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Lemeowski writes:
The Weather Company, which oversees such brands as The Weather Channel and weather.com, has been a major adopter of open source software, deploying an open source big data analytics system for its operations. Given the company's penchant for open source software, Weather Company CIO Bryson Koehler says he is often asked why there's value in taking the open source route to solve its business challenges. Koehler outlines five reasons why he believes in open source, addressing some of the risks he hears from peers: "With open source software you have more eyeballs on an application, more people to find and fix problems, and more people to check resolutions to those problems for their validity."
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Lemeowski writes:
Open source is still held back by IT leaders who cite concerns about security, lack of talent, existing vendor relationships, and more. But those are actually among the reasons why Red Hat CIO Lee Congdon says open source is a better alternative to proprietary solutions. Congdon lays out eight advantages he believes open source has over proprietary solutions based on his first-hand experiences: "Open source helps keep your IT organization from getting blocked because a particular capability isn’t available from a vendor. Instead of waiting for the vendor to deliver that capability, you can create it yourself."
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Lemeowski writes:
Web, mobile, and cloud solutions are increasingly built predominantly on open source infrastructure. Yet there's still a fear among many in IT about using open source in their businesses. Red Hat CIO Lee Congdon reflects on the advantages he believes open source offers over proprietary solutions: "Open source helps keep your IT organization from getting blocked because a particular capability isn’t available from a vendor. Instead of waiting for the vendor to deliver that capability, you can create it yourself," Congdon writes.
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Lemeowski writes:
Technology business analyst Horace Deidu found an interesting nugget while closely examining an Apple press release from earlier this year: "The iOS App Store distributed $10 billion to developers in 2014, which, Deidu points out, is just about as much as Hollywood earned off U.S. box office revenues the same year." That means the American app industry is poised to eclipse the American film industry. Additionally, Apple says its App Store has created 627,000 jobs, which Deidu contrasts with the 374,000 jobs Hollywood creates
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Lemeowski writes:
It's not uncommon for IT leaders to inherit a hot mess when they take over a new role in an IT department. Politics, governance gates, and chaos can contribute to a sense of futility when an IT department is in the midst of a transition, writes Pearson CTO Sven Gerjets. When this happens, there are a few approaches that newcomers can take to pull their IT departments out of an IT tornado. Gerjets outlines some of the best moves new IT leaders can take when their IT organization is facing a lot of crises: "Discipline and clarity are where it all begins, two ingredients you’ll notice are entirely missing from tornadoes."
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Lemeowski writes:
The IT departments at all the University System of Georgia institutions have a luxury that most CIOs could only dream of — access to about 2,800 miles of free fiber and a private cloud that they an always count on. The private cloud configuration allows CIOs in the system the perk of not focusing on bandwith. "Our local CIOS even take some pleasure in telling telecom company representatives, 'If you can beat free, then I’m willing to listen.' That tends to shut down most conversations,"writes USG CIO Curt Carver, who explains how the technology is now becoming an educational equalizer across the state. In 2015, Georgia school districts are expected to have a 33-fold increase in bandwith available to them through the program. "This will help to flatten the state. No more haves or have-nots in terms of bandwidth going into the school districts."
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Lemeowski writes:
As we move into 2015, CIOs will be faced with numerous technology decisions that could have a direct impact on the bottom line. Among the challenges facing CIOs (beyond the ever-present concerns around security) are managing big data, making friends once and for all in the business, and the explosion of projects housed in the cloud. In this article, Red Hat storage and big data leader Sarangan Rangachari outlines three organizational trends he says will have a direct and significant impact on technology decisions for the CIO in 2015, including the importance of wrangling cloud sprawl.
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Lemeowski writes:
Cloud, big data, and agile were three of the technology terms that were brandished the most by IT leaders in 2014. Yet, there could be a real danger in buying into the hype without understanding the implications of the technologies, writes Pearson CTO Sven Gerjets. In this essay, Gerjets warns that many IT executives drop the ball when it comes to "defining how a new technology approach will add value" to their organization. He says: "Yes, you can dive into an IT fad without thinking about it, but I can promise you’ll look back and be horrified someday. The only time you can fully adopt some of these new methods is when you are starting from scratch. Most of us don’t have that luxury because we are working with legacy architectures and technical debt so you have to play hand you’ve been dealt, communicate well, set clear and measurable outcomes, and use these fads to thoughtfully supplement the environment you are working in to benefit the ecosystem."
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Daniel Simpson writes:
Here 101 + website list has been presented of 2015 that will have to solve your atleast one problem. A list of URL’s it may take a lot of work and very useful information that If in the hand so do not need to search on Google.
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Lemeowski writes:
When David Bray took over as CIO of the FCC last year, he found the agency saddled with 207 legacy systems, which is about one system for every eight employees in the 1,750-person agency. Bray, who is one of the youngest CIOs across the federal government, shares his plan for updating those systems to a cloud-based, common data platform, that's "ideally open source." In this interview, Bray shares the challenges the FCC faces as it upgrades its systems, including keeping up morale and finding a way to fit longtime employees into his modernization strategy.
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mrspoonsi writes:
The global race is on to develop 5G, the fifth generation of mobile network. While 5G will follow in the footsteps of 4G and 3G, this time scientists are more excited. They say 5G will be different — very different. "5G will be a dramatic overhaul and harmonisation of the radio spectrum," says Prof Rahim Tafazolli who is the lead at the UK's multimillion-pound government-funded 5G Innovation Centre at the University of Surrey. To pave the way for 5G the ITU is comprehensively restructuring the parts of the radio network used to transmit data, while allowing pre-existing communications, including 4G and 3G, to continue functioning. 5G will also run faster, a lot faster. Prof Tafazolli now believes it is possible to run a wireless data connection at an astounding 800Gbps — that's 100 times faster than current 5G testing. A speed of 800Gbps would equate to downloading 800 HD films — in a single second. Samsung hopes to launch a temporary trial 5G network in time for 2018's Winter Olympic Games.
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ectoman writes:
Opensource.com is featuring an interview with Michael Tiemann, co-founder of Cygnus Solutions and one of the world's first open source entrepreneurs. Now VP of Open Source Affairs at Red Hat, Tiemann offers an historical perspective on what makes open source businesses successful, and shares how he dealt with the open source movement's early skeptics. "A lot of the skepticism is a response to the abstract; it's a response to the unknown," Tiemann says, "And when you bring a concrete success story with just absolutely stellar credentials that doesn't just outperform the field, but embarrasses the field, then the skeptics begin to look like they're on the wrong side."
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Lemeowski writes:
In a time where there's a "gold rush" for 3D printing patents, there's one company that's doing everything it can to keep its 3D printers as open as possible. Jeff Moe, CEO of Aleph Objects, said in an interview with Opensource.com that his company's strategy is "to not patent anything, but to establish prior art as soon as we can. So when we develop things we try to push it out there as soon as possible and hope to establish prior art if there isn't prior art already. That allows us to develop a lot more quickly." The company makes the Lulzbot 3D printers, and goes to the extreme of publishing every last detail about its printers, Moe said, including syncing its internal file system that it uses to share files on the development of the machine to the public every hour so you can see what they're doing. In the interview, Moe talks about his mission to be as open as possible.
