SimpleTel, Inc. Tech Day
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Technology Decisions, Inc. was the afternoon keynote January 9th in Madison, WI at SimpleTel, Inc.'s Tech Day. Matthew McCormick presented the topic:
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DePaul University
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Matt McCormick, founder and president of Technology Decisions, Inc. was a panelist at DePaul University's "Careers in Technology" forum on January 16, 2007.
Additional panelists included:
- Russell Abramson, VP - eTrading & Client Solutions for the Americas, JP Morgan Chase & Co.
- Hardik Bhatt - CIO, City of Chicago, Business & Information Services
- Thomas Kim - Creative Director, Leo Burnett Worldwide, Inc.
- Michael Weilbacher - CTO, Midway Amusement Games, LLC
Matt also participated as one of three panelists in DePaul University's Upsilon Pi Epsilon (UPE), the international honor society for computing and information disciplines, roundtable, "Entrepreneurship in Information Technology" on February 22, 2007.
The session was held at the School of Computer Science, Telecommunications and Information Technology (CTI). Mr. McCormick holds a Master of Science in Telecommunications from the school. Joining him were Daniel Mittleman, Associate Professor at DePaul University and Vince Kellen, Vice President of Information Services.
Global Wireless Education Consortium (GWEC)
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Matt McCormick was a featured presenter in the Global Wireless Education Consortium's (GWEC) webinar on May 1st, 2007. The topic: VoWLAN (Voice over Wireless LAN).
According to Disruptive Analysis, by 2009 46.8 million VoWLAN phones will be on the market, of which 64% will be dual-mode devices. With the first dual-mode handsets available now, VoWLAN is real and bound to revolutionize the telecommunication landscape.
New players such as ISPs and fixed line operators can now enter the mobile market, offer additional mobile services, and win market share. To find your place in this market, a lot of crucial problems have to be solved:
- How to guarantee QoS (Quality of Service)?
- How to optimize seamless hand-over between different access points?
- How to define a successful business model?
In this one-hour webinar, presenters Matthew McCormick with Technology Decisions, Inc. and Dan Reis with Spectralink provided a technical overview of VoWLAN and described how VoWLAN deployment can serve as a significant step toward interoperability and seamless mobile connectivity between private WLANs and public wireless and cellular networks.
Visit SearchMobileComputing.com for a definition of VoWLAN.
Illinois Institute of Technology
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Matt McCormick spoke at the Illinois Institute of Technology's NETSECURE 07 conference on March 21st, 2007.
His topic was: "Proactively Identifying and Troubleshooting WLAN Security Threats & Performance Issues at Remote Sites". Attendees rated this presentation an excellent 4.6 out of 5.
Sending an experienced technician or engineer on a plane is a very common first step in response to complex WLAN problems that arises at remote sites. Especially in cases where 802.11 applications are mission critical to business operations or carry highly sensitive information. This method of problem remediation is costly and can add days of delay. Those attending this session will: 1. More easily define their need for remote identification and troubleshooting of security threats and performance issues. 2. Discover important architectural key points to a successful solution. 3. Learn about ways to combine the latest in commercial technology while building your WLAN expertise to enable proactive notification, and expert, real-time troubleshooting of the toughest wireless problems at remote sites. 4. Learn about the latest in an 802.11n update, time permitting.”
Society of Telecommunications Consultants
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Matt McCormick presented "Sniff My Packets in Promiscuous Mode", a presentation on the fundamentals of information security at the Fall 2006 Society of Telecommunications Consultants conference.
This presentation was a follow on to the highly successful and well received Spring 2006 conference presentation "Wireless LAN: What You Don't Know Can Hurt You." Attendees of the Spring 2006 presentation wanted more in-depth background in order to appreciate the issues of information security which affect us all.
Matt presented "Wireless LAN: What You Don't Know Can Hurt You" at the Spring 2006 Society of Telecommunications Consultants Conference.
This presentation focused on the fundamentals of wireless LAN security. A foundation in information security basics was a prerequisite.
Matt presented "OSI Miami: Seven Layers are Murder!," a whodunit tutorial on the OSI Model at the Spring 2005 Society of Telecommunications Consultants conference.
Matt also designed and facilitated "Mission Possible: Building Effective Project Teams," a team-building exercise for consultants at the conference.
Matt presented "21st Century Data Communications" at the Fall 2004 Society of Telecommunications Consultants conference.
Matt also led "Stranded in the Himalayas," a team-building exercise for consultants at the conference.
