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Cloud & Service Management blog
saying it with pictures
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Video: IBM Pulse 2012: Cloud Service Management Simulator Workshop
Noah Kuttler 110000SVNJ firstname.lastname@example.com Tags:  pulse service-management cloud pulse-2012 simulator ibmcloud 3,120 Visits
As you know, the team held a Cloud Service Management Simulator Workshop at Pulse 2012 and I was in the room for a portion of the session (look for me in the background at 1:03) and I know that the attendees had their eyes opened.
The team cut together a pretty cool trailer to give you an idea of what goes on at one of these simulator sessions.
If it looks like chaos, that's because there is a good bit of chaos in the process of role-playing the real-world interaction between IT and business when they are not aligned properly.
The goal is to keep the company profitable. That lasts for about 3 minutes...
But here's the thing. As the workshop progresses, the transformation occurs and balance is achieved (and money starts to be made).
Every service management practitioner should bring their co-workers to this workshop. It is an experience that will help drive your company towards innovation.
Watch the video to see what I mean, and for more information on the simulator, send an email to tivmktg [at] us [dot] ibm [dot] com.
IBM PureSystems And SmartCloud & Tivoli Solutions
Noah Kuttler 110000SVNJ firstname.lastname@example.com Tags:  puresystems cloud smartcloud tivoli service-management 3,919 Visits
The Expert Integrated Systems, IBM PureSystems being announced today is probably one of the most exciting solution announcements to hit our industry.
The New York Times wrote a very good piece on the announcement, "I.B.M. Aims to Sharply Simplify Corporate Data Center Technology"
Our own press team put together two releases. One about the announcement ("IBM Sets the Stage for the Next Era of Computing") and another around the 600 partners supporting this announcement worldwide ("Global IT Companies Support IBM Puresystems").
IBM PureSystems
It's not hardware. It's not software. It's a new category of solution; expert integrated systems.
It's one of the "game changer" solutions that our customers have come to expect from IBM (and that our partners love). It's solving very specific problems that customers have on their road to innovation.
One of those problems is built-in expertise. This is a hardware and software solution that is integrated at levels you've not seen before on a solution; giving customers and partners a simplified user experience for implementation and maangement.
IBM SmartCloud & Tivoli
To that point, you'll notice IBM PureSystems has it's own end-to-end management capabilities specific to the solution.
It does. But, for broader management challenges, IBM SmartCloud and Tivoli software will extend the investment in that IBM PureSystems solution by providing Visibility. Control. Automation(tm) across the entire IT infrastructure.
Together with IBM SmartCloud and Tivoli software, IBM PureSystems will push customers to higher levels of efficiency with their service management practice.
As you talk to your IBM sales rep or your business partner, ask them about IBM SmartCloud & Tivoli software with IBM PureSystems for your entire infrastructure and service management.
IBM Announces Platinum Sponsorship of the New OpenStack Foundation
Noah Kuttler 110000SVNJ email@example.com Tags:  cloud openstack smartcloud open-standards 2 Comments 14,542 Visits
Our General Manager, Dr. Danny Sabbah, framed cloud computing perfectly in his keynote address at Pulse 2012.
When you think of the levels of innovation you are required to give to the business, cloud is the right technology to do it.
Since the Cloud lives on the Internet, which is built upon the "bricks" of open standards, it should not surprise you that there is a drive to an ubiquitous Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) open source cloud computing platform for public and private clouds.
In October 2011, my neighbors to the South at Rackspace founded the OpenStack Foundation.
Today, IBM is announcing that we will be joining the OpenStack Foundation as Platinum-level sponsors along with AT&T, Canonical, HP, Nebula, Rackspace, Red Hat and SUSE.
The OpenStack Foundation has a great blog post that covers what's happening today and what the next steps will be.
The official press release is on MarketWatch and I'd also suggest reading IBM Vice President of Software Standards Angel Diaz's two very cool posts A Smarter Planet blog and Wired's Cloudline.
This is the start of a very exciting future for cloud computing and of course there will be more news coming from the OpenStack Foundation in the weeks to come at events like the OpenStack Design Summit & Conference in San Francisco on April 16-20 and IBM Impact in Las Vegas on April 29 - May 4.
OpenStack is on Twitter at @OpenStack and of course follow @IBMCloud and #ibmcloud for what's going on here.
To close out this post, I thought I'd embed the keynote mentioned above. Worth a watch if you haven't seen it since nobody explains the importance of cloud better than Danny.
IBM Sponsors at the New Ways of Working event in Glasgow
Rebecca Swindell 270003U1MK email@example.com Tags:  new_ways_of_working public_sector facilities_management claire_penny tririga iibm 2,204 Visits
Less than five days to go until IBM are exhibiting and speaking at the New Ways of Working – Scotland event run by Public Sector Connect, at the Radisson Blu hotel in Glasgow - http://newwaysscot2012.publicsectorconnect.org/
The conference aims to help those working in the public sector, specifically addressing the problem of improving "services whilst managing with reduced budgets". The sessions will look into how the need for a greater flexibility of work styles, has created "new ways of working" that mean work can be carried out "anytime and anywhere". The benefits of these new styles of working will also be explored, such as boosting morale within the organisation and aiding employee retention, offering a wider variety of services, improving efficiencies in the provision of those services and reducing and consolidating the property portfolio, which is the second biggest cost to an organisation.
