November, 2010

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Dan Sheniak from Wieden + Kennedy on the future of the big idea [with 6 cool videos]

Trends in the Living Networks

I spent the day at the Ninemsn Digital Marketing Summit - possibly the first event I've been to this year where I wasn't a speaker. See my separate posts on Jeffrey Cole's presentation and notes from other presentations at the Summit. In the afternoon Dan Sheniak , Global Media Director at Wieden + Kennedy, talked about the future of the big idea in a world of fragmented media, liberally using examples from their recent work, notably for Nike and Old Spice.

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Amazon EC2 Cluster GPU Instances - All Things Distributed

All Things Distributed

'All Things Distributed. Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. Expanding the Cloud - Adding the Incredible Power of the Amazon EC2 Cluster GPU Instances. By Werner Vogels on 14 November 2010 04:00 PM. | Permalink. | Comments (). Today Amazon Web Services takes another step on the continuous innovation path by announcing a new Amazon EC2 instance type: The Cluster GPU Instance.

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Cloud Musings by Kevin L. Jackson: NIST Moves Forward on Cloud.

Cloud Musings

'Cloud Musings by Kevin L. Jackson. Personal comments and insight on cloud computing related technologies and their use in the public sector to support net-centric operations. Pages. Home. Cloud Musings on Forbes. NJVC Cloud Computing. GovCloud Daily. GovCloud Presentations. GovCloud on Facebook. Get "Cloud Musings" by RSS. Posts. Atom. Posts. Comments.

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Measuring CIO Performance

A CIO's Voice

'How do you measure the performance of a CIO? There are 2 areas “Leadership and Management” and “Core Areas” that can be used. 1. Leadership and Management: Strategic Leadership. People Management. Mentoring. Personal Development. Training. Annual Initiatives . 2. Core Areas: System Infrastructure. Application Management. Support / Helpdesk.

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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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SeanDaniel.com [tech]: Presentation Material from SMBNation

Sean Daniel

'SeanDaniel.com [tech]. Technology Tips, Tricks & News Home | Technical Blog |. Photo Blog | E-Mail Me. Thursday, November 11, 2010. Presentation Material from SMBNation. Did you manage to make it to SMBNation 2010? Were you in the jammed packed rooms for “Aurora” or “SBS7” Now that we have full product names , pricing and estimated release dates, it’s time to start talking about these great products.

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Be excellent to each other (thoughts on Ubuntu!)

I'm not lost, I'm wondering

I had been reading up on Ubuntu (the operating system ) when I came across ubuntu!: An Inspiring Story About an African Tradition of Teamwork and Collaboration (the book ) at the library. It was obvious from the subtitle that this was not a book about the OS, but the title pulled me in to at least take a look. At first I thought it was a true story, perhaps an extended case study, since it was in the new non-fiction section.

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This week in review: GPUs, Zombies, Biomimicry and Tom Waits.

All Things Distributed

'All Things Distributed. Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. This week in review: GPUs, Zombies, Biomimicry and Tom Waits. By Werner Vogels on 19 November 2010 07:51 AM. | Permalink. | Comments (). Here are some the links I shared this week on twitter and facebook : Cloud Computing. Big news this week was of course the launch of Cluster GPU instances for Amazon EC2.

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Cloud Musings by Kevin L. Jackson: Robert Duffner Interviews Chris.

Cloud Musings

'Cloud Musings by Kevin L. Jackson. Personal comments and insight on cloud computing related technologies and their use in the public sector to support net-centric operations. Pages. Home. Cloud Musings on Forbes. NJVC Cloud Computing. GovCloud Daily. GovCloud Presentations. GovCloud on Facebook. Get "Cloud Musings" by RSS. Posts. Atom. Posts. Comments.

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IT Staff to End User Ratio

A CIO's Voice

'Is there a rule of thumb for the number of IT staff to the number of end users? No. No two companies are the same. If that were the case there would be a hard and fast rule we all would follow. So comparing the ratios of man to machine will not determine the correct ratio. IT staffing ratios might come into play in larger companies. Efficiencies of scale coupled with segregation of job responsibilities allow larger companies to trend those ratios to some pretty high numbers.

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SeanDaniel.com [tech]: Announcing Windows Storage Server 2008.

Sean Daniel

'SeanDaniel.com [tech]. Technology Tips, Tricks & News Home | Technical Blog |. Photo Blog | E-Mail Me. Monday, November 08, 2010. Announcing Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials. Now that Kinect has stopped stealing all of our thunder around announcements (although I have to admit I can’t wait for mine, it looks awesome!), we can continue rolling out announcements in the Small Business space.

