May poll of the month: on OSSIM improvements.

I must say I really like this blogspot thing, nifty add-ons for the blog. I found a "polling one" and intend to run a poll each month and post the results and impressions on a summarized post.

This month's poll is about OSSIM improvements: where do you think the most improvement is required?
Thanks for any feedback on this, if you specify "Other" please comment on this post about what you meant.

How would you describe OSSIM?

We're currently giving http://www.alienvault.com a minor facelift.

What we want to feature there is nice things actual users can say about OSSIM. So if you're a happy OSSIM user and don't mind being quoted (anonymous references are welcome of course) on our frontpage, please comment on this post so that we can get your feedback.

The only think we'd require is a bit of context about yourself (we're using OSSIM in this 10000 user educational network, I've been managing OSSIM for a bank, etc...)

Every quote that makes it onto the page will be sent one of our upcoming Unofficial Official Alienvault t-shirts and a little stress-relieving alien, due to be released this summer ;-)

US Open Source Think Tank 2010 wrap-up

The main reason I switched over to blogger.com is because I wanted to talk about this truly amazing event I attended this weekend, the OpenSource Think Tank.

The private, invitation-only event was held at the Meritage Resort in Napa, California. A perfect venue for such an event IMHO. The event was organized by the Olliance Group and DLA Piper, sponsored by a number of open and not-so-open source companies, you can see a list on the main Think Tank Site. (Thanks a ton to the sponsors btw).

The three day event started with a 90 minute drive from Sunnyvale to Napa on a sunny Thursday morning (we followed this route) in the company of my Fiancee. There was no additional charge for bringing another person around so I thought putting her into the Spa was the best way of ensuring she wouldn't complain about myself working through the weekend :-)