As such IBM will be discussing our Smarter Buildings and Flexible Working initiatives.
If you are attending the event, please make sure to come and listen to the IBM Smarter Buildings experts at 13:30. Claire Penny will deal with the question "ICT – Help or Hindrance?" The session will cover the 2011, UK Public Sector Property, Estates & FM Survey Report which provided great insight into the challenges facing Public Sector property managers – and what they were doing about tackling them. Challenges ranged from balancing operational requirements, with the need to demonstrate value for taxpayers' money, to the need to manage Public Sector assets efficiently.
You can also talk to our experts by coming to stand 12, where we will be happy to take you through a demo of Tririga, or IIBM, and discuss the current road map with you.
Please follow us throughout the day on @ibmtivoli or @RSwindell, and join in the conversation using #nwowscotland
If you are not attending the event, but keen to speak to IBM about the session highlighted above, then please visit – www.ibm.com/smarterbuildings, email firstname.lastname@example.com or call on IBM on 01475898688.
Come back after the event to see what we thought were the highlights from the event!!!
PureSystems UK Launch
Rebecca Swindell 270003U1MK firstname.lastname@example.com Tags:  marie_wieck tom_rosamilia pureflex puresystems pureapplications stephen_leonard ibm 2,807 Visits
Yesterday I was lucky enough to attend the UK launch of IBMs new PureSystems & was involved in the Social Media taking place on the day. IBM had announced the new system the day before, & a live webinar was held at 7pm GMT. This blog is slightly longer than my usual ones, but it was just such an interesting day that I wanted to share all of my learning.
The UK launch event was extremely well attended, with every seat in the auditorium filled. It was kicked off by Stephen Leonard, Chief Executive, IBM UK, discussing the agenda for the morning & introducing the WW experts that would be presenting a deeper dive of PureSystems later in the day.
Stephen spoke about the "New Era of Computing", & the
emergence of a "number of phenomena" which are changing the world we live in.
Driving this change are the globalisation & digitalisation of the world.
This "digitalisation of the world gives us an opportunity to look at the
systems that make the world work in a different way". Stephen continued to talk
about how, in computing terms, the traditional views of back & front office
tasks are no longer valid, & these two components are merging, it is now
difficult to see a real split.
Stephen then took the audience through two reports, one Forrester & one IBM, both of which had some really interesting statistics. He summarised the Forrester report by saying that the "realities of what businesses can afford today, are far from what they require". The IBM report did show though that only one in five companies have broken the mould, & are using half of their budget on IT innovation, meaning they can use advance technologies better than others, & deploy new solutions & technologies a lot faster than others.
Stephen then introduced IBMs new breed of system, which HAD the
expertise built in, from 100000s of deployments all over world & coding
them into one system, meaning the system does it for you, so you can release
experts to the innovation of your IT. This is integrated by design, with all
the components tightly connection through engineering & NOT packaging. Finally,
the experience is simplified; expertise is consolidated into a single interface
& having only one number to call when you have an issue!
Tom then took that audience through the anatomy of the new
systems, showing how it included one system for compute storage & systems
networking, a 4 chassis per rack scalable up to four racks, support for apps
across four operating environments & a secure start up for both physical &
virtual environments. Tom concluded his session included a demo of what he
termed a "four click deploy".
Marie went through a deeper dive of the three key components mentioned by both Stephen & Tom, & how this was shown in the new PureApplication system. This new systems will change buying patterns, you buy it as if you would a piece of software, & can be up & running typically within four hours (which was the target set to IBMs own development team). She explained how the new system lets you capture your own expertise, add third party apps of expertise & use IBM patterns of expertise throughout the system.
The panel session was led by Steven Leonard – & featured John Schlesinger, Chief Enterprise Architect, Temenos, Philippe Forestier, Executive Vice President, Global Affairs & Communities, Dassault Systems, Niall Norton, CEO, Opennet, Simon Withers, Head of Product Development, SunGard & George Thaw - Chief Operating Officer UKI – SAP. Each panel member introduced themselves & gave their opinion on PureSystems & the difference it will make to their business & customers. Niall even stating that this new system was "the answer to our prayers".
As part of the Social Media team, we were taking questions from Twitter – from those in the room as well as watching on the live stream - for the panel, using the #askstephen. We had several submitted & Stephen asked two of these to the panel, who gave very extensive answers, which you can see on the lives stream video recording now available (see link below).
After the main session, delegates were able to have one to one meetings with IBM executives, giving them the opportunity to ask any questions & give feedback on what they have heard & seen earlier on in the day.
This blog is simply my main take homes from the event. For much more detail you should definitely watch the live stream video that was recorded (it's well worth an hour of your time) – please visit www.livestream.com/ibmuk or go to the new YouTube channel for various new videos – www.youtube.com/http://www.youtube.com/expertintegratedsys.
You can also follow @IBMPureSystems for worldwide updates on this fantastic new offering from IBM. You can read more blogs from the experts about Pure Systems here – http://expertintegratedsystemsblog.com/.
