April, 2013

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DHS CIO Spires put 'on leave', Enterprises running Java versions.

CTOvision

'Here are the top cyber news and stories of the day. DHS CIO Spires put 'on leave' ? ?FedScoop has learned that Department of Homeland Security's Chief Information Officer Richard Spires has been put on immediate 'on.

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Please, Stop Creating Microsoft Access Databases!

Social, Agile and Transformation

'Social, Agile, and Transformation. I cover topics for Technologists from CIOs to Developers - agile development, agile portfolio management, leadership, business intelligence, big data, startups, social networking, SaaS, content management, media, enterprise 2.0 and business transformation. Monday, April 01, 2013. Please, Stop Creating Microsoft Access Databases!

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CIOs Need To Know Why Their Best Young Talent Is Leaving

The Accidental Successful CIO

'CIOs need to take action before all of their best employees leave Image Credit. Let’s say that you’ve built up a great team of IT professionals to run your IT department. They must all be happy and are planning on sticking around for a long time, right? The answer to this question is “no” and there are some very good reasons why your best workers maybe preparing to tell you “goodbye”….

Training 185
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Crowdfunding creates a new layer of capital markets and new layers of value

Trends in the Living Networks

'Yesterday ABC News featured a story on crowdfunding , providing a quick overview of the space for a broad audience. An edited version of the segment on the 7pm News also appeared on The Business program. Click on the image to see a video of the news segment. Having spent quite a few years working in capital markets, I have long seen that shifts in the broader economy mean we need new layers of capital markets.

Banking 166
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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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OpenStack Summit 2013: Building HA OpenStack with Puppet in 20.

Scott Lowe

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Cloud Musings by Kevin L. Jackson: Demystifying PaaS for Federal.

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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Dark Data - A Business Definition - Social, Agile, and Transformation

Social, Agile and Transformation

'Social, Agile, and Transformation. I cover topics for Technologists from CIOs to Developers - agile development, agile portfolio management, leadership, business intelligence, big data, startups, social networking, SaaS, content management, media, enterprise 2.0 and business transformation. Wednesday, April 10, 2013. Dark Data - A Business Definition.

Agile 204
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Social Media And The CIO – Can We Talk?

The Accidental Successful CIO

'The power of social media comes when you do it correctly. Facebook, Twitter , Instagram — these social media tools seem to be occupying the news every day. If anyone had any doubts about the importance of information technology, the arrival of social media has changed that. If you want to hold on to your CIO job for a very short time, feel free to ignore them and tell people that you think that they’ll eventually go away – because they won’t.

Media 178
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Social networks and engineering serendipity in the workplace

Trends in the Living Networks

'The New York Times has an interesting article titled Engineering Serendipity which looks at the some of the ways companies are trying to create felicitous and unexpected connections between their staff. After introducing what Yahoo! and Google are doing in the space, the article continues: As Yahoo and Google see it, serendipity is largely a byproduct of social networks.

Social 165
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On Network Virtualization and SDN

Scott Lowe

'Is there a difference between network virtualization and Software-Defined Networking (SDN)? If so, what is the relationship between them? Is one a subset of the other? This is a topic that is increasingly being discussed and debated. So, in a similar fashion to my post on network overlays vs. network virtualization , I thought I’d weigh in with some thoughts.

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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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Mick's IT Blogs: How to stop those annoying Charter.

Mick's IT Blog

'Micks IT Blogs. My blog is here to help solve issues I have encountered and solved, publish scripts I have written, and educate others in understanding areas that are not well covered. -->. Micks IT Blogs. My blog is here to help solve issues I have encountered and solved, publish scripts I have written, and educate others in understanding areas that are not well covered.

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The Reality of Single Actor Cyber Attacks - CTOvision

CTOvision

'Editor's note: Timothy W. Coleman is a prolific writer and analyst who publishes frequently on topics of interest to operational technologists as well as strategic technology thinkers. Olivia Wilson is an award winning literary.

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Five Types of Data Visualizations - Social, Agile, and Transformation

Social, Agile and Transformation

'Social, Agile, and Transformation. I cover topics for Technologists from CIOs to Developers - agile development, agile portfolio management, leadership, business intelligence, big data, startups, social networking, SaaS, content management, media, enterprise 2.0 and business transformation. Tuesday, April 23, 2013. Five Types of Data Visualizations.

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What Every CIO Needs To Know About The Hadoop Database Solution

The Accidental Successful CIO

'Hadoop is a database that solves the problem of how to handle big data. Image Credit. Hey CIO, just in case you’ve been living with your head underneath a rock, the world appears to have gone “big data” crazy lately. The importance of information technology is now being measured by how you are planning dealing with “big data” Your customers, your IT department, and probably your competition have all started to talk about the problem of big data and just exactly wha

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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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LinkedIn removes reply before accepting invitations, accelerating the devaluation of connections

Trends in the Living Networks

'In 2011 I wrote about The continuing devaluation of LinkedIn connections. When I first wrote the article I incorrectly thought there wasn’t a way to message people who had invited you to connect without first accepting the invitation. Commenters on my post as well as LinkedIn’s local PR company let me know that you could in fact do that.

