“Any A.I. smart enough to pass a Turing test is smart enough to know to fail it.” – Ian Mcdonald – River of Gods
Ze komen er aan, tablets, telefoons en waarschijnlijk ook nieuwe formfactoren met opvouwbare schermen. De SamSung Galaxy Fold was nog geen succes, maar zowel de hardware als de software fabrikanten werken hard aan deze nieuwe apparaten met verrassend nieuwe toepassingen…
De mensen van Unbox Therapy hebben recent een nieuw proof of concept van Lenovo gereviewd. veelbelovend ..
Why Read This Report
Our 28-criterion evaluation of low-code development platforms for application development and delivery (AD&D) professionals assesses the 13 most significant suppliers — Clear Software, GeneXus, Kony, MatsSoft, Mendix, Microsoft, OutSystems, Progress Software, Salesforce, ServiceNow, Skuid, Thinkwise, and WaveMaker. This report shows how each provider measures up and helps AD&D pros select the right one for their needs.
Key Takeaways
Microsoft, OutSystems, Mendix, Kony, And Salesforce Are Leaders
Forrester’s research reveals a market in which Microsoft, longtime rivals OutSystems and Mendix, Kony, and Salesforce are Leaders; ServiceNow, GeneXus, and Progress Software are Strong Performers; MatsSoft, WaveMaker, and Thinkwise are Contenders; and Skuid and Clear Software are Challengers.
Features For Digital-Business Use Cases Set Apart The Leaders
Development services for basic web and mobile applications, including standards for integration, basic data management and mapping, workflow, development process support, and application and identity administration, are table stakes. The leading vendors have also moved into business process automation, real-time applications, and AI services, as well as large, mission-critical apps.
New Vantage Partners heeft een Interessant onderzoek gepubliceerd : Data and Innovation – How Big Data and AI are Accelerating Business Transformation
Het rapport bevat een onverwachte trend; het aantal ‘data driven’ organsiaties daalt in plaats van te stijgen.
Most companies are still not data-driven, and won’t be anytime soon
Business adoption of Big Data and AI initiatives must be viewed through a long-term lens – as a process and a journey. Only 31.0% of companies say they are data-driven. This number has declined from 37.1% in 2017 and 32.4% in 2018. We are headed the wrong direction. Firms need to adopt a long-term approach, focusing on the complex cultural challenges as a starting point.
Lees wel het gehele rapport voor een goed totaalbeeld.
The 2019 edition of the New Vantage Partners Big Data and AI Executive Survey includes many results that are reasons for celebration. They include:
- There was a higher participation rate in the survey than ever before, suggesting that more executives believe the topic is important.
- 90% of those who completed the survey are “C-level” executives—chief data, analytics, or information officers. A decade ago, only one of these jobs even existed.
- 92% of the respondents are increasing their pace of investment in big data and AI.
- 62% have already seen measurable results from their investments in big data and AI (a bit less than in 2018, but still pretty good).
- 48% say their organization competes on data and analytics. When Tom introduced this concept in 2006, perhaps 5% of large organizations would have said they did so.
- 31% have a “data-driven organization,” and 28% a “data culture.” Granted that these are minorities, but perhaps it’s impressive that nearly a third of organizations have brought about these transformations.
The motivation for further change is also quite high, suggesting more movement in the future. 75% fear disruption from new entrants, and 88% feel greater urgency to invest in big data and AI. 92% are driven by positive objectives—transformation, agility, or competition—and only 5% are driven by cost reduction.
Video die de omslag van MIcrosoft op het gebied van partnerships over tijd goed weergeeft
Source : Vowe.net
The 3D Workspace is gradualy coming to live …
The Mt. Rogers research project is focused on improving traditional productivity tasks in mixed reality environments. It allows users to put on a head-mounted display and surround themselves with as many virtual monitors as is useful. Thus Mt. Rogers offers infinite screen real-estate in a portable and private manner. Our project goals are superb text readability, efficient user input and user comfort. By achieving these goals, Mt. Rogers can function as an effective monitor replacement while giving users access to the full Windows desktop and applications that they already know and love.
Read more : Mt. Rogers: Head-worn productivity displays
Sinds kort volg ik het youtubekanaal van van Scotty Adams : Strange Parts.
De videos van Scotty gaan voornamelijk over zijn avonturen in China en met name de electronica industrie, maar soms ook andere dingen, zoals zijn bezoek aan de grootste groothandels ter wereld.
I took a tour around the Yiwu Industrial Trade City – the largest wholesale market in the world. People come here from every country to buy goods to export. 5.5 million square meters, 7km long, this market is beyond giant. And it’s all one interconnected building. I explored it for a day with Collin Abroadcast, a fellow market fanatic. From Christmas decorations to children’s toys to hardware and tools, we found a bunch of stuff that blew our minds.
