June, 2014

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The Navy’s Disconnected Refresh Strategy: Delivering Yesterday’s IT Tomorrow

CTOvision

'I''m going to spell out a challenge in hopes that someone fixes this (if you have a way to fix this issue you will be a hero to us all and probably make a billion dollars at the same time). If you have been on a Navy ship recently then you know the ugly truth: there’s some amazingly OLD stuff out there! To fix that, the US Navy has made their Consolidated Afloat Network and Enterprise Services (CANES) program one of their highest priorities.

Strategy 316
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Google Dumps MapReduce in Favor of New Hyper-Scale Analytics System

Data Center Knowledge

'Says old distributed computing system does not handle petabyte-scale analytics well enough Read More.

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Is Go an Object Oriented language?

SPF13

'To truly understand what it means to be ‘object-oriented’ you need to look back at the origination of the concept. The first object oriented language, simula, emerged in the 1960s. It introduced objects, classes, inheritance and subclasses, virtual methods, coroutines, and a lot more. Perhaps most importantly, it introduced a paradigm shift of thinking of data and logic as completely independent.

Examples 279
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What’s the difference between Business Intelligence and Big Data?

Eric D. Brown

'I’m often asked the following question: What is the difference between Business Intelligence and Big Data? Before getting into my approach to answering that question, let’s be clear on what we’re talking about. When most people say “Business Intelligence” they’re talking about the class of products that have been implemented in most organizations, not the actual information or knowledge that is derived from the use of these systems.

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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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Five Tips on How To Manage Disruptive Projects in an Agile Organization without going Crazy!

Social, Agile and Transformation

'Don''t Panic, Posted by J Linwood. Agile teams are best organized when team responsibilities are clearly defined and separated from other teams, when business deliverables can be accomplished with a minimal number of teams, and when there is clear process to handle the communication and dependency between teams. Anyone who has led or participated in an agile organization knows that the easiest.

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Questions About The Cloud That Every CIO Should Be Asking

The Accidental Successful CIO

'Everyone likes clouds, but what questions should you be asking about them? Image Credit. I like clouds, you like clouds, everyone likes clouds. CIOs everywhere are getting inundated with cloud requests , cloud proposals, and cloud projects. However, committing your company’s IT assets to the cloud is a big deal considering the importance of information technology to the company.

Cloud 182

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Ten of the Strangest Data Center Outages

Data Center Knowledge

'Data center designers have generally gotten reliability right. except for that rare occasion when a truck runs into a power transformer or a ship drops an anchor onto a submarine cable. Read More.

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Is Go an Object Oriented language?

SPF13

'To truly understand what it means to be ‘object-oriented’ you need to look back at the origination of the concept. The first object oriented language, simula, emerged in the 1960s. It introduced objects, classes, inheritance and subclasses, virtual methods, coroutines, and a lot more. Perhaps most importantly, it introduced a paradigm shift of thinking of data and logic as completely independent.

Examples 279
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On Common Sense

Eric D. Brown

'Recently, my wife wanted to buy an item for her photography studio. This particular item is something that you’d never think belonged in a studio…but photographers are creative people and they find many uses for all sorts of things. This item is a cat scratcher that looks similar to the item in the photo below. We don’t own cats so it didn’t make a lot of sense to me to need to purchase this device but after she showed me how this scratcher is turned into ‘prop

Strategy 180
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Friend or Foe? How Microsoft Excel 2013 Creates New Data Governance Challenges

Social, Agile and Transformation

'How important is data quality to your Big Data strategy? I suspect that once you have business leaders asking good data driven questions and have the beginnings of big data tools implemented, data quality and governance will become a bigger business priority. Microsoft has the most successful Big Data tool - it''s called Excel. Most business users will jump into Excel first to do any kind of.

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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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All Talk And No Action Does A CIO No Good

The Accidental Successful CIO

'The Nasdaq CIO Should Have Known Better Image Credit. The IT department over at the Nasdaq stock exchange had a rough year in 2013. Their exchange, which is used by thousands of traders every day, suffered two debilitating outages. I can understand one outage, things happen. But two? Where was the CIO? Two Outages Too Many. The Nasdaq is a stock market where traders can buy and sell stocks that are traded there.

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Great Reference Graphic To Keep Your Brain Engaged On All Elements Of Big Data

CTOvision

'By Bob Gourley. The reference below was provided by friends at Altamira. If you are an analyst, enterprise architect, CIO, CTO, CISO, CFO or even a business executive seeking insights into the nature of modern data solutions you will find the poster below to be a fantastic resource. Click to expand it to full view. Download and print and post on your wall to periodically review and to continue to ensure you are thinking of the many related elements of analytical solutions.

Big Data 296
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Facebook Breaks the Network Switch Up Into Modules

Data Center Knowledge

'Social networking superstar’s custom-designed top-of-rack switch is disaggregated and acts like a server Read More.

Network 279
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Pointers vs References

SPF13

'Some languages including C, C++ support pointers. Other languages including C++, Java, Python, Ruby, Perl and PHP all support references. On the surface both references and pointers are very similar, both are used to have one variable provide access to another. With both providing a lot of the same capabilities, it’s often unclear what is different between these different mechanisms.

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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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Finding Value in Data

Eric D. Brown

'If you ask 100 people to define the value that data brings an organization, you’ll most likely get 150 different answers. Yes…that’s right…150 answers. You’ll hear a few good succinct responses but most will give you a few different answers with examples of how their organization ‘uses’ data. There’s a problem with that response though.

