1. Shopify: Best for Almost Everyone

2 février 2021/par Service comm.

Une méthodologie claire pour une migration réussie – Laboratoire Renaudin adopte l’ERP SAP S/4HANA avec STMS

Actualités, ERP & Applications, SAP

2020 aura été une année clé pour le SI de Laboratoire Renaudin. L’industriel basque a en effet basculé vers l’ERP intelligent SAP S/4HANA, avec son partenaire STMS, en s’appuyant sur la méthodologie Move to SAP S/4HANA.

PME familiale indépendante, Laboratoire Renaudin est devenu au fil des décennies un véritable industriel de la pharmacie, avec son site de production de 20 000 m², situé à Itxassou, au cœur du Pays Basque. Sa spécialité ? Les injectables de petit volume (ampoules, flacons et poches). En 2019, l’entreprise a ainsi écoulé 87 millions d’ampoules, essentiellement auprès d’hôpitaux et de cliniques, en France comme à l’étranger.

Laboratoire Renaudin utilise des solutions SAP depuis 2012, avec un ERP très intégré, présent tout au long de la chaîne de production. Une solution qui gère la plupart des processus et est utilisée par 120 des 220 salariés de l’entreprise. La tierce maintenance applicative de cette offre est assurée par l’intégrateur STMS, spécialiste depuis plus de 10 ans des solutions SAP.

Le SI de l’entreprise était arrivé à un tournant. Les conditions étaient favorables à la migration d’ECC vers SAP S/4HANA et l’entreprise craignait de devoir faire face par la suite à un embouteillage de migrations réalisées sur le tard. Certains développements programmés en interne avaient également intérêt à être réalisés pour l’ERP intelligent SAP S/4HANA et non pour ECC, afin de ne pas rajouter de dette technologique supplémentaire.

Cette mission de migration a été tout naturellement confiée à STMS, qui a appliqué la méthodologie Move to SAP S/4HANA en prélude au projet. « Nous avons souscrit à l’offre Move, dans des conditions tout à fait transparentes, explique André Mateescu, directeur commercial de Laboratoire Renaudin et sponsor du projet. Nous n’avons eu aucune mauvaise surprise, dans la mesure où tout a été bien cadré et les budgets tenus. »

Une méthodologie claire pour une migration réussie

Première étape, comprendre quelle valeur attendre de SAP S/4HANA et quelle approche adopter pour répondre aux besoins métiers et à la stratégie générale de l’entreprise. Cette phase permet aux utilisateurs et à la direction de se projeter dans le futur ERP. Seconde étape, analyser la solution existante afin d’en détecter les points faibles, de recenser les spécifiques et d’identifier les opportunités de simplification du SI et d’adoption de nouvelles technologies.

L’utilisation de SAP Readiness Check 2.0 permet de disposer d’une vue d’ensemble des applications et modules recommandés. L’ABAP Test Cockpit offre pour sa part de tester les spécifiques existants sous SAP S/4HANA. Enfin, les processus de l’entreprise sont comparés aux standards du marché et les outils obsolètes décommissionnés.

Fort des enseignements tirés de ce travail préparatoire, STMS a pu proposer plusieurs trajectoires de migration vers SAP S/4HANA, appuyées chacune par un budget et un planning. Laboratoire Renaudin a opté pour une migration à périmètre constant, permettant de limiter la durée du projet au strict nécessaire. Mais avec une réduction des pain points, la recherche de quick wins, des optimisations autour de la base de données et une modernisation des cockpits, au travers de Fiori.

Un projet mené à bien en 10 mois

Le projet s’est composé d’une phase de migration technique effectuée entre mars et mai 2020. Puis d’une recette métier menée avant et après les congés d’été, suivie d’une bascule à blanc réalisée en octobre. La première phase de la recette a permis de tester les différents flux et de faire remonter les écarts. Pendant l’été, l’équipe technique a pu se pencher sur ces problèmes, avant une seconde phase de recette dédiée à la qualification opérationnelle de la nouvelle solution. La phase de bascule à blanc s’est révélée essentielle pour mesurer avec précision la durée du basculement entre l’ancienne et la nouvelle solution.

La crise sanitaire a eu un effet inattendu sur le projet en reculant son déploiement du 11 novembre 2020 à mi-décembre. Un déploiement qui devrait se dérouler sur trois jours. « Nous fournissons nos produits à des services de réanimation et d’urgence. Nous ne pouvions donc pas nous permettre d’arrêter notre activité en pleine montée de la seconde vague de la Covid, constate André Mateescu. Mais je reste serein quant à la mise en production de la solution. »

Des gains importants sur la base de données

Les premiers bénéfices des technologies SAP HANA se font d’ores et déjà sentir. À commencer par d’importants gains sur la taille de la base de données, qui est passée de 345 Go à 170 Go. Un bénéfice direct de la méthodologie Move to SAP S/4HANA, qui offre l’occasion de réorganiser les données. L’analyse préparatoire a permis également de décommissionner 23 % de spécifiques qui n’étaient plus utilisés.

Laboratoire Renaudin travaille dans un secteur particulier, nécessitant de nombreux développements sur mesure. « Nous avions un peu peur de changer de système de base de données du fait de nos spécifiques, en particulier sur la production, témoigne Amaia Sedes, responsable qualification de l’entreprise. Si cette partie a nécessité beaucoup de travail, elle n’a finalement pas eu d’impact majeur sur la phase de recette. »

C’est là encore un des bénéfices de l’approche Move, qui permet de bien cadrer, planifier, puis traiter les différents thèmes d’une migration vers l’ERP intelligent SAP S/4HANA.

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2 février 2021/par Service comm.

SAP et Microsoft élargissent leur partenariat et intègrent Microsoft Teams dans les solutions SAP

Actualités, ERP & Applications, Innovation, SAP

WALLDORF, Allemagne, et REDMOND, Washington – 22 janvier 2020 – SAP SE (NYSE : SAP) et Microsoft Corp. ont annoncé leur intention d’intégrer Microsoft Teams à la suite de solutions intelligentes de SAP. Les sociétés ont également officialisé l’extension d’un partenariat stratégique existant afin d’accélérer l’adoption de SAP S/4HANA® sur Microsoft Azure. Ce partenariat s’appuie sur un engagement commun des entreprises à simplifier et à rationaliser la migration des clients vers le cloud.