Please follow me on Twitter @RSwindell; to see updates from other events I am involved in this year & beyond!
This week's new releases
ivor macfarlane 2700022KPS firstname.lastname@example.com Tags:  ibm cobit itil tivoli service-management ivor itsmf 2,947 Visits
No trouble spotting the biggest news in service management this week – with COBIT 5 available. I guess with both ITIL and COBIT having released new versions over the last 12 months, that should tell us something about the SM industry. Mostly, I think it tells us that as a concept and topic to take seriously, service management is not going away any time soon.
But I suspect we might reading more in the next few weeks of the 'should I do ITIL or COBIT' type of question. That's a shame, because it is still not a sensible question. Both ITIL and COBIT are expanding their scope of course and that means more and more overlap, but I can't – admittedly after quick glance through only –see where any real conflict.
Of course COBIT is still a product of ISACA and it builds upon a philosophy of control and governance. ITIL initially came from a team set up to advise on approach rather than massive detail and that still shows even in the 2011 version I think. And I do still believe any serious SM profession would have both on their (electronic) bookshelf, the way a good cook will have books by more than one cookery author on their kitchen bookshelf.
Analysing the content, requirements and fine print can come later – and will open us up to all sorts of interpretation and contextual adjustment. But some things hit you straight away. The core COBIT product is available for free and takes up 685k of pdf file. The core ITIL books cost around £300, weigh five kilos and/or take up 77.4MB of my hard drive inside a fancy secure Adobe reader to make sure I don't pass them on to anyone who hasn't paid their £300. Now I know that there are lots more books around the COBIT 5 core than give you more detail – and ISACA charges for those - but still I must confess to liking the idea of free entry to the gig even if it doesn't get you that near the stage.
Putting a positive spin on the size differential and the lack of real conflict, you can see that it shows how the two products can be seen as complementary: COBIT's distillation of what should be done and structure with ITIL's more wordy guidance.
And COBIT's heritage shows through with several pages on maturity assessment – great stuff for the 'give me a number' crew.
But maybe the most encouraging thing is the differences that exist – the pretty clear realisation that frameworks aren't competition but different perspectives. Everyone in this business is really concentrating on helping each other get better at delivering value to the customer. COBIT 5 will help so this is a good week.
Now all I need is a long flight somewhere to give me peace and quiet to read it carefully.
Infosecurity Europe 2012 - A week to go!
Rebecca Swindell 270003U1MK email@example.com Tags:  pulse john_paul_ballerini gpj tweetwally xforce vijay_dheap touchscope marc_van_zadlehoff infosecurity pcty 4,747 Visits
It's now just one week until the biggest security event of the year – Infosec!! Once again IBM will be attending, this year we will be giving NINE speaking sessions.
Our Key Note Session -
Presentation Title: 2011 was the year of the
Security Breach...what are the security & risk trends for 2012?
Workshops over the three days:
Workshop Title: The Advanced Persistent Threat in 2012
Speaker - Robert Freeman, Manager, X-Force Advanced Research Strategy, IBM
Synopsis - In years past, there was a common misperception that Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) was just a problem for governments and government contractors. In 2011, there were many high-profile security breaches that were influential in affecting this misperception. Organizations of different sizes and focus areas face the threat of operationally sophisticated, targeted attacks to their computer networks. These attacks are amongst the greatest challenges facing network security professionals and researchers alike. To meet this challenge, IBM X-Force thinks it is important to consider new perspective and approaches to network hardening, breach detection and incident response. One needs to think beyond thinking like an attacker and see it as the game that it is. We have been on the forefront of understanding these threats and this talk will provide updated information from IBM X-Force on this threat and the mindset required to meet the APT challenge.
Workshop Title: Providing Your Business, Total Security Intelligence
Speaker: Steve Durkin, EMEA Channels Director at Q1 Labs, an IBM Company
Synopsis: As the world becoming more digitised and interconnected, more doors are being opened to emerging threats and leaks. Security is needed to be made a top concern, from the boardroom down. A report published by Verizon on Business Data Breaches in 2011, found that 48% of total data breaches were caused by insiders and 48% of breaches involved a misuse of an insider's privileges. All organisations, no matter the size or industry, need to put security first, allowing for the analysis of people, data, applications and infrastructure to be carried out easily and intelligently and providing instant information and visibility into business risks.
Workshop Title: Securing Mobile Devices in the Enterprise
Speaker: Vijay Dheap, Security Systems Product Manager - IBM Mobile Security Solutions
Synopsis: Enterprises want to fully capitalise on the business value of mobility but still have significant concerns about the security implications. To address these challenges, mobile security needs to be viewed and understood holistically from securing the device and the data on the device to secure access to enterprise systems and application security. In this session we will highlight the spectrum of requirements that Mobile Security covers, describe how some organisations have gotten started and introduce the concept of mobile security intelligence. Given the innate dynamic nature of mobility, an intelligent, adaptable mobile security solution is required to provide an enterprise with the necessary visibility, and control in managing threats and risks without degrading user experience.
