CTOvision
DECEMBER 22, 2015
Editor's note: We noticed this article in Autodesk's Line//Shape//Space and requested their permission to repost it here. Line//Shape//Space is a site dedicated to inspiring designers and creators. -bg. “Naturally, Man should want to stand on his own two feet … but how can he when his own machines cut the ground out from under him?”. So states the teaser for Philip K.
Eric D. Brown
DECEMBER 1, 2015
I just read “ Digital transformation will shape 2016 ” over on CIO.com and was a a passage caught my eye. Before I give you the passage, let me put the sentence into context. The CIO article is discussing a recent IDC report titled ‘ IDC FutureScape: Worldside CIO Agenda 2016 Predictions.’ This report provides some predictions on what the CIO and IT will be focused on for the coming year(s).
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Data Center Knowledge
DECEMBER 16, 2015
The data center managers who will come out ahead in 2016 are those who can keep their fingers on operations by utilizing software platforms to ensure high availability and resource utilization while forging ahead with new technologies. Read More.
Social, Agile and Transformation
DECEMBER 13, 2015
If it is digital transformation you are seeking, you're probably not going to see the results in the quarter after you complete your first major milestone. Digital, technology organizations have adapted to agile practices in order to make incremental improvements to the products and processes they support. Product managers have adapted to release Minimally Viable Products and capture customer.
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The Accidental Successful CIO
DECEMBER 9, 2015
CIOs become better by asking the right questions Image Credit: Tom. As a CIO we are always searching for ways that we can better communicate the importance of information technology in order to improve ourselves, our IT shop, and, of course, our company. Exactly how go about doing this is one of life’s greatest mysteries. It turns out that each and every one of us has the skills that it takes to make this kind of improvement happen.
Cloud Musings
DECEMBER 6, 2015
How is cloud computing bringing society and its ideas closer together? This got me thinking. Last week the President of the United States started following me on Twitter. Now I realize that it’s not really President Obama on the other side of that virtual table, but the event brought to mind the Six Degree of Separation concept. In case you don’t remember, this theory states that everyone and everything is six or fewer steps away, by way of introduction, from any other person in the world.
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Eric D. Brown
DECEMBER 3, 2015
Michael Krigsman just published a piece titled “ What do business people think of their CIO? ” that shares some output of a research report put out by Tech Pro Research regarding the perception of the CIO within the business, including some results related to innovation and the CIO. I’ll leave you to go read Michael’s write-up on the subject…he does a good job pointing out the highlights.
Data Center Knowledge
DECEMBER 4, 2015
While web-scale operators build the most efficient data centers, they are a tiny fraction of the industry’s overall energy consumption Read More.
Social, Agile and Transformation
DECEMBER 22, 2015
I covered several topics this year that all relate to efforts CIO, IT Leaders, developers, and engineers should consider in transforming "IT" and leading the business through a digital transformation. On the engineering front, transformation requires more collaborative and agile practices, so I completed a number of posts on Agile and introduced several posts on DevOps.
The Accidental Successful CIO
DECEMBER 16, 2015
Just how secure do we need to keep our data? Image Credit: Michelangelo Carrieri. Guess what: there’s been another hacker break in. This time it happened at the big U.S. healthcare provider Anthem. Nobody’s quite sure how big of a breech it was, but initial guesses are saying that tens of millions of customer records may have been copied by hackers.
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Mick's IT Blog
DECEMBER 28, 2015
I have been working on automating the tasks of deploying Windows updates each month. You may think why is there a need for this when SCCM has the Automatic Deployment Rules. Some companies have to review the updates before hand if they have applications that are vulnerable to breaking from windows updates. This script is the first of a series of steps to achieve this task.
CTOvision
DECEMBER 21, 2015
The video at this link and embedded below captures a historic first for humanity. Thanks to SpaceX and the many incredible engineers, planners, thinkers and leaders there, they have successfully proven that real space rockets, the kind that lift heavy payloads into working orbits, can now be safely returned to earth. The biggest cost of launch is the engine in the rocket, and these engines can be refurbished and reused, meaning the cost of space launch can be made dramatically lower.
Cloud Musings
DECEMBER 11, 2015
Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) has always been the unappreciated sibling of the cloud computing service model trio. Existing in the dark shadow of the most widely adopted Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and foundationally powerful Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), the third service model is often misunderstood and widely ignored. PaaS provides a platform allowing customers to develop, run, and manage web applications without the complexity of building and maintaining the infrastructure.
Data Center Knowledge
DECEMBER 15, 2015
As more businesses evolve operations to be digital-first, marketing and IT departments often approach the transition from different, yet relevant, points of view that can cause tension. Read More.
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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.
Tech Republic Security
DECEMBER 22, 2015
This comprehensive guide includes everything you need to know about Apple's OS X El Capitan, including features, requirements, upgrade options, software updates, and more.
The Accidental Successful CIO
DECEMBER 2, 2015
HSBC has a money laundering problem that they are trying to solve Image Credit: Christian Senger. The person with the CIO job has a lot to do in the best of circumstances. When your company has been accused of aiding in aiding in the laundering of US$881M and has had to pay a US$1.9B fine, things just got a whole lot tougher and the importance of information technology doesn’t matter as much.
