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Cyber War
Optimizing Corporate Intelligence with OODA Loop
This post is part of our Intelligent Enterprise series, which providing insights aimed at corporate strategists seeking competitive advantage through better and more accurate decision-making. The first post provided foundational insights into A Practitioner’s View of Corporate Intelligence. This one dives into actionable recommendation on ways to optimize a corporate intelligence effort. It is based on a career serving large scale analytical efforts in the US Intelligence Community and in applying principles of intelligence in corporate America.
The Short Story From Arthur C. Clarke Every Officer in The Military Should Read and Heed
Like so many others in the national security domain I am tracking what I can about the new US Space Force, the newest US military force. I believe their mission is important and establishing Space Force was the right move. Space is, by definition, a domain that will require deep technological expertise to enable mission […]
This One Little Configuration Change Will Make It Harder For People To Steal Your Information
Editor’s note: We are aiming this tutorial at the non-technical person. Please share with anyone in your life who could benefit from this. -bg Cyberspace is a complex domain and our adversaries are always seeking new ways to steal information or spread their malicious code or hold our data for ransom. This is the big reason […]
SciFi
Super Bowl Ads Indicate Big Businesses Think You Are Afraid of AI
Tom Loftus provided an insightful review of some of Super Bowl ads in the 4 Feb 2019 Wall Street Journal. Like AI parody in SNL, these ads really poked fun at computers: Seriously, did anyone catch the commercials? If the Super Bowl is the zeitgeist, then it is safe to say that America is not […]
HBO’s Westworld: The Man In Black is a special kind of Twitter user
HBO’s Westworld is a modern take on the Michael Crichton SciFi tale of a robotic amusement park. The HBO version has a new twist. The creators/writers were all exposed to years of Twitter, which has influenced every episode and the entire arch of two seasons of the show. Now that season two is wrapping up, […]
All Enterprise Techies Should Watch HBO’s SciFi Epic Westworld: It will help us dialog over shared experiences on what we will not be creating
Westworld season one was a great mix of science fiction and drama and action and it was done in a way that should help people think through many tech ethics questions, like how do we want to treat our robots? Does treating robots with violence change our nature? Can robots become sentient? HBO has a […]
Government
Software Acquisition and Practices in Government: Build or Buy?
This post is the next in our series focusing on building vs buying software for government uses. Also see our CTOvision Study on Build Vs Buy in Government and How Do Leaders In Government Decide GOTS or COTS? The issue of building or buying software for government uses is one of the oldest discussion topics […]
How Do Leaders In Government Decide Whether To Buy Or Build? Do They pick GOTS or COTS?
For decades government leaders have had to wrestle with questions of building solutions vs buying existing solutions. The needs of government enterprises have shifted over the decades, but so have the capabilities of commercially available products. It is critically important that executives in government frame their build vs buy/COTS vs GOTS questions correctly so they […]
More Proof That The Government Should Always Prefer Commercial Off The Shelf Software
You no doubt have heard of the Defense Science Board (DSB). Since its establishment in 1956 it has helped the Department of Defense and entire national security community wrap its head around ways to optimize science and technology in service to critical national issues. Every year they conduct studies on a wide range of issues. […]
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Gain Powerful Insights Into The Future With OODA Loop’s Technology Tracking
In a continuation of our journey to bring the best, most actionable technology content to enterprise decision-makers we have merged our research and reporting activities into the OODAloop.com site (both CTOvision.com and OODAloop.com are owned and operated by OODA LLC). CTOvision will focus only on one small niche, a vision for a technology enabled future. […]
CTOvision and OODA: Big Changes Coming Soon
In a continuation of our journey to bring the best, most actionable technology content to enterprise decision-makers we are merging our research and reporting activities into the OODAloop.com site (both CTOvision.com and OODAloop.com are owned and operated by OODA LLC). This will give our community access to the same technology summaries we currently produce as […]
Give Your Career A Boost By Learning From Experienced Decision Makers
Our video and audio podcast, the OODAcast, provides content that can help accelerate your career and improve your decision making. The series is based on interviews of some of the greatest most accomplished enterprise technologists we can find. We ask questions designed to pull out lessons applicable to accelerating the career of any professional. We […]