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On Wednesday, August 17, I had the pleasure of attending a retirement reception for the former Federal CIO, Vivek Kundra. At the reception, Kundra and those who worked closely with him from both government and industry reflected on the exciting dynamics in the federal IT space today. A key theme was how how before Kundra was appointed the first Federal CIO, few people were sure what a Federal CIO would do or why we needed one, but after his term, they … [Read more...]
With the ubiquity of Big Data, Apache Hadoop has become a vital platform for cost-effective, reliable, scalable distributed computing to store and analyze hundreds of gigabytes of complex information. Since the Hadoop ecosystem is open source, it is supported with a growing community of professionals. However, it is a platform in growing demand which means there is a real need for training in this space. Cloudera provides tremendous training and an … [Read more...]
The amount of data being created is growing faster than humans can analyze. But fast analysis over the right data can solve tough challenges. Those facts are driving the continual pursuit of new solutions to Big Data challenges. Solutions to these Big Data issues hold the promise of helping many sectors of our life, but the missions and data of governments make the government sector one of particular importance. The government has special abilities to … [Read more...]
Cyberspace is our interconnected information technology. And since everything either is or is becoming connected, one of the defining characteristics of cyberspace is its complexity. This adds burden to cyber defenders. Defense teams require experience, education, training and a mindset that lets them continually learn. They also must forge broad teams across multiple subject and functional areas. An ability to rapidly collaborate and exchange data while … [Read more...]
Our premier publication is our monthly technology review. Every month we send this to over 6000 technology thought leaders. Our monthly recaps reporting from the CTOvision.com blog as well as tech trends from the IT industry. We also provide links to our technology assessments in our monthly. Other products include our Daily CTOvision.com summary, the Daily Fedcyber.com summary, and the Government Big Data Newsletter. We would like to add you to our … [Read more...]
I just found word of this 25 August webinar on the Carahsoft website and wanted to share it. I plan on attending to get the latest on i2-based anti-fraud solutions. i2 is widely known in our community as the gold standard for dynamic analysis of links and relationships for investigations. And they are known for working with others in the software stack (including working with great tools like Thetus and Endeca). So if you are sick of having glitzy … [Read more...]
The World Wide Web is often compared to the American Old West, such as in the recent exchange over NPR and Pastebin between the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the hacker collective Anonymous. When the FBI stated that "The Internet has become so important to so many people that we have to ensure that the World Wide Web does not become the Wild Wild West," the Anons answered "when was the Internet not the Wild Wild West?" After all, it's a … [Read more...]
With this post we provide some info on a capability we believe most of our readers will want to know more about, the Plug and Play Tech Center. For an overview see the video clip below: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkse7I5k44E&feature=player_embedded The Plug and Play Tech Center is a Silicon Valley facility with a very apropos name. If you have a business idea or a hot technology and you want to accelerate it into the world, you want to go … [Read more...]
Every week at CTOvision we will be reviewing a mobile application that makes our enterprise run smoother. This week I will be reviewing Viber for Android devices. Viber is available for free from the Android Market here. Viber is a VoIP application that only requires you to register your phone number - then call anyone else who is a Viber member. You can text or call any user over Wi-Fi or 3G (and even 4G LTE). Viber enables real VoIP calling … [Read more...]