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Big Data: The Hadoop Business Case

CTOvision

When including the cost of software, hardware, and licensing/support, the cost per terabyte (TB) of an MPP system is estimated at tens of thousands of dollars [4]. This framework illustrates the components of cost, discussed below, that every CIO and CTO should take into account when evaluating solutions for their use cases.

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Should the OpenStack Community Embrace Amazon & Google?

Data Center Knowledge

Should the OpenStack community focus on creating an open source alternative to Amazon and Google? In an open letter to the OpenStack community, co-founder and CTO Randy Bias is making the case that OpenStack must embrace other public clouds rather than set themselves up as an open alternative to the mega-clouds.

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Authentic Digital Relationships

Phil Windley

I was the founder and CTO of iMall, an early, pioneering ecommerce tools vendor. The protocols and code that enable the metasystem are open source and available for review and improvement. Driver's license, potentially from a different agencies than the one who registers cars and potentially in different states.