Thu.Oct 30, 2014

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Canadian Execs Want Benefits of Cloud, but Don’t Really Know What Cloud Is: Microsoft Report

Data Center Knowledge

'Most Canadian C-level executives are not familiar with cloud computing, and even half of those who are do not know what it really means, according to recent survey. Read More.

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Complexity vs. Innovation

Future of CIO

In business, complexity both drives innovation and also hinders it. Complexity is like energy. In the biosphere, for example, the "life potential" of a species is proportional to its complexity. Its fitness is proportional to its complexity. This is why the biological evolution is equivalent to an increase in complexity because this means an increase in functionality, which, in turn, means the ability to better cope with the uncertainties of a constantly changing environment, however, simplicity

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Learn to Boost Data Center Capacity With Public Cloud

Data Center Knowledge

'No organization should simply jump in without evaluating ROI and the pros and cons of moving to a platform that integrates public cloud. Read More.

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Technology News and Hot Topics

CTOvision

'The following are some of the tech news stories we are tracking: . HP Extends Benefits of ARM Architecture Into the Datacenter With New Servers. PALO ALTO, CA — (Marketwired) — Sep 29, 2014 — HP ( NYSE : HPQ) today announced two ARM®-based servers, including the first enterprise-class 64-bit ARM-based server, for customers that value choice in their compute strategy.

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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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Equinix: Private Links to Cloud Now Fastest Growing Business Segment

Data Center Knowledge

'Company hopes to replicate network interconnect success with interconnection of clouds Read More.

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When Ideas Mate: Plotting the Convergence of Social, Cloud and Mobile in the Healthcare Space

CTOvision

'There is a famous TED video by author Matt Ridley called “ When Ideas Have Sex.” Paraphrased, the line that I love goes, “When ideas are having sex, innovation happens.” While these three fast-paced technologies (social, cloud and mobile) are themselves children of many years of progress, they are here to stay, evolve and generate much needed changes in our healthcare system.

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Cloud Price Cuts Leave Customers Confused, Annoyed: Peer 1 Report

Data Center Knowledge

'Survey says half of IT decision makers in the US and even more in the UK believe cloud price cuts are confusing, annoying or can''t be trusted. Read More.

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Cloudyn’s Cloud Cost Management Tool Works Across AWS, Rackspace, Google

Data Center Knowledge

'Multi-platform cloud cost allocation tool provides granular visibility into cloud usage for people in different departments Read More.

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Microsoft’s Second-Gen Open Compute Server Design Now Open Source

Data Center Knowledge

'Latest cloud server designs feature dual CPUs, support for FPGAs, high-capacity SSD memory Read More.

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NetApp Acquires Riverbed’s Backup Appliance Line for $80M

Data Center Knowledge

'NetApp says appliance will help enterprises leverage cloud for backup and recovery Read More.

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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.