CTOvision
MAY 5, 2014
'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.
Data Center Knowledge
MAY 28, 2014
'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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Social, Agile and Transformation
MAY 13, 2014
'This is my 200th post! I reserved this post to highlight why I named the blog Social, Agile, and Transformation. I renamed it a few years ago when I was thinking about my career and accomplishments in startups as a CTO and now as a CIO for the last seven years. At the time, I was also reflecting on something a key adviser said to me, "Isaac, you''re not a CIO".
Eric D. Brown
MAY 19, 2014
'According to the 2014 IDG Enterprise Big Data survey , most large organizations today (almost 49% of survey respondents) claim to be well along the implementation path for big data initiatives and projects. Additionally, those large organizations are well ahead of their small and medium business (SMB) counterparts. There are a number of reasons for the lag between large organizations and SMB.
Speaker: Maher Hanafi, VP of Engineering at Betterworks & Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage
Executive leaders and board members are pushing their teams to adopt Generative AI to gain a competitive edge, save money, and otherwise take advantage of the promise of this new era of artificial intelligence. There's no question that it is challenging to figure out where to focus and how to advance when it’s a new field that is evolving everyday. 💡 This new webinar featuring Maher Hanafi, CTO of Betterworks, will explore a practical framework to transform Generative AI prototypes into
SPF13
MAY 1, 2014
'Viper is a complete configuration solution. Designed to work within an application to handle file based configuration and seamlessly marry that with command line flags which can also be used to control application behavior. Why Viper? When building a modern application you don’t want to have to worry about configuration file formats, you want to focus on building awesome software.
Cloud Musings
MAY 14, 2014
'Private Digital Network Services (PDNS) and partners will provide its national, Private Digital Network (PDN) core and a suite of highly sought after services to the Interoperability Clearinghouse Agile Cloud effort. Its partners include Gannett Company Inc., Global Interactive Solutions , ICON Voice , and others. Gannett designed and implemented the PDN to support its national base of 300+ business units, which include well known digital properties such as CareerBuilder.com and Cars.com , and
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Data Center Knowledge
MAY 20, 2014
'Deciding where to house corporate data requires an understanding of the relevant laws across countries, as well as a thorough risk analysis, writes John Landry of Intralinks. Read More.
Social, Agile and Transformation
MAY 19, 2014
'Charting the Big Data Journey Last week I participated in an Executive Boardroom with other CIOs discussing their challenges formulating, partnering and executing their Big Data and next-generation analytic strategies. There were some common themes challenging the CIOs - so if you''re a CIO then you''re not alone. Big Data can be transformational if you focus on the right questions, develop the.
Eric D. Brown
MAY 29, 2014
'I just finished reading a report from SMB Group titled “ Vendor Strategies to Bring Game-Changing Technology Trends to SMBs ”. The report is a pay-per-access report but I received a copy from IBM to review and I’m happy I got to see it. The report describes research performed by SMB Group into how small and medium businesses (SMB) are viewing and using technology in their business.
Virtualized Greek
MAY 5, 2014
'Convergence is aiming to change the data center with the promise of simplifying overall IT operations. We’ve seen tightly engineered solutions from VMware, Cisco and EMC in the form of vBlocks from VCE.
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Cloud Musings
MAY 20, 2014
'The Agile Cloud consortium''s second event will occur on May 21, 2014 at TIA Headquarters in Arlington, VA. This event will focus on development of the Agile Cloud Environment Service Catalog and will feature prospective government user presentations. Current agenda is as follows: 12:30p - 1:00p Registration 1:00p - 1:15p Welcome / Planned Way Forward - MGen John Brennan, USAF (Ret.) 1:15p - 1:30p Session 1 Outbrief / Service Catalog Candidate Services 1:30p - 2:00p CAPT Christopher Page, USN,
CTOvision
MAY 19, 2014
'By Bob Gourley. If you are a professional in technology, government and/or business you have no doubt already been exposed to the very interesting Marc Andreessen. Odds are many of our readers are already tracking his thoughts closely via his blog, his media interactions captured on YouTube and his very dynamic and thought engaging Twitter Feed where you can now track the dynamics […].
Data Center Knowledge
MAY 29, 2014
'Vendor attempts to capture share of rapidly growing cloud market, but recent revelations of NSA''s alleged tampering with exported IT gear give foreign manufacturing a whole new meaning. Read More.
Storage IO Blog
MAY 31, 2014
'Is there an information recession where you are creating, processing, moving or saving less data? Are you using less data storage than in the past either locally online, offline or remote including via clouds? IMHO there is no such thing as a data or information recession, granted storage is being used more effectively by some, while economic pressures or competition enables your budgets to be stretched further.
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The Accidental Successful CIO
MAY 21, 2014
'With more data comes more problems for CIOs… Image Credit. If you pick up just about any IT magazine these days, you’ll see that everyone seems to have decided that we are now living in the age of “big data” No data set is too large to be processed by your IT department. The rest of the company now understands the importance of information technology and they believe that all you have to do is drop the data in and magically actionable information should pop out that the entire
Virtualized Greek
MAY 30, 2014
'Software Defined Networking is a meaty topic and a good follow-up to last week’s conversation on Software Defined Storage. There’s a lot at stake from both the software and hardware vendors in this space.
