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On October 2nd, the AGENTIL team participated in a very coveted conference in Geneva organized by Impact IA, called « Artificial Intelligence: towards a nomadic form of Work? ». Indeed, AGENTIL Group chose to sponsor a particular workshop during the event: « Woman in the Loop ». What was it all about? 

As a representative of women in tech and our very own innovation specialist, Sarah Bouhnick was asked to be a participant during the workshop. During the preparation phase before the actual event, the conversation rose in the AGENTIL Geneva offices about what being a « Woman in the Loop » actually meant.

Two major points were debated: 

• the clear under-representation of women in the tech world, 
• the place of the ‘feminine’ part in the process of human represented forms of AI.

This debate pointed back to Sarah’s exchange with Andre Guillen, marketing director of the Impact IA Foundation, as he interviewed her regarding Artificial Intelligence and a woman’s place in this still very masculine industry. 
You can watch Sarah's interview here.

For the workshop and conference, the AGENTIL team gathered a few members, including Sarah (of course), Jean-François Pietri (Transition Manager and Senior Consultant) and Carole Lacroix, head of the marketing department of AGENTIL Media. 

As the event began, experts, journalists and Laura Tocmacov Venchiarutti - Impact IA’s Managing Director - asked Sarah to join the press briefing, so that they get to the core of this event’s topic. They were joined by another one of the event’s sponsors, Visium, that debated on « Innovation and Entrepreneurship ».

A few minutes from the beginning of the press briefing, a journalist from the AGEFI newspaper asked Sarah «Why ‘Woman in the Loop’? Why this specific topic? » And the answer was quite simple: women need to take part in modeling the future and a part of this discussion. 

The briefing was neatly organized in little groups of twenty AI experts and journalists, discussing all subjects of the event’s conferences. As it ended, the public entered the event and took place into little workshops to contribute to the brainstorming of these same topics. 

« What exactly is Artificial Intelligence? » a woman asked. And the truth is, it’s a hard definition to give. « I believe that Artificial Intelligence doesn’t really exist yet. We’re more about intelligence of artificial things, if I can say so. That’s why I think we need to bring more women to the table and offer a different vision of this topic » Sarah answered. 

The debate continued with plenty of great arguments:

« I like the idea of a new societal organization, we need to re-think the word ‘relationship’ today, as the definition just might be transformed with and through technology. » 

« What if we didn’t need to work anymore? » - « But human beings will want to work in order to still have some sense of a social status and place in society » 

« What if it were a new society model? » - « Sure, but society is afraid of new ways of thinking. » 

As the debate went on, Sarah’s conclusions were that a woman’s place in the IT world isn’t really the subject. It’s more about redefining what is today’s reality but could be completely redefined tomorrow. But some questions remain unanswered for now: do we really need to add gender to the conversation, apart if it’s to push equality into our new societal constructions? Are we going to continue giving human characteristics to the technological lives we create? Will Artificial Intelligence always be influenced by humans, or can it become independent at some point? 

If you wish to discover AGENTIL's progress on AI solutions, come chat with us through the contact button on your right! 

Social networks have never had such a significant place and impact in our daily routines as today. Even if they started out as a way to connect people in their personal lives, they’ve slowly but surely made their way into the workplace. 

Nowadays, collaborative work tools act the same way as social networks do : you can post updates, pictures, videos, use instant messaging, create groups... And there is no denying that these tools greatly facilitate the process of a group task. At AGENTIL, we make use of collaborative work solutions on the daily!

In 2007, IBM decided to jump on the bandwagon and started developing their very own collaborative work environment, called IBM Connections. This product is a team collaborative platform that helps employees become much more efficient and invested in their work projects. Plus, at AGENTIL, IBM Connections can be fully customized.

IBM Connections’ interface recalls the world’s most used social network and, with that being said, it’s a great advantage: it’s user-friendly and intuitive, therefore requiring absolutely no training support. 

The scenario is quite simple: anyone can create a community and invite their coworkers or even their customers to participate to the project, and share files, customer briefs and more. Having all ressources for a specific project stored at the same place is a real time-saver. Forget emails asking John where the presentation for your latest customer has been filed and waiting twenty minutes before having it sent to you!

Furthermore, you can choose to add competence tags to your employees, colleagues and self, helping you find the best person to carry out a task regarding a specific project. IBM Connections also has integrated social traces of knowledge, which would, for example, give you access to a former colleague's knowledge base as training.

