Wed.Jul 01, 2015

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The Wisdom Of Carl Sagan On Science, Government, and Even Enterprise IT and Digital Risk

CTOvision

Of course you know Carl Sagan the distinguished astronomer and great explainer of science via best selling books and the TV series Cosmos. One of his last interviews was conducted by Charlie Rose in May 1996. The clip below captures a very important message from this discussion, one I think he really nailed for its relevance to the technological world we live in.

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How to Move Data Restoration to the Top of the To-Do List

Data Center Knowledge

When developing a strategy for restoring data in the event of an emergency, IT managers must train employees, make sure they practice over and over, and be sure to utilize easy-to-use yet effective technology. Read More.

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The Greatest Danger to Our Infrastructure Might Be Physical

CTOvision

On Tuesday, June 30, 2015, vandals cut three fiber-optic cables in an underground vault In Alameda, CA, near San Francisco, causing a blackout in phone and Internet services for several cities and thousands of businesses and homes that lasted for nearly 19 hours while repairs were made. This was the latest in a string of such attacks; there have been at least 11 over the last year, with the suspected first happening on July 6, 2015.

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CyrusOne Says DCIM Software Data Not Open Enough

Data Center Knowledge

Colo provider's data center VP struggles to find DCIM vendor that provides the level of access to data she needs 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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The Dawn of the Jetpack Age

CTOvision

Growing up, jetpacks were viewed as a thing of the future. Today, they have finally become a reality. Martin Aircraft has developed personal jetpacks that can either be controlled remotely or be piloted. The jetpacks can reach speeds of 45 mph and travel as long at 30 min. Speaking to CNBC earlier this week, Martin Aircraft CEO Peter Coker said that his company’s jetpack will initially be of interest to and useful for first responders in emergency situations.

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Startup to Build Underground Data Center in Finland

Data Center Knowledge

Finnish-Israeli service provider Aiber to transform cavern into data center Read More.

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Elastic Wrangles Big Data With Real-Time Search as a Service

Data Center Knowledge

Quickly-growing open source startup expands offering portfolio thanks to earlier acquisition of Found Read More.

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Laptop Mandatory Reboot Management

Mick's IT Blog

Managing laptops in certain environments can be daunting. Reboots are a must every now and then, especially for monthly windows updates. With the sleep and hibernate features being enabled, the chances of a user rebooting a laptop become far less. A laptop can go weeks and even months without a reboot. Working in the legal industry, as I do, adds to the complexity of forcing reboots as you have the issue of not causing a reboot during a hearing or during a client meeting for instance.

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AWS Releases Open Source TLS Encryption Protocol

Data Center Knowledge

s2n library designed to be smaller, faster, and easier to review than TLS Read More.

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A Balanced IT

Future of CIO

The pervasive digitalization or IT consumerism require the balance of “old experience” and “new way to do things,” the “learning and doing.” The emerging digital technologies such as Cloud, Mobile, Social, and Analytics bring new opportunity to run IT organization faster and agiler. For many legacy organizations, how does IT support the existing environment while deploying innovative, "value generating" initiatives?

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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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Open-IX Expands Outside of US, Certifies French Data Center

Data Center Knowledge

Jaguar Networks facility in Marseilles receives first international OIX-2 certification Read More.

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Is your Business in the Driver’s Seat for Master Information Management?

Future of CIO

The coordination and collaboration between the business and IT team are the keys to any MDM implementation. In today's market where analytics is becoming increasingly important, Master Data Management (MDM) increases the validity of data used to model customer behavior, cross-sell and up-sell. If your organization has multiple customer touch points or multiple service lines, then MDM will help ensure that you are able to assemble a complete picture of the relationship with customers.

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On-Prem Data Center, Colo, or Cloud? Demystifying the Dillema

Data Center Knowledge

Economic considerations in workload-placement decisions Read More.