Sat.Dec 26, 2015 - Fri.Jan 01, 2016

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Truly Useful Artificial Intelligence Tools You Can Use Today

CTOvision

We know you, dear readers, have been tracking the megatrend of artificial intelligence. There are many issues in this trend that should inform your day-to-day decision-making (we examine AI issues as part of our CAMBRIC construct to help put the trend in the context of other major thrusts in the tech world). Most AI solutions today are fielded by the big players in IT.

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Follow These Data Center Trends in 2016

Data Center Knowledge

Here are our predictions of what next year’s biggest data center industry trends will be Read More.

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2015 Top Posts on Social, Agile and Transformation

Social, Agile and Transformation

In case you missed my end of year countdown, here is the top 5 posts of 2015 on Social, Agile, and Transformation. You can review the longer list and a full year recap on my last post, 2015 Digital Transformation Formula := Agile + DevOps + Data Science = Culture Changes. Happy 2016 to all my readers. More to come this year on all these topics and maybe a couple of more!

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Automating the Creation of Software Update Groups in SCCM

Mick's IT Blog

I have been working on automating the tasks of deploying Windows updates each month. You may think why is there a need for this when SCCM has the Automatic Deployment Rules. Some companies have to review the updates before hand if they have applications that are vulnerable to breaking from windows updates. This script is the first of a series of steps to achieve this task.

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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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PBS On: How smart is today’s artificial intelligence?

CTOvision

The video at this link and embedded below captures a 9 minute summary of Artificial Intelligence produced by PBS. It includes good research and video of computers and robots (and even an interview with Ray Kurzweil ).

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Most Facebook Open Source Developers Don’t Work for Facebook

Data Center Knowledge

Virtual machine HHVM among social network’s five most popular open source projects Read More.

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Microsoft Office Updater

Mick's IT Blog

One of the things that has annoyed me in the past is having to keep the Microsoft Office Updates folder up-to-date with the latest.MSP files. The reason I bother with keeping the Updates folder up-to-date is because it speeds up the process of building a golden image, which in my environment, Office is installed during that phase. To automate this process, I created an automatic deployment rule in SCCM that keeps the Microsoft Office software update group up-to-date with the latest Office update

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December Tech Trends Report and 2016 Enterprise Tech Projections

CTOvision

Welcome to December's Technology Trends report. We produce this monthly to provide insights you can use regarding the rapidly changing technological landscape. We want to help you find the best ways to leverage new technologies to accomplish both your personal and professional goals. If you would like to change the e-mail address you get this report on please visit this link: [link].

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Survey: Cloud Security Still a Concern Heading into 2016

Data Center Knowledge

Enterprises still have security concerns about moving from on-premise to cloud-computing environments, according to a recent survey by Netwrix Read More.

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Next-Generation Network Engineering Skills

Scott Lowe

There’s no question that the networking industry is undergoing significant changes. Sparked in part by software-defined networking (SDN), this sea change now includes an expanded focus on application programming interfaces (APIs), automation frameworks and toolkits, and improved manageability. As the industry undergoes this change, though, networking engineers must also undergo a change.

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7 Pitfalls for Apache Cassandra in Production

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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Server StorageIO December 2015 Update Newsletter

Storage IO Blog

This is also that time of year where predictions for 2016 will start streaming out as well as reflections looking back at 2015 appear (more on these in January). Another EOY activity is planning for 2016 as well as getting items ready for roll-out or launch in the new year. Overall 2015 has been a very good year with many things in the works both public facing, as well as several behind the scenes some of which will start to appear throughout 2016.

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FireMon’s Immediate Insight Now Available at No Cost

CTOvision

Enterprise security management company, FireMon, has announced that its Immediate Insight security analytics software is available at no cost. Immediate Insight makes data accessible in a way that enables more of the IT organization to discover and analyze the data in order to accelerate security event triage, improve incident response and perform proactive reconnaissance for threats.

