Managing Risk With Big Data & Analytics
However, scale continues to be an issue. Recent mega-breaches are often precursors to large-scale attacks that are identified by network monitors, systems, or individuals responsible for managing risk. But because there is such a high volume of attacks against major corporations, important clues may be missed, and the most critical threat information may not reach the team or executive responsible for protecting the organization in a timely fashion. To combat this problem many institutions have brought information security professionals into the boardroom.
The hunt for your strategic blind spots: Assign data scientists to the case
To understand what's in your blind spot, look for places where your competition will leave a digital trail. First, look to the obvious: your competition's direct communication channels. Sometimes a company will signal what they intend to do by their marketing messages. You should have your data scientists comb through the information on competitors' pages on Twitter, Facebook, and other social media platforms to see if they can pick up on something you may be missing. Even a simple sentiment analysis may uncover a shift in market preferences that you missed.
NASA launches massive cloud migration
The space agency will continue to move apps to the cloud and build apps in the cloud. Its goal is to move or build another 20 to 30 apps by the end of the year. "I want to give people the ability to collaborate," Kadakia said. "I want to give them a repository on the cloud where we can be doing code sharing and code reuse within NASA. And we're looking at disaster recovery as a service." NASA didn't just inch its way into Amazon's cloud offering. The agency has about 60 apps, such as its public-facing websites, on Amazon's public cloud, and 40 more, including NASA's workflow and privacy-impact applications, on Amazon's virtual private cloud, which offers a certain amount of isolation in the public cloud.
CIOs: Stop hugging your servers, start hugging the business people
You can blame the cloud or the rise of the niche vendors but few in IT management would doubt that running an IT department is a much more complex task than it once was. Vendor management is increasingly important skill according to analysts because new ways of delivering IT services introduce a high degree of risk that requires tight control. Analyst Gartner has put together a four-step strategy which it says can help:
Thinking Open Source with Phil Haack
Carl and Richard talk to GitHub denizen and former Microsoftie Phil Haack about what it means to build open source software. The conversation starts off with a reminder that back in Phil's Microsoft days, he was a huge advocate of taking various Microsoft products open source - and today it's actually happening! Phil may have moved on to GitHub, but the spirit of open source has permeated the web team at Microsoft, the ultimate manifestation being ASP.NET vNext! So what about your projects? What does it takes to make them open source, and what benefits can you expect?
Revolution in Progress: The Networked Economy
In fact, the revolution is already under way. “Over the last few decades, we’ve grown beyond the industrial economy to the IT economy and the Internet economy, each of which led to significant inflection points in growth and prosperity,” says Vivek Bapat, SAP’s global vice president for portfolio and strategic marketing. “Now we’re looking at the Networked Economy.” This new economy, resulting from a convergence of the economies that came before it and catalyzed by a new era of hyperconnectivity, is creating spectacular new opportunities for innovation. And, like any revolution, the Networked Economy is going to be big. Very big.
Listen, learn and lead: Key communication skills for IT pros
Tom Catalini is a CIO by profession, accomplished blogger and writer. He said he decided to write his new eBook as a way of paying forward the great advice he had been given throughout his career. He also noted the important role that strong communication skills play in the success of IT professionals, especially if they wish to move up the technical and managerial ranks. I asked Tom what career advice he would like to give to those reading my column. He said that people should enhance their ability to listen, because it expands their ability to learn, which enhances their ability to lead.
4 Outsourcing Mistakes Companies Still Make
There's still no script for the Great American IT outsourcing project. But today's most common outsourcing pitfalls have less to do with technology and everything to do with relationships and communication. Or lack thereof. "Both companies have to rise to the occasion to make it work," says Romi Mahajan, president of marketing consulting firm, the KKM Group, which outsources some of its IT operations. Nevertheless, communication breakdowns and finger pointing frequently derail even the best-laid outsourcing plans. Here are four missteps to avoid.
Location Data Could Become Key to Fighting Bank Fraud
BillGuard said it has been testing the location-monitoring service with a limited beta group of 7,000 cardholders. The location monitoring methods are supposed to be battery life friendly. In an online FAQ, BillGuard said it may only sample a person's geolocation two to three times a day and can often do so without activating the phone's GPS, which is a battery hog. BillGuard did not immediately provide more detail on how it tracks the location data. Some companies gather location data through wireless triangulation, which works by collecting data from cell towers. The firm's efforts are applauded by industry observers who perceive a growing appetite among consumers to let them choose stronger card controls
Apache CouchDB: The Definitive Introduction
The most notable implementations of The Couch Replication Protocol are PouchDB, Couchbase Lite (née TouchDB), and Cloudant Sync for Mobile. PouchDB is implemented in JavaScript and is designed to run in a modern web browser (including mobile browsers). Couchbase Lite and Cloudant Sync come in two flavours: one for iOS written in Objective-C and one for Android written in Java and both are meant to be embedded in native mobile applications. They are all Open Source projects separate from Apache CouchDB, but they share the same replication capabilities, although some implementation details that we explain for Apache CouchDB below differ in the various other projects.
