Monthly Archive for March, 2009

Twitter Best Practices by Gartner

Published on March 26, 2009 in Business. View Comments Tags: , , , , .

Gartner, an IT research and advisory firm, released new research predicting that “by 2011, enterprise microblogging will be a standard feature of 80 percent of social software platforms”.

Twitter is primarily aimed at individuals, so it is not imperative for every corporation to be actively participating at an official level. However, the popular impact of microblogging is leading many companies to explore how they could use it. In addition to the individual use of Twitter, Gartner has identified four different ways in which companies are making use of the Twitter application: direct, indirect, internal, and signaling. Continue reading ‘Twitter Best Practices by Gartner’

Vivek Kundra’s Federal IT Revolution

Published on March 23, 2009 in Government 2.0. View Comments Tags: , , , , , , .
Vivek Kundra, Federal CIO

Vivek Kundra, Federal CIO

On March 5th, 2009, President Obama named Vivek Kundra the first-ever Federal Chief Information Officer.  Vivek has built a reputation for challenging the status quo, championing transparency and accountability in government, making government accessible to the masses via social networking, and leveraging cloud computing to lower the cost of government.  Vivek Kundra is an innovator and game changer.   Continue reading ‘Vivek Kundra’s Federal IT Revolution’

‘Interaction Assurance’: Options for Strong Authentication in World 2.0?

Published on March 3, 2009 in Information Assurance and Technology. View Comments Tags: , , , , , , .

BarCampBuffalo_logoOn March 3, 2009, Buffalo held its first-ever BarCamp–appropriately called BarCampBuffalo. :-D   I saw this as a great opportunity to have the Buffalo Technology Community come together and learn from one another. Mike Brennan, Steve Poland, Chris Smith, and Chris Van Patten deserve a lot of credit for organizing this successful event. We had a great turnout–100+ Buffalo IT folks, business leaders, and other professionals.

According to the rules, all attendees are encouraged to present or facilitate a session. I chose to lead a discussion on ‘Interaction Assurance’. As we increase our online presence, we want to interact knowing our communications are secure, unaltered, and trustworthy. As I don’t have a great answer for this pain point, I wanted to learn how others have tackled this problem.

The presentation I delivered:

‘Interaction Assurance’: Options for Strong Authentication in World 2.0? BarCampBuffalo Open Discussion

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