CTOvision
MARCH 17, 2015
'By Matt Southmayd. Cybersecurity is one of the most high-profile topics for organizations today and one of their biggest sources of risk. Numerous recent incidents have heightened awareness of and sensitivity to this risk, and have made it even more critical that they assess their cyber readiness. Available data suggest that 84% of corporations have malware on their networks.
Data Center Knowledge
MARCH 12, 2015
'The Data Center World Global Conference and Expo will include many topical sessions, which will cover issues and new technologies that data center managers and operators face, including how big data and the Internet of Things are impacting data centers. Read More.
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SPF13
MARCH 17, 2015
'A friend of mine who is a very talented writer recently became intrigued with open source and asked me to help her to understand how to be a good open source community member. Open source is one of the most unusual things in the world. Is there any other profession where highly skilled professionals donate their free time to give their work away for free?
Eric D. Brown
MARCH 23, 2015
'I’ve been writing about agility within the data center and IT group recently. I truly believe the future of IT (and the business) requires that those of us in IT rethink how and what we deliver to our organizations. While reading a white paper titled “ Agile IT Empowers Business Success ”, I ran across an intriguing sentence: “ If the business can’t adapt, it may not survive.“ I’d actually change that to say that, in most instances, if a business can’t adapt, it will not survive.
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Social, Agile and Transformation
MARCH 8, 2015
'Many teams struggle with defining "good" Agile Stories. Newly formed agile teams sometimes struggle with the basics, "What is a story?" and can be challenged understanding the difference between a story, group of stories, epics or tasks. A mature team can easily overwhelm a Story with implementation details and acceptance criteria to the point where the value of the story to the User can get.
The Accidental Successful CIO
MARCH 25, 2015
'Sure BYOD seems like a good idea, but is there a down side? Image Credit: Jeramey Jannene. Who’s responsibility is it to make sure that a company’s employees have proper communication tools? In the past, the answer to this question was simple – these tools were complicated and expensive and because of the importance of information technology it was the company’s job to properly equip their employees so that they could stay in touch.
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Data Center Knowledge
MARCH 18, 2015
'When it comes to private versus public cloud, we are no longer living in an either/or world, writes Peter Cutts of EMC. Businesses that harness the power of both are finding significant advantages over their peers. Read More.
SPF13
MARCH 20, 2015
'In the last few years open source has transformed the software industry. From Android to Wikipedia, open source is everywhere, but how does one succeed in it? While open source projects come in all shapes and sizes and all forms of governance, no matter what kind of project you’re a part of, there are a set of fundamentals that lead to success. I’d like to share some of the lessons I’ve learned from running two of the largest commercial open source projects, Docker and MongoDB, as well as some
Eric D. Brown
MARCH 24, 2015
'I’ve said a few times that the data center of today isn’t the data center of yesterday nor is it the data center of tomorrow. In fact, in “The Data Center of Tomorrow” I wrote that the: “data center will be a combination of internal and external systems that combine to create an agile, efficient and effective technology delivery platform.”. While I believe that will be the case in the near future (if it isn’t already the case today), the data center of tomorrow has the potential to add complexi
Social, Agile and Transformation
MARCH 23, 2015
'It''s been almost two years since I last blogged about the threats and opportunities around Dark Data, so when I was asked to join Joseph Bradley in Cisco''s Future of IT podcast on Navigating Dark Data To Find Hidden Value in a Digital Era I couldn''t resist.
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The Accidental Successful CIO
MARCH 4, 2015
'In this mobile age, your business processes need to be mobile friendly Image Credit: Milica Sekulic. So just exactly what is a business process? In a nutshell, it’s how your company does business. Now this might sound rather simple to you, but it turns out that most of the business processes that our firms use to do business are complicated multi-step beasts and are increasingly dependent on the importance of information technology.
CTOvision
MARCH 9, 2015
'By Bob Gourley. Here is more on the GigaOm Shutdown: Om Malik provided the most important insight to read on his personal blog , reporting that: Gigaom is winding down and its assets are now controlled by the company’s lenders. It is not how you want the story of a company you founded to end. Every founder starts on a path — hopeful and optimistic, full of desire to build something that helps change the world for the better, reshape an industry and hopefully become independent, both metaphorica
Data Center Knowledge
MARCH 10, 2015
'The due diligence needed to acquire existing information technology assets involves a lot of factors, writes Mark Townsend of GE Critical Power. Data center power is part of that due diligence, and goes far beyond assessing the age of the backup generator or power protection and distribution.
Cloud Musings
MARCH 30, 2015
'by Melvin Greer Managing Director Greer Institute for Leadership and Innovation The adoption of Internet of Things (IoT) appears to be unquestioned. Advances in wearables and sensors are strategic to tech companies, telecoms and manufacturers across multiple domains. Everyone from millennials to boomers is incorporating IoT technologies into the daily flow of life.
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For many IT admins, business as usual is a juggling act. Job schedulers and scripts run on autopilot, applications and operating systems can’t speak the same language, and other tools—like RPA or MFT solutions—operate in isolation. On a good day, everything runs smoothly. But good days are rare; more often than not, something goes wrong and you’re stuck putting out fires.
