employment landscape for digital professionals. Hiring managers are increasingly challenged to find not just the right talent to fit organizational needs, but also to hire people who can join their existing teams as rapidly and seamlessly as possible. At the same time, job seekers want to present their best work and highlight the skills and characteristics that will make them the perfect candidate for the job. Whether you are an emerging professional, switching up your career after many years in the field, or anywhere in between, we want to help you ace the interview and get the job of your dreams.
Through short presentations, mock interviews (demonstrations), and ongoing interactive discussion, attendees will witness the good, the bad, and the ugly of the interviewing process and learn how to handle its twists and turns. Topics will include: managing your resume, interview questions and how best to answer them, communication strategies throughout the hiring process, negotiating salary, and a few potential “gotchas.” Attendees will leave better prepared to navigate the complexities of the interview process.
Slide deck from keynote address to regional meeting of TribalHub and Midwest Tribal Technology Council (MTTC) for tribes in the Midwest- Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota.
May 17, 2019
The Innovation Mindset
Session description:
Instead of waiting for the next change to happen, we can adopt a strong innovation mindset and BE the next wave (instead of being hit BY the next wave). Staying with a primary theme of this regional meeting, this morning kickoff will emphasize how applied innovation - positive disruption - leads to new successes. By developing an innovation mindset we can more-readily identify and seize moments of opportunity for our organizations to be more nimble, productive and resilient. Take away inspiration and methods to help you and your organization focus on new possibilities.
Slide deck from HSDAMNY 2019
DAMs and Cultural Heritage - A Professional Dialog
May 2, 2019 - New York, NY
with Susan Wamsley, Digital Asset Manager, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
and Douglas Hegley, Chief Digital Officer, Mia
Session Description:
Join us for an in-depth look at the current state and future horizon of digital asset management within the Cultural Heritage sector (which includes museums, archives, libraries and other organizations dedicated to preserving and sharing the wonders of our human experience). This session features a dialog between two professionals - a C-suite executive and a leading DAM practitioner - who will explore challenging topics from their perspectives. Among the ideas to be discussed are the impact of a collecting/preserving mission on DAM practice, some of the unique needs of museums and cultural heritage organizations, the stark reality of nonprofit budget constraints, and how the sector is currently going through a “second wave” of DAMs implementation and usage. Attendees are encouraged to join in throughout the discussion with questions and comments.
Slide deck from MCN 2018 Session
Tacking Ticketing and Other Complex Online Transactions
November 16, 2018
Session description:
Event ticket sales is hardly a new industry, but museums face particular challenges regarding online and onsite ticketing. Navigating variations across a wide array of event types, ever-changing sales plans, and numerous pricing levels based on membership status and/or donation history all add complexity to every transaction. Producing sane and sustainable workflows is difficult.
In this session, technology leaders at four museums will talk about their approaches to ticketing and other online transactions, spanning the range from off-the-shelf products, site-specific customizations, and bespoke solutions. Ticketing has been hard and stressful for too long, not only for our customers but also for our staff. How can we make this better?
Panelists:
Ethan Holda, Cleveland Museum of Art
James Vitale, LACMA
John Higgins, SFMOMA
Douglas Hegley, Mia
Abridged slide deck from MCN 2018 session Pain Points & Sweet Spots: An open and honest discussion about professional development and its relationship with personal life stages. November 15, 2018, Denver.
Find this presentation on google docs here: https://tinyurl.com/y9q9fp52
As a community we often speak to the transformative work we do in our organizations to bust silos, collaborate interdepartmentally, build bridges, and extoll the values of understanding how our staff share interconnected goals. Often, we fail to apply these values to ourselves consistently as we navigate our careers and personal lives. Instead, we might passively deny how interconnected work and life are, or worse we might actively attempt to firewall them off. By acknowledging how these aspects of our lives influence us for better and worse, we can look for patterns, and learn from others in our community who have already gone through certain phases and can help those that haven’t yet done so.
During this session, hear from and ask questions of colleagues, each at different phases in their lives and careers, who will speak candidly about their experiences and concerns across a range of topics including: balancing school with finding a job, starting out in the museum world, managing people/projects, marriage/partnerships, raising families, transitioning to management, caring for aging parents, coping with loss, when to leave or find a new position in/out of the field, and preparing for retirement.
