Category: sensors
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My Top Three Articles Relating to the Federal Government From Last Friday
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On Friday, October 24, I was on the Federal News Countdown, hosted by Francis Rose, along with Jenny Mattingley, director of government affairs for Shaw, Bransford and Roth. You can hear the show, and see a picture of an old, bald guy standing next to Jenny, here. The format of the show is each guest…
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Everything Without Wires
One of the great things about teaching classes is how much one learns from the students. I have been teaching a capstone graduate class at the University of Maryland University College, UMUC, http://www.umuc.edu/, about the Management of Technology and Innovation for a number of years. One of the running threads culminating in a discussion in the…
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My Slides from the University of Maryland University College 2010 Annual Cybersecurity and Homeland Defense Symposium
Last month I was the keynote speaker at the University of Maryland University College 2010 Annual Cybersecurity and Homeland Defense Symposium and Job Fair, http://www.umuc.edu/securitystudies/cybersymposium_agenda.shtml. A few people asked me to post my presentation, but I have found that my current job as the COO at Powertek Corporation has caused me to miss many of…
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Technologies to Watch in 2010
Recently Wyatt Kash, the Editor in Chief for both Government Computer News and Defense Systems, wrote me a note saying that GCN was working on an article about technologies to watch in 2010 and that he wanted my two cents. Naturally I had more than two cents worth of thoughts about the issue and most…
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Final Version of SCADA Presentation
This is the final version of the SCADA presentation I made yesterday at the Security SCADA Summit, http://www.iqpc.com/Event.aspx?id=223390. Secure SCADA – Dec 2009 a The presentation consists of two parts. Part I was prepared by me and talks about the economic basis associated with the impact of the Internet, wanders through a number of topics…
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SCADA Conference Presentation
I am one of two representatives from CSC speaking at a SCADA Conference on Tuesday. My focus, as usual, will be on the strategic reasons behind the movement to SCADA. Oops, perhaps I should back up. SCADA is an abbreviation for Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition. It usually is used as a catch-all term dealing with…
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Sensor Technology
This Week Before I get to the topic of this blog entry, sensors, I wanted to mention that I have been privileged to play a small role in the Government 2.0 Expo, www.gov2expo.com, occurring Tuesday, September 8th, and the Government 2.0 Summit, www.gov2summit.com, occurring Wednesday and Thursday, all at the DC Convention Center. The fact…