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APRIL 11, 2014

'By Bob Gourley. This is a follow on to our post on planning your time at the Geoint Symposium. With this post I want to make some technology recommendations that may be helpful to you as you plan out your time at the Geoint Symposium 14-17 Apr. There are so many great firms on the expo floor you cannot possibly spend time with all of them. You really need to approach the floor with a strategy.

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Data Center Knowledge

APRIL 20, 2014

'A major fire at a Samsung data center in Gwacheon, South Korea Sunday morning caused a data outage for users Samsung devices, including smart TVs, phones and tablets. Read More.

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APRIL 9, 2014

'Welcome to Steve Francia’s website.

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CIO Musings

APRIL 12, 2014

'The good folks at www.pulppr.com asked me to show you their new infographic. See below. Their home page is an original, an effect I had not seen before. Check it out too and follow them at @pulpPR They raise a good point here, I''d like to expand on just a bit. Budget have been hit hard in public sector IT. This has not left a ton of money for strategic tool sets, services that you have at the ready when people need them.

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The Accidental Successful CIO

APRIL 23, 2014

'Even cloud relationships have to come to an end sometime – are you ready? Image Credit. Since the cloud is a new and shiny thing in the world of IT departments, we are all excited about it because it now has a lot to do with the importance of information technology. Part of having the CIO job is spending your day thinking about how you can move more of the company’s applications into the cloud.

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Social, Agile and Transformation

APRIL 28, 2014

'I should have written this post 5-10 years ago when I was an expert working with search engines and text data. Better late then never, and hopefully this will help some of you that are starting out looking at solutions to better store, search, and data mine text documents. . . So here are some things not to do (or avoid doing) with unstructured text Big Data: Develop home grown scripts to.

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Data Center Knowledge

APRIL 18, 2014

'Microsoft is building even bigger in Iowa. The company today unveiled plans to invest a whopping $1.1 billion in a new data center campus in West Des Moines, where it already operates a large server farm. Read More.

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SPF13

APRIL 6, 2014

'I’m pleased to announce the coordinated release of drivers in 9 languages in preparation for the release of MongoDB 2.6. This is the largest driver release in the history of MongoDB, both in terms of code changes as well as in terms of drivers released. Official Drivers for C, C++, C# (.net), Java, Node.js, PHP, Python, Ruby and Scala were all released with Perl following shortly.

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CIO Musings

APRIL 13, 2014

'This article caught my eye today. Apparently many folks who buy wearable technology don''t keep using it over time. This doesn''t surprise me, read on to find out why. I have seen a variety of form factors of wearable technology advertised or reviewed recently including watches, rings, cuffs and bracelets. I have some of them on order. I use a Pebble smart-watch almost every day at work.

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The Accidental Successful CIO

APRIL 2, 2014

'Building a next generation IT department is hard work Image Credit. Yea! The global economy is improving and that means that good things are going to be coming to the IT department because the rest of the company has finally come to realize the importance of information technology. Specifically, since you have the CIO position, it’s going to be time for you to whip the IT team into shape in order to take on all of the new initiatives that the company is going to be preparing to rollout.

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Social, Agile and Transformation

APRIL 15, 2014

'Anyone who''s ever worked with me knows that I love spending time with developers. I will ask simple questions, "What are you working on?", "Can I see the code?", "Who is also working on this requirement and what are they doing?", and my favorite question, "How will your work help customers?". This is far more than just getting in touch with the staff and understanding what''s going on.

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CTOvision

APRIL 28, 2014

'By Bob Gourley. For a decade now the cyber security community has been treated to important strategic context coordinated by Verizon in their Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR). The information in the report can help drive strategic planning for enterprise technologists and members of the enterprise cyber security team and it is well worth a read by any CTO, CIO, CISO and most other members of enterprise technology teams.

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Data Center Knowledge

APRIL 16, 2014

'Microsoft wants to use its data centers to help transform the way electricity is delivered in the United States. That process will focus on San Antonio, TX, where the company has confirmed plans to build a new $250 million data center. Read More.

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SPF13

APRIL 6, 2014

'I’m pleased to announce the coordinated release of drivers in 9 languages in preparation for the release of MongoDB 2.6. This is the largest driver release in the history of MongoDB, both in terms of code changes as well as in terms of drivers released. Official Drivers for C, C++, C# (.net), Java, Node.js, PHP, Python, Ruby and Scala were all released with Perl following shortly.

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CTOvision

APRIL 11, 2014

'By Bob Gourley. Threats to our information are not only from malware or brute force hacks or social engineering. Criminals are motivated to look for every advantage. Sometimes we read about very sophisticated attacks against hardware that require advanced engineering. But attacks don’t really have to be sophisticated to be successful. Two relatively easy to execute attacks were recently highlighted by the New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

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CTOvision

APRIL 27, 2014

'By Bob Gourley. Everyone with any history in or around government has stories they can tell about federal government procurements. It really is a different beast. There are many reasons why. Perhaps the first 535 reasons are the 535 voting members of the US Congress that have the funding, oversight and legislative powers for how government works. Name another organization in the world that has a board of directors with 535 voting members?

