November, 2014

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State Department Hacked By High End Adversary: Shuts Down E-mail

CTOvision

'Editor’s note: This article first appeared on our “ Threat Brief ” site, home of the daily Threat Brief. -bg. The U.S. Department of State is considered by many to be one of the front runners in terms of automating IT. Their approach at implementing the community-coordinated consensus audit guidelines have been laudatory and positive.

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Photo Tour: New Facebook Data Center in Iowa

Data Center Knowledge

'Social network shares photos of its latest and greatest data center, and it''s beautiful Read More.

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How Artificial Intelligence Will Solve IoT's Big Data Challeges

Social, Agile and Transformation

'If IoT is going to deliver on its transformational promise, it will have to provide greater value and importance than a single internet enabled sensor such as a wearable device. The technology to create a central hub around a small collection of sensors, for example in home automation, has been around for decades. What is revolutionary today is that home automation is cheaper to implement and.

Big Data 277
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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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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?

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How I Spent My Summer Vacation

CIO Musings

'All around the country kids have returned to school and written their papers on how they spent their summer vacations. Blogging. That is how I spent my summer vacation. I applied for and was accepted into the GovLoop featured bloggers challenge. Essentially, we agreed to post a blog entry every week for a bunch of weeks over the summer. This explain my hiatus from this blog.

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The Agile Data Center

Eric D. Brown

'I participated in the #DataCtrChat Twitter chat last week to join in on the conversation about the Agile Data Center. If you haven’t joined in on a Twitter chat recently, you should. The #DataCtrChat is a great one to be a part of, especially if you’re interested in the data center. One of the questions in last week’s chat was a simple one, but one that has a complex answer.

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Facebook Launches Iowa Data Center With Entirely New Network Architecture

Data Center Knowledge

'Breaks massive server clusters into smaller pods, creates building-wide network fabric Read More.

Network 279
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Agile Data Scientist, A Disciplined Hiker or Reckless Hunter?

Social, Agile and Transformation

'In my last post, I provided some guidance on why and how agile data practices can lead to better Business and IT collaboration. Agile aligns priorities, focuses multidisciplinary teams to hit goals, and enables teams to self organize and figure out individual responsibilities. As the team succeeds, management can then map our roles, responsibilities, and other governance considerations.

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3 Tips For CIOs To Become Better Negotiators

The Accidental Successful CIO

'Negotiating is how CIOs can get what they want Image Credit. It’s interesting to realize just how important the skill of negotiating is to CIOs. Sure, we all know about the importance of information technology , but when you think about it, we spend a great deal of our time negotiating no matter if it is with vendors , other departments, or even members of our IT team.

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Cloud Computing Advantages and Disadvantages

Cloud Musings

'What is Cloud Computing & what are its advantages & disadvantages. Join us for this installment of our Technical Insight series as expert Learning Tree instructor Kevin Jackson examines the following questions- How can Cloud Computing help your business and do you need to be concerned about Cloud Computing security? Learn more at [link]. ( This content is being syndicated through multiple channels.

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2024 Salary Guide

Procom’s 2024 Salary Guide provides critical insights into the latest hiring trends, in-demand IT roles, and competitive pay rates across Canada and the U.S. It highlights key market dynamics such as the growing demand for remote work, skills-based hiring, and flexible staffing solutions. With detailed pay rate data for top IT positions like Cybersecurity Consultants, Cloud Engineers, and Salesforce Developers, this guide is an essential resource for companies looking to stay competitive in toda

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Optimizing your Data Center with the Cloud

Eric D. Brown

'T his post is brought to you by the Enterprise CIO Forum and HP’s Make It Matter. Most organizations today have some type of cloud implementation and/or service. Every organization views the cloud a little differently than any other organization. Some view the cloud as a place to store data while others view the cloud as a replacement for their data center.

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Will The Crash of Forge.mil Motivate A Move To The More Functional GitHub?

CTOvision

'Forge.mil provides some very important functionality that developers in the DoD ecosystem need and more importantly allow the technology leadership of DoD to ensure more appropriate influence over enterprise software projects. But it has been criticized by many in the community for not being as fully functional as GitHub. GitHub has achieved tremendous success in the commercial world and in key niches in governments as well.

