Sat.May 16, 2015 - Fri.May 22, 2015

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CTOvision Interviews RADM Paul Becker, Director for Intelligence, Joint Chiefs of Staff, On The Cyber Threat

CTOvision

We recently had the opportunity to interview the Director for Intelligence (J2) for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, RADM Paul Becker, USN. RADM Becker has served in this position since September 2013. The Joint Staff J2 is a position requiring a constant awareness of the day-to-day threats to the nation. Becker had the perfect background for this position, having served in a similar capacity at the United States Pacific Command, the combatant commander with the largest area of responsibility in the U

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Cloud and Collaboration – How the Data Center is Bringing People Closer Together

Data Center Knowledge

Our capabilities to communicate continue to evolve. Now, we can deliver rich content to far corners of the world. Find out how cloud and collaboration have enabled us to bring people much closer together. Read More.

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Transforming Technology Organizations By Investing in Culture and Practices

Social, Agile and Transformation

Should IT only be a services organization to the Business? Should it only provide a services catalog around incidents and requests and a PMO to oversee projects when required? Will perfecting service levels and project execution be good enough for the Business to compete when innovation and data driven practices are so critical for competitiveness? Will IT be able to consider optimal solutions.

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The most critical skill?

Eric D. Brown

I’m an avid reader. I tend to read a few books at a time (I read one depending on my ‘mood’ at the time). The other day, I was scrolling through the various sections in Amazon’s Kindle Unlimited program and somehow ended up in the ‘self-help’ section. Now, I’m not a fan of self-help books because they tend to try to tell people that they can follow a ‘recipe’ and then they’ll be ‘all better.’ Life doesn’t work this

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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 and NIP and the USN Present Navy Information Dominance Day 11 June 2015

CTOvision

n June 11, 2015, AFCEA Intelligence and the Naval Intelligence Professionals, in collaboration with the Office of the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information Dominance, will present a classified forum examining the state of Information Dominance in the U.S. Navy. . If you have attended any of the previous sold-out Navy Information Dominance Industry Days, you know these events provide invaluable business intelligence in the context of the Navy’s Strategy for Achieving Information Domina

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How Green is your Data Center?

Data Center Knowledge

Kobi Haggay is vice president, Products and Marketing, RiT Technologies. The demand for data center operations and energy costs are rising. Global data center traffic is estimated to grow threefold from 2012 to 2017 and power requirements will increase as well according to Devva Bodas, lead.

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Technology Short Take #51

Scott Lowe

Welcome to Technology Short Take #51, another collection of posts and links about key data center technologies like networking, virtualization, cloud management, and applications/operating systems. Here’s hoping you find something useful in this collection! Networking. I’m not sure if this falls here or into the “Cloud Computing/Cloud Computing” category, but Shannon McFarland—fellow co-conspirator with the Denver OpenStack Meetup group—has a nice article describing some design and deployment co

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21 May Webinar: SAS and Apache Hadoop Architecture Review

CTOvision

Register now for our 21 May webinar with SAS focusing on architecture and design patterns for optimizing SAS and Hadoop. SAS Business Analytics software is focused on delivering actionable value from enterprise data holdings. The long-term, consistent vision and continuous innovation of SAS has kept SAS the market leader in business analytics. This remains true in the age of Hadoop, where SAS has brought the power of user-focused Business analytics to Big Data.

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Cloud Security – Tips for a Better Cloud Architecture

Data Center Knowledge

Cloud security is always going to be an important topic. But how do keep up with all of the moving parts that make up the cloud? How do you secure all of those critical cloud elements? Find out some mistakes when it comes to cloud security and where you can overcome these challenges. Read More.

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TechTalk 9: Copy data solutions

Virtualized Greek

I ran into the first vendor providing a copy data solution back at VMWorld 2013. It was Actifio and the solution intrigued me. By 2015 and Storage Field Day 7 when Catalogic software presented their solution, I become dismissive of I ran into the first vendor providing a copy data solution back at VMWorld 2013. It was Actifio ([link] and the solution intrigued me.

