CTOvision
JULY 2, 2014
'By Shannon Perry. In a unanimous ruling June 25 th , the Supreme Court decided that cell phone searches cannot take place without a search warrant. “The police generally may not, without a warrant, search digital information on a cell phone seized from an individual who has been arrested ,” the opinion summarized. And the implications of this conclusion extend far beyond cell phone searches.
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 3, 2014
'Second-generation Hadoop and the ecosystem grown around it are much bigger than MapReduce, which has become just another way to do Big Data analytics Read More.
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SPF13
JUNE 30, 2014
'Some languages including C, C++ support pointers. Other languages including C++, Java, Python, Ruby, Perl and PHP all support references. On the surface both references and pointers are very similar, both are used to have one variable provide access to another. With both providing a lot of the same capabilities, it’s often unclear what is different between these different mechanisms.
Social, Agile and Transformation
JUNE 28, 2014
'How important is data quality to your Big Data strategy? I suspect that once you have business leaders asking good data driven questions and have the beginnings of big data tools implemented, data quality and governance will become a bigger business priority. Microsoft has the most successful Big Data tool - it''s called Excel. Most business users will jump into Excel first to do any kind of.
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 4, 2014
'By Shannon Perry. We have written about the possibilities of manipulating “feeds” in the past. A recent political opinion study conducted by the American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology found that altering individual news feeds has the potential to influence political opinions vis-à-vis election candidates – and could ultimately influence the outcomes of elections themselves.
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 2, 2014
'Using submerged cooling system by Green Revolution Cooling, the supercomputer is 20 percent more efficient than Kambridge''s Wilkes, which came in second on the newest Green500 list Read More.
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Eric D. Brown
JUNE 30, 2014
'The world of big data has been growing over the last few years. Everywhere you look today you see people talking about big data and discussing how their organization is doing (or planning to do) big data. While I’m all for organizations adopting big data and rolling out big data initiatives, I tend to cringe a bit when I learn that many organizations are spending money on big data projects without taking the time to develop a strategic plan for how they will approach their projects.
CTOvision
JUNE 30, 2014
'By Bob Gourley. In the video at this link and embedded below I provide some context on new approaches to data can enhance outcomes for public sector organizations, with a focus on real world use cases.
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 2, 2014
'Startup''s server imaging technology clones server workloads between dissimilar physical, virtual, private and hybrid cloud platforms Read More.
The Accidental Successful CIO
JUNE 29, 2014
'CIOs have to learn how to defend against the bad guys Image Credit: Alyse & Remi. The person with the CIO job needs to understand that his or her company is under constant attack. Yes, some of the attacks come from hostile hackers who are always probing your company’s IT defenses trying to find a way in; however, we must not forget the impact that severe weather can have on the operations of both our IT departments and our company.
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Eric D. Brown
JULY 3, 2014
'I recently ran across a survey titled “ Big Data’s Biggest Role – Aligning the CMO & CIO ” that was put together by the CMO Council and SAS. The survey, which contained responses from 237 marketing and 211 IT executives, has some very interesting results. A few of the highlights from the survey: 85% of respondents believe the relationship between the CMO and the CIO is critical to the execution of customer focused strategies. 51% of IT executives and 40% of marketing
CTOvision
JULY 1, 2014
'By Bob Gourley. On 30 July 2014 in Reston Virginia some of the greatest minds in analytics for business outcomes and mission impact will be gathering at the Hyatt Regency Reston. This event, the Analytics 2014 Forum, is being pulled together by the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation ( USGIF ) and our team at Analyst One. We are collaborating to provide a full venue of interactive sessions designed to extract and share lessons learned.
Data Center Knowledge
JUNE 30, 2014
'The data center colocation industry has changed very little over time, writes Keao Caindec of 365 Data Centers. However, for businesses to realize the value of colocation, change has to be a priority. Read More.
Cloud Musings
JUNE 28, 2014
'This is quite an unusual post for me but I would like to congratulate GovCloud Network partner SDP Networks on their launch of the Security & Defense People website ! Security and Defense People offers a tremendous opportunity for experts and consultants, whether you are focused on building your brand or seeking work. You can target your messages and interactions to the right targeted audience, publish your content that connects with that audience, and extend engagement both on and off the
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The Accidental Successful CIO
JULY 2, 2014
'Image Credit Take A Week To Celebrate Your Independence. Loyal readers & subscribers, here’s hoping that this upcoming week is a great week for you — I’m taking it off! Blogging will resume next week…. For my readers in the U.S., you know that this week is all about family, fireworks and general celebrating. The cause for all of this celebration is the signing of the U.S. deceleration of Independence.
