Tue.Aug 26, 2014

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Discuss Big Data With NASA Experts at 9 Oct Big Data Forum

CTOvision

'By Ron Kaese. Editor’s note: This looks like one of the most relevant data analytics events of the season. Hear real use cases from real professionals serving critical missions. – bg. Who : Who should attend? Company representatives that want to meet the NASA experts on Big Data should attend. NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) is a secure facility so this is open to.

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BREAKING: Amazon Planning $1.1bn Data Center Project In Central Ohio

Data Center Knowledge

'Columbus Business First has uncovered a massive Amazon project in Central Ohio. Amazon''s hosting subsidiary Vadata has filed for a tax credit in Central Ohio for a project estimated at $1.1 billion. Read More.

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Computers and History: Beyond Science Fiction

CTOvision

'By AdamElkus. A recent BBC article asks the provocative question: can computers replace historian s? But here is the biggest claim so far – crunching through the big data of history can help us spot patterns and work out where the world is heading next. That is what Kalev Leetaru, a data scientist at Washington’s Georgetown University, believes may be possible.

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VMware, Docker, Google And Pivotal Team For Enterprise Container Adoption

Data Center Knowledge

'VMware, Docker, Google and Pivotal team up to bring containers to the enterprise. The aim of the collaboration is to make it easy to use containers across a variety of infrastructure setups. Read More.

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Peak Performance: Continuous Testing & Evaluation of LLM-Based Applications

Speaker: Aarushi Kansal, AI Leader & Author and Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO at Aggregage

Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.

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David Bray of FCC @FCC_CIO Discusses Public Service and Data Analytics at 2014 Analyst Forum 

CTOvision

'By Shannon Perry. On July 30 th in northern Virginia, some of the greatest minds in analytics for business, outcomes, and mission impact gathered to share their lessons learned and experiences with data analytics. Academia, government, and industry came together to provide a comprehensive approach to investigating how we can better extract knowledge from information ( see our recap here ).

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NRDC: Multi-Tenant Data Centers Need To Play Bigger Energy Efficiency Role

Data Center Knowledge

'Poor server utilization and misaligned incentives within the multi-tenant data center market are identified as root problems with data center energy efficiency. Read More.

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IBM SoftLayer Opening Melbourne, Australia Data Center

Data Center Knowledge

'The latest data center in IBM SoftLayer''s global cloud push is in Melbourne, Australia. Read More.

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DISA’s CIO Dave Bennett on Achieving Efficiencies

CTOvision

'By Katie Kennedy. The Defense Information Systems Agency’s chief information officer and director for Enterprise Information Services Dave Bennett opened for FedScoop’s “Lowering the Cost of Government with Information Technology (IT) Summit” on August 21. Bennett’s opening discussion began with the focus on infrastructure and capacity services contracts.

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Switch SUPERNAP Partners With 6fusion For Better Usage And Cost Transparency

Data Center Knowledge

'Switch SUPERNAP has partnered with 6fusion for better cost and utilization transparency. 6Fusion''s WAC metric will form the cornerstone of recently announced IaaS spot market. Read More.

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Amazon Swoops in to Acquire Twitch

CTOvision

'If you have not heard of Twitch, it is a videogame-streaming company that enables gamers to upload videos of gameplay, watch gameplay from other users, and chat about different tactics, strategies, and achievements. Three months ago, the young company made headlines on many major American news sources following many reports that Google planned to acquire it for roughly 1 billion dollars.

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7 Pitfalls for Apache Cassandra in Production

Apache Cassandra is an open-source distributed database that boasts an architecture that delivers high scalability, near 100% availability, and powerful read-and-write performance required for many data-heavy use cases. However, many developers and administrators who are new to this NoSQL database often encounter several challenges that can impact its performance.

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Data Erasure Technology: Ensuring Security, Savings and Compliance

Data Center Knowledge

'Failed drives are a fact of life, but they don’t have to become a security risk, compliance nightmare or drain on personnel, writes Markku Willgren of Blancco. With low upfront and ongoing costs, hardware appliances help control loose drive security using an easy, efficient process. Read More.

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Ascent Index: BYOD

The Investing Edge

'Our last BYOD Index in March 2013 might have represented the apex of BYOD hype. Back then, BYOD or “Bring your Own Device” mentions across social channels reached about 2,600 per day, with 80,000 mentions during the entire month. While BYOD wasn’t a new concept in March 2013, it was still a hot industry topic as even some of the more traditional and inflexible organizations were beginning to at least consider allowing the use of employee-owned devices for business purposes.

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VMware Launches EVO: RAIL Hyperscale Converged Infrastructure

Data Center Knowledge

'At its annual VMworld event in San Francisco Monday VMware launched the EVO family of hyper-converged infrastructure offerings, beginning with EVO:RAIL - an appliance for streamlining the deployment a software-defined data center. Read More.

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VMware enters the Hyper-Converged market

Virtualized Greek

'One of the major announcements from VMworld 2014 is that VMware has fully entered the hyper-converged market. VMware and their OEM hardware partners have decided not to leave the high margins of hyper-converged to the handful of appliance vendors on.

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20 Common Mistakes Made by Inexperienced Project Managers

You’ve read the PMBOK® Guide several times, taken the certification exam for project managers, passed, and you are now a PMP®. So why do you keep making rookie mistakes? This whitepaper shows 20 of the most common mistakes that young or inexperienced project managers make, issues that can cost significant time and money. It's a good starting point for understanding how and why many PMs get themsleves into trouble, and provides guidance on the types of issues that PMs need to understand.

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Free Cooling Concepts for Your Data Center

Data Center Knowledge

'Who doesn''t love ''free'' when it comes to data center costs? Now, find out some great free cooling concepts for your data center! Read More.

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Who’s on first?

A Screw's Loose

'I spend a lot of time talking about organizations enabling their employees through the use of mobile. It’s truly the only way to ‘win’ at this game. When you enable your users to be more flexible and agile they become more efficient and productive. What more could you ask for? The question always turns to [.].

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Data Center Jobs: McKinstry

Data Center Knowledge

'At the Data Center Jobs Board, we have a new job listing from McKinstry, which is seeking an Account Executive - Facility Management in Seattle, Washington. Read More.

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VMworld 2014 Day 2 Keynote

Scott Lowe

'This is a semi-liveblog of the day 2 keynote at VMworld 2014 in San Francisco. Ben Fathi, CTO of VMware, takes the stage to start the keynote, and goes through a recap of yesterday’s announcements: EVO and EVO:RAIL, vCloud Air rebranding and the availability of new services, VMware Integrated OpenStack (VIO), and new product versions (vCloud Suite 5.8, betas of vSphere and VSAN).

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How to Migrate From DataStax Enterprise to Instaclustr Managed Apache Cassandra

If you’re considering migrating from DataStax Enterprise (DSE) to open source Apache Cassandra®, our comprehensive guide is tailored for architects, engineers, and IT directors. Whether you’re motivated by cost savings, avoiding vendor lock-in, or embracing the vibrant open-source community, Apache Cassandra offers robust value. Transition seamlessly to Instaclustr Managed Cassandra with our expert insights, ensuring zero downtime during migration.

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What the Internet of Things Really Means for Your Business

Data Center Knowledge

'Once dormant electronics will soon come alive when connected to the cloud. Read More.

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