Attention California Tech Firms: Here is another reason to move to.
CTOvision
APRIL 15, 2013
'Virginia has a long history of technology innovation and pro-business/pro-growth policies.
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LinkedIn removes reply before accepting invitations, accelerating the devaluation of connections
Trends in the Living Networks
APRIL 15, 2013
'In 2011 I wrote about The continuing devaluation of LinkedIn connections. When I first wrote the article I incorrectly thought there wasn’t a way to message people who had invited you to connect without first accepting the invitation. Commenters on my post as well as LinkedIn’s local PR company let me know that you could in fact do that.
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Expanding the Cloud: Faster, More Flexible Queries with DynamoDB
All Things Distributed
APRIL 17, 2013
'All Things Distributed. Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. Expanding the Cloud: Faster, More Flexible Queries with DynamoDB. By Werner Vogels on 17 April 2013 10:30 AM. | Permalink. | Comments (). Today, Iâ??m thrilled to announce that we have expanded the query capabilities of DynamoDB. We call the newest capability Local Secondary Indexes (LSI).
OpenStack Summit 2013: Getting from Grizzly to Havana, a DevOps Upgrade Pattern
Scott Lowe
APRIL 15, 2013
'This session is led by Rob Hirschfeld of Dell and—as the session title implies—focuses on orchestrating OpenStack upgrades. Rob, in case you were not aware, has been extensively involved in OpenStack and is a founder (co-founder?) of the Crowbar project. Rob recommends reviewing Greg’s talk on this same topic from the last Summit because, unfortunately, things haven’t changed that much from then until now.
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.
ReBoot – The Trouble is Between the Keyboard and Chair
A CIO's Voice
APRIL 19, 2013
'I have been in information technology for more than 15 years now; to this day I am still amazed by some of the issues end users call helpdesk about. Here are some real world examples: 1. User – “I cannot my desktop on my monitor. “ Helpdesk – “Have you pressed a key and moved your mouse? Maybe your PC is in hibernation.” User – “Yes but still nothing.
Promoting alcohol on social media: where do we draw the line?
Trends in the Living Networks
APRIL 16, 2013
'Last Friday I was interviewed for a segment on ABC 7pm News about alcohol advertising on social media. Click on the image below to see the video. The piece begins: There are concerns alcohol companies may be turning to the colourful world of social media to promote drinks to minors. There are already widespread limits on alcohol advertising for traditional media like television, but on social media it thrives.
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OpenStack Summit 2013: OpenStack Back to the Enterprise, Keep Calm and Boldly Go On
Scott Lowe
APRIL 17, 2013
'This is a session titled “OpenStack Back to the Enterprise: Keep Calm and Boldly Go.” The session is led by Florian Otel (@florianotel on Twitter), with HP Cloud Services in EMEA. The purpose of this talk is to share some of the “lessons learned” in how to position OpenStack to enterprise customers and overcome their objections.
A Project Score Card
A CIO's Voice
APRIL 17, 2013
'We have started the process of looking at a variety of ERP systems that. will fit our business. In evaluating the functionality of each system we ran into the problem that for the most part each system under review performed a similar function. We therefore looked at how the systems match each of our business processes. We documented each process in a variety of swim-lane diagrams that shows the major areas/systems the process touches and the end result.
Crowdsourcing Week in Singapore promises to help catalyze the global potential of crowdsourcing
Trends in the Living Networks
APRIL 19, 2013
'Epi Nekaj, the founder of crowdsourcing innovator Ludvik + Partners , first got in touch with me in early 2012 to discuss his plan to run a landmark global event focused on crowdsourcing. On June 3-7 Crowdsourcing Week will be held in Singapore, bringing the Crowdsourcing Week team’s vision to fruition. The term crowdsourcing was coined in just 2006, crystallizing and communicating the already well-established ideas of creating value from diverse distributed talent.
