By BobGourley This is not a weather site, but we sure know some good ones and we bet you are already all over the news about Sandy. We are a technology site and have a message for all technologists within ear shot. We are a DC area blog, and so many of our friends andRead… Read more »
By BobGourley When I was on active duty, I had the privilege of working for ADM Willard while he was the Seventh Fleet Commander. One thing he constantly drummed into each of his warfighters was the concept of carefully and meticulously identifying the SUPPORTED Commander and the SUPPORTING assets for each task force. Because allRead… Read more »
By BobGourley “Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known” said Carl Sagan. This inspiring quote is a tremendous mantra for those in the Big Data movement and it played a central organizing theme to Mike Olson‘s keynote at the 2012 Hadoop World/Strata Conference in NYC. Mike highlighted this quote in his motivational keynote becauseRead… Read more »
By Kelsey Atherton Editor’s note: What follows is extracted from a storify post . This is a first post in this format for the CTOvision blog. Let us know what you think on any aspect of this, including format in your browser, format in your newsletters and of course content- bg. The Foreign Policy ResearchRead… Read more »
By RyanKamauff Looking for a new iPad? Go no further than the iPad Mini In the wake of Apple’s most recent event, users are now forced to choose between a host of highly (and not so highly) differentiated tablets. The new iPad Mini is a 7.9″ tablet with offerings from 16GB Wi-Fi to 64GB Wi-FiRead… Read more »
By BobGourley This post is sponsored the Enterprise CIO Forum and HP. The Enterprise CIO Forum (ECF) is a community for CIOs, CTOs and IT leaders in large enterprises. It is a venue for discussing ways to leverage technology to drive mission focused outcomes and the many related factors associated with improved IT support toRead… Read more »
By RyanKamauff Here are the top tech news and stories for the day. Amazon had a big outage in North Virginia on the 22nd – This outage affected Reddit, Pinterest, Airbnb, Foursquare, Minecraft and more. As we rely more on the cloud to deliver services, then we will have to find ways around outages suchRead… Read more »
By AlexOlesker Traffic citations are critical for funding police departments, courts, and municipalities. Unpaid citations or missed court appearances result in warrants and additional fees, but finding or arresting fugitives and collecting unpaid fines is difficult as well as time and manpower intensive. As a result, the process often stops there. In Texas alone, thereRead… Read more »
By BobGourley I’m not really sure were to file this, and am not convinced it is going to be helpful news you can use as an enterprise CTO. But it is something I feel compelled to share with you. The video embedded below is a mix of art and science. It is one of theRead… Read more »
By BobGourley The open concept development site CTOlabs.com is conducting a survey seeking information on Data Storage and Analysis practices in the federal ecosystem. If you are a technologist or executive with insights and lessons learned to share regarding data storage and analysis we would very much appreciate your views. The results of this surveyRead… Read more »