The USGIF will facilitate the Geoint Symposium 16-19 October 2011 in San Antonio Texas. According to the site at geoint2011: USGIF Announces First Keynote Speakers for GEOINT 2011 Symposium Confirming their participation in GEOINT 2011 are Gen. Keith B. Alexander, U.S. Army, commander, U.S. Cyber Command and director, National Security Agency (NSA); Bruce Carlson, director, National Reconnaissance Office (NRO); the Honorable James R. Clapper Jr., … [Read more...]
Hardware Really Matters for Computer Functionality and Security
March 31, 2011 By
It may be stating the obvious to say that the hardware you use has a direct impact on the functionality of your IT. That is so fundamental of a statement it really goes without saying. But for some reason decision-makers gloss over the importance of hardware to security design. Why? The hardware you pick has a direct impact on the security of your enterprise. This matters at even layer of your enterprise. From devices to networks to servers and … [Read more...]
Mature Models for Healthy and Resilient Cyber Systems
March 28, 2011 By
In February 2011 we reported on a Department of Homeland Security research agenda for cyber security, providing the opinion that this was "the most mature research agenda on the topic of cyber security." That research agenda is fantastic and should help shape the future cyber ecosystem in very positive ways. Now in March 2011, DHS has produced another significant, positive, virtuous document on the topic of Cybersecurity that deserves the attention … [Read more...]
Is the Instant-On Enterprise Right for You?
March 28, 2011 By
This post sponsored by the Enterprise CIO Forum and HP. How is your enterprise dealing with Big Data? We’ve written much about the growing benefits and challenges Big Data is posing in the Federal enterprise and have highlighted a number of tools and approaches to addressing issues of big data analytics. While the analytics piece is important and is certainly a significant challenge, there are many other elements of Big Data that can also pose … [Read more...]
Google Engineering and Insights Into Human Nature
March 27, 2011 By
Humans organize to get big things done. And for years leaders and thinkers have tried to optimize organizations. You have no doubt studied this yourself. Do you remember reading books like "The Peter Principle: Why Things Always Go Wrong" or perhaps the true genius of Scott Adams in works like "This Is the Part Where You Pretend to Add Value." Those are great timeless works because they are working off enduring human scripts. You can find other insights … [Read more...]
2011 DoDIIS Worldwide Conference
March 26, 2011 By
The 2011 DoDIIS Worldwide Conference will be held 1-5 May 2011 at the COBO at Detroit Michigan. This is always an exciting event for technologists enthused about continued improvement of mission capabilities. The conference is focused on the mission of the US DoD intelligence enterprise, but the many topics tackled at the event are of interest to technologists from a wide range of enterprises. For more see the official conference site … [Read more...]
Common Hadoopable Problems
March 25, 2011 By
If you're reading this, you probably already know about Apache's Hadoop, a popular data storage and analysis platform. Hadoop can inexpensively store any type of information from any source on commodity hardware and allow for fast, distributed analysis run in parallel on multiple servers in a Hadoop Cluster. It's powerful, agile, scalable, and, due to replication, resilient to hardware and systems failures. But when should you use Hadoop? The white … [Read more...]
We are hiring immediately to fill technical positions
March 23, 2011 By
Crucial Point is part of the Fulcrum IT team, which has just won a contract supporting the JDISS program office in Suitland, MD. Crucial Point is hiring immediately. All positions require a US government security clearance. Positions include systems/software engineers, Senior Program Managers, Senior Technical Leads, ISR Specialists, Analyst/Engineers, Principle Database Managers and others. See our jobs and apply online. Know someone … [Read more...]
Admin Note: Another upgrade to the blog
March 13, 2011 By
Dear readers, With traffic increasing we have outgrown our current servers. This is, of course, a good problem to have and we thank you for giving us this issue! We are moving the CTOvision.com blog, as well as most of our other sites, to a new Rackspace Cloud Site capability. Rackspace, as you probably know, is a pioneer in turning new scalable cloud computing concepts into reality. We hope our move will not result in much downtime, but … [Read more...]