The Tech Fugitives Interview Lisa Seacat DeLuca, Director of Offering Management and Distinguished Engineer for IBM Watson Internet of Things.  We discuss the life of an inventor at IBM and lots of IoT!

RedHat has incredible numbers…. Not all Pundits are happy.  Not all Pundits know what they’re talking about! We also discuss: When you make Billions, but just can’t make people happy https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/19/red-hat-earnings-q2-2019.html Tony Hawk’s a genius https://www.buzzfeed.com/stephenlaconte/tony-hawk-recognized-twitter I fear this type of thing https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/09/21/twitter_api_bug/ https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/13/mit-students-use-ai-to-make-pizza.html Slow down to not Suck! https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/20/17882574/disney-ceo-bob-iger-star-wars-franchise-slowdown MacOS – Mojave https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/24/17896252/mac-os-mojave-review-updates-dark-mode-new-features Is […]

Oracles numbers seem “OK”….but are they half-baked or fully cooked? https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/09/18/clouds_q1_2018/ Revenues of $9.19bn were up just one per cent from last year’s total of $9.1bn. Net income of $2.27bn was up eight per cent from Q1 FY2019. Earnings per share of $0.71 were up 10 per cent from $0.61 last year. Cloud services and license support, the […]

The U.S. Department of Justice says Andrei Tyurin, 35, was extradited from the Eastern European country of Georgia… The Tech Fugitives call this Epic Win! https://www.inforisktoday.com/russian-charged-in-jpmorgan-chase-hack-extradited-to-us-a-11476?rf=2018-09-12_ENEWS_SUB_IR_Slot3&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTlRaa01HUTVOMlprWXpneCIsInQiOiJKbkVhbFE1eVY0WndPb3JXbEhQVHpSTGpPOUh1STJiK3cxQUpOejhtcTN5RVhQZW1HVzArWHBYQ21wMUNuTXlCR1NpMVY0dGg5ZlwvYnYyNERJKzV1VnZxZlV4eFMrZElReXJwXC9kK3pCcm10TUlSOWZEdVNia1NKYXJqbUJ0VW0xIn0%3D We also discuss: Kyle lines up some Atoms. https://phys.org/news/2018-09-scientists-tuneable-quantum-state.html Cyrpto Crash deliciousness. https://www.bloombergquint.com/onweb/2018/09/12/crypto-s-crash-just-surpassed-dot-com-levels-as-losses-reach-80 Can Nvidia succeed where others have failed in cloud gaming? https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/09/11/nvidia_geforce_now/ It’s all about the sims. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/09/hello-esim-apple-moves-the-iphone-away-from-physical-sims/ Google […]

DARPA feels a 2 Billion Dollar injection will accelerate  AI effectiveness.  The byproduct of this, apparently, is our vacuums will work better…hmmm…OK. https://money.cnn.com/2018/09/07/technology/darpa-artificial-intelligence/index.html We also discuss: Elon says for better security, “All I need are some tasty waves, a cool buzz, and I’m fine.”  Gnarly dude! https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/10/17842136/tesla-key-fob-hack-theft-spoofing-relay China cracks down on Mus-pop. http://time.com/5391300/china-hrw-muslim-uighur/ MIT advances […]

Storage Containers…Sounds cool, but will they perform? Also, Mark LOVES the Bitcoin carnage and catching some Bad Guys!!! https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/09/04/ibm_blesses_containerised_storage_with_cloud_private_nod/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bitcoin-plunges-goldman-sachs-scraps-161700126.html https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/24/17778736/facial-recognition-washington-airport-immigration-biometric-exit We also discuss: 21st Century Stories https://vimeo.com/268917014 NIST makes BGP Great again…by securing it. https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/09/06/nist_bgp_rpki/ Looking at Big Tech Censorship https://www.businessinsider.com/jeff-sessions-to-examine-trump-theory-big-tech-censors-conservatives-2018- 9 Listen, Learn and laugh while finding out how you too can care […]

Kubernetes gets 9 meeelion dollars and the right to screw it up on their own? https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/08/30/google_kubernetes_project/ We also discuss: BitFi drops the dumbness https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/08/31/bitfi_reluctantly_drops_unhackable_claim/ Make AI dumb again https://www.newsweek.com/scientists-hope-artificial-stupidity-humans-ai-man-versus-machine-1091925 FireEye nabs the goods https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/23/fireeye-up-8-percent-on-news-of-facebook-google-findings.html Titan Key… Goodness, or Trojan Horse? https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/30/google-titan-made-by-chinese-company-feitian.html The 5 hour rule….some good advice! https://medium.com/@michaeldsimmons/bill-gates-warren-buffett-and-oprah-all-use-the-5-hour-rule-308f528b6363 Listen, Learn and laugh while finding out […]

Industry experts discuss the ethics of facial recognition in the public Sector https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/29/17792976/facial-recognition-regulation-rules We also Discuss Sony unveiled the Xperia XZ3 at the IFA consumer electronics show. https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/30/sony-xperia-xz3-launch.html Dissed by Dell? https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/08/30/igel_mgm_resorts_lawsuit/ HPE Storage Sales…Meh… https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/08/29/lacklustre_hpe_storage_sales_to_rebound/ China cries alligator tears… https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/08/30/huawei_fcc_competition_intervention/     https://www.csis.org/analysis/how-much-have-chinese-actually-taken     http://www.prosperousamerica.org/top_ten_cases_of_chinese_ip_theft UBS launches new fulfillment platform https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/28/ups-launches-ware2go-a-platform-aimed-at-helping-small–and-medium-sized-businesses-expand.html Cloudera flexes https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/08/29/cloudera_launches_data_warehouse_as_a_service/ FireEye […]

Is it just us, or does it feel like VMWare is still trying to figure out what they want to be in this whole cloudy thang? https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/08/28// https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/08/28/vmware_aws_preview_databaseonvsphere We also discuss: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/08/28/bad_passwords_never_go_out_of_fashion/ Cautionary words….don’t do hackathons unless you’re going to get behind them. https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/05/23/go_ahead_stage_a_hackathon_but_pray_it_doesnt_work_too_well/ Pure Storage boosts https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/08/22/pure_2018_q2_storeduce_acquisition/ Continuous Delivery – OpenStack now has Zuul […]

Today’s guests are Marc Caracio, President & CEO of The Harvard Group and Pete DeNagy, President and Co-Founder of IoT America.  Marc & Pete are also Founding Partners of Future Cities, LLC.  Future Cities holds “Smart Cities” events in the USA which gathers municipal IoT stakeholders, Federal and State policy advocates, as well as academic […]