Monthly Archives: March 2011

From Deep Space to Disaster Zone – It’s DTN

Posted on 2011-03-31 by

My IPL blog post: How does the ability to download an image of a Saturn sunrise help us deal with natural disasters? Up to now, deep space missions have relied upon the provision of dedicated links back to Earth. The … Continue reading →

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Agility and the OODA Loop

Posted on 2011-03-29 by

My IPL blog post: John “Forty Second” Boyd earned his nickname as a pilot in the US Air Force due to a standing bet that in air combat he could start from a position of disadvantage, and achieve superiority within … Continue reading →

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Stock Trades to Warp Factor One

Posted on 2011-03-25 by

My IPL blog post: When computers are talking to each other at high speeds, then the speed of light becomes noticeable even over short distances. High Frequency Trading (HFT) is so rapid that a company with a trading system down … Continue reading →

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Cutting With The Grain – ‘R’

Posted on 2011-03-11 by

My short blog on the language R is now up on the IPL blog. There’s not much obvious similarity between software engineering, statistics and carpentry, but the one thing they have in common is that it’s much nicer to work … Continue reading →

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FST Expo 2011

Posted on 2011-03-08 by

I will be attending the IT Security stream of FST Expo 2011 on behalf of IPL. The FST Expo brings together FST’s datacentre and IT security conferences into one event that considers the whole network.

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