If you are a technologist in the IT industry I would like to recommend some reading to you. The US Department of Commerce has unveiled a report which includes a policy framework designed to enhance the protection of consumer privacy online while supporting innovation and continued enhancement of functionality for consumers. The report was developed with a broad range of stakeholders in the innovation and technology community, and is a sound framework … [Read more...]
Background on Lucene, Nutch and Hadoop
December 18, 2010 By
Doug Cutting is the creator of Lucene, Nutch and Hadoop. Doug and these projects are increasingly being mentioned in enterprise environments. So with this post I'll provide a bit more of context on each. Doug Cutting has earned a reputation as an innovative, community-supporting developer. He is on the board of directors of the Apache Software Foundation and is now its Chairman. He is the Architect at Cloudera, the firm famous for delivering an end to … [Read more...]
Government Big Data Forum 2011
December 16, 2010 By
Carahsoft has just announced more details on the 2011 Government Big Data Forum. This should be a great event for discourse on the struggles faced by Government IT regarding the breadth of data they handle. Both civilian and military agencies require more data storage every day. But the reason to have data is not to store it! The reason to have data is to improve mission. You must manage and move and make sense of data to serve the mission and … [Read more...]
Debrief from The White House Forum on IT Management Reform
December 9, 2010 By
If you are an enterprise technologist in or out of the Federal Government, please take time to watch the entire presentation below. It captures the entirety of the presentations and majority of the conversations at the White House Forum on Information Technology Management Reform. I recommend you watch the entire presentation for several reasons. If you are a student of IT and its governance, you will see what a good strategy looks like. If you are a … [Read more...]
In-Q-Tel Technologies/Capabilities Highlighted
November 29, 2010 By
Forbes ran a nice piece on In-Q-Tel. The article is worth reading in its entirety. Here is a link: Startups Backed By The CIA. The In-Q-Tel mission is to identify, adapt and deliver innovative technology solutions to support the missions of the Central Intelligence Agency and the broader US Intelligence Community, including the Department of Homeland Security. As a teaser till you get around to the article, here is a list of companies in the order … [Read more...]
Disruptive IT List Update: watching several dramatically positive technologies
November 25, 2010 By
The CTOvision.com list of Disruptive IT has just been updated. This list reviews the companies regarded as having very high potential to change the way IT is done in large enterprises. For a company to be on the list they must have a currently shipping capability that appears to be a real game changer in enterprise IT. Many companies that were previously “disruptive” in their capability are not on this list because everyone is using them now, so … [Read more...]