Category: technology
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The Impact of the Digital Economy – A Contrary Viewpoint
Andrea Di Maio, a Managing VP at Gartner, and one of the more insightful people I know, wrote an interesting blog earlier today entitled “Tempering the Enthusiasm About a Digital Economy: A Counterpoint”, http://blogs.gartner.com/andrea_dimaio/2013/10/08/tempering-the-enthusiasm-about-a-digital-economy-a-counterpoint/. He notes the increasing acceleration of technological change and the impact on societies. While many positive results have resulted from such changes,…
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Big Telephony Changes at Home
We have a blended family. My daughters and wife have Macs and I have a PC. In fact, if you recall the Mac/PC ads, compiled here, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZSBWbnmGrE, you will recall how cool the Mac guy was and how uncool the PC guy was, that basically describes us.
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Federal News Countdown Stories – Mobile Apps, Continuous Monitoring, Confusion Around Intell Review Leadership
Last Friday, I was on the Federal News Countdown on WFED, hosted by Francis Rose, along with Steven Bucci, Director of the Douglas & Sarah Allison Center and Senior Fellow for Defense & Homeland Security at The Heritage Foundation. Here is the link to the broadcast: http://www.federalnewsradio.com/156/3425850/Federal-News-Countdown-New-DHS-contract-standardizes-cyber-protections-DoD-cuts-force-lower-sights-on-drones. The way the News Countdown works is that each…
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AFCEA Bethesda Mobility Technology Symposium, AMARC is an Educational Partner
Please join AFCEA Bethesda and the Advanced Mobility Academic Research Center (AMARC) at the Mobility Technology Symposium to be held on August 8, 2013 at the Grand Hyatt in Washington, DC. This half-day education forum will go beyond the business case for mobility and look at how agencies are developing and implementing emerging mobile technology…
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AMARC Panel at the Mobile Summit
In addition to hosting a summit on mobile technology at the Reagan Building July 9, http://www.mobilefeds.com/, the Advanced Mobility Academic Research Center (AMARC) also coordinated and ran a panel on Security and Mobile Technology. The panel, which I moderated, included professors from George Washington University, Stevenson University, George Mason University, as well as the CIO for…
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On Chris DorobekINSIDER Live Today, June 26, at Noon
Tom Suder and I, among others, will be on the DorobekINSIDER Live broadcast at noon: http://goo.gl/0Cyc9 The topic will be Making Mobile Matter.
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AMARC Update
As some of you know, Tom Suder and I have setup a non-profit called the Advanced Mobility Academic Research Center or AMARC, www.amarcedu.org. AMARC’s three broad goals are to: Increase the efficiency and optimize the delivery of government services in the US at all levels through the utilization of mobile communications technology Implement such efficiency…
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Enterprise IT Architect Job Opportunity
A company i am working with has an opening for an Enterprise IT Architect who will work on-site for a Government agency in Washington DC. Details are below the ‘fold’. If interested, drop me a note with your resume at dmintz@esemconsulting.com and I’ll pass it on.
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My Appearance on the Federal Countdown, April 26
This last Friday I participated in the Federal News Countdown with Ron Sanders, Booz Allen Hamilton, hosted by Francis Rose, WFED. The transcript and audio can be accessed here, http://www.federalnewsradio.com/86/3301646/Federal-News-Countdown-Furloughs-fizzle-spectrum-search-GS-update. The way the show works is that each guest brings three articles from their least important, number 3-3-3-3; to their most important, number well you…
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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…