Are you ahead or behind? Research findings on Application Security in DevOps

Speaker: Ramesh Subramaniam
Micro-focus Project and Portfolio Management (PPM) Logging Tips and Tricks: Learn how to get the most out of your logging.conf, discuss logger names per the Micro Focus PPM functional domain and see how creating separate nodes will increase performance.

Speaker: Ricardo Garza
AI FIRST Project Management: How we Augment Project and Portfolio Managers with Micro Focus PPM and Artificial Intelligence: Right now, there is a lot of hype around Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning; these technologies are going to profoundly disrupt every industry and make most applications SMART in the next 5 years. We have built AI aides around our PPM implementation in order to augment our Project and Portfolio Managers as well as Project Team Members. These tools help them to be more productive and have consistent results. We will Demo some of these features live, and discuss implementation challenges and future work.

Join us for the next upcoming SIG Talk on Thursday, June 21, 2018: https://www.vivit-worldwide.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1112917&group=.

Web Site Monitoring using SiteScope the WebScript Monitor Tool and a LoadRunner Script

Join us for this presentation of the power of a SiteScope Webscript to monitor your websites in a production environment to provide real time checking on a website including interactions ( login, screen validation, etc). Learn how this will also generate alerts to the OPS team when something is wrong.

Join us for the next upcoming SIG Talk on Thursday, June 21, 2018: https://www.vivit-worldwide.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1112917&group=.

Surviving OMW to OMi Migration

The customer with a well-developed OMW-based monitoring solution was faced with a challenge to migrate to OMi10 due to OMW obsolescence. Their old monitoring system was deeply integrated, highly customized and exposed to the outside world (their partners and customers) on a 24/7 basis. Migration challenges included:
- Migration of event sources (OM agents, SNMP Trap sources, NNMi, SiteScope)
- Migration of Service models with complex propagation/calculation rules
- Migration of customized Incident ticketing integration (Service Manager)
- Migration of custom applications (event archive, Service availability web portal, downtime management)
- Minimum downtime during migration

In this presentation, attendees will learn how these challenges were addressed and ultimately overcome.

Join us for the next upcoming SIG Talk on Thursday, June 21, 2018: https://www.vivit-worldwide.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1112917&group=.

This Vivit SIG Talk session will feature speakers who will share their vast knowledge and experience on SiteScope and OMi. Vivit is excited to present this informative SIG Talk on these important topics.

Shown below is an outline of the agenda and topics:

Speaker: Nels Hoenig
Web Site Monitoring using SiteScope the WebScript Monitor Tool and a LoadRunner Script: Join us for this presentation of the power of a SiteScope Webscript to monitor your websites in a production environment to provide real time checking on a website including interactions ( login, screen validation, etc). Learn how this will also generate alerts to the OPS team when something is wrong.

Speaker: Bogdan Vosnjak
Surviving OMW to OMi Migration: The customer with a well-developed OMW-based monitoring solution was faced with a challenge to migrate to OMi10 due to OMW obsolescence. Their old monitoring system was deeply integrated, highly customized and exposed to the outside world (their partners and customers) on a 24/7 basis. Migration challenges included:

- Migration of event sources (OM agents, SNMP Trap sources, NNMi, SiteScope)
- Migration of Service models with complex propagation/calculation rules
- Migration of customized Incident ticketing integration (Service Manager)
- Migration of custom applications (event archive, Service availability web portal, downtime management)
- Minimum downtime during migration

In this presentation, attendees will learn how these challenges were addressed and ultimately overcome.

In this webinar, Dr. Jones Lukose will tell us about the impact of the GDPR on the International Criminal Court. Compliance is a major issue, and in this session, you will learn about the obligations, challenges, processes and the future for the International Criminal Court using the Micro Focus solutions Content Manager, ControlPoint and IDOL.

