I think everyone probably has at least heard bits and pieces of what Steve Wozniak’s Key Note at FOSE yesterday, however I think it’s very important we wipe away our awe for a moment and look long and hard at just what he said. To most technorati, or at very least technology proficient, folks inRead… Read more »
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The Technology of VoltDB
VoltDB is a company fielding a technology designed by DBMS pioneer Mike Stonebreaker. It is designed to address challenges of performance limitations in existing systems, and also provides significant potential cost savings, giving it the virtuous position of having more functionality at a lower cost. In conversations with Stonebreaker I learned a bit more aboutRead… Read more »
5 Things Harry Potter Can Teach Us About Government Contracting
I originally posted this on GovWin for the release of Harry Potter, and realized a lot of this still connects to federal employees as well. For the broad information that does relate to just contractors, it will at least provide some insight from our side. As J.K. Rowling’s boy wizard franchise prepares to close withRead… Read more »
In Search of a Russian Winter of Information Systems Security
Bob Gourley recently wrote about the dangers of a Maginot Line approach to network security in “The Maginot Line of Information Systems Security“, based on of the paper by Dr. Rick Forno. In the Second World War, the French relied on the Maginot Line, a string of fortifications along the German border, to repel invaders.Read… Read more »
Database Research Pioneer Michael Stonebreaker
I just received an update from data base research and technology pioneer Michael Stonebreaker and will be using insights from the conversation to inform a few coming posts here at CTOvision.com (including a coming one on his newest pursuit, VoltDB), but first wanted to provide a digital introduction to Michael. I first met him inRead… Read more »
Washington Exec Flash Summit on Innovation in Government
I recently received an invitation from WashingtonExec to attend a Flash Summit on Innovation in Government. This event will be held Thursday 21 July at 5pm till 730pm. Attendance is limited, for more info please send a note to [email protected] and JD Kathuria will get you more info. But here is a tickler: This eventRead… Read more »
Open Government Links of the Week – July 15, 2011
[CIO] Vivek Kundra’s Tips for Smarter Government “Federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra delivered [these] during testimony before a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee [on Thursday]“ Tips on Improving Government Websites On Tuesday, the White House held a video Q & A about Improving Federal Websites. BUT, there are takeaways and ideasRead… Read more »
Tips on Improving Government Websites
On Tuesday, the White House held a Q & A about Improving Federal Websites. BUT, there are takeaways and ideas that local governments and state agencies can gain from this discussion (see below the video). According to the White House Blog: “For the first time, the federal government has published the list of all .govRead… Read more »
Why Blog?
Guest Post by Dana Blankenhorn I first met Dana Blankenhorn when I left enterprise software and was building an open source company. He was blogging about open source and two out of three of his posts I had to implement immediately. He was my teacher-from-the-cloud for over a year. He is still the only personRead… Read more »
If Rackspace Keeps This Up They Will Dominate
In March we announced our move of CTOvision.com to a new Rackspace Cloud Site capability. After testing we also moved CTOlabs.com and, CrucialPointLLC.com there, and things were so easy/fast/enjoyable we later established DoDIIStech.com there. Using Rackspace gave us must faster performance and many other features. Lately things started to go wrong, however. I started gettingRead… Read more »