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Researchers design AI that can infer whole floor plans from short video clips

January 7, 2021   Big Data

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Floor plans are useful for visualizing spaces, planning routes, and communicating architectural designs. A robot entering a new building, for instance, can use a floor plan to quickly sense the overall layout. Creating floor plans typically requires a full walkthrough so 3D sensors and cameras can capture the entirety of a space. But researchers at Facebook, the University of Texas at Austin, and Carnegie Mellon University are exploring an AI technique that leverages visuals and audio to reconstruct a floor plan from a short video clip.

The researchers assert that audio provides spatial and semantic signals complementing the mapping capabilities of images. They say this is because sound is inherently driven by the geometry of objects. Audio reflections bounce off surfaces and reveal the shape of a room, far beyond a camera’s field of view. Sounds heard from afar — even multiple rooms away — can reveal the existence of “free spaces” where sounding objects might exist (e.g., a dog barking in another room). Moreover, hearing sounds from different directions exposes layouts based on the activities or things those sounds represent. A shower running might suggest the direction of the bathroom, for example, while microwave beeps suggest a kitchen.

The researchers’ approach, which they call AV-Map, aims to convert short videos with multichannel audio into 2D floor plans. A machine learning model leverages sequences of audio and visual data to reason about the structure and semantics of the floor plan, finally fusing information from audio and video using a decoder component. The floor plans AV-Map generates, which extend significantly beyond the area directly observable in the video, show free space and occupied regions divided into a discrete set of semantic room labels (e.g., family room and kitchen).

 Researchers design AI that can infer whole floor plans from short video clips

The team experimented with two settings, active and passive, in digital environments from the popular Matternet3D and SoundSpaces datasets loaded into Facebook’s AI Habitat. In the first, they used a virtual camera to emit a known sound while it moved throughout the room of a model home. In the second, they relied only on naturally occurring sounds made by objects and people inside the home.

Across videos recorded in 85 large, real-world, multiroom environments within AI Habitat, the researchers say AV-Map not only consistently outperformed traditional vision-based mapping but improved the state-of-the-art technique for extrapolating occupancy maps beyond visible regions. With just a few glimpses spanning 26% of an area, AV-Map could estimate the whole area with 66% accuracy.

“A short video walk through a house can reconstruct the visible portions of the floorplan but is blind to many areas. We introduce audio-visual floor plan reconstruction, where sounds in the environment help infer both the geometric properties of the hidden areas as well as the semantic labels of the unobserved rooms (e.g., sounds of a person cooking behind a wall to the camera’s left suggest the kitchen),” the researchers wrote in a paper detailing AV-Map. “In future work, we plan to consider extensions to multi-level floor plans and connect our mapping idea to a robotic agent actively controlling the camera … To our knowledge, ours is the first attempt to infer floor plans from audio-visual data.”

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Researchers find cutting-edge language models fall short in basic reasoning

September 9, 2020   Big Data

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Even sophisticated language models such as OpenAI’s GPT-3 struggle with socially important topics like morality, history, and law. That’s the top-line finding from a new paper coauthored by Columbia, University of Chicago, and University of California, Berkeley researchers that proposes a 57-task test to measure models’ ability to reason. Models must possess problem-solving abilities and extensive knowledge about the world to perform well on the test. But in experiments, the coauthors found that the models they benchmarked — including GPT-3 — frequently didn’t know when they were wrong.

The goal of the novel test set is to bridge the gap between the knowledge that models see during training and existing measures of success in natural language processing. Like all machine learning models, language models learn patterns from vast data sets often sourced from Wikipedia, Reddit, ebooks, and other web sources. Some recently introduced benchmarks attempt to capture the linguistic skills of models, but so far, there’s little evidence to suggest a correlation between benchmark performance and a model’s grasp of commonsense reasoning.

The researchers claim their test is different in that it assesses models across subjects humans commonly learn, like mathematics, history, and ethics. To craft it, graduate and undergraduate students collected 15,908 questions from freely available sources online, including practice exams for undergraduate courses, quizzes for readers of Oxford University Press publications, and tests like the Graduate Record Examination, U.S. Medical Licensing Examination, and Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology. The tasks range in difficulty from an elementary level to an “advanced professional level,” a sampling the coauthors argue is sufficient for identifying a model’s blind spots.

