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Hey, Toto, maybe we should be in Kansas? In Maryland wind turbines get banned!

Energy companies and entire countries seem to blow hot and cold on wind energy. Three years ago the German government's energy ministry said wind was too expensive. Better to simply conserve energy. Yet figures show Germany continues to expand its use of wind for generating electricity. ...

Tags: Maryland, Turbine, European Union, Telecom & Utilities, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-04-13

Forget the crabs, Maryland gets solar

For the second straight day the University of Maryland leads in the Solar Decathlon competition in Washington D.C. But several teams are withing striking distance. The winner will be announced Friday. The U.S. Department of Energy is one of the sponsors, along with BP, Sprint...

Tags: Maryland, Team, U.S. Department Of Energy, Team Management, Management, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2007-10-17

Photos: The Airborne Laser goes to Washington

Well, to Maryland, actually, but the aircraft's visit to Andrews Air Force base is closely tied to budget battles on Capitol Hill.

Tags: Aerospace & Defense, Capitol Hill, aircraft, Maryland, Washington, photograph

Image galleries 2007-06-22

Baltimore County: Information Technology Advisory Committee - Information Technology Plan

The biennial Baltimore County Information Technology Plan for fiscal years 2005 and 2006 is a map for the prudent use of technology in Baltimore County's 2-year-old Renaissance. To drive the County's renewal, County Executive Jim Smith has directed local government to focus in three areas - Families Come First Safeguarding...

Tags: Maryland, Information Technology, Strategy, Management

White papers 2005-02-18

Additional Resources

Wiretapping: This was no time for a compromise

Democrats in Congress have arrived at a compromise on legislation that will allow warrantless wiretaps on U.S. citizens' telephone lines. In March, I covered the threats to privacy from this bill, which was pushed hard by the White House as essential to national security. Today, the Democrats caved in big...

Tags: Phone, Democrat, Telecom & Utilities, Security, Mitch Ratcliffe

Blog posts 2008-06-19

Xohm WiMAX service to launch in Baltimore in September 08

We have been hearing about the on and off story of Sprint, Clearwire, and Xohm for quite some time now and I pretty much had given up hope of really seeing any commercial release of WiMAX with 4G right around the corner. According to Sprint CTO Barry West, Xohm will...

Tags: Sprint Xohm, WiMAX, Pricing, Modems, Wireless, Wi-Fi, Marketing Research, Marketing, Hardware, Components, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-06-18

Verizon FiOS goes 50 Mbps across U.S.: Should I upgrade?

Verizon on Tuesday said it will roll out 50 megabits per second Mbps broadband service with upload speeds of up to 20 Mbps. Needless, to say this national rollout--the 50 Mbps down 20 Mbps up (50/20) service was tested in select areas--got my attention. I'm a Verizon...

Tags: Verizon Communications Inc., Mbps, Verizon FiOS, Roi/Tco, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-06-18

More Snake Oil: LifeLock spokesperson's stolen ID leads to lawsuits

Can you remember being a kid, when your parents first told you what your SSN was?  I remember mine telling me to never give it to anyone.  Of course, then as soon as I got my first job as a caddy at the local golf course I had to give...

Tags: Lawsuit, Advertisement, LifeLock, Identity Theft, Government, Security, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-05-22

What is the U.S. doing about security? Part 2.

Wow that was quick.  No sooner did I get done posting my last article and I see on Wired the following story: Once again, supposedly sensitive information blacked out from a government report turns out to be visible by computer experts armed with the Ctrl+C keys — and that...

Tags: Security, Phone, FBI, CALEA, Federal Government, Telecom & Utilities, Government, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-05-20

News to know: AMD; Oil and telecommuting; Verizon's EV-DO modem; Linux

Notable headlines: Jason O'Grady: Review: Verizon UM150 USB EV-DO modem Gallery right. Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft Live Mesh to get more competition -- from Sun News.com: AMD revises server road map Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: How long can AMD...

