Tue.Jul 21, 2015

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Consider This Defense Science Board Warning In Light of The OPM Hack

CTOvision

Now that we have all had time to digest the OPM hack (which is, to borrow a phrase from the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy , really big. you just won't believe how vastly hugely mindbogglingly big it is), I would like to draw your attention back to something else. The Defense Science Board Report of January 2013 on the resilience of DoD systems to cyber attack.

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Firms Rethink Russian Data Center Strategy, as Data Sovereignty Law Nears Activation

Data Center Knowledge

Starting in September, Russian users' data will have to be stored in Russia, and companies scramble to comply or exit the market Read More.

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Open-sourced Technology Levels the Playing Field Between Tech Giants and Startups

CTOvision

The contest between proprietary technology and open source has been ongoing for a decade.Today, some of the most premium technology is open-sourced and free. Even Google's highly prized Borg software is becoming open-sourced. After Google bowed to the pressure to make Borg an open source technology it’s safe to say open source is winning the tussle.

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Optimized Flash Storage Platforms: Disrupting the Economics of the Data Center

Data Center Knowledge

When you consider the total cost of ownership, an optimized flash platform costs less than legacy disk-based storage, hybrid storage, or even SSD-based storage. Read More.

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Get Better Network Graphs & Save Analysts Time

Many organizations today are unlocking the power of their data by using graph databases to feed downstream analytics, enahance visualizations, and more. Yet, when different graph nodes represent the same entity, graphs get messy. Watch this essential video with Senzing CEO Jeff Jonas on how adding entity resolution to a graph database condenses network graphs to improve analytics and save your analysts time.

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Enterprise Partner Group Cloud Partner of the Year Award

CTOvision

Hortonworks has just announced that they have won the Enterprise Partner Group Cloud Partner of the Year award at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference, held in Orlando. Hortonworks has been recognized for their efforts of bringing the benefits of Apache Hadoop to Microsoft Azure and Windows. Offering Hadoop for hybrid cloud architectures, Hortonworks delivers enterprise grade solutions built on Microsoft tools and applications.

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Samsung Launches Next-Gen Data Center SSD Line

Data Center Knowledge

Company says the new drives deliver faster speeds and improved reliability in much higher capacities Read More.

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Cloud Giants Form Foundation to Drive Container Interoperability

Data Center Knowledge

Founding members include Google, Docker,Twitter, VMware, Switch Supernap, among others Read More.

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How Can you Raise People’s Awareness about Systems Thinking by Questioning

Future of CIO

The big WHY and WHAT sort of questions should help people get curious about the wholeness of an organization - the concept of System Thinking. Systems Thinking helps people to see the interconnected relationship between the parts and the whole, or simply “to see the forest for the tree.” What kind of questions could you ask people in order to raise their awareness about the practicality of Systems Thinking, or to clarify what people understand by the meaning of Systems Thinking?

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HP Buys Wind Power for Massive Texas Data Center Cluster

Data Center Knowledge

Signs its first utility-scale power purchase agreement with developer behind 300 MW project Read More.

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What are the Golden Rules to Follow for Building Rapport with Customers Quickly?

Future of CIO

Trust, respect, balance, empathy, engagement, and logic, don't forget creativity and sense of humor. Every forward-thinking organization is thriving to become a customer-centric organization. Customer satisfaction is to balance customer needs and company needs so that both the business and customers come out the winner. From a customer service perspective, what’re the golden rules you need to follow for building rapport with customers quickly?

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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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CoreOS Launches Tectonic Preview With Kubernetes

Data Center Knowledge

Says Google’s open-source tech will become standard for container management across hybrid IT Read More.

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The Dichotomy of Data Access and Data Privacy

Eric D. Brown

In order to use data within your business, you must first collect that data. Seems simple enough right? You capture some data, store it somewhere and the use that data at a later time in your analysis. What about data privacy concerns? Where are you collecting your data? How are you protecting that data? Are you collecting/using social network data or other user-generated data from public sources?

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Cologix Raises $255M in Debt for Data Center Expansion

Data Center Knowledge

Focused on tier-two N. America markets, provider expand through build-out and acquisition Read More.

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Hitachi Adds Kubernetes Support to Converged Infrastructure

Data Center Knowledge

Expects move to lower barrier for using Docker containers 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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RingCentral Answers Call for Office 365 Integration

Data Center Knowledge

Will integrate Microsoft's cloud productivity suite with own office offering Read More.

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