I enjoyed listening to the President today as he provided an update on where we are in our efforts to enhance our freedom of action in cyberspace. All the details are on the White House website and I hope you visit there yourself to download the 60-day cyberspace policy review. Details are here: http://www.whitehouse.gov/CyberReview/
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INSA, the Intelligence and National Security Alliance, is a group of professionals from academia, industry and government who seek to enhance innovation, discussion, debate and progress on key national security issues. I’ve been involved as a member for years and get the pleasure of interacting with folks from a wide swath of the community.
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Tags: Amazon, CCSA, Cloud Computing, CTO, cyber, Enterprise, federal government, Identity Management, Information Warfare, Melissa Hathaway, Network Security, ODNI, Technology Leadership, The Future of Technology, White House
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OK, sometimes I get emotionally attached to great technology. I need to watch that, I know humans are what is important. But science is cool too, and it gets really really exciting to watch great humans create and field great technologies. That is why I have long been a fan of both Oracle and...
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As I’ve previously noted I’m on the advisory board for Trimufant (I’m at this page). I’m hoping all CTO types will check out this company (and I’m also hoping you don’t mind me blogging about a company I’m advising. After all, I’m associated with them because I believe they are a world-class outfit with...
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Tags: CCSA, CTO, cyber, Enterprise, Identity Management, Melissa Hathaway, Network Security, NSA, Triumfant
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Have you ever been sucked into the false debate over how much IT spending should be spent on security? I used to all the time. Some folks point to a rule of thumb that goes something like “ten percent of the IT budget should be applied to security.” That old school formula may well...
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Tags: CCSA, CERT, Cloud Computing, CTO, cyber, Disruptive IT, FDCC, FISMA, Identity Management, Information Warfare, Melissa Hathaway, Network Security, Security, standards, Tech/Internet, Technology Leadership, Thin Client, Triumfant
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If you are a little rusty on your advanced science literature, theater and movies and don’t recall the story from the fictional Star Trek universe known as the Kobayashi Maru, please take a moment to watch this clip, just to get your mind going:
This part of the story, reportedly written by Gene Roddenberry himself,...
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I’ve written a bit here about new display technologies that are so thin they are disruptive to our current way of work. The move to cloud computing and rapid advances in display technology is enabling this, and these are both trends we ahve all been watching for quite a while.
In October 2007 I wrote...
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Tags: CTO, Disruptive IT, Enterprise, Identity Management, Organic light-emitting diode, Sun, Tech/Internet, Thin Client
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2008 was a year of rapid changes for Chief Technology Officers. We should expect 2009 to move even faster. Where will the biggest trends take us? I offer some considerations below. Please
look these over and give me your thoughts. Push back if you have
disagreement.
First, my overall advice for CTOs in 2009… Just like...
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Tags: CCSA, Cloud Computing, collaboration, CTO, cyber, Dell, Disruptive IT, endeca, Enterprise, Facebook, Great CTOs, Identity Management, Mashup, microsoft, Netbooks, Network Security, Open Source Software, Social Computing, Sun, Sun Ray, Tech/Internet, Technology Leadership, The Future of Technology, Thin Client, Twitter, vmware, Web/Tech, Weblogs
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The idea of light-weight, low-cost, but very powerful laptops designed for a smaller feature set than traditional laptops has been around for a decade or so. But all indications are that something has changed in the market place. Due to a convergence of many factors, netbooks are growing in sales. These factors include...
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Tags: Amazon, Business/Finance, Cloud Computing, CTO, cyber, Dell, Disruptive IT, Enterprise, Google, Identity Management, innovation, Laptop, Linux, Netbooks, Open Office, Open Source Software, operating system, Sun, Sun Ray, Tech/Internet, Thin Client, Twitter, vmware, Web/Tech
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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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