CTOvision

JUNE 7, 2015

The list below is an update to our reference of "Cyber Security Wake-Up Calls." What does it take to be on the list? Generally each of the events below was so significant policy makers were loudly proclaiming to all who would listen that they were a wake-up call. This means there are reflections in public policy documents, speeches and the press that cite leaders using the phrase.

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Data Center Knowledge

JUNE 9, 2015

Design flaws in relay-based automatic and static transfer switches can impact performance and reliability. Here's a hybrid approach that brings better reliability and economics. Read More.

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Data Center Data 197

Eric D. Brown

JUNE 10, 2015

More is always better right? More feedback from clients can help you improve your service. More money can help you build better products and teams. More data can help you make better decisions. Better resolution can make your photos better. More is always better isn’t it? Well. No. More isn’t always better. Seth Godin recently said that “Too much resolution stops giving you information and becomes merely noise, which actually gets in the way of the accuracy you seek.” T

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Data Tools 186

Social, Agile and Transformation

JUNE 7, 2015

Mile wide spread sheets. String parsers that break when unrecognized characters are passed to it. Rapid fire queries that kill database performance. Forms that permit SQL injection. Hundreds or thousands of undocumented disparate applications that don't share data or design patterns. User experiences that have no consistency. Is that what goes through your mind when you hear the words Citizen.

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Development Applications Data Software Development 151

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.

Applications

CTOvision

JUNE 9, 2015

Monday, Hortonworks unveiled a new version of of their Hortonworks Data Platform which will ease enterprise adoption by eliminating administration complexities, improving developer productivity, enhancing security and data governance and delivering proactive cluster monitoring. The Hortonworks Data Platform v2.3 gives Hadoop administrators guided configurations to make installation and configuration of HDFS, YARN, Hive and HBase more predictable.

Security 234

Security Data Policies Government 234

Data Center Knowledge

JUNE 11, 2015

Leaks are one of the major causes of downtime in data centers. Fortunately, they can be prevented by following four best practices: Don't overprotect, don't assume you know the location of a leak, use wire-free detection, and empower your staff. Read More.

Data Center 185

Data Center Data Industry 185

Cloud Musings

JUNE 8, 2015

Would you even hire an architect that highlighted hand drawn diagrams and spreadsheets as their design tools of choice? Of course you wouldn’t. Not using computing aided design (CAD) as a primary architectural tool today is just laughable. So why do multimillion dollar companies invest millions into building and deploying cloud computing solutions that are basically architected using not much more than diagrams, spreadsheets and PowerPoint presentations?

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Cloud Tools Software Software 121

CTOvision

JUNE 10, 2015

The video embedded below and at this link provides lessons learned, use cases and architecture elements of use to enterprise architects. It focused on the power of SAS and Apache Hadoop, and features two of SAS's most highly regarded thought leaders, Doug Liming and Erin Stevens. We would also like to bring your attention to a white paper which captures more details on these lessons learned and use cases, which can be downloaded here: Download “SAS and Apache Hadoop for Government”

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Video Architecture Government Enterprise 229

Data Center Knowledge

JUNE 10, 2015

Today, there are existing challenges which are slowing the data center growth process. These challenges revolve around both technology and people disconnects happening within the data center. Now, learn how people, process, and management can all be combined to create true data center efficiency.

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Data Center Data 184

Fountainhead

JUNE 7, 2015

I rarely do this. but follows is a completely unsolicited recommendation of a fantastic idea for San Francisco residents - and tourists - alike. If you've ever driven just north of Sausalito on RT 101, you've probably noticed Sea Plane Adventures , right on the water, near exit 445. Well, pretty randomly I met the owner, Aaron Singer, the owner (and one of their pilots) So when he mentioned he ran the company (and I put 2+2 together) I realized that I had to find an excuse to try this out Shortl

