Sat.Dec 27, 2014 - Fri.Jan 02, 2015

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2015 Federal IT Spending Update: An analysis of the budget for CTOvision Pro Subscribers

CTOvision

'By Bob Gourley. The total federal budget is about $3.9 Trillion. Of that, about $1 Trillion is “discretionary” meaning it is something that the current government planners (Congress) government has a choice on. About $79 Billion of this is for IT. That is huge! Many firms with great technologies believe the size of the federal budget means there is something there for them.

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Top 10 Data Center Predictions for 2015

Data Center Knowledge

'With the arrival of a new year, organizations are making plans to address the explosion of enterprise data in 2015, writes Ron Vokoun of JE Dunn Construction. A big question is how those plans will differ from data center operations in 2014. Read More.

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CIO Musings - Untitled Article

CIO Musings

'Five New Years Tech Resolutions New Years is a great time for reflection. A new start. A new set of opportunities. A time to do things differently. While you are cleaning out your closets and figuring out which gym to join, spend some time planning how you can do some new great things in your technology life. Here are five places to start. Mobile Security - Smartphones are amazingly easy to lose, and it happens all the time.

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IBM’s Four Ways to Innovate using Big Data

Eric D. Brown

'I just read through “ Four Ways to Innovate Using Big Data and Analytics ” over on Forbes. It’s a good read…you should jump over and read it yourself. If you don’t have the time (or just don’t want to), I give my thoughts on these ‘four ways” below. The ‘four ways’ are: The payback on big data investments is happening quickly.

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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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DoD Issues Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Needs Statement: Wants to pilot innovative tech

CTOvision

'By Bob Gourley. We received word on this activity from Dr. Jennifer Buss of the Potomac Institute. She asked that we help spread the word since CTOvision Readers have been so helpful with requests like these in the past. Please look this over and if you can provide technologies that address this request or if you know someone who can please get in touch.

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Data Center Design: Key Areas of Focus

Data Center Knowledge

'A data center solution that considers performance, time, space, sustainability and experience, is one that will be reliable, flexible to grow and efficient in many ways. Yann Morvan of Legrand demonstrates those five key elements when assessing close-coupled cooling. Read More.

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Cloud Computing Promises: Fact or Fiction

Cloud Musings

'Cloud computing is currently making information technology headlines, and vendors are aggressively promoting the many benefits it can provide organizations. This White Paper addresses the claims and questions that are often raised in relation to cloud computing and provides a clear view of what the cloud can—and can’t—deliver in reality. ( This content is being syndicated through multiple channels.

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A Users Guide To CTOvision Pro

CTOvision

'By Bob Gourley. CTOvision Pro is a subscription based research and analysis service that provides more in depth research, analysis and reporting than our main CTOvision site does. If you have not given it a try yet, try it free for seven days by Signing Up Here. With this post we provide tips on how to make the most of this information resource. We start with some general advice then provide info based on the two key user roles in our domain: technology creator and technology consumer.

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Is Open Source Collaboration the Key to Better Communication?

Data Center Knowledge

'One of the benefits of modern communication systems is the reduced friction of team and business collaboration, writes Rob Howard of Zimbra. However, in order to fully realize the promise of these modern technologies, they must fit into daily workflows. Read More.

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Is Docker Gluten Free? – Click bait

Virtualized Greek

'As you might have imagined, this post has nothing to do with Docker. I authored a post comparing Docker to VMware vSphere. If you are familiar with both products, you will think it a silly comparison. If you are only.

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GEP Procurement & Supply Chain Tech Trends Report

The technological landscape is dynamic and changes quickly. And for procurement and supply chain leaders looking to harness the power of technology to navigate complex challenges and an uncertain business environment, keeping up with the latest trends can be its own obstacle. So, what’s on the technological horizon for procurement and supply chain for the year ahead?

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What's Your Decision-Making Style?

Future of CIO

Decisions always refer to the future and the f uture is always uncertain. Decision making is both the art and science, it takes both analytics and intuition; philosophy and methodology, substance and style. In order to make the best decisions, it is better to have a mix of decision-making styles in the room. Can you spot the different types? Do you aim for a balanced representation of styles?

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Special Report on DoD Mission Needs

CTOvision

'By Bob Gourley. Our senior analyst Chris Scott has produced a special recap of meetings she had with senior DoD leaders during AFCEA’s TechNet in Honolulu for CTOvision Pro subscribers providing insights into coming procurements. For more on her update see: Insights Into DoD Mission Needs (subscribers seeking insights into DoD budgets and priorities can also review our executive summary of DoD here.).

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Data Migration Service Level Agreements for Data Centers

Data Center Knowledge

'Federal agencies and departments must transform their mindsets in order to migrate data and consolidate data centers, writes Valeh Nazemoff of Acolyst. In doing so, many benefits will result, but where exactly should they start? Read More.