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Cisco: Data Center Traffic Will Triple by 2018

Data Center Knowledge

'Cloud growth and more Internet penetration will bring 8.6 zettabytes of traffic annually by 2018, according to the latest Cloud Index. Read More.

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The Death of Microsoft Office - When Will Collaborative Tools Disrupt?

Social, Agile and Transformation

'Last week, Microsoft announced that mobile and tablet versions of its Office applications would be free. The question is, should we care? In the short term, the answer is yes. Most companies and enterprises spend a good deal of money yearly on user computing devices and Microsoft licenses. Now let''s say a number of those users are mobile, say the sales team.

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Guide to Centralizing IT Operations: How to Link Tasks and Tools with an Automation Platform

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.

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The Story of Apollo - Amazon’s Deployment Engine

All Things Distributed

'Automated deployments are the backbone of a strong DevOps environment. Without efficient, reliable, and repeatable software updates, engineers need to redirect their focus from developing new features to managing and debugging their deployments. Amazon first faced this challenge many years ago. When making the move to a service-oriented architecture, Amazon refactored its software into small independent services and restructured its organization into small autonomous teams.

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Great Leaders Are Ambidextrous, Are You?

Cloud Musings

'By: Melvin Greer Managing Director, Greer Institute There are many important characteristics of great leaders. Team players, good listeners and visionary are clear hallmarks. But being ambidextrous is required now more than ever. Ambidextrous leadership is a balanced approach where flexible leadership behaviors that lead to better business outcomes are the rule.

Dell 169
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Great advice for CIO’s on Twitter

Eric D. Brown

'Over on the Enterprisers Project, David A. Bray, the CIO of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), was recently interviewed about his use of Twitter. The interview is a very nice read about how one CIO uses Twitter to engage and share information. What I found most intriguing about Bray’s use of Twitter is that he’s not following an agenda set by his marketing or PR group.

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Second Factor Authentication With Security Keys

CTOvision

'With the movement of our personal and business critical data to the ‘cloud’, and directed attacks on that data, many of us make use of stronger security through use two-factor authentication. I know everyone reading this has two-factor turned on for iCloud, Google Services, and DropBox! But using this two-factors can be a pain. Depending on which service, you use Google Authenticator, have a code sent via SMS, get a plain old phone call, the RSA key fob, or rely on email and then type your six

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HR Meets AI: The New Way of Keeping Large Workforces Connected and Engaged

Speaker: Miriam Connaughton and Donald Knight

As organizations scale, keeping employees connected, engaged, and productive can seem like a monumental task. But what if AI could help you do all of this and more? AI has the power to help, but the key is implementing it in a way that enhances, rather than replaces, human connection. Join us for an exploration into how industry trailblazers are using AI to transform employee experience at scale while addressing both the potential and the pitfalls.

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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.

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How CIOs Can Get Travel Expenses Under Control

The Accidental Successful CIO

'CIOs can end up spending a lot of their limited budget on travel Image Credit. As the person with the CIO job one of your greatest challenges is to find ways to keep your department’s spending under control on top of the everyday challenge of letting the rest of the company know about the importance of information technology. One of the biggest drains on your budget can be travel expenses.

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The Easiest Way to Compute in the Cloud – AWS Lambda

All Things Distributed

'When AWS launched, it changed how developers thought about IT services: What used to take weeks or months of purchasing and provisioning turned into minutes with Amazon EC2. Capital-intensive storage solutions became as simple as PUTting and GETting objects in Amazon S3. At AWS we innovate by listening to and learning from our customers, and one of the things we hear from them is that they want it to be even simpler to run code in the cloud and to connect services together easily.

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Bipolar About Cloud?

Cloud Musings

'By Kevin L. Jackson (Thank you to my readers for correcting me on my misuse of Schizophrenia) This week Dell released its first Global Technology Adoption Index (GTAI). This survey of more than 2,000 global organizations took a close look at how organizations are truly using security, cloud, mobility and big data to drive success. While the data collected from this effort should put to rest any doubts about the value of cloud computing, it also calls into question our collective mental state.

