Proud Momma Keep on Rollin'

Not info. governance/ cloud/ privacy today.

A peer review from Miss Thang's classmates for the end of the school year:

You are funny... like the time you licked your glue.

It's fun to be your partner at P.E.

You are nice and make me laugh.

You have good sense of humor.

I like that you don't quit things.

I'm happy that you're in the tree with me and not destroying my room.  {Note from the editor-- huh??}

I like how you never give up.

You're nice, respectful, and a good friend.

I can always trust you.

I love your jokes.  They're hilarious.

You're always doing nice things.  In games you're a good sport and never cheat. 

I like your funny jokes.

I think it's really funny when you chase boys.  {Note from the editor-  gulp}

You are friendly.

You tell funny jokes that I laugh at.

You never argue with me.

I really like how you always help the situation.

Okay, so I would have like to have seen "Miss Thang is the smartest person in the class & her mother is clearly the best ever" but all in My little buttercup rocks.   She deserves a safe cloud to manage data in an extended information management environment.  So does Miss Sweet Cheeks.  I think I'll go help build it...

Posted at 04:28PM Jun 19, 2009 by Michelle Finneran Dennedy in Fun facts  |  Comments[4]

Obsession for the session & no more

I am in love.  No...I am obsessed.  I have been accused,
inaccurately, of loving this object because it was one of the few
tangible Sun branded "THINGs" sitting on my desk rather than the
trickier stuff going on back in the data center.  Sorry to disappoint,
but that ain't it.

Hello.  My name is Michelle Finneran Dennedy & I love thin client computing.  

I
never have professed to be a technology savant-- far from it.  I have,
however learned a thing or three about the gear gathering & pumping
out data faster than we can produce oxygen.  Here's the thing, having a
data strategy and information asset plan is a beautiful thing.  A
breathtakingly beautiful thing (to float with the oxygen notion for a
moment more). 

But, like the rain forest, I've never personally
seen one up close & personal.  Sure I've seen drafts & pictures
& plans but the truth of the matter is that information integrity
is a bit like clean water.  Big oceans cover much of the planet but
potable water is a somewhat scare resource.  Big fat data centers are
growing & growing & growing-- thank God because I rather like
being employed-- but information protected well & wielded as an
asset is an increasingly lower percentage of the total and I don't see
that problem slackening.

I love this problem & will likely continue to pursue the
resolution of this problem either for the rest of my days or as soon as
we architect integrity & humanity into every data transaction
throughout it's life cycle-- whichever comes first.

In sneaks my obsession for the thin client.  Our version is called the Sun Ray.  We've partnered with others like CSC &
even IBM to bring these babies to market all around the world.  See
http://www.csc.com/features/stories/26785-liberate_your_team_with_csc_anywhere_desktop

We
have never audited the data on the Sun Ray device itself.  40,000+ of
these babies all over the world just in our company alone and not a
drop of data resting on any of them.  No plans to delete stuff-- it's
not there;  No need to review cast off gear-- there's nothing on it; 
Move around all you like & reuse & reuse & reuse machines--
your identity stays with you & not on the gear;  The server based
compute utility providers (could be internal, could be a service
provider) secure the data and manage the data assets-- not every single
user using every single device with individual technology awareness
must protect the entire system.  You get the drift.  I'm a fan.

This
type of technique becomes particularly interesting for the consumer of
information services who is simply doing that...consuming information
services.  It's awfully nice to be able to go to a device, get the
information nugget, move away from the device with the information in
head & not worry about any residual hackable non-managed data
residue. If I could have a thin client phone that actually was reliable
enough to NOT cart my data everywhere, I'd fall in love with that too. 
("Smart phone" inventors, here's your consumer sample size of 1 but I
don't think I'm alone.)

If you are thinking about a cloud strategy or consuming a cloud
service to deliver content, thin clients are a pretty cool little
number to add to your plan. 

Hello.  My name is Michelle Finneran Dennedy & I'm a data geek who loves thin client computing. 

Posted at 11:18AM Jun 11, 2009 by Michelle Finneran Dennedy in General  |  Comments[0]

Center for Democracy & Technology & TrustE event June 3, 2009

Last week was a bit of a marathon of data control in the clouds.  One of the many events was a thought provoking panel held by CDT & TrustE.  If you are particularly dedicated-- it's an hour-- check out this web video regarding Cloud De-mystification with Jim Dempsey, CDT, Lindsey Finch, Salesforce & Steven Levy, Wired. 

You'll see that, although I really am trying to behave myself, the Larry Loves the Cloud quote did come up right off the bat.  If you hang in there for the whole thing, you'll hear that I've not given up on privacy...as long as we have people, we'll have some form of privacy.

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Here's the link to the website where you can find the video if this embedded link thingy doesn't work:  http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/1602806

I also ran into the wonderful & talented Linda Skrocki last week (@ JavaOne)who has shown me how to embed videos & links many times.  One day I'll actually remember these things & make my blog a more beautiful & linked up place.  One day...

On a final note, Miss Thang's last day of school is this week.  Next week it's theater camp.  My money's on Ms. T for maximum drama & perhaps a bloggable story or two.

A thought AND a video tonight...

Posted at 09:15PM Jun 08, 2009 by Michelle Finneran Dennedy in General  |  Comments[1]