« Les nouvelles méthodes de travail, de collaboration et d’interaction transforment complètement notre mode de fonctionnement », a déclaré Christian Klein, CEO de SAP et membre du conseil d’administration. « En intégrant Microsoft Teams dans notre portefeuille de solutions, nous porterons la collaboration à un niveau supérieur, en déterminant ensemble l’avenir du travail et en permettant une entreprise sans friction. Notre partenariat de confiance avec Microsoft est axé sur la progression continue du succès client. C’est pourquoi nous développons également l’interopérabilité avec Azure ».

Beaucoup de choses ont changé au cours de l’année passée, le travail est devenu plus virtuel, ce qui accroît le recours à Microsoft Teams pour les réunions, la communication et la collaboration. Pour faciliter ces changements commerciaux et sociétaux, SAP et Microsoft mettent en place de nouvelles intégrations entre Microsoft Teams et les solutions SAP, telles que SAP S/4HANA, les offres SAP® SuccessFactors® et SAP Customer Experience. Cela permettra d’innover, d’accroître la productivité et l’engagement des employés, d’offrir un apprentissage collaboratif et de soutenir la croissance mondiale. Ces intégrations sont prévues pour la mi-2021.

« Le dossier de la transformation numérique n’a jamais été aussi urgent », a déclaré Satya Nadella, CEO de Microsoft. « En associant la puissance d’Azure et de Teams aux solutions de SAP, nous aiderons davantage d’organisations à exploiter la puissance du cloud afin qu’elles puissent s’adapter et innover plus rapidement à l’avenir. »

Les entreprises étendent également leur partenariat de cloud computing annoncé en 2019, afin d’introduire de nouvelles offres d’automatisation et d’intégration du cloud pour SAP S/4HANA sur Microsoft Azure. Ensemble, Microsoft et SAP offrent de nouvelles possibilités pour gérer une entreprise critique sur Azure tout en aidant les clients à moderniser leurs applications d’entreprise. SAP et Microsoft proposeront à leurs clients :

Une Simplification du passage des éditions on premise de l’ERP SAP à SAP S/4HANA sur le cloud. En plus des plans de route spécifiques à l’industrie vers le cloud et les architectures de référence, SAP et Microsoft continueront à co-innover autour de SAP S/4HANA sur Azure.
Des engagements conjoints élargis avec les clients et les partenaires. En plus du travail d’intégration des produits, SAP, Microsoft et les partenaires intégrateurs de systèmes continueront à fournir aux clients des feuilles de route numériques pour l’entreprise. Cela inclut des architectures de référence immédiates et exploitables et des conseils techniques pour aider les clients dans leur migration vers le cloud.
Des investissements accrus dans les plates-formes et les infrastructures. Les entreprises poursuivront le développement des migrations automatisées, l’amélioration des opérations, le contrôle et la sécurité.

Les clients privilégient généralement Azure pour le passage de SAP S/4HANA on-premise vers le cloud.

« Dans le cadre de notre transformation globale, nous sommes passés à SAP S/4HANA », a déclaré John Hill, chief information officer et senior vice president of Business Planning de Carhartt. « L’utilisation de Microsoft Azure nous apporte la rapidité, la disponibilité, l’évolutivité et l’élasticité dont nous avons besoin pour une meilleure visibilité et une meilleure efficacité dans notre activité. La pandémie a frappé alors que nous étions au milieu de notre mise en œuvre de SAP. En utilisant Teams, nous avons donc pu continuer à travailler sur le projet, respecter le calendrier et tenir tout le monde informé. La combinaison de SAP et de Microsoft a été particulièrement utile dans une période difficile ».

« SAP S/4HANA nous a donné une visibilité en temps réel sur notre stock, ce qui est crucial pour nous en tant que société de vente au détail de produits pharmaceutiques et de soins de santé pendant la pandémie », a déclaré Francesco Tinto, Alliance’s senior vice president et global chief information officer. Walgreens Boots Alliance. « Nous avons choisi d’utiliser SAP S/4HANA sur Azure en raison de sa souplesse et de sa flexibilité, qui nous permettent de développer ou de réduire rapidement nos activités pour répondre aux besoins du marché. Nous avons désormais accès à nos données en un seul endroit, ce qui nous permet d’offrir la meilleure expérience possible à nos clients en ligne et dans nos magasins. Les équipes Microsoft associées aux solutions SAP nous ont aidés à surmonter les difficultés liées à la continuité des activités et ont permis à nos employés de collaborer très efficacement malgré le passage du travail de bureau au travail à distance ».

« Lorsqu’il s’agit pour nos clients de livrer des équipements de protection individuelle, nous ne pouvons pas être en retard, c’est pourquoi nous comptons sur SAP et Microsoft pour nous fournir le support numérique qui est essentiel au bon fonctionnement de notre chaîne d’approvisionnement », a déclaré Helge Brummer, vice president of Technical Infrastructure, Support & Operations de Coats. « L’association des équipes Microsoft et de nos solutions SAP a permis à nos employés de travailler de n’importe où tout en garantissant la livraison des commandes à nos clients dans les délais, en soutenant les personnes qui risquent leur vie en travaillant en première ligne ».

La reconnaissance par SAP d’Azure pour la migration vers le cloud ERP se traduit par des commentaires positifs des clients sur la collaboration entre les entreprises. SAP et Microsoft continueront à simplifier la migration et à renforcer la confiance des clients dans la gestion de leurs entreprises numériques dans le cloud. Par ailleurs, de nombreux clients expriment le souhait de maintenir des environnements multi-clouds. SAP poursuit sa politique de longue date de soutien au choix pour les clients qui demandent des alternatives basées sur les besoins de l’entreprise.