Digital Ether - A Screw's Loose
A Screw's Loose
APRIL 16, 2013
'Home. About. Standard Disclaimer. A Screw's Loose. Digital Ether. by Brian Katz on April 16, 2013 · 2 comments. This afternoon was a tough afternoon. Watching the scenes from Boston brought back memories for me of being at the World Trade Center on September 11 th as the planes hit. It’s not exactly a pleasant memory for me nor is it something I openly share even when people know I was there.
7 Pitfalls for Apache Cassandra in Production
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CIOs: Are You at C-Table or Board Room
Future of CIO
APRIL 15, 2013
CIOs have needed to both convince and deliver the alternative view of IT being a profit enabler. Some CIOs complained they are never ever involved in the C-level discussions or boardroom conversation. Some important things have happened and CIOs have not been involved in the discussions. Getting to the C-table is a challenge, how to overcome it? 1. How Much IT Contributes to Bottom Line & Top Line Growth At the end of the day, why is IT not part of the inner circle?
SeanDaniel.com [tech]: Installing Pebble Watch Faces when you're.
Sean Daniel
APRIL 17, 2013
'SeanDaniel.com [tech]. Technology Tips, Tricks & News Home | Technical Blog |. Photo Blog | E-Mail Me. Wednesday, April 17, 2013. Installing Pebble Watch Faces when you’re not a Developer. I have a developer background. I went to the University of Waterloo and have a degree in Computer Science. The problem is I don’t have time to do any development.
VirtualizedGeek Tech Talk Episode 9
Virtualized Greek
APRIL 15, 2013
'Thoughts on if the traditional enterprise has the chops for open source cloud management software or cloud management software in general.
20 Common Mistakes Made by Inexperienced Project Managers
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As a Leader: What’s your Personal Brand?
Future of CIO
APRIL 14, 2013
“Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow; the shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing". -Abraham Lincoln Leadership brand is less about "HOW," more about "WHY." It is less about what you Look - the stereotypical leadership, and more about what you think - thought leadership. Why do you want to be a leader, and which value can you bring in.
The VMware Horizon Suite on Nutanix: A Match Made in Heaven?
Nutanix
APRIL 18, 2013
I recently had the opportunity to head over to the VMware HQ and conduct a white boarding session on the VMware Horizon Suite on Nutanix solution.
What Every CIO Needs To Know About The Hadoop Database Solution
The Accidental Successful CIO
APRIL 17, 2013
'Hadoop is a database that solves the problem of how to handle big data. Image Credit. Hey CIO, just in case you’ve been living with your head underneath a rock, the world appears to have gone “big data” crazy lately. The importance of information technology is now being measured by how you are planning dealing with “big data” Your customers, your IT department, and probably your competition have all started to talk about the problem of big data and just exactly wha
Entity Resolution Checklist: What to Consider When Evaluating Options
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Five Organizational Characteristics for Cultivating a Culture of Innovation
Future of CIO
APRIL 18, 2013
Openness, playfulness, adaptability, flexibility, and agility are five key characteristics to cultivate innovation. Innovating is difficult. Innovating in a controlled environment is more difficult. Dissatisfaction is perhaps the first requisite to develop innovation as a culture. The second is to consider innovation, not as a management buzzword, but defined as an ideation process with important organizational characteristics that help to increase the number of choices for innovation management
The Reality of Single Actor Cyber Attacks - CTOvision
CTOvision
APRIL 15, 2013
'Editor's note: Timothy W. Coleman is a prolific writer and analyst who publishes frequently on topics of interest to operational technologists as well as strategic technology thinkers. Olivia Wilson is an award winning literary.
Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI
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Why are Many of the Worst Mistakes Made by the Most intelligent People?
Future of CIO
APRIL 17, 2013
It takes wisdom, not just the intelligence to make better decisions. There’s a very interesting debate activated in EA forum recently: "Why are many of the worst mistakes made by the most intelligent people?". Of course, the world is full of intelligent people besides Enterprise Architects, some may even argue: “Show me a person who has never made a mistake and I'll show you someone who has never achieved much.
How to Migrate From DataStax Enterprise to Instaclustr Managed Apache Cassandra
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