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NGA joins GitHub, offers code to help disaster response

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NGA began by sharing its code for GeoQ, a tool the agency developed to assist with Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Recovery (HADR) efforts. The tool was further refined in partnership with FEMA and has since begun to be used as the backbone of a shared disaster response solution across the U.S.

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8 data strategy mistakes to avoid

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Similar to disaster recovery, business continuity, and information security, data strategy needs to be well thought out and defined to inform the rest, while providing a foundation from which to build a strong business.” Creating data silos Denying business users access to information because of data silos has been a problem for years.

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Big Data: The Hadoop Business Case

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The Internet is overloaded with definitions, characteristics, and benefits; however, few discussions synthesize all three of these topics in one place. Scour the internet and you will find that there are other, less commonly discussed but relevant characteristics associated with Big Data to include Veracity and Volatility [2].

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Symantec Government Symposium 11 March 2014 at the Renaissance Hotel Washington DC

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Session B-1 : Security in Disasters: How to Manage Continuity of Operations. Jim Byrom , Program Manager, Disaster Recovery, IRS. Mark Nehmer , J65 Div Chief, RM/C4 Analysis & Strategy, USCYBERCOM. RADM Robert E. Assistant Commandant C4IT(CG-6) & CIO, U.S. Coast Guard. Wolf Tombe , CTO, U.S. – 3:40 p.m.

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Cloudera Strengthens Hadoop Security with Acquisition of Gazzang: Builds on additional community efforts to deliver end-to-end security offering

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We’re entering a whole new era with the rise of the Industrial Internet and the Internet of Things where there is vastly more data being streamed from billions of devices. . “At the same time compliance requirements for protecting data continue to expand in scope where data access comes under scrutiny.

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What CIOs can learn from the massive Optus outage

CIO Business Intelligence

The week’s high-profile resignation of Optus CEO Kelly Bayer Rosmarin in the wake of the Australian telco’s massive outage that left 10 million Australians and 400,000 businesses without phone or internet for up to 12 hours earlier this month underscores the stakes involved when it comes to setting an IT strategy for business resilience.

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Exploring the fundamentals of online transaction processing databases

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However, with the evolution of the internet, the definition of transaction has broadened to include all types of digital interactions and engagements between a business and its customers. Initially, the OLTP concept was restricted to in-person exchanges that involved the transfer of goods, money, services, or information.

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