SAP et Microsoft ont récemment annoncé une mise à jour pour permettre aux clients de concevoir et d’exploiter des solutions intelligentes de chaîne d’approvisionnement numérique et d’industrie 4.0 dans le cloud et à la marge.

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22 janvier 2021/par Service comm.

6 Best Ecommerce Solutions for 2021

It’s never been easier to set up an ecommerce store and start selling. There are a dizzying array of ecommerce solutions available in 2021, and most are feature-rich and competitively priced.

Ecommerce sites are notoriously difficult to migrate from platform to platform, so more often than not, you’ll be committed to your chosen solution for years. The key when choosing an ecommerce solution to maximize your return on investment, is to consider not just what your business needs today but what it will need tomorrow.

There are two basic approaches to ecommerce. The first is a dedicated platform that handles everything. The second is a plugin that adds ecommerce features to an existing CMS. Both approaches have benefits and drawbacks.

1. Shopify: Best for Almost Everyone

Shopify is a well-known, well-liked, and reliable dedicated ecommerce platform. As a system for getting a business off the ground and selling fast, it is peerless.

Shopify jealously guards developer access, with templates and plugins pre-vetted. Unlike some marketplaces, you can be confident that there are no hidden surprises in your shiny new store.

And because Shopify has passed the point of market saturation, it’s worthwhile for big players to provide their own plugins; credit services like Klarna and shipping companies like netParcel can be integrated with a few clicks.

The admin panel is a touch complex, as Shopify is designed to allow a single account to be linked to multiple stores. But once you’re set up and familiar with where to find everything, it’s a slick, streamlined business management system.

Whenever a client says, “we want to start selling online.” My first thought is, “Shopify.” And for 90% of clients, it’s the right choice.

And that’s where this roundup should end…except there’s still that 10% because Shopify isn’t perfect.

For a start, an all-in-one platform doesn’t suit everyone. If you already have a website you’re happy with, you’ll either need to migrate or lease a dedicated domain for your store.

Shopify’s platform is very secure, which inspires confidence in buyers, but the price of that security is a lack of flexibility in the design.

Then there’s the infamous variant limit. Shopify allows 100 variants on a product. Almost every client runs into that wall at some point. Let’s say you’re selling a T-shirt: male and female cuts are two variants; now add long or short sleeves, that’s four variants; now add seven sizes from XXS to XXL, that’s 28 variants; if you have more than three color options, you’ve passed the 100 variant limit. There are plugins that will allow you to side-step this issue, but they’re a messy hack that hampers UX for both customer and business.

Shopify should certainly be on every new store owner’s shortlist, but there are other options.

2. WooCommerce: Best for WordPress Users

If you’re one of the millions of businesses with a pre-existing site built on WordPress, then adapting it with a plugin is the fastest way to get up and running with ecommerce.

WooCommerce is regularly recommended as “Best for WordPress Users,” which is a back-handed compliment that belies the fact that WooCommerce reportedly powers 30% of all ecommerce stores. If running with the crowd appeals to you — and if you’re using WordPress, it presumably does — then you’re in the right place.

WordPress has a gargantuan plugin range. As such, there are other plugins that will allow you to sell through a WordPress site. The principle benefit of WooCommerce is that as the largest provider, most other plugins and themes are thoroughly tested with it for compatibility issues; most professional WordPress add-ons will tell you if they’re compatible with WooCommerce. If your business is benefitting from leveraging WordPress’ unrivaled ecosystem, it can continue to do so with WooCommerce.

The downside to WooCommerce is that you’re working in the same dashboard as the CMS that runs your content. That can quickly become unmanageable.

WooCommerce also struggles as inventories grow — every product added will slow things a little — it’s ideally suited to small stores selling a few items for supplementary income.

3. BigCommerce: Best for Growth

BigCommerce is an ecommerce platform similar to Shopify, but whereas Shopify is geared towards newer stores, BigCommerce caters to established businesses with larger turnovers.

The same pros and cons of a dedicated ecommerce solution that applied to Shopify also apply to BigCommerce. One of the considerable downsides is that you have less control over your front-end code. This means that you’re swapping short-term convenience for long-term performance. Templates, themes, and plugins — regardless of the platform they’re tied to — typically take 18 months to catch up with best practices, leaving you trailing behind competitors.

BigCommerce addresses this shortcoming with something Shopify does not: a headless option. A headless ecommerce platform is effectively a dedicated API for your own store.

Enabling a headless approach means that BigCommerce can be integrated anywhere, on any technology stack you prefer. And yes, that includes WordPress. What’s more, being headless means you can easily migrate your frontend without rebuilding your backend.

BigCommerce also provides BigCommerce Essentials, which is aimed at entry-level stores. It’s a good way to get your feet wet, but it’s not BigCommerce’s real strength.

If you have the anticipated turnover to justify BigCommerce, it’s a flexible and robust choice that you won’t have to reconsider for years.

4. Magento: Best for Burning Budgets

If you have a development team at your disposal and a healthy budget to throw at your new store, then Magento could be the option for you.

You can do almost anything with a Magento store; it excels at custom solutions.

Magento’s main offering is its enterprise-level solution. You’ll have to approach a sales rep for a quote — yep, if you have to ask the price, you probably can’t afford it. Magento has the track-record and the client list to appeal to boards of directors for whom a 15-strong development team is a footnote in their budget.

That’s not to say that a Magento store has to be expensive; Magento even offers a free open source option. But if you’re not heavily investing in a custom solution, you’re not leveraging the platform’s key strengths.

5. Craft Commerce: Best for Custom Solutions

If you’re in the market for a custom solution, and you don’t have the budget for something like Magento, then Craft Commerce is ideally positioned.

Like WooCommerce for WordPress, Craft Commerce is a plugin for Craft CMS that transforms it into an ecommerce store.

Unlike WordPress, Craft CMS doesn’t have a theme feature. Every Craft Commerce store is custom built using a simple templating language called Twig. The main benefit of the approach is that bespoke solutions are fast and relatively cheap to produce, with none of the code bloat of platforms or WordPress.

