Archive: July, 2009

Quiz: Event Processing 101

Posted on 07/19/09 4 Comments

Take the quiz.  Event Processing 101. The big question is, “Who will copy me and start posting CEP/EP quizzes next?” Stay tuned for my next CEP/EP quiz, after I return from a 2 week vacation (sometime in August!) Quizzes by Quibblo.com

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Patent Title: Event Handling System

Posted on 07/19/09 No Comments

I was doing some research on cyberspace situational awareness and was honored to noticed my prior art was referenced in a 2008 patent application by the Commonwealth of Australia.   Here are some notable quotes from this patent application of an “event handling system.” Section 8 of this part gives a brief overview of the [...]

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U.S. Cyber Command – Air Force Stumbles

Posted on 07/06/09 No Comments

Great and powerful organizations can be handicapped by their own greatness.   The shear magnificence, power and strength of the USAF also can be it’s own weakness at times.  This is certainly true in the area of communications, air power and cyberspace. The communications mission of the Air Force is highly interconnected with it’s core [...]

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Only Just Beginning: Twitter message could be cyber criminal at work

Posted on 07/05/09 No Comments

I have blogged (here and on the (ISC)2 blog) about potential security issues in the rising use and hyper marketing of Twitter, so I found this CNN story (which only scratches the surface of the risks) of interest, Twitter message could be cyber criminal at work. “Cyber criminals have been targeting Twitter users by creating [...]

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CEP Thinking: A Dream, Wishful Thinking or Incompetance?

Posted on 07/04/09 4 Comments

I have been troubled by CEP marketing lately.   It started when I read a statement by John Davies in his post Algorithmic trading with Twitter. In his post, John boldly wrote to Peter Lin, and the world: Peter, The fuzzy logic is exactly what CEP companies specialise in, …. -John- I could not understand [...]

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Jojuba Oil and Positive Thinking in the Jungle

Posted on 07/02/09 2 Comments

I received an email a number of days ago from someone who was concerned that another blogger was painting me as “a negative person.”   My impression was that they hoped I would comment in reply. In thinking how to respond, or if to reply at all, I thought of the irony of the “you are [...]

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The Water and the Rain

Posted on 07/01/09 2 Comments

Today I woke up late, around 4:30pm. After catching up on my Internet reading, I decided to go for a swim. I looked out the window of the 17th floor, and it was gloomy with heavy dark clouds approaching, so I wondered to myself if I would be able to swim. When I arrived by [...]

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