All Things Technology and Green – with views on the metaverse, environment, and privacy
Given the recent Presidential Executive Order for a more secure software supply chain, I am super excited to see the developments a number of supply chain risk management companies, such as Rapid Ratings, Altana, Resilinc, Security Scorecard, Exiger and others. Any company that provides focus on better visibility in the role that 3rd party vendors play within our nation’s supply chain is critical.
It was 20 years ago this summer that I took the entrepreneurial journey with Bob Stern and Rod Drury. It was amazing thinking up an idea to try and transform the way in which people connected with one another, but done privately. Some harsh lessons along the way but very fond memories of the journey. Learned a ton for sure, as we ended up selling all the assets of Context Connect to Walmart.
https://patents.google.com/patent/US7899173B2/en
https://patents.google.com/patent/US7340048B2/en
https://patents.google.com/patent/US6731927B1/en
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One of the big problems in the Department of Defense is an objective view of the quality of software being produced. Often the government has very limited understanding of the quality of this software be created and managed by third parties. A new company, SettleTop (www.settletop.com) is being created just to focus on this by partnering with best of breed software vendors to provide an unbiased, objective view of the software – through a trusted, digital platform (Funded by SNL Partners) We will see if it will be successful but it is the right idea.
Finally getting plugged into the Korean entrepreneur scene – while still a ways to go, encouraged by the work done by the Korea Innovation Center (KIC). Great with by Dr. Jay Kim and Jongwon (JP) Park. Hopefully more to come.
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Kudos to my parents at Choongju Joongsan High School in Korea – they continue to drive innovation and a new way of thinking, particularly in Korea.
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As a mentor for the MIT team for the NSF I-Corp program, I must say it was an experience well-worth the time and effort – customer discovery re-defined. Appreciative of the fact that key insights can come out of data-driven discovery of potential customers … 100% supportive of this great program.
For those going to MWC next week, a good site to find out about the latest parties in Barcelona..
http://socializemobilize.com/2012/02/03/3357/
Perfect opportunity for those to make new connections with various people..
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Every February, the mobile world makes its way to Barcelona, Spain to find out about the latest mobile developments. I look forward to see the latest in the telecommunication world, including new devices, platform services such as OTT video and the evolution of wireless infrastructure, particularly around small cell/hetnet architectures. If you are going, do let me know… I’ll be there to write about it..
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Congrats again to my company, Context Connect, for receiving another patent, this time in China. For more information, visit the company site at www.contextconnect.com
Finally, the days of trying to figure out which cord goes with which mobile phone are hopefully over. The mobile phone industry, specifically seventeen mobile phone manufacturers and operators, yesterday committed to developing a universal cell phone charger/adapter by 2012. While on the surface such an announcement might be small in comparison with billion of dollars spent on network deployments, this industry based initiative could provide an estimated 50% reduction in standby energy consumption and thousands of ton of duplicate chargers – greatly reducing its carbon footprint.
Also, there is the added benefit for consumers of cheaper costs (with no charger cord) and less expenses for OEMs. Companies that have joined the initiative include AT&T, KTF, LG, mobilkom austria, Motorola, Nokia, Orange, Qualcomm, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Telecom Italia, Telefonica, Telenor, Telstra, T-Mobile and Vodafone. Key industry players not included are Apple, RIM and Palm.