All of these carefully crafted features ensure interactions are simplified and work processes are substantially improved. The forum sections allow all members of a same team to have focused conversations, accessible at all times, helping employees improve their effectiveness on the job. And this idea is reinforced by statistics showing that the use of a collaborative work tool such as IBM Connections can cut off 30% of email traffic.

At AGENTIL, we truly believe in time-saving solutions such as IBM Connections and can only vouch for their efficiency and convenience. However, we also think that a collaborative work tool should convey your company’s aesthetic and now offer to not only implement Connections in your workplace, but have it fully customized to your image and needs. 

During the HR Event in Geneva, the AGENTIL team was running a booth in partnership with IBM, presenting their innovative solutions. For this occasion, AGENTIL’s CEO, Jean-François Lauri also held a conference and was proud to demonstrate the customized interface of IBM Connections.

If you are interested in discovering all of the advantages of using IBM Connections and have it customized to your convenience, don't hesitate to contact us!

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Check out references for IBM connections :

The Aragon Research Globe™ for Social Software, 2016: Shifting to Work and Outcomes (1) named IBM a leader in its evaluation of enterprise social network providers for the 4th consecutive year, citing IBM’s global presence, predictive analytics capabilities and growing partner ecosystem. 

The Constellation ShortList™ for Social Task Management: Enterprise Suites with Project Features (2) has recognized IBM Connections Activities for its combination of collaboration, social networking and project management capabilities.

 The Forrester Wave™: File Sync and Share Platforms: Cloud Solutions, Q1 2016 (3) named IBM a leader, citing the broad collaboration, file sharing and social analytics capabilities of IBM Connections Cloud. 

The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise File Sync And Share Platforms, Hybrid Solutions, Q2 2016 (4) cited IBM as a leader among the ten most significant providers of enterprise file sync and share (EFSS) solutions with hybrid or on-premises deployment options.  

The Gartner Magic Quadrant for Social Software in the Workplace (5) named IBM a leader for the 7th year in a row, recognized for Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute.

IDC's Worldwide Enterprise Social Networks, Online Communities, and Innovation Management Market Shares, 2015: Innovation at Scale (6) shows IBM has maintained its #1 position in Core Enterprise Social Networks for the 7th consecutive year.

The Ovum Decision Matrix: Selecting an Enterprise Social Networking Product 2016-17 (7) named IBM a Leader in its latest examination of the enterprise social networking landscape. 

1. The Aragon Research Globe™ for Social Software, 2016: Shifting to Work and Outcomes, Sept 23, 2016
2. Constellation ShortList™ for Social Task Management: Enterprise Suites with Project Features, October 2016
3. The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise File Sync And Share Platforms, Cloud Solutions, Q1 2016
4. The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise File Sync And Share Platforms, Hybrid Solutions, Q2 2016
5. Gartner Magic Quadrant for Social Software in the Workplace, October 26, 2015. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner's research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
6. Worldwide Enterprise Social Networks, Online Communities and Innovation Management Market Shares, 2015:Innovation at Scale, August 2016, IDC #US41576016
7. Ovum Decision Matrix: Selecting an Enterprise Social Networking Product 2016-17, October 27 2016

AGENTIL Group supports the Genevan association Hôpiclowns. We invite you to take note of its generously supportive mission, acknowledged in public utility, with suffering people (children, adults and seniors) who are staying in hospital or in an institution.

Hôpiclowns includes 7 women and 7 men who are professional clowns and work in hospitals and specialized institutions in the canton of Geneva. Their aim is to offer a little joy, dream, laugh and play, emotion and support to suffering people whose stay away from home can be experienced in sadness or even anxiety. They work in interaction with caregivers.

Hôpiclowns : the “disease” in brackets!

What if you also made a donation? Click here!

Last Wednesday, as SAP Gold Partner, AGENTIL was glad to be presented as one of the main partners of the SAP Live Campus event, which took place in Geneva. The event lasted a whole day and was filled with amazing lectures, conferences and workshops.

After a quick coffee, the participants were warmly welcomed by Michael Locher-Tjoa, the Managing Director of SAP Switzerland. He introduced our CEO through a little video (watch here), in which Jean-François Lauri presented AGENTIL as an innovative and ahead-of-its time company.

