Sat.Jan 25, 2014 - Fri.Jan 31, 2014

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The Most Important Gov Focused #BigData Event of 2014: The 6 Feb @Cloudera Federal Forum

CTOvision

'By Bob Gourley I just had a chance to review the final agenda and list of attendees registered to attend the 6 Feb 2014 Cloudera Federal Forum. I am confident when I say this will be the most important, most action-oriented, mission-focused Data event in the DC area for 2014. Attendees have registered from every branch of government and from most every agency I can think of.

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Microsoft Joins Open Compute Project, Shares its Server Designs

Data Center Knowledge

'In a dramatic move that illustrates how cloud computing has altered the data center landscape, Microsoft is opening up the server and rack designs that power its vast online platforms and sharing them with the world.

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Links for Sunday Jan 26 2014

Eric D. Brown

'6 Signs You Need a New IT Strategy — CIO Dashboard. Quote : IT must institute massive change on multiple fronts: deepen and reshape business relationships, overhaul IT skills, relax and reformulate governance approaches, and adopt more flexible and accessible infrastructures while increasing security. But, before embarking on big change, you need to take stock of where you are now.

Strategy 133
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DBT-Data is a Force to be Reckoned With

Cloud Musings

'DBT-Data further established itself in the data storage industry as a formidable force with the $35 million dollar purchase of the state of the art Cyber Integration Center on 1175 North Main Street in Harrisonburg Virginia. Credit DBT-Data Possessing Uptime Institute’s Tier III certification for operation and design, and the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver certification for power usage, the data center adheres to the stringent requirements and standards of private e

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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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Help Accelerate The Best Possible Future: Engage with @WashingtonExec K-12 STEM Symposium 8 March 2014

CTOvision

'By Bob Gourley The WashingtonExec Inaugural K-12 STEM Symposium will held on March 8th in Herndon VA. The event is open and free for the public. This event is expected to bring together 500 parents, students, teachers, corporate/government executives, and non-profit representatives. We are very much hoping you will be part of this activity. There is a real need of community action to enhance our nation’s Science, Technology, Engineering and Math education, training, careers and leadership

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Facebook: Open Compute Has Saved Us $1.2 Billion

Data Center Knowledge

'Over the last three years, Facebook has saved more than $1.2 billion by using Open Compute designs to streamline its data centers and servers, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said today at the Open Compute Summit in San Jose.

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CloudLock’s Momentum Grows – This Week’s Series C Financing

The Investing Edge

'We are very pleased to have participated in another financing round for CloudLock , which on Wednesday announced a $16.5 M Series C. Launched in 2011, CloudLock now protects millions of end-users across a wide range of organizations. They were a pioneer of cloud security and we saw the promise of their vision when we led the Company’s Series B in 2012.

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Tech CEOs: How can you learn government mission needs?

CTOvision

'By Bob Gourley If you are a tech CEO building an awesome new capability there is a very high likelihood that government technologists will have an interest. The challenge is in finding which technologists will have an interest. Mission needs drive the actions of government technologists, so the best way to find out who will be most interested in your capability is to have a good understanding of high priority government mission needs.

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Closer Look: Microsoft’s Cloud Server Hardware

Data Center Knowledge

'As it joins the Open Compute Project, Microsoft can now show the world the custom server and storage designs that power its global armada of more than 1 million servers. Here''s a closer look.

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Is a single management solution required for multi-hypervisor environments?

Virtualized Greek

'I’ve been considering the idea of multiple hypervisors for some time now. The primary challenge that comes up in this discussion is the ability to manage the environments seamlessly. I even had an extended conversation with a vendor about this just a couple of days ago and general challenges of managing multiple hypervisors. The idea that you can manage your vSphere environment and KVM environment from a single pane of glass is great in concept.

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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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Welcome to the Data Protection Diaries www.dataprotectiondiaries.com

Storage IO Blog

'Welcome to the Data Protection Dairies www.dataprotectiondiaries.com This is a series of posts about data protection which includes security (logical and physical), backup/restore, business continuance (BC), disaster recovery (DR), business resiliency (BR) along with high availability (HA), archiving and related topic themes, technologies and trends.

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Putting @Platfora next to your Hadoop Cluster provides powerful #BigData analytical capability

CTOvision

'By Bob Gourley It is very important for analysts to know what is possible when it comes to analytical tools. One of the best ways to know the realm of the possible with immediately available commercial off the shelf technology is to watch a demo. Demos of great capabilities frequently lead to proof of concept evaluations and then deployments. Now thanks to the wonders of modern technology you can watch a demo of Platfora’s new Big Data Analytics platform right from your browser.

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IO Launches OpenStack Cloud on Open Compute Hardware

Data Center Knowledge

'Data center provider IO has entered the cloud computing market with IO.Cloud, a new platform running on Open Stack software and Open Compute hardware.

Hardware 261
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Juniper SDN – OpenContrail

Virtualized Greek

'Recently, I wrote a post on about VMware and Cisco jockeying for the position as the dominate player in network virtualization. The two vendors have differing views on how to solve the challenge of offering a programmable network. As a high level recap, the industry has been asking for a solution that allows for the next generation networks to be orchestrated.

Vmware 66
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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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Until the focus expands to data protection, backup is staying alive!

