Past Programs : January 2005

In the January, 2005 edition of Tech Closeup, we feature an interview with Ankit Fadia, a 19 year-old Stanford student who has become one of the worlds top experts on cybersecurity. We also profile Metreo, an exciting start-up company based in Palo Alto, CA. And we explore some excellent work by the Oracle Education Foundation to help teach boys and girls in East Palo Alto how to use computers and enhance their learning in their spare time.

Highlights:

In our interview with Ankit Fadia, you will hear:

» Why Ankit chose to become a white hat hacker in a world increasingly filled with people intent on stealing files or breaking into secure sites
» How hackers can be an invaluable resource for companies seeking to protect their data
» How greater reliance on the Internet is leading to a larger risk for individual users and businesses around the world
» What the dangers are of being to tied to the Worldwide Web and how continued outsourcing to Asia may be our single greatest point of vulnerability
» How criminal groups are competing with each other to break into highly guarded secure systems and steal valuable information
» What people need to know to keep their computers and businesses secure
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In our profile of Metreo, Marc Levenson explores:

» The exciting new technology of data mining and how Metreo has pioneered software to take the trial and error out of marketing
» How a young firm meets and overcomes obstacles as it strives for success
» The vision and leadership of Metreo CEO Daphne Carmeli, who survived a near-fatal car accident to found the company and build her team
» How the fledgling firm built its profile from a small 3-line paragraph in a local newspaper, to major coverage in the Wall Street Journal and other publications
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In our profile of the Oracle Education Foundations computer education program, Christina King explores:

» The remarkable success of Oracles program in getting children at the Boys and Girls Club in East Palo Alto engaged in an after-school computer learning project
» How the children work with Club counselors and parents to improve their skills
» Results showing that use of the computer learning program reduced the number of children performing below grade level by half in less than a year
» The potential for this program to become a model for others around the country and described by Colleen Cassity, Director of the Oracle Education Foundation, and Peter Fortenbaugh, Exec. Director of the Boys and Girls Club in East Palo Alto
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