Thu.Aug 21, 2014

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Cyber Strategy and the Dunning-Kruger Effect: Could some policymakers be too unskilled to recognize their ineptitude?

CTOvision

'By Bob Gourley. The Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias manifesting in unskilled individuals suffering from illusory superiority , mistakenly rating their ability much higher than is accurate. This bias is attributed to a metacognitive inability of the unskilled to recognize their ineptitude (from Wikipedia ). . The phenomenon was first tested in a series of experiments published in 1999 by David Dunning and Justin Kruger of the Department of Psychology, Cornell University.

Strategy 409
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Speaker on Cooling Trends: Innovative Economization Increases ROI

Data Center Knowledge

'Cooling is changing in the data center, and the latest technological advances, while not implemented universally yet, are making headway in specific instances in the data center space. Scot Heath, an engineer with CLEAResult, was asked about the present and future state of cooling in the data.

Trends 278
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Ensure Your Command Center/Ops Center Stays Relevant By Leveraging Wayin: See video of this broadcast media use case

CTOvision

'By Bob Gourley. We have previously written about Wayin (I am proud to be one of their advisors). Their capabilities continue to evolve to enable organizations to continually improve how social media is used to both understand and engage. Wayin’s success in the marketplace has centered around sensemaking over social data in ways that can improve the value delivered to consumers and clients.

Media 325
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OpenStack’s Search for True Self

Data Center Knowledge

'With the number of clouds referred to as "OpenStack clouds" growing, the OpenStack Foundation is on a quest to define what technologies actually qualify to use the trademark. Read More.

Cloud 251
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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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Personal Data Out in the Open

CTOvision

'By Katie Kennedy. What you did not know about your personal data? Reddit, Imgur, Twitch, and a couple other major internet portals are about to hand over reams and reams of user data to university professors to do research on. How can the sites do it while still maintaining users’ trust? Earlier this summer, Facebook ran into trouble with just that, when it came out that the company was altering users’ newsfeeds in order to experiment on them.

Data 258
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OVH Drops 10,000-Server Container Into Montreal Data Center

Data Center Knowledge

'Poland-designed container expands European hosting firm''s data center capacity by 50 percent. Read More.

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Transforming Data Center Generalists into Specialists

Data Center Knowledge

'The data center industry is flourishing across the globe, and there are more opportunities than ever for professionals in this field, writes Tom Roberts of AFCOM. Those most likely to succeed will embrace new technologies and stay current with the drivers of next generation data centers. Read More.

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Data Analytics 2014: Jeff Jonas and the Advantages of More Data

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.

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Level 3 Opens Northern Virginia Data Center

Data Center Knowledge

'Premier Elite-branded facility one of three of its kind in the U.S. distinguished by particular focus on hands-on managed hosting services. Read More.

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The Insurance Industry and Big Data

Eric D. Brown

'How would you feel if you got a letter in the mail from your insurance company telling you that your insurance rates have increased due to your social media activity? Maybe they noticed an increase in your conversations about speeding or smoking or something even much more dangerous. How would you feel about getting a letter from your insurance company telling you your rates have decreased due to your social media activity falling into line with other ‘safety’ conscious customers?

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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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Survey: IT Workers Not Confident in Federal Data Center Reliability

Data Center Knowledge

'MeriTalk survey finds less than 20 percent of government IT workers are confident in their ability to deliver on SLAs. Read More.

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MDT: Windows Could Not parse or process unattend answer file for pass

Mick's IT Blog

'This error message was caused, at least in my situation, by the addition of Internet Explorer 11 into the build. It was not integrated, but installed in the golden image as an application. When applying the golden image, the above mentioned error occurred. Luckily, this thread came up with the resolution to comment out false located in the unattend.xml file in the %deployroot%control folder.

Windows 91
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Violin Beefs Up All-Flash Arrays With Dedupe, Compression

Data Center Knowledge

'The new Concerto 2200 Data Reduction solution brings advanced data management capabilities to Violin 6000 and 7000 arrays. Read More.

Storage 182
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How to Integrate the Art and Science of Creativity into the Organization

Future of CIO

A creative environment is a place where the humility is appreciated, the curiosity is encouraged, and the creative thinking is rewarded. We are all born to be creative, and today’s knowledge workforce has an absolutely scientific trait as well. You can no longer afford to just talk about creativity and innovation; you must do it. You have to walk the talk and shape the working environment to inspire the purpose and unleash the genius of your employees.

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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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Data Center Security Firms vArmour, Guardicore Close Funding Rounds

Data Center Knowledge

'Both companies are addressing increasing and changing security needs that come with the virtualized data center. Read More.

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AppSense DesktopNow validated for Nutanix

Nutanix

There’s no question that enterprise application usability has for the most part been left behind.

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Chinese Firm to Stand Up HP Helion Community Clouds in China

Data Center Knowledge

'UnionRead to build shared clouds designed for specific business verticals. Read More.

HP 186
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Nutanix establishes next phase Partner Network framework

Nutanix

Network 20
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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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Nutanix establishes next phase Partner Network framework

Nutanix

Network 20
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Nutanix establishes next phase Partner Network framework

Nutanix

Network 20