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CTOvision

APRIL 24, 2014

'By HudsonHollister. Editor’s note: Hudson Hollister is the executive director of the data transparency coalition. His insightful update below covers issues of interests to technologists in and out of government. -bg. Sweeping change and open data are dawning for U.S. federal spending. On Thursday 10 April 2014 the U.S. Senate passed the DATA Act — unanimously.

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CTOvision

APRIL 18, 2014

'By SeanLawson. Recently, several news outlets reported on a supposed plot by a Moroccan national to use remote controlled model airplanes as flying bombs. The story seems to lend credibility to speculation that model airplanes could be the next terrorist threat. In reality, however, these fears are part of a larger pattern of threat inflation about domestic “drones” that mirrors the kind of threat inflation that we see too often in public policy debates about new technologies.

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APRIL 20, 2014

'By Bob Gourley. “ R ” is a freely available language for interacting with your computer that is designed for a wide variety of functions. It is most frequently associated with statistical computing and graphics. R runs on a wide variety of systems, including Mac, Windows, Linux and Unix. Every analyst who deals with data should have a copy of R and be familiar with it.

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CTOvision

APRIL 4, 2014

'By Bob Gourley. Salesforce.com Announces New Industries Strategy. BOSTON, April 2, 2014 /PRNewswire/ – Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM ), the world’s #1 CRM platform, today announced a new industries strategy aimed at accelerating the company’s growth and transforming the way companies across key industries connect with their customers.

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CTOvision

APRIL 10, 2014

'By Bob Gourley. Save the date! The 2014 Analytics Forum will be held 30 July in Reston VA. This event is focused on analytical insights for mission impact. The Analytics Forum is co-sponsored by the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) and the Analyst One website. The forum is the premier Big Data analytics event for mission-focused government and business analysts and executives.

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CTOvision

APRIL 10, 2014

'By SeanLawson. This week we learned of two new FAA actions against domestic operators of what are popularly called “drones” and what the FAA calls “unmanned aircraft systems” (UAS). In one case, the FAA has claimed that it is illegal for volunteers to use radio controlled model aircraft to search for missing persons. In the other, an agency spokeswoman advised a news outlet against publishing donated video taken by a model aircraft, implying that the agency could take legal action against the n

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APRIL 26, 2014

'By Bob Gourley. At this link and embedded below is a video from Samsung which captures the new features of Samsung’s well engineered approach to enhancing mobile security. Look for my cameo appearance at 11:55 where say something I believe, but which must be totally obvious to you good readers. The real reason to watch is to get an overview of their well engineered approach and how it has evolved over time to the benefit of enterprise users.

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CTOvision

APRIL 2, 2014

'By Bob Gourley. On the Crimean Peninsula, Russia writes the rules because they control the territory. They control who goes in and who goes out. Anyone who wants access to the Crimea can only do so if Russia allows it. You might have a treaty that says it is not supposed to be that way, but the fact is, Russia is in charge because they control all access.

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CTOvision

APRIL 22, 2014

'GitHub is so hot right now I know you have heard of it and you may even have your own account there. But we are finding GitHub to be of use in ways far more than we expected it to be and think it may disrupt (in a good way) many business processes that it was not meant to disrupt. So even if your duties do not require you to use GitHub we suggest you stay up to speed on the functionality of this new system.

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CTOvision

APRIL 30, 2014

'April 23rd was an anticipated day for Wall Street – the day of Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) second quarter earnings report. Although some consider the Apple bubble somewhat passed (because so many of us have already purchased iPhones and iPads), the company’s profits and revenues still matter to millions of people; with a market cap hovering around half a trillion dollars, many investors have much at stake with the tech giant.

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APRIL 26, 2014

'Microsoft plans a major expansion of its data center campus in Wyoming, investing an additional $274 million to build its cloud infrastructure in Cheyenne. Read More.

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APRIL 4, 2014

'Facebook revealed some aerial photos as well as a peek inside the data hall in its new, 100 percent wind-powered data center in Altoona, Iowa. Read More.

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CTOvision

APRIL 14, 2014

'By Bob Gourley. Today is the first day of the Geoint Symposium. Most of the events are special, pre-events that dive deep into key mission areas, but the convention center is humming with activity. I picked up my credentials and walked the halls a bit, with my Google Glass. I didn’t see any other Glass users, so have decided I will not be walking around with the devices on my head, I’ll only pull them out and wear them in sessions were it is ok to record or when I am watching a demo

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CTOvision

APRIL 10, 2014

'By ShannonPerry. For a while now, wearable technologies have received attention from the media and attracted scores of fit minded and curious customers. A Fit Bit can monitor sleep habits, activity levels, and distance traveled, but the Nike + Fuelband provides similar information and comes with a colorful display. If those don’t suit you, try the stylish Up by Jawbone , or the Vivofit by Garmin with its large, easily read display, or the more affordable Bowflex Boost.

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