It is annoying when the user’s journey through the web store comes to an abrupt end with an error. Everyone is familiar with the frustration of online shopping: unclear purchase processes, non-transparent returns processes, pages that don’t finish loading, or simply errors in the applications themselves, such as when the data upload doesn’t work or the next page in the web store simply isn’t accessible.
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Our team at zipcon consulting in Essen, has made good use of the last few months by giving our website a new look: Thanks to the latest technology and a new design, the zipcon.de website has a fresh new look. Simple and stylish, structured and intuitive to use – with selected design features we now present ourselves and the services we offer in a modern “newspaper look”.
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With its machine concept, the Italian manufacturer NEOS Digital Printing Solutions is pursuing the idea of using the print heads of all known manufacturers depending on the media spectrum required – if necessary, even within one printing machine. zipcon was curious and wanted to know whether a new “hidden champion” for industrial inkjet printing was growing up?
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A topic-specific question, a handful of creative (IT) minds and 24 to 48 hours of time: The principle of a hackathon is simple. And no, it has nothing to do with criminal activity. The combination of the words “hacking” and “marathon” is a collaborative software and hardware development event that produces innovative solutions to concrete problems.
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Who would go into the jungle without a guide or try to climb a mountain without any experience? Why do people do in the digital world what they would not do in real life? Those who go without confidants and without security can only fail, whether in real or virtual life! In the printing industry, this affects large and small companies. Let’s take a look at the situation and give you a framework for the solution approach to more security.
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In a new study, the digital association Bitkom examines potential future scenarios for ERPs. Enterprise resource planning systems are considered in the context of relevant technologies in the “ERP Trend Check 2021” Whitepaper. Although ERPs were among the earliest successes of digitization, the printing industry still has some catching up to do in many places.
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We constantly hear: Digitization has to move faster. In schools. In administration. Currently, of course, also with the health authorities, in order to get a better grip on the Corona crisis. And in the economy, as well. It’s as if everyone believes that digitization could easily solve all of our problems. But we all know that this is not the case.
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In a media world in which the moving image determines our communication, print must explore creative possibilities in order to use interactive content profitably. This is because movement multiplies the memory value.
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The new text generator GPT-3 (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) can write texts in the style of Shakespeare, create program codes, and translate foreign languages and legal paragraphs. Is this method the answer to all questions or does it end up as a tragedy because it does not find a suitable method among the 175 billion machine learning parameters?
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It is a major decision whether the main components of a new ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system should be provided on dedicated servers within the company (on-premise) or in the cloud. Different options and costs depend upon this decision. Some vendors offer a mix of models where the cloud software is hosted on a company’s private servers. However, to consider the advantages and disadvantages, one should make a clear separation.
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