The enormity and sheer scope of last month’s RSA 2011 Conference, held at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, was apparent even before reaching the convention center and expo show floor. Droves of RSA attendees, exhibitors, delegates and speakers marched the city streets of San Francisco to make their way to what is known as one of the largest and most comprehensive information security events. The RSA Conference offers enterprise and technical professionals a vast number of opportunities to network with, and learn from, the industry’s best and brightest talents.

Upon arriving at the Moscone Center one thing became glaringly clear. Information security is a growing concern and a growing business. There seemed to be an endless sea of vendors exhibiting solutions for securing business critical information, systems, processes, etc.

I just returned from speaking at the Akamai Customer Conference as a member of a panel called “Accelerating Global Collaboration across the Enterprise.” It fell into the first of three tracks at the conference: 1) Enterprise / High Tech, 2) Media & Entertainment, and 3) Commerce. (Incidentally, I noticed the panel had a much higher number of attendees this year than in the past. Is this a direct correlation to my participation?)

Momentum: A Brief Lesson in Physics

Momentum=mass x velocity is a fundamental concept of physics that has applications in everyday life. For instance, athletes gaining speed in a race are said to be gaining momentum. Outside scientific applications, of course, there are other types of momentum that are equally important. Take the momentum generated from executing forward-moving ideas in business.