CTOvision
JUNE 30, 2014
'By Bob Gourley. Note: I’ve been a fan of these firms and their technology and at times an advisor to both and always saw this as strategic. Good seeing others see the potential here. - bg. From: [link]. SOFTWARE AG’S ACQUISITION OF JACKBE RECOGNIZED AS STRATEGIC M&A DEAL OF THE YEAR. JackBe Serves as Foundation for Software AG’s Intelligent Business Operations.
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 2, 2014
'As data center traffic continues to grow, data center providers need to deliver their services as adeptly as possible, writes Kate Baker of Custodian Data Centre. Read More.
SPF13
JUNE 30, 2014
Some languages including C, C++ support pointers. Other languages including C++, Java, Python, Ruby, Perl and PHP all support references. On the surface both references and pointers are very similar, both are used to have one variable provide access to another. With both providing a lot of the same capabilities, it’s often unclear what is different between these different mechanisms.
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A CIO's Voice
JULY 1, 2014
'The last few months I have been interviewing with firms for the top IT spot. it has been difficult. I have come across several organizations with an interview process that is very unprofessional. I am not sure that this happens to other C level executives or just to CIOs. I would be interested in hearing how other executives are interviewed. 1. A small non-profit educational firm that specializes in charter schools wanted a VP of technology.
CTOvision
JUNE 30, 2014
'By Shannon Perry. Regarding the current debate over the FCC’s proposed fast lanes, most consider Google a supporter of Net Neutrality. In early May, Google signed a letter to the FCC opposing fast lanes. In early June, Google supported the Reset the Net campaign , a protest against mass data collection. Google has also recently released tools to assess the quality of individuals’ Internet service providers in order to increase transparency and promote competition among ISPs.
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 1, 2014
'Rule allowing providers to pay lower carbon tax in return for energy efficiency improvements goes into effect this week Read More.
Cloud Musings
JUNE 28, 2014
'This is quite an unusual post for me but I would like to congratulate GovCloud Network partner SDP Networks on their launch of the Security & Defense People website ! Security and Defense People offers a tremendous opportunity for experts and consultants, whether you are focused on building your brand or seeking work. You can target your messages and interactions to the right targeted audience, publish your content that connects with that audience, and extend engagement both on and off the
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Virtualized Greek
JUNE 30, 2014
'If you have primarily worked in a Windows Server environment, you may be asking yourself what’s the big deal about containers? After all, we’ve seen this all play out on the desktop side for years.
CTOvision
JUNE 30, 2014
'Last week, DoD’s CYBER leaders met in Baltimore for AFCEA International’s newest event: Cyber Symposium. It was a very good mix of senior DoD and Industry. It’s great to see the government folks getting out again. The Cyber Symposium replaced the old Joint Warfighter Conference that has been held in Virginia Beach in the past. Truthfully, ever since Joint Forces Command shut down in 2011, that event has been struggling.
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 2, 2014
'Consortium formed to promote 25 GbE and 50 GbE connectivity between servers and top-of-rack switches Read More.
Storage IO Blog
JUNE 30, 2014
'Even with flash SSD vendor and technology consolidation, this is in no way an indication of the health of the market. Quite the opposite in that flash SSD has a very bright future and we are still in the relative early phase or waves and flash will be in your future. The question remains how much, when, where, with what and from whom. Needless to say there is plenty of SSD related hardware and software activity occurring in the StorageIO labs as well as StorageIO.com/SSD;).
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Virtualized Greek
JUNE 28, 2014
'I’ve spent the past 2 years working for a Big 4 Consulting firm as a management consultant. The experience has been like nothing else I’ve seen professionally. I’ve advised a Fortune 500 in their global data center strategy.
CTOvision
JULY 3, 2014
'By Shannon Perry. In the last decade, data breaches and information technologies have forced cybersecurity into the forefront of American consciousness, despite the fact that it has historically been an afterthought for many corporations, organizations, and individuals. Demand for cybersecurity professionals has increased dramatically in recent years, with government organizations planning to hire thousands of cyberprofessionals in the near future.
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 1, 2014
'Facebook-commissioned report attributes more than $500 million in economic impact to data center project Read More.
Nutanix
JULY 1, 2014
Over the last few years, Hyper-V has gained great traction with IT organizations serving numerous use cases, geographies and customer segments.
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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