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vPro is a suite of high-impact technology that has just begun to make its presence known in mainstream IT organizations. vPro can help you bring your organization's security structure into shape with features that make a dramatic positive difference. vPro technologies are implemented in the hardware and firmware of the Intel chipset in Intel Core 2 Duo computers and above (at the bottom of this post is a link to a list of vPro-enabled processors) … [Read more...]
Editor's note: This piece was written by Dillon Behr, Crucial Point research associate and contributor to CTOvision.com This week I had the incredible opportunity to spend a few days mountain biking in east Texas with some of the most important people of my generation. One of these people was the 43rd President of the United States, George W. Bush. President Bush was hosting the Warrior 100k Mountain Bike ride at Lajitas Golf Resort near Big Bend … [Read more...]
A few years ago, Washington D.C.'s Metropolitan Police Department revolutionized its patrols, the backbone of law enforcement, by installing laptops into squad cars, allowing officers to have true two-way communication with dispatchers, keep track of other calls and incidents in real time, simplify paperwork, locate other cars, and make their exact coordinates known to dispatchers via GPS for efficient tasking. Now D.C.'s neighbor and eighth largest … [Read more...]
The Government Big Data Newsletter grew out of the first Government Big Data Forum. The newsletter is meant to contribute to dialog in-between our in-person meetings, and will supplement information that is provided here on our CTOvision.com Big Data articles. The newsletter is being produced in both hardcopy and electronic versions. Our intent is to capture lessons learned, best practices and use cases that will help readers think through new ways … [Read more...]
Walking Through the Front Door Many corporations today have become dependant upon their websites. Where once websites were simply information portals or advertisments for their owners, they have transformed into something far greater. Today companies all over the world rely on their websites to log in remotely, provide news and information to employees and shareholders, or allow customers to access services. Too often we hear about huge … [Read more...]
On Thursday, February 10, in an act of friendship and cooperation on behalf of South Africa, paleo-anthropologist Lee Berger donated casts of recently uncovered Australopithecus sediba fossils to the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. Despite having explored the area hundreds of times, Berger only discovered the remains of this new early human ancestor in the Cradle of Humanity World Heritage Site in 2008 with the help of Google … [Read more...]
Want the recipe for a real government shutdown? Combine 30% annual data growth, an explosion of virtual data, and an outdated federal back-up infrastructure. Adding more storage is not fixing the problem. But what's the alternative? According to a new survey from CTOlabs.com and Carahsoft, there are numerous forward-thinking government IT professionals using data duplication technologies to manage virtual machines, optimize infrastructures, and enhance … [Read more...]
A few weeks ago I was invited to the offices of Kyrus Tech, which is a start-up company run by a former colleague of mine from government. Kyrus (adapted from Caerus, the Greek deity of luck and opportunity) does both government and commercial work in digital forensics, reverse engineering and vulnerability research, but I was there specifically to hear about a new tool they have developed called Carbon Black, which has many potential uses, but … [Read more...]
Invincea, the firm named "Most Innovative Company of RSA 2011," will be conducting a webinar on Thursday April 28 at 2pm EST. The webinar will feature Dr. Anup Ghosh, Founder and CEO at Invincea. The topic of this webinar is Phishing and how to prevent it. I have not seen this webinar yet, but as an advisor to the company I have been treated to many briefings and demos and am sure that if you invest the time for an update you will enjoy and … [Read more...]