August 2019 – The MWC LA Conference is the merged event of the prior CTIA conference from the US and the international GSM group that manages the well known MWC Barcelona conference in February. The Conference in LA shows off the new technologies for the ever ongoing advanced in cell phone and wireless connectivity. While…
August 2015- Amidst all of the cybersecurity solutions present at this year’s Black Hat conference in Las Vegas it is sometimes difficult to identify truly innovative solutions which represent a significant shift in security thinking. One such company is PFP Cybersecurity (PFPC). PFPC has developed a novel solution to both detecting infrastructure breaches as well…
May 21, 2015, Imagination Summit, Santa Clara, CA—Omid Tahemia from Ikanos Communications talked about the challenges related to in-home connectivity. The growing complexity in apps and technology is causing the platforms to stutter. The diversity of apps makes the installation and integration of new devices and their controlling apps somewhat less than simple plug and…
May 2015 – At the SAP executive briefing center in Palo Alto CA, they held a day long discussion and test drives on connected and charged vehicles and the changes/progress ahead. Built around the topic of infrastructure for the next generation vehicles and transportation the event featured multiple tracks discussing technology, business and the social…
April 20 , 2015, Cloud Security Alliance, San Francisco—Mark Goodman, an author, described the ongoing and increasing challenges for security and our other infrastructure. Many threats are already here and the potential for serious damage is increasing. Goodman started out as a police officer and noted many trends of crime over time. Criminals were early…
April 7, 2015, Data Storage Innovations Conference, Santa Clara, CA—Rubin Mohan from HP and Craig Carlson from QLogic talked about the next-generation of low latency SAN. They described the various components and aspects of storage performance and how those factors affect latency. Everyone is at least vaguely familiar with the basic performance measurements. IOPS is…
September 17, 2014, Storage Developer Conference, Santa Clara, CA—Walt Hubis from Hubis Technical Associates presented a vendor agnostic overview of secure storage. this information includes current and emerging technologies and changes in international security standards to implement a practical and secure storage system. The first area to consider is encryption. The drivers for this level…
June 24, 2014, Creative Storage Conference, Culver City, CA—A panel discussed the various issues associated with content delivery through the cloud. Marty Shindler from The Shindler Perspective moderated the panel. Panelists included Michelle Munsen from Aspera, Eric Markow from Bel Air Internet, Nathan Carman from Exelis, Don Gabriel from EchoStar, Ben Bloom from Akamai, and…
June 24, 2014, Creative Storage Conference, Culver City, CA—Steve Canepa from IBM talked with Marty Shindler from the Shindler Perspective about reinventing IBM’s media and entertainment offerings. The changes in technologies and user expectations calls for changes in business. Canepa commented that change happens and the core services need to change over time to follow…
May 7, 2014, Internet of Things Developers Conference, Santa Calara, CA—Kin-Yip Liu from Cavium talked about the bigger industry drivers for semiconductors. Of course, performance and power are at the top of the list, but integrated functionality is starting to matter. For example, in security functions, new issues are for transactions and access authorizations, especially…