By Bob Gourley
DC seems to have a cyber security related event every week. No kidding. You
have to pick and chose and only go to the best or you will never get any work
done. How do you pick the right events? My recommendation is to look for
events that have a good mix of thought leaders from a variety of
organizations and sectors of the economy, since that is an indicator that
there will be a good sharing of lessons learned. Of course you always need to
evaluate the agenda and it pays to be going to an event that has a reputation
for advancing key issues. All those factors together make the Symantec
Government Symposium of 11 March 2014 one to pay attention to.
Here are details from the invite:
Don’t miss this exciting opportunity to join 1500 IT leaders and innovators
on March 11 to collaborate and discuss the top issues in IT security and
management. The Symant... (more)
By BryanHalfpap
Many new programmers struggle when it comes to selecting their first language
to learn. Which is easiest, the most professionally useful, the most
newbie-friendly? Lets find out by showing you a range of options, their
strengths and weaknesses, and some information about the most common
programming languages in demand today. At the end, we’ll make some
recommendations and you’ll understand a bit more about why they were
chosen.
The Task At Hand
Every job requires the right kind of tool, and each programming language can
be thought of as a separate tool. Just... (more)
By Bob Gourley
February 19-21, 2014
Washington, DC
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the 2014 Agenda Today Frank Konieczny, Chief Technology Officer, Office of
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Tombe CTO, Department of Homeland Security Jeanne Holm Director of Major
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By Bob Gourley
If you were not able to watch our webinar on best practices for government
big data solutions please review the on demand recording at this link:
http://ctolink.us/J08aVj
The webinar reviews best practices in big data solutions based on surveys and
research done here at CTOvision.com. It also includes details on useful
integrations between Pentaho Business Analytics and MongoDB with a focus on
solutions in place at federal government agencies.
You can also download the presentation for your review.
... (more)
By Bob Gourley
We produced this list as an aid to the enterprise CTO seeking information on
the most capable mission-enabling infrastructure technologies. This is a
companion piece to our list of the top analytical technologists on our
Analyst One website. Our methodologies are at the bottom of this list.
We trust you will find this list interesting and informative. Have some new
technologies to suggest for the list? Let us know at our Contact Page.
The CTOvision Big Data Top Enterprise Technologies List Aerospike: Aerospike
delivers the first flash-optimized in-memory database... (more)
Bob Gourley, former CTO of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), is Founder and CTO of Crucial Point LLC, a technology research and advisory firm providing fact based technology reviews in support of venture capital, private equity and emerging technology firms. He has extensive industry experience in intelligence and security and was awarded an intelligence community meritorious achievement award by AFCEA in 2008, and has also been recognized as an Infoworld Top 25 CTO and as one of the most fascinating communicators in Government IT by GovFresh.
Jeremy Geelan
David Linthicum
Bill Coleman
Reuven Cohen
Werner Vogels
Kevin Jackson
Elizabeth White
Marshall Lincoln
Kristian Skoeld
Paige Leidig
Calvin Sellers
Josh Mazgelis
Trevor Parsons
Louis Imershein
