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The problem is that you know where you start, you don’t know where you finish and you will always have trouble organizing the useful references you collect on the way. After a call with a client, I started investigating how to provide high value scientific data in a social network for doctors and medical representatives …

The GM of a prospect recently asked me how to control disclosure of internal research documents prior to publication.  It had come as a revelation to him that anyone can post on a blog without permission from a central secretariat.  I asked him how they control face-to-face information exchange with colleagues or competitors outside the …

Last week, I got an email from the Internet Security Alliance (a trade association of companies like Raytheon and Northrup-Grumman that lobbies the government on cyber-security issues) with  Melissa Hathaway’s speech to the RSA Security conference. Besides all the touch-feely stuff -  I didn’t understand anything she is saying (and I’m a native English speaker..). …

The ultimate battle of the tenor saxophone masters – Joshua Redman and James Carter live at Carnegie Hall unbelievable exhibition of technique, improvisation and sound.  I would give Redman slightly higher marks on sound and Carter slighly higher marks for his incredible use of altissima register. But besides that – words are not enough.

MySQL now belongs to Oracle – Oracle’s track record on keeping acquisitions alive is mixed. If you want a real database that is extremely Oracle compliant (PLpgSQL is very close to PL/SQL) look no further than then harder (more secure), better, faster Postgresql 8.4 the world’s most advanced Open Source database.   Using the new …

I just got an invite to Bizspark from thefunded.com “Microsoft® BizSpark™ is a global program designed to help accelerate the success of early stage startups by providing key resources “; basically free development software and a hook into a community of potential investors.  A lot of the comments on techcrunch were of a religious nature, calling …

A lot of companies do V/A (vulnerability assessments) with scanners like Beyond Security or Nessus.  We took a hybrid approach for an internal security assessment using a Fidelis Security Systems network DLP appliance for detecting data loss vulnerabilities and structured human interviews to identify assets and analyze business threats such as competitors who might steal …

Many risk management consultants tell organizations that they must perform a detailed business process mapping and build data flow diagrams of data and users who process data in order to achieve compliance and reduce the operational risk of information security. This is a very bad idea. Business process mapping is an expensive task to execute …

If you have some spare cash and you’re into swing – this item will interest you: Announcing the offer for sale of the personal library and archives of Artie Shaw (1910-2004), the great American bandleader, author, iconoclast and raconteur. The library consists of approx. 6,000 books, many with his personal notations. The archive, in over …

Apparently people in a social network like Facebook don’t mind the ads but they  would not join a branded group according to this article Social network users reluctant to join branded groups Less than one third of social network users would be willing to join a brand’s group even with the offer of exclusive or …