Open and Closed
The central theme at the IBM Open Source IT Analyst Conference in Stamford, Connecticut this week revolved around the word "open". The term is used with "open source" and also with "open standards" and there is often confusion about the meaning of the two terms. A standard is like a blueprint. An open standard is […]
Open and Closed – Intro
Today I attended the IBM Open Source Analyst Briefing which was held at the Marriott in Stamford, Connecticut. I will post a story about what I learned later but first I would like to share something about the Marriott. The hotel had a "Wired-for-Business" connectivity offer which enables guests to "Work smarter with unlimited…" in-room […]
Top Ten Demo picks
My apologies for making an error in the link to my Top Ten Demo picks. I have corrected it — the link is here. The top ten is actually eleven and I do not mean to imply that there are really the "top" in the sense that they are the best. They are the ones […]
The MooBella Demo
It was such an exciting week at Demo that it is hard to summarize. There are many reviews of the conference on the web and you can find some of them at Kaboodle (one of the companies that debuted at Demo). There were sixty-eight companies showing off their latest and greatest — the Demo site […]
The Future Of Security Panel
"The Future of Security" panel will be this afternoon at 3:15 PM. Most of us are aware of current day security threats, but what about down the road? Will the good guys be able to stay ahead of the bad guys? Will we be able to trust the Internet for commerce and communication? Those are […]
