Fountainhead
MAY 14, 2012
'skip to main | skip to sidebar. Fountainhead. Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Monday, May 14, 2012. Cloud: Whats a Service? Who Are SPs? My perspective of Cloud Computing has been rocked a bit. Simplistically, I assumed I knew what IaaS, PaaS and SaaS meant, and I thought I knew who the logical public providers of these services would be.
Trends in the Living Networks
MAY 14, 2012
Last week I had an early evening meeting set up with Indy Johar , the inspiring co-founder of Hub Westminster. When I arrived I found that Indy had invoked an ‘Open Meeting Protocol’, offering £10 to Matt Sevenoaks of KPMG to join the meeting, who in turn invited Shelley Kuipers , the CEO of Chaordix, who as it happens I had conversed with on email as reecently as a few days before but had never met in real-life.
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Cloud Musings
MAY 7, 2012
'Cloud Musings by Kevin L. Jackson. Personal comments and insight on cloud computing related technologies and their use in the public sector to support net-centric operations. Pages. Home. Cloud Musings on Forbes. NJVC Cloud Computing. GovCloud Daily. GovCloud Presentations. GovCloud on Facebook. Get "Cloud Musings" by RSS. Posts. Atom. Posts. Comments.
The Accidental Successful CIO
MAY 9, 2012
'Image Credit. Why would a package delivery company care about cloud computing? When it absolutely, positively has to be there overnight, who are you going to call? Probably FedEx, the package shipping company. What you might not know is that FedEx has an enormous IT infrastructure that they use to move all of those packages around. Why would they be thinking about messing with success and moving this mission critical support system into the cloud?
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.
SPF13
MAY 13, 2012
Nearly 3 years ago I discovered a new database that literally changed my life. I know, that’s a pretty bold claim, but it’s true. While leading the engineering team at OpenSky I faced a problem I was well familiar with. How to build a e-commerce product that: 1. Provided performance and scale 2. Handled many verticals and 3. Provided proper indexing on key attributes.
All Things Distributed
MAY 8, 2012
'All Things Distributed. Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. Expanding the Cloud for Windows Developers. By Werner Vogels on 08 May 2012 02:00 PM. | Permalink. | Comments (). The software that powers todayâ??s world of Internet services has become incredibly diverse. Todayâ??s announcement of Amazon RDS for Microsoft SQL Server and.NET support for AWS Elastic Beanstalk marks another important step in our commitment to increase the flexibility for AWS custome
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Trends in the Living Networks
MAY 29, 2012
In my keynotes and executive sessions I often use the analogy of ant colonies, in which the collective intelligence of the colony is far greater than that of its individuals. Since the collective intelligence of many – or even most – human organizations is significantly less than the intelligence of many of its participants, there are no doubt lessons we can learn.
A CIO's Voice
MAY 7, 2012
'As CIO, you should …. Know when to try harder and when to walk away. (Being CIO means there will be days you will fail. It is part a part of the job.). Know who you can trust, who you can’t. (Politics plays an important role in our careers). Not to apologize for something that isn’t your fault. (Others will be quick to blame you because it is easy.).
The Accidental Successful CIO
MAY 30, 2012
'Image Credit Just because you can't keep them out, does this mean that CIO's can ignore hackers? If a CIO picks up the paper, it seems like hackers are everywhere and getting into every IT department. Dare I say these modern day cyber pirates seem almost unstoppable? If it turns out that there is no way to keep hackers from breaking into your company’s IT systems, then should a CIO really spend a lot of time and money trying to keep them out?
SPF13
MAY 7, 2012
I had the unique opportunity to present at the annual technology forum Insight Venture Partners holds for their portfolio companies. Over 100 CTOs gathered in NYC to hear from great presenters from companies like 10gen, Tumblr, Shutterstock and Buddy Media. I’ve included a slightly longer version of the presentation given which includes a few slides that I cut out for brevity to fit in the allocated time while still allowing time for questions.
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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
MAY 14, 2012
'Cloud Musings by Kevin L. Jackson. Personal comments and insight on cloud computing related technologies and their use in the public sector to support net-centric operations. Pages. Home. Cloud Musings on Forbes. NJVC Cloud Computing. GovCloud Daily. GovCloud Presentations. GovCloud on Facebook. Get "Cloud Musings" by RSS. Posts. Atom. Posts. Comments.
Mick's IT Blog
MAY 8, 2012
'Micks IT Blogs. My blog is here to help solve issues I have encountered and solved, publish scripts I have written, and educate others in understanding areas that are not well covered. -->. Micks IT Blogs. My blog is here to help solve issues I have encountered and solved, publish scripts I have written, and educate others in understanding areas that are not well covered.
Trends in the Living Networks
MAY 31, 2012
A few weeks ago I gave the keynote at the IT Nation Golden i Gala and Awards and earlier in the day ran a CIO workshop on Creating the Organisation of the Future. In my brief time in Luxembourg I learned about some of the many things that are happening in the tech scene in nation. As a tiny country of half a million people, it has the highest GDP per capita in the world, currently based primarily on its strong financial services industry, facilitated by its strong banking secrecy laws.
All Things Distributed
MAY 8, 2012
'All Things Distributed. Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. AWS re: Invent. By Werner Vogels on 09 May 2012 02:00 PM. | Permalink. | Comments (). Invention comes in many forms and at many scales. The most radical and transformative of inventions are often those that empower others to unleash their creativity â??
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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.
The Accidental Successful CIO
MAY 23, 2012
'Image Credit Randy Mott is a CIO who knows how to make big decisions…. You wouldn’t think that a CIO who just got fired from his job at HP would have a lot to teach us about IT strategy , but that’s where you’d be wrong. Randy Mott is a CIO who has been around the block a few times. He’s worked for Wal-Mart, Dell, and he was CIO at HP.