Because your site is custom coded, you have complete control over your frontend, allowing you to iterate UX and SEO.

You will need a Craft developer to set up Craft Commerce because the learning curve is steeper than a CMS like WordPress. However, once you’re setup, Craft sites are among the simplest to own and manage.

6. Stripe: Best for Outliers

Ecommerce solutions market themselves on different strengths, but the nature of design patterns means they almost all follow a similar customer journey: search for an item, add the item to a cart, review the cart, checkout. Like any business, they want to maximize their market share, which means delivering a solution that caters to the most common business models.

Occasionally a project happens along that doesn’t fit that business model. Perhaps you’re selling a product that’s uniquely priced for each customer. Perhaps you’re selling by auction. Perhaps you don’t want to bill the customer until a certain point in the future.

Whatever your reason, the greatest customization level — breaking out of the standard ecommerce journey — can be managed with direct integration with Stripe.

Stripe is a powerful payment processor that handles the actual financial transaction for numerous ecommerce solutions. Developers love Stripe; its API is excellent, it’s documentation is a joy, it’s a powerful system rendered usable by relentless iteration.

However, this approach is not for the faint-hearted. This is a completely custom build. Nothing is provided except for the financial transaction itself. Every aspect of your site will need to be built from scratch, which means hefty development costs before seeing any return on investment.

The Best eCommerce Solution in 2021

The best ecommerce solution is defined by three factors: the size of your store, the anticipated growth, and the degree of custom design and features you want or need.

Shopify is the choice of most successful small stores because you can be selling inside a day. For businesses with an existing presence and a smaller turnover, those on WordPress will be happy with WooCommerce. For larger stores planning long-term growth, BigCommerce’s headless option is ideal. Craft Commerce is a solid performer that marries low costs with flexibility for businesses that need a custom approach.

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21 janvier 2021/par Service comm.

4 Predictions for the Web in 2021

The start of the year is always a good time to reassess priorities and consider new approaches, but 2021 is more of a reset than we expected this time last year. 2020 is unlikely to go down in anyone’s autobiography as the best year of their life, but it has done something positive: it’s prepared the ground for rapid change in the next 12 months.

More than any other year in our lifetimes, 2021 is set to be revolutionary, with emerging trends that will last well into the new decade. Here’s what we think you can look forward to around the next corner.

1. The End of Minimalism

Minimalism has been the de facto approach to web design for the last decade because it works.

But design reflects the zeitgeist. Where minimalism once felt clean and fresh, it’s starting to feel dull and uninspired. There have been a few false-starts breaking out of the long-term trend, but thanks to the pandemic, 2021 will be the year minimalism finally folds — at least for a while.

Prior to coronavirus-mandated lockdowns worldwide, there were already signs of a more vibrant, more decorative, more joyful approach to design. Simple typefaces have been replaced with more decorative examples — faces that use ink-traps to fake 3D effects are surprisingly popular.

trends are cyclical, and the wheel always turns

One of the biggest aspects of this blossoming trend is the move away from Material Design-style flat color not just to gradients but to multi-color gradients and even animated gradients. Even Apple, the last bastion of the clean white-box approach, jumped on the gradient bandwagon with its Big Sur branding.

One of the few things COVID-19 hasn’t slowed is the adoption of new web technology, and CSS, in particular, has had some major developments in the last year. CSS Grid is now a practical technology, and our ability to code standards-compliant designs that aren’t dependent on hierarchical boxes is greatly enhanced.

After more than a year of pretty grim news for most people, much of the world will be vaccinated over the next twelve months, and life will rapidly return to normal. The last global crisis on this scale was the 1918 influenza pandemic, and it led directly to the decade known as the Roaring Twenties.

Minimalism was already dipping in popularity — trends are cyclical, and the wheel always turns — but lockdown, or perhaps more precisely the end of lockdown, is the catalyst for significant change.

2. The Decline of WordPress

In Autumn 2020, something entirely unexpected happened: The W3C announced the platform its new web presence would be built on, and WordPress — the previous choice of the web’s steering committee — didn’t even make the list of finalists.

Due to accessibility concerns, the W3C development team opted to migrate away from WordPress to Craft CMS. The decision was met with a mixture of glee and outrage. But whether you agree with the decision or not, it’s hard to see it as anything other than yet another symptom of WordPress’ decline.

WordPress faces a triple threat: there are web builders that do an adequate job for low-end web projects; there are newer rivals like Craft that outperform WordPress as a CMS; there’s a growing interest in alternate approaches, like Jamstack.

So will it all be over for WordPress in 2021? Not even close. There are myriad reasons WordPress will continue to be the choice of designers and developers for years to come. Tens of thousands of professionals worldwide have invested their whole careers in WordPress; there are millions of themes, plugins, templates, and build processes that are tightly woven into the WordPress ecosystem. What’s more, there are millions of sites with substantial content archives powered by WordPress [WebDesignerDepot is one such site].

WordPress reportedly powers approximately 37% of the web, and it will still be the dominant CMS in 2022. But it’s unlikely to grow beyond that 37%, and by 2030 its market share will be in rapid contraction.

2020 was the high-tide mark for WordPress

But for all its faults — and it’s undeniable that WordPress is full of faults — WordPress is the best of the web; it has given a voice to millions of people, launched countless careers, and empowered entrepreneurship worldwide.

2020 was the high-tide mark for WordPress, but it’s not an extinction-level event — even the much-maligned Flash, which was killed dead in a matter of months by the first generation iPhone, limped on until a few weeks ago.

WordPress will have to find a niche and accept a smaller market share; in doing so, it will address the single biggest complaint that anyone has about WordPress: that it’s trying to do too much.

WordPress is one of the great success stories of the web. In a decade, it may have to settle for powering just 10% of the web — a level of failure most of its rivals can only dream of.

3. The Digital Currency Explosion

2021 is undoubtedly the year that cryptocurrency goes mainstream. In 2020 Bitcoin grew by almost 400%; currently valued at around $35k, conservative predictions for a December 2021 valuation are $100k, with five-year predictions as high as $1m. And Bitcoin isn’t the only cryptocurrency; the value of developer-friendly Ether has jumped by more than 50% in the first few weeks of 2021.