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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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Safe? No. Awesome? YES! My review of Strange Loop 2010

I'm not lost, I'm wondering

When I first learned about the Strange Loop developers conference here in St. Louis, I had a strong – you might say strange – urge to attend. Strange because I am not a software developer; it’s been a long time since I’ve done any serious coding. What caught my eye was how conference organizer Alex Miller ( @puredanger ) tied the ideas of one of my favorite books of recent years, Douglas Hofstadter’s I Am a Strange Loop , to The Loop here in St.

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Further explanation and answers to 6 questions on the Newspaper Extinction Timeline after one million views

Trends in the Living Networks

Well the Newspaper Extinction Timeline we launched a couple of weeks ago has certainly made an impression. Given the 50,000 views we've had on my blog alone, plus the extensive uptake by mainstream media around the world (a partial list at the bottom of this post) it's a pretty safe estimate that it has been seen over one million times so far. Some of our other visuals such as our Web 2.0 Framework and Future of Media Strategic Framework have had well over 500,000 views, but the Newspaper Extinc

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My SharePoint Administrator Just Quit. What Now?

Victus pro Scientia Opus -- Food for the Knowledge

So, your SharePoint Administrator just accepted his or her dream job, elsewhere. Or you had to reduce headcount and let him go…or she got hit by the green bus, won the lottery, "took two beers and jumped," etc. You get the point. Your SharePoint administrator is leaving in either a sudden or an involuntary manner, and you need to ensure that: You have continuity in your SharePoint operations, with minimal negative impact to SharePoint users.

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Cloud Musings by Kevin L. Jackson: NJVC, Invertix Announce Cloud.

Cloud Musings

'Cloud Musings by Kevin L. Jackson. Personal comments and insight on cloud computing related technologies and their use in the public sector to support net-centric operations. Pages. Home. Cloud Musings on Forbes. NJVC Cloud Computing. GovCloud Daily. GovCloud Presentations. GovCloud on Facebook. Get "Cloud Musings" by RSS. Posts. Atom. Posts. Comments.

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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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CIO Blogs for November 2010

A CIO's Voice

'Creating a vision by Don Lewis. One CIO’s “lessons learned” in managing others by Peter Kretzman. Is Project Management a skill or a technique? by Eric D. Brown. Selfishness and The Paradox of Emotional Intelligence by Andy Blumenthal. Filed under: C-Level Executives , Career , CIO , CIO/CTO , IT Process , Leadership , Life and Technology , Management Tagged: Alignment , Chief Information Officer , CIO , CIO Leader , CIO role , corporate innovation , executive , IT executive , IT Management , I

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SeanDaniel.com [tech]: Aurora and SBS7 have a new name.

Sean Daniel

'SeanDaniel.com [tech]. Technology Tips, Tricks & News Home | Technical Blog |. Photo Blog | E-Mail Me. Tuesday, November 02, 2010. Aurora and SBS7 have a new name! Announcing SBS 2011 Standard & Essentials. This morning over on the Official SBS blog , we announced the names of both Aurora, SBS7 and the Premium add-on. Both products have been hammered on pretty hard in the current beta , having been downloaded more than 9000 times to both partner and consumer community testers.

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Five Fingers for my five toes

I'm not lost, I'm wondering

At the Strange Loop conference last month, I met a couple of guys wearing Vibram Five Fingers shoes. They both highly recommended them, so I figured I’d give them a try. I went for the KSO model in black and orange (shown at right). I’ve been wearing my KSOs pretty much everywhere for the past week and can honestly say I love them. Here’s how Vibram introduces Five Fingers: Remember going barefoot as a child?

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Future Minds: the map of how screen culture is changing how we think

Trends in the Living Networks

My colleague Richard Watson , building on the success of his book Future Files , has now launched Future Minds , which explores how screen culture is changing the way we think today, and how it will shape our future. When I read the Contents and Overture to Future Minds, my first thought was that Richard and I should organize a public debate. In contrast to Richard's tone of caution I think there are immense opportunities in having our brains shaped by digital culture (though certainly also thin

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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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November 2010 -- Upcoming Events

Victus pro Scientia Opus -- Food for the Knowledge

[Flickr photo "road work ahead" courtesy of pumpkincat210]. This is always a very busy time of year, and 2010 is no exception. KMA is hiring and assimilating several talented professionals while continuing to create and deliver great content in our areas of expertise. Be on the lookout for us at a variety of upcoming events including: On Monday, 8 November, KMA's Chris McNulty joins KMA alumna Sadie Van Buren in an encore presentation of their excellent SharePoint Saturday session: "See Beh

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Brainstorm the Process Revolution: The Art or The Science?

