CTOvision
MAY 12, 2014
'By Bob Gourley. I recently caught up with D-Wave Systems President and CEO Vern Brownell and asked him to provide a bit more context for our readers on what this very unique system is and does. Vern has a very interesting background that instantly grabbed my attention. He has terrific past performance leading a world class enterprise IT company (Egenera, he was the founder at CEO).
Data Center Knowledge
MAY 16, 2014
'Power outage at Google-owned 111 8th Avenue in New York City followed by problems with UPS system supporting Internap''s data center wreaks havoc for clients Read More.
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Social, Agile and Transformation
MAY 13, 2014
'This is my 200th post! I reserved this post to highlight why I named the blog Social, Agile, and Transformation. I renamed it a few years ago when I was thinking about my career and accomplishments in startups as a CTO and now as a CIO for the last seven years. At the time, I was also reflecting on something a key adviser said to me, "Isaac, you''re not a CIO".
Cloud Musings
MAY 14, 2014
'Private Digital Network Services (PDNS) and partners will provide its national, Private Digital Network (PDN) core and a suite of highly sought after services to the Interoperability Clearinghouse Agile Cloud effort. Its partners include Gannett Company Inc., Global Interactive Solutions , ICON Voice , and others. Gannett designed and implemented the PDN to support its national base of 300+ business units, which include well known digital properties such as CareerBuilder.com and Cars.com , and
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While data platforms, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and programming platforms have evolved to leverage big data and streaming data, the front-end user experience has not kept up. Holding onto old BI technology while everything else moves forward is holding back organizations. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) aren’t built for modern data platforms and don’t work on modern architectures.
CTOvision
MAY 12, 2014
'By Bob Gourley. Editor’s note: I’ve referenced before my participation on the board of Centripetal Networks , and their ability to deliver large scale commercial solutions of MITRE’s IBIP are an area I am particularly proud of. – bg. Over the last several years The MITRE Corporation has published pieces about their development of enhanced security protocols in the construct of Identity-Based Internet Protocol (IBIP).
Data Center Knowledge
MAY 13, 2014
'AgileCLOUD exposes OpenStack APIs for interoperability with other OpenStack clouds, becomes one of the first services available through OpenStack Marketplace Read More.
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All Things Distributed
MAY 14, 2014
'I''m excited to announce a new blog dedicated to AWS startups. We''re launching it on Medium , itself a startup on AWS. I kicked off the blog with a Q&A with the Medium CTO Don Neufeld. I really enjoyed Don''s answers to my questions and there are some real gems in here for startup CTOs. Check it out. We''ll be keeping this blog fresh with other startup spotlights and good technical content so follow the collection and keep up.
CTOvision
MAY 11, 2014
'By Bob Gourley. Widely known security practitioner Dave Schackleford is presenting a webinar on Thursday 15 may at 2pm Eastern that should be of high interest to any enterprise technologist seeking to understand the dynamics of the modern data breach. The following is from the invitation: You’re a target for data breach. You may not have realized it, but you are.
Data Center Knowledge
MAY 15, 2014
'What is all this “software defined” talk all about, and will it really provide an effective alternative for growing businesses? writes Matt Smith of Dell. Read More.
Cloud Musings
MAY 14, 2014
'Private Digital Network Services (PDNS) and partners will provide its national, Private Digital Network (PDN) core and a suite of highly sought after services to the Interoperability Clearinghouse Agile Cloud effort. Its partners include Gannett Company Inc., Global Interactive Solutions , ICON Voice , and others. Gannett designed and implemented the PDN to support its national base of 300+ business units, which include well known digital properties such as CareerBuilder.com and Cars.com , and
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All Things Distributed
MAY 14, 2014
I’m excited to announce a new blog dedicated to AWS startups. We’re launching it on Medium, itself a startup on AWS. I kicked off the blog with a Q&A with the Medium CTO Don Neufeld. I really enjoyed Don’s answers to my questions and there are some real gems in here for startup CTOs.
CTOvision
MAY 13, 2014
'Editor''s note: our research analyst Chris Scott produces recaps below for industry partners seeking to better serve federal missions. They are produced for our CTOvision Pro readers. For access, sign up here. On 7 May, the Navy again assembled all their leaders in C5ISR to brief Industry on their priorities and requirements. This annual ritual provides a wealth of information essential to anyone trying to do business with Navy.
Data Center Knowledge
MAY 15, 2014
'Your data center is a critical part of your business. Now, find out how to avoid the top 9 mistakes during data center planning. Read More.