In the US, the incoming Biden administration is preparing a multi-trillion dollar relief package, which many believe young Americans will invest in cryptocurrency. Perhaps more importantly, large investment banks are now pumping hundreds of millions in digital currencies. PayPal and Visa are both in the advanced stages of adopting blockchain technology.

The biggest threat to the new digital economy is the volatility of cryptocurrency. You cannot price services in XRP if XRP’s dollar price could crash at any time — as it did a few weeks ago.

And so there are two routes in which this trend will unfold for ecommerce. Either pricing will remain in dollars, and the equivalent price in various cryptocurrencies will be calculated in real-time. Or, transactions will make use of stablecoins like Tether that are tied to the value of the US dollar.

Cryptocurrency is the latest gold-rush, and whether you think it’s the chance of a lifetime or yet another Ponzi scheme, it will become increasingly high-profile in ecommerce throughout 2021.

4. No More Video Calls and also More Video Calls

2020 was the year of Zoom. Its growth from bit-player to overtaking Skype is a material lesson for entrepreneurs that every obstacle is an opportunity.

every obstacle is an opportunity

Over the last year, we’ve discovered two things: meetings are more creative in person, and office costs are significantly reduced when staff work remotely.

There’s going to be a shift in the business landscape this year. Remote working will continue to be normal for years to come as businesses enjoy rent savings. Video calls will still be common for quick update meetings. But expect to travel to physical meeting places periodically for in-depth strategic planning.

Expect to see major cities with deserted office buildings and a rapid expansion of co-working spaces, especially those with meeting spaces — if WeWork can hold on a little longer, there may be light at the end of the tunnel.

As a web professional, you’re in a unique position to thrive in the new business world, even more so if you’re a freelancer. Remember, if you’re working onsite, be mindful of your physical health, and if you’re working remotely, be mindful of your mental health.

What Do You Think?

No one saw 2020 coming. Sometimes world events are outwith our control, and we have to hang on and hope it gets better. It’s been a tough 12 months, and the truth is we’re not through it yet.

But the 2020 coronavirus pandemic is the first pandemic in human history that we’ve had the technology to shorten.

2021 offers the opportunity for enormous change. Will designers look for new, more decorative approaches? Will we replace our technology stack? Will you be billing clients in Ether this year? Will you suffer the misery of a packed evening commute ever again?

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11 janvier 2021/par Service comm.

How to Choose a Bare Metal Server From OVHcloud

There are dozens of factors that influence the UX of your site, app, or game. Most of them are beyond your control; user connection speed, end-system resources, even browser technology is all out of your hands. So when you do have the opportunity to influence your project’s infrastructure, you should seize it.

The world’s fastest muscle car can’t perform at its best when traffic is gridlocked bumper to bumper; likewise, the most finely tuned website can’t meet its potential running on shared hosting.

If you want your website, application, or service to run quickly and securely, maximizing both UX and SEO, then you need to look at the bare metal servers from OVHcloud.

Bare Metal Performance

Bare metal (or dedicated) servers aren’t uncommon. Still, most hosts only offer a single type of server, expecting small startups to pay for resources at the same rate as global giants, which can make dedicated hosting prohibitively expensive.

OVHcloud is different; it offers a range of bare metal server products optimized for a wide variety of challenges. That means small startups can invest in fast, easily scalable solutions that meet the most demanding security requirements without breaking the bank.

Whatever your aims, there’s a different OVHcloud solution configured for you:

OVHcloud Rise

Rise is the perfect option for a website, or web app hosting. With its low entry-cost, Intel-powered performance, bundled DDoS protection, and simplified administration, Rise is the natural choice for your first step into bare metal servers.

OVHcloud Advance

To meet SMEs’ need for reliable infrastructure to run mission-critical applications, OVHcloud configured Advance. From in-house CRMs to web-facing SaaS products, Advance is a solid foundation upon which to build your business.

OVHcloud Storage

Storage is ideal for storing large amounts of data securely. Hosting data on standard servers is a colossal waste of resources; with OVHcloud’s Storage product you can host up to 504TB and seamlessly access it via a performance-tuned server.

OVHcloud Infrastructure

For large companies with thousands of employees, global non-profits, colleges, and even local governments, OVHcloud Infrastructure offers scalability and flexibility beyond the average dedicated server.

OVHcloud High-End

For web apps that are leveraging cutting edge technology like machine learning and big data, OVHcloud’s High-End product is a no-compromise custom solution, the humdinger of bare metal servers, with every conceivable option available.

OVHcloud Game

If you’re developing video games, then lightning-quick, reliable streaming servers are essential. OVHcloud’s Game product delivers the type of speed your customers demand, with massive performance gains over comparable bare metal servers.

How to Choose a Bare Metal Server

It’s easy to get bogged down in detail, especially if this is your first foray into bare metal servers.

But here’s the good news: every OVHcloud bare metal server is a massive boost in performance over shared web hosting. That’s because, with a dedicated server, all of the server’s resources are…dedicated; that is, you don’t have to share with anyone. Shared hosting is pot-luck: You might wind up on a server with thoughtful users who don’t eat up all the resources, and you might end up on a server with one selfish user who hogs the processes and compromises the security. With a bare metal server, that’s not an issue.

Choosing a bare metal server is a two-step process. The first step is to think about what you intend to use it for:

Are you going to store a lot of data? If so, think about OVHcloud’s Storage product. But a lot of data doesn’t mean a WordPress blog. Let’s say you’re a polling company, collating millions of records that you hope to analyze to predict political movement; that requires a lot of storage. On the other hand, all servers have some storage. OVHcloud’s Rise product comes with 500Gb and can be configured with more. So if you’re planning to host something the size of a blog, then OVHcloud’s Storage might be using a sledgehammer to crack a nut.