Areas of Focus to Create a Successful SACM Practice

For Citizens Bank, major difficulties were encountered not just in implementing software itself, but in creating a sustainable and successful Service Asset and Configuration Management (SACM) practice. Come and learn 3 key areas to focus on to create and sustain a successful SACM process in order to:

- Provide robust reporting for audit and regulations
- Promote and maintain confidence in the quality of CMS data
- Provide ITSM users with the information they need, when they need it

Join us for the next upcoming SIG Talk on Tuesday, May 17, 2018: http://www.vivit-worldwide.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1089263&group=.

Leading The Intelligent Operations with Micro Focus Operations Bridge (OpsBridge)

The management of IT Operations in a dynamic and highly scalable MSP environment can be difficult. With the right partner and strong expertise, you can be helped to lead in the “New”. Join Kulvinder Singh from Accenture as he discusses the deployment of OpsBridge as standard within their MSP Platform. Learn the objectives, scope, methodology, and results of their deployment, as Accenture continues to scale and mature this capability with the increasing number of their clients.

Join us for the next upcoming SIG Talk on Tuesday, May 17, 2018: http://www.vivit-worldwide.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1089263&group=.

This Vivit SIG Talk session will feature 2 speakers who will share their vast knowledge and experience on SACM Practice and Micro Focus Operations Bridge. Vivit is excited to present this informative SIG Talk on these important topics.
Shown below is an outline of the agenda and topics:

Speaker: Bill Curran
Areas of Focus to Create a Successful SACM Practice: For Citizens Bank, major difficulties were encountered not just in implementing software itself, but in creating a sustainable and successful Service Asset and Configuration Management (SACM) practice. Come and learn 3 key areas to focus on to create and sustain a successful SACM process in order to:
- Provide robust reporting for audit and regulations
- Promote and maintain confidence in the quality of CMS data
- Provide ITSM users with the information they need, when they
need it

Speaker: Kulvinder Singh
Leading The Intelligent Operations with Micro Focus Operations Bridge (OpsBridge): The management of IT Operations in a dynamic and highly scalable MSP environment can be difficult. With the right partner and strong expertise, you can be helped to lead in the “New”. Join Kulvinder Singh from Accenture as he discusses the deployment of OpsBridge as standard within their MSP Platform. Learn the objectives, scope, methodology, and results of their deployment, as Accenture continues to scale and mature this capability with the increasing number of their clients.

Join us for the next upcoming SIG Talk on Tuesday, May 17, 2018: http://www.vivit-worldwide.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1089263&group=.

Brought to you by the Vivit Automation & Cloud Builders Special Interest (SIG) Group.

Attend this webinar to receive a live demonstration of public cloud service brokering, aggregation and governance using the Micro Focus Hybrid Cloud Management solution. HCM allows IT to easily aggregate public cloud resources into an end-user catalog, while providing governance and analytics to ensure business unit consumption is visible and within budget. In addition, learn how improved control of public cloud spending can help you start building a strong business case for cloud management.

Cloud Aggregation & Brokering
- Cloud service aggregation to quickly aggregate hybrid cloud services and publish offerings in catalog
- Self-service web portal access to catalog services for end users to consume services

Hybrid Cloud Governance
- Get visibility into IT cloud costs with show-back reporting for LOBs/organizations
- Policy-based budget quota management to proactively track cloud costs and notify on quota overages

Integrate your SDLC Tools Quickly and Easily with Tasktop Hub

Integrating your Micro Focus tools with other SDLC tools can bridge gaps and facilitate far better communication paths than emails and excel sheets alone. Sure, it would be great to have everyone under the same umbrella, but that’s not always the reality we live in. So why not allow other teams to work on the same Micro Focus ALM Requirement, Test, or Defect from their own SDLC tool? I’ll show you how you can set up a basic Defect synchronization between Micro Focus ALM and Atlassian JIRA for example in as little as 5 minutes using a product from Micro Focus partner Tasktop called Tasktop Hub.

