CTOvision

JUNE 15, 2015

IBM just announced a major new push around Apache Spark. You know Spark, the free and open source complement to Apache Hadoop that gives enterprises better ability to field fast, unified applications that combine multiple workloads, including streaming over all your data. For years it has seemed like IBM was giving lip-service to Spark while emphasizing capabilities that they placed big bets on over the years (especially IBM's flagship stream processing product, InfoSphere Streams).

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Data Center Knowledge

JUNE 16, 2015

Ahead of a grand opening next week, Forsythe Data Centers announced its 220,000 square foot data center has achieved Uptime Institute Tier III Certification for Constructed Facility Read More.

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Social, Agile and Transformation

JUNE 14, 2015

Does the IT department and the applications development team have to own and lead all application development efforts? Over my last couple of posts, I've been exploring how Citizen Developers - developers using light weight, often low code development platforms can help their business functions automate tasks, analyze data, develop knowledge repositories, and connect data across applications.

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The Accidental Successful CIO

JUNE 17, 2015

CIOs need to know how to use their soft skills to connect with their department Image Credit: aiesecgermany. Nobody ever told you that being the CIO was going to be easy. What they also failed to tell you was just exactly how hard it was going to be! Sure, you have the challenge of mastering the importance of information technology and trying to stay on top of all of the changes that are going on in the world of IT, but there’s more to this job than just that.

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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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CTOvision

JUNE 15, 2015

Thanks to Amazon.com we are able to provide our readers with a free copy of the Kindle version of our book on The Cyber Threat during a special three day promotion running 15, 16 and 17 June 2015. The book was written to provide actionable insights into the cyber threat specially aimed towards the leader who should know more about threats to protect business objectives.

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Data Center Knowledge

JUNE 18, 2015

Data center administrators are growing increasingly concerned around their own capabilities around redundancy and uptime. Learn about a new business reality: Uptime is revenue. Read More.

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Virtualized Greek

JUNE 19, 2015

I’ve decided that it’s time to say “see you later” to virtualizedgeek.com. I’ll get right to it. I’m no longer a virtualization geek, and the brand no longer fits my career trajectory. I haven’t touched a production system since November.

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CTOvision

JUNE 18, 2015

With this post we are initiating coverage of Verisign. Many in the technology community know Verisign for their domain name registration heritage and their operation of the.com,net,edu and.gov top level domains. Verisign has successfully operated the.com DNS infrastructure for almost 18 years without an outage. This feat alone requires world class best technology design, operation, maintenance and security skills.

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Data Center Knowledge

JUNE 15, 2015

IBM believes Spark is the most significant open source project of the next decade. It's backing the statement up by committing thousands of researchers and donating machine learning technology to Apache Spark. Read More.

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Future of CIO

JUNE 16, 2015

Make the innovation process as visible, company-wide, as possible, but not too rigid. For many organizations, innovations are still serendipitous. However, serendipity can be planned into an innovation project. Serendipity is not a lucky accident, and it can be planned and worked upon. Has a lot of determination and divine providence for those who believe in that.

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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.

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Virtualized Greek

JUNE 15, 2015

Explaining how a complex technology impacts the business is one of the most difficult aspects of a Technology Architect’s job. I was chatting with an auto mechanic buddy of mine yesterday, and I explained what I did for a living.

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CTOvision

JUNE 18, 2015

Remember that "futuristic" movie from 1999 called "Smart House?" Think back to when you thought that this house would never be available in your lifetime. Only 16 years after that movie, we may be owning our very own "Smart House.". We expect our phones, tablets, and sometimes even our watches to be connected. The next great platform, however, is about connecting everything in your home — from lights and windows to coffee machines and slow cookers.

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Data Center Knowledge

JUNE 18, 2015

Latest generation of the giant’s in-house network has enough bandwidth to move 5,000 two-hour-long HDTV videos in one second Read More.

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Future of CIO

JUNE 19, 2015

Many organizations focus so heavily on the "doing" (the"HOW"), they lose sight of the "purpose" (the "WHY"). Change is everywhere and it happens every moment in the workplace, but, unfortunately, people rarely recognize that; or sometimes change is for its own sake, so how to manage change by starting with Big WHY? It is the key to present the WHY first.

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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.

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Virtualized Greek

JUNE 17, 2015

I never brought the idea that VMware is doubling down on virtualization. It didn’t make sense to me. While VMware itself was going well, I didn’t see vSphere as a blockbuster solution anymore. A few years later the diversity we ([link] never brought the idea that VMware is doubling down on virtualization. It didn't make sense to me. While VMware itself was going well, I didn't see vSphere as a blockbuster solution anymore.