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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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Using an Apt Proxy

Scott Lowe

In this post I’ll show you how to use apt-cacher-ng as an Apt proxy for Ubuntu systems on your network. I’m sure there are a lot of other resources that also provide this information, but I’m including it here for the sake of completeness and making it as easy as possible for others. Using an Apt proxy will help reduce the traffic coming from your network to external repositories, but it simpler and easier than running your own internal repository or mirror.

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Lessons from the Synergy Forum: Cybersecurity through Information Sharing

CTOvision

On 30 April 2015 industry leaders and government practitioners gathered in Tysons Corner to discuss technology trends, innovation, and ways to enhance enterprise and mission outcomes. Technology and Emerging Concepts for Enhanced Cybersecurity , the forum’s first panel discussion, consisted of Bob Gourley, David Bray, Brian Carrier, Peter Fonash, and Dean Hall, who collectively identified many of the growing opportunities and challenges in the cyber arena.

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Pattern Driven Enterprise Cloud Transformation – An Innovative Approach to Hybrid Cloud Adoption

Data Center Knowledge

In order to meet the demands of cloud, analytics and mobile and social strategies (CAMS), organizations are creating new business initiatives Many of them have embraced Software Defined Environments and the use of patterns to enable the faster adoption of cloud. Read More.

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Techtalk 10: OpenStack it’s not you it’s me

Virtualized Greek

One of the insights I have from switching roles back to a enterprise IT customer is that I look at open source in a different light. In this TechTalk I discuss my challenges with OpenStack as a potential solution for One of the insights I have from switching roles back to a enterprise IT customer is that I look at open source in a different light. In this TechTalk I discuss my challenges with OpenStack as a potential solution for future data center cloud management.

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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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Building a Fully Automated Ubuntu Installation Process

Scott Lowe

Recently on Twitter, I mentioned that I had managed to successfully create a fully automated process for installing Ubuntu Server 14.04.2, along with a method for bootstrapping Ansible. In this post, I’m going to describe the installation process I built and the components that went into making it work. I’ll discuss the Ansible bootstrap process in a separate post.

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Army Intelligence Industry Day 29 July 2015

CTOvision

On July 29, 2015, AFCEA Intelligence and the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Headquarters, U.S. Army, will co-sponsor a special, one day classified event tailored for members of industry focused on U.S. Army Intelligence. The event will be held at Engility Heritage Conference Center, Chantilly, VA. The agenda will explore science and technology priorities for Army Intelligence that come at a time of transition as the Army faces diverse, emerging challenges.

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Moving to the Cloud and Understanding ROI

Data Center Knowledge

There's always a good reason to move to the cloud; right? Now, find out how use-case can mean everything and the need to better understand your cloud ROI. Read More.

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Cloud is about startups and that’s not enough

Virtualized Greek

Former Netflix Architect Adrian Cockcraft and Speaking In Tech host Greg Knierieman had an interesting exchange on Twitter. Adrian compared Netflix’ $100M investment in House of Cards to Zynga’s $100 outlay in a data center.@adrianco If you are going.

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Entity Resolution Checklist: What to Consider When Evaluating Options

Are you trying to decide which entity resolution capabilities you need? It can be confusing to determine which features are most important for your project. And sometimes key features are overlooked. Get the Entity Resolution Evaluation Checklist to make sure you’ve thought of everything to make your project a success! The list was created by Senzing’s team of leading entity resolution experts, based on their real-world experience.

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Is there Thoughts without Words?

Future of CIO

Miscommunication is the symptom of many human conflicts, but the "thought" behind it is the root cause of almost all human problems. Questions of computability have often been linked to questions about the nature of the human mind since one may wonder if the mind is a computational machine. In other words, is there thought without the word? Are we really using language or used by it?

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9 July 2015 DoD CIO Mobility Industry Day

CTOvision

Another event we would like to bring to your attention is the AFCEA coordinated DoD CIO Mobility Industry day of 9 July 2015. Mobility is not just a major trend for DoD, but is a major driver of future mission functionality and is also posing very unique security challenges for the department. This event will shed light on those and other important topics.