 Researchers find cutting edge language models fall short in basic reasoning

Above: Example questions from the researchers’ test set.

“We measure arbitrary real-world text understanding,” they wrote, noting that each subject contains at least 100 test examples. “Since models are pretrained on the internet, this enables us to test how well they can extract useful knowledge from massive corpora.”

In addition to GPT-3, the researchers benchmarked Google’s T5 and the Allen Institute for AI’s UnifiedQA question-answering model against their test set. The results show that meaningful progress has only become possible in recent months, with models containing up to 13 billion parameters achieving 25% accuracy and 175-billion-parameter models like GPT-3 reaching 43.9% accuracy. (Parameters are parts of the model learned from historical training data.) But that being the case, GPT-3 failed to excel at any single subject; its performance was on the test set was lopsided, with almost 70% accuracy for its best subject (U.S. foreign policy) but “near-random” performance for several other subjects (e.g., college chemistry).

“Overall, GPT-3 does poorly on highly procedural problems,” the researchers explained. “It is notably poor at modeling human (dis)approval, as evident by the low performance on the professional law and moral scenarios tasks, [and it] also has difficulty performing calculations, so much so that it exhibits poor performance on elementary mathematics and many other STEM subjects with ‘plug and chug’ problems … We speculate that is in part because GPT-3 acquires declarative knowledge more readily than procedural knowledge.”

The findings imply that current models have room for improvement, but it’s unclear whether existing techniques will suffice. As the researchers point out, previous research indicates that a 10 times increase in model size must be accompanied by an approximately 5 times increase in data, which might be logistically prohibitive.

“Aside from the tremendous expense in creating multi-trillion parameter language models, data may also become a bottleneck,” the researchers continued. “There is far less written about esoteric branches of knowledge than about everyday text.”

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Trump is only 62% fascist or 29 Benitos short of a dictatorship

August 22, 2020   Humor
 Trump is only 62% fascist or 29 Benitos short of a dictatorship


WaPo published an update to the estimation of whether Trump was more than a rhetorical trope as a fascist, or more of an actual, historical fascist.

29 more “Benitos” to go, Trump has yet to win reelection by rigged balloting and only has a fraction of the population incarcerated. Ripping children from their parents, and increasing disproportionate wealth by exploiting the Treasury are not so fascistic to the WaPo article writer. Not being an economic historian, John O’Neil does undersell the effects on the US economy with a looming recession. 

Capitalists were in bed with Hitler and Mussolini, willing to deficit spend for global conquest. Ferdinand Porsche’s tanks and Hugo Boss’s uniforms. Aside from the use of slave labor, there were those Nobel Prize nominations for Hitler, so Trump has a shot, considering how Spain, Chile, Argentina, and Belarus managed their dictatorships

Trump’s more about the kleptocracy than a thousand year Reich, leaving the world war for the second term. Destroying democracy might then garner a few more Benitos. Darn weighting is much like the dimensions from Trump’s physical exams or his dementia tests. Tim Snyder does leave more room for the kinds of tyranny that we are currently enduring and that may run rampant in the Trump second term. Just because we aren’t there doesn’t mean history won’t get us there. 

So where does Trump’s administration stand as he is nominated for a second term? He earned 47 of a possible 76 Benitos, or 62 percent. He remains the greatest threat to American democracy since the Civil War, but his exercise of power only partly resembles that of real fascists. He still faces checks and balances in Washington. He hasn’t shut down rival parties or uncompliant media.

He has not directed the armed might of the state against citizens on anything like the scale used by Mussolini, let alone Hitler. He does not have his own obedient “squadristi” eager to beat up foes, even if plenty of his followers advocate (and sometimes indulge in) violence against minorities and Trump’s opponents. He has not arranged the murder of prominent political opponents. The cult of violence is integral to fascism but far less central to Trump. He is not ruling like a genuine fascist.  

But he has shown pronounced fascistic leanings. In the right circumstances — a crisis he could manage triumphantly, a more sympathetic military — perhaps he would try to extend his rule beyond whatever the voters allow him and convert the United States into a repressive, racist dictatorship. Or perhaps stage phony elections that hand the reins to Ivanka and Jared. At least a few members of Congress would probably support him, just as many parliamentarians voted to give Mussolini and Hitler emergency powers. Those lawmakers did not know at the time just where fascism might lead. We have a clearer idea.

