Thu.Aug 28, 2014

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MYCIN, Watson, and AI History

CTOvision

'By AdamElkus. Over at Wired , a headline blares “Artificial Intelligence Is Now Telling Doctors How To Treat You.” Sounds unique, novel, and even scary. Those AIs are replacing humans, to the point where even the detailed knowledge of the physician is superseded by a Dr. HAL! The article talks about Modernizing Medicine database and IBM’s Watson supercomputer.

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Software-Defined Data Centers: What Lies Ahead?

Data Center Knowledge

'The “software-defined” term, applied as a modifier to data center, networks or storage, is growing in popularity. Software-defined solutions, like virtualization did before them, can allow for a great deal of flexibility and efficiency of shared resources.

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2014 Trusted Cyber Collaboration Workshop: 24-26 Sep in Crystal City VA

CTOvision

'By Bob Gourley. If you are or have been involved in enterprise grade cyber security you know the importance of collaboration among trusted teams of professionals. One of the most virtuous groups enhancing the ability to execute on trusted collaboration is the TSCP: The Transglobal Secure Collaboration Participation (TSCP). This non profit is a collective forum of worldwide stakeholders in the defense industry seeking to address security issues in the collaboration space.

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Google Makes Two Big Cloud Transparency Moves

Data Center Knowledge

'Google makes a security audit and certification for its cloud publicly available for the first time. The giant is also testing a status page for its cloud. 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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Fashionable Wearable Charger for your Smartphone

CTOvision

'By Katie Kennedy. Q Designs has created a unique bracelet that increases your phone’s battery life. Instead of carrying around a tangled mess of cords, this sleek band will increase your phones bettery life by 60 percent, without the mess: Most wrist-bound devices are designed to take your hands and eyes off your phone, to allow you to use it less.

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IO Focusing on Service Providers to Drive Growth

Data Center Knowledge

'IO''s current data center project in Slough, England, will be its last company-built data center. The company will focus on partnerships with service providers for future expansion into new markets. Read More.

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VMware Boosts HP and VCE Partnerships to Grow Software Defined Data Centers and Hybrid Clouds

Data Center Knowledge

'VMware began its 2014 VMworld conference last Sunday with a day dedicated to partners, placing HP and VCE in the spotlight with expanded partnerships to speed the adoption of the software defined data center and hybrid clouds. Read More.

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Infosec Doesn’t have to be a Four Letter Word

A Screw's Loose

'I wrote earlier this week about Identity and Access Management (IAM) and how it’s important for Infosec (Information Security) to be involved with projects early. The post generated a few comments and some commentary on twitter, mostly from Infosec folks. Some complained I was too harsh on Infosec (I wasn’t) while others worried that I [.].

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Nutanix Raises $140 Million With $2 Billion Valuation

Data Center Knowledge

'Web-scale converged infrastructure provider Nutanix announced that it has closed on a $140 million Series E financing round, bringing its total to date to $312 million. Read More.

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The Insight about Quality Management

Future of CIO

"You can design and create and build the most wonderful place in the world. But it takes people to make a dream a reality" ~Walt Disney Quality management ensures that an organization, product or service is consistent. It has four main components: quality planning, quality control , quality assurance and quality improvement. Quality management is focused not only on product and service quality but also the means to achieve it.

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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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CentriLogic Acquires US Virgin Islands Data Center Provider Adveniat

Data Center Knowledge

'The Canadian provider continues its rollup play, making its third acquisition in 18 months. Adveniat operates in the U.S. Virgin Islands, a location with favorable tax laws. Read More.

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KDDI Investing $270m On Two More TELEHOUSE Data Centers In Japan

Data Center Knowledge

'Japanese Telecom KDDI continues to invest in its TELEHOUSE colocation brand, building a data center in Osaka and Tokyo adding 2,000 racks worth of space. Read More.

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The Road to Software-Defined Data Center

Data Center Knowledge

'New logical systems are capable of introducing amazing optimizations for the data center platform as well as your business model. Read More.

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Data Center Jobs: CBRE

Data Center Knowledge

'At the Data Center Jobs Board, we have a new job listing from CBRE, which is seeking an Owners Representative/Data Center Project Manager in The Dalles, Oregon. Read More.

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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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Microsoft Azure Cloud Integrates Kubernetes And Docker

Data Center Knowledge

'Microsoft Open Technologies adds Kubernetes and Docker container capabilities to Azure. Read More.

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