October, 2012

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The Biggest Myths Surrounding Disaster Recovery : spf13.com

SPF13

'by Steve Francia. blog. code. talks. me. share. Twitter. Facebook. Google+. LinkedIn. Delicious. Reddit. StumbleUpon. sharing is caring. follow. RSS. Twitter. Facebook. LinkedIn. GitHub. Google+. SlideShare. join 10k+ subscribers & followers. The Biggest Myths Surrounding Disaster Recovery. There are a variety of reasons businesses either do not have a disaster recovery plan or their current plan is substandard. The beliefs of the people in charge of developing these processes (business o

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Fountainhead: Apps and Desktops and Clouds - Oh My!

Fountainhead

'skip to main | skip to sidebar. Fountainhead. Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Wednesday, October 17, 2012. Apps and Desktops and Clouds - Oh My! A bunch of people have asked me about my new gig with Citrix. "Youre doing VDI and XenApp now? I thought you were a Cloud guy?" Yes, its true. and it’s due in part to todays announcements by Citrix about Project Avalon , the explosion of the Mobile Enterprise , and the Path to the Cloud.

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The ultimate in convenient banking: make payments by thinking

Trends in the Living Networks

In my presentation at yesterday’s media launch of ANZ’s Banking on Australia program , I spoke about new ways of making payments using biometrics. An article in today’s Australian Financial Review reports: “Biometric security” involves using fingerprints, voice records or eye scans to access secure systems instead of number-based passwords, which are much easier to steal or hack.

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Wrapping libvirt Virtual Networks Around Open vSwitch Fake Bridges

Scott Lowe

'In a previous article , I talked about how to use Open vSwitch (OVS) fake bridges to bring VLAN support into your environment. In this article, I show you how to wrap a libvirt virtual network around your OVS fake bridge. You might ask, “Why wrap a libvirt virtual network around an OVS fake bridge when you can just use the OVS bridge directly?

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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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GovCloud II: Implementation and Cloud Brokerage Services Now

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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SeanDaniel.com [tech]: Why I'm Super Happy with Windows 8

Sean Daniel

'SeanDaniel.com [tech]. Technology Tips, Tricks & News Home | Technical Blog |. Photo Blog | E-Mail Me. Friday, October 12, 2012. Why I’m Super Happy with Windows 8. So ya, I’m a Microsoft employee, so I’m assimilated right? Yes and no. I believe in Microsoft, I understand where we’re going and I have insight into the future (of Microsoft) that the average person would not.

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How CIOs Can Use Mobile And Custom Development To Rediscover Innovation (a chief information officer needs an IT strategy to create IT alignment)

The Accidental Successful CIO

'Image Credit CIOs need to realize that mobile can lead to big innovations. Quick question: what is the #1 job of a CIO? Hmm, good question, eh? Although this should really be part of the definition of information technology, I’m pretty sure that we could sit around and debate just exactly what is the #1 job of a CIO all day; however, I’m also pretty sure that we could agree that bringing innovation into the business has to be one of the top jobs of both the CIO and the entire IT dep

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Excellent data on the state of global innovation: idea generation, idea conversion, and crowdsourcing

Trends in the Living Networks

Strategy + Business magazine has just launched its annual Global Innovation 1000 study , a deep analysis of the 1000 biggest spenders on innovation globally. As it happens I separately caught up with S+B editor Art Kleiner and Booz & Co Chief Marketing Officer Tom Stewart last Friday in New York (more on those conversations later), fortunately getting out before Sandy hit town.

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Link Aggregation and LACP with Open vSwitch

Scott Lowe

'In this post, I’m going to show you how to use link aggregation (via the Link Aggregation Control Protocol, or LACP) with Open vSwitch (OVS). First, though, let’s cover some basics. In the virtualization space, it’s extremely common to want to use multiple physical network connections in your hypervisor hosts to support guest (virtual machine) traffic.

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Cloud Musings by Kevin L. Jackson: NJVC® Announces the.

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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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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Tweets from Gartner Symposium 2012 - Social, Agile, and.

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. Saturday, October 27, 2012. Tweets from Gartner Symposium 2012.

Agile 100
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Not Just Hadoop: NoSQL in the Enterprise at Strata NYC 2012

SPF13

'At the NYC Strata & Hadoop World conference I presented on ‘Not Just Hadoop: NoSQL in the Enterprise’. Robert Lancaster from Orbitz joined me on stage for the final presentation of the Bridge to Big Data track. Mark Madsen did a great job moderating the session and kept the energy high the entire day. Robert shared how Orbitz uses MongoDB with Apache Hadoop to provide real time rates.

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Ways That CIOs Can Introduce Innovation Into The Business (a chief information officer needs an IT strategy to create IT alignment)

The Accidental Successful CIO

'Image Credit CIOs need to join the party and help the company to become more social…. Quick question: what is the #1 job of a CIO? Hmm, good question, eh? Although this should really be part of the definition of information technology, I’m pretty sure that we could sit around and debate just exactly what is the #1 job of a CIO all day; however, I’m also pretty sure that we could agree that bringing innovation into the business has to be one of the top jobs of both the CIO and the en

Strategy 100
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Fantastic insights on the inspiring future of crowd business models

Trends in the Living Networks

I have just had my mind blown. I have got off a call with three of the speakers in the Future of Crowd Business Models session at Crowd Business Models Summit , which will be held in San Francisco on October 22, the day before the major crowdsourcing conference CrowdConf. What I heard from the speakers on what they will cover and the conversation we had was amazing.

