Kin Lane recently wrote a couple of blogs about why copyrighting an API is
not common. I couldn’t agree more that copyrighting APIs is uncommon. First
of all, the API definition is just an interface (It is the implementation
detail that is important, and needs to be guarded), so it doesn’t make any
sense to copyright an interface. (It is almost like copyrighting a pretty
face ). Secondly, the whole idea of exposing an API is you are looking for
others to finish the work you started by just providing the plumbing work.
Why would anyone want to get involved with a copyrighted API and finish your
work for you?
Kin Lane says, “API copyright would prevent the reuse and remix of common
or successful API patterns within a space. We are at a point where
aggregating common, popular APIs into single, standardized interfaces is
emerging as the next evolution in web and mobil... (more)
[by Andy Thurai] "Application-Aware Firewalls."You may have heard this term
recently and wondered what it meant. When it comes to security, everyone
thinks of Firewalls, Proxies, IPS, IDS, Honeypots, VPN devices, email
security and even Web security, but most people don’t think in terms of
application level security unless either you are the developer, admin, or
user of those specific services or perhaps a hacker. Especially when your
traditional network boundaries disappear you can’t carry all of those
devices with you. When you move out of your traditional boundaries, towards ... (more)
Andy Thurai, Chief Architect & CTO, Intel App security & Big Data
(@AndyThurai) | David Houlding, Privacy Strategist, Intel (@DavidHoulding)
Original version of this article appeared on VentureBeat.
Concern over big government surveillance and security vulnerabilities has
reached global proportions. Big data/analytics, government surveillance,
online tracking, behavior profiling for advertising and other major tracking
activity trends have elevated privacy risks and identity based attacks. This
has prompted review and discussion of revoking or revising data protection
laws govern... (more)
Slow Healthcare Costs by Digitizing Healthcare
The United States spends around 17-18% of its GDP on healthcare every year.
When you put this into dollar numbers, it is a mind-boggling $2.9 trillion.
Unfortunately, that spending will grow at a faster rate now due to baby
boomers becoming an aging population, and they are the largest demographic in
the U.S. (Baby boomers are about 76 million, which accounts for 25% of the
population of the U.S.). The healthcare related spending is expected to grow
at a faster pace than the under 5% annual rate it grew over the last decade.
Unless t... (more)
Nowadays every single CIO, CTO, or business executive that I speak to is
captivated by these three new technologies: Big Data, API management and IoTs
(Internet of Things). Every single organizational executive that I speak with
confirms that they either have current projects that are actively using these
technologies, or they are in the planning stages and are about to embark on
the mission soon.
Though the underlying need and purpose served are unique to each of these
technologies, they all have one thing common: they all necessitate newer
security models and security tools to... (more)
Andy Thurai is Program Director for API, IoT and Connected Cloud with IBM, where he is responsible for solutionizing, strategizing, evangelizing, and providing thought leadership for those technologies. Prior to this role, he has held technology, architecture leadership and executive positions with Intel, Nortel, BMC, CSC, and L-1 Identity Solutions.
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