The second step is to ask how complex the operations you’re going to ask the server to perform will be:

Hitting up a database to retrieve some data is not a complex operation. Even something like a complex search isn’t too taxing. If that’s the kind of process you expect to perform, OVHcloud’s Rise is more than adequate. But if you’re manipulating large amounts of data, like resizing hundreds of raster images dynamically; or using facial recognition to search through millions of biometric data records; or even managing your advertising application serving millions of ads to sites across the web; in those cases, you need the sort of performance OVHcloud’s Infrastructure product delivers.

OVHcloud’s products are all scaleable. Its High-End bare metal server product is entirely customizable. Whatever you choose, and however your needs change over time, you can be confident you’re running the optimum server for your project.

Why Choose OVHcloud

There are a mind-boggling array of processors, and OS, and a seemingly infinite — and increasingly expensive — amount of hardware on offer on the web. OVHcloud radically simplifies running a bare metal server by delivering a range of popular packages, tailored for everyday uses, that are both customizable and scaleable.

What OVHcloud delivers is a clear choice, letting you choose the right server for your product.

Whether you need lighting fast response times to maximize your SEO or the space to store a digital archive of the world’s most important art, for reliability and choice, opt for OVHcloud bare metal servers.

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6 janvier 2021/par Service comm.

The Potential of AR in Web Design

Over the years, experts have repeatedly discussed the possible impact of mixed realities on web design. Concepts like AR and VR are expected to have the potential to change the way that we interact with websites on a fundamental level.

Now that we’re in the year 2021, however, discussions about AR aren’t just observational anymore. The age of mixed-reality interfaces is here, in everything from Pokémon Go, to Snapchat filters.

The question is, how do web designers create incredible user experiences in a world where there are now multiple digital realities to consider?

The Benefits of Experimenting with AR

Before we look at some of the steps that web designers can take to enhance their projects with AR, it’s worth examining the benefits of interacting with augmented reality in the first place.

While virtual reality replaces the typical world around us completely with digital components, AR augments it. This means that developers and designers need to learn how to thrive in an environment where the real world and the digital one work together.

The most common AR application for website owners is to provide a solution for real-time and remote product visualization. Imagine being able to try on a pair of shoes before you buy them online. That’s a service that the Vyking brand can deliver by creating technology that “reinvents” the digital shopping experience.

This test functionality plays a massive role in purchasing decisions. In a world where people can’t see a shade of make-up in person when they’re shopping online, or check how an item of furniture looks in their home, AR has a crucial role to play.

In simple terms, AR helps shoppers to make more informed purchases.

Here’s how you can use augmented reality to deliver incredible UX.

1. Focus on Real-Time Feedback

Augmented reality is all about connecting the real world to the virtual world.

Doing this provides users a unique experience – one that’s filled with real-time feedback that can deliver crucial and insightful information. For instance, an augmented reality system in a GPS app can calculate the average time before reaching a destination based on previous trips.

Another option is for an augmented reality to use solutions like face-mapping to help customers determine how a certain makeup product will look before they buy it. For instance, that’s the case for the Mary Kay Mirror Me app, which simplifies the process of shopping for make-up.

When designing for AR, experts need to consider how they can provide customers with real-time information that they can use to make better purchasing decisions.

2. Define input and output

Although you’ve probably performed similar exercises when designing for traditional websites and applications in the past, defining inputs and outputs of UX in AR environments can be tough.

Defining inputs and outputs allows you to determine which elements of an interface your user can actually interact with, in your interface. This gives you a better idea of what to “augment.” For instance, you might decide that physical gestures like a swipe of the hand will be essential for AR inputs. However, you’ll also need to consider how each mobile device offers different input possibilities.

Outputs are a little simpler. For instance, you could offer a three-dimensional model of a product that your customers are interested in. Once you have that output, you can think about how the customer will interact with it by changing colors or position.

3. Embrace Customer-Friendly Performance

Another feature at the heart of AR applications is interactivity.

Good designs in the augmented reality world need to be simple to access and use, otherwise customers will end up avoiding them. For instance, 60% of customers say they want to use AR when they’re shopping for furniture. However, they’re only going to use your app if it actually works.

The Décor Matters website and app mix gamification with home decorating features that help customers get a better view of the home goods they’re planning on buying. The website even has inspiration pages available to help users find and try new design options with their AR technology.

When designing for AR, think about how you can make your applications or technology as simple to use as possible, so customers actually want to interact with it.

4. Address the Environment

In augmented and virtual reality applications, it’s important to remember that interfaces aren’t bound by physical screens. The viewport will move with the user, shifting perspectives in response. Most AR designers will use four different signifiers to describe AR environments:

Public environment: The entire body of the user is involved as a controller, like with the Xbox Kinect or Nintendo Wii;
Intimate environment: Where a user can be seated – often in a desktop environment;
Personal environment: AR on smartphones, mobile devices, and tablets, like Pokémon Go;
Private environments: Completely private spaces, such as with wearable technology like the Google Glass solution.

The environment that you’re designing for will be crucial for your project outcomes. Remember, spatial considerations need to be carefully considered when accounting for how users will interact with objects in a frame.

5. Remember User Fatigue

Another thing to keep in mind when designing for AR technology is that user fatigue is likely to be a much more significant consideration. After all, people interact with websites and applications in a much more intimate and in-depth way when AR is involved.

AR applications can often use the entire body of a customer as a controller. Because of this, designers need to be careful about exhausting interactions. High-effort and repetitive interactions could tire the user out mentally and physically, causing them to give up on the interaction.

When designing, you’ll need to consider how you might over-stimulate the user with too many interaction-focused elements at once. Keep it simple.

6. Remember the Essential Principles of UX Design

Remember, just because you’re tapping into a relatively new technology doesn’t mean that you should abandon all the basic tenets of user experience design that you’ve come to understand over the years. Although UX is constantly evolving and changing, it’s always going to keep a few fundamental principles in mind.

For instance, you’ll always strive to give users the best digital experience in exchange for the lowest amount of effort on their part. Additionally, you’ll need to think about how you can make end-users as comfortable as possible when they’re interacting with new types of technology on websites and apps.