During the workshops and lectures, six members of our team animated the AGENTIL booth to meet with clients, partners and potential customers by presenting all of the SAP solutions and services AGENTIL has to offer. It also gave the team the opportunity to promote the SoH Swiss, a current crowdfunding project in collaboration with Red Hat.

After a nice lunch break, Jean-François Lauri and Christophe Imbach, IT Director of Sunstar in Europe, held a conference on the first implementation project of S/4HANA Cloud in Switzerland.

This lecture allowed the assistance to have a better understanding of how AGENTIL had managed to revamp Sunstar’s outdated system by using SAP’s S/4HANA and C/4HANA: AGENTIL’s goals were to reduce the complexity of Sunstar’s existing processes, while operating a digital transformation and increasing its business efficiency, making Sunstar a much more agile company.

Working hand in hand, AGENTIL, SAP and Sunstar hope for a successful delivery of the completed project by 2020… and right now, they’re off to a pretty good start! To learn more about this project, you can look up our presentation here: https://agn.tl/S4HANACloud

Following the AGENTIL lecture, Nils Müller, the Special Guest of this years edition made an appearance, offering a journey to the Year 2028 with Dr Futura. While traveling ‘back to the future’, he presented existing micro-trends and technologies that could heavily impact our lives in the future.

To finish off this intense day of knowledge-sharing, all of the guests headed to the famous Brasserie des Halles de l’Île, posted on the Rhône, on a little urban island, for some drinks and a musical night with the singer and songwriter, Nickless.

If you haven’t been able to attend this year’s SAP Live Campus to meet with our AGENTIL team members and would like to learn more about how we can transform your company, contact us today!

We are proud to announce our new partnership with SAP, we now provide SAP S/4HANA Cloud: the intelligent Cloud ERP to accelerate digital value creation.

SAP S/4HANA Cloud makes ERP Intelligent by delivering predictive analytics, machine learning, and digital assistance to accelerate decisions, improve efficiency and empower users.

It helps organizations manage a rapid pace of change, ensuring access to the latest technologies and delivering instant value, while providing the agility and flexibility to adapt to changing business conditions. 

SAP S/4HANA Cloud can grow and adapt to an organization’s changing needs, delivering modern capabilities to enable differentiation and long-term impact.

On October 2nd, the AGENTIL team participated in a very coveted conference in Geneva organized by Impact IA, called « Artificial Intelligence: towards a nomadic form of Work? ». Indeed, AGENTIL Group chose to sponsor a particular workshop during the event: « Woman in the Loop ». What was it all about? 

As a representative of women in tech and our very own innovation specialist, Sarah Bouhnick was asked to be a participant during the workshop. During the preparation phase before the actual event, the conversation rose in the AGENTIL Geneva offices about what being a « Woman in the Loop » actually meant.

Two major points were debated: 

• the clear under-representation of women in the tech world, 
• the place of the ‘feminine’ part in the process of human represented forms of AI.

This debate pointed back to Sarah’s exchange with Andre Guillen, marketing director of the Impact IA Foundation, as he interviewed her regarding Artificial Intelligence and a woman’s place in this still very masculine industry. 
You can watch Sarah's interview here.

For the workshop and conference, the AGENTIL team gathered a few members, including Sarah (of course), Jean-François Pietri (Transition Manager and Senior Consultant) and Carole Lacroix, head of the marketing department of AGENTIL Media. 

As the event began, experts, journalists and Laura Tocmacov Venchiarutti - Impact IA’s Managing Director - asked Sarah to join the press briefing, so that they get to the core of this event’s topic. They were joined by another one of the event’s sponsors, Visium, that debated on « Innovation and Entrepreneurship ».

A few minutes from the beginning of the press briefing, a journalist from the AGEFI newspaper asked Sarah «Why ‘Woman in the Loop’? Why this specific topic? » And the answer was quite simple: women need to take part in modeling the future and a part of this discussion. 

The briefing was neatly organized in little groups of twenty AI experts and journalists, discussing all subjects of the event’s conferences. As it ended, the public entered the event and took place into little workshops to contribute to the brainstorming of these same topics. 

« What exactly is Artificial Intelligence? » a woman asked. And the truth is, it’s a hard definition to give. « I believe that Artificial Intelligence doesn’t really exist yet. We’re more about intelligence of artificial things, if I can say so. That’s why I think we need to bring more women to the table and offer a different vision of this topic » Sarah answered. 

