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Cyber Strategy and the Dunning-Kruger Effect: Could some policymakers be too unskilled to recognize their ineptitude?

CTOvision

'By Bob Gourley. The Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias manifesting in unskilled individuals suffering from illusory superiority , mistakenly rating their ability much higher than is accurate. This bias is attributed to a metacognitive inability of the unskilled to recognize their ineptitude (from Wikipedia ). . The phenomenon was first tested in a series of experiments published in 1999 by David Dunning and Justin Kruger of the Department of Psychology, Cornell University.

Strategy 409
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Data Center Fire Leads to Outage for Samsung Devices

Data Center Knowledge

'A major fire at a Samsung data center in Gwacheon, South Korea Sunday morning caused a data outage for users Samsung devices, including smart TVs, phones and tablets. Read More.

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7 Common mistakes in Go and when to avoid them

SPF13

'Not a generic list of programming mistakes, these are the lessons I wish I learned earlier while developing Go. I’ve spent the past two years developing some of the most popular libraries and applications written in Go. I’ve also made a lot of mistakes along the way. Recognizing that “The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.

Examples 260
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The Role of the CEO – Driving Corporate Culture

Eric D. Brown

'I’m sure there are many definitions of a CEO out there. Plenty of people will say the CEO should be a leader, manager, communicator and facilitator. Other’s might say that the CEO is the person most focused on strategy and the ‘future’ of the business. Investopedia defines the CEO as: The highest ranking executive in a company whose main responsibilities include developing and implementing high-level strategies, making major corporate decisions, managing the overall ope

Agile 253
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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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ITIL in 7 MInutes!

Cloud Musings

'What is ITIL & how can it benefit your organization? Learn the answers to these questions plus gain an understanding of the ITIL Service Lifecycle in this video. Download a free white paper & learn more about ITIL training at [link] ( This content is being syndicated through multiple channels. The opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not represent the views of GovCloud Network, GovCloud Network Partners or any other corporation or organization.) ?

Training 183
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Expanding the Cloud – Introducing the AWS EU (Frankfurt) Region

All Things Distributed

'Today, Amazon Web Services is expanding its worldwide coverage with the launch of a new AWS region in Frankfurt, Germany. This is our 11th infrastructure region and was built to support the strong demand we are seeing in Europe and to give our customers the option to run infrastructure located in Germany. The new Frankfurt region provides low millisecond latencies to major cities in continental Europe and is also run with carbon neutral power.

SAP 160

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Symantec Finally Agrees With Everyone Else In The Security Community: Says Antivirus Software Is Dead

CTOvision

'As a technologist I have long respected Symantec and their many capabilities (they do far more than antivirus, see the list here). But the hottest firms in cyber security, those growing because they make real, measurable, virtuous differences in enterprise security, are growing because they realized that Symantec''s core antivirus features just are not sufficient.

Symantec 382
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The Visual Microphone: Passive Recovery of Sound from Video

CTOvision

'By Bob Gourley. This post deals with exciting science that is fun to watch. But it is also a topic which will have significant implications for security professionals and perhaps also for law enforcement and other mission domains. The video at this link and embedded below shows research and results of ways to extract audible sound from a distance from a variety of passive methods.

Video 381
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Lessons Learned: IT Infrastructure and Network Security

Data Center Knowledge

'Major data breaches make it clear that data security is a serious problem, writes Patrick Quirk of Emerson Network Power. But despite the rash of breaches, there remains an industry-wide naïveté when it comes to these types of security concerns. Read More.

Network 279
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Shutterfly Deploys 1,000 Cabinets at Switch SUPERNAP

Data Center Knowledge

'In one of the largest colocation deals ever, photo editing and sharing service Shutterfly Inc. is deploying 1,000 cabinets at the SUPERNAP data center campus in Las Vegas. Read More.

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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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Microsoft Opens Zero-Carbon Methane-Powered Data Center In Wyoming

Data Center Knowledge

'The well-known project converts waste to energy and uses fuel cells. A "cable-cutting" ceremony was held to celebrate the data center independent of the power grid. Read More.

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Fire at Bitcoin Mine Destroys Equipment

Data Center Knowledge

'A fire in a warehouse-style facility in Thailand has destroyed hundreds of bitcoin mining rigs, whose value may run into the millions of dollars, according to accounts on foreign press and social networks. Read More.

Social 279
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The Home Data Center: Man Cave for the Internet Age

Data Center Knowledge

'In the ultimate manifestation of the "server hugger" who wants to be close to their equipment, hobbyists and IT professionals have set up data centers in their home, creating server rooms in garages, basements and home offices. Read More.

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SuperNAP 8 Earns Tier IV Gold Status for Operations

Data Center Knowledge

'Switch''s SuperNAP 8 data center has now earned Tier IV Gold certification for Operational Sustainability from the Uptime Institute, recognizing its best practices as well as facility design. Read More.

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Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI

“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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BREAKING: Amazon Planning $1.1bn Data Center Project In Central Ohio

Data Center Knowledge

'Columbus Business First has uncovered a massive Amazon project in Central Ohio. Amazon''s hosting subsidiary Vadata has filed for a tax credit in Central Ohio for a project estimated at $1.1 billion. Read More.

