Sat.May 20, 2017

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DevOps Has Reached “Escape Velocity”, CIO’s Need To Get Onboard!

Forrester IT

In an era where velocity and agility are driving technology management organizations over simple cost reduction, every business must constantly evolve to drive business differentiation. Leveraging practices such as Lean and Agile, smaller changes, automated pipelines and product centric teams, DevOps is transitioning from unicorns and small projects to company-wide initiatives.

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Why use a Reference Architecture?

IT Toolbox

A reference architecture describes the different kinds of technologies that are involved in a piece of software and how they relate to one another. It is an important technical template to establish if you want to have control over the selection of technology that goes into your software product.

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Dear IT Operations: It’s Time To Get Serious About Security

Forrester IT

Okay, I'll apologize right away to the IT ops teams that are already security-savvy. Hats off to you. But I suspect there are still a few that leave security to the CISO's team. On Friday, May 12, 2017, evil forces launched a ransomware pandemic, like a defibrillator blasting security into the heart of IT operations. What protected some systems? It wasn't an esoteric fancy-pants security tool that made some organizations safe; it was simple e-hygiene: Keep your operating systems current.

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5 Tips for Better Disaster Recovery Planning

IT Toolbox

All it takes is one catastrophe and all of the hard work you’ve poured into your business can be turned into nothing. Unfortunately, very few businesses actually have a disaster recovery plan in place. This is a grave mistake that you don’t want to make in your own business.

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Peak Performance: Continuous Testing & Evaluation of LLM-Based Applications

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.

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Top Five Data Center Stories: Week of May 19

Data Center Knowledge

Here are the top stories that appeared on Data Center Knowledge this week: Read More.

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Executive Order Underscores Need For Leadership Accountability In Reducing Digital Risk

CTOvision

Bob Gourley. The 11 May 2017 Presidential Executive Order on Strengthening the Cybersecurity of Federal Networks and Critical Infrastructure is notable for several reasons. As Marty Meehan points out , the order is significant as it discusses improvements to the federal government's (and the nation's) digital infrastructure, protection of the power grid, replacement of antiquated IT systems, and protection against cyber threats.