News, analysis and context on enterprise technology for the CTO
Two weeks ago we pre-announced the FedCyber.com Government-Industry Computer Security Summit. On 28 September 2011 a small number of cyber innovators, computer security practitioners and information assurance experts will gather in an attempt to map out new paths for positive change in the cyber security dynamic.This summit seeks dramatically enhance the state of security and functionality of federal systems as well as in the overall ecosystem of IT we … [Read more...]
Readers of e-mail versions of our CTOvision.com content will see a new design to our e-mails as part of a migration from our Feedburner e-mail list management to a Mailchimp based system. FYI, we are still using Feedburner to manage our multiple RSS feeds so if you are consuming content that way nothing will change. Moving to Mailchimp makes it a bit easier for e-mail readers to subscribe, keep contact info up to date, unsubscribe if you desire … [Read more...]
CTOlabs.com, a subsidiary of the technology research, consulting and services firm Crucial Point LLC and a peer site of CTOvision.com, has just published a white paper providing context, tips and strategies around Hadoop titled "What You Need to Know About Hadoop." This paper provides a clear explanation of Hadoop, discusses the use cases and missions it can serve, and expounds upon common terms associated with this open source … [Read more...]
Liquid Robotics produces a wave-powered robot called the Wave Glider. This unmanned maritime vehicle (UMV) holds great promise in enhancing human understanding of the oceans, which will enable us to be better stewards of the essential resources it holds. Wave Glider UMV's will one day help us better observe climate, fish and other life in the ocean, and will help us search for other critical resources. These robots can also help form grids of sensors … [Read more...]
It is with extreme pleasure that I announce ZafeSoft, a provider of solutions in information rights management and secure content in digital files/access control and use tracking, has named me to their advisory board. There are many exciting things about ZafeSoft that grabbed my attention. But the most compelling part of their story, to me, is the leadership team in this firm. It includes people like CEO Sandeep Tiwari, a leader in technology, … [Read more...]
Earlier, I wrote on the use of Hadoop in the exciting, evolving field of Bioinformatics. I have since had the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Ron Taylor of Pacific Northwest National Library, the author of "An overview of the Hadoop/MapReduce/HBase framework and its current applications in bioinformatics", on what's changed in the half-year since its publication and what's to come. As Dr. Taylor expected, Hadoop and it's "ecosystem" including MapReduce … [Read more...]
Earlier this month, Cisco released their Visual Networking Index Forecast for 2015, and they predict some incredible growth in cyberspace. Together with a few dozen top consulting, analysis, and strategy firms, Cisco projected broadband connections, video subscribers, mobile connections, and Internet application adoption for the year 2015 using data from service providers, current technology trends, and knowledge of evolving hardware dictating enabling … [Read more...]
Fifteen years ago three national security strategists published a paper which would resonate with a new crop of cyber practitioners in the Department of Defense, Intelligence and Law Enforcement Communities titled "Information Terrorism: Can You Trust Your Toaster?" This paper, by Matt Devost, Brian Houghton and Neal Pollard, outlined a scenario for how attacks against IT could impact operations, and then captured context, provided definitions and … [Read more...]
I just read a great article on DarkReading.com called "A Tale Of Two Hacks" by the experienced, seasoned cyber security thought leader and mentor Tom Parker of Securicon. Tom is a good balance to those in the press who form a bit of an echo chamber. He also helps cancel out some of the pseudo experts in the field (the guys who claim to be experts but really have nothing to show for it). Please read the entire article, but a snippet of … [Read more...]
It is hard to measure hype. We can detect it by well trained B.S. sensors, but how we go about quantifying it is another question. Take for example the hype around SOA as a solution for all enterprise needs. IT professionals have been reading about SOA for over a decade, and with the rise of web services SOA-type solutions became very prevalent and were quickly making solid contributions to enterprise missions. But at some point the term became over … [Read more...]