Open source software has historically had a hard time competing with its big budget proprietary rivals but, as Bob Gourley explains in an interview with Federal Computer Week, "Hadoop is totally unique in many ways." Hadoop, and a handful of open-source tools that complement it, has no equal when it comes to making gigantic and diverse datasets easily available for quick analysis using clusters of inexpensive computers, Gourley said. The oddly named … [Read more...]
DARPA’s Cyber Fast Track Adds Agility to Research Funding
November 24, 2011 By
As new attacks and vulnerabilities are being rapidly discovered on expanding defense networks, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has launched a new way to keep pace with attackers with its Cyber Fast Track program to quickly fund cybersecurity research. Cyber Fast Track increases the agency's agility by looking at unconventional sources, hackers and boutique cybersecurity firms operating on small budgets in their free time, and by awarding … [Read more...]
Which Technology Team Will You Be On?
November 23, 2011 By
Here at CTOVision, we analyze disruptive technologies and follow trends happening in the government, enterprise, and consumer technology space. Yesterday I was reading reading about Google's new offering of a music service through the Android Market. I found it interesting that Google would do this, since they are so far behind in the game relative to Apple's iTunes and Amazon's music services. Then I started thinking about what this meant for … [Read more...]
Big Data Highlights from McKinsey: Personal Location Data
November 23, 2011 By
McKinsey & Company have just released a report on the emerging future of big data. Given that so much has been written about big data in business circles, it's very refreshing to see an study of this length. Here at CTOVision, we'll be looking at bite-sized pieces of interest to CTOs and CIOs. Given our focus on mobile device management and mobile apps, it's very heartening to see that McKinsey has looked specifically at the potential of personal … [Read more...]
Is the Healthcare Industry on Life Support Without the Cloud?
November 23, 2011 By
Although many industries have been quick to implement cloud-based solutions, the healthcare industry has been hesitant to fully adopt cloud-computing solutions. While a portion of this hesitancy stems from legitimate privacy concerns and the need to protect patients’ private health information in accordance with HIPAA regulations, the industry’s slow implementation of cloud-based solutions can primarily be attributed to a general disinterest in the … [Read more...]
Security Development Lifecycle Webinar with Michael Howard
November 22, 2011 By
On Friday, December 16th, 2011, FedCyber.com will host a webinar featuring one of the great champions of secure code, Mr. Michael Howard. For more information and to register for this event see: https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/551297622 More on the webinar: FedCyber.com is pleased to announce a special opportunity to interact with Mr. Michael Howard, author of the Security Development Lifecycle process improvements and lead security … [Read more...]
Special Summary: Enterprise security stories
November 22, 2011 By
The state of computer security is in continual change. The only constant in this game is the very dynamic nature of defense and offense. If you are a defender you will always have a hard job. You will always need to be on the lookout for ways to succeed in the face of a dynamic, never ending threat. This special report is a summary of the Cyber Security category of the CTOvision.com blog. This means it is a summary of pieces we know and care … [Read more...]
Nextdoor Wants to Bring Back That Sense of Community We Have Lost
November 21, 2011 By
If you are like me, social media is already a large part of your life. I spend at least some time each day checking in with my friends, regardless of where they are in the world. Most of them do not live near me, or at least in not in my immediate vicinity. There is a newcomer to the social media world that wants to take a different approach to social and connect you to your neighbors, and only your neighbors. Nextdoor.com, founded by San … [Read more...]
Virtual Reality Past, Present, and Future: Part 1
November 18, 2011 By
Virtual reality (VR) is a term that applies to computer-simulated environments that can simulate physical presence in places in the real world, as well as in imaginary worlds. This can vary from flight and other vehicle simulators, to video games, to immersion programs for training of military tactics, to medical and therapeutic uses. The beginnings of virtual reality are nothing like we know them today, but they did start with a visionary. In the … [Read more...]
Microsoft Focuses Big Data Efforts on Hadoop
November 18, 2011 By
Microsoft has shown once again that it can act decisively and smartly improve its offerings in doing so. It has "disrupted" itself in a way that will be positive for the community and probably the Microsoft bottom line. In a November 11 blog post, Microsoft announced that it would not be moving forward with a production release of LINQ to HPC, something that was an alternative distributed Big Data platform. Codenamed Dryad, LINQ to HPC would have … [Read more...]