Thu.Apr 17, 2014

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Update from DIA CTO, CIO and Chief Engineer on ICITE and Enterprise Apps

CTOvision

'At this link and embedded below (recorded at the USGIF Geoint Symposium) is a video featuring Gus Taveras, Dan Doney and Matt Carroll on several mechanisms put in place to open up their enterprise to innovations. This builds on many community efforts taking place under the ICITE collection of projects. This video is worth watching for several reasons, including: 1) It provides a great overview of contributions being made by many key agencies to the int.

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Inside SubTropolis: LightEdge Opens Data Center in Underground Complex

Data Center Knowledge

'LightEdge Solutions has turned on the juice at the SubTropolis Technology Center, a new data center campus housed completely within SubTropolis, the 5-million-square foot underground business complex in Kansas City. Read More.

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Fake Security App Climbs to the Top of Google’s Play Store

CTOvision

'By ShannonPerry. Even security applications are not always secure. In April, an application named “Virus Shield” reached the top of Google Play Store’s paid charts – the app was downloaded more than 10,000 times for $3.99. The application’s description boasts the capability to “improve the speed of your phone with just one click.” The application received a 4.7 star rating and dozens of positive reviews.

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Will High Frequency Trading Become A Flash in The Pan?

Data Center Knowledge

'Given recent events, those salespeople and sales managers should be getting a little concerned, especially if they understand the clients'' business models. Most publicly, the Volcker Rule — part of the Dodd?Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act — threatens the basic legality of high.

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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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Mobile Gamers: Fun-Seeking but Fickle

CTOvision

'Free mobile games sound like an advertiser’s dream. Smartphone owners like them because the applications download quickly, cost nothing, and are fun to play; marketers like them because they provide a huge, new space for promoting companies and services. Want to advertise athletic apparel? Look to sports games. Want to sell cars? Look to games favored by young adults.

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Bomb Threat at Google Data Center Prompts Evacuation

Data Center Knowledge

'The Google data center in South Carolina was evacuated this morning after a report of a bomb threat, according to local media. Read More.

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Linode Invests $45 Million to Retool its Infrastructure

Data Center Knowledge

'Linode is investing $45 million as it seeks to better position it in the cloud hosting space. A complete overhaul in its infrastructure is the company''s biggest investment in its 10 year existence. Read More.

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The Value of Data

Eric D. Brown

'I’m always on the look-out for stories of companies using data and analytics to manage their business. In a recent case study, IBM presented the story of the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium’s use of data and analytics to better predict visitor behavior. According to the story, prior to taking a data-driven management approach, the Port Defiance Zoo and Aquarium would guess how many visitors they would have each day.

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Why Some IT Equipment Racks Need High Power Deployments

Data Center Knowledge

'As your data center continues to grow, it''ll be important to understand why some of your IT equipment racks may need high power deployments. Read More.

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Shall a CIO be a General Manager of IT or a SME of all IT Domains?

Future of CIO

CIOs may not be the SME of all IT domains, but they should understand technology enough to ensure they have a keen sense of judgment on the priorities for IT investment. Today’s CIOs have multiple roles to play and take broader leadership responsibilities in transforming their organizations. Should a CIO be a general manager of IT or a subject matter expert (SME) of all IT domains?

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GEP Procurement & Supply Chain Tech Trends Report

The technological landscape is dynamic and changes quickly. And for procurement and supply chain leaders looking to harness the power of technology to navigate complex challenges and an uncertain business environment, keeping up with the latest trends can be its own obstacle. So, what’s on the technological horizon for procurement and supply chain for the year ahead?

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Microsoft Launches Data Platform, Adds Internet of Things Service

Data Center Knowledge

'Along side the launch of SQL Server 2014 at a customer event Tuesday Microsoft (MSFT) CEO Satya Nadella outlined the company’s path to deliver a platform for ambient intelligence. Read More.

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NOS 4.0 Cluster Health – Preemptive Disk Failure Alerting for the ROBO

Nutanix

Prior to 4.0 Nutanix would track disk errors and eventually mark the drive offline and rebuild the data if the drive was failing. Cluster Health allows the end user to get insight into whats going on before the drive is marked offline.

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With Performance Hub, Equinix Targets the Enterprise

Data Center Knowledge

'Equinix thinks the enterprise is its big opportunity going forward. The focus of this effort is Performance Hub, a network optimization offering that offers an attractive entry point into the Equinix model. Read More.

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Vantage Data Centers Boosts Credit Line to $275 Million

Data Center Knowledge

'Vantage Data Centers has increased its revolving credit facility by 30 percent, to $270 million. The company will use the money to expand in its existing markets, and teases expanding into some potential new markets. 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.

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It’s All About the App, as Red Hat Drives Containerized Application Delivery

Data Center Knowledge

'Red Hat''s 2014 Summit kicked into high gear, with innovations for its Linux Container vision of streamlined application delivery, and broad customer support for its OpenStack-powered product offerings for an open hybrid cloud. Read More.

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Tata Expands Global Data Center Network

Data Center Knowledge

'Global network service provider Tata Communications announced that through strategic partnerships it will expand its data center footprint to Australia, Germany and Austria, and Malaysia. Read More.