CTOvision

APRIL 18, 2014

'Editor''s note: Chris Scott has deep insights into how government works. Let us know if you would like more info on any of this.-bg With this post I''ll provide some of my personal observations and insights from the the 24th Annual Government Procurement Conference. The conference was held this week at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in DC.

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Data Center Knowledge

APRIL 18, 2014

'Microsoft is building even bigger in Iowa. The company today unveiled plans to invest a whopping $1.1 billion in a new data center campus in West Des Moines, where it already operates a large server farm. Read More.

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CTOvision

APRIL 18, 2014

'When Defense Secretary Hagel announced that he was going to expand his cyber workforce by more than 6,000 by the end of 2016, I think most of us in the industry collectively wondered: “Where the heck is he going to FIND these cyber warriors?” While almost every University is paying attention to this career enhancing qualification, it’s currently very hard to get an education in Cyber Defense.

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Data Center Knowledge

APRIL 18, 2014

'Data Center energy Productivity, abbreviated DCeP, has been the focus of recent attention. Mark Monroe, of DLB Associates, and formerly of the Green Grid, asks if DCeP is really a valuable and useful metric for the data center industry. Read More.

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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.

Applications

Virtualized Greek

APRIL 18, 2014

'We are four years into the whole OpenStack Revolution. One of the principal concerns four years ago was the ability of the platform to avoid vendor lock-in.

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Data Center Knowledge

APRIL 18, 2014

'VMware launches vCloud Hybrid service for disaster recovery, The Hartford selects IBM to build private cloud infrastructure, and Oracle adds database backup and storage cloud services to its portfolio of Platform and Infrastructure services. Read More.

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Data Center Knowledge

APRIL 18, 2014

'After announcing a collaboration late last year Red Hat and Dell announced the availability Dell Red Hat Cloud Solutions powered by Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform. Read More.

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Eric D. Brown

APRIL 18, 2014

'Captured this Carolina Wren in the backyard. The photo is quite busy with the branches but it was the best of the bunch that I captured. Captured through a glass door with a Canon 7D and Canon 400mm 5.6 L. See more photos in my flickr photostream and/or my Zenfolio portfolio (where you can buy images). If you like my photography , feel free to support my addiction habit by visiting Adorama (affiliate link) to purchase new or used photographic gear.

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Data Center Knowledge

APRIL 18, 2014

'CyrusOne has been on an expansion tear, particularly in Texas. In addition to entering the Ashburn, VA market, the company has also been busy these last few months expanding its footprint in Texas. Read More.

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Data Center Knowledge

APRIL 18, 2014

'Quanta QCT announced a collaboration with Microsoft to ship an appliance solution for customers with demanding data warehousing workloads, big data and business intelligence needs. Read More.

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