Social 149
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Network Overlays vs. Network Virtualization - Scott Lowe

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Lisbon Bound: NATO Network Enabled Capability Conference 2013

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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An Interview with Ron Yaggi of IO - CTOvision

CTOvision

'Podcast: Play in new window | Download. In this podcast I interviewed Ron Yaggi, SVP of IO Federal. IO is the leading provider of next-generation modular data center technology and services designs, engineers and delivers.

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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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Data Visualization Examples - Social, Agile, and Transformation

Social, Agile and Transformation

'Social, Agile, and Transformation. I cover topics for Technologists from CIOs to Developers - agile development, agile portfolio management, leadership, business intelligence, big data, startups, social networking, SaaS, content management, media, enterprise 2.0 and business transformation. Monday, April 29, 2013. Data Visualization Examples. In my last post, I reviewed Five Types of Data Visualizations and broke them down to discovery, quality, storytelling, dashboards/tools and trends/predict

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4 Ways CIOs Can Help The Company To Connect With Its Customers

The Accidental Successful CIO

'A CIO can have a big impact on how customers view your company Image Credit. In your company, whose job is it to make sure that your customers are happy? Sales? Marketing? The CEOs? It turns out that all of these people have a role to play, but in the end it is the CIO who may end up having the biggest impact on just exactly how the customer ends up feeling about your company.

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The launch of Hub Sydney – crowdfunding memberships and distributed value creation

Trends in the Living Networks

'The Hub global movement was founded in London in 2005, and is a very rapidly growing network of so far 30 Hub communities co-working spaces established around the world and over 5000 members. I first heard of the Hub soon after it was established, but was first directly exposed to the network when I ran a workshop on Crowdsourcing for Startups and Social Innovation at Hub Westminster in London last year.

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OpenStack Summit 2013: Networking In the Cloud, an SDN Primer.

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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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Mick's IT Blogs: Unlimited International Calling back to the US for.

Mick's IT Blog

'Micks IT Blogs. My blog is here to help solve issues I have encountered and solved, publish scripts I have written, and educate others in understanding areas that are not well covered. -->. Micks IT Blogs. My blog is here to help solve issues I have encountered and solved, publish scripts I have written, and educate others in understanding areas that are not well covered.

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Thanks In Large Part to Windows8, PC Shipments Post Steepest.

CTOvision

'down All technology trackers have known the PC era is over. Of course old fashioned PCs will not disappear, but they are not the driving force they used to be. All projections have been for poor PC sales. But there was hope.

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The Problems with Siloed Databases Part 2

Social, Agile and Transformation

'Social, Agile, and Transformation. I cover topics for Technologists from CIOs to Developers - agile development, agile portfolio management, leadership, business intelligence, big data, startups, social networking, SaaS, content management, media, enterprise 2.0 and business transformation. Friday, April 05, 2013. The Problems with Siloed Databases Part 2.

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Cloud Musings by Kevin L. Jackson: IBM Debate Series - What's.

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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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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Critical issue: Will the fertility rate in the developed world continue to increase?

Trends in the Living Networks

'I recently appeared on the Morning Show being interviewed about the future of the family. Click on the image below to see a video of the segment. One of the interesting topics we discussed was trends in the fertility rate. Developed countries around the world experienced a massive baby boom in the 1950s, which then fell dramatically to see the fertility rate fall to below the replacement rate in almost every developed country in the world.

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Highly Recommended Quantum and Open vSwitch Resource

Scott Lowe

'If you want to read a masterpiece of an article describing how OpenStack Quantum works with Open vSwitch (OVS) and the OVS plugin, this write-up by Florian Otel should be your first stop. Florian’s treatise—it’s far too in-depth and comprehensive to be referred to as anything else—covers just about everything and anything you want to know about getting OpenStack Quantum and OVS up and running.

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Ascent Index: BYOD (March 2013)

The Investing Edge

'What a difference a year makes. Well, almost a year. For our newest Ascent Index we took another look at BYOD, the evermore popular news topic as more employees use their personal devices for work purposes. Our Index data confirms that BYOD is only gaining steam, and that’s putting it mildly. In the month of March 2013 BYOD received more than 80,000 mentions across websites and social channels like Twitter, Facebook, and Pinterest.

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Survey and Contest: Give us thoughts on the future of Hadoop in.

CTOvision

'Dear readers, We really appreciate your inputs on all matters. Please keep your thoughts coming to us via any path easy for you. We would especially appreciate it if you take a minute to fill out our survey form below. We are.

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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.