Posts Tagged ‘ AFCEA ’

Some “Must Attend” Events in the Federal IT Space

July 13, 2009
By Bob Gourley
Some “Must Attend” Events in the Federal IT Space

Good conferences can really help you get things done.  You connect with people you need to meet, learn new trends, gain insights into customer perspectives and keep improving your own abilities.  But you already know that.  You probably also know that you can go overboard with conferences. You can spend so much time in...
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Cloud Computing and Net Centric Operations

January 14, 2009
By Bob Gourley

I’ve just posted a draft paper on my site on the topic of Cloud Computing and DoD’s Net Centric Operations.   My intent with this paper is to keep beating it up till it is in condition to publish, and I would value your comments on the paper.  Please check it out at: Cloud_Computing_and_Net_Centric_Operations-3 [late entry: for...
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Tips for the new CTO: How to engineer a miracle

December 11, 2008
By Bob Gourley
Tips for the new CTO: How to engineer a miracle

I ran into so many friends at the AFCEA solutions conference this week.  One guy I have not seen in person for years is  Mike “Ziggy” Steinmetz.  Ziggy is a great leader and thinker at Northrop Grumman.  He is also a tremendous collector of wisdom and a teacher who helped prepare me for my...
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CTOs, Global Cyberwar and Our Collective Future

December 8, 2008
By Bob Gourley
CTOs, Global Cyberwar and Our Collective Future

If you are a technologist, please take a moment to download the PDF of the report by the U.S. Commission on Cybersecurity.  This report, titled Securing Cyberspace for the 44th Presidency, is the best proclamation of the challenges of cyber I have read.  It is also a roadmap that will help any trying...
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Three Events of Federal CTO Interest: Will You Be At These?

November 28, 2008
By Bob Gourley

FYI, in case your schedule will allow us to connect in person I wanted to update you on a few events I plan on being at over the next few weeks. The Advanced Technical Intelligence Association TECHINT conference will be held 9-11 Dec 2008.  This conference focuses on the technical dimensions of intelligence, and has a theme of “integrated performance.” ...
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The Technology Implications of the Obama Win

November 5, 2008
By Bob Gourley
The Technology Implications of the Obama Win

There are several megatrends sweeping the technology industry today.  Some of them are about to be accelerated. I like to use five key topic areas to track megatrends in IT: - Convergence and trend towards unified communications and user empowerment - Globalization and increasing internationalization of IT and demographic shifts - Increasing open development of software and hardware -...
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The Future of Cyberspace Security: The Law of The Rodeo

October 20, 2008
By Bob Gourley
The Future of Cyberspace Security: The Law of The Rodeo

This is an update of my now annual assessment of the future of technology associated with good and evil in cyberspace which was first posted here. Predictions of the future of technology are increasingly starting to sound like science fiction, with powerful computing grids giving incredible computational power to users and with autonomous...
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Melissa Hathaway Op-Ed on Cyber Security

October 14, 2008
By Bob Gourley

Below I’m going to post, in its entirety, the text of an e-mail I received from the ODNI notification service.   The subject is an op-ed written by Melissa Hathaway, a senior leader who has been spearheading significant coordination action in the federal government (opinion: Melissa is perhaps the most effective SES-level leader in the...
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Social Media and Web2.0 for National Security Planners

August 18, 2008
By Bob Gourley

Over the last couple weeks I sent several friends and associates a draft article I was working up on Web2.0 for National Security Planners.  I enjoyed pulling that together, since it helped me convince myself that the right thing to do is to get more senior US strategists engaged in Social Media.  There are...
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Admiral Stavridis: Think, Read, Write and Publish, and Blog Too

June 27, 2008
By Bob Gourley
Admiral Stavridis: Think, Read, Write and Publish, and Blog Too

In a previous post I mentioned the AFCEA/JFCOM Joint Warfighting Conference.  I’ve e-mailed friends and associates more detailed thoughts on the significance of the conference.  If you would like my views drop me a note and I’d be glad to share. During the conference there were several very important messages for CTOs, including a few...
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