Slide deck from presentation to SIM MN meeting on October 25, 2018. Using a set of effective lenses can help us understand leadership and the promise of disruptive transformation. Strings together digital stewardship, systems thinking, positive disruption, people, and the need to disrupt (1) org structures, (2) leadership paradigms, and (3) talent strategy. Also available as a google presentation: https://tinyurl.com/yd99wknh
Lightning Talk given at the October 2018 Synapse Symposium "Envisioning a Regional Innovation Festival". A short sprint through arts innovation in Minnesota, and a provocation on bringing the different lenses of art and artist to bear on innovation practice - turning STEM to STEAM.
Slides (with notes) from Keynote address delivered July 20, 2018 to the 2018-19 National Digital Stewardship Art Cohort at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Framing digital transformation and positive disruption through the lens of digital stewardship, systems thinking and The Innovator's Dilemma.
The Continuing Evolution of DAMs in the Nonprofit Sector
Nonprofit organizations are driven by their missions and for many decades they have delivered on those missions effectively by using primarily manual processes.
However, the world has changed dramatically. The digital transformation of the past two decades has resulted in an entirely new set of opportunities as well as challenges. In today’s world, nonprofits achieve mission-focused success and competitive advantage by implementing and leveraging best practices with digital technologies.
Managing information and digital content is vital, leading to the embrace of powerful digital asset management tools and practices. Viewed from the perspective of 2018, there has been a remarkable evolution, as organizations have adapted and thrived (or not) in this new, technological ecosystem. This session will explore how nonprofit organizations have evolved as they continue to fulfill their important missions.
Using an interactive case study format to include multiple perspectives, panelists from different types and sizes of nonprofits will share their stories. We will examine the origins of adopting new tools such as DAMs, the challenges faced, and the evolution that has taken place in our sector. We will look at changes to strategy over time, and the different ways that organizational structures have shifted in response. Through open sharing and plenty of audience participation, attendees and presenters will learn from each other, gain practical knowledge, expand professional networks, and set the stage for continued success.
Moderator:
Douglas Hegley, Chief Digital Officer, Minneapolis Institute of Art
Panelists:
Jessica Berlin, Director, Digital Asset Management, American Cancer Society
Peter Dueker, Head of Web and Imaging Services, National Gallery of Art
Susan Luchars, Librarian and Archivist
Dr. Stephanie Tuszynski, Director of the Digital Library, The White House Historical Association
Museums and cultural heritage organizations wrestle with ticketing systems, finding it hard to access the data, apply complex discounting, and maintain brand experience. In 2017, two organizations took on innovative approaches to solve some of these problems. The Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) developed a new ticketing site internally, a Web product called Museum Nice and Simple Ticketing (MNST). Its key concept: a cart-less and login-less experience. Also in 2017, the Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia) launched a new ticketing and transaction platform called Hive which uses an open source Web-standard approach to run transactions and work seamlessly with customers’ membership records in Salesforce. Both institutions recognize the complexity and stress of developing these systems. And yet, both ACMI and Mia took this route. The session will explore key details of each project, including the following:
– Why a ticketing project? What problem(s) were we trying to solve?
– How each platform was built;
– Similarities/differences between the organizations and projects;
– Integration—the word that scares all technologists.
This session is designed to be meaningful and useful for a number of different MW attendees, from senior decision-makers to software developers and the staff who spend their days working directly in ticketing and transaction systems. Attendees will learn real-world information about the technology, code base, APIs and UI/UX of each system. Attendees can expect an open discussion and active debate about the “best way to do this”—after all, not every organization can or should take the same approach. Attendees will take away practical knowledge about business systems, software development, and transaction processing that can be applied to their own organizations and professional careers.
Slides from session at Henry Stewart DAM LA Conference
November 14, 2017
Session description:
The cultural heritage sector plays an important role in our society, primarily because it has the responsibility to collect and preserve both artifacts and knowledge from the past in order to share them in the present and maintain them for the benefit of future generations.
Nearly all cultural heritage organizations operate as nonprofits, with specific mandates and very tight budgets. With those constraints in place, the sector must still find a way to compete for the same customers as all other consumer-oriented businesses - in that light, leveraging digital content offers a strong potential path to success.
In order to attract and engage 21st century audiences and contributors, cultural heritage organizations have become digital publishers, creating and providing access to meaningful content on a scale that was never anticipated. While most have become adept at producing digital content, the sector has been playing catch up when it comes to organizing, cataloging and sharing that content.
