Caron Carlson of FierceCIO noted the article below. Clearly there is a big opportunity for companies to get their arms around big data. Emphasis in red added by me. Brian Wood, VP Marketing ———— Study: Most big data projects are never completed Scope of big data initiatives is often underestimated Big data is often a big hassle, and new research …
2013 CALBIO Introductory Video Featuring AIS ClearCompute
AIS was the Platinum sponsor for the CALBIO event on June 13-14 in San Diego, CA. This short video featuring ClearCompute genetic sequencing SaaS preceded AIS’ introduction of Dr. J. Craig Venter, founder of JCVI and a co-founder of Synthetic Genomics, Inc. Audio features “Slap & Tickle” from Squeeze.
Password Security: Even the Pros Have Problems
Sometimes I like to re-post articles just because they are fun — or else a sign of the times. This one, captured by Paul Mah in FierceCIO, is both. The original article by Dan Goodin was published in Ars Technica. Who hasn’t forgotten a password and had that extreme panic (hopefully short-lived) that access to the goods is ne’er to …
SDBJ Article on CyberHive
Note: the CyberHive launch event takes place today (Wed, Feb 13) starting at 5:45 in downtown San Diego at 1855 First Ave. ————- Securing the Future New Incubator Aims for Innovation in Cyber Security, Analytics By Brad Graves, SDBJ Cybersecurity is a business worth hundreds of millions of dollars to the region. ESET, Norman AS and Websense Inc. all make …
New Cybersecurity Executive Order
Hot off the griddle, here’s news courtesy of Nicole Henderson at The WHIR regarding cybersecurity. Note this: “The executive order says that critical infrastructure does not include “commercial information technology products or consumer information technology services.” See also this morning’s post on cyber security, “Cyber Security Hotting Up”. Emphasis in red added by me. Brian Wood, VP Marketing —————– President …
Cyber Security Hotting Up
With the launch of CyberHive occurring this afternoon at 1855 First Avenue in San Diego (see the San Diego Business Journal cover story article), I felt it appropriate to post the cybersecurity article below. Jim Kim, editor of FierceComplianceIT, penned the opinion piece which vamps on the original articles from Bloomberg, also posted below. Emphasis in red added by me. …
Tim Chou on True Technology Costs
Dr. Timothy Chou of cloud computing, Stanford, and Oracle fame wrote the opinion piece below for CFO. AIS is proud to have forged a relationship with Tim over the past year; he is certainly a smart guy with keen insight. (Note: you can see Tim keynote the March 6 CommNexus Headliner event on March 6 at Qualcomm entitled “Migrating to …
IT Security & DDoS Attack Protection
I picked up the article below from Slashdot courtesy of the excellent industry newsletter CIS Weekly distributed by Bank Street Group. IT security is a very important priority for AIS and we have multiple layers of protection in place to protect our clients and our core network. Emphasis in red added by me. Brian Wood, VP Marketing ———- Data Centers …
HIPAA Updates — And How They Affect AIS Customers
451 Research produced the article below, which is an excellent summary of recent changes to HIPAA — and a solid reminder of why it is so important to understand, and have faith in, the compliance measures in place with your data center services provider. Fret not, for AIS customers are in good hands. Read more about our compliance levels here …
CMO-Driven Cloud Spend (OpEx) to Rise
Caron Carlson from FierceCIO flagged this thought-provoking article by Bernard Golden in CIO. Oversimplified summary: with CMOs rising and CIOs dropping with regard to cloud spending, OpEx will rise and CapEx will fall — and spending predictability will go out the window. It’s a fascinating read. What do YOU think? Emphasis in red added by me. Brian Wood, VP Marketing …
