CTOvision
MARCH 17, 2015
'By Matt Southmayd. Cybersecurity is one of the most high-profile topics for organizations today and one of their biggest sources of risk. Numerous recent incidents have heightened awareness of and sensitivity to this risk, and have made it even more critical that they assess their cyber readiness. Available data suggest that 84% of corporations have malware on their networks.
Data Center Knowledge
MARCH 18, 2015
'When it comes to private versus public cloud, we are no longer living in an either/or world, writes Peter Cutts of EMC. Businesses that harness the power of both are finding significant advantages over their peers. Read More.
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SPF13
MARCH 17, 2015
'A friend of mine who is a very talented writer recently became intrigued with open source and asked me to help her to understand how to be a good open source community member. Open source is one of the most unusual things in the world. Is there any other profession where highly skilled professionals donate their free time to give their work away for free?
Social, Agile and Transformation
MARCH 16, 2015
'Is Digital Transformation an important business priority, or is the latest buzz word and attempt to get businesses to invest more in their technology programs? In the ''90s businesses were told to invest in their web sites and digital advertising. In the early part of the century they were told that web 2.0, user generated content, and social networking was going to create a new paradigm and.
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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
MARCH 18, 2015
'By Matt Southmayd. Recently, there have been questions raised as to why corporations have been slow to be more vigilant about Cybersecurity. In the scheme of a large organization, it is often deprioritized because the minimal impact to the bottom line is a risk that is deemed acceptable to the business. For example, Target’s high profile breach cost the company $264 million dollars which may seem like a significant financial loss.
Data Center Knowledge
MARCH 19, 2015
'A CIO who takes a step forward into the hybrid cloud does so while dealing with the same budgetary and complexity obstacles he has always faced, writes Oded Haner of HotLink. Read More.
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Cloud Musings
MARCH 14, 2015
'By Jodi Kohut Government Cloud Computing Professional By Jodi Kohut Government Cloud Computing Professional March is Women’s History Month. As we celebrate women and their role in our history, our workplaces, and our homes, I thought it was important to bring to the forefront some of the strengths that might make them stand out as compelling agents of change in such a time as this in the IT industry.
CTOvision
MARCH 14, 2015
'By Bob Gourley. Cybersecurity practitioners and policymakers have long been discussing the potential positive benefits of smart insurance policy and standards to reduce risk. Of the many actions and activities we see in the insurance world today, the news of NAIC involvement is seen as particularly interesting. What is the NAIC? The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) is the U.S. standard-setting and regulatory support organization created and governed by the chief insurance
Data Center Knowledge
MARCH 20, 2015
'Data center tax exemptions have passed the House and Senate, and now land on the desk of Missouri Governor Jay Nixon. Will the second time be the charm? Read More. colocation St.
The Accidental Successful CIO
MARCH 18, 2015
'CIOs have to learn how to defend against the bad guys Image Credit: Alyse & Remi. The person with the CIO job needs to understand that his or her company is under constant attack. Yes, some of the attacks come from hostile hackers who are always probing your company’s IT defenses trying to find a way in; however, we must not forget the impact that severe weather can have on the operations of both our IT departments and our company.
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.
Cloud Musings
MARCH 17, 2015
'by Melvin Greer Managing Director , Greer Institute This year has brought big news, significant changes and increased awareness of the adoption of cloud computing in Government. In fact Cloud computing may be the biggest and most overhyped term in Government information technology today. It is also the most discussed topic in agency strategy, cyber security forums and mission / program reviews.
CTOvision
MARCH 19, 2015
'By Katie Kennedy. On Tuesday March 24, the DC identity community is hosting the annual Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC) event at the International Spy Museum. Could there be a better venue for discussing multiple identities and hidden individual attributes? Attribute Based Access Control is the key to protecting data and ensuring it can be utilized only by those that should have access.
Data Center Knowledge
MARCH 16, 2015
'Former NSA director says malware used by Chinese hackers allows them to access information at will and steal critical information including business plans and blueprints Read More.
SPF13
MARCH 17, 2015
A friend of mine who is a very talented writer recently became intrigued with open source and asked me to help her to understand how to be a good open source community member. Open source is one of the most unusual things in the world. Is there any other profession where highly skilled professionals donate their free time to give their work away for free?
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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.
Cloud Musings
MARCH 19, 2015
'By Sandra K. Johnson CEO, SKJ Visioneering, LLC Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) professionals are drivers of innovation,creativity and invention. STEM disciplines are significant drivers of economies worldwide, and STEM careers are rewarding and fulfilling. The promise of STEM is therefore important for economies and individuals; however, in most countries around the world, we do not have STEM professionals that reflect the gender makeup of our population.
