CTOvision
JULY 27, 2013
'By Bob Gourley In what might be the best deployment of resources the government has made in decades, the National Institute of Health (NIH) is establishing a small number of “centers of excellence” to help researchers from throughout the nation improve their ability to ask bigger questions of data, including incredibly large datasets that have never been fully addressable before.
Data Center Knowledge
AUGUST 2, 2013
'A Utah data center supporting some of the web hosting industry''s best known brands has suffered a networking outage, causing an extended service outage. The problems at a Provo, Utah facility operated by Endurance International Group, have led to downtime for customers of BlueHost, HostGator and.
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Eric D. Brown
JULY 31, 2013
'I’m a fan of data. I love using data to solve problems and find answers. I love combining context and data to help organizations find identify issues and find solutions. I love seeing organizations using data to make decisions and manage their business and even more, I love seeing organizations searching for new ways to use data and Big Data principles and technologies to drive value and competitive advantage.
The Accidental Successful CIO
JULY 31, 2013
'After the global recession, the clean-up is only part of what IT has to do Image Credit. Ugg, nobody likes a global recession especially those of us who have the CIO job. However, now that it appears to pretty much be over, the big question is just exactly how are we supposed to go about rebuilding the IT department. Bad things happened during the recession and everyone in the IT department knows about these things.
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.
CTOvision
JULY 31, 2013
'By Ryan Kamauff Peter Schlampp, the Vice President of Products and Business Development at Platfora, explains what the Hadoop Big Data reservoir is and is not in this webinar that I watched today. Knowing what the HDR is and is not is key to pulling out business intelligence insights and analytics. Platfora arrived at these conclusions from interviews of over 200 enteprise IT professionals who are working in the big data space.
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 31, 2013
'Most in the tech industry have seen what defines Cloud Computing 1.0. Pete Johnson of ProfitBricks writes that while it’s better than traditional hosting, it’s still not all it could be. Not by a long shot. He explains what Cloud Computing 2.0 looks like.
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Eric D. Brown
JULY 28, 2013
'How Innovations Spread. Quote : We believe that we can just tell people the facts and ideas will spread. That’s not really how it works. Neil deGrasse Tyson explains that persuading others is about more than just putting the facts out there and letting the chips fall as they may. Nobel-winning economist: end software patents and cut patent protection to 10 years — Tech News and Analysis.
CTOvision
JULY 29, 2013
'By Ryan Kamauff Here are the top news and stories of the day. Vendors Question DISA’s Cloud Cost-Saving Claims – “Some contractors are questioning whether the Defense Department’s planned $450 million cloud-computing project will offer the most cost-effective solutions for its customers or merely resell industry products and services for a higher price.” The DISA cloud delivery project could offer shared services that increase the ability of the IC to meet their goals.
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 31, 2013
'The NSA isn''t likely to allow the world a look inside the new Utah data center. But that hasn''t always been the case. A 2001 Discovery Channel documentary provided an unprecedented look inside the NSA''s facility in Fort Meade, Maryland - including the agency''s supercomputing facility.
The Investing Edge
AUGUST 2, 2013
'It’s hard to believe it’s been 10 years since I earned my MBA from MIT’s Sloan School of Management. The resources, network and opportunities it offered in many ways helped steer me on my career path and to where I am today. Recently I was lucky enough to serve as a panelist in an alumni entrepreneur workshop that took place as part of last month’s reunion festivities.
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Eric D. Brown
AUGUST 1, 2013
'Originally published on Its All About Recovery as Is Your SaaS Data as Protected as You Think? I pride myself in the backup and recovery process I use for my home. I’m also pretty proud to call myself a geek. I have multiple computers at home with each having different functions, but all have a backup system in place that stores backups on the local machine as well as on a NAS.
CTOvision
JULY 31, 2013
'By Kimberly Kelly. Mozilla’s mobile Firefox OS is up and running! It wasn’t until this past week that rumors about the Firefox OS were confirmed with the release of a new ZTE smartphone. A Spanish wireless network, Telefónica, has begun selling the Linux-driven smartphone that is called the ‘ZTE Open’ This phone runs the new Firefox OS, and can be purchased for only $90, it even comes with a pre-paid balance of $40 worth of phone calls.
Data Center Knowledge
AUGUST 2, 2013
'Private cloud provider Eucalyptus has always focused on compatibility with Amazon Web Services, and thinks the discussion about the future path of OpenStack is clearing up customer understanding of who does what.
Storage IO Blog
JULY 29, 2013
'Tiering technology and the right data center tool for a given task Depending on who or what is your sphere of influence, or your sources of information and insight are, there will be different views of tiering, particular when it comes to tiered storage and storage tiering for cloud, virtual and traditional environments. Recently I [.].
