Managing Mobile Madness

Dateline: June 25, 2009 Arlington, Virginia NewsChannel8 appearance w/Beverly Kirk

Mobile phones are everywhere these days -- 3.5 billion in the world – it looks
to me like half are here in the DC area! An argument can be made the most mobile
work force is the Department of Defense!

What kind of challenges do federal IT managers face in managing these mobile devices? any folks like the BlackBerry because of its security. But we see many users bring in a consumer roduct and want to use it at work.We all know that the iPhone sold one million the first weekend. - - - what about security beyond the Blackberry . . .

It’s incredible -- in one year: applications: 65, 0000 apps available Downloads: billion and half times!! Some free some $1 some $40 If you work for the federal government, you may prefer the iPhone. What options do federal IP professionals have to manage these devices? Now we see more than iPhones Windows Mobile, Sybian, Palm OS. DISA has guidelines & a couple of companies have systems that may help: for example, for example -- if it gets lost – remote wipe, called Kill Pill!

Two companies with specific solutions?

Trust Digital: http://www.trustdigital.com/
Make it all as safe as the BlackBerry.
Get the tools needed to secure the devices.
Manage encrypted data: security polic

Sybase: http://www.sybase.com/
Secure databases >>> moving into mobile security.
Been around 26 years – well know for mastering secure databases
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Salesforce.com & the feds? no way, yes . . way

Dateline: July 21, 2009 Washington, D.C.

John Gilroy from SolutionsDevelopers interviews Dan Burton from Salesforce.com

Federal IT professionals are valiantly trying to get a grasp on Software As A Service (SaaS). Why not get the scoop from the horse’s mouth—Salesforce.com Dan Burton is the Senior Vice President of Salesforce. He will answer your questions about security, best practices, and even share some relevant customer stories. Just because it has “sales” in the title does not mean that creative IT professionals cannot take advantage of this pioneer in the world of SaaS.

This interview aired on July 21, 2009 on WFED 1500 AM Federal News Radio at 11:00 AM.

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Don't get caught off base . . . Sybase

Dateline: July 14, 2009 Washington, D.C. WFED 1500 AM

John Gilroy from SolutionsDevelopers interviews Bob Laurence from Sybase.

When most federal IT professionals think of Sybase, they think of business intelligence. Hold on to your hats, Sybase is much more than that. Sybase has taken its strong position in the intelligence community to branch into data analytics and even mobility management. Listen to what Bob Laurence has to say of these new offerings and gain insight on what the TechWave conference will offer coming up August 26-27

This inteview aired on July 14, 2009 on WFED 1500 AM Federal NewsRadio at 11:00AM

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More than remote >> In the mix with Citrix

Dateline: July 7, 2009 Washington, D.C. WFED 1500 AM

John Gilroy from SolutionsDevelopers interviews Tom Simmons from Citrix.

Citrix systems has been a well known product for systems adminstrators for years. Today, we see Citrix moving into the areas of virutalization, and remote meetings. If you are a federal IT professional and are charged with getting the most from your investment in virtual technology, you must listen to the Citirx position. If you need to set up remote meetings, find out how easy it is to use GoToMeeting. Citirx has made some suprising announcements in the last few months, listen to Tom Simmons to see how Citrix will fit in your IT strategy.

This interview aired on July 7, 2009 at 11:00 AM WFED 1500 AM

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Computer Guys :: July 2009 adventure

Dateline: July 7, 2009 Washington, D.C.

Computer Guys on WAMU 88.5 FM July 7, 2009

# 1 New social status symbol: a verified twitter account!
http://blog.twitter.com/2009/06/not-playing-ball.html
(TechTuesday wins award -- does this mean Kojo will need a
“verified”Twitter account?)