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Why Creativity is Essential to Data

The Investing Edge

'There’s a common misconception that engineers and data scientists are “number crunchers,” and are not creative. They use the left side of their brains, as the popular opinion goes, to present stodgy, black-and-white data, trends, ideas, etc. The “creatives” reside on the other side of the company, immersed in the innovative and artistic work – design, music, advertising, PR, etc.

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When It Comes To Data Mining – Is The CIO In Charge?

The Accidental Successful CIO

'Data mining is complicated and so the CIO has to be involved Image Credit. With all of this talk about cloud computing, it can be easy to forget about yesterday’s hot topic: data mining. However, it turns out that cloud computing just makes doing data mining a whole lot easier. This means that data mining is reminding the company about the importance of information technology and is staging a comeback.

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Google Will Now Tell You How Good (or Bad) Your Internet Service Is

CTOvision

'By Shannon Perry. Google is certainly difficult to pin down – part search engine, part Internet service provider, part investor and entertainment provider and researcher and driverless-car developer, and the list goes on and on. In a YouTube blog post dated May 29 th , Google announced that YouTube watchers can now access a free Video Quality Report to assess the speed (or sluggishness) of the Internet service.

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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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Microsoft Kicks Off $350M Data Center Expansion in Virginia

Data Center Knowledge

'Expansion to support cloud services features company’s latest energy efficient design Read More.

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Pointers vs References

SPF13

'Some languages including C, C++ support pointers. Other languages including C++, Java, Python, Ruby, Perl and PHP all support references. On the surface both references and pointers are very similar, both are used to have one variable provide access to another. With both providing a lot of the same capabilities, it’s often unclear what is different between these different mechanisms.

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Before Jumping into Big Data, Know Where and How You’re Jumping

Eric D. Brown

'The world of big data has been growing over the last few years. Everywhere you look today you see people talking about big data and discussing how their organization is doing (or planning to do) big data. While I’m all for organizations adopting big data and rolling out big data initiatives, I tend to cringe a bit when I learn that many organizations are spending money on big data projects without taking the time to develop a strategic plan for how they will approach their projects.

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The Universe of The Chief Information Officer

A CIO's Voice

'Filed under: C-Level Executives , CIO , CIO/CTO , IT Process , Management Tagged: Alignment , CEO , CFO , Chief Information Officer , CIO , CIO Leader , CMO , COO , corporate innovation , culture , executive , leader , Management.

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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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Cloud Environment Can Enable Fast, Secure Collaboration among Industries, Nations

Cloud Musings

'NCOIC’s Kevin Jackson to present new process for creating interoperability via a cyber-secure multi-cloud environment at cloud computing conferences in the U.S. and China WASHINGTON—June 4, 2014 —Cyber-secure cloud computing can help both businesses and governments improve their ability to collaborate with non-traditional partners so they can quickly and cost-effectively tackle complex problems.

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Google Identifies Companies with Unsecure Email Practices

CTOvision

'By Shannon Perry. Google recently released a free Video Quality Report , a means for Internet users to determine the quality of their Internet connections and to compare the speeds of their Internet service provider with other local ISPs. Much of the tech community received the report positively because the increased transparency – although it has the potential to “shame” ISPs that provide inferior service – will likely result in more competition and a better product for consumers.

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Artificial Intelligence: A New Frontier in Data Center Innovation

Data Center Knowledge

'Google isn''t the first company to use artificial intelligence to fine-tune its server infrastructure. Its work is the latest in a series of initiatives to create an electronic "data center brain" that can analyze IT infrastructure. Read More.

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Marc Andreessen on the Future of Technology and Automation, Robotics, and AI can Impact Government Service

CTOvision

'By Bob Gourley. This is the third installment in our series flowing from recent dialog with Marc Andreessen. Previous posts discussed future tech scenarios around the year 2030 and context on government services in the future. In this post we provide Marc’s thoughts around the future of technology including automation, robotics and AI and implications for government, business and citizens.

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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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Pentaho Continues To Innovate: Data Science Pack Operationalizes Use of R and Weka

CTOvision

'By Bob Gourley. SAN JOSE, Calif. , June 3, 2014 /PRNewswire/ – Hadoop Summit – According to the O’Reilly Data Scientist Salary Survey , R is the most-used tool for data scientists, while Weka is a widely used and popular open source collection of machine learning algorithms. Today, Pentaho Corporation announced the Data Science Pack , a toolkit to operationalize these two commonly used technologies.

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The Internet of (Secure) Things – Embedding Security in the IoT

CTOvision

'By George Romas. We’re seeing a glimmer of the future – the Internet of Things (IoT) – where anything and everything is or contains a sensor that can communicate over the network/Internet. The underlying technology enabling IoT is Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications. Your running shoe tracks your workouts, sending the data to a mobile app. Your wristband tracks your daily activities, including sleep patterns.

Internet 283
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OnLive: Building the future of enterprise services from the cloud

CTOvision

'By Bob Gourley. OnLive is a firm I recommend enterprise technologists watch closely. Their core capabilities have been proven in delivery of high performance games via cloud services (their focus has been cloud-gaming). They have proven, scalable capabilities that have been operating at a scale of millions of users with zero downtime. By delivering high-end visual computing experiences successfully to any device they have created capabilities that can apply to just about every enterprise.

Cloud 282
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Facebook Testing Broadcom’s Open Compute Switches in Production

Data Center Knowledge

'The company can now run its own network operating system and use its own SDN controller on Open Compute switches by the likes of Broadcom, Mellanox or Big Switch to optimize data delivery. Read More.

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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.