Most enterprise CTOs are very interested in the "cloud" and ways to tap into cloud-based resources. An interesting aspect of this discussion has been how to access the cloud while on the move. Today's cellular networks support that access today, and future enhancements are making that support even better and much much faster. How much faster? I'll try to put that in context in this post. Early 3G networks had a download speed of 384kbits … [Read more...]
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How fast is 3G and what is 3.5G and when will 4G really be here?
June 5, 2010 By BobGourley
Filed Under: Cloud Computing, CTO Tagged With: 3G, AT&T, Cloud Computing, collaboration, CTO, Disruptive IT, innovation, R&D, Tech/Internet, The Future of Technology, Thin Client, Verizon
Twiki and Gov2.0: Innovative Open Architecture Platform and Solutions
April 13, 2010 By BobGourley
I am so proud to be associated with Twiki. Some of the personal reasons I enjoy working with them is an ability to interact with and learn from their CEO Jitendra Kavathekar (@JeetKavathekar) and their founder Peter Thoeny (@peterthoeny). Both are enthusiastic teacher/leader/thinkers. I also appreciate the opportunity to work with members of the advisory board they have established. Rod Beckstrom (@RodBeckstrom), Dion Hinchcliffe … [Read more...]
Filed Under: CTO, Gov2.0 Tagged With: collaboration, DHS
Great IT change came with a whisper not a bang
October 8, 2009 By BobGourley
I have a thesis I would like to try on you. In the IT world, like in many other human endeavors, the things that get measured get improved. And the things that don't get measured are easy to ignore. So, when the world's largest IT enterprise (the US federal government) starts measuring IT differently we need to take note. Specifically the feds will be improving the measurement of energy efficiencies of IT. This will be done to meet goals mandated … [Read more...]
Filed Under: CTO, Gov2.0 Tagged With: Barack Obama, cio, collaboration, Politics, storage devices
Google Apps: The Missing Manual
September 21, 2009 By BobGourley
I've mentioned before that I run my small business, Crucial Point LLC, primarily by leveraging cloud computing capabilities. With this post I'll mention a book that helped me do that: Google Apps: The Missing Manual. This book does a great job at capturing the core functionality of Google Apps. However, no book can keep up with the capabilities and features of the Google Apps suite. In cloud computing, features can be developed and fielded fast, and … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Books, Cloud Computing Tagged With: Adobe, Amazon, Cloud Computing, collaboration, Crucial Point, Google, Tech/Internet, vmware, YouTube
A Recap of the 2009 DoDIIS Worldwide Conference
June 5, 2009 By BobGourley
I previously mentioned the DoDIIS Worldwide Conference, which was held 17-21 May 2009. I took lots of notes from the conference: enough, in fact, to fuel this blog for a long long time. My associate Ryan Kamauff took even more (and more relevant) notes on the sessions there, and both of us kicked the tires on as many technology demos as we could. This was a great education for us and the many other atendees there. I was also allowed to give a … [Read more...]
Filed Under: CTO Tagged With: analysis, Bill Vass, CIA, cio, collaboration, CTO, DIA, DNI, DoDIIS, ODNI, Ryan Kamauff, social media, Symantec, Tech/Internet, Verizon, YouTube
What CTOs should know about Adobe
May 4, 2009 By BobGourley
What do you think of when you hear the word Adobe? Many folks immediately think of the open standard Portable Document Format (PDF) that was created by Adobe Systems for document exchange. PDFs are everywhere and so is Adobe's free PDF readers, so it is commonly the first thing that comes to mind. But things have been changing fast in that company and the dramatic changes they kicked off in the digital publishing world in the 1990's are being … [Read more...]
Filed Under: CTO Tagged With: Adobe, collaboration, Disruptive IT, endeca, Enterprise, Internet, operating system, Oracle, Sun, Tech/Internet, vmware
Vivek Kundra: Still the Alpha CTO and now the First Fed CIO
March 5, 2009 By BobGourley
Today's news on Vivek Kundra's role in the federal space made me think of another CTO, Yuvi Kochar. Yuvi, the CTO of the Washington Post, is a great connector of CTOs who leads the informal collective of the Washington Area CTO Roundtable. Although I had heard Vivek speak a time or two, the first really deep interactions I had with Vivek were through Yuvi's work in service to the tech community and I much appreciate that. For a quick update on … [Read more...]
Filed Under: CTO Tagged With: apps, Cloud Computing, collaboration, CTO, CTO Principles, cyber, Disruptive IT, Enterprise, Great CTOs, Mashup, Tech/Internet, Technology Leadership, Vivek Kundra
Intelligence Community Executive Forum and Carahsoft
February 6, 2009 By BobGourley
Carahsoft is a fantastic company in Reston, VA run by the hardest working, most modest, ethical, business leader I have ever met. His behind the scenes style means he would probably not want me to mention much more about him, but if I have your curiosity up about them you can read more here (read the one about their winning the Smart CEO magazine Future 50 in Jan 2009, or Fairfax County economic development authority award for 2009, or other award … [Read more...]
Filed Under: CTO, Web2.0 Tagged With: Adobe, apps, collaboration, CTO, Disruptive IT, Tech/Internet, Technology Leadership
Vint Cerf of Google and Bob Gourley of CTOvision.com on CIO Talk Radio
January 26, 2009 By BobGourley
On Wednesday 28 Jan 2009 at 10am Eastern I'll be on CIO Talk Radio with one of the stars of the global technology community, Vint Cerf. The topic we will be discussing is cloud computing and the next technology revolution in the US. Vint is fantastically qualified to discuss this topic, and I'm honored to be sharing a microphone with him and look forward to learning from the interaction. Every time I get the pleasure of interacting with Vint it ends … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Cloud Computing, CTO Tagged With: Bob Gourley, cio, collaboration, CTO, Disruptive IT, Enterprise, Google, Great CTOs, IEEE, information technology, Internet, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names, ITU, microsoft, Security, standards, Tech/Internet, Technology Leadership, The Future of Technology
Social Media and the National Security Professional
January 24, 2009 By BobGourley
This is an update of an article I published last August in Social Computing Magazine (a great enterprise Web2.0 site edited by Dion Hinchcliffe). A key goal of this piece has been to encourage more in the national security world to use capabilities like Facebook, LinkedIn, Blogs, and of course Twitter. If you know someone you would like to encourage to use these sites please feel free to lift from this. If you know of other sites or capabilities … [Read more...]
Filed Under: CTO, Web2.0 Tagged With: Barack Obama, cio, Cloud Computing, collaboration, CTO, Enterprise, Facebook, Lewis Shepherd, LinkedIn, social media, Tech/Internet, technology, Technology Leadership, The Future of Technology, Twitter, vmware, Weblogs, YouTube