This session will look at how cultural organizations can achieve mission-focused success and competitive advantage by adopting best practices in digital asset management and digital curation. In addition, we will examine the formal responsibility and challenge for nonprofit/cultural heritage organizations to ensure long-term preservation and provide access to digital assets in perpetuity.
Encryption in Microsoft 365 - ExpertsLive Netherlands 2024Albert Hoitingh
In this session I delve into the encryption technology used in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Purview. Including the concepts of Customer Key and Double Key Encryption.
Removing Uninteresting Bytes in Software FuzzingAftab Hussain
Imagine a world where software fuzzing, the process of mutating bytes in test seeds to uncover hidden and erroneous program behaviors, becomes faster and more effective. A lot depends on the initial seeds, which can significantly dictate the trajectory of a fuzzing campaign, particularly in terms of how long it takes to uncover interesting behaviour in your code. We introduce DIAR, a technique designed to speedup fuzzing campaigns by pinpointing and eliminating those uninteresting bytes in the seeds. Picture this: instead of wasting valuable resources on meaningless mutations in large, bloated seeds, DIAR removes the unnecessary bytes, streamlining the entire process.
In this work, we equipped AFL, a popular fuzzer, with DIAR and examined two critical Linux libraries -- Libxml's xmllint, a tool for parsing xml documents, and Binutil's readelf, an essential debugging and security analysis command-line tool used to display detailed information about ELF (Executable and Linkable Format). Our preliminary results show that AFL+DIAR does not only discover new paths more quickly but also achieves higher coverage overall. This work thus showcases how starting with lean and optimized seeds can lead to faster, more comprehensive fuzzing campaigns -- and DIAR helps you find such seeds.
- These are slides of the talk given at IEEE International Conference on Software Testing Verification and Validation Workshop, ICSTW 2022.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
Unlocking Productivity: Leveraging the Potential of Copilot in Microsoft 365, a presentation by Christoforos Vlachos, Senior Solutions Manager – Modern Workplace, Uni Systems
Securing your Kubernetes cluster_ a step-by-step guide to success !KatiaHIMEUR1
Today, after several years of existence, an extremely active community and an ultra-dynamic ecosystem, Kubernetes has established itself as the de facto standard in container orchestration. Thanks to a wide range of managed services, it has never been so easy to set up a ready-to-use Kubernetes cluster.
However, this ease of use means that the subject of security in Kubernetes is often left for later, or even neglected. This exposes companies to significant risks.
In this talk, I'll show you step-by-step how to secure your Kubernetes cluster for greater peace of mind and reliability.
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 5DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 5. In this session, we will cover CI/CD with devops.
Topics covered:
CI/CD with in UiPath
End-to-end overview of CI/CD pipeline with Azure devops
Speaker:
Lyndsey Byblow, Test Suite Sales Engineer @ UiPath, Inc.
Sudheer Mechineni, Head of Application Frameworks, Standard Chartered Bank
Discover how Standard Chartered Bank harnessed the power of Neo4j to transform complex data access challenges into a dynamic, scalable graph database solution. This keynote will cover their journey from initial adoption to deploying a fully automated, enterprise-grade causal cluster, highlighting key strategies for modelling organisational changes and ensuring robust disaster recovery. Learn how these innovations have not only enhanced Standard Chartered Bank’s data infrastructure but also positioned them as pioneers in the banking sector’s adoption of graph technology.
How to Get CNIC Information System with Paksim Ga.pptxdanishmna97
Pakdata Cf is a groundbreaking system designed to streamline and facilitate access to CNIC information. This innovative platform leverages advanced technology to provide users with efficient and secure access to their CNIC details.
Why You Should Replace Windows 11 with Nitrux Linux 3.5.0 for enhanced perfor...SOFTTECHHUB
The choice of an operating system plays a pivotal role in shaping our computing experience. For decades, Microsoft's Windows has dominated the market, offering a familiar and widely adopted platform for personal and professional use. However, as technological advancements continue to push the boundaries of innovation, alternative operating systems have emerged, challenging the status quo and offering users a fresh perspective on computing.
