Sat.Jul 20, 2013 - Fri.Jul 26, 2013

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An Interview with Curt Beckmann of Brocade

CTOvision

'By Ryan Kamauff In this podcast I interviewed Curt Beckmann, Principal Architect, Office of the Chief Technology Officer at Brocade. Curt is extremely influential in the Open Networking Foundation and spends a lot of time working with groups creating new, more agile network standards. A software defined networking (SDN) and cloud evangelist, Curt and I got into some of the nitty-gritty of how SDN and cloud can make agencies more agile and efficient, save money, and better meet future challenges

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5 Ways to Improve Agile Team Velocity

Social, Agile and Transformation

'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. Wednesday, July 24, 2013. 5 Ways to Improve Agile Team Velocity.

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4 Ways For CIOs To Do A Better Job Of Interviewing

The Accidental Successful CIO

'Doing an interview correctly is an important job skill Image Credit. The person who has the CIO job (you) has a huge responsibility that is even bigger than the importance of information technology is to your company – you need to make sure that the right people are attracted to your IT department and that you hire the best of the best. The only problem with this responsibility is that far too few of us have ever been trained on just exactly how to go about doing interviews correctly….

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The first step into the cloud

Eric D. Brown

'Last week, I had a conversation with a CIO of a mid-sized firm. The organization has been struggling with incorporating the cloud into their technology plans. Our conversation was centered around the cloud and, specifically, how to use the cloud to replace the aging solutions and platforms currently used by this organization. For a few years, the CIO has been looking at the cloud as a way to cut costs and increase service delivery to the organization.

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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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Some thoughts on this week’s Google Nexus event

CTOvision

'By Ryan Kamauff The Nexus breakfast promised a new tablet, but delivered so much more. On Wednesday AM Sundar Pinchai, VP of Android and Chrome at Google, held a “breakfast event” in which he detailed the new Nexus 7 tablet, the Chromecast, Android 4.3, and some other details. The galvanizing release were details on the new Nexus 7, to be sold June 30, but the most important piece (in my opinion) was the Chromecast.

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Fountainhead: Your Next Computer? in the Cloud?

Fountainhead

'skip to main | skip to sidebar. Fountainhead. Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Tuesday, July 23, 2013. Your Next Computer… in the Cloud? For years, the “virtual PC” has been the dream of users and corporations alike. After all, why do millions of us lug around a laptop with our Windows desktop stuck to it?

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Links for July 21 2013

Eric D. Brown

'Creating an Open, Transparent Organization through Social | Enterprise Social Software Blog | Socialtext. Quote : Not only can social break down the walls between departments, but a social solution can help break down the hierarchies too. Turning one-way communication into meaningful discussions between executives and employees isn’t a quick change.

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Stretchable Gold Film for Electronics

CTOvision

'By Kimberly Kelly Stretchable Gold Film. Another page has been written in the science books that will lead us one step closer to countering diseases like Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, Depression or even making flexible bionic limbs for amputee patients. The breakthrough comes in the form of ‘stretchy gold’. While researchers from all over the world have been working with different kinds of stretchable conductors, it was the University of Michigan that first came up with a solution to th

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Technology Short Take #34

Scott Lowe

'Welcome to Technology Short Take #34, my latest collection of links, articles, thoughts, and ideas from around the web, centered on key data center technologies. Enjoy! Networking. Henry Louwers has a nice write-up on some of the design considerations that go into selecting a Citrix NetScaler solution. Scott Hogg explores jumbo frames and their benefits/drawbacks in a clear and concise manner.

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So You Want To Be A CIO?

A CIO's Voice

'A friend on mine sent this to me as he looks for a CIO role. Thought it was interesting enough to post: 1.Describe your experience in the development, implementation and administration of operating and capital budgets. Please be specific about your role. Include dollar amounts of budget(s). 2.Describe your experience working with executives and/or boards including preparation and presentations of recommendations regarding programs or policies. 3.What do you consider to be the highlight of your

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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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The cloud and mobile : drivers for the midmarket

Eric D. Brown

'IBM just published a very nice video focused on the Midmarket and working with Managed Service Providers (MSP’s). I’ve embedded the video below – please take a minute to watch it. A few of the take-aways that really stood out for me are provided below – none of these are new or a surprise but they are always worth a review. While the video is titled “ Partnering with MSP’s “, there is some great nuggets in the video for any organization.