Workshop Title - Infrastructure Protection - Towards an Optimised Security Position
Speaker - Simon Smith, CISSP - Client Technical Professional, IBM Security Systems
Synopsis - As the nature of the threat to business
changes it is important that companies review their position with regard to
security and particularly how mature their detection and prevention
capabilities are. This session looks at
some of the technology that can be used for Infrastructure protection and how
this might be integrated with other systems and data sources to provide a more
optimised solution. We will discuss the
way that a company can move from a basic security position, through proficient
and finally to optimised, giving the capability to be pre-emptive with
protection and use Security Intelligence and Analytics to provide better
protection and thus stay ahead of the threat.
Workshop Title: Application Security Hacking 101
Speaker: John Smith - IBM Application Security Specialist
Synopsis: Despite a decreased share of the vulnerability disclosures in 2011 (X-Force
Trends and Risks report, 2011) Web Application vulnerabilities still represent the single largest category of issues. This session will examine some of the common types of attacks and show how they work and how to defend against them.
Workshop Title: Integrated, Intelligent Security Analytics for the Enterprise
Speaker(s): Rob Ford - Architect - IBM Security Services, Global OM&D
Jef Gielkens - Managed Security Services Executive, Europe IBM Security Services
Synopsis: In a hyper-connected era can we ever achieve strong security? The answer is yes, but it requires some fundamental changes on how information and events are aggregated from the enterprise. The very strengths of these interconnected networks — their speed and openness, the easy access anywhere on the globe — also create a myriad of vulnerabilities. This session focuses on how you can enhance the levels of security intelligence and visibility provided by your existing security infrastructure, by leveraging the benefits of Security focused Cloud Based Data Analytics and protection technologies, in an efficient manner.
We will also have a smoothie bar on the stand (F40), so if you are attending, why not come along to the stand at grab a FREE refreshing fruit drink! You will also get the chance to talk one on one with our many experts – perhaps getting a demo of our latest products/solutions, use our Touchscope technology to browse key IBM Security pieces of collateral, or check out our Tweetwally, which will show all the twitter conversations during the day.
To join in our Twitter activity on the day – please use #infosec12 with #IBM. You can follow me @RSwindell, or our main security account @IBMSecurity.
Several of our security experts are on Twitter – John Paul Ballerini - @jpballerini, Bharat Bhusan - @_bharat_, Tom Mellow - @vintage1951, Glenn Ambler - @gambler2073, Marc Van Zadelhoff - @mvzadel and Nick Coleman - @teamsecurity. Darren Argyle - @D_Argyle
One of the experts – Vijay Dheap (@dheap) - recently shared his views with me, on what he saw the main topics of conversation at the event being. With many organisations needing to for address the speed of mobile adoption in the workplace, what their options are and how to get started. He added that the most mature organizations have one or more solutions deployed and trying to be more proactive in designing their security posture – of course all of which our IBM experts at the event would be able to help with.
Vijay also has a blog that I am sure you would find interesting - http://ow.ly/aj7Z9
If you are not attending the event, but keen to speak to IBM about their sessions, then please visit –email me at firstname.lastname@example.com and I will be happy to send the decks to you, and put you in touch with one of our experts!
We also have Pulse Comes To You on 30th May at The Grange, Tower Hill – where our customers & prospects can learn more about the entire Security Systems and Tivoli division. Registration is now open at - http://ow.ly/aiP1C
New Ways of Working Scotland & IBMs Smarter Building Message
Rebecca Swindell 270003U1MK email@example.com Tags:  colin_proctor pulse mark_baker smarter_buildings iibm john_mcclelland trirgia public_sector_connect claire_penny derek_mackay colin_mair 5,032 Visits
On Tuesday IBM were Sponsors at the New Ways of Working, Scotland event, at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Glasgow- http://newwaysscot2012.publicsectorconnect.org/.
The conference aimed to help those working in the public sector, specifically addressing the problem of improving "services whilst managing with reduced budgets". The sessions looked into how the need for a greater flexibility of work styles, has created "new ways of working" that mean work can be carried out "anytime and anywhere".
Having previously attended the fantastic Government Property event run by the same company (Public Sector Connect) I was sceptical about whether this event could live up to the high standard they had set. I needn't have worried! The sessions were highly educational and enlightening. This blog will cover what I thought were the key learning's from the day – so I hope you find it interesting.
The plenary session was opened by Colin Mair, Chief Exec of Improvement Services, who discussed the theme of why we need "New Ways of Working" and what it means. He spoke about the need to manage resource constraints, decrease overheads, increase flexibility and optimise capacity through sharing services, all the while meeting the public's expectations, and increasing the value of the public pound in Scotland.
Next up was Derek MacKay – the minister for local government & planning, who wanted the audience to remember that the current budget costs should not be seen as restrictive but instead should be viewed as an impetus for change. He continued that if we continued to do what we have always done, we will get what we have always got. He emphasised the need for joint, collaborative working. Derek talked about the four pillars of Public Sector reform – prevention, closer integration and partnership, improved performance and a workforce focus. There is a new for "radical change", alongside job security. He spoke about how successful reform is dependent upon managing the culture within and between organisations, which is part of the mantra of "working smarter". Other things that would come under this umbrella include flexibility, new technology, new office designs, and co-location, all being implemented with an open mind. He concluded by saying there were "big challenges ahead, but immense opportunities too".
