CTOvision

OCTOBER 19, 2015

Ladies and Gentlemen, FedCyber Conference co-chair Matt Devost and myself are pleased to announce the newly updated agenda for the 10 Nov 2015 FedCyber Summit and Threat Expo. The agenda has turned out to be one of the most incredible events we have pulled together. It includes a talk by the only member of Congress who has been a cyber analyst (Will Hurd), sessions on China and Russia by one of the US Army's greatest strategic thinkers on cyber (Tim Thomas), a panel of senior government official

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Eric D. Brown

OCTOBER 22, 2015

When you read about big data and/or data analytics projects and systems, it is rare that you also read bout communicating the outcome of those projects. Without the ability to communicate the results of any analysis to the broader business, most big data / analytics projects are doomed to mediocrity…or even failure. The quantitative mind is a great one.

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Data Center Knowledge

OCTOBER 20, 2015

PUE remains the top data center metric, but server utilization is gaining ground, according to an Uptime Institute survey. Read More.

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Social, Agile and Transformation

OCTOBER 19, 2015

My first step in looking at an existing business through a digital lens is to ask two questions about how a startup might disrupt it by creating a competing digital business. A startup does not have sunk investments, legacy thinking, and existing practices that need to transform so if you can "blue sky" what would a startup do you should get some insights on what you need to become through a.

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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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CTOvision

OCTOBER 18, 2015

Join us for an interesting breakfast discussion examining how to gain real-time insight into huge volumes of data. We will discuss proven methods for analyzing, large real time data sources like network logs for intrusion detection, correlating social media data to identify insider threats, and sifting through activity data. We will show how to do that to detect fraud and better serve the mission.

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The Accidental Successful CIO

OCTOBER 21, 2015

Just exactly how well do the CIO and CMO get along? Image Credit: Melissa. Making a company be successful is tough work. For this to happen, it’s going to take a great deal of work on everyone’s part and, tougher yet, everyone is going to have to find ways to work together. As a CIO this means that you are going to find yourself having to work with the company’s Chief Marketing Officer (CMO).

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Cloud Musings

OCTOBER 23, 2015

One cloud does not fit all organizations. That’s true whether it is a public or private cloud. A hybrid cloud option allows your business to create a custom solution that fits your organizational needs. However, there are always questions with new solutions. We reached out to industry thought leaders to answer some of the marketplace’s most pressing questions on hybrid cloud.

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CTOvision

OCTOBER 21, 2015

An upgrade for The CTOvision Mobile Application is available for iPhone , iPad and Android users. The app began as a way to serve our readers with content from CTOvision and that remains a key capability. But we now include feeds from all other major tech blogs, letting you use our mobile app to track all the technology news, analysis and context you need.

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The Accidental Successful CIO

OCTOBER 17, 2015

Grow Your CIO Career. Just becoming your company’s CIO is not enough. Once you reach this lofty point, you are going to have to take on the responsibility of growing your career so that it can truly become the challenging opportunity that you’ve been seeking. The good news is that this can be done. The bad news is that it’s never easy.

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Data Center Knowledge

OCTOBER 21, 2015

Enterprises often place higher expectations on the security practices of their MSPs than they enforce for their internal IT teams. To maintain security, be educated about the risks you’re most likely to face, test your strategies, and show your clients you can fully protect their data. Read More.

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Mick's IT Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2015

Recently, we had a software deployment that required.Net Framework 4.5.2. I deployed the.Net update via SCCM 2012 Software Updates. Within a day, it showed most all systems were now compliant. We were ready to begin testing the deployment of the application upgrade. My colleague came back to me the next day and said the app would not install because 4.5.2 was missing.

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CTOvision

OCTOBER 19, 2015

The following are some of the hot topics in the federal technology ecosystem (from FedTechTicker.com and TopTechTicker.com ): Fed Tech Ticker. HII SN3’s Frazer Lockhart Named to DOE’s Environmental Mgmt Advisory Board. AP Exclusive: Under Clinton, State's cybersecurity suffered - Centre Daily Times. Spotlight: BioTrackTHC a tech leader in legal marijuana industry - Miami Herald.

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ComputerWorld Consumerization IT

OCTOBER 20, 2015

Tim Cook, top Apple chef, talks turkey: At the WSJD conflab, Cook was interviewed by Gerry Baker, who grilled him about many and various savory topics. F'rinstance: Watch sales figures (or lack of them), Music momentum, televisual hobbies (and Apple TV 4 release date), iPhone déjà vu, fractious carrier relationships, Car talk, the demands of the NSA and GCHQ, and Apple's corporate activism.

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Data Center Knowledge

OCTOBER 22, 2015

With annual data center traffic expected to reach a total of 6.6 zettabytes by 2016, DCIM has become a “must-have” component to any well-run data center. Read More.