For instance, since AR is most commonly associated with gaming in the current environment, it might be a good idea to implement gamification concepts into your AR design. What can you do to make sure your customers are having fun?

For instance, Inkhunter is an app that allows users to try on tattoos just like using a filter on Snapchat. The experience feels familiar, comfortable, and exciting.

Unlocking the Potential of AR Web Design

Augmented Reality technology has come a long way over the years. Today, developers and designers can access simple plug-in tools like WordPress VR, allowing designers to upload 360-degree videos into WordPress sites and other unique web extensions.

Augmented reality is becoming much more readily available on sites and apps of all shapes and sizes. Additionally, customers are accessing more ways to unlock AR’s power through everything from headsets to mobile interfaces.

However, just like any new technology in the web design world, designers need to think carefully about how they will overcome the challenges in user experience that AR can present. For instance, though AR can offer more information for a customer and help them make purchasing decisions faster, there are also risks. For instance, add too many interactive features to a single website or application, and you could scare users off with too much information.

In the short-term, web designers need to explore the new tools that are available to them and think about the customers they’re designing for. Only this way will we be able to make any considerable advances in the possibilities of AR.

Are You Ready to Embrace AR?

Designing for augmented reality applications and websites can be an intimidating concept – even for seasoned designers. However, this is just another technology that creatives can use to drive better experiences for end-users.

Learn how the latest technology works and get an insight into your customers’ needs, and you’ll be amazed at what you can accomplish in the AR world.

Actualités, Méthodes et organisation des process IT

31 décembre 2020/par Service comm.

How to Validate a Domain Name in Java

A domain name is used to represent online entities and provide users with access to websites that can help them accomplish goals like purchasing products, finding information, and connecting with others. As the internet a tool universally used in commerce throughout business practices, it is important to know what sites you are accessing, as well as any threats that may exist from those domains.

With phishing attempts and other cyber threats on the rise, online security should be a key part of business planning. Preparing for these risks will help prevent the theft of information and protect your organization and client-base. Having a plan in place will lend your business credibility and reliability in the eyes of your users and partners, who will know that they can trust you with their sensitive data.

Source de l’article sur DZONE

17 décembre 2020/par Service comm.

Qu’est-ce que la technologie cloud computing ?

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Vos utilisateurs et clients sont déjà habitués à utiliser leurs applications mobiles, comme Facebook ou Google Docs, pour interagir et travailler en toute flexibilité. Mais derrière le cloud computing, il y a bien plus qu’une simple interface web moderne. Le temps de réponse, le stockage des données, l’accès aux informations, la fiabilité et la sécurité sont autant d’éléments vitaux pour toute entreprise qui envisage une « migration dans le cloud ». Vos pairs vous auront sans doute parlé des avantages du cloud computing : accès aux technologies les plus récentes, flexibilité accrue et coûts IT réduits.

Qu’est-ce que la technologie cloud ?

Le cloud computing propose des services tels que le stockage des données, la sécurité, la mise en réseau, des applications logicielles et de la business intelligence, via internet et sur la base d’un abonnement.

En découvrant peu à peu le monde du cloud computing, vous voudrez sans doute vous familiariser avec certains des mots, définitions et choix qui s’offrent à vous. Vous trouverez ici un assortiment d’informations pertinentes, y compris des explications des termes SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, cloud public, cloud privé, cloud hybride et leurs différences. Le cloud offre de nombreux avantages que nous allons d’abord brièvement passer en revue.

Les avantages du cloud computing

Fiable : sûr, sécurisé et disponible. Bénéficiez d’un accès 24h/24 et 7j/7 au système de cloud computing de n’importe où et avec un excellent temps de réponse. Exécutez sur des serveurs sécurisés avec une équipe d’experts sécurité à temps plein. Vos données sont copiées et sauvegardées à distance.
Flexible: obtenez la puissance de calcul dont vous avez besoin, quand vous en avez besoin. Ajoutez ou enlevez des serveurs, du réseau, du stockage. Intégrez de nouveaux utilisateurs instantanément. Étendez vos activités à de nouvelles zones géographiques. Tout est fait rapidement et facilement.
Economique : Ne payez que pour ce dont vous avez besoin. Pas de frais initiaux pour le matériel ou les infrastructures. Réduisez le temps consacré par le personnel informatique à la maintenance et à la mise à jour des systèmes. Investissez plutôt vos ressources dans des projets qui génèrent des revenus.
Actualisé : ayez toujours la dernière version de la plateforme, base de données, des applications logicielles. De plus, profitez des technologies émergentes telles que le Machine Learning (ML), l’intelligence artificielle (AI), l’Internet des objets (IoT), et plus encore. Restez toujours au fait des dernières innovations.

Les différents types de services de cloud computing

Le cloud computing est divisé en trois grandes catégories de services : SaaS, PaaS et IaaS. Certains fournisseurs combinent ces services et d’autres les proposent séparément.

Qu’est-ce que le SaaS ?

Avec le SaaS (software-as-a-service), les logiciels sont hébergés sur un serveur distant et les clients peuvent y accéder partout et à tout moment, à partir d’un navigateur web ou d’une intégration web standard. Le fournisseur de SaaS se charge des sauvegardes, de la maintenance et des mises à jour. Les solutions SaaS comprennent l’enterprise resource planning (ERP), la gestion de la relation client (CRM), la gestion de projets, etc.

Qu’est-ce que le PaaS ?

La plateforme en tant que service (PaaS) est un environnement de développement d’applications basé sur le cloud qui fournit aux développeurs tout ce dont ils ont besoin pour créer et déployer des applications. Avec le PaaS, les développeurs peuvent choisir les fonctionnalités et services cloud qu’ils souhaitent sur la base d’un abonnement ou d’un paiement à l’utilisation.

Qu’est-ce que l’IaaS ?

L’IaaS (Infrastructure-as-a-service) permet aux entreprises de « louer » des ressources informatiques, telles que des serveurs, réseaux, du stockage et des systèmes d’exploitation, sur la base d’un paiement à l’utilisation. L’infrastructure est modulable et les clients n’ont pas à investir dans le matériel.