The next plenary speaker was John McClelland CBE - Scottish Further & Higher Funding Council, who talked about how these new ways of working must be citizen driven, but unfortunately this is not always the case. These changes should be "pull and not push", and the public sector has the opportunity to reset the bar. John talked about the need for online services, and how it is growing exponentially, and these services have to be seamless. He spoke about how, from an adoption of new technologies point of view, a lot more could be done, for instance in Cloud Computing. The deployment of ICT, with the exception of the health service, has been disappointing, with very little sharing of services and deployment. John thought there needs to be a paradigm shift in doing things differently. ICT should be seen as a productivity tool to save more and work more efficiently.
John was followed by Colin Proctor, director of Scottish Futures Trust, continued discussing the theme of new ways of working, stating that we now have a window of opportunity to push the boundaries, and it is a time for accountability. Property should be a major consideration; we should be aiming to do more – with less property. He believed that a 25% reduction in property is readably achievable, especially if the public sector can leverage investment in buildings from the private sector. Colin talked about the 3 Cs – Corporate, Collaborative and Commercial, which he mixed with another C – Commonsense! He talked about thinking about the long term game, and the need to act strategically. He urged the audience to think about a move to open working and efficient space planning by eliminating duplicate desks and space hungry and inflexible systems (incidentally all of which IBM can help you with, by using the Tririga platform!!) . He concluded by talking about the need for employees to be able to work anytime, anyplace and anywhere, which means a wider home and mobile working team. He suggested 10 desks to 8 people ratio as a starting point. This will save costs in business miles savings, time spending commuting and reduce carbon emissions.
Dr Claire Penny ran the IBM work session to a packed room. She wanted to address the question of whether
ICT is a "help of hindrance". Claire
began by looking at the iGov survey, which looked at real estate management
challenges and pain points, in which 54% of central government respondents did
NOT see ICT as an inhibitor to realising property savings. She took the
audience through IBMs' real estate history – especially looking at the acquisitions
we have made such as Tririga and MRO. Claire continued by looking at how IBM has
approached its own real estate transformation, working towards common systems
and process and minimal vacancy. She gave the recent West London strategic rationalisation
project as an example of where IBM have identified 12, 500 m² of office space
that could be vacated.
Claire finished the session by looking at the capabilities of IBMs latest Smarter Buildings acquisition – Tririga. This product is split into modules of – Real Estate Portfolio Mgmt, Space & Facilities Mgmt, Operations & Maintenance Mgmt, Capital Project Mgmt and Energy & Environmental Sustainability. These modules can be implemented separately, or part of a complete IWMS. Claire concluded the session by discussing what some of IBMs clients are using Tririga for – the main points being – improving the utilisation of their portfolio, operate in an environmentally sustainable way, simplify & improve user experience, simplify processes, & align their portfolio rapidly to meet changing business needs. She gave the example of GE, who reportedly save $925M in the first four years of using the product!
The final session was a panel debate – which included IBM's Dr Claire Penny, Mark Baker – Aberdeenshire Council, Harjinder Gharyal & John Dawson – Glasgow City Council, and was led by Simon Haston, Change Champion: Improvement Service. Lots of interesting questions were asked by the audience, all around the theme of new ways of working. Claire specifically spoke about how IBM approaches flexible working, whilst still maintaining important security standards for our mobile devices. The question was posed, what are the critical success factors for new ways of working? Many interesting opinions given, with our expert explaining she thought leadership and a clear strategy were key.
If you did not attend the event, but keen to speak to IBM about their sessions, then please visit – www.ibm.com/smarterbuildings or email me at email@example.com .
If you are interested in learning more why not come to Pulse Comes To You on 30th May at The Grange, Tower Hill – where our customers & prospects can learn more about the entire Tivoli portfolio. Please register here - http://ibm.co/JgmnZD.
Infosecurity Europe 2012 - Thoughts from Day 1
Rebecca Swindell 270003U1MK firstname.lastname@example.com Tags:  xforce infosecurity q1_labs mobile_device_management robert_freeman siem 2,081 Visits
It was great to be back at Infosec, with a very colourful IBM booth, that clearly stands out from the crowd! We had four sessions during the day, and below are the key points that I thought were raised.
Our first session was given by Robert Freeman, Manager of X-Force Advance Research Strategy, on The Advanced Persistent Threat in 2012, who opened by talking to the audience about the role of the X-Force team at IBM. He spoke about how 2011 was the year of the security breach, and went into some specific, well known examples that made it into the news during the year. Robert then talked to the audience about who is actually attacking our networks - attacker types and techniques based on the X-Force research, be it off the shelf versus sophisticated attacks, broad versus targeted, financially motivated, state sponsored, or all out cyber war!
The next IBM session was given by Steve Durkin, who joins IBM from our recent acquisition of Q1 labs, whose session was titled "providing your business, total security intelligence". Steve Durkin opened the session by talking about Security and Information Event Management or SIEM for short! He wanted the audience to understand that SIEM leads to actionable and comprehensive insight into their security infrastructure. He also took the audience through the industry examples of attacks on businesses we have all seen in the press during the last few years. Steve spoke about the four domains or pillars that IBM see as forming a comprehensive IT Security – People, Data, Applications and Infrastructure - if you have got all four areas covered you've cracked it. He then explained that Q1 labs products should been seen as the glue that hold all of these together. Steven urged that internal threats are just as dangerous as external ones. He wanted the audience to ask themselves if they have taken the best steps to protect against these.