Tags: Facebook, Larry Dignan, Oil, Telecommuting, Sun Microsystems Inc., EVDO, Verizon Communications Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Linux, Modems, WiMAX, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Federal Government, 64-Bit, Microsoft Windows, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Components, Wireless, Government, Processors, Semiconductors

Blog posts 2008-05-08

Study calls robot the better surgeon

A surgeon using the DaVinci robot on heart procedures gets better results, according to a University of Maryland study. (This is going to go over big at the club.) Superior Financial and Quality Metrics with Robotically-assisted DaVinci Coronary Artery Revascularization is the name on...

Tags: Surgeon, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-04-28

Will the Earth fry future moon astronauts?

Researchers working for NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission have discovered that the Earth's magnetic tail could be harmful to future astronauts. The moon stays inside Earth's 'magnetotail' for six days every month -- during full moon. This can have consequences ranging from lunar 'dust storms' to strong electrostatic discharges, according...

Tags: Earth, NASA, Moon, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-04-20

News to know: Salesforce and Google; LiveMesh; Cloud computing; Linux

Notable headlines: Phil Wainewright: Salesforce and Google team to conquer the enterprise Garett Rogers: Google announces SalesForce integration with Google Apps Techmeme Mary Jo Foley: The big reveal: Live Mesh Statement: Blockbuster proposes to buy Circuit City  ...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Google Inc., Cloud Computing, Data Center, Data Centers, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Storage, Operating Systems, Hardware, Data Management, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-04-14

Hey, Toto, maybe we should be in Kansas? In Maryland wind turbines get banned!

Hey, Toto, maybe we should be in Kansas? In Maryland wind turbines get banned!The danger to birds is vastly overstated.One of the largest objections "that wind turbines kills birds" is also one of the least understood, and is favorite of people linked to oil profits.While wind turbines do kill...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, turbine

Discussion threads 2008-04-13

Just how green tech are you? Go on, rate yourself

So, a few weeks ago I mentioned a survey from the University of Maryland that found consumers were ready to spend money on green tech (to the tune of $104 billion annually) but they're having trouble finding the right products to spend it on. One of the...

Tags: Green Technology, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-03-28

Web publishing, CMS, BI most hot for open source disruption, but ESB and security are not?

Acquia, KnowledgeTree and JasperSoft touted new open source web publishing, social software, content management and business intelligence products at the Open Source Business Conference this week. Acquia, of Andover, Mass., said it is on track this fall t ship a new social web publishing platform...

Tags: Business Intelligence, Security, JasperSoft, Web-publishing, Content Management System, KnowledgeTree, MuleSource, MuleSource 2.0 Community Edition, Open Source Security, 3D System, Open Source, Tools & Techniques, Enterprise Service Bus, Management, Enterprise Software, Middleware, Software, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-03-26

North America polluted by East Asia?

In a recently released study, NASA researchers have confirmed that air pollution travels around the world. They've used new satellite sensor capabilities to measure pollution traveling from East Asia to North America between 2002 and 2005. According to NASA, the amount of pollution arriving in North America is equivalent to...

Tags: NASA, Pollution, Satellite, North America, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-03-26

Social networking, IBM, Microsoft etc: the Twitterverse debates

Charles Cooper's article noting the rise of Twitter as part of the media fabric is a cue for surfacing a long conversation I had yesterday with some of my 800 Twitter followers. The pretext was my post about the end of software and the number of thanks folk posted on...

Tags: Social Networking, Consultant, Network, Information Technology, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Corp., Twitter, IBM Corp., E-mail, Knowledge Management, Groupware, Business Intelligence, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Online Communications, Software, Data Management, Management, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-03-21

Microsoft acquires rootkit specialist Komoku; DoD now a customer

Microsoft on Thursday acquired Komoku, which provides rootkit detection software, for an undisclosed sum. Komoku's technology will be added to Microsoft's enterprise-focused Forefront and Windows Live OneCare security software. Komoku counts the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Defense as customers and gives Microsoft's anti-malware...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., U.S. Department Of Defense, Komoku, Rootkits, Security, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-03-20

Green thinking is well established. Green brands, not so much

Oh goody, I'm home at my computer on a Saturday night (yes, sad). But, bonanza, I've just hit the jackpot: Some green tech stats for you to contemplate with your Sunday morning coffee! Two sources for you. The first is the third EcoPinion survey from EcoAlign,...

Tags: Brand, Green Technology, Survey, Marketing Research, Marketing, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-03-15