The next Strata + Hadoop World will be held March 5–8, 2018 in San Jose California. This is the must attend event for business executives and technologists seeking to turn data into the competitive advantage it should be. Save 20% when you register by using the code AFF20. Strata Data Conference...
Security” used to mean worrying about HTTPS certificates on your websites. The notion of a “device” was a browser and all you really had to do was to guarantee that traffic between it and your web servers was encrypted. Then the “bring your own device” (BYOD) phenomenon caused system admin...
As the Government continues to migrate to the cloud it becomes critical to integrate stronger security into its operations. Cloud and data security must go together. While cloud computing provides valuable IT architectures and solutions for government agencies, it also requires them to relinquish...
As our reliance on technology increases, so does the need for modern systems to support these devices and experiences. This has sparked a shift to services that deliver always-on, connected and remote-based content. Software-as-a-service has become increasingly reliable and necessary to keep up with...
If you have not read it yet, I would like to bring your attention to the incredibly prescient science fiction short story by Arthur C. Clarke titled “Superiority” (available in the collection: The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke). Written in 1951, this is such a great read becau...
Strata Data Conference is where thousands of innovators, leaders, and practitioners gather to develop new skills, share best practices, and discover how tools and technologies are evolving to meet new challenges. O’Reilly and Cloudera jointly bring us this global event series. The place to int...
Virtualization first hit compute in a big way in the late 1990s, fueling VMware’s growth. In a somewhat overlapping timeline, virtualized storage gave administrators the ability to chunk up disks in a similar way. But networking hung in there. Almost every network on the planet today still has to ...
The Cyber Threat was written to help executives, especially those without a deep background in cybersecurity, understand the nature of adversaries in cyberspace. Now updated for 2017, the book includes a new section on the technological environment that can help decision-makers get their heads aroun...