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How DDoS has evolved into new threats against a data center

Data Center Knowledge

The largest reported attack in 2014 was 400Gbps. With more focus on the data center, the kinds of threat vectors are evolving as well. Find out what you can do to better secure your environment. Read More.

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VMware’s classroom requirement for certification is still horrible. 

Virtualized Greek

I never understood why VMware requires you take a course to get certified for a technology as common as VMware vSphere. There might have been a time where it was needed.

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Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI

“Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI” is an extensive guide for integrating generative AI into product strategy and careers featuring over 150 real-world examples, 30 case studies, and 20+ frameworks, and endorsed by over 20 leading AI and product executives, inventors, entrepreneurs, and researchers.

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DFive Principles to Manage Change Effectively

Future of CIO

Business Change Management is managing everything that is necessary to get people to adopt new ways of working to harness innovation and improve productivity. Traditional Change Management is all about management and control. Real change is all about appropriate leadership and management. Anyone who has successfully worked with the change in organizations and businesses know that the change process is unpredictable and a moving target; it's less about management and more about leadership.

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Bright Computing Announces Partnership with NTS Africa

CTOvision

Today, Bright Computing signed a partnership agreement with NTS Africa. Bright Computing is the leader in high performance infrastructure management solutions for cloud, big data and high-performance computing. NTS Africa is a company that provides clients with advanced technology and integrated IT solutions. Through this partnership Bright Computing and NTS Africa plan to drive adoption of infrastructure management solutions in West Africa.

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Equinix Using Bloom Biogas Fuel Cells At Silicon Valley Data Center

Data Center Knowledge

Equinix is deploying 1 megawatt worth of biogas fuel cells at its SV5 facility, as part of its goal of reaching 100 percent renewable energy across its footprint Read More.

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TT: 12 Talking to tech execs – segment 1

Virtualized Greek

Talking to technology executives can be one of the most frustrating experiences with an engineer’s career. Over the course of the podcast, I’ll have segments in which I talk about strategies in communicating with enterprise technology executives. Show notes Tech Talking to technology executives can be one of the most frustrating experiences with an engineer's career.

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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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CIO as a Strategist: How to Do Strategy Management Right

Future of CIO

At the end of the day, the organization must be centered on its customers. IT strategy is an integral component of business strategy. The objective of IT strategy is not just to be aligned with business strategy, rather, IT strategy is an integral part of Business Strategy. CIOs as an IT leader and a business strategist, how to create a good strategy, and more importantly, how to implement it, and demonstrate business value in order to build solid IT reputation and improve IT maturity?

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Sign Up For ThreatBrief: Daily context on cyber threats to enterprise mission needs

CTOvision

There are threats to your business and mission needs. Tracking them can give you insights that drive your decisions. This is the operating thesis behind ThreatBrief , our daily report on business risks (with a focus on cyber risks). Our analysts and experienced executives are collaborating to ensure this newsletter captures the insights you need. Our goal is to make this product your most anticipated read of the day.

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Report: Facebook Interested In $1B Fort Worth Data Center Project

Data Center Knowledge

The company behind a mega data center project in Fort Worth is unknown, however documents filed with the state reveal the names of the same planning and legal teams behind Facebook's recent Iowa data center. Read More.

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TT 14: Use case vs. business case

Virtualized Greek

It’s all about trying to help you get that shiny new technology you want implemented. Business case vs. use case. I give an example of how a technology such as VMware NSX or Cisco ACI can become a business case It's all about trying to help you get that shiny new technology you want implemented. Business case vs. use case. I give an example of how a technology such as VMware NSX or Cisco ACI can become a business case for PCI compliance.

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Strategic CX: A Deep Dive into Voice of the Customer Insights for Clarity

Speaker: Nicholas Zeisler, CX Strategist & Fractional CXO

The first step in a successful Customer Experience endeavor (or for that matter, any business proposition) is to find out what’s wrong. If you can’t identify it, you can’t fix it! 💡 That’s where the Voice of the Customer (VoC) comes in. Today, far too many brands do VoC simply because that’s what they think they’re supposed to do; that’s what all their competitors do.