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Company 116

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The Investing Edge

JUNE 11, 2015

I’m thrilled today to welcome Peter Lee as the new CEO of RapidMiner. When we invested in RapidMiner in February of this year, we enthusiastically backed founder Ingo Mierswa and his vision to bring powerful, predictive analytics to the business analyst. Under Ingo’s leadership, the RapidMiner team developed the leading next generation predictive analytics platform (placed in the Leaders Quadrant for Gartner’s 2015 Magic Quadrant for Advanced Analytics Platforms) with over 250,000 active users w

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B2B Big Data Software Software 88

CTOvision

JUNE 9, 2015

On 15 April 2015, Chris Dorobek hosted a GovLoop discussion between Karen Evans , former CIO of the federal government and currently national director of the US Cyber Challenge, Alan Paller , the highly respected founder and research director of the SANS Institute, and me ( Bob Gourley ), a student of cyber security and enterprise technology. The topic of the broadcast was " Don’t Get Hacked: Tips For Combating Cyberthreats ".

Government 223

Government Enterprise Enterprise Security 223

Data Center Knowledge

JUNE 10, 2015

Company is adding cloud applications into the mix with a new marketplace of Intercloud-ready apps and APIs for developing apps in the world of hyper-distributed IT Read More.

Applications 179

Applications Development Cloud Company 179

All Things Distributed

JUNE 12, 2015

This weekend we go back in time all the way to the beginning of operating systems research. In the first SOSP conference in 1967 there were several papers that laid the foundation for the development of structured operating systems. There was the of course the lauded paper on the THE operating system by Dijkstra but for this weekend I picked the paper on memory locality by Peter Denning as this work laid the groundwork for the development of virtual memory systems.

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Programming Operating Systems Conference Course 85

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The Investing Edge

JUNE 9, 2015

We love when our partners succeed. And today, we’re very pleased to offer congratulations to our portfolio company CloudLock , the leading provider of cloud cybersecurity solutions, and highlight their exemplary award recognition in the last couple weeks. Yesterday, co-founder and CEO Gil Zimmermann, was publicly named as EY Entrepreneur of the Year in New England, recognizing his excellence and extraordinary success in innovation, financial performance, and personal commitment to the local comm

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Cloud Security Financial Enterprise 85

CTOvision

JUNE 7, 2015

Bob Gourley was interviewed by AP radio news for context on the recent OPM hack. Listen to the result here : Do you agree with the point about the value of this information to adversaries? Track these and other cyber threats by subscribing to our Daily Threat Brief , where we examine adversary actions, capabilities and intentions in ways that can inform your decision-making.

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Government CTO 219

Data Center Knowledge

JUNE 12, 2015

Company hits peering milestone. These agreements have added significance in the cloud age as cloud application providers often try to target specific geographic markets Read More.

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Cloud Applications Company 175

Virtualized Greek

JUNE 10, 2015

Nutanix CEO’s response to VMware’s vSphere support concerns is interesting. One of the more interesting battles in enterprise tech has been the back and forth between Nutanix and VMware. Most recently VMware had gotten a dig in on Nutanix’ end ([link] CEO's response to VMware's vSphere support concerns is interesting. One of the more interesting battles in enterprise tech has been the back and forth between Nutanix ([link] and VMware ([link] Most recently VMware had gotten a dig ([li

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Applications Vmware Comparison Licensing 71

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Cloud Musings

JUNE 8, 2015

Would you even hire an architect that highlighted hand drawn diagrams and spreadsheets as their design tools of choice? Of course you wouldn’t. Not using computing aided design (CAD) as a primary architectural tool today is just laughable. So why do multimillion dollar companies invest millions into building and deploying cloud computing solutions that are basically architected using not much more than diagrams, spreadsheets and PowerPoint presentations?