Eric D. Brown
MARCH 3, 2015
'DataThe data center of tomorrow will look much differently than the data center of today. That particular sentence should not be that surprising to anyone who’s been in an organization that has internal data centers. Most organizations have been working on data center transformation projects over the last few years. With these transformation projects, companies have been looking for ways to implement automation, virtualization, cloud integration and other efficient technologies to allow the dat
Social, Agile and Transformation
MARCH 16, 2015
'Is Digital Transformation an important business priority, or is the latest buzz word and attempt to get businesses to invest more in their technology programs? In the ''90s businesses were told to invest in their web sites and digital advertising. In the early part of the century they were told that web 2.0, user generated content, and social networking was going to create a new paradigm and.
The Investing Edge
MARCH 31, 2015
'The vicious cyberattacks on major organizations like Target, Home Depot, eBay, JP Morgan Chase and recently, Anthem , makes one thing clear: the severity and sophistication of cyberattacks has taken a major leap forward. Having thieves steal sensitive data such as credit card information or personal identities is extremely costly, both financially and to the brands’ reputation.
CTOvision
MARCH 14, 2015
'By Bob Gourley. Cybersecurity practitioners and policymakers have long been discussing the potential positive benefits of smart insurance policy and standards to reduce risk. Of the many actions and activities we see in the insurance world today, the news of NAIC involvement is seen as particularly interesting. What is the NAIC? The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) is the U.S. standard-setting and regulatory support organization created and governed by the chief insurance
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Data Center Knowledge
MARCH 30, 2015
'Sentiment about Big Data appears to be shifting from enthusiasm to skepticism, as the business world questions how much value it can actually provide Read More.
Cloud Musings
MARCH 14, 2015
'By Jodi Kohut Government Cloud Computing Professional By Jodi Kohut Government Cloud Computing Professional March is Women’s History Month. As we celebrate women and their role in our history, our workplaces, and our homes, I thought it was important to bring to the forefront some of the strengths that might make them stand out as compelling agents of change in such a time as this in the IT industry.
Eric D. Brown
MARCH 16, 2015
'It seems like every article you read about technology today includes a service delivered in an ‘-As-A-Service’ approach. We have an abundance of Software-As-A-Service (SaaS), Platform-As-A-Service (PaaS), Communications-As-A-Service (CaaS), Infrastructure-As-A-Service (IaaS) and many other X-aaS systems/platforms. In fact, XaaS is being used to denote the ‘Everything-As-A-Service’ mentality.
Social, Agile and Transformation
MARCH 29, 2015
'Many readers of Social, Agile, and Transformation know that I''ve recently started a new position as Global CIO of Greenwich Associates. When I came in, I committed to the team that we would rapidly adopt Agile Development and Agile Planning practices in order for us to fulfill our goals. Today, less than one hundred days into this position, we have Scrum running in three programs and Kanban.
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All Things Distributed
MARCH 11, 2015
'Cloud computing is enabling amazing new innovations both in consumer and enterprise products, as it became the new normal for organizations of all sizes. So many exciting new areas are being empowered by cloud that it is fascinating to watch. AWS is enabling innovations in areas such as healthcare, automotive, life sciences, retail, media, energy, robotics that it is mind boggling and humbling.
CTOvision
MARCH 27, 2015
'By Katie Kennedy. Facebook is planning on launching a drone program they call Aquila. Launch will be in three months time, and from then they will continue to expand till they provide internet to every person in the world. The program is designed for: beaming high-speed data from 60,000 to 90,000 feet to some of the world’s remotest regions via laser.
Data Center Knowledge
MARCH 19, 2015
'A CIO who takes a step forward into the hybrid cloud does so while dealing with the same budgetary and complexity obstacles he has always faced, writes Oded Haner of HotLink. Read More.
Cloud Musings
MARCH 17, 2015
'by Melvin Greer Managing Director , Greer Institute This year has brought big news, significant changes and increased awareness of the adoption of cloud computing in Government. In fact Cloud computing may be the biggest and most overhyped term in Government information technology today. It is also the most discussed topic in agency strategy, cyber security forums and mission / program reviews.
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Eric D. Brown
MARCH 10, 2015
'If you ask one hundred people (or companies) what it means to have an agile data center , you’ll most likely get a large number of diverse answers. While you’ll most likely hear different answers from different people, I think many of those answers would fall into line with what I wrote in “ The Right Services in the Right Way.” In that article, I wrote that having an agile data center means that organizations are capable of “delivering the right services at the right time in the right way to t
Storage IO Blog
MARCH 25, 2015
'There are several regions around the world and up until today AWS customers could copy, sync or replicate S3 bucket contents between AWS regions manually (or via automation) using various tools such as Cloudberry, Cyberduck, S3browser and S3motion to name just a few as well as via various gateways and other technologies. Some of those tools and technologies are open-source or free, some are freemium and some are premium for a few that also vary by interface (some with GUI, others with CLI or AP
All Things Distributed
MARCH 31, 2015
'As you all know security, privacy, and protection of our customer’s data is our number one priority and as such we work very closely with regulators to ensure that customers can be assured that they are getting the right protections when processing and storing data in the AWS. I am especially pleased that the group of European Union (EU) data protection authorities known as the Article 29 Working Party has approved the AWS Data Processing Agreement (DPA), assuring customers that it meets the hi
CTOvision
MARCH 12, 2015
'By Bob Gourley. CyberEdge Group surveyed more than 800 security decision makers and practitioners seeking a 360 degree view of threats, defenses and planned investments. Their bottom line up front: IT security spending is increasing, but confidence is falling. Most respondents signaled they expect to be breached in the next 12 months. Before diving into the details of the results we should mention that conclusions from opinion surveys like this are always somewhat generic.
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