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The article offers information on how techniques and technologies bringing agility to enterprise data. It mentions that how strategies have been transforming building blocks of portability, adaptability, and rapid delivery containers, microservices, DevOps, and DataOps. It discusses that importance of increasing sophistication of scalable compute platforms.

This article discusses the challenges faced by the engineering sector in delivering projects on time and on budget. It highlights the urgent need for increased investment in renewable energy and infrastructure projects to meet climate commitments. The article identifies a shortage of engineering talent and a traditional business model that does not incentivize transformation as key obstacles. It explores seven disruptive features, such as agile software engineering and AI-enabled design automation, that could transform the sector and improve project delivery. The article suggests that a reimagined business model, with shared incentives and risk, is necessary to achieve these changes. [Extracted from the article]

A report titled "The Middle East Open Cloud: An extravagant award ready to be caught" by McKinsey and Company highlights the significant potential of public cloud integration in the Middle East. The report states that the cloud can enhance digital infrastructure, enable advanced services like machine learning, and add $130 billion in value to companies by 2030. It also suggests that use cases in the public sector could generate up to $50 billion in value by 2030. The report identifies challenges faced by businesses in adopting the cloud and provides strategies for Middle Eastern enterprises to overcome these obstacles and realize the benefits. These strategies include prioritizing high-value use cases, developing local talent, and managing cloud expenses effectively. The research methodology involved analyzing over 700 use cases across 19 industries and using historical revenue growth rates and industry statistics to project future sales. [Extracted from the article]

Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Atlantic recently concluded its largest-ever annual System of Systems Naval Integration Experiment (SoSNIE) event, which aimed to advance joint all-domain warfighting concepts. The event brought together scientists, engineers, and warfighters from various branches of the military to integrate and advance capabilities for the warfighter. The experiment involved analyzing data exchanges across local airspace to evaluate targeting, fires, and communications proficiency. The event also focused on collaboration with external commands and the integration of unmanned autonomous vehicles. NIWC Atlantic's efforts in this event contribute to the goal of enhancing the capabilities of the Navy, Marine Corps, and Special Operations Command. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses the Navy's efforts to modernize its records management system. The Program Executive Office for Digital and Enterprise Services (PEO Digital) led a collaborative team to securely move millions of legacy records from cloud to cloud at high speeds without physical devices. They successfully implemented a new Microsoft 365 (M365)-based records management solution, replacing the previous custom-built tool. The team overcame challenges related to metadata and utilized agile methodologies to ensure the successful transfer of official Navy records. The article also mentions the potential use of artificial intelligence (AI) services in the future and highlights the team's efforts to improve the solution and share their knowledge with other organizations. [Extracted from the article]

The Naval Warfare Information Systems Command (NAVWAR) has launched the OneNAVWAR Digital Innovation Nexus (ODIN) to drive data-informed decision making and digital transformation. ODIN is a Command Information Office (CIO) initiative that utilizes the Microsoft Power Platform suite of business development tools to create custom applications, automate tasks, and build reports and visualizations without coding. The goal of ODIN is to provide a centralized platform for application development and a library of custom data solutions, reducing redundancy and barriers to data sharing. ODIN is currently in the pilot phase, with new applications being added regularly. [Extracted from the article]

The article focuses on evolution has shaken up the fundamentals of space systems engineering, making it a competitive, business-driven field. Topics include dealing with complexity, time and cost are emerging as major priorities, the justification for value-added services and products that can result from investment in space technologies will be in the spotlight, and the digital technology solutions can help space agencies and businesses move faster.

The article discusses the role of user experience (UX) research and design research in relation to agile software teams. Topics include the relation of end user attitudes to the importance of UX, the difference between current customers and target users, and problems with relying on the opinions of executives about products.

[INTERVIEW] CISCO 44 I VOICE&DA T A I March 2021 I A CyberMedia Publication www.voicendata.com Sudhir Nayar Managing Director, Commercial Sales, Cisco India and SAARC 44 I VOICE&DA T A I March 2021 I A CyberMedia Publication www.voicendata.com [INTErvIEw ] CiSCo [INTERVIEW] CISCO www.voicendata.com VOICE&DA T A I March 2021 I A CyberMedia Publication I 45 "New consumption models increased Enterprise Agreement sales by 100%" compromise on employee/customer safety, security, productivity, and experience across a flexible distributed working/business environment; flexibility to shift and scale IT capacity, capability, and resources where the demand lies and as the market environment evolves; and the ability to develop and automate new capabilities in an agile manner as the business need arises. Be it on-premise, hybrid, multi-cloud, or even a private cloud environment, Cisco customers today enjoy unparalleled control and visibility of their optimized infrastructure, end to end. [INTERVIEW] CISCO www.voicendata.com VOICE&DA T A I March 2021 I A CyberMedia Publication I 47 InterSite allows the customer to seamlessly manage their apps across any cloud, and onpremise. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses the need to dominate the electro magnetic spectrum has been higher for the U.S. military the end of the Cold War. Topics include "U. S. military operations have rarely conducted unilaterally and have increasingly reliant on contributions from allies and partners," and the Department has helped to develop military-to-military agreements, host nation agreements, agreements with the North Atlantic 'Treaty Organization.

