CTOvision
JULY 21, 2015
Now that we have all had time to digest the OPM hack (which is, to borrow a phrase from the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy , really big. you just won't believe how vastly hugely mindbogglingly big it is), I would like to draw your attention back to something else. The Defense Science Board Report of January 2013 on the resilience of DoD systems to cyber attack.
Social, Agile and Transformation
JULY 20, 2015
When someone says that the data integration process is automated, I suggest asking questions to clarify what they mean by automated. You'll probably conclude that the process is anything but automated let alone reliable, scalable, secure, or configurable. To some, automation implies efficient and reliable but still including manual steps so long as they are performed quickly and easily.
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Data Center Knowledge
JULY 22, 2015
The dynamic allocation of applications and components adds yet another level of complexity to IT operations making it more difficult to manage and monitor data centers. Read More.
The Accidental Successful CIO
JULY 22, 2015
How a CIO conducts a reorganization can have a big impact on the IT department Image Credit: rocket ship. Hey CIO, how’s that IT department of yours looking these days? If you are like most of us, you are fairly happy with how your IT department has been put together, but there are some areas in which you’d like to make a few changes. Sound like it’s time for a reorganization of the IT department.
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 20, 2015
The first hotel to be completely run by robots opened Friday, July 17th in Japan. Guests will rarely see humans and they will interact primarily with robots. The front desk is staffed by a female android. The bellhop is a mechanical velociraptor. Luggage is moved to rooms by a nice little autobot. Luggage can also be stored by an automated robot arm.
Future of CIO
JULY 24, 2015
A holistic approach is based on simple principles, and align the strategic level of measure with operational level metrics. As Drucker wisely pointed out, “you can only manage what you measure.” The purpose of defining performance metrics is to monitor the business progress and performance. But there are two levels of performance measurement: at the strategic level, organizations concern about the long-term business result, business capability building, customer satisfaction and employee engagem
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Nutanix
JULY 22, 2015
It’s 4:45 pm on a Friday before a long weekend, your manager stops by your cubicle and has a last minute task for the team that needs to be done before everyone leaves for the day.
CTOvision
JULY 20, 2015
The FFIEC (Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council) is a formal interagency body empowered to prescribe uniform principles, standards, and report forms for the federal examination of financial institutions by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System ( FRB ), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ( FDIC ), the National Credit Union Administration ( NCUA ), the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency ( OCC ), and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ( CFPB ), and t
Future of CIO
JULY 23, 2015
The spirit of change comes from the top. There are many reasons for changes, and perhaps, even more, reasons for resistance to changes as well: It may be a shift in power, a need to learn new skills, to manage a different team, to adopt the new way (mindset, methodology or process, etc) to do things etc. What's the psychology behind the change? What would be a good way to empower change capabilities?
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 20, 2015
Jason Phippen is Head of Global Product and Solutions Marketing for SUSE. The vast majority of IT departments are experiencing enormous increases in the demand for storage and computing power. Few, if any, will have the budget to meet rising requirements that continue to outpace the growth of their.
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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.
Nutanix
JULY 22, 2015
It’s 4:45 pm on a Friday before a long weekend, your manager stops by your cubicle and has a last minute task for the team that needs to be done before everyone leaves for the day.
CTOvision
JULY 20, 2015
A transformation is happening among many IT departments as far as the technology they use goes. Much of that change is coming from hyper-converged systems. Of course, one of the biggest reasons companies have become so focused on hyper-converged infrastructure is the fact that it can significantly reduce costs and eliminate the overall complexity usually associated with compute infrastructures.
Future of CIO
JULY 20, 2015
IT leaders need to build the capability, not only communicate, but connect, inspire and motivate. Traditional IT organizations are often running in a functional silo to speak the technical jargon business couldn’t understand; now with IT consumerization and other digital technology trends, IT is at crossroad to either move up the maturity ladder, to become a value generator and business partner, or continue to be considered as support function or cost center.
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 24, 2015
Convergence between the two is on the rise, some experts saying DCIM will become a subset of ITSM software category Read More.
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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.
All Things Distributed
JULY 20, 2015
In my last post about Amazon EC2 Container Service (Amazon ECS), I discussed the two key components of running modern distributed applications on a cluster: reliable state management and flexible scheduling. Amazon ECS makes building and running containerized applications simple, but how that happens is what makes Amazon ECS interesting. Today, I want to explore the Amazon ECS architecture and what this architecture enables.