The debate continued with plenty of great arguments:

« I like the idea of a new societal organization, we need to re-think the word ‘relationship’ today, as the definition just might be transformed with and through technology. » 

« What if we didn’t need to work anymore? » - « But human beings will want to work in order to still have some sense of a social status and place in society » 

« What if it were a new society model? » - « Sure, but society is afraid of new ways of thinking. » 

As the debate went on, Sarah’s conclusions were that a woman’s place in the IT world isn’t really the subject. It’s more about redefining what is today’s reality but could be completely redefined tomorrow. But some questions remain unanswered for now: do we really need to add gender to the conversation, apart if it’s to push equality into our new societal constructions? Are we going to continue giving human characteristics to the technological lives we create? Will Artificial Intelligence always be influenced by humans, or can it become independent at some point? 

If you wish to discover AGENTIL's progress on AI solutions, come chat with us through the contact button on your right! 

Social networks have never had such a significant place and impact in our daily routines as today. Even if they started out as a way to connect people in their personal lives, they’ve slowly but surely made their way into the workplace. 

Nowadays, collaborative work tools act the same way as social networks do : you can post updates, pictures, videos, use instant messaging, create groups... And there is no denying that these tools greatly facilitate the process of a group task. At AGENTIL, we make use of collaborative work solutions on the daily!

In 2007, IBM decided to jump on the bandwagon and started developing their very own collaborative work environment, called IBM Connections. This product is a team collaborative platform that helps employees become much more efficient and invested in their work projects. Plus, at AGENTIL, IBM Connections can be fully customized.

IBM Connections’ interface recalls the world’s most used social network and, with that being said, it’s a great advantage: it’s user-friendly and intuitive, therefore requiring absolutely no training support. 

The scenario is quite simple: anyone can create a community and invite their coworkers or even their customers to participate to the project, and share files, customer briefs and more. Having all ressources for a specific project stored at the same place is a real time-saver. Forget emails asking John where the presentation for your latest customer has been filed and waiting twenty minutes before having it sent to you!

Furthermore, you can choose to add competence tags to your employees, colleagues and self, helping you find the best person to carry out a task regarding a specific project. IBM Connections also has integrated social traces of knowledge, which would, for example, give you access to a former colleague's knowledge base as training.

All of these carefully crafted features ensure interactions are simplified and work processes are substantially improved. The forum sections allow all members of a same team to have focused conversations, accessible at all times, helping employees improve their effectiveness on the job. And this idea is reinforced by statistics showing that the use of a collaborative work tool such as IBM Connections can cut off 30% of email traffic.

At AGENTIL, we truly believe in time-saving solutions such as IBM Connections and can only vouch for their efficiency and convenience. However, we also think that a collaborative work tool should convey your company’s aesthetic and now offer to not only implement Connections in your workplace, but have it fully customized to your image and needs. 

During the HR Event in Geneva, the AGENTIL team was running a booth in partnership with IBM, presenting their innovative solutions. For this occasion, AGENTIL’s CEO, Jean-François Lauri also held a conference and was proud to demonstrate the customized interface of IBM Connections.

If you are interested in discovering all of the advantages of using IBM Connections and have it customized to your convenience, don't hesitate to contact us!

_

Check out references for IBM connections :

The Aragon Research Globe™ for Social Software, 2016: Shifting to Work and Outcomes (1) named IBM a leader in its evaluation of enterprise social network providers for the 4th consecutive year, citing IBM’s global presence, predictive analytics capabilities and growing partner ecosystem. 

The Constellation ShortList™ for Social Task Management: Enterprise Suites with Project Features (2) has recognized IBM Connections Activities for its combination of collaboration, social networking and project management capabilities.

 The Forrester Wave™: File Sync and Share Platforms: Cloud Solutions, Q1 2016 (3) named IBM a leader, citing the broad collaboration, file sharing and social analytics capabilities of IBM Connections Cloud. 

The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise File Sync And Share Platforms, Hybrid Solutions, Q2 2016 (4) cited IBM as a leader among the ten most significant providers of enterprise file sync and share (EFSS) solutions with hybrid or on-premises deployment options.  

The Gartner Magic Quadrant for Social Software in the Workplace (5) named IBM a leader for the 7th year in a row, recognized for Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute.

IDC's Worldwide Enterprise Social Networks, Online Communities, and Innovation Management Market Shares, 2015: Innovation at Scale (6) shows IBM has maintained its #1 position in Core Enterprise Social Networks for the 7th consecutive year.