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Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 21, 2015

In this post I’ll share a few commands I found for adding a network interface to an OpenStack instance after launching the instance. You could, of course, simply launch the instance with multiple network interfaces from the very beginning, but these commands are handy in case you messed up or in case the requirements for the instance changed after it was launched.

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CTOvision

OCTOBER 22, 2015

Cloud – Get on Board or be left Behind. By: Brandee Daly, Founder C2S Consulting Group. Trigg Borgerson, CTO. Cloud is not just for your IT Department. If you look at IT leaders 10 years ago you will see companies like IBM, Oracle, HP, and Motorola leading the Fortune 500. Today’s IT leaders are companies that are able to move quickly, fail fast, and leverage the cost savings and innovation the cloud offers.

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ComputerWorld Consumerization IT

OCTOBER 19, 2015

During the week of October 5th I had an opportunity to attend the AWS re:Invent 2015 conference in Las Vegas , of all places. As someone who has built an entire career on putting together custom application server software, I should be the last one to get excited about server-less applications. Just like Salesforce’s “no software,” Amazon’s “server-less software” mantra is about a world where application development is not limited by IT, software to install and servers to manage.

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Data Center Knowledge

OCTOBER 23, 2015

It takes a thief to catch a thief: Microsoft owns 10 of the world's largest botnets 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.

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 21, 2015

This is something I’ve had the pleasure of organizing at VMworld over the last couple of years, and I’d like to start doing it at the OpenStack Summits as well. So, next week in Tokyo, I’d like to offer Christians attending the Summit the opportunity to gather together for a brief time of prayer before the day’s activities get started. If you’re interested in attending, here are the details.

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CTOvision

OCTOBER 21, 2015

Founder and Chief Security Strategist at eSentire Eldon Sprickerhoff recently penned a blog post titled " The Perfect Storm: Understanding the Implications of the Regulatory Governance Spotlight." In this piece he underscored the compliance regime around registered investment advisors (RIA), a key descriptor used by the Security and Exchange Commission and other regulatory bodies to refer to those that give advice about securities.

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Future of CIO

OCTOBER 23, 2015

Understand the culture and its flexibility first. Change is an ongoing capability for today’s organization. But what’s the best way to manage changes? Is change always driven from top-down? Can employees ignite a "case for change" and help sow the seeds for transformation especially If there is a lack of transformational leadership at the top? Diagnose the change dilemma via asking a set of questions : What level of transformation are we seeking here?

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Data Center Knowledge

OCTOBER 19, 2015

A strong network infrastructure is vital to positioning data centers for the IoT and global machine-to-machine communications. 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.

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Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 20, 2015

Regular readers of this site know that my wife, Crystal, organizes spouse activities (aka “Spousetivities”, like the combination of “spouse” and “activities”) at conferences. This year she’s adding activities in Tokyo, Japan, in conjunction with the Fall OpenStack Summit! Here’s a quick look at what is planned: Tokyo city tour w/ tea ceremony (very cool!).

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CTOvision

OCTOBER 21, 2015

Over the past few years, there has been an explosion in the volume of data. To tackle this big data explosion, there has been a rise in the number of successful Hadoop projects in enterprises. Due to the large volumes of data, the emergence of Hadoop technology, and the need to store all soloed data in one place, has prompted a phenomenon among enterprises called: Data Lake.

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Future of CIO

OCTOBER 21, 2015

Start with the capability that is most critical (customer impacting) with the largest potential impact on the success of your firm. Organizations large or small are on the journey of digital transformation. Audacious goals are absolutely important, but "boil the ocean" approaches seldom deliver expected results. So where do you start? And what’s the logical scenario to manage digital transformation seamlessly?

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Data Center Knowledge

OCTOBER 23, 2015

Cloud, and especially public cloud, is becoming a heavyweights-only sport Read More.

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Eric D. Brown

OCTOBER 23, 2015

I captured this Bald Eagle perched on a tree across the creek from our rental near Glacier National Park. Captured with Canon 7D Mark II and Sigma 150-600 S 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 purchasing a copy for your wall and/or visiting Amazon (affiliate link) to purchase new or used photographic gear.

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CTOvision

OCTOBER 23, 2015

FireMon is surveying security pros across the country about their biggest challenges with firewall policy management. Join FireMon in a city near you as their experts reveal the top answers and share firewall management best practices for tackling them head on! You’ll also get an introduction to FireMon’s security management platform and see firsthand how it’s helping organizations across the globe gain visibility into their security infrastructure in order to: Reduce firewall complexity.

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Future of CIO

OCTOBER 22, 2015

With proactive support and full engagement of top leaders, Change Management can become an enjoyable voyage to discover the new landscape of business. Change is a volatile subject, just like change itself. Everything changes continuously by following the laws of evolution, and the rate of change is accelerated. Corporate change can be a simple modification of strategy, a business process improvement or a more radical digital transformation.

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Data Center Knowledge

OCTOBER 22, 2015

Hydro66 brings online Boden data center with bitcoin mining firm as anchor tenant Read More.

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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.