CTOvision
JULY 21, 2015
The contest between proprietary technology and open source has been ongoing for a decade.Today, some of the most premium technology is open-sourced and free. Even Google's highly prized Borg software is becoming open-sourced. After Google bowed to the pressure to make Borg an open source technology it’s safe to say open source is winning the tussle.
Future of CIO
JULY 22, 2015
" Thinking performance" and "doing performance," behavior and outcome are all important elements in performance assessment. People are the most invaluable asset in the business, however, in many organizations, talent management, and performance management are dysfunctional, silo, quantity-driven and short-term focused, lack of holistic approach to manage performance, culture, and talent more effectively.
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 21, 2015
When you consider the total cost of ownership, an optimized flash platform costs less than legacy disk-based storage, hybrid storage, or even SSD-based storage. Read More.
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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.
Eric D. Brown
JULY 21, 2015
In order to use data within your business, you must first collect that data. Seems simple enough right? You capture some data, store it somewhere and the use that data at a later time in your analysis. What about data privacy concerns? Where are you collecting your data? How are you protecting that data? Are you collecting/using social network data or other user-generated data from public sources?
CTOvision
JULY 23, 2015
We previously pointed out our technology focused RSS aggregation engine the Top Tech Ticker , which helps give you more signal than noise from the countless sources of information on technology news. With this post we provide more context on the federal technology news version of this capability, the Fed Tech Ticker. CTOvision.com is based in the DC area and the majority of our team here have roots in the federal technology ecosystem.
Future of CIO
JULY 20, 2015
“True freedom is impossible without a mind made free by discipline.” ? Mortimer J. Adler There are numerous poems, songs or quotes about freedom, what is it about? why would human beings pursue it by all means and cost? Here is the dictionary definition of freedom: “Freedom is the state of being free or at liberty rather than in confinement or under physical restraint.
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 23, 2015
Self-service should be an approach to data analysis that grants users the access and ability to work with the information they need to analyze without depleting IT resources and time. Read More.
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“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.
Eric D. Brown
JULY 24, 2015
I captured this Titmouse bathing in the local bird bath at the Palo Duro Canyon. Captured with Canon 7D Mark II and Canon 100-400 L Mark II handheld. See more photos in my flickr photostream and/or my 500px portfolio. If you like my photography , feel free to support my addiction habit by visiting Amazon (affiliate link) to purchase new or used photographic gear.
CTOvision
JULY 20, 2015
Wednesday, August 5th, join FireMon at Black Hat for their sponsored workshop. There are four workshop times: 10:00 am, 11:30 am, 1:50 pm and 3:00 pm. This workshop will discuss the final understanding and verification of a security incident that ultimately requires human interpretation and decision. Over the past 15-20 years the industry has invested billions in pursuit of automated security layers (e.g. firewalls, endpoint protection, intrusion detection), but attempts at automating the human
Future of CIO
JULY 24, 2015
One of the goals behind Holacracy is about improving employee engagement to encourage purpose discovery, autonomy, and mastery. “Holacracy is a new way of running an organization that removes power from a management hierarchy and distributes it across clear roles, which can then be executed autonomously.” ( www.holacracy.org ). However, organizations have been using the pyramidal organizational structure for so long (since the industrial revolution), there’s no overnight shift for either mindset
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 23, 2015
Internet of Things consortia are multiplying and companies are placing multiple bets Read More.
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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.
The Accidental Successful CIO
JULY 24, 2015
Combining two companies is a difficult task and the CIO plays a critical role Image Credit: Tony Webster. The person with CIO job faces many different challenges during their career. One of the biggest is one that is completely out of their control – when their company decides to merge with another company. When companies decide to merge, the senior management often make many promises to the press and shareholders of how much more efficient the combined companies are going to be.
CTOvision
JULY 18, 2015
We have previously written about the very positive impact the Security Innovation Network (SINET) is having on the community. Their most significant activity in the federal ecosystem is their yearly SINET Showcase. This years event will be held 3-4 Nov at the National Press Club in DC. If you are a tech firm with potentially market disrupting technologies, you can apply to be part of the process.
Future of CIO
JULY 22, 2015
Learning organizations are comfortable with complexity, ambiguity, paradoxes and they have a penchant for candor. A learning organization is one in which the majority of the employees at all levels are open to new ideas, experimentation with new ways of doing things, learning from instead of condemning or punishing mistakes, errors and, perhaps most importantly, where knowledge is shared instead of hoarded, thus, expanding power instead of confining it.
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 24, 2015
With skyrocketing real estate prices, land in the Valley is a much bigger factor for data center builds than elsewhere Read More.
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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