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Audit Finds Department of Defense Cloud Use Poorly Defined and Tracked

Data Center Knowledge

DOD inspector general finds lack of central account for cloud services prevents department from showing cost benefits, security Read More.

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CIO’s Digital Agenda XXIII: Information & Knowledge Management

Future of CIO

Information is the processed data, and knowledge is processed information. The “Future of CIO” Blog has reached 1.2 million page views with about 2300+ blog posting in 59+ different categories of leadership, management, strategy, digitalization, change/talent, etc. The content richness is not for its own sake, but to convey the vision and share the wisdom.

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20 Common Mistakes Made by Inexperienced Project Managers

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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Hortonworks DataFlow 1.1 Released

CTOvision

Katie Kennedy. Hortonworks has announced that the 2nd release of their Hortonworks DataFlow (HDF) is now available. The Hortonworks DataFlow is designed to meet the practical challenges of collecting and moving data securely and efficiently. It is a data-source agnostic, real time data collection, and data flow management platform. This 2nd release builds on the strength of the original version, that was released in September 2015.

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Open Source Pioneer Ian Murdock Dead at 42

Data Center Knowledge

Cause of death undisclosed; tweets suggest suicidal thoughts, recent run-in with police Read More.

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Data Center Technology Startups to Watch in 2016

Data Center Knowledge

DCK's look at some of the most interesting startups in the industry Read More.

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Data Center Provider Steel Orca Files for Bankruptcy

Data Center Knowledge

Company was behind failed Pennsylvania data center build at site now being built out by Keystone Nap Read More.

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Entity Resolution Checklist: What to Consider When Evaluating Options

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.

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Foxconn Entering European Data Center Services Market

Data Center Knowledge

Partners with Czech investor to build data center in Prague Read More.

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Colt to Start New Year With New CEO and CTO

Data Center Knowledge

New leadership team of newly private company faces tough competition from giants in the market Read More.

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TierPoint Enters Chicago Data Center Market With AlteredScale Acquisition

Data Center Knowledge

Says expansion into Chicago driven by interest from existing customers Read More.

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Cisco Creating 200 Cloud Jobs in UK

Data Center Knowledge

Plans to invest $2.5 million in European incubator Startupbootcamp Read More.

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Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI

“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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CIS Acquires Data Center PDU Vendor Enlogic

Data Center Knowledge

Companies have had a reseller partnership for one year Read More.

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Presidential Candidates Must Address Grid Security

Data Center Knowledge

The unprecedented, looming danger of a cyberattack Read More.

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Happy New Year from Data Center Knowledge

Data Center Knowledge

Our team wishes you a Happy 2016 Read More.

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Sharpening a Strong Digital IT Brand

Future of CIO

To reimagine IT, IT branding needs to be part of IT transformation effort. The “Future of CIO” Blog has reached 1.2 million page views with about 2300+ blog posting in 59+ different categories of leadership, management, strategy, digitalization, change/talent, etc. The content richness is not for its own sake, but to convey the vision and share the wisdom.

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How to Migrate From DataStax Enterprise to Instaclustr Managed Apache Cassandra

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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How to Overcome Three Digital Inertia

Future of CIO

Change is the new normal, but it also becomes fundamentally difficult in most organizations due to the digital inertia. We have moved into the deep, deep digital age when information is abundant and where creativity becomes a baseline competence. The race of information against the machine is ongoing, and the knowledge life cycle is significantly shortened.

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A Proactive Board

Future of CIO

Modern “ Boardship ” is both art and science, the boardroom culture is engendered by board leaders. Corporate Boards play a significant role in a couple of main functions such as strategy oversight (input, review, etc), governance practices (monitoring, risk management), advising (support to executives), and resource provision (opening their networks etc.).

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Intuition vs. Creativity

Future of CIO

Intuition is more about “gut feeling,” and creativity is about “thinking out-of-box. ” The word intuition comes from Latin verb intueri which is usually translated as to look inside or to contemplate. According to the online dictionary, it is "the ability to understand something instinctively, without the need for conscious reasoning."Creativity is a person’s innate ability to create novel ideas.