Log management and SIEM products are complex and their successful deployment a challenge. A use-case driven deployment and architecture is needed to drive product requirements or merit the development of a home grown solution. No SIEM product will work out of the box in any environment. Even solutions and applications need to be customized to get an ROI on SIEM deployments.

Having worked at the major SIEM vendors, and spending a long time on log analysis research, I can help with implementing your solutions and helping define your processes to get most out of your SIEM investments. I hate seeing these products sitting on a shelf. We get them deployed and implemented.

In 2010, companies have discovered that they have a lot of valuable data. In 2011, the industry is maturing data analysis capabilities with NoSQL and map reduce (Hadoop) tools. This will allow us to process data better. However, what does all the data mean? Visualization helps exploring data to make it actionable.

I can help you bridge the dichotomy between the data domain and visualization. Through a use-case driven approach, we define products and implement solutions that help you bridging the gap between data and knowledge.

• - AfterGlow
• - SecViz
• - DAVIX

Moving traditional enterprise businesses and services into the cloud and offering them as a SaaS model comes with a number of interesting challenges. Pricing models, marketing approaches, and business models need to adopt to the new requirements while still keeping the enterprise customers and buyers in mind.

I have been working with a number of startups to help them define their business models and strategies. I am interested in enabling companies to leverage the SaaS model for enterprise class services and products, especially in the infrastructure area.

I am a mentor for TechStars Cloud taking place early 2012 in San Antonio, TX.

2011 has introduce me to a new world, the world of NGOs. I traveled to Africa with MamaHope, and got to see first-hand, what it means to live in absolute poverty. The trip has inspired me to do more work in this area and as a result of that I joined the advisory board of MamaHope. I have also been working with some other projects like The Adventure Project to learn more about the NGO world.

I will definitely be more active in this world over the next years.