Mon.Apr 20, 2015

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Hortonworks adds Spark to its Data Platform

CTOvision

'Those familiar with the Apache Hadoop ecosystem are no doubt aware of Apache Spark and the potential it holds to transform data intensive analytics. Spark’s ties to Hadoop are tight and it is often seen as a possible replacement to the batch-oriented MapReduce framework, though its integration potential reaches beyond Hadoop to other data repositories including traditional relational databases.

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How Data Center Virtualization Shrinks Physical Distance

Data Center Knowledge

'In working with cloud and virtualization, specifically around data center infrastructure, we see that there is an underlying theme: removing the complexity of distance. Read More.

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Nutanix

Darren Ashley, Business Development Manager at BEarena (and Nutanix NTC)

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Data Center Design Needs to Accommodate Diversifying Client Requirements

Data Center Knowledge

'It''s not about rising densities, it.s about rising variability. ViaWest official says the company designs to allow flexibility while making sure quality is maintained as it builds incrementally. 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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CIO as a New Leader: How can you Learn and Lead Effectively?

Future of CIO

IT leaders should bring an outlier's view, learn with humility and lead by questioning. When a new CIO just takes the role with passion and excitement to start an adventure, what's the good starting point, the first couple of months is also very critical time frame to use with due diligence to communicate openly, demonstrate strategic business & IT leadership, and make a plan accordingly?

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How Hosting Firms Can Help Clients Survive Site Blacklisting

Data Center Knowledge

'Ridley Ruth is COO at Dropmysite, a cloud backup company. Blacklisting is probably more common than you think. While Google eschews the term “blacklist,” the search giant has quarantined as many as 10,000 websites per day in recent years, typically because the sites have been infected with malware.

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Microsoft Follows Google’s Stream Analytics Announcement With Its Own

Data Center Knowledge

'Real-time cloud analytics service meant to simplify interpreting data and removing the costly barrier to entry for sophisticated analytics services for the Internet of Things and other domains Read More.

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National Lab Reins in Data Center Management Chaos

Data Center Knowledge

'Team operating colo for government research projects transforms the way scientists deploy IT gear Read More.

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SmartCube Gains Modular Data Center Patent

Data Center Knowledge

'Cooling design and IT accessibility address containers’ staff discomfort issues Read More.

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Daniel “Rudy” Ruettiger Sets Tone for Data Center World

Data Center Knowledge

'Conference''s opening keynote shows Rudy''s attitude and approach can transcend the sports world 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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IBM Launches Program to Share 700 Terabytes of Global Cyber Threat Data in the Cloud

Data Center Knowledge

'Database to contain more than 700TB of raw cyber threat data Read More.

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Broadcom Unveils Faster Data Center Switch Platform

Data Center Knowledge

'New Trident SoC makes Ethernet switches twice as fast and more energy efficient Read More.