CTOvision
AUGUST 5, 2015
Picking up a newspaper and turning on the TV, one is instantly confronted with news of yet another cyber hack. With cyber attacks headlining the news, millions of people are concerned with whether their personal information has been breached. These attacks are becoming more and more sophisticated and targeted, and are affecting both government and commercial sectors.
Social, Agile and Transformation
AUGUST 5, 2015
Today, I am intrigued and bothered by "legacy thinking". Legacy thinking, is when leaders in an organization, stakeholders on an initiative, or managers of resources or funding believe that they can invest once and largely get it right the first time.
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Data Center Knowledge
AUGUST 5, 2015
The big cloud providers aren't tuned for Industrial purposes, according to GE, so it's getting into the cloud provider game with a Cloud Foundry-based offering. Read More.
Eric D. Brown
AUGUST 6, 2015
Recently, I was having a conversation with an IT VP about data management, data access, reporting and analytical approaches to the data stored within the organization. The conversation was a long and frustrating one. I started working with this company to help them open up access to all their data repositories to allow people within the company to access and analyze the data without having to go to a data analyst to ask for a report or data set.
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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.
CTOvision
AUGUST 1, 2015
Editor's note: The highly respected venture capital firms Blu Venture, Sequoia, and Conversion Capital have announced their support and funding of Immuta, a next-gen enterprise data management startup. We have had the pleasure of working with Immuta and have known their founding team for years and are very excited to see this. -bg. From Sequoia's 9 July release: Sequoia Closes First Venture Seed Investment in Immuta.
The Accidental Successful CIO
AUGUST 5, 2015
Moving to the cloud is not always the right decision Image Credit: Melinda Swinford. If you’ve taken the time to read any of the IT trade rags in the past year or so, you’ve seen a story that tells you how wonderful “the cloud” is and how it has become a key part of the importance of information technology. In fact, if you’ve read enough of these articles, you may be thinking that you are a bit behind the times – your company should be moving more of its application
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Eric D. Brown
AUGUST 4, 2015
If you spend any amount of time reading or talking about big data, you’ll often find that one of the challenges facing an organizations use of big data today is the same as problem that these organizations faced just a few years ago: using the data to actually do something. Before the popularity of big data, most large organizations were focused on building their ‘knowledge warehouse’ to store data.
CTOvision
AUGUST 7, 2015
There are steps you can take to reduce your digital risks and mitigate threats to your enterprise. One key step is to continue your self education in best practices. That is what the The 9-11 Sep Cyber Innovation Forum is all about. This event, organized by NIST, DHS and NSA, will be a fantastic way to learn the latest enterprise-grade defensive measures.
Cloud Musings
AUGUST 7, 2015
UPDATE: NBC News reports U.S. officials have disclosed a hack of the Pentagon’s Joint Staff unclassified email system, which took place on July 25. Recent unauthorized access to a U.S. government database led to the compromise of information on at least 21.5 million individuals. This massive background investigation data breach also compromised usernames, passwords, mental health records and financial information.
Data Center Knowledge
AUGUST 4, 2015
Software Defined Networking and Network Function Virtualization are converging, and the OpenDaylight community looks to define the standards behind the movement Read More.
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.
Mick's IT Blog
AUGUST 7, 2015
This PowerShell script will uninstall previous versions of SCCM client, run the CCMClean to make sure all instances of the client are gone off of the machine, and finally install the SCCM client. The script will not complete until the installation of the SCCM client is completed. I used this when upgrading from 2007 to 2012 and also have this integrated into the build.
CTOvision
AUGUST 7, 2015
Every year the organizers of The Strata Conference and Hadoop World graciously offer CTOvision readers with discounted registration to this important event. A discount registration code is below. So is a link to an entry form you can use to enter our drawing for a free pass to the event. Strata + Hadoop World in New York sold out last year with more than 5,500 attendees.
A CIO's Voice
AUGUST 7, 2015
So my son is now 2 1/2 going on “getting too old”. He is quite the little traveler having flown to India, Canada, Dubai and numerous car trips. These days, my son has a variety of gadgets to occupy a 6 hour road trip or a 12 hour plane flight. So it has not been as traumatizing as I remember when I was on trips with my family. On a recent short haul trip we decided to teach my son how to get a trucker to blow his horn.
Data Center Knowledge
AUGUST 3, 2015
Air quality drives innovation in data center cooling at Chinese internet giant Read More.
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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.
Storage IO Blog
AUGUST 2, 2015
The symptoms are that you see ESXi start its boot process, loading drivers and modules (e.g. black screen), then you see the Yellow boot screen with Timer and Scheduler initialized, and at the “Initializing ACPI” point, ka boom, either a boot loop starts (e.g. the above processes repeats after system boots).
