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The CTOvision Disruptive IT List: Firms we believe all enterprise.

CTOvision

'The CTOvision.com Disruptive IT List is our assessment of the technology firms with the greatest potential for virtuous disruption of enterprise IT. Our goal is to provide enterprise CTOs with advanced notice of firms they should.

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Ubiquity Will Convert Sears Auto Centers into Data Centers

Data Center Knowledge

'Ubiquity Critical Environments plans to build a national chain of IT facilities by converting dozens of Sears Auto Center stores into data centers. It is partnering with Schneider Electric to build and operate mission-critical facilities in at least 23 second-tier markets around the country.

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Hugo: A fast and flexible static site generator built in GoLang

SPF13

'Hugo Website. Hugo is a static site generator written in GoLang. It is optimized for speed, easy use and configurability. Hugo takes a directory with content and templates and renders them into a full html website. Hugo makes use of markdown files with front matter for meta data. A typical website of moderate size can be rendered in a fraction of a second.

Linux 278
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Fountainhead: Only in Silicon Valley: License Plate Sightings in the.

Fountainhead

'skip to main | skip to sidebar. Fountainhead. Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Wednesday, February 6, 2013. Only in Silicon Valley: License Plate Sightings in the Field. Driving around silicon valley on routes 101 and 280 ("The 101" and "The 280" if youre from California) you cant help but notice this isnt like the rest of America.

Licensing 278
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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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A CIO Top Ten Guide to Preparing a Thanksgiving Feast

Social, Agile and Transformation

'I like to cook and I really look forward to the Thanksgiving Holiday. For the past thirteen years, I''ve enjoyed locking myself in the kitchen and perfecting the Thanksgiving feast largely from scratch everything from home made cranberry sauce to my evolving sweet potato pie/casserole recipes. But this year we''re going to family and I already miss the prep work that I always start the weekend.

Agile 263
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The 7 Stages Of Big Data Analytics That Every CIO Needs To Know About

The Accidental Successful CIO

'CIOs need to learn how to ride the tsunami of big data Image Credit. CIOs have always had to find ways to deal with data. Collecting it, storing it, processing it, and eventually archiving it. The arrival of the era of Big Data has almost overnight turned what was already a challenging task into a nearly impossible task. Everyone in the company understands the importance of information technology and they all believe that the IT department can solve all data related problems.

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As more jobs are automated, how many of us will still have productive work?

Trends in the Living Networks

'There has been a lot of press the last few days about a paper The Future of Employment: How Susceptible Are Jobs to Computerisation? , published by the Oxford Martin Programme on the Impacts of Future Technology. Almost all the coverage has been on the headline figure that 47% of US employment is at risk. However the paper provides many more interesting insights when you examine the detail.

Social 167
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On Network Virtualization and SDN

Scott Lowe

'Is there a difference between network virtualization and Software-Defined Networking (SDN)? If so, what is the relationship between them? Is one a subset of the other? This is a topic that is increasingly being discussed and debated. So, in a similar fashion to my post on network overlays vs. network virtualization , I thought I’d weigh in with some thoughts.

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Expanding the Cloud: Enabling Globally Distributed Applications and Disaster Recovery

All Things Distributed

'As I discussed in my re:Invent keynote earlier this month, I am now happy to announce the immediate availability of Amazon RDS Cross Region Read Replicas , which is another important enhancement for our customers using or planning to use multiple AWS Regions to deploy their applications. Cross Region Read Replicas are available for MySQL 5.6 and enable you to maintain a nearly up-to-date copy of your master database in a different AWS Region.

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Network Virtualization: ACI vs. NSX is about ASIC vs. Software

Virtualized Greek

'I’ve been thinking a bit more about the Cisco ACI vs. VMware NSX debate. It brings about a larger question. It’s not just ACI vs. NSX but Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASIC). When I started programing back in high school I had this theory about x86 hardware. There was never such a thing as under powered hardware it was always an issue of poor or uncreative programing.

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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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Apps Contests are Stupid

Chief Seattle Greek Blog

'It seems like apps contests and apps challenges and hackathons sponsored by governments have been all the rage over the last couple of years. They were kinda cool when they were new, in 2008, such as Washington DC’s original “ Apps for Democracy “ Vivek Kundra, then CTO of the District, valued the apps developed there at $2.3 million, although how he arrived at that number is unknown.

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First Look: Facebook’s Oregon Cold Storage Facility

Data Center Knowledge

'Facebook has began migrating data to its newly constructed cold storage facility. On Tuesday it opened the facility to reporters, providing a look at a hyperscale implementation of custom-built long-term storage.

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Refactoring with go fmt

SPF13

'I’ve recently been getting into go. I’ve built a few packages and libraries. For this post, let’s explore the ‘gofmt’ or ‘go fmt’ tool further. Go ships with a basic set of tools common to most languages and development environments. Like most things with go, the tools are simple in design, but powerful in function. go build – compile the code. go install – install (and build) a package. go get – download and install packages including dependencies. go

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Fountainhead: A Tour of Switch's SuperNAP

Fountainhead

'skip to main | skip to sidebar. Fountainhead. Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Monday, May 13, 2013. A Tour of Switchs SuperNAP. I have to admit that I was prepared to be underwhelmed when I toured the Switch SuperNap in Las Vegas. After all, how impressive can a co-location facility be? Just slab, cooling, ping, pipe and power.