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A lot of Trump’s support comes from young angry white men, particularly the racist, incel, neo-Nazi variety. Trump hasn’t created a youth movement to rival the efforts of Hitler and Mussolini, but it rivals anything any American President has had. 2 Benitos (9/16) pic.twitter.com/fiz4S6a8op

— Riff Raff (@RichardAOB) August 21, 2020

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3. Glorification of violence & readiness to use it politically (WP score 1)

I think the Washington Post was going easy on Trump even then. There’s an ever present sense of menace among his heavily armed supporters & tear gas has come to symbolise his presidency. 4 Benitos (7/16) pic.twitter.com/Dif84BJwgD

— Riff Raff (@RichardAOB) August 21, 2020

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Call me a generous marker but I’m giving Trump full points for a fascist political movement, given where we are in the process. With a total score of 40/42 Benitos that’s one test Donald Trump really did ace. (16/16) pic.twitter.com/nAL7pUipAo

— Riff Raff (@RichardAOB) August 21, 2020

Trump is the kind of screw-loose blowhard who has inspired all too many of us to play armchair psychiatrist. We’ve been putting him on the couch for the entire run of his presidency. So most, if not all, of the insights presented by the upcoming documentary “#Unfit: The Psychology of Donald Trump” (it drops on Aug. 28) will be familiar to any student of TISDS (Trump Is Seriously Deranged Syndrome).

Trump, as Dan Partland’s film explains, is a malignant narcissist. (Has there ever been a DSM diagnosis that sounded like more of a direct insult?) The film details the four qualities in Trump that define that syndrome: his paranoia (the feeling that any journalist who asks him a challenging question, or any staff member who doesn’t kiss his ring, is out to get him); his anti-social personality disorder (the constant lying, the lack of remorse about even the most destructive things he does); the sadism (the thousands of vicious attacks and insults in his tweets); and…well, his narcissism (do I need to detail that?).

In addition, the film analyzes his propensity to create and live in his own reality. It explores his absence of empathy — which, of course, is the defining quality of the sociopath. (They’re not insane; they just don’t care about you — or anyone else.) And it compares him to Hitler and Mussolini, and to the authoritarian leaders of our own time.

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“#Unfit” never gets into what I’ve always thought of as the most mentally unsound aspect of the Trump personality, which is this: We all know how many lies he has told in office (and for years beforehand), since it’s well- documented. But apart from the sheer scurrilousness of his daily fraudulence, one has to wonder: What does telling that many lies, to the point that he may actually believe a lot of them, do to a person’s head? What reality is Donald Trump living in? If we knew the answer to that, they could title a new disorder after it, one he’d probably be proud to have his name on.

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USPS email tells managers not to reconnect sorting machines
Dallas distrib. center tried to restore 4 delivery bar code sorter machines but found parts were missing
DBCS machines are essential to USPS, handling the sort of envelopes used for voter ballots https://t.co/rodjEt3BHS

— Michiko Kakutani (@michikokakutani) August 22, 2020

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Democracy is a value, so it must be valued, and it is a practice, so it must be practiced. If we want it, we must be open to learning from others, and then be prepared to take responsibility for ourselves. My reflections about learning from Belarus: https://t.co/8lmNbz58fJ

— Timothy Snyder (@TimothyDSnyder) August 16, 2020

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The diversity of the Maidan is impressive: the group that monitors hospitals so that the regime cannot kidnap the wounded is run by young feminists.”https://t.co/8aCV9EUppV

— Hong Kong Sojourner (@DavidLloydSmit4) August 16, 2020

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Is The Cloud Right For You? The Short Answer

April 10, 2020   SAP
 Is The Cloud Right For You? The Short Answer

If you want flexibility, cost-efficiency, and offsite access, then there can be no doubt the cloud is for you.

Pros and cons of cloud ERP

As a significant proportion of the world’s workforce gets used to working via cloud services from home, it is very hard to make a case against the cloud.

In recent weeks, our teams have done everything from holding marketing meetings online to doing virtual project kick-offs in which major ERP projects have been launched with participants scattered across multiple locations.

Working from anywhere in the world on any device is a lot more compelling as a selling point when your city is in lockdown.

The truth is that the advantages of cloud fit very well with the way we live and work now, whether we are in a crisis or not. Many more businesses will be wondering about moving ahead with cloud projects even in better times.