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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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Layer 3 Routing with Open vSwitch

Scott Lowe

'Open vSwitch (OVS) is a core component in a number of prominent virtualization- and cloud-related products and projects (consider that OpenStack Quantum, CloudStack, XenServer, and Nicira NVP all leverage OVS). I’ve discussed before how to do VLANs with OVS ( here too) as well as how to use link aggregation with OVS. In this post, I’m going to explore the use of OVS for inter-VLAN routing at Layer 3. <aside>It’s actually a bit of a misnomer, in my opinion, to talk abou

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Virtustream a Visionary in Gartner 2012 IaaS Magic Quadrant

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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The CIO Paradox - A Must Read - 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, October 23, 2012. The CIO Paradox - A Must Read. One day, I hope to write a book and share my best ideas, secrets and wisdom with fellow CIOs and CTOs.

Agile 100
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Not Just Hadoop: NoSQL in the Enterprise at Strata NYC 2012

SPF13

'At the NYC Strata & Hadoop World conference I presented on ‘Not Just Hadoop: NoSQL in the Enterprise’. Robert Lancaster from Orbitz joined me on stage for the final presentation of the Bridge to Big Data track. Mark Madsen did a great job moderating the session and kept the energy high the entire day. Robert shared how Orbitz uses MongoDB with Apache Hadoop to provide real time rates.

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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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Practical Analytics: What A CIO Needs To Know (a chief information officer needs an IT strategy to create IT alignment)

The Accidental Successful CIO

'Image Credit Practical analytics is more than just pretty pictures. Every CIO knows that analytics is all the rage in almost every company now and has almost become a part of the definition of information technology. The CEO has been reading those magazine articles that say now that databases have grown large enough to hold virtually every piece of data that the company collects and servers have become cheap enough to throw at any number crunching problem that the IT department might have.

Strategy 100
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The future of banking: biometrics take over cash, payments in fluid economy, personal digital agents

Trends in the Living Networks

This morning ANZ announced its Banking on Australia program, in which it will spend $1.5 billion over the next five years to reshape its business and invest in digital technology, with the immediate launch of a range of digital initiatives. At the media event announcing the program at ANZ’s headquarters this morning I spoke about the future of banking, and ANZ Australia CEO Phil Chronican shared ANZ’s initiatives.

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Running Host Management on Open vSwitch - Scott Lowe

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NJVC® Introduces Cloudcuity? AppDeployer to Create and Sell

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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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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Big Data's Managerial Challenges - 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, October 09, 2012. Big Datas Managerial Challenges.

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Mick's IT Blogs: Display All Logged On Users in a Domain

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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Why CIOs Need To Discover IT Paradise By The Dashboard Lights (a chief information officer needs an IT strategy to create IT alignment)

The Accidental Successful CIO

'Image Credit Dashboards aren't just for cars anymore…. Every once in awhile a new idea comes along that is actually a pretty good idea. The tsunami of data that every company is currently trying to deal with has resulted in CFOs coming to the IT department and asking for help. Since in many cases the CIO works for the CFO, you had better be able to solve this data overload problem and do it quick!

Strategy 100
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Slides from opening keynote at Crowd Business Models Summit

Trends in the Living Networks

Yesterday I chaired Crowd Business Models Summit in San Francisco. Here are the slides from my opening presentation, which provided an introduction and frame for the event. Crowd Business Models Summit Opening Keynote – Ross Dawson from AHTGroup. The big frame for thinking about crowd business models is the future of work and organizations. Crowdsourcing and crowds will be central to how value is created in future.

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How Top Tech CFOs Solve Annual Planning’s Biggest Challenges

Gearing up for 2025 annual planning? Our latest eBook from the Operators Guild is your ultimate guide. Discover real-world solutions and best practices shared by top CFOs, drawn directly from discussions within OG’s vibrant online community. Learn from senior executives at high-growth tech startups as they outline financial planning strategies, align CEO and board goals, and coordinate budgets across departments.

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Managing Your E-mail Inbox

Scott Lowe

'I tweeted earlier today that I managed to achieve “Inbox Zero” (an empty e-mail inbox) while at a major industry conference (I’m in Spain for VMworld EMEA). A follower on Twitter asked if I would share my “inbox secret” It’s not a secret, really, but I thought I’d share it here just in case others are interested in trying to emulate a similar methodology (or are just interested in getting control of your e-mail inbox).

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Struggles With The Cloud

A CIO's Voice

'A few years back we outsourced our server backups to a vendor’s private cloud. It made sense at the time and was cost efficient based on our current data growth. As time marched forward and business grew, so did our data growth. Adding more and more growth capacity to the cloud began to cost us more than if we were to perform our own backup internally via old fashion tape.

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SeanDaniel.com [tech]: Beware Social scammers that call.

Sean Daniel

'SeanDaniel.com [tech]. Technology Tips, Tricks & News Home | Technical Blog |. Photo Blog | E-Mail Me. Thursday, October 04, 2012. Beware Social scammers that call pretending to be the Microsoft HelpDesk. On 9/21/2012, I received my first social engineering hacking attack. An attempt to obtain access to my computer and my credit card, leveraging my stupidity and lack of computer skills :o) Im outlining what happened here so you can save yourself if you get a similar phone call.

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Mick's IT Blogs: SCCM Advanced Client Cache Size Reporting

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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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