Steve Riley on Security : the future

Good bye, and good luck

Steve Riley — Wed, 06 May 2009 23:11:56 GMT

Friends, as a part of Microsoft’s second round of restructuring, my position was eliminated yesterday and my employment with Microsoft has ended. While there were many rewards that came from my job, the most satisfying element was knowing that our time spent together helped improve everyone—whether at conferences or through this blog, I’ve learned as much from you as you’ve learned from me. Sharing information, debating positions, and doing the right work for the right reasons are all very important and I’m honored and humbled to have been trusted by so many of you.

I’m certainly not disappearing. While I won’t be at TechEd North America this year (yes, I’m truly sad about that), I’ll remain involved in the security industry. You can find me on LinkedIn at http://www.linkedin.com/in/steverileysea. And I’ve got a new blog at http://msinfluentials.com/blogs/steveriley/default.aspx, where I promise I’ll start writing more. Please check in there for updates, and I’ll be sure to let you all know where I land next.

Reading list from “How IT will change in the next 10 years”

Steve Riley — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 22:39:10 GMT

At Windows Connections two weeks ago, during my keynote speech “How IT will change in the next 10 years and why you should care,” I mentioned several books worth reading. Many of you have asked for the list; here it is:

The Cathedral and the Bazaar by Eric S. Raymond
The Wisdom of Crowds by James Surowiecki
We Are Smarter Than Me by Barry Libert, Jon Spector, Don Tapscott
The World Is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman
The Innovator's Dilemma by Clayton M. Christensen
The Long Tail by Chris Anderson
The Speed of Trust by Stephen M. R. Covey
What Got You Here Won't Get You There by Marshall Goldsmith
Outsourced (the movie)

Also remember that I mildly panned Digital Economy by Harbhajan Kehal and Varinder P. Singh; my assertion was that the next 10 years will bring about a social economy instead, one that includes the digital natives you’ll all be hiring and selling to now or very soon. They’re the ones who are building it, so you might as well adapt.