March 15, 2012 – The MIT/Stanford Venture Lab (http://www.vlab.org/) held their latest event on the topic of Big Data and NoSQL which is the growing trend for data storage in public and private clouds. The crowd of nearly 600 packed the campus auditorium to hear several different approaches to the data collection and query issue…
April 2012 – NAB conference, as the world’s largest media and entertainment event, it draws innovative startups from all corners of the globe. Although the international suppliers are on their way to increase their global visibility, there is a high risk involved and they need support from the pavillion organizers that see opportunities and are…
February 29, 2012, RSA Conference, San Francisco—A panel looked at the changing dynamics of hacking and the new drives for these activities. Jeffery Brown from PBS News Hour performed the moderation duties for the panel which included Misha Glenny an author, Eric Strom from the FBI, and Grady Summers from Mandient. Strom lead off with…
February 28, 2012- San Francisco, CA – An observation about the RSA exhibit floor and the general state of the security products that were being shown. The industry has been traditionally focused on P2P data flow that is based on business and text data traffic. The major modification to this assumption was the further definition…
February 7, 2012, Santa Clara, CA – At the Linley Data Center Conference both systems and chip suppliers were disucussing the new directions in data centers and cloud service configurations. As the mix of content that is on the internet changes, so does the optimization of the hardware to deliver that content. In the general…
As I approached the Anaheim Coliseum the signs and banners for the conference were everywhere. I begin to get excited. As a musician, I knew I was about to enter musician’s heaven. First stop, the press booth to pick up my credentials. The check-in process was quick and painless, but as I witnessed the next…
January 11, 2012, CES Digital Health Summit, Las Vegas—A panel looked at the issues of digital health data in an ever changing operation and legal environment. Ray Maker from DC Rainmaker moderated the panel. Panel members included Ian Andes from 4iiiInnovations, Karl-Johan Dahlstrom from Sony-Ericsson, Chris Fickle from A&D Medical, and Mike Stashak from Wahoo…
January 9, 2012, CES, Las Vegas—Steve Bambridge, Global Business Director, GfK Boutique Research and Steve Koenig, Director of Industry Analysis, CEA talked about the changing shape of the global tech device markets. The changes are tabulated by region and category. The developed regions of North America, Europe, Japan, and Korea are seeing signs of increasing…
M&E Tech was pleased to be accompanied by Sr Technologist and Business Strategist Michael Lyon at the 2012 CES event and its co-located event Showstoppers. Below is his comments on CES from a non-electrical engineers’ perspective. CES 2012 was typical in that a herd of vendors followed a few salient trends, while a few broke…
December 8, 2011, San Francisco—We talked with Broadcom about their recent survey on connectivity. JZ Analytics conducted the survey in November and surveyed 1025 individuals. The respondents provided a quick look into consumer habits and expectations for connections to others. A growing number of people are experiencing connectivity withdrawal, where the person feels stress or…