CTOvision
MARCH 16, 2015
'By Katie Kennedy. This is part of Cognitio''s Sponsored Post Program. Cybercrime is now a trillion dollar industry. Cyber criminals are becoming more sophisticated; therefore, a new solution is needed. The newest white paper added to the CTOvision Research Library highlights cybercrime and how to detect and prevent cyber attacks with the Enterprise Security Platform.
Data Center Knowledge
MARCH 16, 2015
'Data Center Aisle Containment has emerged as an effective strategy for increasing an existing data center’s capacity to support higher density rack loads, writes Todd Boucher of Leading Edge Design Group. Read More.
Virtualized Greek
MARCH 19, 2015
'I got into interesting sets of exchanges over CopyData with the fine folks of Actifio and Catalogic Software. In general, I’m a fan of the concept of CopyData software. Both solutions reduce the amount of production data on storage (which.
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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.
Storage IO Blog
MARCH 18, 2015
'Note that most reputable cloud providers do not hide their fees even though there are myths that all cloud vendors have hidden fees, instead they list what those costs are on their sites. However that means the smart shopper or person procuring cloud services needs to go look for those fee’s and what they mean to avoid surprises. On the other hand if you can not find what extra fee’s would be along with what is or is not included in a cloud service price, to quote Jenny’s line in the movie Fore
CTOvision
MARCH 18, 2015
'By Katie Kennedy. Many times the most disruptive technologies are the ones you always needed but didn''t quite know how to say you needed. Here is one that every consumer and enterprise can clearly use, so will very likely have a disruptive impact on the IT world. The latest technology companies are racing to get their hands on is visual search. This technology enables you to discern various information with a quick phone pic.
Data Center Knowledge
MARCH 20, 2015
'Fujitsu adds a third Singapore data center within Equinix in bid to capture growing cloud market Read More.
Virtualized Greek
MARCH 18, 2015
'SiliconANGLE.TV had IBM’s CTO Jeffrey Frey on theCube during IBM’s InterConnect2015 conference. Host John Furrier referenced a comment by former VMware CEO Paul Moritz from 2009. Moritz stated the goal of VMware was to create a software mainframe. EMC may.
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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.
Storage IO Blog
MARCH 20, 2015
'In case you forgot or did not know, World Backup Day is March 31 2015 (@worldbackupday) so now is a good time to be ready. The only challenge that I have with the World Backup Day (view their site here) that has gone on for a few years know is that it is a good way to call out the importance of backing up or protecting data. However its time to also put more emphasis and focus on being able to make sure those backups or protection copies actually work.
CTOvision
MARCH 15, 2015
'By Shannon Perry. Net neutrality became a buzzword in 2014, as many media sources and public figures voiced their opposition to the FCC’s “fast lanes.” In order to accommodate ballooning quantities of web traffic, the FCC proposed that content providers (like Netflix) could pay Internet service providers (like Comcast) in order to access special, faster broadband connections, resulting in high quality media that would quickly outshine other sites with slow connections.
Data Center Knowledge
MARCH 19, 2015
'Storage optimization—matching storage to data’s performance, capacity, security, and accessibility needs. Learn how this maximizes primary storage ROI. Read More.
Future of CIO
MARCH 16, 2015
Critical thinking as a thinking capability is a balanced mix of genetics and learning. We live in an extremely dynamic and overcomplex world today, however, the majority of people seem not taking enough time to go through the steps needed to generate ideas and create wisdom via critical thinking; there’s information overloading, and critical thinking is more critical than ever for decision making or problems solving; but most people would rather be programmed than do their own thinking.
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“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.
Storage IO Blog
MARCH 19, 2015
'When using benchmark or workload generation tools such as HammerDB I needed a way to capture and log performance activity metrics such as transactions per minute. For example using HammerDB to simulate an application making database requests performing various transactions as part of testing an overall system solution including server and storage I/O activity.
CTOvision
MARCH 17, 2015
'By Deepak Kumar. Last year, Enterprise IT was dramatically shaped by the influx of security breaches, data leaks and a new wave of hackers. But optimism came in the form of Microsoft as word began to spread that the company had solved the problems they experienced with Windows 8/8.1 and that Windows 10 was better than the Enterprise could have imagined.
Data Center Knowledge
MARCH 18, 2015
'The contract wasn''t open bid, which led to protests from others and now cancellation. The sizable $1.6 billion contract was across various military branches Read More.
A Screw's Loose
MARCH 20, 2015
'I was driving to work this past Wednesday and it hit me; I was only going to make this trip 2 more times. Every morning I get in the car, switch to Waze on my phone and it pops up a message asking me if I’m going to work. Of course, I hit yes, and [.
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