Cloud 70

Cloud Tools Software Software 70

CTOvision

JUNE 9, 2015

On Monday, 8 June 2015, Tony Scott, Chief Information Officer for President Obama, issued a memorandum that requires all federal websites and services to switch to HTTPS , a more secure method of connection than plain HTTP , by December 31, 2016. This change means all traffic is treated as sensitive, rather than leaving it up to web designers to make a determination as to data content, and closes some of the doors used by hackers to gain passwords, identity, search terms, and other user-submit

Security 217

Security Symantec Government Internet 217

Data Center Knowledge

JUNE 8, 2015

Defense may win championships in football, but it's often those companies that go on the offensive by using new technology, people and processes that wind up hoisting the biggest trophy. Read More.

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Enterprise Enterprise Company Industry 169

Virtualized Greek

JUNE 12, 2015

Interesting edition of The Reckoning newsletter last night. One of the topics was alternative forms of blogging and the rise of podcasting. Obviously, I’ve already adopted podcasting. I’ve settled on a 3 episode a week release schedule. The format is Interesting edition of The Reckoning ([link] last night. One of the topics was alternative forms of blogging and the rise of podcasting.

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Vmware Storage Enterprise Enterprise 59

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Scott Lowe

JUNE 9, 2015

Yesterday, I posted about using Vagrant to learn Ansible , in which I showed you one way to combine these two tools to make it easier to learn Ansible. This is a combination I’m currently using as I continue to explore Ansible. Today, I’m going to expand on yesterday’s post by showing you how to make Vagrant automatically build an Ansible inventory for a particular Vagrant environment.

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Exercises Tools Data Resources 60

CTOvision

JUNE 11, 2015

Distracted driving is on the rise, an now new technologies are emerging to combat this issue. Some of this new technology includes: a camera that detects where your car is in busy highway lanes, a wheel that will start to shake when your car is drifting lanes, and cruise control options to set the distance between your car and the one in front of you.

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Video Report Company CTO 205

Data Center Knowledge

JUNE 11, 2015

Digital has global scale and room to grow but has so far struggled with building out a robust interconnection play. Telx can help. Read More.

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Virtualized Greek

JUNE 8, 2015

I don’t ask the question but flat out make an argument that engineers need to attend work social events but should. I guess I’d ask the question if you don’t like your co-workers enough to have drinks with them maybe I don't ask the question but flat out make an argument that engineers need to attend work social events but should. I guess I'd ask the question if you don't like your co-workers enough to have drinks with them maybe it's time for a move?

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Social Engineering 59

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Open Source

Scott Lowe

JUNE 8, 2015

I’ve been spending some time with Ansible recently, and I have to say that it’s really growing on me. While Ansible doesn’t have a steep learning curve, there is still a learning curve—albeit a smaller/less steep curve—so I wanted to share here a “trick” that I found for using Vagrant to help with learning Ansible. (I say “trick” here because it isn’t that this is complicated or undocumented, but rather that it may not be immediately obvious how to combine these two.).

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Vmware Linux Authentication Virtualization 60

CTOvision

JUNE 11, 2015

Our friends at FedScoop and Brocade have collaborated with leaders from across government and industry to build an incredibly compelling agenda for the 17 June Federal Forum. Speakers include the Federal Government's CIO, the CIOs from DHS, DoD, HHS, Commerce, Transportation, plus senior executives from AT&T, HP, Intel, ImmixGroup, FedScoop, and of course Brocade.

Data Center 205

Data Center CTO HP Network 205

Data Center Knowledge

JUNE 11, 2015

Since Hadoop 1.0.0. was released in December 2011, it has grown as a strong resource for storing and processing extremely large amounts in data. Now, Hadoop is becoming a cornerstone of IT environments and rapidly moving to full production. With more and more high-value data being stored and.

Data 168

Data Resources 168

Future of CIO

JUNE 9, 2015

Intellectuals are intelligent, knowledgeable, articulate, and curious. An intellectual today is defined by learning agility and growth mindset. Intellectual as an ADJECTIVE is about “possessing or showing intellect or mental capacity, especially to a high degree: or characterized by or suggesting a predominance of intellect.” Intellectual as a NOUN describes “a person who places a high value on or pursues things of interest to the intellect or the more complex forms and fields of knowledge, as a

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Education Agile System Business Intelligence 56

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.