However, there are still legitimate concerns about the cloud, and we should honor them with our time. So here goes.

Downtime

Since cloud computing is Internet-based, outages are possible. But with the majority of the world working at home for at least some part of the next few months, the pros are in your favor.

In the event of a disaster, hosting data offsite in a cloud environment ensures its safety.

Security

You must trust your provider to take care of your data and maintain its data centers. Small and midsize businesses without hardware or access to IT specialists usually have less of a problem with this concept than big corporations. But if you are nervous, rest assured that all reputable vendors provide information about security at their data storage centers. SAP, for example, has an entire website – the Trust Center – based on sharing information about cloud security, privacy, and compliance.

Control and flexibility

Selecting a trusted partner is key here. When you work together as a team to scope and implement your system, you are not handing over control but rather inviting in experts who can help and advise you.

You get advice on the most efficient way of organizing your processes, for example. We recommend always listening to these recommendations, as they invariably lead to smooth-running ERP systems.

Technical issues

If you experience technical issues with a cloud system, you may need to call on support outside your organization. Make sure you know what support is on offer and who to call.

If you understand your responsibilities and the responsibilities of the cloud vendor, there will be less scope for problems.

Partners are very useful here, as they can help you escalate problems with big vendors because of their contacts. In many instances, they can assist you directly via their own help desks.

Lock-in

Vendors are very aware that the cloud model gives you the power to switch providers and are therefore keen to give you the very best service to persuade you to stay. This can only be positive! Take comfort in this and enjoy the updates they roll out quarterly and the education and events they offer. If you are not getting great treatment, you might not be with the right partner or the right brand.

Terms and benefits

The cloud refers to data that you can send and access from a remote server. Your data and applications are hosted on someone else’s server rather than on hardware on your own premises.

Benefits include:

  • Flexibility
  • Cost-efficiency
  • Ease of use
  • Backup and recovery
  • Offsite access

A good cloud service provider will offer business advice going into implementation and support afterward. You are, in effect, getting the benefits and expertise of an IT department without having to have one of your own.

In Cloud Solutions is a cloud-first company dedicated to working closely with businesses in all sectors. The company focuses on SAP Business ByDesign, the all-in-one cloud ERP for the mid-market.

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FBI facial recognition accuracy and policy still fall short, GAO tells Congress

June 5, 2019   Big Data
 FBI facial recognition accuracy and policy still fall short, GAO tells Congress

The FBI’s facial recognition software has been in operation since December 2011, but today members of Congress and the Government Accountability Office (GAO) asserted that it still lacks sufficient privacy and accuracy assessments. The system began with a pilot program and became fully operational in September 2015, according to the GAO.

Those calls for concern were amplified in a GAO report released today that says the FBI has yet to comply with five of six GAO recommendations to do things like assess the accuracy of databases of drivers licenses, mugshots, and other photos currently supplied by about 20 states. Initial GAO calls to fix or improve the FBI’s Next Generation Identification Interstate Photo System (NGI-IPS) were made back in May 2016. A group of U.S. Senators also sent a letter to the FBI last year to address the need for regular audits.

The first of the six recommendations fulfilled by the FBI — audits to oversee the use of its facial recognition service by state and local law enforcement — was completed last week.

“The information that the FBI is using — that information needs to be accurate, especially if they’re using it for the criminal investigations,” GAO Homeland Security and Justice division director Dr. Gretta Goodwin told the committee. “This technology is not going away, and it’s only going to grow.”

Through a combination of drivers license, passport, and mugshot image repositories today, the FBI currently has access to 641 million photos of U.S. citizens, the majority of whom have not been arrested or accused of a crime. This led Congressman Jody Hice (R-GA) to go so far as to call it a “pre-crime database” like the kind used in the Steven Spielberg movie The Minority Report.

“They still haven’t fixed the five things they were supposed to do when they first started, but we’re supposed to believe ‘Don’t worry, everything’s just fine,’” said Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH).

Committee chair Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MA) said the FBI and GAO will be told to return in about two months for another hearing to ensure compliance, and that without Congressional oversight, the problem could get worse in the years ahead. “I’m worried this is going to go on and on, and in the meantime, I’m sure we’ll be able to come up with some bipartisan solutions, but American citizens I think are being placed in jeopardy as a result of a system that is not ready for prime time,” Cummings said.