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Launching LLM-Based Products: From Concept to Cash in 90 Days

Speaker: Christophe Louvion, Chief Product & Technology Officer of NRC Health and Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage

Christophe Louvion, Chief Product & Technology Officer of NRC Health, is here to take us through how he guided his company's recent experience of getting from concept to launch and sales of products within 90 days. In this exclusive webinar, Christophe will cover key aspects of his journey, including: LLM Development & Quick Wins 🤖 Understand how LLMs differ from traditional software, identifying opportunities for rapid development and deployment.

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Building a Data Culture

Eric D. Brown

'Many companies want to ‘do’ big data today. They’re spending money on systems, software, consulting, training and other services to be able to capture, process, analyze and use data. Those are all things that need to be done to be up their data science capabilities and skills. Companies need the right platforms, the right systems, the right people and skills to be able to properly analyze and use their data.

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Cyber Security and Corporate Governance: The five principles every corporate director should embody

CTOvision

'By Bob Gourley. This post is sponsored by the Enterprise CIO Forum and HP’s Make It Matter. The Institute of Internal Auditors ( IIA ) is an international professional association of more than 180,000 members recognized as the preeminent professional organization for internal auditors. They provide a venue for internal auditors from around the world to share lessons learned and best practices.

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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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Learning NSX, Part 18: Routing Without Network Address Translation

Scott Lowe

'This is part 18 of the Learning NSX blog series, in which I talk about using layer 3 (L3) routing with VMware NSX but without network address translation (NAT). This post describes a configuration that offers yet another connectivity option for OpenStack cloud administrators and operators. In part 6 , I showed you how to add a gateway appliance to your NSX installation.

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An Architect’s Guide for Selecting Scalable, Data-Layer Technologies

There’s no getting around it: selecting the right foundational data-layer components is crucial for long-term application success. That’s why we developed this white paper to give you insights into four key open-source technologies – Apache Cassandra®, Apache Kafka®, Apache Spark™, and OpenSearch® – and how to leverage them for lasting success. Discover everything you’ll want to know about scalable, data-layer technologies: Learn when to choose these technologies and when to avoid them Explore h

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Expanding The Cloud - Introducing The Amazon EC2 Container Service

All Things Distributed

'Today, I am excited to announce the Preview of the Amazon EC2 Container Service , a highly scalable, high performance container management service. We created EC2 Container Service to help customers run and manage Dockerized distributed applications. Benefits of Containers. Customers have been using Linux containers for quite some time on AWS and have increasingly adopted microservice architectures.

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Ingram Micro Honors Veterans with a $10,000 Gift to Veterans 360

Cloud Musings

'On Veteran''s Day, hundreds of military veterans, active-duty service members and retirees were recognized and celebrated along with family members at the third annual Ingram Micro Veterans Day ceremonies held across three Ingram Micro locations from Santa Ana, California to Indianapolis and Buffalo. In honor of veterans everywhere, Ingram Micro and its associates collected and donated more than $10,000 to the Veterans 360 organization that helps recently-separated combat veterans transition to

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My Doctoral Dissertation Final Defense – Almost done

Eric D. Brown

'I am now one step closer to finishing my doctorate. On Friday Oct 31, I defended my dissertation. The video of the presentation during the defense is provided below. I now only have to get a few documents signed and format my dissertation for publishing and I’ll be completely finished. The title of my dissertation is: “Analysis of Twitter Messages for Sentiment and Insight for use in Stock Market Decision Making.” The video is a bit over 1 hour and 12 minutes long.

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United States Congress Permanent Joint Committee on Information Technology

CTOvision

'By Bob Gourley. The United States Congress Permanent Joint Committee on Information Technology does not exist, yet. But some national security and technology thinkers are considering the pros and cons of a Joint Committee like this and with this post I would like to encourage you to think through the concept yourself. First, some background on what a Joint Committee of Congress can be.

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IT Leadership Agrees AI is Here, but Now What?

IT leaders are experiencing rapid evolution in AI amid sustained investment uncertainty. As AI evolves, enhanced cybersecurity and hiring challenges grow. This whitepaper offers real strategies to manage risks and position your organization for success.