The technology writer Langdon Winner wrote an interesting book 30 years ago
that has a lot of relevance to technologists today–especially when thinking
about enterprise security. His core idea is one of technological autonomy. As
the good folks at Cyborgology define it:
Technological autonomy is a shorthand way of expressing the idea that our
technologies and technological systems have become so ubiquitous, so
intertwined, and so powerful that they are no longer in our control. This
autonomy is due to the accumulated force of the technologies themselves and
also to our utter dependence on them. …Advanced technologies require vast
networks of supportive technologies in order to properly function. Our cars
wouldn’t go far without roads, gasoline, traffic control systems, and the
like. Electricity needs power lines, generators, distributors, light bulbs,
and lamps, t... (more)
With Cloud Expo Silicon Valley (9th Cloud Expo) now in its final day,
Thursday November 10 at the Santa Clara Convention Center, CA, here's who is
round off the four-day event in our keynote hall this morning...none other
than the CIO of the National Reconnaissance Office, Jill Singer.
CLOUD EXPO SPEAKER NAME: Jill Tummler Singer
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COMPANY: National Reconnaissance Office (www.nro.gov)
9TH CLOUD DAY 4 KEYNOTE TITLE - November 10: Riding the Enterprise Cloud
Computing Wave of Change into the Future
SESSION DESCRIPTION: http://cloudcomputing.sys-con.com/node/1954582
BRIEF BIOG... (more)
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- InformationWeek Reports
(reports.informationweek.com), a service for peer-based IT research and
analysis, announced the release of its latest research report. Our Windows 8
report encompasses analysis of results from InformationWeek's recent survey
on IT's plans for Microsoft's new client and server OS. Nearly 1,000 business
technology professionals, all from organizations with 500 or more employees,
responded to this poll.
Research Summary:
Windows XP still rules the corporate desktop roost, according to
InformationWeek's Oct... (more)
ANDOVER, Mass., Jan. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Enterasys Networks, a Siemens
Enterprise Communications Company, today announced its OneFabric Edge
architecture, a purpose-built architecture for edge networking to support
mobile application delivery. Built on the recently announced OneFabric
architecture, OneFabric Edge unifies wired and wireless networks, enabling
enterprises to predictably deliver high quality applications to mobile users
at any scale, supporting "Bring Your Own Device" (BYOD) initiatives.
To view the multimedia assets associated with this release, please click: ... (more)
SEATTLE, WA -- (Marketwire) -- 01/25/12 -- Apptio, the leading provider of
on-demand Technology Business Management (TBM) solutions, today announced the
appointment of Dione Hedgpeth as vice president of customer success. In this
role, Hedgpeth will spearhead Apptio's growing Customer Success organization,
overseeing the professional services and customer support teams to ensure
that Apptio customers are able to realize fast time-to-value with their
Technology Business Management investment.
"Apptio is the market leader and measures its achievement one successful
customer at a t... (more)
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