The article focuses on digital transformation likely involves adopting software development methodologies such as Agile and DevOps to enable this digital footprint. Topics include the types of business processes and mindsets that likely need adjusting as this shift occurs, and the simple task of adding a resource to an established Agile team could cause has unintended interruption.

The article discusses that the businesses which were earlier reluctant to try out new technologies and work arrangements, have started to rethink their strategy to innovate. It mention that they have realized the importance of investing in cloud services during current times and have expedited their adoption process, which would have otherwise taken many years to accomplish.

The article focuses on methods of improving productivity and ensuring information technology (IT) value creation. It states that software development outsourcing and purchasing software packages both can involve a significant allocation of internal IT resources for systems analysis, integration with other software systems, data warehouses, data migration, and more. It comments on the use of Agile, Scrum, and Extreme Programming development methodologies to increase software development productivity and talks about the use of lean techniques to improve the cost effectiveness of IT organizations. It mentions the reuse of software and the use of critical chain methodology to reduce lead times for software development projects.

The article discusses the agile movement, which is an initiative to improve the ways in which software is developed, and the Software Engineering Method and Theory (SEMAT) initiative, which is a novel way of looking at the domain of software engineering. The authors argue that when the two initiatives are combined, it empowers teams to be innovative, to experiment, and to improve the results they deliver. Topics include what SEMAT adds to the agile movement, the support that SEMAT provides in helping organizations become agile, the goal of the SEMAT initiative, and what the agile movement add to SEMAT.

The article presents profiles of various exhibitors of the Big Data and AI World Expo. InfluxData, creator of the open source time series platform InfluxDB, empowers developers and organizations to build transformative monitoring, analytics and IoT applications quicker and to scale. MongoDB is the leading modern, general purpose database platform, designed to unleash the power of software and data for developers and the applications they build.

The article informs that data management and integration demands continue to increase as organizations are faced with more data flowing, and need to extract business value and to protect and offer wider access to that data for users. Topics include data-driven is the goal of all companies; and the importance of data related to customer insight, business operations, and digital transformation.

The article discusses a nimble boot camp-style peer-to-peer training model allowing one business school to act quickly to equip students with skills employers. Topics include the students enroll in training sessions not appreciate learn a skill without the pressure of earning a grade; and student proved to be a whiz at Excel.

Purpose: This paper aims to present a dynamic model based on casual relationships among the most important effective factors on business–IT alignment in Agile businesses by using system dynamics modeling approach. Design/methodology/approach: To study the most important factors on agility and alignment, the data were collected by questionnaires filled by 201 experts and were analyzed by SPSS and PLS. Casual relationships among studied factors and efficiency coefficients of each factor were identified by fuzzy DEMATEL technique and analyzed by MATLAB and EXCELL. Finally, the dynamic model was plotted by VENSIM. Findings: According to the results, only "learning IT capabilities" are the most important casual factor that has the highest influence on the other factors. "Business responding capabilities" take the highest effect from the system, and "business sensing capabilities" are in the next rank. Practical implications: This study underpins effective IT deployment toward developing efficient IT capabilities to gain greater agility. Originality/value: The dynamic capabilities view (DCV) has emerged as an influential theoretical and management framework in modern IS and agility researches. In this regard, we propose a conceptualization of dynamic capabilities in the form of an alignment model. Based on the dynamic capabilities, and on the alignment perspectives found in Henderson and Venkatraman's seminal model, IT alignment is modeled as a process of reconfiguration of the firm's IT and organizational resources, competencies and capabilities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses updates and issues on additive manufacturing (AM), particularly the importance of integrating design for additive manufacturing (DfAM) principles in the professional and student engineering settings to fully leverage the potential of AM. According to Pennsylvania State University's Nicholas Meisel, AM has revolutionized the manufacturing industry. Also cited are the key elements of DfAM like lattices.