Join us for the next upcoming SIG Talk on Tuesday, May 8, 2018: http://www.vivit-worldwide.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1089251&group=.

Best Practices of Installing, Administering and Using Micro Focus Mobile Center

In this segment you will be introduced to a quick overview on Micro Focus Mobile Center. Arvind will explain some of the challenges that he faced while installing the tool. He will also share valuable tips and tricks on effectively implementing and using Micro Focus Mobile Center.

Join us for the next upcoming SIG Talk on Tuesday, May 8, 2018: http://www.vivit-worldwide.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1089251&group=.

Shown below is an outline of the agenda and topics:

Speaker: Mark Ford
Integrate your SDLC Tools Quickly and Easily with Tasktop Hub: Integrating your Micro Focus tools with other SDLC tools can bridge gaps and facilitate far better communication paths than emails and excel sheets alone. Sure, it would be great to have everyone under the same umbrella, but that’s not always the reality we live in. So why not allow other teams to work on the same Micro Focus ALM Requirement, Test, or Defect from their own SDLC tool? I’ll show you how you can set up a basic Defect synchronization between Micro Focus ALM and Atlassian JIRA for example in as little as 5 minutes using a product from Micro Focus partner Tasktop called Tasktop Hub
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Speaker: Arvind Namasivayam
Tips and Tricks of Installing, Administering and Using Micro Focus Mobile Center: In this segment you will be introduced to a quick overview on Micro Focus Mobile Center. Arvind will explain some o the challenges that he faced while installing the tool. He will also share valuable tips and tricks on effectively implementing and using Micro Focus Mobile Center.

Join us for the next upcoming SIG Talk on Tuesday, May 8, 2018: http://www.vivit-worldwide.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1089251&group=.

According to the 2017-18 World Quality Report, 88% of companies surveyed are using or experimenting with DevOps, and that number is growing. Making the transformation is not easy, and it’s made even more complicated by tools that aren’t integrated with each other, do not communicate with each other, and do not offer end-to-end visibility into and collaboration across the DevOps pipeline.

Micro Focus recently introduced their DevOps Suite, consisting of best-of-breed lifecycle management (ALM Octane), functional and performance testing (StormRunner Functional and StormRunner Load), and production monitoring (AppPulse) tools.

Attend this webinar to hear about the DevOps Suite, and how it can help your team accelerate application delivery at high quality and scale. We’ll also show you an end-to-end demo of the products. Here is what you will learn:

• Challenges facing organizations making an agile or DevOps transformation today
• Why it’s critical for organizations to have DevOps tools that share data and insights with each other as well as being tightly integrated with the pipeline
• How the Micro Focus DevOps Suite provides you with lifecycle and
pipeline management, continuous functional and performance testing
from the cloud, and production monitoring for continuous assessment

Everything you need to know about the Micro Focus ITSMA Containers Concept

Containers are here and they are the best way to deploy, maintain and upgrade software. What are containers? How are they deployed? How is the software different on containers than traditional platforms? Why did HPE/Micro Focus decide on a containerization approach to their ITSM suite? Tune in and find out why containers are the deployment method of the future and how to transition your existing ITSM suite from your Linux or Windows environment to a Containerized environment.

Join us for the next upcoming SIG Talk on Thursday, April 19, 2018: http://www.vivit-worldwide.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1081712&group=.

A “real” migration into the Hybrid Cloud (HCM, PlateSpin, and Cloud Assess)

The Hybrid cloud has either been a unicorn (something beautiful but not real) or a boogey man (something to prevent disruption) in our ecosystem for the last several years. In marketing and static architectures, we have seen a lot of promises, but very little actual progress.