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CTOvision

JUNE 13, 2015

SINETInnovation Summit connects Wall Street, Silicon Valley and the Beltway in order to facilitate and accelerate the business of Cybersecurity. The full-day agenda promotes public-private collaboration through presentations and interactive panel discussions by the world’s most respected thought leaders. The program also includes exclusive networking and professional development opportunities with the industry’s highest-level executives and decision makers.

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Data Center Knowledge

JUNE 17, 2015

As organizations require more and more from their data centers, physical space is becoming a rare commodity. So, what's your best option. colocation, expansion or a new build out? Read More.

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Future of CIO

JUNE 17, 2015

IT needs to go from supporting to engaging, IT Strategy is an integral part of business strategy. The biggest challenge now is the increasing rate of change, and this isn't going to change! The objective of the IT strategy is not just to be aligned with business strategy, but the IT strategy is an integral part of business strategy. IT strategies, services, and solutions, absolutely need to be able to respond in an agile way and change themselves!

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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.

Virtualized Greek

JUNE 14, 2015

After my very public job search last year, I’ve consistently gotten the question why take a job as a SAP Infrastructure Architect? What in the world does SAP have to do with virtualization and new cloud based IT? It doesn’t ([link] my very public job search last year ([link] I've consistently gotten the question why take a job as a SAP Infrastructure Architect?

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CTOvision

JUNE 17, 2015

Cognitio Corp and Indian River Advisors LLC have just announced a strategic alliance. The text below is from the joint announcement: Cognitio Corp. enters into a strategic alliance with Indian River Advisors, LLC. We are pleased to announce that Cognitio has entered into a strategic alliance with Indian River Advisors. Indian River is a corporate development consulting and investment banking firm, helping mid-market organizations complete desired transactions at the maximum enterprise value.

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Data Center Knowledge

JUNE 15, 2015

Micro data center portfolio features standardized physical infrastructure solutions to get up and running at edge locations quickly. Read More.

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Future of CIO

JUNE 17, 2015

The psychology of the change is that “People likes to change, but do not want to be changed and there is the difference.” Change is inevitable, successful Change Management is an ongoing business capability. However, do not expect everyone supporting your change initiatives to the same degree, it’s even no surprise that only small percentage of people are changing agent, so both strategically and tactically, how do you handle people who do not support change initiative?

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“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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JUNE 17, 2015

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JUNE 16, 2015

On Tuesday, May 26, IRS Commissioner John Koskinen announced that there had been “ 200,000 attempts to illegally access tax information from February to May this year.” With about 100,000 successful attempts , thousands of taxpayers anxiously awaiting news of whether thieves accessed their personal and financial information, many thought the federal security situation was so poor it would be hard to get worse.

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Data Center Knowledge

JUNE 16, 2015

Big Data project spending is on the rise, and the benefits are clear, but the path to the application economy is not without its growing pains. Read More.

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Future of CIO

JUNE 15, 2015

CIOs need to communicate effectively via tailoring different audience. More and more organizations invite their CIOs to the big table for strategic discussions. The issue is that there are too many examples that CIOs (or other senior IT executives) have a "seat at the table," participate the conversations with non-IT executive decision makers, but they are often not given the "appropriate voice" in getting engaged in discussions, focused on the quest to leverage IT initiatives.

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If you’re considering migrating from DataStax Enterprise (DSE) to open source Apache Cassandra®, our comprehensive guide is tailored for architects, engineers, and IT directors. Whether you’re motivated by cost savings, avoiding vendor lock-in, or embracing the vibrant open-source community, Apache Cassandra offers robust value. Transition seamlessly to Instaclustr Managed Cassandra with our expert insights, ensuring zero downtime during migration.

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JUNE 17, 2015

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CTOvision

JUNE 17, 2015

Have you ever wished that you could use your finger as a magical stylus to control the world around you? I know I have. Today, there is a tool that turns your finger into a "magical wand." You can write text messages, turn on/off lights, snap a photo, change the song you are listening to, and much much more. Watch the Ring here. Find out more information on TechCrunch.

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Data Center Knowledge

JUNE 17, 2015

Learn how the proliferation of new content not only requires more data centers but has also forced administrators to re-evaluate how all of this content is delivered and create better interconnect best practices. Read More.

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Future of CIO

JUNE 19, 2015

A strategy is very important but will only be successful if it is embedded in a company’s culture. Change is everywhere and it happens every moment in the workplace, but, unfortunately, people rarely recognize that. Business culture is the most critical “soft” key factor to decide the business’s success for the long term. But it’s invisible and untouchable.

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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.