Vijay Dheap was next up for IBM, who talked to the audience about Securing Mobile Devices in the Enterprise. He gave some very interesting stats, such as in 2011 sales of smart phones surpassed that of PCs, soon they will dwarf the sales of PC, by 2015 40% of Enterprise devices will be mobile devices – (an IBM projection) and 50% of all apps send device information or personal details. Social norms are now different - mobile devices used in way more locations, mobile devices shared more often, and user experience is prioritised. He continued by talking about how apps now push the boundaries of collaborations, but unfortunately leave you open to attacks. He urged the audience to have visibility to what mobile devices are connected to their corporate network and be reactive, be responsive, and be transparent.
Our final session of the day was given by Simon Smith who presented on Infrastructure Protection - Towards an Optimised Security Position. He talked about how IBM is keen to usher in new era of security intelligence. He then took the audience through what he saw where the different stages companies are at when it comes to IT Security, asking the audience to share where they thought they were in the journey. He first discussed what "basic" security looks like: point solutions, stand alone products & deployments, different solutions for every problem block and prevent attacks, and analysis is mostly manual & reactive.
This is combined with correlation and analytics, alerts based on predefined rules and information, auto analysis and assessment reports and alerts. Simon closed by saying there are no absolutes, no scoring systems, you should look at where we are and your aspirations.
Simon mentioned that there will be new product announcements tomorrow morning, so be sure to follow me @RSwindell and @IBMSecurity to find out what they are! #
If you would like copies of any of the presentations, please email be at email@example.com.
Come back tomorrow evening for my thoughts from day 2 of Infosecurity 2012!


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The group plans to launch a $2 million effort within the next few months to gauge the values and priorities of thousands of San Diegans to create a vision of how the region should look 50 to 100 years from now.
Led by the San Diego Foundation, one of the county's largest distributors of nonprofit grants, the initiative would involve hundreds of town hall meetings to reach a consensus on the most important issues, and then pressure elected officials, policymakers and communities to address them.
"Do you want your children and grandchildren to have the quality of life you have or better? It won't happen without big, big, big planning," said Peter MacCracken, a community relations consultant whose clients include the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority and California Western School of Law. He conceived of the project six years ago after watching the long-standing debate over the fate of the airport.
"We can either zig and zag based on the short term, or take steps that take us toward a meaningful future."
The project already has plenty of skeptics and supporters even though it hasn't launched yet.
Critics are doubtful of the need to spend $2 million to collect public comment, especially during a recession in which dollars are badly needed to feed the hungry and help thousands of unemployed San Diegans.
Proponents, including philanthropists, planners and civic leaders, say the region's population is projected to spike 50 percent, to 4.5 million, by 2050. They say it's vital for the community to consider how the area should be developed and the level of investment it would take.
The San Diego Foundation has committed at least $100,000 and the staff to implement recommendations. Organizers say they have no predetermined ideas about what projects ought to be first on the list.
"We are trying to find the values that should drive our decision-making in San Diego into the future," said Bob Kelly, the foundation's president and CEO. "What do we care about? Is it clean air? Clean water? The beaches? Do we value quality education? Sports teams? What are our values?"
Kelly concedes that many elected officials and residents are understandably preoccupied with the economic downturn and cuts in public funding. But he notes that the region needs to tackle long-term issues before it's too late.
"We need hope. We need a future," Kelly said. "We can wallow in the mess as long as we want. But you've got to start thinking about where we want to be. We need to make sure children born today have a great school system."
Previous efforts
Elected officials and public agencies in San Diego County have published dozens of long-term regional plans on subjects such as energy, transportation, public health and climate change.
Few reports have resulted in meaningful change.
"In many cases, it's two steps forward and one step backward," said Michael Stepner, San Diego's former city architect and planner, who has helped write several reports. "We understand things have to be done. Then we get into a detailed discussion of how to do them and never quite follow through."
Foundation organizers pointed to similar projects undertaken in Salt Lake City, New Orleans and Seattle that resulted in concrete improvements in some cases:
• The Envision Utah project surveyed more than 20,000 residents, and one of the top priorities to emerge was a better transportation system. The project's founding chairman, Robert Grow, says the process helped persuade voters to tax themselves three times to pay for a major light-rail system. Grow also points to a greater variety of housing types as an outgrowth of the plan.


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I know he has been depressing lately, but on Thursday Rove said we always poll really bad on this particular weekend. The fact is, no one knows what the deal is this year. You have several things in play that have never happened before. 1 A 50/50 split in the democratic primaries that left possibly 6 million people enraged. (PUMAS) 2 You have a half | Read More »


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DURHAM, N.C. — Elizabeth Williams scored 20 points to keep No. 4 Duke unbeaten with a 58-26 rout of Virginia Tech on Wednesday night.
The Blue Devils (16-0, 5-0 ACC), who are the only undefeated team left in Division I basketball, have won 18 straight in the series, the last eight by double digits.