Hybrid Cloud is becoming more important everyday as nearly all companies are in (or will be in) the public cloud but many of these same companies ‘know’ that they cannot be 100% public. So, the problem we are all trying to solve is how can we provide all the features, functions and automations.
What will be covered:

•Building and migrating existing workloads to a Hybrid cloud
•Use Cloud Assess product to discover and right size
•Plate spin to move – migrate – in automation
•Use HCM product for day-to-day management, automation and ITSM control

Join us for the next upcoming SIG Talk on Thursday, April 19, 2018: http://www.vivit-worldwide.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1081712&group=.

Vivit launches its first ever IT Operation Management (ITOM) SIG Talk event. We have 3 speakers who will give you insights in the ITSMA Containers Concept and migration into the Hybrid Cloud. They will share their knowledge and expertise and provide thought-provoking and actionable content.

Shown below is an outline of the agenda and topics:

•Speaker: Eric Krueger
Everything you need to know about the Micro Focus ITSMA Containers Concept: Containers are here and they are the best way to deploy, maintain and upgrade software. What are containers? How are they deployed? How is the software different on containers than traditional platforms? Why did HPE/Micro Focus decide on a containerization approach to their ITSM suite? Tune in and find out why containers are the deployment method of the future and how to transition your existing ITSM suite from your Linux or Windows environment to a Containerized environment.

•Speakers: David Angradi
A “real” migration into the Hybrid Cloud (HCM, PlateSpin, and Cloud Assess): The Hybrid cloud has either been a unicorn (something beautiful but not real) or a boogey man (something to prevent disruption) in our ecosystem for the last several years. In marketing and static architectures, we have seen a lot of promises, but very little actual progress.

Hybrid Cloud is becoming more important everyday as nearly all companies are in (or will be in) the public cloud but many of these same companies ‘know’ that they cannot be 100% public. So, the problem we are all trying to solve is how can we provide all the features, functions and automations.

What will be covered:

•Building and migrating existing workloads to a Hybrid cloud
•Use Cloud Assess product to discover and right size
•Plate spin to move – migrate – in automation
•Use HCM product for day-to-day management, automation and ITSM control

4/19 SIG Talk: http://www.vivit-worldwide.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1081712&group=

Seven Tips to Implement an Effective Test Automation Framework in DevOps

This presentation will provide seven strategic, proven tips to more effectively design and implement a robust test automation framework in an Agile and DevOps environment. A brief overview of the critical components and characteristics of an effective framework will be presented followed by the key value and benefits, essential for justification to leadership.

Join us for the next upcoming SIG Talk on Tuesday, April 17, 2018: http://www.vivit-worldwide.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1083510&group=.

Dos and Don'ts with Micro Focus UFT and LeanFT

Carsten will demonstrate what bottlenecks you may fall into daily from installing Micro Focus UFT up to usage. Additionally, he will show some differences in using Micro Focus LeanFT and UFT.

Join us for the next upcoming SIG Talk on Tuesday, April 17, 2018: http://www.vivit-worldwide.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1083510&group=.

Two speakers will share their "Tips & Tricks" insights on implementation on an effective test automation framework in DevOps and dos and don'ts with Unified Function Testing (UFT) and Lean Functional Testing (LeanFT). They will share their knowledge and expertise and provide thought-provoking and actionable content.

Shown below is an outline of the agenda and topics:

•Speaker: Bob Crews
Seven Tips to Implement an Effective Test Automation Framework in DevOps: This presentation will provide seven strategic, proven tips to more effectively design and implement a robust test automation framework in an Agile and DevOps environment. A brief overview of the critical components and characteristics of an effective framework will be presented followed by the key value and benefits, essential for justification to leadership.

•Speaker: Carsten Neise
Dos and Don'ts with Micro Focus UFT and LeanFT: Carsten will demonstrate what bottlenecks you may fall into daily from installing Micro Focus UFT up to usage. Additionally, he will show some differences in using Micro Focus LeanFT and UFT.

Join us for the next upcoming SIG Talk on Tuesday, April 17, 2018: http://www.vivit-worldwide.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1083510&group=.