One such alternative that has garnered significant attention and acclaim is Nitrux Linux 3.5.0, a sleek, powerful, and user-friendly Linux distribution that promises to redefine the way we interact with our devices. With its focus on performance, security, and customization, Nitrux Linux presents a compelling case for those seeking to break free from the constraints of proprietary software and embrace the freedom and flexibility of open-source computing.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 6DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 6. In this session, we will cover Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI.
UiPath Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI webinar offers an in-depth exploration of leveraging cutting-edge technologies for test automation within the UiPath platform. Attendees will delve into the integration of generative AI, a test automation solution, with Open AI advanced natural language processing capabilities.
Throughout the session, participants will discover how this synergy empowers testers to automate repetitive tasks, enhance testing accuracy, and expedite the software testing life cycle. Topics covered include the seamless integration process, practical use cases, and the benefits of harnessing AI-driven automation for UiPath testing initiatives. By attending this webinar, testers, and automation professionals can gain valuable insights into harnessing the power of AI to optimize their test automation workflows within the UiPath ecosystem, ultimately driving efficiency and quality in software development processes.
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into integrating generative AI.
2. Understanding how this integration enhances test automation within the UiPath platform
3. Practical demonstrations
4. Exploration of real-world use cases illustrating the benefits of AI-driven test automation for UiPath
Topics covered:
What is generative AI
Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI.
UiPath integration with generative AI
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
In the rapidly evolving landscape of technologies, XML continues to play a vital role in structuring, storing, and transporting data across diverse systems. The recent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) present new methodologies for enhancing XML development workflows, introducing efficiency, automation, and intelligent capabilities. This presentation will outline the scope and perspective of utilizing AI in XML development. The potential benefits and the possible pitfalls will be highlighted, providing a balanced view of the subject.
We will explore the capabilities of AI in understanding XML markup languages and autonomously creating structured XML content. Additionally, we will examine the capacity of AI to enrich plain text with appropriate XML markup. Practical examples and methodological guidelines will be provided to elucidate how AI can be effectively prompted to interpret and generate accurate XML markup.
Further emphasis will be placed on the role of AI in developing XSLT, or schemas such as XSD and Schematron. We will address the techniques and strategies adopted to create prompts for generating code, explaining code, or refactoring the code, and the results achieved.
The discussion will extend to how AI can be used to transform XML content. In particular, the focus will be on the use of AI XPath extension functions in XSLT, Schematron, Schematron Quick Fixes, or for XML content refactoring.
The presentation aims to deliver a comprehensive overview of AI usage in XML development, providing attendees with the necessary knowledge to make informed decisions. Whether you’re at the early stages of adopting AI or considering integrating it in advanced XML development, this presentation will cover all levels of expertise.
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Alt. GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using ...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
13. Verso: Award Winning Effort
– American Alliance of Museum: 2013 Silver Muse Award
– International Design and Communications: 2013 Best App
– Graphic Design USA: 2013 American Graphic Design Award
Kris
14. Verso: Reach
– Over 7500 Subscribers
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80% US
10 % China
10% from 65 other countries
– from Qatar to Borneo to
Azerbaijan to Moldova ...
Kris
21. Process
– Needed:
• Space/time for individual effort
• Manager’s support
• An iPad, headphones
• Schedule: Summer 2012
Kris
22. Tools Used
• Content layout & production: Adobe Creative Suite
• Audio editing software: Hindenburg
• Video editing software: various
• Animation: out-sourced contractors
• Published via: Adobe Digital Publishing Suite (DPS)
Kris
27. Methods
• From individual to team effort
– Build collaborative team, learn as we go
• Fit into existing work
Kris
28. Methods
• From individual to team effort
– Build collaborative team, learn as we go
• Fit into existing work
• What are we going to STOP doing?
Kris
29. Methods
• From individual to team effort
– Build collaborative team
• Find like-minded people with the right skills
– We are all learning as we go!
• Fit the effort into our existing work
• What are we going to STOP doing?
– We are still working on this …
Kris
32. Platform
• iPad: Pros
– Elegance of interface – beautiful display
– iPads = number 1 device
Douglas
33. Platform
• iPad: Pros
– Elegance of interface – beautiful display
– MIA audience statistics: iPads = number 1 device
– Standardized format – needed only 1 version of content
Douglas
35. Platform
• iPad: Cons
– Limited access – not everyone owns an iPad
– Proprietary file formats
Douglas
36. Platform
• iPad: Cons
– Limited access – not everyone owns an iPad
– Proprietary file formats
– Future:
• iOS upgrades?