Williams, who had her fourth 20-point game of the season, finished with eight rebounds. Chelsea Gray chipped in 12 points, while Haley Peters had five points to go with 10 rebounds.
Monet Tellier led the Hokies (7-10, 1-5) with 10 points. Ugu Ugoka had four points — on 2-for-13 shooting — and nine rebounds.
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Brooklyn Pope added 12 points and Kimetria Hayden had 11 for the Bears (15-1, 5-0), who have won 13 straight since losing to Stanford early in the season.
Brittany Chambers had 23 points for the Wildcats (10-7, 1-4).
• Georgetown forward Greg Whittington, who ranks second on the team in points (12.1) and rebounds (7.0), was declared academically ineligible.
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Wherefore Art Thou Radio?
T'was the night before Christmas and all through the house, we were listening to Christmas music on Pandora through our DVD player and TV sound system. Wow, how times have changed!
T'was not so long ago I lamented the CD mechanism in car stereo head units. (Why do we only use T'was in December? I love T'was, don't you?) As I said, you can stop worrying about the CD mechanism in new cars and aftermarket sales in five years, but do not leave out radio. To back up that strong suggestion, here are some interesting numbers from Edison Research that manufacturers should know.
For practical reasons, unless otherwise pointed out, the age group we refer to here are 12 to 24 year olds. In 2000, 29 percent of that demographic had a cell phone and now in 2010, it's up to 81 percent, with 40 percent of those being smartphones. Mostly they text (92 percent), search the Internet (51 percent), play games (50 percent) or use the device for social networking (45 percent). But important to note: 40 percent of this group use the device to listen to music.
How this group spends their free time is also interesting. In 2000, they spent 2.5 hours watching TV, 2.5 hours listening to radio and one hour on the Internet. In 2010, they spent 2.5 hours watching TV, only 1.3 hours listening to radio and now dedicate an hour a day to playing video games.
When asked where they learn about new music, 51 percent said they found new music on the radio and 46 percent said their exposure to new tunes comes from friends.
They are obviously no longer purchasing CDs, as the 11 purchases a month in 2000 has now dropped to less than three per month. Downloading music has gone from 31 percent in 2000 to over 65 percent in 2010.


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Intel today said that it has developed a laser modulator with a bandwidth of 40 Gb/s. What makes this device - it actually exists as a packaged prototype product – special is the fact that it runs within silicon and not relatively exotic and expensive materials that have enabled 40 Gb/s speeds before – such as lithium niobate and III-V compound semiconductors.
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I've been looking at different tools and methods for removing the fixed cup of a cup and cone-style bottom bracket, and I think I've come up with another--it's the most complicated in design and execution, but it's something...
Let's assume that we're using a Park Tool Universal Crank Puller, and that out crank fixing bolts have a 8mm Allen head.
1. Remove cranks and entire bottom bracket, except for the fixed cup, of course.
2. Re-mate non-drive side crank arm and bottom bracket spindle with one crank arm fixing bolt.
3. Screw second crank arm fixing bolt into other end of bottom bracket spindle.
4. Separate outer and inner studs of crank puller.
5. Place 8mm Allen head of smaller crank puller stud into the second crank arm fixing bolt, and slide split lockwasher (as Sheldon uses) over threads of stud until they rest against the flat 'head.
6. Slide non-drive side crank arm / bottom bracket spindle / small crank puller stud assembly through bottom bracket shell and through bottom bracket fixed cup (the small crank puller stud is 1/2" across, and Sheldon uses a 5/8" bolt, so it'll fit through the fixed cup).
7. Thread large crank puller stud into drive side crank arm.
8. Slide washer (also as Sheldon uses) over threads of small crank puller stud until it rests against fixed cup.
9. Thread large crank puller stud onto the small crank puller stud. Tighten crank puller studs by turning either (or both) crank arms clockwise, when viewed from the side of the bike on which that crank arm resides.
10. Once the crank puller is tight enough, turn entire assembly in appropriate direction, according to whether the fixed cup is right- or left-threaded. Prevent crank puller studs from unscrewing from one another by turning assembly in appropriate direction with one crank arm (which crank arm depends on whether the fixed cup is right- or left-threaded) while using the other crank arm to keep assembly properly aligned and keeping it in the same position relative to the other crank arm (don't rotate both crank arms in same direction, when viewed from the same side of the bike, or the crank puller studs may unscrew from one another and the assembly's grip on the fixed cup will weaken).


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I have the following problem. On my google map app I need to distinguish click and doulbe click on the markers.
So when I am creating markers I create two listeners:
google.maps.event.addListener(markerTMP, 'click', (function(routeID) {
return function() {
console.log('click '+routeID);
google.maps.event.addListener(markerTMP, 'dblclick', (function(routeID) {
return function() {
p('double click '+routeID);
The problem is that when I use double click, click is also used. My idea how to handle this: On click - create a timeout, on double click - delete it.
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Well, Ive officially dropped out of ClydeLand. The past two mornings I was 199 on the scale.
This has been an effort that started three years ago when I stepped on the scale and found that I was just shy of 250. Over 50 years old. I felt like crap. I was spiraling down into a pit of depression. My blood pressure was on the rise, and my left knee and lower back was hurting all the time due to the added load.
