Mon.Apr 13, 2015

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The Christian Science Monitor and New America’s Monthly Podcast on Things Cyber

CTOvision

'By Bob Gourley. Peter W. Singer, strategist at the New Ameria think tank and author of "Cybersecurity and Cyberwar: What Everyone Needs To know" and Sara Sorcher, deputy editor of The Christian Science Monitor''s new cybersecurity section, Passcode, provide a monthly podcast of interest to cybersecurity professionals. The second installment of this podcast is now available.

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5 Principles on What Makes a Great Agile Development Team

Social, Agile and Transformation

'The CIO must learn and drive the business, set the strategic direction for IT and proves that he or she can get teams executing to the strategy. I''ve posted many times on how agile practices are key to a CIO''s success because it creates transparency, dives culture change, and is a key element to innovation. IT is All About the Team So yes, strategy is important.

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Know The Threat: Participate in a 15 Apr executive webinar on the cyber threat

CTOvision

'By Bob Gourley. On 15 April at 10am EDT Cognitio will present a webinar on the Cyber Threat. This presentation will examine the threat from the perspective of seasoned professionals who have spent years in direct contact with adversaries defending both corporate and government systems. The webinar provides facts and observations on the cyber threat in ways that will inform your decision-making and improve your ability to defend your enterprise.

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Data Centers: Total Cost of Ownership and Cost of Risk

Data Center Knowledge

'The total cost of ownership (TCO) of a data center calculation is taking into account more and more factors. There are more significant elements to include in your calculation these days, says Mark Evanko of BRUNS-PAK, who will be a session leader at this spring''s Data Center World Conference in.

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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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AFCEA Defensive Cyber Operations Symposium 5-7 May 2015 at Baltimore Convention Center

CTOvision

'By Charles Hall. If you''re interested in cyber security and operations at the federal level, check out the AFCEA Defensive Cyber Operations Symposium. This event combines the JIE Mission Partners Symposium and the International Cyber Symposium to increase dialogue among key participants, broaden the involvement of essential stakeholders, and sharpen focus on critical issues.

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Missouri (Finally) Passes Data Center Tax Incentives

Data Center Knowledge

'Some key changes to the bill this time around has Governor Jay Nixon happy to pass tax exemptions in the state. Read More. colocation Kansas City St.

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Puppet, Cumulus, Dell Partner on Network Automation

Data Center Knowledge

'Server automation is mature, while network automation is not. The partnerships aim to extend automation across the entire data center Read More.

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RSA Conference 2015 – San Francisco 20-24 April 2015

CTOvision

'By Charles Hall. Offering five full days of educational training from experienced industry practitioners, the RSA Conference is widely regarded as one of the world''s leading forums for enterprises and technical information security professionals. This year, the Conference will be held April 20-24 at San Francisco''s Moscone Center. Attendees will receive: Over 30 hours of educational sessions, covering a wide range of topics, including Internet of Things, Supply Chain risk, Threat Intelligenc

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Hybrid Cloud Grows as On-Premise Hosting Expected to Fall 14% by 2018: Report

Data Center Knowledge

'Companies motivated to adopt hybrid cloud cite cutting IT costs and improving processes and operational efficiencies Read More.

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Data Protection Gumbo = Protect Preserve and Serve Information

Storage IO Blog

'Keep in mind that a fundamental role of Information Technology (IT) is to protect, preserve and serve business or organizations information assets including applications, configuration settings and data for use when or where needed. Data protection is a broad topic that spans from logical and physical security to high availability (HA), disaster recovery (DR), business continuance (BC), business resiliency (BR), archiving (including life beyond compliance) along with various tools, technologies

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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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CenturyLink Uses Natural Gas to Power Data Center

Data Center Knowledge

'Deploys Bloom fuel-cell system at expanded Southern California site Read More.

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Going Digital Systematically

Future of CIO

Going digital not only means to convert traditional business processes, more about the digital shift of soft factors such as the mindset, leadership, and culture. Going digital is a no brainer. If so, then why are so many companies still hesitated to go radical digital? Why are there so many companies not taking advantage of customer-facing opportunities to digitize interactions with digital technologies?

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Oracle Data Center to Launch in Japan for Local Cloud Users

Data Center Knowledge

'Speaking at CloudWorld Tokyo, Ellison talks about in-country cloud infrastructure needs Read More.

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Swisslos and Nutanix.NEXT

Nutanix

An Interview with Joris Vuffray, Head of Network and System Management at Swisslos.

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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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Managing Software Defined Data Center Through Single Pane of Glass

Data Center Knowledge

'Although Software Defined Data Centers (SDDC) can help improve efficiencies and lower costs, their complexity makes them difficult to manage. One way to get the most from a SDDC is by working with a managed service provider that takes a holistic approach across multiple locations and environments.