# 2 Where twits are king:
Rankings: http://twitterholic.com/
Shaq one million+ http://twitter.com/THE_REAL_SHAQ
PTI 50,000 http://twitter.com/Ptishow

# 3 Twitter as foreign policy?
http://blog.twitter.com/2009/06/down-time-rescheduled.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssTechMediaTelecomNews/idUSWBT01137420090616


# 4 The “Twitter” Tee shirt -- the perfect gift for Kojo Nnamdi!!
http://site.despair.com/socialmediatee/

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# 5 This just doesn’t seem reasonable. Justice: what is reasonable?
http://www.informationweek.com/news/personal_tech/music/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=218100335


# 7 Bing? Not a cherry, not a singer . . . . a search engine OR . . . .

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/06/25/study-suggests-people-prefer-bings-design-to-googles-but-still-wont-switch/

One month bottom line – a slight bump
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10277113-2.html



#8 Microsoft’s new operating system via FOS ( friend of the show) Rob Pegoraro
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/fasterforward/2009/06/microsoft_names_its_prices_for.html?hpid=sec-tech

#9 Now, that’s a hot product
http://www.pcworld.com/article/167675/bugs_and_fixes_iphones_that_are_too_hot_to_handle.html



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When "architect" is both a noun and a verb

Dateline: June 30, 2009 Washington, D.C. WFED 1500 AM

John Gilroy from SolutionsDevelopers interviews Michael Tieman from FEAC

Both the Recovery.Gov and Data.Gov applications established by the new administration focus on increasing transparency and citizen participation in government. These concepts are being architected throughout government using the still, fairly new, Federal Segment Architecture Methodology (FSAM). FSAM results in actionable implementations like Recovery and data.govs.Taking data from a legacy system, or systems, and making them accessible and thereby transparent is seriously challenging. Understanding the view from 40,000 feet in order to avoid duplicating efforts and ending up with a system that is not secure and reliable and while collaboratively engaging the mission of business people and stakeholders.

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This interview aired on June 30, 2009 on WFED 1500 AM at 11:00AM

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NewsChannel8 :: social networking sites for the military

Dateline: June 25, 2009 Arlington, Virginia NewsChannel8 appearance w/Beverly Kirk

When you think about social networking you normally think of a teenager on Facebook inviting friends to a party. Well, what about social networking with the U.S. Army? Social networking and Web 2.0 initiatives are hot with federal IT professionals. It’s one thing to share information with a civilian agency, but completely different prospect with the military. One of the biggest challenges federal IT professionals face is taking the Obama initiative on transparency and applying it to the warfighter.

The two best known projects are Intellipedia and the DoD Techipedia. Intelipedia (2006) is a way for agencies to share information securely in the (16 agencies) intelligence community; the DoD Techipedia (2008) was just showcased at the White House as an example of using technology to help serve the military.

In order to learn more you may want to visit:

http://www.defenselink.mil/

http://www.defensesolutions.gov/

http://www.dodlive.mil/

For years, the IT world has talked about information silos. For example, if three different areas of the military are working on a problem with, for example, radar – it may be a good idea not to re-invent the wheel at each location. Secondly, if you are discussing an idea to help a warfighter with a wide group, rather than tracking down six version of an email message, it is simply more efficient to have one version of the truth at a central site. Finally, instead of the traditional formal structure, social networking helps gain speed in solving problems in the field.

The Department of Defense has a group called the Defense Media Activity (WFED interview here)– they are letting the media know of the innovative activities in the area of social networking for the warfighter.

If you want an up-close-and-personal picture, there is an Open Government Innovations Conference July 21, 2009 with IT rock stars Vivek Kundra and Aneesh Chopra.

For a wider perspective in social networking, you may want to visit
McKinsey Quarterly http://freethinkr.wordpress.com/2008/11/01/mckinseys-business-trends-to-watch/

http://freethinkr.wordpress.com/2007/08/31/how-business-uses-web-20-its-all-about-relevance-says-mckinsey-study/

HBR http://freethinkr.wordpress.com/2007/05/09/hbr-study-community-built-aro/und-product-sells-more-product/

Oxford University Internet Institute (UK) http://freethinkr.wordpress.com/2008/08/29/oxford-university-institute-study-on-open-innovation-to-be-released/

Forrester http://freethinkr.wordpress.com/2007/07/23/more-evidence-shows-community -drives-product-sales/
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