Virtualized Greek
MAY 15, 2014
'I’m on record having said that non-tech enterprise should ignore OpenStack about 20 months ago. It’s time to revisit that point of view.
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Future of CIO
MAY 14, 2014
The real digital organization is wired to change and designed for innovation. Majority of organizations are designed to improve functional efficiency in the industrial era; and many of traditional organizations today are running at two speeds, with the industrial speed, it can continue to keep the business light on; and with the digital speed, it will adapt to the more frequent digital disruptions , wired to change and designed for better innovation and long-term digital transformation.
Nutanix
MAY 14, 2014
As Nutanix hits 500 employees, Talent Acquisition Director, Kevin O’Kane reflects on the current industry boom driving its ongoing recruitment
Data Center Knowledge
MAY 14, 2014
'The need for Hadoop, coupled with the lack of expertise in managing large, parallel systems, has resulted in a multitude Hadoop-as-a-Service (HaaS) providers, writes Raymie Stata of Altiscale. How do you evaluate different HaaS providers? Read More.
Virtualized Greek
MAY 12, 2014
'One of my most popular TechTalks is around the readiness of OpenStack for the enterprise. Basically, at the time it wasn’t mature. My stanch has been easing over the past couple of releases.
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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.
Future of CIO
MAY 16, 2014
Through CIO-CFO collaboration, the right mindset can be better shaped in IT transformation. There should be very few IT projects but rather business projects with IT involvement. IT has only one mission, and that is to drive business success. Business therefore needs to share responsibility for IT investments and projects as well. And it is crucial to build strong CIO-CFO relationship for IT governance effectiveness and efficiency.
Eric D. Brown
MAY 16, 2014
'Captured this Carolina Wren singing in our backyard. Captured with Canon 7D and Canon 400mm 5.6 L handheld. 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.
Data Center Knowledge
MAY 14, 2014
'Chicago officials have approved plans for CenterPoint Properties Trust to build a 12-story data center next door to the city''s primary Internet data hub at 350 East Cermak. Read More.
All Things Distributed
MAY 15, 2014
'This is an extended version of an article that appeared in the Guardian today. We are rapidly entering into an era where massive computing power, digital storage and global network connections can be deployed by anyone as quickly and easily as turning on the lights. This is the promise – and the reality – of cloud computing which is driving tremendous change in the technology industry and transforming how we do business in Europe and around the world.
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In the rapidly-evolving world of embedded analytics and business intelligence, one important question has emerged at the forefront: How can you leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance your application’s analytics capabilities? Imagine having an AI tool that answers your user’s questions with a deep understanding of the context in their business and applications, nuances of their industry, and unique challenges they face.
Future of CIO
MAY 12, 2014
It is important to gather and analyze critical data points that are needed to determine the PMO effectiveness. KPIs are key elements in driving business performance, but they are often overlooked when measuring accountability and business maturity levels. Besides on-time, on-budget, what KPIs do you think can best measure the effectiveness of IT portfolio management (PM) and project management processes to deliver business value?
Data Center Knowledge
MAY 14, 2014
'Company awards $160,000 in grants to university research teams focused on data center efficiency as part of Software Engineering Innovation Foundation Read More.
Data Center Knowledge
MAY 12, 2014
'Private Equity firm GI Partners has signed a definitive agreement to acquire IT infrastructure and cloud provider Peak 10, Inc., the companies said today. Read More.
Data Center Knowledge
MAY 12, 2014
'As cloud becomes an even more critical part of your business model, find out what you can do to make true, next-gen, cloud automation happen. Read More.
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Data Center Knowledge
MAY 12, 2014
'Bank reduces power consumption by 2.5 megawatts, slashes power bill by $5.4M, wins Uptime’s Server Roundup contest Read More.
Data Center Knowledge
MAY 15, 2014
'Deal with a giant would boost the provider''s ability to compete with the likes of IBM SoftLayer, Verizon Terremark or CenturyLink Read More.
Data Center Knowledge
MAY 16, 2014
'Combined with VCE Vision Intelligent Operations software, the new systems can be built with Cisco Nexus 9000 series switches, which will be the first ACI-enabled switches. Read More.
Data Center Knowledge
MAY 16, 2014
'Company behind Ubuntu sees more OpenStack clouds running in production, shows off performance of its OpenStack distro on supercomputers and microservers and rolls out the Orange Box - a complete OpenStack cluster in a box for proof-of-concept projects Read More.
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