• Feature maintenance?
Douglas
37. Successes
• Management buy-in via demonstration
– Including Executives and Trustees
– A working prototype trumps a written proposal every time
Douglas
40. Challenges
• Complex – could use a project manager
– Staffing (really only me and one writer)
Kris
41. Challenges
• Complex – could use a project manager
– Staffing (really only me and one writer)
• Promotion? How do we get the word out?
Kris
42. Challenges
• Complex – could use a project manager
– Staffing (really only me and one writer)
• Promotion? How do we get the word out?
• Cost model, including content production costs
Kris
43. Options
• How else could this be accomplished?
– Responsive web design
Douglas
44. Options
• How else could this be accomplished?
– Responsive web design
– Alternative digital publishing tools
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docpub2ebook
EPUBgen
Laker
Treesaver
The Baker framework
even WordPress (see The Bangor Daily News)
Douglas
45. Options
• How else could this be accomplished?
– Responsive web design
– Now more digital publishing tools out there, which one
would work best for you?
– Developer v. Designer
– Outsource it
Douglas
46. Current Status
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As of October 15, 2013, VERSO has 111 ratings/reviews on the iTunes App Store, the overwhelming majority at 5
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The V&A’s magazine has 0.
The TATE’s magazine has 0.
The Getty’s magazine has 0.
The Hammer Museum’s member magazine has 0.
The High Museum’s member magazine has 0.
The Art Institute of Chicago’s member magazine has 8.
Kris
48. The Future
• Future plans and ideas
– Verso is still an experiment
– Whether it continues or not, we have:
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New production workflows
New skills for MIA staff
Stronger collaborative methods
That will transfer to other efforts
Douglas
49. The Future
• Future plans and ideas
– Need: rigorous content strategy
Douglas
50. Thank you!
Douglas Hegley, Director of Technology
dhegley@artsmia.org
@dhegley
http://www.slideshare.net/dhegley
Kristine Thayer, Senior Designer
kthayer@artsmia.org
@kristhayer11
Editor's Notes
Douglas: We are privileged to speak to you today about Verso: Unveiling the Backstory
Douglas: Verso is a digital publication created by the Minneapolis Institute of Arts for the iPad. To date, we’ve produced 4 issues, and we are hard at work on issue number 5.
Douglas: Verso provides an insider’s view of the art museum world
Douglas: It’s filled with a wide variety of digital content and types, from old-fashioned text through images to video and interactives.
Kris:
Verso enables us to tell stories using the best features of interactive digital media. Topics range from scholarship and research …
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… to community and contemporary art …
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… to collecting …
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… to acquiring works of art …
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… to fascinating behind-the-scenes stories about the kind of things that go on day-to-day in the museum setting, often out of the public eye … for example, conservation
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… and even surprising and (hopefully) delightful stories, such as the MIA’s recent project to join the local, sustainable honey bee movement!
Kris:
In addition to the MUSE award we received from AAM, Verso has been recognized by other leading national and international design and communications organizations.
Kris:
We have engaged audiences, primarily in the US but also across the globe, including some rather surprising locations as you can see.
Douglas: Let’s talk a bit about the WHY behind this effort, then Kris will talk about the how.
Douglas: Being perfectly frank, Kris gets a ton of credit for Verso, because it was really her individual drive to learn a new platform and expand her own horizons in alignment with the museum’s new strategic directions. Her passion and commitment got us started. One person truly can make a difference.
Douglas: All museums have almost limitless stories to tell, and we have envisioned Verso as an ideal NEW platform for sharing that wonderful content.
Douglas: The content is both broad – across many topic areas - and deep – at times going into rich detail about one particular object or museum practice.
Douglas: The MIA is embracing digital, and feedback from our audiences tells us that *interactivity* enables experiences that are engaging and truly moving.
Kris:
Now let’s talk about how Verso came to be. In all honesty, it was NOT born as a major strategic initiative. Instead it was sort of a personal experiment. My background is print design, but I have always wanted to make things move and make noise! Soooo….
Kris:
I was able to get support from my manager to devote a portion of my time, beginning summer 2012. Really, all I needed to start was an iPad, a pair of headphones, and some time…..pretty straightforward.
