Fountainhead

MARCH 25, 2013

'skip to main | skip to sidebar. Fountainhead. Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Monday, March 25, 2013. What Is Meant by a "Cloud-Ready" Application? Is calling an app "cloud-ready" just a form of cloud-washing? Cmon - arent all apps "ready for the cloud" (and for that matter, ANY cloud)? Doesnt IaaS and its elastic capacity + automation solve for all app scaling and configuration issues?

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CTOvision

MARCH 25, 2013

'This post summarizes Cleversafe's Whitepaper ?Why RAID is Dead for Big Data Storage?. You can find the paper here. Find Cleversafe on the web, here. IT professionals are beginning to consider different approaches to.

Storage 150

Storage Big Data Data 150

Trends in the Living Networks

MARCH 25, 2013

The rise of drones (unmanned aerial vehicles) has been at the forefront of the news over the last months, with issues emerging that range from the remote use of military force to domestic privacy. However there are many very positive applications of drones. Matternet , spawned from a Singularity University program, envisages creating a network of drones to address developing world problems.

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Network Transportation Travel Trends 162

Social, Agile and Transformation

MARCH 25, 2013

'Social, Agile, and Transformation. I cover topics for Technologists from CIOs to Developers - agile development, agile portfolio management, leadership, business intelligence, big data, startups, social networking, SaaS, content management, media, enterprise 2.0 and business transformation. Monday, March 25, 2013. Agile Estimation and Architecture Leads to Collaboration and Innovation.

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Mick's IT Blog

MARCH 25, 2013

'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.

Applications 92

Applications Education Windows System 92

Cloud Musings

MARCH 28, 2013

'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.

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Cloud Data Center Security Virtualization 94

SPF13

MARCH 26, 2013

A presentation given as part of First Round Capital’s Hack+Startup conference.

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Mick's IT Blog

MARCH 28, 2013

'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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Adobe Education Windows Applications 91

All Things Distributed

MARCH 29, 2013

'All Things Distributed. Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. Back-to-Basics Weekend Reading - Principles of Transaction-Oriented Database Recovery. By Werner Vogels on 29 March 2013 03:30 PM. | Permalink. | Comments (). I have been reading mainly newer papers in the beginning of this year, but it is time to get back to the basics and start reading some more historical papers again.

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Trends in the Living Networks

MARCH 25, 2013

The discussion is heating up around the forthcoming Google Glass augmented reality glasses and what will almost surely be a wave of similar devices from other companies. Much of the conversation focuses on the ability of Google Glass to continuously capture video of wherever its user is looking. Following an insalubrious bar in Seattle announcing Google Glass-wearers would be banned from its premises, we are seeing the launch of handy Google Glass Ban Signs for whoever else wants to ban Google G

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A Screw's Loose

MARCH 26, 2013

'Home. About. Standard Disclaimer. A Screw's Loose. 10 plagues of Mobile. by Brian Katz on March 26, 2013 · 4 comments. As I am getting ready for the Passover Seder tonight, it occurs to me that Passover is very much like mobile in the enterprise. People have been struggling for years sitting in their cubicles and offices, chained to their mammoth desktop running some sort of Windows (most likely Windows XP).

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Mick's IT Blog

MARCH 27, 2013

'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.

How To 91

How To Education Course Windows 91

Virtualized Greek

MARCH 26, 2013

'Mirantis, a large OpenStack consulting organization, announced that PayPal will be rolling 10,000 nodes running some variant of OpenStack “Cloud Operating System” They look to have a total of 80,000 nodes managed by OpenStack at the end of the Cloud deployment. I was a little unclear on what this meant since OpenStack is Cloud management software and isn’t exactly a one for one replacement or even a direct competitor to VMware vSphere.

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Future of CIO

MARCH 29, 2013

“In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. ” Lao Tzu There are many important ingredients in effective leadership, such as trust, empathy, influence, humility, etc. However, the world is still full of stereotypical leaders, look the same, think the same, and act the same, what is missing?

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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 Screw's Loose

MARCH 28, 2013

'Home. About. Standard Disclaimer. A Screw's Loose. Mobile Next? by Brian Katz on March 28, 2013 · 0 comments. So you bought your new smartphone, you picked up a tablet, now what? Lots of people are talking about what the next big thing is. It isn’t just in mobile either. People are asking the same question about Big Data, Cloud, and Networking.

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Mick's IT Blog

MARCH 25, 2013

'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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Education Applications Windows System 91

Virtualized Greek

MARCH 25, 2013

'Now downloadable! Topics -. Keeping your Skills Fresh ( Who moved my cheese? ). Virtualized Geeks Young Guns. vExpert Application. Starting my VCD studies .

Virtualization 60

Virtualization Study Applications 60

Future of CIO

MARCH 27, 2013

When CIOs climb upward the maturity path, then their IT organizations will also move up to achieve the high-performance result. Modern CIO is one of the most paradoxical and sophisticated roles in contemporary business today. What determines the maturity level (performance, strategy, influence., etc.) of a CIO - the amount of money spent? The assets controlled?

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Strategy Agile Social Business Intelligence 56

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Cloud Musings

MARCH 25, 2013

'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.

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Future of CIO

MARCH 26, 2013

To ensure UX address appropriately in process design, well align your design talent with the process, and test, refine design, test, refine the design. It’s very important to consider user experience (UX) in the designing process, however, sometimes UX is addressed either superficially (“this screen needs to match our corporate color scheme”), or not at all.

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Future of CIO

MARCH 25, 2013

The set of possible measurements for EA is very large. This is partially because EA is the glue between strategy & execution, Thus, the main principle is: Focus on outcomes, "beginning with the end in mind.", Generally speaking, EA benefits indicators can be grouped into the next four categories. 1. Communication Value Successful EA effort will enforce cross-functional communication ; on one hand, EA addresses abstract concepts like business motivation, and on the other hand, addressing how

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Virtualized Greek

MARCH 29, 2013

'Reblogged from GigaOM: It may be a cliche, but it''s also true: VMware(s vmw) is at a crossroads. The company, which dominates server virtualization in company data centers, continues to struggle for credibility in the cloud -- and it''s new plans for hybrid vCloud service haven''t done much to fix that. This "VMware vCloud Hybrid Service," to be run from partner data centers and sold by VMware''s channel but managed by VMware, is slated to come online later this year.

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Project managers are now spending more time managing strategic projects where the scope is susceptible to changes as the projects progress. Scope change control is now becoming a critical component of project management requiring project teams to become more active in solving problems and making decisions. Scope change control will require collaboration with stakeholders and possibly government agencies.

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