There are seven key megatrends driving the future of enterprise IT. You can
remember them all with the helpful mnemonic acronym CAMBRIC, which stands
for Cloud Computing, Artificial Intelligence, Mobility, Big
Data, Robotics, Internet of Things, CyberSecurity.
In this post we dive deeper into Artificial Intelligence.
Artificial Intelligence is the discipline of thinking machines. The field is
growing dramatically with the proliferation of high powered computers into
homes and businesses and especially with the growing power of smartphones and
other mobile devices. Artificial intelligence software is assisting people in
most every discipline. The many functions of AI are considered by many to be
threatening many human jobs across multiple industries, but others consider
it a great producer of jobs since it will help create entirely new industries
and free more human... (more)
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Information
Technology Laboratory is working on a definition of cloud computing (version
14 of their working draft is on their site and is looking great). Like
other NIST efforts they have taken a collaborative/collegial approach in
building this definition. You can find the full definition at the NIST
Computer Security Resource Center. The also provide a briefing titled
“Effectively and Securely Using the Cloud Computing Paradigm” (by Peter
Mell and Tim Grance of NIST, dated 6/26/2009). That presentation gives a
grea... (more)
As friend John Scott points out on his blog, Dave Wennergren, DoD CIO, has
just signed out a very well coordinated, well staffed and well thought out
clarification of guidance regarding Open Source Software (OSS). A copy is
attached.
Some key points:
- Open Source Software meets the government’s legal definition of
“commercial computer software,” which is an important clarification in
the procurement world. Some who don’t understand open source sometimes
mistakenly would think that it was not allowed because of the way they read
some regulations and this clarification will h... (more)
Newspapers and blogs around the globe have been carrying an amazing story of
technological arrogance and organizational ineptitude regarding security of a
key data feed from US intelligence systems.
We read headlines like: “Iraq Insurgents Hack US Drones” (WSJ), “Hacked
Drones: How Secure Are US Spy Planes?(ABC)”, “Insurgents Hack Into US Spy
Drone Videos“(AP), “Officers Warned of Drones Flaw in 04 (WSJ).” As
worrisome as those articles are, perhaps the more scary one was titled
“Adm. Mullen says hacked drones caused no damage” (AP).
That article indicates he cares about cyber... (more)
iPad on Ulitzer
Finally released, and a bit of a letdown.
WOW. What a letdown. I can not believe that this was the subject of
endless hype. Here are the quick stats (if you haven’t found them
somewhere else).
A4 1GHz Processor
16GB ($499), 32GB ($599), or 64GB ($699) Flash Memory
WI-FI enabled, 3G for $129.99
iPhone OS 4
20 Pin Apple Interface
1024×768 Capacitive Touchscreen
Alleged 10 hour battery (with WiFi or without? What about with 3G switched
on?)
And that’s about it. Sure it will play nice with all your iPhone apps,
but not in full screen. Sure it will play HD vid... (more)