Future of CIO

Economy recession makes business process management a hot spot to grow: software vendors try to repackage themselves as BPM providers; Organizations intend to rejuvenate themselves through BPM solutions. Today’s BPM solutions layout the solid foundation to define, automate, control and monitor the business processes to improve the quality and reduce the cost, it intends to build up the responsive enterprise with firm control system tools; However, today’s BPM may not adapt to the new demand and

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ReBoot – Where Have Saturday Morning Cartoons Gone?

A CIO's Voice

'Last weekend I suffered a spell of insomnia and decided to get out of bed, so as to not wake up my wife, and go watch television. I am a child of the 70’s, so I fondly remember waking up with my brother and running downstairs to watch Saturday morning cartoons. This was before remote controls, so my brother and I had carefully planned what shows to watch and who will turn the knob and the designated time.

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- ePark, gooPark, noPark

Chief Seattle Greek Blog

'Travelers' Info Map. Concrete and asphalt are everywhere in the Naked City or in any City for that matter. I was startled to learn that up to 50% of any City is paved or tarred over to provide space for transportation – autos, trucks, buses and trains. I certainly know about intelligent transportation systems (ITS). But streets can’t be very intelligent, can they?

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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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Of course it’s about money

I'm not lost, I'm wondering

Suddenly, and quite unexpectedly, programming from the Scripps Network – which includes channels such as Food Network and HGTV – disappeared from the AT&T U-verse lineup last Friday. This surprised just about everyone, since media reports earlier in the week seemed to indicate the two were working amicably toward a resolution of ongoing negotiations.

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BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, China) plus Indonesia are where internet and mobile are exploding

Trends in the Living Networks

Doyen of internet analysis Mary Meeker of Morgan Stanley has provided some great data and insights in her presentation at Web 2.0 today. She has framed it around 10 questions Internet executives should ask themselves (and answer). The full deck is well worth going through - I have put that at the bottom of the post - but I wanted to highlight a couple of her slides on globalization of the internet and mobile.

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A Lesson in Customer Service

Victus pro Scientia Opus -- Food for the Knowledge

Wife, at Mall, just bought extra box of dishes for upcoming holiday family meals: "May I leave this box with you for a few minutes? I can't carry it though the Mall, and I parked all the way over at [xxx store].". Customer Service Rep (CSR) at retail store customer service desk: "I can ring you up over here.". Wife: "No, I already paid for it. Can you just hold it for me while I bring my car around?".

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Jeffrey Cole at Ninemsn Digital Marketing Summit on the future of digital media

Trends in the Living Networks

I'm at the NineMSN Digital Marketing Summit today, checking out what NineMSN , the Australian online joint venture between television channel 9 and Microsoft, is telling the marketing industry in Australia, significantly related to Microsoft's vision. . The biggest drawcard of the day for me was Jeffrey Cole of USC Annanberg School Center for the Digital Future, who I hadn't heard speak before.

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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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Corporate blogging: not easy but a powerful way to connect with customers and stakeholders

Trends in the Living Networks

The current issue of Australia Post's Priority magazine has a feature section on 'Blogging. Friend or Foe', comprising four brief articles offering different perspectives from a lawyer, an academic, a digital strategist, and myself as 'business advisor/ futurist'. Here's my piece: Recent data shows Australians spend more time engaging with social media than any other nation.

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The variety of connection speeds around the world - it matters!

Trends in the Living Networks

I've written several times about internet bandwidth across countries and why it matters, including some interesting research back in 2007 correlating time spent on PCs with bandwidth and a more recent post on bandwidth and economic growth. Now Royal Pingdom has compiled a nice list of real connection speeds in countries around the world, using the largest content delivery network, Akamai , as the source, making this probably the most reliable data available.

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The News Limited perspective on tablet media

Trends in the Living Networks

I'm at the Woodwing Tour event in Sydney, where Alan Oakley, Group Executive Editor of Digital at News Limited is speaking on the topic of Tablets Change the Game. Below are live notes from Alan's presentation, showing some interesting perspectives on how News Limited thinks about tablets, underlining in particular their belief in this channel, and how it inexorably drives a converged newsroom.

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Twitter network analysis of events - what's possible?

Trends in the Living Networks

I recently connected with Daniel Knox (@djkn0x) on Twitter - which is where it seems most of my connections are happening these days. Among other interesting entrepreneurial activities Daniel is playing with a new venture that does analysis of Twitter activity around events. To show me Daniel created a visual network analysis of the Twitter activity around Future of Crowdsourcing Summit (#foc10) that we ran a few weeks ago in Sydney and San Francisco.

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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.