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CIO’s Need To Know How To Attract The Best IT Talent

The Accidental Successful CIO

'CIOs need to know how to attract (and keep) the best IT talent Image Credit. Who is responsible for making sure that your IT department has enough IT workers do everything that is expected of it? Lots of CIOs would like to think that given the importance of information technology, this task is something that the Human Resources (HR) department needs to take care of.

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We are on track for 518% global economic growth this half-century

Trends in the Living Networks

'Yesterday I gave an executive briefing to a senior team tasked with generating major new revenue opportunities for their organization. My presentation delved into the drivers of change in economic structure, individual and societal behaviours, the shape of cities, the role of government, and the implications for the elderly of demographic change. However to kick off I wanted to put the group into a bigger mental frame than they would usually think in, so I ran through the following chart: This

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Learning NVP, Part 1: High-Level Architecture

Scott Lowe

'This blog post kicks off a new series of posts describing my journey to become more knowledgeable about the Nicira Network Virtualization Platform (NVP). NVP is, in my opinion, an awesome platform, but there hasn’t been a great deal of information shared about the product, how it works, how you configure it, etc. That’s something I’m going to try to address in this series of posts.

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Cloud Musings by Kevin L. Jackson: Join Me at the Gartner IT.

Cloud Musings

'Cloud Musings by Kevin L. Jackson. Personal comments and insight on cloud computing related technologies and their use in the public sector to support net-centric operations. Pages. Home. Cloud Musings on Forbes. NJVC Cloud Computing. GovCloud Daily. GovCloud Presentations. GovCloud on Facebook. Get "Cloud Musings" by RSS. Posts. Atom. Posts. Comments.

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Peak Performance: Continuous Testing & Evaluation of LLM-Based Applications

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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Amazon Redshift and Designing for Security - All Things Distributed

All Things Distributed

'All Things Distributed. Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. Amazon Redshift and Designing for Security. By Werner Vogels on 22 May 2013 08:30 AM. | Permalink. | Comments (). Itâ??s been a few months since I last wrote about Amazon Redshift and I thought Iâ??d update you on some of the things we are hearing from customers.

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Future Creative Drinks in Sydney on 31 May – hope to see you there!

Trends in the Living Networks

'A good while ago now I used to run Party Alert Network, a series of events, drinks, and parties that were open to all. In the spirit of bringing together interesting people I am organizing a drinks on 31 May in Sydney, with the theme of Future Creative, since I expect pretty much all of the people there to match that description. Friday 31 May, 6-9pm.

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MacBook Pro with Retina Display for Virtualization Lab pt 2

Virtualized Greek

'A while back ago I considered purchasing a 15″ Macbook Pro w/ Retna Dispay for a virtualization lab. I came to the conclusion that there were two things limiting me from pulling the trigger. The first was lack of memory options and configurations and thus the cost needed to get a decent lab. Back when I wrote the article it would have taken $3,700 to buy a MBP with enough RAM to develop reasonably complex virtualization labs.

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Fountainhead: What Clouds Will Form Around Data's Gravity?

Fountainhead

'skip to main | skip to sidebar. Fountainhead. Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Monday, May 20, 2013. What Clouds Will Form Around Datas Gravity? The concept of Data Gravity posits that as data accumulates (whether it be stored, analyzed, used) it tends to attract even more similar data. And as the data amasses there is less likelihood that it will be moved/migrated elsewhere.

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Nutanix and Veeam Help Firms Avoid Disaster

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Ownership Issues - A Screw's Loose

A Screw's Loose

'Home. About. Standard Disclaimer. A Screw's Loose. Ownership Issues. by Brian Katz on May 23, 2013 · 5 comments. The lead on just about every story these days has something to do with BYOD (Bring Your Own Device). It’s either a story about how many companies allow you to bring your own device, how CIOs are struggling with BYOD, or the fact that within 3 years most companies will require you to BYOD.

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7 Pitfalls for Apache Cassandra in Production

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.

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Configuring the Network Editor in VMware Fusion 5.0

Virtualized Greek

'I took me a while to figure out where the settings for the Network Editor in VMware Fusion 5.0 Professional. Found it so, I thought I’d share a quick video on locating and configuring it.

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Tech Talks Episode 14

Virtualized Greek

'In the 14th edition of Tech Talks we discuss VMware’s new hybrid cloud.

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Nutanix and Veeam Help Firms Avoid Disaster

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Nutanix and Veeam Help Firms Avoid Disaster

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20 Common Mistakes Made by Inexperienced Project Managers

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.

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Business is a Sport, You Need a Team - A Screw's Loose

A Screw's Loose

'Home. About. Standard Disclaimer. A Screw's Loose. Business is a Sport, You Need a Team. by Brian Katz on May 20, 2013 · 1 comment. Last weekend I had the good fortune to watch the FA Cup final on television. It’s the oldest football tournament in the world and consists of teams from the English Premier League down to 5 leagues below which can include some amateur teams.

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