Kris:
I started with Adobe’s Creative Suite, which I was already familiar with. And then added Adobe’s Digital Publishing tools (DPS). My learning was completely independent and self-directed, and lot of it was trial and error, But, I wasn’t completely alone. When I couldn’t figure something out, I turned to the on-line community in forums and blogs.
Kris:
For my first prototype, I re-purposed content I already had for a print publication. And when the prototype was finished, it was very interesting to compare the same content presented two very different ways: as a print magazine, and as an interactive, digital publication.
Kris:
When it came time to show the prototype, everyone - from my colleagues to my boss to the museum’s senior executives - got pretty excited ... being able to SHOW Verso was key to winning over management.
Kris:
Of course, this meant that I had to move really fast from a one-woman-experiment to a full-blown production workflow!
Kris:
So, we built a small, cross-departmental, collaborative team …
Kris:
… We found the best ways to fit the effort into the work we were already doing …(honestly, this was the hardest part!)
Kris:
And… We tried to make HARD decisions about what to stop doing …
Kris:
… And, well, you’ve probably all guessed it….we are still working on this …
Douglas: So let’s talk briefly about our choice of the iPad platform.
Douglas: First and foremost, it looks great, just beautiful. As an art museum, we aim for very high quality in our reproductions.
Douglas: Secondly, both industry- and our local-level research shows that the iPad is simply the tablet of choice, at present and for the immediate future, within our audience segments.
Douglas: Finally, we only have the resources and bandwidth to produce one version and format of each content element. More platforms would mean a LOT more content production work. We can all hope that this variability in content needs will fade over time as epublishing platforms mature and standardize.
Douglas: There are some negatives, of course, starting with the fact that not everyone HAS an iPad.
Douglas: And when you produce for a specific output device, you essentially lock your content into one format, preventing cross-channel sharing. We know that we made a tactical decision here, and that our longer-term strategy is in fact the polar opposite – content that can be shared across multiple platforms.
Douglas: Finally, upgrades worry us. We don’t control when they happen, and we may not have the capacity to go back and re-write all of the earlier content and complete issues of Verso in case they suddenly stopped working. Yikes!
Douglas: The project built upon its early successes to reach where it stands today. Showing instead of telling was VERY effective, never underestimate the power of a working prototype!
Douglas: The support from museum leadership led to a small amount of private funding that has helped to drive the project forward during its early growth phase.
Douglas: We are working hard at the museum to change the working culture, to embrace cross-functional teams, eliminate siloed-thinking, and maintain a sense of project independence (and move fast!)
Kris: There are a number of challenges we face. First, all I want for Christmas is a Project Manager! We are working with a small team, and all of us have other responsibilities beyond producing Verso. Plus, both my writer and I are part-time!
Kris: Despite our successes to date, we still struggle with how to get the word out, how to engage an even larger audience.
Kris: And finally, paying for this effort leads to questions of sustainability, and brings us back to the question of what we will STOP doing to free up the resources to take on the consistent production of a high-quality e-publication.
Douglas: Now, with the benefit of hindsight, we can think about alternative approaches. For example, instead of Adobe DPS and iPads, we could have gone with a responsive website design using HTML5. This would limit the interactivity at present, but stay tuned as web technology continues to evolve.
Douglas: Digital publishing tools are proliferating, including many open source choices. Which would be best for you?
Douglas: Of course, you can simply let this be someone else’s headache, but then you miss out on the chance for building institutional knowledge, developing new workflows, and of course out-sourcing can be rather expensive. One tip: beware of inexpensive options, you may get exactly what you pay for.
Kris: Verso has clearly engaged an audience, because they rate it and comment on it like NO OTHER museum’s digital publication, as you can see. Our readers are BIG FANS, and they are letting the world know about it.
Douglas: Let’s close our presentation with a brief consideration of what’s next. Truth be told, Verso is still an experiment. We’ll track it to see if it continues to engage and grow. But even if Verso doesn’t reach the highest heights, we’ve learned so much by doing this project that it has had a lasting impact on how we work as a museum and how we think about our content and how we share it.
Douglas: Here are just a few examples of that impact.
Douglas: And one final thought – as we explore the many avenues for sharing our digital content, it becomes more and more clear to us that we need to have a strong foundational content strategy. We need to understand our channels, plan our communications accordingly, and craft stories that engage audiences wherever they are and however they interact with us. Thank you!