IaaS vs. PaaS vs. SaaS

Comparez le SaaS, le PaaS et l’IaaS et découvrez ce que vous pouvez attendre de chaque modèle « as-a-service ». La plupart des entreprises utilisent aujourd’hui un mélange des trois, et les limites entre les trois peuvent parfois s’estomper.

	SaaS	PaaS	IaaS
Qui l’utilise	Utilisateurs Business	Développeurs	Administrateurs système
Ce que vous obtenez	Applications logicielles	Plateforme de développement	Ressources informatiques
Objectif	Mener à bien des tâches business	Construire et déployer des applications	Accéder en ligne au stockage, aux réseaux, aux serveurs et à d’autres infrastructures
Contrôles du fournisseur cloud	Applications, données, runtime, middleware, O/S, virtualisation, serveurs, stockage, mise en réseau	Runtime, middleware, O/S, virtualisation, serveurs, stockage, mise en réseau	Virtualisation, serveurs, stockage, mise en réseau
Contrôles du client	N / A – tout est géré par le fournisseur	Applications, données	Applications, données, runtime, middleware, O/S

Types de déploiement cloud

Il existe trois types différents de déploiement cloud : public, privé et hybride. De nombreuses entreprises combinent plusieurs approches et mettent en place un environnement multi-cloud.

Cloud Public : les services sont fournis aux clients sur un réseau disponible pour les clients du fournisseur. Le cloud public est efficace, abordable et est souvent multilocataires, ce qui signifie que le fournisseur gère votre service dans un environnement partagé.
Cloud Privé : les services sont maintenus sur un réseau privé protégé par un pare-feu. Vous pouvez créer un cloud privé dans votre propre data center ou vous abonner à un cloud privé hébergé chez un fournisseur. Le cloud privé offre plus de sécurité et de contrôle.
Cloud Hybride : combinaison d’un cloud public, cloud privé et d’une infrastructure sur site. Le cloud hybride vous permet de conserver des informations sensibles dans un data center traditionnel ou un cloud privé, tout en profitant des ressources du cloud public.

Cloud public vs privé vs hybride

Comparez les trois différents types de déploiements cloud pour découvrir celui qui conviendrait le mieux à votre entreprise.

	Cloud public	Cloud privé	Cloud hybride
Environnement	Ressources informatiques publiques partagées	Ressources informatiques privées	Mix de ressources publiques et privées
Mise à l’échelle automatique	Élevé	Peut être limité	Élevé
Sécurité	Bonne – mais dépend de la sécurité du fournisseur	Plus sûr – toutes les données sont stockées dans un data center privé	Très sûr – les données sensibles sont stockées dans un data center privé
Fiabilité	Moyenne – dépend de la connectivité Internet et de la disponibilité du fournisseur de services	Élevée – tout l’équipement est installé dans les locaux ou hébergé chez un fournisseur de services en cloud privé dédié	Moyenne à élevée – une certaine dépendance à l’égard du fournisseur de services
Coût	Faible – modèle « payez pour ce dont vous avez besoin » et pas besoin de stockage et de ressources sur site	Modéré à élevé – peut nécessiter des ressources sur site telles qu’un data center, de l’électricité et du personnel informatique	Modéré – mélange de modèle « payez pour ce dont vous avez besoin » et de ressources sur site
Pour qui ?	Les entreprises qui souhaitent tirer parti des dernières applications SaaS et de l’IaaS flexible. tout en maintenant des coûts bas	Organismes gouvernementaux, prestataires de soins de santé, banques et toute entreprise qui gère un grand nombre de données sensibles	Les entreprises qui souhaitent préserver la confidentialité des applications et des données critiques – tout en utilisant les services de cloud public

La sécurité du cloud

Le cloud est-il vraiment sécurisé ? La sécurité du cloud dépend de la manière dont il a été déployé et des capacités du fournisseur. Mais il a été démontré que, dans la plupart des cas, le cloud offre plus de sécurité que les installations sur site. Il y a plusieurs raisons à cela :

Emplacement des données : avec un déploiement sur site, vos données se trouvent dans votre installation. Or la 1ère étape pour quelqu’un qui cherche à voler vos données est de savoir où elles se trouvent. Les grands fournisseurs de cloud computing ont de nombreux serveurs à différents endroits, il est donc difficile de savoir où se trouvent les données.
Sécurité : avec une installation sur site, votre personnel gère toutes les procédures de sécurité et mises à jour logicielles. Récemment, une grande compagnie d’assurance a été victime d’une faille de sécurité, et il s’est avéré que le service informatique n’avait pas installé de mises à jour de sécurité depuis de nombreux mois. Grâce à un fournisseur de cloud computing réputé, les entreprises disposent d’experts en sécurité à plein temps pour protéger leurs données.
Sauvegarde : dans le cadre d’une installation sur site, vous êtes responsable de la sauvegarde régulière de vos précieuses informations. Si votre entreprise adopte ce type de déploiement, il est nécessaire d’avoir des copies à jour stockées hors site.

Proposez de nouvelles technologies via le cloud

Les départements informatiques subissent une pression croissante pour passer du statut de centre de coûts à celui de créateur de valeur – et doivent maintenant mener la charge en matière d’innovation. Le cloud computing et le Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) peuvent être un catalyseur pour les DSI qui souhaitent maintenir avec succès un environnement informatique bi-modal qui encourage l’innovation rapide tout en soutenant en toute sécurité le noyau stable et critique de l’entreprise.

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8 décembre 2020/par Service comm.

8 Awesome Black Friday 2020 Deals for Designers (Up to 94% Off!)

If you’re interested in a sneak peek of this year’s best Black Friday deals, stick around. You’ll find a few web designers’ favorites, including a stellar deal or two.

This year, more than a few of the popular retail outlets are shifting away from the traditional “camp out all night and bust open the doors when the store opens” shopping model. You might just prefer this less chaotic, ecommerce approach.

All of us are trying to adjust to what may eventually become a “new normal”. We may not like some aspects of this new normal, but there are bright spots as well.

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