2012

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DoD Conference Guidance ? The Definition of Insanity - CTOvision

CTOvision

'When a handful of people from GSA became famous for waste and fraud in a lavish conference in Las Vegas, DoD was forced to peer inside a can of worms. As we grappled with providing support to two simultaneous war.

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Getting started with Drupal and MongoDB : 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. Getting started with Drupal and MongoDB. MongoDB is the most full featured scalable database taking the tech world by storm.

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Fountainhead: The End of the Laptop-Centric World?

Fountainhead

'skip to main | skip to sidebar. Fountainhead. Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Monday, November 5, 2012. The End of the Laptop-Centric World? Is this you: You own multiple laptops or desktop computers because you have different uses, jobs, clients or applications? Doesnt this seem ridiculously inefficient and wasteful - especially because we now in the "cloud era"?

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Call Me Maybe - A Technology Metaphor - CIO Musings

CIO Musings

'CIO Musings - Life as a Public Sector CIO. A blog about things that interest me as a Chief Information Officer (CIO) working for a local government. Primarily focused on technology, leadership and some of my recreational pursuits. Follow me on twitter at @BarryCondrey Enjoy! Monday, July 9, 2012. Call Me Maybe - A Technology Metaphor. #cio #tech. Hey, I just met you, And this is crazy, But heres my number, So call me, maybe?

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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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What Is Big Data? The Real Challenges Beyond Volume, Velocity.

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, December 11, 2012. What Is Big Data? The Real Challenges Beyond Volume, Velocity and Variety.

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Why Mentors Are So Important For CIOs And How To Get Them (a chief information officer needs an IT strategy to create IT alignment)

The Accidental Successful CIO

'Every CIO needs a mentor… Image Credit. When you become a CIO, the reason that you’ve been able to achieve this position is because you know everything that you’ll ever have to know, right? You’ll never make a mistake again and every decision that you’ll make will be the right decision. Correct? I’m betting that you are probably shaking your head right about now and that’s a good thing.

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Cloud Musings by Kevin L. Jackson: Texas Cloud Computing.

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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Amazon DynamoDB ? a Fast and Scalable NoSQL Database.

All Things Distributed

'All Things Distributed. Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. Amazon DynamoDB â?? a Fast and Scalable NoSQL Database Service Designed for Internet Scale Applications. By Werner Vogels on 18 January 2012 07:00 AM. | Permalink. | Comments (). Today is a very exciting day as we release Amazon DynamoDB , a fast, highly reliable and cost-effective NoSQL database service designed for internet scale applications.

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Using EncFS with Dropbox and BoxCryptor

Scott Lowe

'Lots of folks like using Dropbox , the ubiquitous store-and-sync cloud storage service; I am among them. However, concerns over the privacy and security of my data have kept me from using Dropbox for some projects. To help address that, I looked around to find an open, interoperable way of adding an extra layer of encryption onto my data. What I found is described in this post, and it involves using the open source EncFS and OSXFUSE projects along with an application from BoxCryptor to provide

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Introducing the B2B IT Forum

The Investing Edge

'As a VC firm focused on technology, it’s no accident we’re located in the heart of Boston. It’s a town full of smart people, energy, and ideas. That’s evident at any local meet-up we’ve attended, from WebInno to the Boston Innovation Challenge , to other entrepreneurial events in the city. But what we’ve found to be missing is an event that focuses exclusively on a technology area with current spending levels trending toward $3 trillion per year : Enterprise IT.

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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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Thetus Savanna: Powerful but easy to learn analytic tools - CTOvision

CTOvision

'thetus Savanna by Thetus is a powerful suite of tools that let you work through the lifecycle of analytical issues, including some very complex, knotty problems.

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MongoDB Driver days hackathon round up : 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. MongoDB Driver days hackathon round up. Two times a year the drivers team at 10gen gathers together for a face to face meeting to spend time together working on issues and setting forth our goals for the upcoming six months.

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Fountainhead: My IT is Ready. My People Are Not.

Fountainhead

'skip to main | skip to sidebar. Fountainhead. Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Monday, February 13, 2012. My IT is Ready. My People Are Not. By now you may know that I buy into the enterprise approach where cloud computing and its operational model are enablers for something bigger : The transformation to IT-as-a-Service.

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CIO Musings - Life as a Public Sector CIO: Verizon Witching Hour

CIO Musings

'CIO Musings - Life as a Public Sector CIO. A blog about things that interest me as a Chief Information Officer (CIO) working for a local government. Primarily focused on technology, leadership and some of my recreational pursuits. Follow me on twitter at @BarryCondrey Enjoy! Wednesday, June 27, 2012. Verizon Witching Hour. Big Changes to #Verizon Plans Tomorrow!!

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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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Big Data, Agile, CIO - 2012 in Review

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, December 18, 2012. Big Data, Agile, CIO - 2012 in Review.

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What To Do When The CIO Works For The CFO (a chief information officer needs an IT strategy to create IT alignment)

The Accidental Successful CIO

'Image Credit Where does the CFO want to lead the CIO to? The good folks over at Gartner and the Financial Executives Research Foundation have just completed another one of those big studies. What they found is that in companies that have less than $50M in revenue, 47% of their CIOs report to the company’s CFO. In firms that have $1B or more in revenue, 46% of CIOs report to the CFO.