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Future Data Center Trends

Data Center Knowledge

'The data center of the future is the one you don’t own, according to Hector Diaz who will moderate a panel discussion on The Future of the Data Center at Orlando Data Center World. Read More.

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Ten of the Strangest Data Center Outages

Data Center Knowledge

'Data center designers have generally gotten reliability right. except for that rare occasion when a truck runs into a power transformer or a ship drops an anchor onto a submarine cable. Read More.

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Software-Defined Data Centers: What Lies Ahead?

Data Center Knowledge

'The “software-defined” term, applied as a modifier to data center, networks or storage, is growing in popularity. Software-defined solutions, like virtualization did before them, can allow for a great deal of flexibility and efficiency of shared resources.

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Entity Resolution Checklist: What to Consider When Evaluating Options

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.

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Artificial Intelligence: A New Frontier in Data Center Innovation

Data Center Knowledge

'Google isn''t the first company to use artificial intelligence to fine-tune its server infrastructure. Its work is the latest in a series of initiatives to create an electronic "data center brain" that can analyze IT infrastructure. Read More.

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Google Using Machine Learning to Boost Data Center Efficiency

Data Center Knowledge

'Google is using machine learning and artificial intelligence to wring even more efficiency out of its mighty data centers. The humans remain in charge, but Google expects to reach new frontiers in efficiency in its server farms. Read More.

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Facebook Testing Broadcom’s Open Compute Switches in Production

Data Center Knowledge

'The company can now run its own network operating system and use its own SDN controller on Open Compute switches by the likes of Broadcom, Mellanox or Big Switch to optimize data delivery. Read More.

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Data Center Commissioning: What’s the Best Approach?

Data Center Knowledge

'Data center commissioning is important to ensure a mission critical facility can support its workload as anticipated. Chris Crosby, founder and CEO of Compass Datacenters, will present on "Understanding Data Center Commissioning" at the Orlando Data Center World in October. Read More.

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Strategic CX: A Deep Dive into Voice of the Customer Insights for Clarity

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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The SUPERNAP Goes Global, as Switch Adds International Partners

Data Center Knowledge

'Colocation provider Switch has formed a joint venture to launch an international expansion, teaming with Accelero Capital Holdings and Orascom TMT Investments (OTMTI) to build SUPERNAP data centers around the world.

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Microsoft to Build New $1.1 Billion Data Center in Iowa

Data Center Knowledge

'Microsoft is building even bigger in Iowa. The company today unveiled plans to invest a whopping $1.1 billion in a new data center campus in West Des Moines, where it already operates a large server farm. Read More.

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Bitcoin Miners Building 10 Megawatt Data Center in Sweden

Data Center Knowledge

'KnC Miner is building Bitcoin''s version of the Death Star - a 10 megawatt data center filled with high-powered computers mining for cryptocurrency. The new facility is in Boden, Sweden, just 10 miles down the road from a Facebook data center.

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Inside SuperNAP 8: Switch’s Tier IV Data Fortress

Data Center Knowledge

'SuperNAP 8 in Las Vegas has just become the first multi-tenant data center to earn Tier IV Constructed Facility certification, the highest rating possible under The Uptime Institute''s ratings for mission-critical reliability. Here''s an inside look at SuperNAP 8 and its design innovations.

Data 279
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The Big Payoff of Application Analytics

Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business. That’s what drove the five companies in this e-book to change their approach to analytics. Download this e-book to learn about the unique problems each company faced and how they achieved huge returns beyond expectation by embedding analytics into applications.

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Microsoft Joins Open Compute Project, Shares its Server Designs

Data Center Knowledge

'In a dramatic move that illustrates how cloud computing has altered the data center landscape, Microsoft is opening up the server and rack designs that power its vast online platforms and sharing them with the world.

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Speaker on Cooling Trends: Innovative Economization Increases ROI

Data Center Knowledge

'Cooling is changing in the data center, and the latest technological advances, while not implemented universally yet, are making headway in specific instances in the data center space. Scot Heath, an engineer with CLEAResult, was asked about the present and future state of cooling in the data.

Trends 278
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As Bitcoin Infrastructure Booms, Mining Heads to the Data Center

Data Center Knowledge

'After getting started in garages and server closets, bitcoin mining is moving into data centers and the cloud. Some traditional data center providers will benefit, but this transition also has the potential to enrich a new generation of entrepreneurs emerging from within the bitcoin community.

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The Dynamic Data Center: 3 Trends Driving Change in 2015

Data Center Knowledge

'As data center change continues at a rapid pace, important trends are rising to the fore that will help shape the industry in 2015 and beyond, writes Kevin Leahy of Dimension Data. Read More.

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Rethinking Direct Materials Sourcing: The Tools You Need To Manage Costs, Risks and Sustainability

Direct materials sourcing is evolving, with procurement now tasked not only with cost efficiency but managing sustainability and risk management. The environment is marked by heightened demand and expectations, compounded by challenges such as rising input prices, supply chain disruptions and geopolitical tensions. While some embrace cutting-edge tools like AI and blockchain for global trade functions, others lag in technology adoption.