Cloud Musings
MAY 29, 2014
'Congratulations to my friends at "On The FrontLines Magazine" for an EXCELLENT presentation of important operational and managerial cloud computing transition lessons. This issues showcases cloud computing leaders from government and the private sector that share their views on this critical topic. A few of the educational gems enclosed in this 20 PAGE ISSUE: Matt Goodrich, FedRAMP Program Manager, GSA - “The first one is security is largely not a technical issue.
CTOvision
MAY 23, 2014
'By Bob Gourley. We previously wrote about the Pentaho Big Data Blueprints series, which include design packages of use to enterprise architects and other technologists seeking operational concepts and repeatable designs. With this post we provide more information from the blueprint on Optimizing the Data Warehouse: Optimizing your data warehouse can reduce strain on your existing systems and reduce overall project cost by offloading less frequently used data and corresponding transformation wor
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Data Center Knowledge
MAY 16, 2014
'Power outage at Google-owned 111 8th Avenue in New York City followed by problems with UPS system supporting Internap''s data center wreaks havoc for clients Read More.
A CIO's Voice
MAY 1, 2014
'Big Data is the latest tech jargon to cause grief in the industry. As CIOs we are often charged with explaining it and implementing it. Far too often Big Data is baffling and often misused in business. Gili Keshet-Aspitz has over 2 0 years of experience providing counsel to various startups and high tech leaders in marketing, strategic planning and management.
The Accidental Successful CIO
MAY 7, 2014
'The British NHS IT project is going to end costing a lot and delivering very little Image Credit. It seems like a classic IT problem. You’ve got a lot of separate medical facilities all trying to provide medical services to people who live in the same country. What’s even better is that everyone is taking part in a nationally provided health care program.
Virtualized Greek
MAY 6, 2014
'For the “Big 40″ I discuss why abstraction is important not just for server virtualization but why it’s important for network and storage.
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All Things Distributed
MAY 15, 2014
'This is an extended version of an article that appeared in the Guardian today. We are rapidly entering into an era where massive computing power, digital storage and global network connections can be deployed by anyone as quickly and easily as turning on the lights. This is the promise – and the reality – of cloud computing which is driving tremendous change in the technology industry and transforming how we do business in Europe and around the world.
CTOvision
MAY 28, 2014
'By Eugene Borukhovich. Verner Vinge, in his 1986 sci-fi novel, Marooned in Realtime , explored his ideas about exponentially accelerating technology. The novel was set in, “a world of rapidly accelerating progress leading to the emergence of more and more sophisticated technologies separated by shorter and shorter time intervals, until a point beyond human comprehension is reached.” Certainly, his vision in 1986 is almost a reality today, but with the hope that we will never reach b
Data Center Knowledge
MAY 22, 2014
'The three key elements of automation, control and integration required to successfully migrate your data, mission critical or otherwise, to the cloud can result in one significant overall benefit--business agility, writes Kevin Leahy of Dimension Data. This post gives an overview of these important.
CTOvision
MAY 26, 2014
'By Bob Gourley. This is the second installment in our series flowing from recent dialog with Marc Andreessen. The first post reviewed some likely scenarios of the tech enabled environment of 2030 and some foundational considerations regarding converged cyber-physical systems all citizens will have access to (see the first post here ). In this post we provide some of Marc’s views around the nature of government services in the near future.
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CTOvision
MAY 30, 2014
'By Bob Gourley. DigitalGlobe is widely known as a leading provider of commercial high resolution imagery from space. Its constellation of 5 satellites has generated a 60PB archive of imagery that is approaching 5B square kilometers and is in a position to precisely document global change to meet the needs of defense, energy, agriculture, and NGO customers.
CTOvision
MAY 28, 2014
'By Bob Gourley. An Essential Starter Kit for Any CIO Considering the Internet of Things or Software Companies Needing a Jumpstart. Reston, VA, May 27, 2014 – Software AG (Frankfurt TecDAX: SOW) today unveiled its Internet of Things (IoT) Solution Accelerator, a tightly-bundled set of smart tools that help business leaders gain actionable insights from different, disparate data sources in real-time enabling them to make better business decisions.
CTOvision
MAY 25, 2014
'By Bob Gourley. If you are an active duty military technologist or are in transition out of the military and could benefit from in depth research into enterprise technology we would like to sponsor you for free access to our CTOvision Pro research and analysis service. CTOvision Pro provides access to more in-depth analysis and reporting. Subscribers receive a bi-weekly newsletter with up to date context and analysis that can help you apply emerging technologies to your mission needs.
CTOvision
MAY 6, 2014
'Catelas is a solution on the market today that maps out large communications networks. The software''s unique value is its ability to automatically identify the people that matter in any dataset – a specific case (collected data) or across the entire company (log files or email meta-data). Catelas is used for Legal (Early Case Intelligence & Identification), Compliance (Supervision in Financial Services and 3rd party Compliance & Risk Oversigh.
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