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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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What Data Scientists Can Learn From a Fourth Grade Teacher

Social, Agile and Transformation

'Fourth Grade Lesson on Data Science Last week, I attended my fourth grade son''s open house at school and sat through his math class. The teacher walked through the steps to solve a word-math problem. You know the kind - "Sally has $3.85, spends $1.20 on materials for lemonade then sells four cups at $0.65. How much money does she have?" This was a great experience for me to observe.

Data 260
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eBay Goes Live With its Bloom-Powered Data Center

Data Center Knowledge

'eBay has debuted a new data center power design that abandons diesel generators and UPS units in favor of Bloom Energy fuel cells powered by natural gas. Executives from eBay and Bloom say the facility in South Jordan, Utah sets a radical new course for the data center industry.

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The Barge Mystery: Floating Data Centers or Google Store?

Data Center Knowledge

'Could barges stacked with containers and spotted in San Francisco and Portland, ME waterways be the Google floating data center projects? Or is it another practical joke from the Googlers? Data Center Knowledge examines the mystery.

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Special Report: Iceland and the Data Center Industry

Data Center Knowledge

'Will Iceland become a growth market for data centers? In this special report we examine Iceland''s advantages and challenges as a data center destination, and provide an inside look at the power resources that are central to its ambitions.

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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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Major Outage for BlueHost, HostGator, HostMonster

Data Center Knowledge

'A Utah data center supporting some of the web hosting industry''s best known brands has suffered a networking outage, causing an extended service outage. The problems at a Provo, Utah facility operated by Endurance International Group, have led to downtime for customers of BlueHost, HostGator and.

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Welcome to Fog Computing: Extending the Cloud to the Edge

Data Center Knowledge

'There''s a new buzz word in distributed computing - Fog Computing. The idea of fog computing is to distribute data to move it closer to the end-user to eliminate latency and numerous hops, and support mobile computing and data streaming.

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SoftLayer: An Autonomous Shade of Blue

Data Center Knowledge

'The acquisition of SoftLayer by IBM was one of the most noteworthy deals of the last year. SoftLayer CEO Lance Crosby provides an update on life as an IBMer. "“IBM is hyperfocused on cloud,” says Crosby.

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NSA Data Center Plagued by Electrical Problems

Data Center Knowledge

'The NSA''s massive data center in Utah has been plagued by electrical problems that have delayed the opening of the facility. The Wall Street Journal reports that there have been 10 incidents of arc flash "meltdowns" that have damaged equipment.

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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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ManageEngine Enters DCIM Arena By Adding Facilities Management

Data Center Knowledge

'ManageEngine has already established itself in IT management. The company has expanded into facilities management for a DCIM product that manages the entire data center infrastructure.

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In Iowa, A Field Becomes a Billion-Dollar Google Server Farm

Data Center Knowledge

'It''s not exactly "Field of Dreams." But a field in Iowa provides evidence of how the data center revolution can transform a piece of empty land into a $1 billion Internet traffic hub in a matter of months.

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Google Data Center Investment in Finland Tops $1 Billion USD

Data Center Knowledge

'Google purchased a 60-year-old paper mill in Finland, which it has converted into one of its most modern, efficient data centers worldwide, and its now investing an additional EUR450 million (about 608 million in USD) to continue expansion of the facility.

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IBM Targets Hyperscale, HPC Markets With NeXtScale Server Line

Data Center Knowledge

'IBM today introduced the NeXtScale System, a new x86 computing platform designed to bring "the power of a supercomputer in any data center." IBM says the new servers will combine high-density and improved power efficiency, and can operate in data center environments as warm as 104 degrees F.

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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.

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Hot in Vegas: Switch Adds 19 Megawatts of SuperNAP Sales

Data Center Knowledge

'Colocation provider Switch said it sold 19 megawatts of power capacity in August, its highest one-month total ever. The majority of that capacity was for space in SuperNAP 8 , the company''s newest mega-data center in Las Vegas.

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Space Weather and the Data Center: The Risk from Solar Storms

Data Center Knowledge

'Solar flares are a potential threat to critical infrastructure, according to NASA scientists. who say the sun''s vast magnetic field is about to flip, an event that creates an elevated risk of solar activity and "space weather." One concern for data center providers is the potential for solar.

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NTT Communications Acquires Controlling Interest in RagingWire

Data Center Knowledge

'In a move that will dramatically expand its presence in the U.S. data center market, Japan''s NTT Communications will acquire an 80 percent equity interest in RagingWire Data Centers for $350 million, the companies said today.

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A Storm of Servers: How the Leap Second Led Facebook to Build DCIM Tools

Data Center Knowledge

'Last July 1, the "Leap Second" bug caused many Linux servers to get stuck in a loop, endlessly checking the date and time. At the Internet''s busiest data centers, power usage almost instantly spiked by megawatts. Here''s a look at Facebook''s experience, which has led the company to develop its own.

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The Big Payoff of Application Analytics

Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business. That’s what drove the five companies in this e-book to change their approach to analytics. Download this e-book to learn about the unique problems each company faced and how they achieved huge returns beyond expectation by embedding analytics into applications.