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Do you know who these nerds are? Meet the original Internet engineering team!
TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES

Is your Internet programming evolution friendly? Read my white paper on forward compatible design for the Internet.
What does evolution have to do with engineering?  A lot more than you might think if you're talking about the Internet.  More than thirty years ago, the Department of Defense funded an effort to connect some computers together. The project evolved from a handful of sites to the Internet as we know it today. How could one model be so scalable—from a few sites with limited applications to countless sites with endless applications? The answer is that it was explicitly designed to evolve.  Just as the founding fathers designed with forward compatibility in mind, today's best engineers and Internet developers  explicitly design their programming to evolve.  Design for Evolution is my Internet white paper on forward compatible design. 

View my "Design for Evolution" WHITE PAPER.

View my "Design for Evolution" SLIDE SHOW.
Check out this Operations Engineering resource. Managing Short Life-Cycle Technology
This paper covers findings from an operations research initiative I am co-chairing with Lehigh University.  It involves the use of statistical clusters in leading indicator analysis with applications in life-cycle and capacity management.
Check out this Best Practice Profile on Supply Chain Engineering. Demand Focused Responsiveness
This is a best practice profile of my patent pending methodology for demand management and inventory control.  It was written by the Supply Chain Executive Board and involves business process engineering and statistical analysis.
DEVICE CONTROL PROTOCOL


Introducing DCP, the Device Control Protocol, an Internet protocol for controlling devices.

The Device Control Protocol (DCP) is a protocol I designed for communication with and between network devices. While the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) was designed for transferring files and the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) emphasizes the transfer of media, DCP focuses on controlling and monitoring devices connected to the Internet.  In the context of DCP, a device is any resource attached to a network and is not necessarily a terminal or network infrastructure equipment.  DCP is a protocol for controlling network devices and should not be compared with DCOM and CORBA, which are binary standards for network components.

DCP addresses the increasing demand for integrating non-traditional network devices by specifying a common language for devices to interoperate with each other, as well as Internet applications. It provides a protocol standard for devices that embed Internet technology and connect to networks directly in addition to devices that connect to networks as computer periphery.

So, if you are into home automation, building automation or ever wanted to plug your toaster into the Internet, this a great place to get started.

Click Here for the Specification.