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Schrier’s Technology Wish List for 2015

Chief Seattle Greek Blog

'Predicting the Future. It’s that time of year again where the top ten lists for the old year spurt out of pundits’ pens along with generally wrong prognostication predictions (that is “guesses”) for the next year. I’m not very good at either figuring out which recent changes are most significant (I’ll bet the iPhone was one) or predicting what will happen during my day tomorrow, much less 365 days in the future.

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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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Foto Friday – Another Sunrise on Isle of Palms

Eric D. Brown

'This is another sunrise on Isle of Palms taken on our trip in November. Captured with Canon 7D Mark II and Canon 17-40 L handheld. See more photos in my flickr photostream and/or my Zenfolio portfolio (where you can buy images). If you like my photography , feel free to support my addiction habit by visiting Adorama (affiliate link) to purchase new or used photographic gear.

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2015 Predictions: Enterprise Software Heats Up and the Office Landscape Changes Dramatically

CTOvision

'By Andrei Soroker. The landscape of real-time workspace collaboration products has changed dramatically over the past year. And it will continue to change, gain prominence, and influence the way teams get work done. Efficiency in communication – ultimately – means more money in the bank for just about everyone involved. This means corporate collaboration tools will also continue to influence web technologies, paving the path for the next generation of products and services that will

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Five Reasons Hybrid Cloud Technologies Will Continue to Grow

Data Center Knowledge

'The hybrid cloud model will shape what other cloud platforms will look like moving forward Read More.

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What is the Driver of GRC

Future of CIO

Culture and awareness are the most critical aspects of GRC, and can only be implemented in humans. The important characteristics of digitalization are over-complexity, uncertainty, and ambiguity. Hence, GRC (governance, risk management, and compliance) becomes more critical than ever. Here's the context; how should GRC programs be approached? Should technology be a driver?

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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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The job search is over – My reflections

Virtualized Greek

'I have so much to share around my job search that it’s difficult capture my thoughts in a single post. So, let’s start with the easy part, the summary. After putting in my notice as a management consultant on September.

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Inside the First-ever Seattle Police Hackathon

Chief Seattle Greek Blog

'Henry Kroll Demonstrates Redaction. The Seattle Police Department (SPD) held its first-ever hackathon on Friday, December 19th. The event was focused on a single problem: How to redact the video streams recorded by police officers from their dashcams and (soon) body-worn video cameras. More than 80 people filled the room from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. About one-third were technology professionals or part-timers like Henry Kroll, who makes a living as a salmon fisherman but focuses on video and other te

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Tesora’s Trove DBaaS Certified for Mirantis OpenStack Distribution

Data Center Knowledge

'The Database-as-a-Service world continues to see activity, as hosted OpenStack Trove provider Tesora certifies for a third popular OpenStack flavor, Mirantis. Read More.

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Is Converged Infrastructure the Future of Cloud Solutions?

Data Center Knowledge

'The idea is to build a cloud platform as efficiently as possible. So can the future of the cloud revolve around converged infrastructure? 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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Maintaining the Benefits of a Hybrid Cloud Environment

Data Center Knowledge

'Hybrid cloud deployments allow organizations to gain significant flexibility and resilience at an extremely compelling price point, writes Maurice McMullin of KEMP Technologies. However, benefits gained from hybrid implementations can be eroded if the environment leads to duplication of resources.

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Using Storage APIs and Creating the Kinetic Cloud

Data Center Knowledge

'What =Seagate''s approach of opening backend access to its storage systems for applications through open APIs means for cloud infrastructure Read More.

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Strangest Data Center Stories of Past Few Years

Data Center Knowledge

'As the year closes out, we look at some of the most unusual stories that slipped under the radar in the past few years Read More.

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Year in Review: The 10 Most Popular Data Center Stories of 2014

Data Center Knowledge

'Here''s a look at the 10 most popular articles on Data Center Knowledge during 2014. Enjoy! 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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Cavern Doubles Size of Underground Data Center Near Kansas City

Data Center Knowledge

'Completes commissioning for 60,000 square feet in Phase I of expansion project Read More.

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Friday Funny Caption Contest: New Year’s List

Data Center Knowledge

'The holiday decorations are packed away but Kip and Gary''s celebration continues! Help us ring in the brand new year with this festive Friday Funny! Read More.

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Website for DNS Organization ISC Down After Malware Discovery

Data Center Knowledge

'The website of the Internet Systems Consortium is down for maintenance after administrators find signs of a possible malware infection. Read More.

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Ten Huge Multi-Tenant Data Centers that Came Online in 2014

Data Center Knowledge

'Massive construction projects complete in U.S., U.K., and China Read More.

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Strategic CX: A Deep Dive into Voice of the Customer Insights for Clarity

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.