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Mick's IT Blogs: Mick Pletcher

Mick's IT Blog

'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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Technology Short Take #34

Scott Lowe

'Welcome to Technology Short Take #34, my latest collection of links, articles, thoughts, and ideas from around the web, centered on key data center technologies. Enjoy! Networking. Henry Louwers has a nice write-up on some of the design considerations that go into selecting a Citrix NetScaler solution. Scott Hogg explores jumbo frames and their benefits/drawbacks in a clear and concise manner.

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Non Disruptive Updates, Needs vs. Wants

Storage IO Blog

'Do you want non disruptive updates or do you need non disruptive upgrades? First there is a bit of play on words going on here with needs vs. wants, as well as what is meant by non disruptive. Regarding needs vs. wants, they are often used interchangeably particular in IT when discussing requirements or what [.].

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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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Microsoft WPC 2013 -- Big Data Themes

Victus pro Scientia Opus -- Food for the Knowledge

'The second of the four official themes around which Microsoft organized content at this year''s Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) was Big Data. In a world containing "an internet of things" where 90% of all of the world''s on-line data has been created in the last two years (per Ballmer''s keynote, evoking Al Gore-ish hockey stick graphs), Microsoft seeks to stake out high ground in the world of big data.

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IT vs. Marketing: Partnership or Competition?

Future of CIO

More than conflict, collaboration and joint efforts become the order of the day. Marketing is emerging as key drivers of IT spending in digital technologies. Is there conflict up ahead? What is your IT organization doing to keep from being marginalized on cutting edge marketing technology decisions and strategies? Is IT competing with marketing for technology talent?

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Number of US Government IT Facilities Rises to 7000 - Data Center.

Data Center Knowledge

'About DCK. Advertise. Subscribe. Events. Home. Consolidation » Government. Number of U.S. Government IT Facilities Rises to 7,000. Number of U.S. Government IT Facilities Rises to 7,000. By: Jason Verge July 25th, 2013. Tweet. The U.S. government wants its servers to come out of the closets. But first it has to figure out exactly how many server closets it has, and the number continues to be a moving target.

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Flexible Replication Topologies with Nutanix Native DR

Nutanix

Replication is a fundamental component of any enterprise disaster recovery (DR) solution, ensuring that critical data and applications can be reliably and efficiently replicated to a different site or a separate infrastructure.

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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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Microsoft WPC 2013 -- Cloud Themes

Victus pro Scientia Opus -- Food for the Knowledge

'[Note: This is the second in a series of articles about Microsoft''s recent Worldwide Partner Conference, written from the point of view of a long-time partner.]. The first major theme of WPC 2013 was the cloud, and how Microsoft has adapted the company to compete in the cloud. . In Steve Ballmer''s keynote, he discussed data points such as Microsoft''s deployment of ONE MILLION servers in support of cloud applications.

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Where are the Focal Point to Brand IT Effectively

Future of CIO

IT brand identity should be supported by the message you create and distribute to your customers. Most of IT organizations today are still being portrayed as the back-office cost center, to re-in-imagine IT, IT branding needs to be part of IT transformation effort, and IT branding strategy should be an integral part of IT strategy. Your brand identity will be the face you put on your IT organization and it flows from your brand strategy.

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Facebook's Power Footprint Growing, Moving East

Data Center Knowledge

'About DCK. Advertise. Subscribe. Events. Home. Facebook » Power. Facebook’s Power Footprint Growing, Moving East. Facebook’s Power Footprint Growing, Moving East. By: Rich Miller July 22nd, 2013. Tweet. A breakdown of power usage at Facebook’s data centers during 2012, from the company’s annual sustainability report. Facebook’s data center energy use grew 33 percent in 2012, as the company installed tens of thousands of servers in its new company-built data centers.