It’s common for enterprises to run workloads on more than one cloud provider; however, adopting a multi-cloud strategy comes with complexities like handling different cost models, varying billing cycles, and different cloud designs that can be difficult to navigate across multiple dashboards and views.
Azure Cost Management now offers cross-cloud support. This is available in preview and can play a critical role in helping you efficiently and effectively managing your organization’s multi-cloud needs. Onboard your AWS costs via an easy-to-use cloud connector to get a single view of your expenditures, so you can analyze and budget for the future in one place.
Get deep insights into your cloud spend with the rich graphic capabilities in cost analysis. Analyze your costs across 18 available dimensions like provider, service name, usage location, availability zones, meter, and tags. Cost analysis provides the flexibility to view granular charges to understand what’s driving costs and anomalies, or high-level views to analyze total and month-over-month costs for one or both of your cloud providers. Learn more about Azure Cost Management cost analysis.
Continue at source : https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/manage-your-cross-cloud-spend-using-azure-cost-management/
Vandaag stond er een interessante post van Rob Vos van het Deltion College op LinkedIn.
Rob triggered een discussie over een herziening van de referentiearchitectuur voor het MBO. een goed initiatief en zeer noodzakelijk vind ik. De huidige referentiearchitecturen zijn al relatief ‘oud’ en de technologische ontwikkelingen hebben de afgelopen jaren zeker niet stilgestaan. Daarnaast veranderd ook de rol van het MBO waardoor nieuwe of onderbelichte functies belangrijker zijn of worden.
Interessant om te volgen waar ‘MORA’ ons gaat brengen 
Net als jij werk ik al jaren met Excel en ik vind mezelf ook nog eens bovengemiddeld handig met Excel 
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Na het bekijken van deze video heb ik enorm veel nieuwe functies geleerd die mijn werken met Excel sneller en productiever maken. De video duurt nog geen 30 minuten en is echt de moeite waard !
De Top 25 tips en trucs voor Excel 2016. Gebruik deze tips en trucs om uw efficiëntie te verbeteren met behulp van Excel. Ik weet zeker dat je er een paar zult ontdekken die je nog niet eerder hebt gezien en anderen die je verkeerd hebt gebruikt.
Bekijk de Advanced Excel-video op https://youtu.be/PU8ACyYxJBk. Nog eens 15 Excel 2016 Tips & Tricks: https://youtu.be/L9SKTj2gevA
Bij het ontwerp en de implementatie van (hybride) cloud oplossingen is het altijd verstandig om dicht bij de standaard te blijven en grillige workarounds of maatwerk, daar waar mogelijk, te vermijden.
Een belangrijke bron daarbij zijn zgn referentie architecturen; de bron / basis zoals de oplossing bedoeld is en zoals deze kan intergreren met bestaande omgevingen.
Microsoft heeft een goed overzicht van de hun cloud IT architectuur bronnen :
Learn core cloud architecture concepts for Microsoft identity, security, networking, and hybrid. Review prescriptive recommendations for protecting files, identities, and devices when using Microsoft’s cloud. Learn how to deploy a modern and secure desktop with Windows 10 and Office ProPlus.
These architecture tools and posters give you information about Microsoft cloud services, including Office 365, Windows 10, Azure Active Directory, Microsoft Intune, Microsoft Dynamics 365, and hybrid on-premises and cloud solutions. IT decision makers and architects can use these resources to determine the ideal solutions for their workloads and to make decisions about core infrastructure components such as identity and security.
Microsoft 365 enterprise solution series:
Bron : https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/enterprise/microsoft-cloud-it-architecture-resources
Microsoft hybrid cloud is a set of business scenarios that combine a Microsoft cloud platform with an on-premises component. You can use hybrid cloud as a path to migrate your business and its IT needs to the cloud or integrate cloud platforms and services with your existing on-premises infrastructure as part of your overall IT strategy.
This poster tells the cross-cloud story on hybrid cloud architecture and scenarios for Azure, Office 365, Microsoft Intune, and Dynamics 365.
Download poster : here
Architectures to help you design and implement secure, highly-available, performant and resilient solutions on Azure.
Visit page : Azure solution architectures
The IoT Architecture Guide aims to accelerate customers building IoT Solutions on Azure by providing a proven production ready architecture, with proven technology implementation choices, and with links to Solution Accelerator reference architecture implementations such as Remote Monitoring and Connected Factory. The document offers an overview of the IoT space, recommended subsystem factoring for scalable IoT solutions, prescriptive technology recommendations per subsystems, and detailed sections per subsystem that explore use cases and technology alternatives.
https://azure.microsoft.com/nl-nl/blog/azure-iot-reference-architecture-update/