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Some Thoughts on the Cloud Connect Conference

rss@it-analysis.com (Clay Ryder, Sageza Group, Inc.) — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:05:39 +0100

I ventured out to the Cloud Connect conference and expo at the Santa Clara Convention Center this morning. Unlike most trips to industry events where I take part in the transportation cloud, usually... [Read More...]

Omnifone and HP Partner to Distribute MusicStation Desktop

rss@it-analysis.com (Clay Ryder, Sageza Group, Inc.) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:33:01 +0100

Earlier this week Omnifone and HP announced a partnership to distribute the MusicStation Desktop music service on 16 HP PC models in 10 European countries. The service will provide unlimited access... [Read More...]

EMC, the Acadian Accomplices, and the Private Cloud

rss@it-analysis.com (Clay Ryder, Sageza Group, Inc.) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:57:32 +0100

Once again I find myself the lucky recipient of the honorable identifier, AA 197 seat 22D, and as such have a few hours to kill in a rather austere low humidity environment. Thank goodness for my... [Read More...]

Musings on 1st day of IDF - Whither Itanium?

rss@it-analysis.com (Clay Ryder, Sageza Group, Inc.) — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:32:30 +0100

OK, so I managed another early start on my day and caught Caltrain #217 to San Francisco. Destination: Moscone West, my day home away from home, and Intel's Developer Forum (IDF). The trek to IDF is... [Read More...]

Pondering VMware and the Road Ahead

rss@it-analysis.com (Clay Ryder, Sageza Group, Inc.) — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:50:35 +0100

Monday was the beginning of the week-long virtualization love fest known as VMworld 2009. Although the exposition did not start until Tuesday, Monday was a day of tutorials, preparation, and an... [Read More...]

When New becomes old and old is Renewed Again?

rss@it-analysis.com (Clay Ryder, Sageza Group, Inc.) — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 03:57:35 +0100

OK, so I find myself again at 37,000 feet fighting dehydration and the limitations of American Airlines 1023 seat 9D, (hey at least it is an improvement over 14E of the previous flight leg.) Not that... [Read More...]

JavaONE: Bright Future or Riding off into the Sunset?

rss@it-analysis.com (Clay Ryder, Sageza Group, Inc.) — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 07:55:00 +0100

As I made my way to the train station, I pondered what I was going to see and hear at JavaONE - an event that is very long in tooth, at least in Internet years. [Read More...]

No Sun in the Big Blue sky

rss@it-analysis.com (Clay Ryder, Sageza Group, Inc.) — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 19:29:43 +0100

OK, so IBM is backing away from Sun after the latest round of negotiations. While there has been much speculation about the sale price and just how much CYA IBM would be willing to afford the... [Read More...]

The Virtual Appliance?

rss@it-analysis.com (Clay Ryder, Sageza Group, Inc.) — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 22:41:01 +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?

rss@it-analysis.com (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

rss@it-analysis.com (Clay Ryder, Sageza Group, Inc.) — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 18:41:07 +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

rss@it-analysis.com (Clay Ryder, Sageza Group, Inc.) — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 07:00:00 +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

rss@it-analysis.com (Lawrence Dietz, Sageza Group, Inc.) — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 07:00:00 +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

rss@it-analysis.com (Clay Ryder, Sageza Group, Inc.) — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 09:25:00 +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

rss@it-analysis.com (Clay Ryder, Sageza Group, Inc.) — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 07:00:00 +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

rss@it-analysis.com (Lawrence Dietz, Sageza Group, Inc.) — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 07:00:00 +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

rss@it-analysis.com (Clay Ryder, Sageza Group, Inc.) — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 07:00:00 +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

rss@it-analysis.com (Lawrence Dietz, Sageza Group, Inc.) — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 07:00:00 +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?

rss@it-analysis.com (Lawrence Dietz, Sageza Group, Inc.) — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 07:00:00 +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

rss@it-analysis.com (Clay Ryder, Sageza Group, Inc.) — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 07:00:00 +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

rss@it-analysis.com (Lawrence Dietz, Sageza Group, Inc.) — Mon, 21 May 2007 07:00:00 +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

rss@it-analysis.com (Susan Dietz, Sageza Group, Inc.) — Mon, 14 May 2007 07:00:00 +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

rss@it-analysis.com (Clay Ryder, Sageza Group, Inc.) — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +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

rss@it-analysis.com (Lawrence Dietz, Sageza Group, Inc.) — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 17:00:00 +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

rss@it-analysis.com (Lawrence Dietz, Sageza Group, Inc.) — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 07:00:00 +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

rss@it-analysis.com (Clay Ryder, Sageza Group, Inc.) — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 07:00:00 +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?

rss@it-analysis.com (Lawrence Dietz, Sageza Group, Inc.) — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 07:00:00 +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?

rss@it-analysis.com (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

rss@it-analysis.com (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?

rss@it-analysis.com (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...]