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Nutanix Named One of Bay Area’s Most Attractive Startups for Engineers by LinkedIn

Nutanix

Nutanix was just named one of the top ten most attractive startups for Bay Area engineers by LinkedIn! So, how’d we get where we are today? I was interviewed as part of the recognition and below is a short transcript of the interview.

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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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Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2013 – A Partner’s Reflections

Victus pro Scientia Opus -- Food for the Knowledge

'Last week Microsoft convened its Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC), educating, listening to, and entertaining about 16,000 of its top partners in Houston, Texas. This was my sixth WPC, and my 14 th year as part of the Microsoft partner community, and I processed the week’s events and write this series of blog posts from this point of view. I waited a week to write these blogs because it gave me time to not only make up some of the work that I fell behind on by attending WPC, but also because i

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Change vs. Transformation

Future of CIO

The World is divided, not because we look differently; but because we think differently. C hange or Transformation is at every progressive organization's agenda, are they the same or have differences? What's leading to change or on the journey of transformation? Mind Shift is required in transformation : The terms "transformation" and "change" truly overlap in the literal definition.

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When Using Cloud Computing to Replicate is the Right Idea

Data Center Knowledge

'About DCK. Advertise. Subscribe. Events. Home. Cloud Computing » Storage. Overview: When to Use Cloud Computing to Replicate. Overview: When to Use Cloud Computing to Replicate. By: Bill Kleyman July 23rd, 2013. Tweet. In deploying a cloud computing model, organizations have many options. One cloud computing solution is to deploy the platform as a means for disaster recovery, business continuity, and extending the data center.

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Who is exactly Responsible for Overseeing the level of IT Risk in an Organization?

Future of CIO

The CIO does not own the risk, but he/she can (and should ) certainly be tasked with assessing and monitoring the risk on an ongoing basis. At the age of digitalization, opportunities and risks are co-existing; therefore, the optimal governance and risk management structure is more critical than ever, who is exactly responsible for overseeing the level of IT risk in an organization though?

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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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Enterprise Model & Modeling

Future of CIO

The Business Model and Operating Model are at different ends of the ‘business strategy and business architecture’ development sequence. Enterprise architect decides what concepts need to be captured in order to model a company. For example, the concepts of "process," "business unit," "strategy," "application,", etc. (meta-model) The model can be defined as a template associated with a specific subject or topic, industry, type of businesses, line of business external facing, business functions in

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LoPoCo Launches Low Power Server Line » Data Center Knowledge

Data Center Knowledge

'About DCK. Advertise. Subscribe. Events. Home. Blades » Green Data Centers. LoPoCo Launches Low Power Server Line. LoPoCo Launches Low Power Server Line. By: Jason Verge July 22nd, 2013. Tweet. A look at the Lo Power Company’s LP-4240-10H Ultra server. (Photo: LowPower Company). Low Power Company (LoPoCo) believes high efficiency servers can save businesses more than half of what they spend to operate their data centers.

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Analytics Re-shaping IT Operations & Gaining Strong Momentum.

Data Center Knowledge

'About DCK. Advertise. Subscribe. Events. Home. Industry Perspectives. Analytics Re-shaping IT Operations & Gaining Strong Momentum. Analytics Re-shaping IT Operations & Gaining Strong Momentum. By: Industry Perspectives July 22nd, 2013. Tweet. Sasha Gilenson, Founder and CEO, Evolven , is a thought leader in the new emerging area of IT Operations Analytics, tackling 15 years of chronic change and configuration challenges.

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Intel Wants To Re-Architect Data Center Services » Data Center.

Data Center Knowledge

'About DCK. Advertise. Subscribe. Events. Home. Intel. Intel Wants To Re-Architect Data Center Services. Intel Wants To Re-Architect Data Center Services. By: John Rath July 24th, 2013. Tweet. Diane Bryant, senior vice president and general manager of the Datacenter and Connected Systems Group at Intel, discusses the company’s vision for the data center at an event Monday.

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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.