September 11, 2013, Intel Developers Forum, San Francisco—The SCSI Trade Association is updating their specifications to match the performance of SSDs in the storage systems. The multiple layers of storage can all communicate over a single protocol over the various transport layers. The SAS spec now supports 12Gbps and 1.2M IOPS to allow for the…
June 25, 2013, PCI-SIG Developers’ Forum, Santa Clara, CA—The PCI special interest group is evolving their specifications to include more functions and interface modes. Al Yanes and Ramin Nechati from the PCI-SIG described the new features and specifications for PCI. The main technology is based on PCIe, and with the increasing focus on mobile, created…
June 5, 2013, Augmented World Expo, Santa Clara, CA—The AR infrastructure needs to move to standards and open platforms to become as recognized and used as USB. Christine Perey from Perey Consultants moderated a panel of people working on those standards. Panelists were Rob Manson from ARStandards.org, Neil Trevett from Khronos, and Martin Lechner from…
April 6, 2013, National Association of Broadcasters, Las Vegas—A panel moderated by Tom Scott from OnStream Media considered the issues for more immersive audio. Panel members included Jeff Levison from Iosono, Stuart Bowling from Dolby Labs, Wilfried Van Baelen from Auro Technologies, John Kellogg from DTS, and Kimio Hamasaki from NHK. The audio industry has…
April 3, 2013, Ethernet Technology Summit, Santa Clara, CA—John D’Ambrosia from Dell and the Ethernet Alliance described the efforts to develop 400Gbps Ethernet. These efforts are the start of something that will lead to improvements for everyone. The industry is getting involved in early standards developments and research. The ecosystem of Ethernet will change to…
March 18, 2013, NPD Flat-Panel Display Conference, San Jose, CA—Paul Gray from NPD DisplaySearch examined the forces at work that affect TVs, as mobile devices acquire television-like capabilities. The TV set manufacturers have been adding new features and functions like social media and Internet connectivity, but these efforts may be insufficient. The TV is no…
February 26, 2013, RSA Conference, San Francisco—James Lewis held a fireside talk with Michael Chertoff, chairman of the Chertoff Group and former head of the Department of Homeland Security, and Michael Daniels Cyber-security coordinator of the White House. The conversations focused on the recent executive orders and security initiatives. Lewis opened that this has been…
February 25, 2013, TCG Security Sessions, San Francisco—A panel considered the requirements for security in networks, critical infrastructure, and in environments with BYOD. Phil Schacter from Gartner moderated the panel. Panel members included Steve Venema from Boeing, Dave Waltermire from NIST, and Phyllis Lee from NSA. Venema introduced himself as involved with government and user…
February 25, 2013, TCG Security Sessions, San Francisco—A panel considered the implications of advanced persistent threats (APT) with respect to the NIST 800-147 and -155 standards. Paul Roberts from The Security Ledger moderated the panel. Members were; Frank Molsberry from Dell, Stacy Cannady from Digital Management, Sunil Gottumukka from Microsoft, and Robert Thibadeau from Wave…
February 25, 2013, TCG Security Sessions, San Francisco—Robert Pittman, chief, information security office, Los Angeles County described their efforts in establishing trusted computing in the county. Some statistics for the county include 102,000 employees, of which 90 percent are union, and 34 departments structured into 5 clusters. The clusters are health, child services, operations, legal,…