Storage IO Blog

'Until the focus expands to data protection, backup is staying alive! This is the first of a three-part series discussing how and why vendors are keeping backup alive, read part two here. Some vendors, Value Added Resellers (VARs), pundits (consultants, analysts, media, bloggers) and their followers want backup to not only be declared dead, they […].

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@MeriTalk Hosts Data Center Brainstorm 13 March 2014

CTOvision

'By Bob Gourley. Our friends at MeriTalk are hosting another brainstorm event designed to move the federal datacenter community forward on 13 March 2014. Here are some details from: [link] datacenterbrainstorm. Join MeriTalk’s Data Center Exchange for the third annual Data Center Brainstorm on Thursday, March 13, 2014 at the Knight Conference Center at the Newseum in Washington, D.C.

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The UPS Debate: A Conversation on High Efficiency, Multi-Mode UPSs

Data Center Knowledge

'There are a lot of smart people in the data center power protection market debating the merits, value, risks and rewards of high-efficiency uninterruptable power supplies (UPSs). Today''s Industry Perspectives, written by Brad Thrash of GE Critical Power, explores the technology of eco-mode UPS and.

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Collective Intelligence

Future of CIO

Harness the Collective Intelligence. It’s evident that large businesses are increasingly using crowd-sourcing to brainstorm new ideas and solve thorny business problems in their business practices. Collective intelligence is an emerging business SMARTNESS to overcome business challenges and stretch out company goals. Crowd-sourcing is an attitude : New generation of social business empowered by digital technologies such as social platform, collaboration tools and analytics will extend organizati

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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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Is Software Defined Networking ready for the enterprise? – TechTalk 35

Virtualized Greek

'In TechTalk #35 I ask the question if SDN is enterprise ready. It’s a fair question seeing I posed a similar question for OpenStack.

Network 65
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Data Protection Diaries – My data protection needs and wants

Storage IO Blog

'Blog post: Data Protection Diaries – My data protection needs and wants Rather than talking about what others should do or consider for their data protection needs, for this post I wrote down some notes using my Livescribe about what I need and want for my environment. As part of walking the talk in future […].

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Facebook Taps CA Technologies for Hyperscale DCIM

Data Center Knowledge

'After a lengthy review of its DCIM options, Facebook has chosen to use software from CA Technologies to track and manage its data center capacity.

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A Customer-Centric Strategy

Future of CIO

Digital is the Age of Customers. In essence, the digital era is the age of the customer; customer-centricity becomes the goal to right fit the business’s purpose –to create more customers. However, since there are many elements to customer-centricity, the key to success is to focus on something that will "move the needle." For some companies it's the customer experience; for others, product excellence.

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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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What IT Workers should say to their CIOs

Chief Seattle Greek Blog

'I’ve worked as a public sector employee and a manager of government technology workers for three decades. While public sector workers share many attributes and work attitudes with their private sector counterparts, there are also some things unique to public sector employment. In writing this, I was inspired by two recent blog posts by Steve Radick including “ Ten Things You Should be Saying to Your Boss.” First, government is, in the minds of many people, synonymous with bure

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Part II Until the focus expands to data protection – What to do about it

Storage IO Blog

'Part II – Until the focus expands to data protection – What to do about it This is the second of a three-part series (read part I here) about how vendors are keeping backup alive, however what they can and should do to shift and expand the conversation to data protection and related themes. Modernizing […].

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Is Your Data Center Ready for the Polar Vortex?

Data Center Knowledge

'This month''s unusual weather pattern has brought frigid air to parts of the U.S. that don''t normally see extreme cold snaps. Not to worry. Many data centers operate just fine in brutally cold weather, and your colleagues from these colder climates have tips on how to adapt.

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Digital Knowledge Workforce

Future of CIO

Digital knowledge workforce has innovation potential. The idea of 'knowledge worker' was first described by Peter Drucker in his 1959 book 'The Landmarks of Tomorrow.' He also pointed out that knowledge worker productivity is the most important challenge for management in the 21st Century. After being through more than half of century, what’re the criteria for today’s digital knowledge workforce, when the business is transforming from industrial age to digital era?

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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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Saving Cities from the Clutches of the Internet Monopoly

Chief Seattle Greek Blog

'On January 14, the United States Circuit Court of Appeals in the District of Columbia ruled that telecommunications and cable companies can “play favorites” among websites, video channels and all other content providers. This decision struck down FCC rules which tried to make the Internet “neutral,” carrying all kinds of content with equal speed.

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Part III Until the focus expands to data protection – Taking action

Storage IO Blog

'Part III – Until the focus expands to data protection – Taking action This is the thrid of a three-part series (read part II here) about how vendors are keeping backup alive, however what they can and should do to shift and expand the conversation to data protection and related themes. Modernizing is more than […].

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CenturyLink Gets Modular, Enters Phoenix Market With IO

Data Center Knowledge

'CenturyLink announced a strategic agreement with IO to expand its hosting and colocation footprint to the Phoenix and Scottsdale AZ markets.

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Drone Strikes and the Lessons of Nonlinear Science

CTOvision

'By SeanLawson The use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or drones, to carry out targeted killings of suspected terrorist leaders has become a centerpiece of the United States’ global counter-terrorism strategy. Each new report of a strike in Pakistan, Yemen, or Somalia provides new fodder to critics, who point to civilian casualties and the resulting anger at the United States as evidence that the strategy is counterproductive in the long term.

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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.