The article discusses the convergence of data in the connected car, and need to adopt and adapt new development methodologies, tools and design concepts. Topics discussed the ultimate goal of digital thread is to provide data required to create a closed-loop connection between the virtual world of product development; and the only way for automotive original equipment manufacturers to maintain their profit margins is to reduce costs and provide rewarding customer-facing features.

The article presents an interview with Forrester's chief business technology officer & head of FeedbackNow, Steve Peltzman who makes it clear that "the pandemic will have a long-term effect, and the customer balance between convenience and safety will shift forever as a result. He talks about how should travel companies/ organizations use technology to adapt to the realities of a world that is still being challenged by an active pandemic.

The article focuses on Indian businesses have started leveraging Cloud technologies to a great extent as they attempted to cope with these uncertain times, and power innovation for greater adoption of Cloud across various industries. Topics include the views of Lionel Legros, General Manager of OVHcloud, on the multi-cloud approach provides the most comprehensive mix of public and private clouds, and the unprecedented global crisis caused by COVID-19 pandemic has not only rendered states.

The article offers information on the computer-aided design (CAD) drafting software from Autodesk including the AutoCAD 2021 and the AutoCAD LT 2021.

The article discusses Petróleo Brasileiro SA's (Petrobras) implementation of a digital transformation program designed to capture and maximize use of existing operational data to help improve future operations and processes at its Refinaria Henrique Lage (REVAP) refinery in São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil. It also mentions how Petrobras implemented a digital transformation program intended to integrate the refinery's current management and processing data.

The article offers information on the companies that matter most in data. Topics include Information Builders helps organizations operationalize and monetize their data with a complete solution for analytics; Innovative Routines International (IRI), the CoSort Company offers a big data handling platform, Voracity, including products to deliver solutions for data migration; and MariaDB Corp. is the company behind the enterprise open source database MariaDB, which delivers operational agility.

WE love a good hot hatch at Auto Express. 10 Suzuki Swift Sport Price: £19,044 Engine: 1.4-litre 4cyl turbo, 138bhp Economy: 47.1mpg CO[sub 2]: 135g/km 0-62mph: 8.1 seconds THE Suzuki Swift Sport has always been one of those rare hot hatchbacks that delivers more than the sum of its parts. 6 Mercedes-AMG A 35 Prices: £38,360-£44,360 Engine: 2.0-litre 4cyl turbo, 302bhp Economy: 34.0-35.8mpg CO[sub 2]: 180-188g/km 0-62mph: 4.7 seconds DON'T think of the Mercedes-AMG A 35 as anything other than a rather serious - and extremely potent - hot hatchback. "We reckon the sweetest version is the basic model, which still comes with a 276bhp 1.8-litre turbo engine" 3 Ford Focus ST Prices: £29,825-£33,710 Engines: 2.3-litre 4cyl turbo, 276bhp; 2.0-litre 4cyl turbodiesel, 187bhp Economy: 34.4-50.4mpg CO[sub 2]: 148-187g/km 0-62mph: 5.7-7.6 seconds NOT so long ago the idea of a front-wheel-drive hot hatch with 276bhp and, more to the point, 420Nm of torque was seriously radical, if not completely mad. [Extracted from the article]

This section offers news briefs on military and aerospace electronics in the U.S. as of May 2020. Topics discussed include partnership between the U.S. Air Force and Virginia-based Dark Wolf Solutions LLC for the agency's software penetration and adversarial assessment, development of a transportable gamma ray radiation generator by RadiaBeam Technologies under a contract with the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, and a contract awarded to BAE Systems for the U.S. Navy's F-35 jet.

Michelle and Betty are on to something with their commitment to walking at every stage of life - here's the research that proves them right: "We're more likely to reach our goals if we get specific", says trainer Amy Schemper, founder of Body by Amy and host of the Prevention DVD 10-Minute Pilates. Jennifer Walsh, founder of Walk With Walsh and a Virtual Walk ambassador, suggests using the Virtual Walk as an opportunity to invite a friend or neighbor to join you - and asking him or her to invite folks you may not know. By signing up, you get access to our exclusive Virtual Walk newsletter, which is how you'll access Schemper's training plan. [Extracted from the article]

In this article the author talks about the word "Agile" now saturates conversations in the software industry and has even overflowed into the popular business vernacular. It mentions that company seeks recognition for its ability to "do Agile" in its workplace, such efforts reflect noble intentions, software engineers share an abundance of stories regarding the challenges and frustrations of enduring the real consequences of such intentions.

In this article the author talks about critical factor for the failure of Agile initiatives is that leaders are disengaged from their strategies. Topics discussed finding your compelling why, engaging leadership training and coaching, forming aligned first team, creating Agile transformation team, embracing change as the constant, and becoming active culture-shaper.