The Ovum Decision Matrix: Selecting an Enterprise Social Networking Product 2016-17 (7) named IBM a Leader in its latest examination of the enterprise social networking landscape. 

1. The Aragon Research Globe™ for Social Software, 2016: Shifting to Work and Outcomes, Sept 23, 2016
2. Constellation ShortList™ for Social Task Management: Enterprise Suites with Project Features, October 2016
3. The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise File Sync And Share Platforms, Cloud Solutions, Q1 2016
4. The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise File Sync And Share Platforms, Hybrid Solutions, Q2 2016
5. Gartner Magic Quadrant for Social Software in the Workplace, October 26, 2015. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner's research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
6. Worldwide Enterprise Social Networks, Online Communities and Innovation Management Market Shares, 2015:Innovation at Scale, August 2016, IDC #US41576016
7. Ovum Decision Matrix: Selecting an Enterprise Social Networking Product 2016-17, October 27 2016

AGENTIL Group supports the Genevan association Hôpiclowns. We invite you to take note of its generously supportive mission, acknowledged in public utility, with suffering people (children, adults and seniors) who are staying in hospital or in an institution.

Hôpiclowns includes 7 women and 7 men who are professional clowns and work in hospitals and specialized institutions in the canton of Geneva. Their aim is to offer a little joy, dream, laugh and play, emotion and support to suffering people whose stay away from home can be experienced in sadness or even anxiety. They work in interaction with caregivers.

Hôpiclowns : the “disease” in brackets!

What if you also made a donation? Click here!

We are proud to announce our new partnership with SAP, we now provide SAP S/4HANA Cloud: the intelligent Cloud ERP to accelerate digital value creation.

SAP S/4HANA Cloud makes ERP Intelligent by delivering predictive analytics, machine learning, and digital assistance to accelerate decisions, improve efficiency and empower users.

It helps organizations manage a rapid pace of change, ensuring access to the latest technologies and delivering instant value, while providing the agility and flexibility to adapt to changing business conditions. 

SAP S/4HANA Cloud can grow and adapt to an organization’s changing needs, delivering modern capabilities to enable differentiation and long-term impact.

Last Wednesday, as SAP Gold Partner, AGENTIL was glad to be presented as one of the main partners of the SAP Live Campus event, which took place in Geneva. The event lasted a whole day and was filled with amazing lectures, conferences and workshops.

After a quick coffee, the participants were warmly welcomed by Michael Locher-Tjoa, the Managing Director of SAP Switzerland. He introduced our CEO through a little video (watch here), in which Jean-François Lauri presented AGENTIL as an innovative and ahead-of-its time company.

During the workshops and lectures, six members of our team animated the AGENTIL booth to meet with clients, partners and potential customers by presenting all of the SAP solutions and services AGENTIL has to offer. It also gave the team the opportunity to promote the SoH Swiss, a current crowdfunding project in collaboration with Red Hat.

After a nice lunch break, Jean-François Lauri and Christophe Imbach, IT Director of Sunstar in Europe, held a conference on the first implementation project of S/4HANA Cloud in Switzerland.

This lecture allowed the assistance to have a better understanding of how AGENTIL had managed to revamp Sunstar’s outdated system by using SAP’s S/4HANA and C/4HANA: AGENTIL’s goals were to reduce the complexity of Sunstar’s existing processes, while operating a digital transformation and increasing its business efficiency, making Sunstar a much more agile company.

Working hand in hand, AGENTIL, SAP and Sunstar hope for a successful delivery of the completed project by 2020… and right now, they’re off to a pretty good start! To learn more about this project, you can look up our presentation here: https://agn.tl/S4HANACloud

Following the AGENTIL lecture, Nils Müller, the Special Guest of this years edition made an appearance, offering a journey to the Year 2028 with Dr Futura. While traveling ‘back to the future’, he presented existing micro-trends and technologies that could heavily impact our lives in the future.

To finish off this intense day of knowledge-sharing, all of the guests headed to the famous Brasserie des Halles de l’Île, posted on the Rhône, on a little urban island, for some drinks and a musical night with the singer and songwriter, Nickless.

If you haven’t been able to attend this year’s SAP Live Campus to meet with our AGENTIL team members and would like to learn more about how we can transform your company, contact us today!