Tue.Feb 09, 2016

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Leader Of U.S. Intelligence Community Delivers Clear and Unambiguous Warning of Cyber Threat

CTOvision

Bob Gourley. Time for another clear and unambiguous warning on the growing cyber threat, this one in testimony to Congress by the leader of the U.S. Intelligence Community: Security of Information systems: Allow me to turn now to a transnational threat that is, at present, difficult to measure -- the threat of attack against our information systems and information-based infrastructures.

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What CIOs Can Learn From Bank of America’s Trip Into The Cloud

The Accidental Successful CIO

Bank Of America is slowly moving into the cloud Image Credit: Mike Mozart. Just imagine if you were David Rilly, chief technology officer at Bank of America. There you are, in charge of the IT infrastructure for one of the biggest banks around when all of a sudden the IT world starts to undergo yet another one of its transformations. What would you do – stand by and stick with the tried and true solution that you have in place or would you dare to change things up?

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Regarding Big Data, One Manager’s “Resistance” Is Another Manager’s “Caution”

CTOvision

Dennis D. McDonald. M att Turck has some interesting things to say about “big data” in “ Is Big Data Still a Thing? (The 2016 Big Data Landscape).” Focusing on the technology, he seems to be saying that expectations for big data’s game changing disruption haven’t been met but that what we are seeing is maturation of the field brought about partly by steady improvements in applying Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques to help manage and make sense of big data.

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USB as an Analog/RF Port

Data Center Knowledge

The USB port becomes the “eyes into the system” and serves as an RF pickup of radiated energy from processors, memory, graphics cards, HDDs, SSDs, and internet activity, etc. 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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I’m headed to both Australia VMUGs

Virtualized Greek

I commonly run into VMware community members from Australia during VMworld and TechField Day events. It’s a long flight, and I enjoy running into all of the community members with a different perspective at infrastructure. I’m grateful for the diversity.

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Average Cloud User Leverages Six Different Clouds: Report

Data Center Knowledge

RightScale's latest State of the Cloud report says enterprise workloads continue moving into cloud, particularly private clouds, driving hybrid cloud growth Read More.

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Key Considerations for Investing in Data Center REITs

Data Center Knowledge

Thinking of buying data center REIT stocks? Here's what you need to know. Read More.

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Can Big Data Save Your Love Life? Online Dating Apps Say “Yes”

Dataconomy

What’s the most romantic city in America? What kind of gifts are people buying their Valentine? Given the size of the online dating industry, it’s no surprise that they’ve started leveraging big data to create better matching systems. The real million dollar question is: can you leverage all those numbers. The post Can Big Data Save Your Love Life?

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Good Time to Consider Microgrids for Data Centers?

Data Center Knowledge

Vendor claims macro trends are driving growth in market for mission critical microgrid systems Read More.

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New Year, New Website, And New Blog!

ForAllSecure

Although we have been very busy at ForAllSecure, we finally got the time to redo our website, huzzah! This website is a bit more pleasing on the eyes, and we hope to add more up-to-date information about our projects and what we're up to. Part of this refresh is also a new blog. We plan to talk about interesting things we are working on, so check back frequently!

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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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Vantage Raises $300M to Fund Data Center Construction

Data Center Knowledge

Expanded credit facility to help pay for expansion in Silicon Valley, Quincy, possibly new markets Read More.

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NEW YEAR, NEW WEBSITE, AND NEW BLOG!

ForAllSecure

Although we have been very busy at ForAllSecure, we finally got the time to redo our website, huzzah! This website is a bit more pleasing on the eyes, and we hope to add more up-to-date information about our projects and what we're up to. Part of this refresh is also a new blog. We plan to talk about interesting things we are working on, so check back frequently!

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Ballmer on Microsoft: Nadella’s Done Good, with Caveats

Data Center Knowledge

It's hard letting go, as Steve Ballmer's discovered Read More.

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Nine Principles to Run a High-Effective Digital IT

Future of CIO

The successful enterprises have IT systems that are not cumbersome but enabling and catalyzing. Business paradigm is shifting from an industrial era to an information/digital era, technology plays a pivotal role in such a transformation, and it is penetrating into every core process of the organization; companies that lacked the skills to manage information technology effectively suffered compared with competitors that had mastered those skills.

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20 Common Mistakes Made by Inexperienced Project Managers

You’ve read the PMBOK® Guide several times, taken the certification exam for project managers, passed, and you are now a PMP®. So why do you keep making rookie mistakes? This whitepaper shows 20 of the most common mistakes that young or inexperienced project managers make, issues that can cost significant time and money. It's a good starting point for understanding how and why many PMs get themsleves into trouble, and provides guidance on the types of issues that PMs need to understand.

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“Holistic” Security for your Data Center Stack

Nutanix

Drones introduce a host of new security concerns that governments aren’t readily prepared for! Remember this visual, whereby the White House perimeter security was breached.

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Unleashing The Mayhem CRS

ForAllSecure

In June, ForAllSecure participated in DARPA's Cyber Grand Challenge (CGC) Qualification Event (CQE) 1. During the event our automated system tweeted its progress, and to continue the trend of openness, we decided to publish a writeup of some more details about our system. Our team, Thanassis Avgerinos, David Brumley, John Davis, Ryan Goulden, Tyler Nighswander, and Alex Rebert spent many thousands of hours on our system, and now that the CQE is over, we're excited to give you a glimpse of its in

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VMware gives enterprises a BYOD boost with three new tools

ComputerWorld Consumerization IT

Enterprise mobility is often a tug-of-war between freedom-seeking employees and security-minded IT departments, but VMware aims to make those differences go away. The virtualization giant on Tuesday rolled out a new platform along with two key updates it says will help keep everyone happy. Developed in part with the "bring your own device" trend in mind, Workspace One gives companies a single tool for delivering digital workspaces that aggregate all devices, applications and services while secur

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UNLEASHING THE MAYHEM CRS

ForAllSecure

In June, ForAllSecure participated in DARPA's Cyber Grand Challenge (CGC) Qualification Event (CQE) 1. During the event our automated system tweeted its progress, and to continue the trend of openness, we decided to publish a writeup of some more details about our system. Our team, Thanassis Avgerinos, David Brumley, John Davis, Ryan Goulden, Tyler Nighswander, and Alex Rebert spent many thousands of hours on our system, and now that the CQE is over, we're excited to give you a glimpse of its in

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How to Migrate From DataStax Enterprise to Instaclustr Managed Apache Cassandra

If you’re considering migrating from DataStax Enterprise (DSE) to open source Apache Cassandra®, our comprehensive guide is tailored for architects, engineers, and IT directors. Whether you’re motivated by cost savings, avoiding vendor lock-in, or embracing the vibrant open-source community, Apache Cassandra offers robust value. Transition seamlessly to Instaclustr Managed Cassandra with our expert insights, ensuring zero downtime during migration.

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Unleashing The Mayhem CRS

ForAllSecure

In June, ForAllSecure participated in DARPA's Cyber Grand Challenge (CGC) Qualification Event (CQE) 1. During the event our automated system tweeted its progress, and to continue the trend of openness, we decided to publish a writeup of some more details about our system. Our team, Thanassis Avgerinos, David Brumley, John Davis, Ryan Goulden, Tyler Nighswander, and Alex Rebert spent many thousands of hours on our system, and now that the CQE is over, we're excited to give you a glimpse of its in