General Leadership

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

'We pause today to remember the events which occurred on 11 September 2001, and reflect upon how they completely changed our nation, our people and our world. We reverently remember al those whose lives were lost on that day, and all those who have since given the ultimate sacrifice in service to the War on Terror. We are also mindful of the many who still suffer today, through injury or loss, as a result of the days attacks and the many tragic and heroic related events over the last 13 years

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

'I’m not often intimidated by questions from my MBA students, but this one was a stumper. It’s a question I’ve been wrestling with most of my career. “Why do so many execs choose to take stances of fear and intimidation?” Why Do So Many Execs Try to Intimidate Their Followers? It started with our discussion of Amy Cuddy’s Ted Talk on how your non-verbals can impact your confidence.

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CTOvision

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

'By Natalie Lehrer. Being knowledgeable about datacenter basics will help you solidify your technical career. Datacenters large and small operate on a certain set of principles that can be easily adhered to in order to make the most of your time. Any downtime is unacceptable in many business leaders’ eyes therefore building out or leasing reliable datacenter infrastructure is the key to being successful in your technical endeavors.

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Terry Starbucker

SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

'Last week I told you about my latest venture, Built Oregon , and how we were launching a Kickstarter campaign on Labor Day. Today, I have great news - thanks to the help of 156 great people we hit our campaign target on Friday, only 5 days after launch. As we noted on the latest update to our backers, And now, it’s real. One hundred and fifty six people people from Oregon and outside our state lines want to hear the stories of entrepreneurship in our beautiful state.

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Speaker: Aarushi Kansal, AI Leader & Author and Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO at Aggregage

Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.

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Steve Farber

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

'“Love is the ultimate motivation of the Extreme Leader: love of something or someone, love of a cause, love of a principal, love of the people you work with and the customers you serve, love of the future you and yours can create together, love of the business you conduct together every day.” – From The Radical Leap. How would you rate your own ability to Cultivate Love in the way you lead and work?

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CTOvision

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

'By Bob Gourley. FedCyber is an annual cybersecurity event hosted by Matt Devost & Bob Gourley that brings together several hundred attendees to advance the dialogue on critical enterprise and federal government challenges. The video at this link and embedded below captures a recap of the 2013 FedCyber: This year we really want to see you there.

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Women on Business

SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

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Next Level Blog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

'As smart phone addicted people around the world await Apple CEO Tim Cook''s introduction of the iPhone 6 tomorrow, perhaps this is a good day to think about how to keep your smart phone from taking over your life. While I was doing the research for my new book, I came across a lot of interesting stats about just how addicted many people are to their phones and how that affects their lives.

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The Accidental Successful CIO

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

'Where can CIOs find the data scientists that they need? Image Credit. Welcome to the era of big data. Now just exactly who is going to be working on all of that data? Now that everyone knows about the importance of information technology, it turns out that it takes a very special set of IT skills to get a large data set to tell your company the story that you want to hear.

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CTOvision

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

'By Bob Gourley. The 2014 Data Impact award, presented by Cloudera, is a great way of helping the community learn best practices by highlighting mission-focused solutions. This year there is a special category for government, non-profits and NGOs. For more see the text below from the Cloudera site: [link]. 2014 Data Impact Awards. Presented by Cloudera.

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Women on Business

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

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Next Level Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

'In the annals of interesting timing, it doesn’t get much better than an article that ran in the Financial Times this past Monday morning. It was a piece titled, “The HR Guy Cleaning Up NFL Locker Rooms” and described how the League’s new head of HR is on a mission to get rid of bullying, homophobia and racist language in the workplaces of the NFL’s 32 teams.

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Toptal

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

Google Glass promises to revolutionize how we use our devices to interact with the world. But from a developer's standpoint, what is so special about developing for the Glass? You'll be glad to know that the answer is "Nothing!" Here's a step-by-step tutorial that walks you through developing your first Google Glass app.