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Will offices still exist in the future?

Trends in the Living Networks

I’m currently doing a five-city speaking tour for Canon, speaking about the future of workspace. In my keynote I talk about the driving forces of change in work and organizations, the changing nature of the workspace, and the leadership required to create the next phase of work. Until recently there were two major workspaces for knowledge work: offices and field work.

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Top 10 Transformational Impacts of the Cloud in 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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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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Expanding the Cloud ? Announcing Amazon Redshift, a Petabyte.

All Things Distributed

'All Things Distributed. Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. Expanding the Cloud â?? Announcing Amazon Redshift, a Petabyte-scale Data Warehouse Service. By Werner Vogels on 28 November 2012 09:00 AM. | Permalink. | Comments (). Today, we are excited to announce the limited preview of Amazon Redshift , a fast and powerful, fully managed, petabyte-scale data warehouse service in the cloud.

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Using VLANs with OVS and libvirt

Scott Lowe

'In previous posts, I’ve shown you how to use Open vSwitch (OVS) with VLANs through fake bridges , as well as how to wrap libvirt virtual network around OVS fake bridges. Both of these techniques are acceptable for configuring VLANs with OVS, but in this post I want to talk about using VLANs with OVS via a greater level of libvirt integration.

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Winning the New Enterprise Sales Game: This Week’s B2B IT Forum

The Investing Edge

'We are very pleased that our second B2B Enterprise IT Forum was so well received. Thank you for all of the positive feedback. We had a strong turnout, smart questions from our audience, and great advice from our panelists on how to successfully sell enterprise IT. If you weren’t able to attend, we’ve compiled some of the key takeaways from our panel, which together possess nearly a century of enterprise sales experience.

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Ozone Widget Framework to be on GitHub, GAO sees $2.3B in.

CTOvision

'DHS Here are the top cyber news and stories of the day. Ozone Widget Framework to be on GitHub now by year's end - The Ozone Widget Framework is an open source project that allows developers to create lightweight.

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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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MongoDB Driver days hackathon round up

SPF13

'Two times a year the drivers team at 10gen gathers together for a face to face meeting to spend time together working on issues and setting forth our goals for the upcoming six months. In September 2012 we all converged on New York City for the second ever driver days. This time we split up into teams for a hack-a-thon. As maintainers of drivers & integrations in over a dozen different languages while we are on the same team, it isn’t often that we actually work together on the same codebas

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Fountainhead: It Will Be a Data-Centric (Cloudy) World

Fountainhead

'skip to main | skip to sidebar. Fountainhead. Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Thursday, January 19, 2012. It Will Be a Data-Centric (Cloudy) World. (Or, Where Tomorrows Clouds Will Form). Move Mohammed to the mountain, or the mountain to Mohammed? In the context of data, applications and cloud computing, this question takes on a new perspective - and the role of Mohammed and the Mountain may soon reverse.

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State Tech Magazine Recognition - CIO Musings

CIO Musings

'CIO Musings - Life as a Public Sector CIO. A blog about things that interest me as a Chief Information Officer (CIO) working for a local government. Primarily focused on technology, leadership and some of my recreational pursuits. Follow me on twitter at @BarryCondrey Enjoy! Wednesday, July 25, 2012. State Tech Magazine Recognition. So, I am getting ready for bed and I notice I have a twitter mention on my smartphone.

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Strategic Agile Thinking: Balancing Value, Innovation and Research

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, June 18, 2012. Strategic Agile Thinking: Balancing Value, Innovation and Research.

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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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Why FedEx's CIO Has His Head In The Cloud (a chief information officer needs an IT strategy to create IT alignment)

The Accidental Successful CIO

'Image Credit. Why would a package delivery company care about cloud computing? When it absolutely, positively has to be there overnight, who are you going to call? Probably FedEx, the package shipping company. What you might not know is that FedEx has an enormous IT infrastructure that they use to move all of those packages around. Why would they be thinking about messing with success and moving this mission critical support system into the cloud?

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6 mechanisms that will help create the global brain

Trends in the Living Networks

One of the many reasons humanity is at an inflection point is that the age-old dream of the “global brain” is finally becoming a reality. I explored the idea in my book Living Networks , and at more length in my piece Autopoiesis and how hyper-connectivity is literally bringing the networks to life. Today, my work on crowdsourcing is largely focused on the emerging mechanisms that allow us to create better results from mass participation.

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FedRAMP Releases Updated Security Assessment Plan Templates

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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Expanding the Cloud ? The Amazon Simple Workflow Service - All.

All Things Distributed

'All Things Distributed. Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. Expanding the Cloud â?? The Amazon Simple Workflow Service. By Werner Vogels on 22 February 2012 12:01 AM. | Permalink. | Comments (). Today AWS launched an exciting new service for developers: the Amazon Simple Workflow Service. Amazon SWF is an orchestration service for building scalable distributed applications.

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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.