SPF13
MAY 3, 2012
Learn how to integrate MongoDB with Hadoop for large-scale distributed data processing. Using Hadoop’s MapReduce and Streaming you will learn how to do analytics and ETL on large datasets with the ability to load and save data against MongoDB. With support for Hadoop streaming support goes beyond the native Java enabling map reduce to be run in languages like Python and Ruby.
A CIO's Voice
MAY 4, 2012
'The 2012 summer movie schedule is starting to line up and like most summers I look forward to going to the movies even though I have a pretty good home theater system. I think I get a little of the excitement from my father who would often go to the movies no matter how bad the movie or reviews were. My wife on other hand is more discerning and only wants to go see the artsy Oscar films that can put any person to sleep (at least the ones I have seen).
Mick's IT Blog
MAY 10, 2012
'Micks IT Blogs. My blog is here to help solve issues I have encountered and solved, publish scripts I have written, and educate others in understanding areas that are not well covered. -->. Micks IT Blogs. My blog is here to help solve issues I have encountered and solved, publish scripts I have written, and educate others in understanding areas that are not well covered.
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Trends in the Living Networks
MAY 15, 2012
Marshall McLuhan very often provides an instructive reference point for how we understand our changing world. As I wrote in my Chapter 1 of Living Networks : The brilliant visionary Marshall McLuhan accurately described the media as an extension of our senses. Your eyes can see what’s happening in your immediate vicinity, your ears can hear what people are saying in the same room as you, but with television and radio as an adjunct to your senses, you can see and hear anywhere around the world.
A Screw's Loose
MAY 24, 2012
'Home. About. Standard Disclaimer. A Screw's Loose. Do You Need A Mobile Ecosystem? by Brian Katz on May 24, 2012 · 10 comments. No matter what you read these days when it comes to mobility in the enterprise there always seems to be a section on building your mobile ecosystem. Usually your reading something about bringing mobile devices into an enterprise/corporation and this leads to a discussion on creating a mobile strategy.
The Accidental Successful CIO
MAY 16, 2012
'Image Credit Randy Mott is a CIO who knows a great deal about strategy. You wouldn’t think that a CIO who just got fired from his job at HP would have a lot to teach us about IT strategy , but that’s where you’d be wrong. Randy Mott is a CIO who has been around the block a few times. He’s worked for Wal-Mart, Dell, and he was CIO at HP.
Future of CIO
MAY 6, 2012
Every IT Project is a Business Project! Information is like blood, and technology is like a backbone for any modern business today. However, most IT organizations have a reputation as a cost center than a value creator, a controller than an enabler, a tool than magic. With the new wave of latest technology trend such as cloud, mobile, consumerization and social, the contemporary IT leaders need refresh the innovative mindset, embrace the lightweight technology, practice the following three princ
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.
A CIO's Voice
MAY 18, 2012
'Filed under: Life and Technology , Random Thoughts , Technology Review Tagged: what I actually do.
Mick's IT Blog
MAY 15, 2012
'Micks IT Blogs. My blog is here to help solve issues I have encountered and solved, publish scripts I have written, and educate others in understanding areas that are not well covered. -->. Micks IT Blogs. My blog is here to help solve issues I have encountered and solved, publish scripts I have written, and educate others in understanding areas that are not well covered.
Trends in the Living Networks
MAY 22, 2012
My European speaking tour (ending today) has had two primary themes: crowdsourcing and the future of corporate IT. However at a couple of points, notably a guest lecture to Moscow’s Higher School of Economics’ School of Journalism, I have delved into the future of media. As always, my well-known Newspaper Extinction Timeline has come up as a hot topic of discussion.
A Screw's Loose
MAY 16, 2012
'Home. About. Standard Disclaimer. A Screw's Loose. You saved how much? by Brian Katz on May 16, 2012 · 7 comments. As I wing off to another city this fine Monday morning, it seemed like the perfect time to talk about the economics of bring your own device (BYOD) and in this case we are talking mobile solutions. We’ve all read plenty of how easy it is for a company to save money by going to BYOD and no longer paying for the actual phone or tablet that their employee uses.
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The Accidental Successful CIO
MAY 2, 2012
'Image Credit Sure they are successful, but for how long? Just in case you’ve been living under a rock for the past year and don’t know who Zynga is, they’re the online game company that has ridden Facebook’s coattails to success. They’ve created very, very popular games such as Farmville and Cityville and generated a great deal of money.
Sean Daniel
MAY 25, 2012
'SeanDaniel.com [tech]. Technology Tips, Tricks & News Home | Technical Blog |. Photo Blog | E-Mail Me. Friday, May 25, 2012. Apple iPad vs the Blackberry Playbook. So I own an iPad (Hey, the Windows 8 tablet’s aren’t out yet, it’s ok!), and I recently acquired a Blackberry Playbook (thank you, the community , for that!), and I thought it would be great to do a little bit of a comparison now that I’ve played with it for a bit.
Future of CIO
MAY 20, 2012
A programmable mind embraces mental agility, to practice “ delearning ” and “re-learning” all the time. Technology becomes pervasive in modern enterprise today, CIO plays one of the significant business roles; on the other side, the rapidly change business climate also makes CIO feels like to live in the tropical jungle, facing many attacks, in the danger of getting dismissed as techies without business savvy by their executive peers, or getting lagged behind if becoming too far removed from rec
Mick's IT Blog
MAY 10, 2012
'Micks IT Blogs. My blog is here to help solve issues I have encountered and solved, publish scripts I have written, and educate others in understanding areas that are not well covered. -->. Micks IT Blogs. My blog is here to help solve issues I have encountered and solved, publish scripts I have written, and educate others in understanding areas that are not well covered.
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