In a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing held last month with AI ethics experts and researchers, a bipartisan consensus emerged among elected officials for the need of a national moratorium on facial recognition use by law enforcement.

That consensus emerged amid testimony by experts whose research identified a lack of regulation; the alleged misuse of facial recognition by police; and misidentification or poor accuracy when identifying women, people under 30, and people of color when compared to white men. Facial recognition systems have also had trouble recognizing gender non-conforming people or transgender individuals.

FBI facial recognition searches have not received negative feedback, but the agency has also not tracked to verify the number of searches that led to arrests or convictions, Kimberly Del Greco, deputy assistant director of the FBI’s Criminal Justice Information Services division, told Congress. The FBI was joined in the hearing today by Austin Gould, assistant administrator of requirements and capabilities analysis for the Transportation and Security Administration (TSA). The agency is currently testing facial recognition use by international travelers in Terminal F of Atlanta International Airport in Georgia.

Between fiscal year 2017 to April 2019, the FBI’s NGI-IPS has carried out 152,500 facial recognition searches by the FBI or state or local law enforcement, Del Greco said. After a photo is scanned, law enforcement is then given a list of 2 to 50 possible suspects.

The FBI is not currently using automated facial recognition, which can be used to track individuals in real time in video footage, Del Greco said. However, police in Detroit and Chicago — cities in states that share photos with the FBI — are currently testing real-time tracking, according to analysis by the Georgetown Law Center on Privacy and Technology.

Gould also spoke today about the TSA’s facial recognition pilot program that’s testing the technology for airport flight check-ins and bag drops.

The need to opt out rather than to opt in to the program was criticized by multiple members of Congress, who believe many people may be scanned by the TSA without their knowledge. A December 2018 Washington Post article found that about 2% of passengers in the pilot program have given their consent.

“I gave no one my permission to take my picture when dropping off my bag, and I’m an American citizen,” Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC) said, remarking on his recent travel through Atlanta International Airport. “I would recommend that you stop until you find out your statutory authority,” he said to Gould.

Consent to use a person’s photo is a key element of legislation like the Commercial Facial Recognition Privacy Act proposed earlier this year, as well as others being considered by lawmakers.

The FBI’s system currently achieves 86% accuracy overall, Del Greco said. But that number applies only to the level of accuracy achieved when asked to identify a suspect from a pool of 50 potential suspects.

Learnings from a test by the Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are currently being applied to improve FBI facial recognition system accuracy, Del Greco said. The first statistical analysis of NIST’s facial recognition vendor test performance based on race, gender, and other demographic types is due out this fall.

Recommendations related to AI federal standards in the form of a Trump executive order will be released this summer. The deadline to share public comment about AI federal standards with NIST is June 10.

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Mo’Nique Reveals How She Became Part Of The Short Films For Donald Glover’s Adidas Campaign

May 6, 2019   Humor
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Mo’Nique came back in fighting form thanks to ads developed by Donald Glover for Adidas to promote his new “Nizza” shoes. The series of ads showed Mo’Nique roasting the living daylights out of Glover, taking him to task for being all manner of bougie. If you’ve been like many out there who have been wondering how the commercial came about, Mo’Nique has now provided the details.

In an interview with Complex, she said the opportunity came after Glover’s creative team reached out to her via her husband and manager, Sydney Hicks.

“Well, Fam Rothstein, who is one of Donald Glover’s teammates, and a sister named Sylvia, they called and spoke to my husband, who everybody knows is my manager,” she said. “They spoke to Sydney, and when I say it was a beautiful negotiation? It was the way it’s supposed to be done. It was professional people dealing with professional people, and we made something beautiful. I wish every deal and every phone call could be the one that came in from Fam Rothstein and Sister Sylvia. I wish they could be that way because it makes it so much easier.”

Mo’Nique continued, saying how respected she felt by Glover’s team. “I remember at the end of the shoot, I asked Donald if could I talk to him and his team, and it was one of those moments that brought tears to my eyes to say to those brothers, ‘This is how it’s supposed to be,’” she said. “And to treat a Black woman with such respect and honor, that for me goes down in my history book, to say there are still those out there that treat us with the respect we’re supposed to be treated with. They’re still out there and I know it seems like we got to dig deep, but dammit his name is Donald Glover.”

Let’s hope that the good time Mo’Nique had with Glover means there could be more projects between the two creatives in the future.