CTOvision
AUGUST 4, 2015
The highly regarded champions of cyber security Matt Devost and Tom Parker both made a very interesting Facebook posts today, reporting that Accenture has acquired the FusionX, the firm they created and nurtured into a cadre of high performance cyber practitioners making a dramatic difference for global enterprises. From the press release: Accenture Acquires FusionX, Further Bolstering Ability to Help Clients Assess and Respond to Advanced Cyber Threats.
Scott Lowe
AUGUST 4, 2015
In this post, I’m going to show you a quick tip I used today to combine the power of Vagrant with that of Docker Machine to quickly and easily create Docker -enabled virtual machines (VMs) on your laptop. This could be useful in a variety of scenarios; I leave it as an exercise for the reader to determine the best way to leverage this functionality in his or her own environment.
Data Center Knowledge
AUGUST 4, 2015
Drought and lack of energy are forcing companies to look at ideal locations for data centers such as Iceland, Sweden, Norway and Finland. Read More.
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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.
Future of CIO
AUGUST 5, 2015
The design of a strategy is definitely more important. But executing a strategy is more time-consuming and challenging. The word "strategy" is pretty amorphous with so many individual interpretations and nuances of its meaning that conversations about it often go astray amidst a blizzard of the latest buzzwords. A strategy is a detailed plot to beat the competition, coauthored and in effect owned by a critical mass of thought leaders in a company.
CTOvision
AUGUST 6, 2015
Before adopting cloud infrastructure solutions, businesses should ensure their use case calls for the cloud, otherwise they may face a cloud hangover. Although the benefits of the cloud do not necessarily hinge solely on cost, many businesses adopt the cloud with precisely that rationale in mind. The cloud's elasticity allows for rapid scaling up and down, so that infrastructure deployments, and costs, can accurately track a business' requirements.
Database Star
AUGUST 5, 2015
In this article, I’ll explain what formatting SQL is, and how to find the SQL Developer Format SQL options. What Is SQL Formatting? SQL formatting is the process of neatly arranging your code to make it more readable. When you write SQL, the format of the code is not relevant to the database. By this, I mean that the SQL statement will execute if the syntax is correct and the formatting is terrible.
Data Center Knowledge
AUGUST 6, 2015
Growing adoption of high-performance computing drives demand for lower-redundancy data center services Read More.
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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.
Future of CIO
AUGUST 3, 2015
The condition of being human is the endless search for the conditions that allow the human to maximize the human potential. Being human is both a condition and a state. A condition - if you consider just the physical plane. A state if you consider it from the mental and emotional plane of being. One can assume a human state of mind, depending on one's beliefs, values, and character.
CTOvision
AUGUST 3, 2015
July 23, Hortonworks announced that they have been named to The Channel Company’s exclusive 2015 CRN Emerging Vendors List. This annual list highlights the technology vendors that have introduced innovative new products and create opportunities for channel partners in North America, which generate solutions for customers. The Channel Company has recognized Hortonworks for their demonstrated commitment to developing new technologies that meet the growing market demands.
Chief Seattle Greek Blog
AUGUST 6, 2015
Keeping the Fires of FirstNet Burning: What We Need in the FirstNet Board. The United States Secretary of Commerce, Penny Pritzker, will shortly appoint (or re-appoint) four members to the fifteen member Board of the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet). What should Secretary Pritzker seek in candidates for these appointments? I believe she should find FirstNet Evangelists.
Data Center Knowledge
AUGUST 5, 2015
Hosting firm consolidating California data centers into Oregon facility, shifting away from doing its own data center management Read More.
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Future of CIO
AUGUST 1, 2015
The good Customer Experience management is a norm, but a great Customer Journey with exceptional Customer Experience offers the 'WOW' factor. It is without a doubt that many organizations have come to the realization that in order to be successful within their industry, they have to focus their efforts on the Customer Experience, to build a customer-centric organization.
CTOvision
AUGUST 3, 2015
After reading the news of Radiant Group's acquisition of HumanGeo I contacted the two founders of HumanGeo, Al Di Leonardo and Abe Usher, to seek some first-hand lessons learned of use to the community as well as to congratulate these two friends from the national security ecosystem. This post captures some of the insights from that conversation. Al Di Leonardo and Abe Usher are both mission-focused executives with a background in both technology and military leadership.
Computerworld Vertical IT
AUGUST 5, 2015
While the Internet of Things can give a company a massive influx of information, it then faces the problem of wrapping its corporate arms around all that data to make meaningful use of it. That is where General Electric, the fourth-largest company in the world, is hoping to come into play. The company, which reaches into the home appliance, engineering, jet engine and healthcare industries, announced today that it is launching a cloud service specifically geared to the industrial Internet of Thi
Data Center Knowledge
AUGUST 5, 2015
Open tech community leaders make the case for open source in the data center Read More.
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