Mick's IT Blog
DECEMBER 29, 2015
One of the things that has annoyed me in the past is having to keep the Microsoft Office Updates folder up-to-date with the latest.MSP files. The reason I bother with keeping the Updates folder up-to-date is because it speeds up the process of building a golden image, which in my environment, Office is installed during that phase. To automate this process, I created an automatic deployment rule in SCCM that keeps the Microsoft Office software update group up-to-date with the latest Office update
CTOvision
DECEMBER 12, 2015
I think it is safe to say that many people would like to have a C3PO in their lives, I know I would. Today, not in a time long ago, there is a robot called Olly. Emotech, a London-based startup, is behind the creation of Olly, a voice-controlled robot assistant, kind of like Amazon Echo, but this one emulates a human personality. . The idea behind Olly is that it will be doing some auto piloting of individual's lifestyle needs, as it gets to know it's user better and their habits.
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Cloud Musings
DECEMBER 16, 2015
The world of business is software. No matter the industry vertical or business model, effective software is the key to business success. An even more important aspect of this reality is the application programming interface (API). If you are unfamiliar with this kind of geeky term, APIs are the glue that connects applications to each other and manages the virtual discussions between you and your customers.
Data Center Knowledge
DECEMBER 23, 2015
The shift in how and where employees are working will bring about a number of technological challenges in the short term; however, the opportunities it will create for workers, companies and IT vendors will be unprecedented. Read More.
A CIO's Voice
DECEMBER 17, 2015
2015 has been another great year. I have tried to be really good by being the best CIO I can. So Santa, this year I would like the following: IT Value Proposition to the Business. IT Cost Reduction. Tickets to the opening of Star Wars The Force Awakens. My local multiplex has already been sold out and it is only December 15. A drone. Every CIO should have one.
The Investing Edge
DECEMBER 10, 2015
With all companies now targets of cyber-attacks, and the average cost of a successful attack rising to $4 million, the demand for security talent is at an all-time high. But while cyber security jobs are up 74 percent in the last five years, more than 209,000 cyber security jobs in the U.S. are unfilled. To add to the complexity, this problem is asymmetric: a hacker only has to be right once while critical data must be protected 100 percent of the time.
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Mick's IT Blog
DECEMBER 8, 2015
I have been working on writing a new script for SCCM and decided while writing it, I would take one of the functions and make it into a separate script for just retrieving windows updates. Sometimes you need a list to compare against, which is what I am using this for as a reporting tool in another script I am writing. This script will query the SCCM server for a list of all Microsoft updates for a specific OS.
CTOvision
DECEMBER 11, 2015
On Tuesday 15 Dec at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in DC cybersecurity professionals from across the public sector will gather with some of the nation's most capable technology vendors to strategize on ways to improve enterprise cybersecurity. This event, titled the 2015 Cybersecurity Playbook, includes presentations from thought leaders and highly regarded professionals such as.
Scott Lowe
DECEMBER 30, 2015
In early 2015, I posted a look ahead at my planned 2015 projects , where I took a quick look at some of the self-development projects I set out for myself over the course of 2015. In this post, I’m going to review my progress on those 2015 projects. The 2015 projects were as follows: Complete a new book. Make more open source contributions. Expand to a new configuration management solution.
Data Center Knowledge
DECEMBER 21, 2015
Independent of vendors, there are several different ways for IT to deliver apps and desktops to their end users, each delivering a different set of benefits. Read More.
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Future of CIO
DECEMBER 21, 2015
IT should focus on improving business and enforcing business capabilities. The “Future of CIO” Blog has reached 1.2 million page views with about 2300+ blog posting in 59+ different categories of leadership, management, strategy, digitalization, change/talent, etc. The content richness is not for its own sake, but to convey the vision and share the wisdom.
The Investing Edge
DECEMBER 3, 2015
The modern security landscape is becoming a competitive arms race between cyber-attackers and defenders. Threats have matured, risks are becoming increasingly sophisticated and vulnerabilities across the enterprise are commonplace – and evolving. While security spending has ballooned as a result – Gartner forecasted that $77 billion would be funneled globally toward IT security efforts in 2015 – it is not stemming the tide as a record 79 percent of U.S. businesses reported a cybersecurity incide
Mick's IT Blog
DECEMBER 2, 2015
While helping to manage Microsoft Endpoint, a former colleague suggested that I setup Endpoint to automatically run a full system scan each time an infection is detected. I googled the blog posting on it and although it is a great post, I figured I could streamline it even more by just using SCCM alone to achieve the same outcome. It is nice when you are out of the office and your backup might not have the time to keep an eye on the antivirus infections.
CTOvision
DECEMBER 10, 2015
The video at this link and embedded below shows a drone that can fly and maneuver underwater. A new type of drone that has never existed before. it is a rare vehicle that can operate in multiple environments. Watch as it transitions from water to air and flies and then transitions back. Imagine the missions that can be done by this new robot, both in government and across multiple sectors of the economy.
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