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5 Ways a Custom-built Warehouse Management System Can Come Up Short

January 28, 2019   NetSuite
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5 Ways a Custom-built Warehouse Management System Can Come Up Short

Posted by Hayley Null, Manufacturing Industry Marketing Lead

If your company is using (or considering) a homegrown or built-to-order WMS, it’s time to start asking the tough questions about the current and future viability of those systems for your growing organization. 

If you’re deciding between a built-to-order, homegrown, or single-platform warehouse management system (WMS), there are a few key points to keep in mind. Homegrown systems can consume an inordinate amount of IT resources, for example, while made-to-order software options are often highly customized and expensive. Here are five areas where a custom-built or made-to-order solution can be problematic:

  1. Integration requirements. In most cases, you need an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system in order to implement a built-to-order or homegrown WMS (which, in turn, has to be integrated in order to function). With a WMS built on an ERP platform itself, you can skip this step and just start using your new warehouse management system without any extra integration.
  2. Effective use of IT resources. In a world where the pace of technological innovation continues to accelerate, the average internal IT group simply can’t keep up with the pace of change. Not only does that group have to develop the software, but it also has to upgrade and maintain it forever. With a modern, cloud-based system, a veteran software engineer that’s brimming with tribal knowledge won’t set the company back when he or she retires (whereas a homegrown system relies on that knowledge for updates and modifications). A software vendor with experienced software support team available 24/7 is vital.
  3. Data synchronization. One of the biggest pain points with any new WMS implementation is the synchronization of tables, data, and other key information. A company that has separate tables for inventory, bins and single items, for example, may wind up with mismatches if the synchronization doesn’t go as planned. A unified system with both applications using the same records, tables and other data eliminates these synchronization issues.
  4. Reusing broken process. If you’re not working with a vendor that has WMS implementation across many different industries, then there’s a good chance you’ll just recreate your own processes without taking into consideration leading practices across the industry. That’s because without that hands-on knowledge of how specific industries use the software, WMS vendors lack leading practice insights needed to ensure the best possible fit for every customer. Look for a vendor and implementation team that has done a lot of these implementations with experience across most industries—experience that ensures that every new installation gets as close to industry best practices as possible.
  5. Scalability. A homegrown software system will only take your company so far. At some point, whether it’s because you’re expanding your warehouse or moving out into new geographies, you’re going to need a system that can scale with it. Find a vendor that takes the time to get to know its customers and what’s going in their organization, providing options that they may not have thought of.

As you explore your WMS options, evaluate the “hows” and “whys” of what you’re doing today with your built-to-order or homegrown system, and make sure those answers fit well with the needs of your company as it grows. If your current system isn’t scalable, and if it doesn’t offer the right array of add-ons, modules, and other advanced features, then it’s time to reconsider your approach and expand your horizons to include NetSuite WMS.

Ready to make the transition away from your homegrown or built-to-order WMS and over to NetSuite?

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HBO Short Film Competition At ABFF Launches Call For Submissions

October 17, 2018   Humor
ABFF Logo HBO Short Film Competition At ABFF Launches Call For Submissions

The 23rd annual American Black Film Festival (ABFF) returns to Miami from June 12-16, 2019 and continues to showcase quality film and television content by and about people of African descent. Film submissions are now open, with over $ 50,000 in cash and prizes being awarded at the festival’s Best of ABFF Awards presentation.

HBO® is the founding sponsor of the festival and is launching its 22nd consecutive short film competition today. Past winning directors of this competition include Ryan Coogler, Steven Caple, Jr., Solvan Naim, Kiel Adrian Scott, and Rashaad Ernesto Green, all of whom have gone on to direct studio films and network television episodes.

“As a founding sponsor, HBO has shared the American Black Film Festival’s mission to elevate the world of black film and to introduce and connect talented newcomers to the industry. Now more than ever, we want to continue elevating unique, bold and emerging talent,” said Dennis Williams, Senior Vice President of Corporate Affairs and Corporate Social Responsibility, HBO.

Festival attendees will have their choice of over seventy programs and events, including celebrity conversations, panels, master classes, spotlight screenings and hospitality lounges, in addition to screenings in four competitive categories: Narrative Features, Documentary Features, Web Series and Short Films. A distinguished panel of jurors, who will be announced at a later date, will determine the winners.

