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On Infrastructure Resiliency
“When we go to an electricity utility, the thing that’s driving them is 99.99 percent availability so there is not the mind set for privacy. Because they’re using simple systems and everything is in real time, if you add auditing … Continue reading
Data Center Energy Use
EPA Report – The US spent the equivalent of 2/3 of Canada’s electricity use on data center’s last year. In 2006 that was 61 billion kilowatt-hours worth $45 billion – 1.5% of total US electricity consumption. That’s double of what … Continue reading
Arherring On 5GW
Herring’s onto my thinking on 5GW as the nonlinear total of the actions of billions of actors – This is how super-empowered individuals relate to Fifth Generation Warfare theory. Super-empowered individuals may choose to follow any doctrine they desire: 4GW, Global Guerillaism, socialism, … Continue reading
Infosys SEZs
EconTimes – Watch for Naxalite targeting – Infosys has received initial go-ahead for two IT zones to be set up near Hyderabad, while Genpact has received formal approval for an IT SEZ in Jaipur and Enfield Infrastructure was given a … Continue reading
Vietnam’s Open Source Cyberwar
VietNamNet – According to surveys by this commission, nearly 60% of websites of ministries and state agencies which have the domain name gov.vn have been attacked by hackers. Those attacks take place in many forms but the most popular form … Continue reading