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The Virtual Appliance?

Clay Ryder, Sageza Group, Inc. — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 21:41:01 +0100

In the world of IT the demarcation between servers, storage, networking, software, and a bevy of other devices is becoming is less clear every day. In particular, this got me thinking about one piece... [Read More...]

Is Bot Defense the IDS of 2008?

Lawrence Dietz, Sageza Group, Inc. — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 19:09:59 +0100

I don't think there is any question that bots and botnets are a dangerous threat. The combination of a worm delivery vehicle and a malware payload of varying capabilities is a potent one... [Read More...]

Networking Re-Pondered at 37,000 feet

Clay Ryder, Sageza Group, Inc. — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 17:41:07 +0100

Once again I find myself the resident of seat 30C (power equipped) in a nearly full pressured tin can aka a Boeing 767-200 being flown courtesy of American Airlines. It is no surprise anymore that I... [Read More...]

The empowerment of Power

Clay Ryder, Sageza Group, Inc. — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 06:00:00 +0100

I am in Austin Texas attending the Power Architecutre Developer Conference. While at first blush, we all might wonder why such an ex-technical guy like me is at a developer's conference; the ... [Read More...]

History isn't always the best teacher

Lawrence Dietz, Sageza Group, Inc. — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 06:00:00 +0100

There's an old adage that those who don't know history are bound to repeat it. A couple of recent experiences lead me to adopt the more topical Richard Clarke view of the future ... [Read More...]

HP, MIT, and DSpace Foundation

Clay Ryder, Sageza Group, Inc. — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 08:25:00 +0100

HP and the MIT Libraries recently announced the DSpace Foundation, a non-profit organization that will provide support to institutions that use DSpace, an open source software solution for accessing, ... [Read More...]

FCC, 700 MHz, Wireless Carriers, and the Mobile Internet

Clay Ryder, Sageza Group, Inc. — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 06:00:00 +0100

As part of the impending 700 MHz spectrum auction, The Federal Communications Commission has circulated a proposal that included a requirement that the new mobile internet spectrum would be accessible ... [Read More...]

Satellite communications - not as Heavenly as you would think

Lawrence Dietz, Sageza Group, Inc. — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 06:00:00 +0100

In January 2007 my beloved wife, HRH the QM (Her Royal Highness the Queen Mother for you new readers) got a new car. A brand spanking new Chrysler Town & Country Van. One of its salient and most ... [Read More...]

HP and On Demand DVDs

Clay Ryder, Sageza Group, Inc. — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 06:00:00 +0100

Recently HP and Trans World Entertainment Corporation inked an agreement to offer a new service that would give consumers access to a diverse catalog of movie, TV and specialty video content not ... [Read More...]

Hip Pocket E-Mail - Epilog

Lawrence Dietz, Sageza Group, Inc. — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 06:00:00 +0100

It's been a couple of weeks since I got my spiffy new Cingular 8525 and I thought I would follow-up on my last posting with some updated reporting. [Read More...]

Hip Pocket E-mail - Blessing or Curse?

Lawrence Dietz, Sageza Group, Inc. — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 06:00:00 +0100

I've resisted getting a PDA capable of receiving e-mail and doing all the other whiz bang things we associate with being 'connected' at all hours of the day and night. [Read More...]

SOA and its IMPACT 2007

Clay Ryder, Sageza Group, Inc. — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 06:00:00 +0100

Before the Memorial Day holiday I was fortunate enough to be able to attend the IMPACT 2007 user conference in Orlando, Florida. There were about 4000 attendees from a variety of vendors, end user ... [Read More...]

Crisis Action Planning, unlike chicken soup, does not get better with age

Lawrence Dietz, Sageza Group, Inc. — Mon, 21 May 2007 06:00:00 +0100

Bad things happen to good people and unless they are prepared to deal with them bad things turn into disasters or worse. Like most aspects of running an organization, disaster planning is a mesh of ... [Read More...]

Of Biometrics and Privacy

Susan Dietz, Sageza Group, Inc. — Mon, 14 May 2007 06:00:00 +0100

At each RSA show, I've noticed that the emphasis on biometric security was enlarging, and that the vendors of this type of security were in deadly earnestness about the usefulness and ... [Read More...]

More Thoughts on Energy and Efficiency

Clay Ryder, Sageza Group, Inc. — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 23:00:00 +0100

The other day I was again pondering energy efficiency in the data center, as I am prone ot due with my own idle brain/CPU cycles. Virtualization remains a hot topic as many organizations seek to shift ... [Read More...]

