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Big Data: The Hadoop Business Case

CTOvision

It is my contention that when the total cost of using all your data exceeds what you are able to spend using purpose-built technologies, it is time to consider using a general purpose solution like Hadoop for process offloading. What is Big Data? However, this may not be the best fit for your use case(s) in terms of appropriateness or cost.

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Just Pinched Myself ! Part of a "GovCloud Dream Team" !!

Cloud Musings

With Microsoft, he served as the Executive Director of Global Government. Mr. Williamson led the development of Microsoft’s first ever global government strategy. He is the founder of Martingale Consulting, in Potomac, Md. In 2011, he was named one of the Top 50 Government CIOs by Information Week. Donald H.

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- Thanks & Turkeys 2010

Chief Seattle Greek Blog

This week Chief Technology Officer Bill Schrier has a LOT for which to be thankful. While some members of the public think government employees are 8 to 5 clock-watching bureaucrats, that’s decidedly NOT true of most employees, especially our technology workers. But I also have a few turkeys to carve.

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Announcing Enterprise 2.0 Executive Forum: Sydney, 19 February 2008 - Trends in the Living Networks

Trends in the Living Networks

implementation is governance, both in a traditional IT governance sense, and also in gaining comfort with the role of new tools in organizational work and activity. more ] Six ways technology is transforming small business (1) Greytip Online wrote:When we talk about productivity and.[ Identifying success factors. Enterprise 2.0

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- A Peek at the National Broadband Plan

Chief Seattle Greek Blog

As a CTO, I’m so immersed in technology that I’m not sure “broadband” means anything to the average American (if an “average” American exists). A significant fraction of people know about broadband and what it means. But many citizens’ cell phones have the capability to do text messages, take photos and video.