Quote for the day:
"If you want to reach a goal, you must "see the reaching" in your own mind before you actually arrive at your goal." -- Zig Ziglar
However, scale continues to be an issue. Recent mega-breaches are often precursors to large-scale attacks that are identified by network monitors, systems, or individuals responsible for managing risk. But because there is such a high volume of attacks against major corporations, important clues may be missed, and the most critical threat information may not reach the team or executive responsible for protecting the organization in a timely fashion. To combat this problem many institutions have brought information security professionals into the boardroom.
The hunt for your strategic blind spots: Assign data scientists to the case
To understand what's in your blind spot, look for places where your competition will leave a digital trail. First, look to the obvious: your competition's direct communication channels. Sometimes a company will signal what they intend to do by their marketing messages. You should have your data scientists comb through the information on competitors' pages on Twitter, Facebook, and other social media platforms to see if they can pick up on something you may be missing. Even a simple sentiment analysis may uncover a shift in market preferences that you missed.
NASA launches massive cloud migration
The space agency will continue to move apps to the cloud and build apps in the cloud. Its goal is to move or build another 20 to 30 apps by the end of the year. "I want to give people the ability to collaborate," Kadakia said. "I want to give them a repository on the cloud where we can be doing code sharing and code reuse within NASA. And we're looking at disaster recovery as a service." NASA didn't just inch its way into Amazon's cloud offering. The agency has about 60 apps, such as its public-facing websites, on Amazon's public cloud, and 40 more, including NASA's workflow and privacy-impact applications, on Amazon's virtual private cloud, which offers a certain amount of isolation in the public cloud.
CIOs: Stop hugging your servers, start hugging the business people
You can blame the cloud or the rise of the niche vendors but few in IT management would doubt that running an IT department is a much more complex task than it once was. Vendor management is increasingly important skill according to analysts because new ways of delivering IT services introduce a high degree of risk that requires tight control. Analyst Gartner has put together a four-step strategy which it says can help:
Thinking Open Source with Phil Haack
Carl and Richard talk to GitHub denizen and former Microsoftie Phil Haack about what it means to build open source software. The conversation starts off with a reminder that back in Phil's Microsoft days, he was a huge advocate of taking various Microsoft products open source - and today it's actually happening! Phil may have moved on to GitHub, but the spirit of open source has permeated the web team at Microsoft, the ultimate manifestation being ASP.NET vNext! So what about your projects? What does it takes to make them open source, and what benefits can you expect?
Revolution in Progress: The Networked Economy
In fact, the revolution is already under way. “Over the last few decades, we’ve grown beyond the industrial economy to the IT economy and the Internet economy, each of which led to significant inflection points in growth and prosperity,” says Vivek Bapat, SAP’s global vice president for portfolio and strategic marketing. “Now we’re looking at the Networked Economy.” This new economy, resulting from a convergence of the economies that came before it and catalyzed by a new era of hyperconnectivity, is creating spectacular new opportunities for innovation. And, like any revolution, the Networked Economy is going to be big. Very big.
Listen, learn and lead: Key communication skills for IT pros
Tom Catalini is a CIO by profession, accomplished blogger and writer. He said he decided to write his new eBook as a way of paying forward the great advice he had been given throughout his career. He also noted the important role that strong communication skills play in the success of IT professionals, especially if they wish to move up the technical and managerial ranks. I asked Tom what career advice he would like to give to those reading my column. He said that people should enhance their ability to listen, because it expands their ability to learn, which enhances their ability to lead.
4 Outsourcing Mistakes Companies Still Make
There's still no script for the Great American IT outsourcing project. But today's most common outsourcing pitfalls have less to do with technology and everything to do with relationships and communication. Or lack thereof. "Both companies have to rise to the occasion to make it work," says Romi Mahajan, president of marketing consulting firm, the KKM Group, which outsources some of its IT operations. Nevertheless, communication breakdowns and finger pointing frequently derail even the best-laid outsourcing plans. Here are four missteps to avoid.
Location Data Could Become Key to Fighting Bank Fraud
BillGuard said it has been testing the location-monitoring service with a limited beta group of 7,000 cardholders. The location monitoring methods are supposed to be battery life friendly. In an online FAQ, BillGuard said it may only sample a person's geolocation two to three times a day and can often do so without activating the phone's GPS, which is a battery hog. BillGuard did not immediately provide more detail on how it tracks the location data. Some companies gather location data through wireless triangulation, which works by collecting data from cell towers. The firm's efforts are applauded by industry observers who perceive a growing appetite among consumers to let them choose stronger card controls
Apache CouchDB: The Definitive Introduction
The most notable implementations of The Couch Replication Protocol are PouchDB, Couchbase Lite (née TouchDB), and Cloudant Sync for Mobile. PouchDB is implemented in JavaScript and is designed to run in a modern web browser (including mobile browsers). Couchbase Lite and Cloudant Sync come in two flavours: one for iOS written in Objective-C and one for Android written in Java and both are meant to be embedded in native mobile applications. They are all Open Source projects separate from Apache CouchDB, but they share the same replication capabilities, although some implementation details that we explain for Apache CouchDB below differ in the various other projects.
Quote for the day:
"If you want to reach a goal, you must "see the reaching" in your own mind before you actually arrive at your goal." -- Zig Ziglar
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