My main diet at home wasnt really the cause. We ate relatively healthy. Fruits, veggies, salads, very little red meat. What got me in trouble was lunches and snacking. Id go out for the pizza or Chinese buffet way to often, and then sit watching TV snacking all night. Id get some exercise biking on weekends, but follow up with beer and more pizza afterwards. So there was no excuse for the gains other than hand to mouth problems.
So the day I realized I was nearing 250 and tubbing out of control, I decided to make a change. I didnt set weight goals. Those seamed too daunting and too unattainable. I thought 200 would be nice, but it just seamed too far to go. The first summer I started biking more seriously. I started at my normal 10-15 miles a week, riding with a ski club that bikes in the summer. The group gave me motivation. At first they waited for me a lot, but I got there, finishing that summer up to 50-60 miles a week. I also finished that summer at 235 or so.
The next spring I started earlier with my only real goal to do a 30 mile organized ride that summer. I bought a road bike to compliment the mountain bike riding I still did with the ski club, but I really didnt put enough effort into the road work. Looking back on it that summer I wasnt serious enough and training wise I did backslide a little. I worked really hard up until the 30 mile off road ride which with the conditioning to date, I could have done twice. Then I slacked off too much for the rest of the summer, only doing 20-30 miles a week. Net result though was another 10 pounds and I was carful to not put it back on over the winter.
Last fall though I shifted into high gear. I became serious. Real serious. I joined a gym in September and went to work. I started spinning classes twice a week, and weight training in between. The spinning was brutal at first, barely making it through the hour class. Far more of a true aerobic workout than just peddling. I added elliptical trainers and swimming as well. Ending up at the gym nearly every day all winter, spinning 4 times a week with the other things in between.
I exited this last winter in the best shape I have been in years. My neighbor who is an energizer bunny on a bike could previously kick my butt at any time, was left behind whenever I felt the need, especially on climbs. Before Id be literally miles behind huffing and puffing up any slight grade. Now I was cruising up hills with relative ease, leaving him miles behind. That made me feel incredibly good.
The weight during this period didnt drop off fast though. At the weigh-in for the gym I was at 224. By spring I was only at 210 and stayed there for what seemed like forever. This time with all the work, I was losing fat. I looked trimmer and my cloths needed downsizing, but I wasnt losing much weight. I was building some serious muscle, especially in my legs.
Little by little though the scale finally again started to creep down, until the past couple of mornings I was just below 200. Im by no means done yet. Id love to see 185-190, but true to my previous effort, Im not fixating on weight numbers. And oh yeah, my blood pressure has been around 112 over 70 or so for months now. My back doesnt hurt, and my knee quit complaining as well. Plus the best prize was the cute little 27 year old girl who was riding behind me up a 5 mile grade and commented at the top that You have really really strong legs. Your muscles just ripple as you peddle and I was working pretty hard just to keep up. Nothing has rippled on me except for tremors through the flab in a very long time.
Ok, so Im not in race shape and never will be. Im not fast by most standards. I still have a ways to go, but I am SO much better than I was 3 years ago. I never thought I could get to this place, and fortunately never obsessed with the weight as a goal, but with a lot of time, and a tremendous amount of effort I got to this point Plus I hope to never let myself get back to where I was. It just wasnt a good place for me to be.
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Grasshopper featured on Global News on Tesla's home battery announcement
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Grasshopper Solar Wins Canadian Solar Industry Award
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Grasshopper Solar Introduces a Channel Partner Program for Its Award-Winning FREE Solar Program
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Pridemore Series
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Tickets for Pridemore Series productions, with the exception of The Waiting Room, will be available online starting Aug. 15, 2015. They are also available the week prior to the event at the Porterfield Box Office or by calling (540) 831-5289. The Box Office is open from noon to 6 p.m. and one hour before the start of each performance.
*Tickets for the Oct. 16 and 17 performances of The Waiting Room are available two weeks prior to the event online or at the Hurlburt Hall Information Desk (540-831-5420).
Hawes Studio Theatre Series productions (The Zoo Story, Dog Sees God, and Making a Scene) are free; however, tickets for the productions should be reserved online (after Aug. 15, 2015) or picked up at the Porterfield Box Office (540-831-5289) during the week of the show. The Box Office is open from noon to 6 p.m. and one hour before the start of each performance.
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The Cat in the Hat
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Please see the Group Performance Reservations page for information about bringing your group to our special student matinees.
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Take on the role of the rebel V and try to eliminate the fascist rule of the UK in the V for Vendetta Grand Heritage Costume for Adults. This costume, resembling the classic character from both the graphic novel and the movie, is a great piece that comes with a black, long sleeve shirt complimented by black pants. A belt is included that wraps around your waist and has holsters for multiple daggers, so that you may be armed during your rebellion. The included cape is wide and black, and helps hide you in the night. This is a very large cape that adds a lot to this costume. The most important pieces to the costume are the mask and the hat. The mask is the Guy Fawkes mask that V constantly wears and is crucial to being recognized. Put the black hat on the top to finish off this costume. You'll become a vigilante when you take this elaborately detailed costume to a convention such as comic-con.
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