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March 11, 2009

Cops and Robbers in the COMMON Keynote

The Opening Session for the COMMON 2009 Annual Meeting and Exposition in Reno, Nevada, is coming together -- it's set for Sunday, April 26, and will include Ross Mauri, general manager of IBM Power Systems, as well as a presentation by IBM Distinguished Engineer and Chief Scientist for IBM Entity Analytics, Jeff Jonas. His presentation is teasingly titled, "Cops and Robbers Las Vegas Style."

But first, COMMON President Randy Dufault will outline the latest action at COMMON and hand out the COMMON/IBM Power Systems Innovation Awards, along with Mauri, who will then have something additional to say, most likely something about IBM's Power Systems strategy, though neither IBM nor COMMON have provided details.

As for Jonas, here's an abstract:

Opportunists consider Las Vegas an excellent target - not only because of the vast amounts of cash that changes hands, but also the ability to get lost in the 40 million people who visit annually. There are single scams that can cost a casino $250,000 in 15 minutes. Other activities, such as unknowingly transacting with an "excluded person", can cost an organization its gaming license. The gaming industry has evolved its policies, processes and systems to respond to these threats. These defensive moves have greatly collapsed the window of time between detection and preemption.

Jeff Jonas, a Las Vegas resident who has architected and built numerous casino systems, will take you behind the scenes of the casino business and describe "trip-wires" that now make it possible to detect the unwanted -- in some cases even before the opportunist arrives at the casino.

Sounds interesting!

Posted by cmaxcer at March 11, 2009 9:24 AM