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How fast is 3G and what is 3.5G and when will 4G really be here?

June 5, 2010 By

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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Intelligence Community Executive Forum on Cyber Operations

May 13, 2010 By

Carahsoft is a unique, trusted firm that helps government find and rapidly acquire the right technologies and helps high tech firms successfully interact with government (which has famously onerous processes for businesses that want to serve the federal mission).  Carahsoft is a client of my firm and one of the things I'm particularly proud about is their sponsorship of venues where government and industry tech leaders can interact together.  One venue … [Read more...]

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Changes to the Tech Landscape

April 23, 2010 By

The CTOvision.com Tech Titans list has just been updated with a new snapshot of the globe’s top Information Technology (IT) firms by market cap. The firms on the list are all important for enterprise chief technology officers (CTO) and chief information officers (CIO) to track. Links to financial information and news sources are provided with the list.  More comments are at: CTOvision.com Tech Titans list For reference, links are also … [Read more...]

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Jason Hiner provides five reasons to purchase new hardware during a recession

April 30, 2009 By

I just ran across a good video at Techrepublic.com It features Tech Republic Editor in Chief Jason Hiner and provides good thoughts I'd recommend any enterprise CTO, CIO or CFO pay close attention to.  It is embedded below. When finished, click the menu button for outtakes: I follow Jason on Twitter at @jasonhiner … [Read more...]

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See Inside a Google Data Center and a Google Server

April 6, 2009 By

Google has recently provided some unprecedented views into their data center operations and have even revealed current details of their server board.  In the past they have only released information on old designs (like the 80 PC rack given to the computer history museum). It seems like every time photos would pop up of server parts it would end up being of a previous generation of equipment.  For the most part, folks like me have only dreamed of being … [Read more...]

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Federal Government Technology Directions and the Fed CTO

January 19, 2009 By

Technologists in and out of government have been very excited about the work of the Obama transition team, especially the work of their technologists.   A group known as the TIGR (Technology, Innovation and Government Reform) Team has brought some of the best and brightest minds together to strategize and impact the action plans of the federal government. We have now been treated to an insider's view into the workings of this team.  The Change.gov … [Read more...]

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CTOs, Global Cyberwar and Our Collective Future

December 8, 2008 By

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 to navigate these very tough issues. I've been involved in things cyber for a long time.  My deepest involvement began in December 1998, almost 10 years … [Read more...]

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Update on Federal Cloud Computing

October 29, 2008 By

My last several briefings, including one yesterday at the FIAC, have addressed some of the dramatic changes underway in the IT world.   That briefing is attached here: Download FIACGourleyBrief.pdf The conference had a focus on information assurance, computer security, network security and Chief Information Assurance Officers (CISO) in the federal space.   So I not only updated my briefing with the latest tech trends but changed it to focus on … [Read more...]

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The Future of Cyberspace Security: The Law of The Rodeo

October 20, 2008 By

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 robots becoming closer and closer to being in our daily lives vice just in computer science departments. … [Read more...]

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Android: Disruptive? Not enough info to say

September 23, 2008 By

Google and T-Mobile just announced the arrival of the G1 device today.  This is the first cell phone to use Google's new open "Android" operating system.   Android will almost certainly change the mobile computing fabric.  It is the first open and free mobile platform and since it is backed by Google it is not going to be a flash-in-the-pan.  But, now the question is, how disruptive will it be?  There are over 3.3 Billion active cell phone … [Read more...]

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