Alan Weinkrantz PR Web Log

Denim Group Launches ThreadStrong

Client, Denim Group, an IT consultancy that develops secure software and helps organizations assess and mitigate risks with their existing software , announced today that it has launched ThreadStrong, a self-paced online training curriculum to teach developers how to build security into their applications. 

ThreadStrong also helps satisfy compliance regulations, such as the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), which require developers be provided secure development training. A related video may be viewed at: http://tinyurl.com/qogd78. 

See the news release here.

Links To Today's Social River Article from My Column in Today's San Antonio "Express-News"

Today's column the San Antonio "Express-News" looks back at a recent San Antonio River Museum Reach grand opening.  Here are related links:

Colleen Pence's Commentary on the Museum Reach project

Jennifer Navarrete's Preview of the Museum Reach project

Flickr.com S.A. Museum

San Antonio River Authority

San Antonio River Authority on Facebook

San Antonio River Improvements Project 

WOAI's River Reach Tour

Pocket Communications Officially Launches Today in Corpus Christi

Client, Pocket Communications, officially launches today in Corpus Christi.  If you happen to live in the region and want a great alternative giving you affordable, reliable service click here for the store location nearest you.

Finding a Wilderness and Making it Flourish

One of the most famous dreams of Israel's first Prime Minister, David Ben-Gurion, was to "make the desert bloom." It's a dream that Gemini founding Partner and Chairman Ed Mlavsky has figuratively realized in his contribution to Israel's civilian high-tech industry, for which he is seen as one of the founding fathers. As Gemini Venture Partner Orna Berry points out, the sector barely existed when he arrived in Israel in 1979.

"Ed found a desolate wilderness and made it flourish," Orna says.

Ed tells the story in his just-published autobiography, "Milk and Honey and High-Tech". His influence can be split into two parts: his spell from 1979-1992 as the first Executive Director of theIsrael-US Binational Industrial Research & Development (BIRD) Foundation, which provides funding for joint projects carried out by US and Israeli companies, and his activities since 1993 as a venture capitalist after he established Gemini.

In his book, Ed holds the reader with entertaining anecdotes involving high-powered executives, world-class scientists and one of Hollywood's greatest actors; along the way he provides valuable insights into how to conduct business relationships and close deals.

“Milk and Honey and High-Tech” is available from Weill Publishers.
To buy a copy, please click here.

Dr. J from CNBC's "Fast Money," Covers the Recent 140 Conference

While making pitches to the media for the recent 140 Conference, I received a response from none other than Dr. J from CNBC's Fast Money program.  Dr. J came in from Chicago and filed the story below.

My New Stream of Life

I am following Steve Rubel's lead and shifting more to Posterous as a place to post - or rather, stream.  Or as Stowe Boyd puts it, the flow.

I will still use this blog as a place to post longer comments and observations.  This is just an experiment, but my sense is that it's time to move up and move on beyond the notion of just bloggging....  mosey on over here and let me know what you think.

How Israel Uses Twitter and Social Media in Public Diplomacy - David Saranga's Presentation at the 140 Conference

In the process of working with the media for the 140 Characters Conference, the lines blurred between the media covering the event, media taking part in the event as Characters, and media as content providers on the Social Web.  

Enter @davidsaranga, Consul for Media and Public Affairs at the Israeli Consulate in New York.  David's innovative approach to helping change the perception of Israel is illustrated in his talk which you may view here:

Client, Denim Group Teams with Rackspace Hosting

Client, Denim Group, an IT consultancy that develops secure software and helps organizations assess and mitigate risks with their existing software, announced today that it has entered into a Professional and Consulting Services Partner Agreement with Rackspace® Hosting (NYSE: RAX), the leader and specialist in hosting.  

Through this relationship, Denim Group will provide application security services for Rackspace and its clients.  

See related video here.

See press release here.

Holding an Event? Make Sure Your Name Tags are Twitter Friendly: Hello, My Twitter handle is @alanweinkrantz.

Next time you hold an event that involves name badges, be sure to have them Twitter-friendly.  Promote your attendee's twitter names so that after the event, participants can continue the conversation and newly formed relationships.  

Oh- you can follow me on Twitter @alanweinkrantz.

TweetCamp San Antonio - Saturday, July 18 - Be There!

While I was at Jeff Pulver's 140 Character Conference, I managed to get a few of the notable characters to say a few words about our upcoming San Antonio Tweet Camp.

Drum roll please....