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A Screw's Loose
JULY 30, 2013
'Having returned from vacation yesterday I stepped right into the thick of it with a great conversation with Dave Stafford @dstafford. We happened to be having dinner together for an event and we were talking about IT in the old world (12 years ago) vs IT today and how things have changed. We quickly moved [.].
CTOvision
JULY 31, 2013
'By Kimberly Kelly Just for fun I decided to run an experiment and see how long it would take for product and service advertisements to start popping up in my internet world. To conduct the test, I did three activities: a search for 8mm pearls, sent a friend an email asking about the best way to learn French, and completed a survey about insurance. So, how long do you think it took before my virtual world changed?
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 29, 2013
'Data center maintenance may not seem like a sexy topic for Wall Street. But during this earnings season, maintenance costs have been a key discussion item during the earnings calls for three of the industry''s largest data center operators.
Storage IO Blog
JULY 31, 2013
'IT Availability, it’s a shared responsibility and common sense In case you missed it, recently the State of Oregon had a data center computer problem (ok, storage and application outage) that resulted in unemployment benefits not being provided. Tony Knotzer over at Network Computing did a story Oregon Storage Debacle Highlights Need To Plan For [.].
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Virtualized Greek
JULY 31, 2013
'I’ve been blogging about virtualization and virtualization related topics for 3 years now and have been using virtualization since the early days of Virtual PC. But, I have yet to ever go to VMworld. Last year was a conflict in scheduling due to a highly visible project I had going on and the year before was finances. This year, I’ve committed to going to VMworld no matter the obstacle.
Future of CIO
JULY 27, 2013
Not everyone is an architect, but everyone can learn how to think like an architect. Enterprise Architecture is the discipline not just for Enterprise Architects, it's the thinking process every business leader should master, and it's the discipline every mature organization needs to practice. Not everyone is an architect, but everyone can learn how to think like architect- systematic thinking, holistic thinking, critical thinking, creative thinking, analytical thinking, synthetic thinking, non-
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 30, 2013
'Bloomberg News has discovered the data bunker phenomenon, characterizing it as a new reaction to securing "the cloud" in response to recent natural disasters. This video provides a look inside Cavern Technologies,which houses customers 125 feet below ground in Kansas.
Storage IO Blog
JULY 31, 2013
'Can RAID extend nand flash SSD life? Imho, the short answer is YES, under some circumstances. There is a myth and some FUD that RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) can shorten the life durability of nand flash SSD (Solid State Device) vs. HDD (Hard Disk Drives) due to extra IOP’s. The reality is that [.].
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Virtualized Greek
AUGUST 1, 2013
'With Cloud becoming more prominent in the enterprise there is a direct impact to the System Administrator role. With less and less in-house infrastructure where does that leave the SA? I discuss the future demise of the SA in the enterprise and where the opportunities for the technical resource exists in the Cloud enabled enterprise.
Future of CIO
AUGUST 1, 2013
IT is a custodian to orchestrate cloud-based solutions to streamline business process and optimize enterprise capabilities. Cloud Computing is growing at about three times the rate of traditional, on-premises software. From vision to reality, CIOs appreciate the flexibility that cloud solutions provide for companies large or small. Cloud also brings the various perspectives upon IT: is cloud the end of IT, or every end is a new beginning?
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 31, 2013
'ProfitBricks has just skipped several chapters ahead in the cloud price reduction game and slashed prices in half. "We''re twice as fast and half as expensive," said CMO and co-founder Andreas Gauger.
Eric D. Brown
AUGUST 2, 2013
'From the archives: A capture of Mirror Lake from our trip to Yosemite in 2008. 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. Or, if you are interested in renting gear before buying, try out my favorite camera, lens and gear rental site - Borrowlenses.com (affiliate link) - the folks at Borrowlense
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Virtualized Greek
JULY 31, 2013
'I’ve often seen the title but wondered what exactly is a Tech Evangelist. The team over on the Geek Whisperers had Greg Knieriemen from @SpeakingTech on who is a Tech Evangelist at Hitachi. Great inside baseball talk about the role. [link].
Future of CIO
JULY 30, 2013
The architecture is made up from common sense, logic, and analogies that most can relate to. EA plays an important role in an overly-complex businesses dynamic today, however, it still has a reputation as an “ivory tower” approach. While talking about showing enough to generate the buy-in, what sorts of artifacts or analyses are useful in building enthusiasm for an Enterprise EA effort?
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 30, 2013
'One of the trends we''ve seen at Equinix in recent quarters is companies deploying equipment across multiple colocation facilities. Today Global Capacity said it is expanding its Points of Presence (PoPs) into eight Equinix data centers.
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 29, 2013
'Interxion''s PAR7 data center campus, one of the company''s seven data centers in France, has a rich history rooted in the industrial revolution. The new data center is now a symbol of the new, digital revolution.
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.
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