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Links for July 7 2013
Meet the startups making machine learning an elementary affair — Tech News and Analysis Quote: The choices are getting a lot better for businesses that
Foto Friday – Happy 4th
This is a repost...but based on the 4th of July yesterday, I thought I'd share again. I grabbed this shot on Thanksgiving at the family farm. Captured
Service Level Agreements – Real Guarantees or Empty Legalese?
Originally published on Its All About Recovery as Service Level Agreements – Real Guarantees or Empty Legalese? I had a conversation recently with the CIO
Links for June 30 2013
Oh I See (CIO Inverted): Flexible or efficient ? Quote: Can organizations and CIOs create a balance between the efficiency and flexibility agenda ? Is
Foto Friday – Great Blue Heron in flight at White Rock Lake
Another capture of the Great Blue Heron at White Rock Lake a few weeks ago. Captured with Canon 7D and Canon 400mm 5.6 L
Data Discovery, BI and the SMB
A CIO I spoke with last week mentioned that she and her team are struggling with their BI solution today. The solution works perfectly for analyzing their
Is Your Data Really Protected?
Originally Published at Its All About Recovery as Is Your Data Really Protected? You've spent a great deal of time and money getting your SaaS application
Links for June 23 2013
After Sandy, SMBs Should Consider Following Wall Street into the Cloud | SMBSource Quote: As Hurricane Sandy showed, the possibility of massive system
Using Big Data – Examples from IBM
IBM just released a few announcements related to Big Data. Namely, the use of big data and analytics to better understand and target customers. The
BYOD, Security and You
Dell recently released a survey titled BYOD:Putting Users First Produces Biggest Gains, Fewest Setbacks (PDF of survey here) that warns organizations
Links for June 16 2013
The Smarter Data Manifesto - Quote: You need to look beyond the ways data used to be collected to how technology can help you use your data far more
Foto Friday – Great Blue Heron taking off
Captured this Great Blue at the Spillway of White Rock Lace. Captrued with Canon 7D and Canon 400mm 4.5 L handheld. EXIF: 1/2000, f/7.1, 400mm, 1250ISO,
Building Teams...just like making Granola?
Ah Granola. That wonderful treat consisting of oats, nuts, honey and other assorted goodies like berries, bananas, chocolate chips, raisins etc etc.
Context – the driver to actionable use of Big Data
In a previous article titled Context and Data, I wrote about the need to understand the 'context' surrounding data. Without context, data is data. You
Links for June 9 2013
Freeing your IT department from Stackholm Syndrome — Tech News and Analysis Quote: Many IT departments are enslaved by the very systems they have
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