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I was at Cloud Expo yesterday in New York City. I heard the keynote address entitled “Parting of the Clouds” from Dell’s Steve Shuckenbrock. I sat through half of “Patterns of Cloud Computing” delivered by Microsoft’s Bill Zack. And finally … Continue reading →

Bruce Schneier points out—you know he would!—some of his issues with Microsoft’s proposal to quarantine infected computers.  He’s not against the idea in principle. For it to work, though, it has to have a good chance of success. Schneier’s main … Continue reading →

If you haven’t already, please read Seymour Hersh’s insightful and non-alarmist New Yorker article on cyber security in the context of the recent Stuxnet virus and China’s growing hack capabilities. The Hersh piece contains a very simple solution to safeguard … Continue reading →

My ears are still ringing from a rant by Sam Lessin, Drop.io founder, as he went about trying to disprove intrinsic altruism and trust, and reclaim the commanding heights with neo-classical economics. More on this later, but it is a … Continue reading →

I’ve been so focused on apps and trends outside of the office space that I thought I’d have a difficult time grokking the keynote speeches at  Voicecon 2010.   VoiceCon (now renamed to Enterprise Connect) is the place where business communication … Continue reading →

Microsoft has introduced its new smartphone OS at the Mobile World Conference in Barcelona. It’s a complete tear down of Microsoft Mobile, and in its stead is a cleaner, “chromeless” experience.  Engadget has a review of the new UI for … Continue reading →