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CTOvision

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

'By Bob Gourley. The 2014 Trusted Cyber Collaboration Workshop is being held 24-26 Sep in DC. This gathering, facilitated by the Transglobal Secure Collaboration Participation (TSCP) pulls together leaders in real secure information exchange, including information exchange across and between enterprises. More from: [link]. Join the Leaders in Secure Collaboration.

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Women on Business

SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

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Next Level Blog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

'New research shows that the smart phone equipped professional is connected to work 72 hours a week. According to the American Psychological Association, the number one source of stress is the job pressure of a 24/7 world, so it’s no wonder that 48 percent of Americans report their stress level has increased over the past five years. It doesn’t have to be that way.

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Mills Scofield

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

'What is your image of an inventor or innovator? A man alone in a lab? Increasing evidence shows most innovation comes from two or more people…one of whom might even be a woman! We stereotype innovators as men and mainly in STEM* products. A quick quiz – who invented the following: the circular saw, COBOL and the compiler, the windshield wiper, Kevlar and a radial keyboard for the paralyzed?

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CTOvision

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

'By Shannon Perry. Last week, CTOVision shared a story from KrebsonSecurity.com , reporting that Home Depot had potentially suffered a large data breach in recent months. At that time, a Home Depot representative acknowledged that the company was investigating “unusual activity” but failed to confirm that a breach had occurred. In a release dated September 8 th , The Home Depot provided an update on the breach, confirming that a breach had occurred and providing more specific information about t

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Women on Business

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

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Toptal

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

Data conversion, translation, and mapping is by no means rocket science, but it is by all means tedious. This article introduces MetaDapper, a.NET library that strives to simplify, streamline, and automate the data conversion process to the greatest extent possible.

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Mills Scofield

SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

'Thank you Molly Cantrell-Kraig for asking me to share my story on Women''s Impact Movement. Your founding of Women With Drive has impacted so many! "When I got married, my mom told me, “Don’t start doing the things now you don’t want to do for the next 40 years.” I’ve taken this advice to heart in so many areas of my life, discerning the trade-offs between today and tomorrow.

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CTOvision

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

'By Shannon Perry. Open Internet advocates have hatched another plan to engage millions of Internet users over the issue of Net Neutrality. In order to raise awareness of the debate, those passionate about the issue have already initiated Kickstarter campaigns , performed comedic routines , and have introduced open competitions to rebrand the term Net Neutrality.

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Women on Business

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

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Coalfire

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

The 2014 North American PCI Community Meeting has drawn to a close, but the messages and lessons learned will continue to resonate with me long after I've returned home to Denver. There were two messages from the SSC this week that really struck a chord with me and I wanted to expand on why I think they are important moving forward.

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The Accidental Successful CIO

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

'One of the responsibilities that we have as CIOs is to teach others about where they can find good jobs — jobs in IT and other fields. As kids go back to college this fall, it’s the perfect time to open their eyes to the job opportunities in the federal sector. We all know how hard it is now to find a good job after graduation, yet the federal workforce is in need of bright, young lawyers, engineers, scientists, enforcement officers, and more!

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CTOvision

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

'By Bob Gourley. Editor’s note: I am very proud to be an advisor to CyberIQ and wanted to share the press release below with you.-bg. From: [link]. CyberIQ Services, Inc., a provider of cyber threats management software and services, today announced the launch of Cyber Threat Analytics v2.0. “This release highlights CyberIQ Services commitment to helping organizations turn threat intelligence into action in order to anticipate and mitigate attacks,” said Charles Johnson, CEO of Cybe

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Women on Business

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

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Coalfire

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Randy Vanderhoof, Executive Director, EMV Migration Forum (EMF), presented the EMV Chip Update today at Day Two of the PCI Community Meeting. The session provided attendees with insights into the EMV chip migration process in the U.S. and how this impacts PCI security efforts.

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