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Open Source Warfare
An interesting analogy for insurgency tactics from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
Terrorists are leveraging information technology to organize, recruit, and learn—and the West is struggling to keep up
Tuesday, 20 November 2007 | Permanent link to this article | Discuss this article
Outsourced Intelligence
A fascinating article from The Salon, (you may need to click through an ad to see it.) regarding the increasing reliance on the $42 billion intelligence contractor industry by the US military.
The U.S. government now outsources a vast portion of its spying operations to private firms—with zero public accountability.
June 1, 2007 | More than five years into the global “war on terror,” spying has become one of the fastest-growing private industries in the United States. The federal government relies more than ever on outsourcing for some of its most sensitive work, though it has kept details about its use of private contractors a closely guarded secret. Intelligence experts, and even the government itself, have warned of a critical lack of oversight for the booming intelligence business.
Monday, 11 June 2007 | Permanent link to this article | Discuss this article
Thought-leadership | People Oriented Architecture
Olton’s people + process driven approach to problem solving was recently validated unintentionally by an unexpected source; on the blog of Steve Borsch a very interesting American, interested in all things Web 2.0. Do believe the hype.
Henry Ford invented what? The automobile? No. The assembly line? No. What Ford did do was something more profound: he and his team discovered radical processes that could be brought to automobile production and dramatically lower costs, increase efficiency and raise quality. He didn’t invent the assembly line, he just mapped it on to automobile making in startlingly new ways and mass production was born.
Monday, 11 June 2007 | Permanent link to this article | Discuss this article
News Round-up: April 2007
Olton have been incredibly busy of late (we expect to be able to make an announcement regarding these developments in the near future) – Consequently our news section has not been updated as frequently as we would have liked. Below is a selection of articles from Janes news alerts which have been the subject of much debate in and around the Olton offices:
Intelligence Analysis
Monday, 30 April 2007 | Permanent link to this article | Discuss this article