“The American Black Film Festival is thrilled to be partnered with HBO for the past 22 years. Together, we have identified many of today’s most prolific storytellers who have been instrumental in ushering a new generation of artists to the film and television industry. Our goal is to remain the most prominent pipeline of undiscovered talent in front of and behind the camera,” said Jeff Friday, CEO and Founder, ABFF Ventures.

Below is a brief description for each category. For complete submission criteria and eligibility visit www.abff.com/submissions.

COMPETITIVE CATEGORIES

–         HBO® Short Film Competition: Regarded as one of the most prestigious short film showcases in the country, five filmmakers are selected as finalists and receive a trip to the festival in Miami Beach, Fla. (including airfare and hotel accommodations) for an opportunity to screen their short film at the American Black Film Festival in Miami. Films must have a maximum runtime of 20 minutes, inclusive of credits.

–         Narrative Features: Films that tell a fictional story, event or narrative.

–         Documentaries: Nonfiction films intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education, or creating and maintaining a historical record.

–         Web Series: Short form narrative or documentary episodic television series.

NON-COMPETITIVE SHOWCASE CATEGORIES

–        World Showcase: A non-competitive section for narrative and documentary feature films made by persons of African descent or depicting a multicultural experience.

–         Emerging Directors: Narratives, documentaries, message-related videos and other content from directors of African descent.

–        Social Impact Screenings: A showcase for films based on cause-related topics affecting communities of color. The 2019 Social Impact Screenings topic will be Fatherhood: The Foundation of the Black Family.

Festival passes are on sale now at www.abff.com, and offer five (5) different levels of access to festival events. Questions regarding registration may be directed to info@abffventures.com.

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IBM i Security – 6 super short webcasts to help protect your iSeries

October 14, 2018   Big Data
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Jamie Heckler

October 13, 2018

Over the last several months, Syncsort has run a series of 15-minute webcasts covering various topics across the broad realm of IBM i security. This short format has proven to be quite popular with our audiences. See what tips our experts have to share in these six 15-minute recorded sessions.

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1. Accelerating Regulatory Compliance for IBM i Systems

Do you need to accelerate compliance for your IBM i systems? Whether it be for PCI, SOX, GDPR or other regulations, view this 15-minute webcast on-demand to learn more about the importance of security risk assessments for compliance, implementing compliance policies that align with regulations, and generating reports and alerts that flag compliance issues.Watch 15-minute webcast > 

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2. Assessing IBM i Security Risks

Are you concerned about the security of your IBM i, or its ability to pass your next compliance audit? This 15-minute webcast covers common IBM i vulnerabilities, key areas to examine as part of a security risk assessment, tradeoffs between in-house and third-party assessments, and going beyond assessment to remediation. Watch 15-minute webcast >

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3. Detecting Fraudulent Activity on Your IBM i

This 15-minute webcast can help you detect fraud on your IBM i series, covering key IBM i log files, identifying security incidents in log files, consolidating IBM i log information under a common strategy with other platforms, and tradeoffs between do-it-yourself and third-party solutions. Watch 15-minute webcast >

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4. Securing Sensitive IBM i Data At-Rest and In-Motion

View this 15-minute webcast on-demand and get up to speed on the key concepts you need to know to secure sensitive data on your IBM i servers, including topics such as FIELDPROC encryption and key management, tokenization & anonymization, tools for securing data in motion, and tradeoffs between do-it-yourself and third-party solutions. Watch 15-minute webcast >

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5. Securing IBM i User Profiles

Do the right people have the right level of access to your system? Learn how you can strengthen IBM i user profile security, meet audit and compliance requirements and more, including reducing powerful profiles, implementing multi-factor authentication, and enabling secure profile re-enablement and password self-service. Watch 15-minute webcast >

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6. Taking Control of Access to Your IBM i Systems and Data

View this 15-minute webcast to learn how exit points provided by the IBM i OS can be used to monitor and secure access to IBM i systems and data. During this webcast you’ll learn more about securing network access and communication ports, securing database access, and securing access to commands. Watch 15-minute webcast >

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Bonus! IBM i Security Best Practices

Ok, so some topics are just too big for 15 minutes. In this hour-long webinar, Jeff Uehling shares what he’s learned over the past 30 years regarding IBM i security best practices. See why you need to run at security level 50, how to detect and prevent programs that could compromise system security, and what to consider for mobile deployments. Watch the webcast >

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