Sun Labs: Where Engineers Engage Their Passion And Have Fun

Lawrence Dietz, Sageza Group, Inc. — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 16:00:00 +0100

Yesterday I had the good fortune of attending the annual open house at Sun Labs in Menlo Park, California. If I had know that engineers could have that much fun or that network security/encryption ... [Read More...]

Mainframe security still high card in security deck

Lawrence Dietz, Sageza Group, Inc. — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 06:00:00 +0100

I had the good fortune to attend a briefing from IBM on their latest security announcements for their Z Systems. It's been a really long time since my last encounter with mainframes. In fact it ... [Read More...]

YouTube, VIPs, and System i

Clay Ryder, Sageza Group, Inc. — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 06:00:00 +0100

Today there is a bewildering array of individual and community driven communications means that less than a decade ago simply did not exist. Blogs, Podcasts, and YouTube, are becoming very accepted... [Read More...]

CSOs - Trend or Fad?

Lawrence Dietz, Sageza Group, Inc. — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 06:00:00 +0100

The notion of combining physical security and logical (information) security has been around for some time. Some industry thought leaders, such as Steve Hunt, feel that convergence of the ... [Read More...]

Venyon & NFC -- Cool, but is it viable?

Clay Ryder, Sageza Group, Inc. — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 22:00:00 +0100

Recently I attended a breakfast in San Francisco given by Venyon, a joint venture of Nokia and Gieseck & Devrient, focused on the topic of Near Field Communication (NFC). [Read More...]

Defense Technology - Still A Major Source of Commercial Products

Lawrence Dietz, Sageza Group, Inc. — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 07:00:00 +0100

I read yet one more notice of one company buying a piece of another, but this one struck me as a bit noteworthy. Nomad Digital, providers and operators of specialist mobility networks, announced... [Read More...]

If it had been The Great Firewall of China, Would the Manchus Still Have Invaded?

Susan Dietz, Sageza Group, Inc. — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 18:00:00 +0100

It's a war out there. The Forces of Good have been battling the Forces of Evil ever since someone made up the first law. Since not everyone agrees that following the rules is in their best ... [Read More...]

Happy Birthday Blade.org

Clay Ryder, Sageza Group, Inc. — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 17:00:00 +0100

Last week I attended a party in San Francisco that was celebrating the first birthday of blade.org. As expected, various VIPs from blade.org and ancillary organizations were present to celebrate... [Read More...]

Cuba and Venezuela - Unlikely Good Examples of Open Source Preference

Lawrence Dietz, Sageza Group, Inc. — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 07:00:00 +0100

A recent headline in my local paper, the San Jose Mercury News, attracted my attention: Cuba moving to ditch Microsoft, its products... [Read More...]

RSA San Francisco 2007 - A Perspective

Lawrence Dietz, Sageza Group, Inc. — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 19:00:00 +0100

The RSA Conference has emerged as the leading annual US information security event. The one time crypto-geek fest originally held in the Sofitel Hotel in Redwood City, CA in the early 1990s has ... [Read More...]

Looking Forward: Power, Cooling, and the Data Center

Clay Ryder, Sageza Group, Inc. — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 23:00:00 +0100

In the future, we may look back on 2006 as the year that power consumption, cooling, and energy efficiency in the data center ceased being a back-burner issue for IT and facilities managers and ... [Read More...]

HP's Customer Dis-Service

Joyce Becknell, Sageza Group, Inc. — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 07:00:00 +0100

Ahhh the joys of owning a PC. I purchased an HP Pavilion 7495 back in October when my laptop motherboard crashed and burned. I'd been putting off buying because I was ... [Read More...]

Compliance 2007: The King's Sox Had Holes

Lawrence Dietz, Sageza Group, Inc. — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 07:00:00 +0100

For most of 2006 the term compliance was synonymous with the dreaded U.S. Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) law. The overwhelming majority of large organizations, especially multi-nationals, found themselves ... [Read More...]

Digital Music, Piracy, and IT... oh my...

Joyce Becknell, Sageza Group, Inc. — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 07:00:00 +0100

I'm back on the digital music player front again.Those CDs have no more value for me. I am being punished, and I did nothing wrong other than to want to play those CDs on something other than a ... [Read More...]

Is Sun Rediscovering its Creative Roots?

Clay Ryder, Sageza Group, Inc. — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 05:00:00 +0100

I recently attended a dinner party in San Francisco, courtesy of Sun Microsystems, that featured guests from eBay, PG&E, and of course Sun. [Read More...]