Posted on Mon, Dec 05, 2011
The Sage Group announced a survey that can be taken online that will help security executives identify and target costs associated with maintaining identities throughout their organization. The survey can be accessed here.
"We have partnered with IDmachines, a leading authority in the identity and authentication market, to aggregate information associated with this problem", said Ron Worman, Managing Director of The Sage Group.
According to Worman, the survey will remain persistent online, with periodic updates based on the feedback acquired.
"The feedback thus far reinforces our view that this is a pervasive and underserved need in the security industry", said Worman
About IDmachines
IDmachines provide design, integration and business consulting services.
IDmachines' 30 years of experience in large scale identity, automation, security and technology programs helps our customers accelerate their understanding and use of modern credentials and identity infrastructure. IDmachines brings integrity, policy and technology subject matter expertise to its activity. Our identity, credential, access and security system assessment, design and integration works with standards based commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) architectures and solutions to register, enroll, issue and use most types of contact, contactless and other tokens. Recognized subject matter expertise on Federal Information Processing Standard 201 (FIPS 201) and Personal Identity Verification Interoperability (PIV-I) and identity, credential and access management (ICAM) infrastructure, applications and devices.
About The Sage Group
The Sage Group’s core guiding mission is to secure and to grow the value intrinsic in its client’s organizations and markets through strategic insights and targeted execution of their business model. For Security, The Sage Group is dedicated to extending the value of the security ecosystem through the facilitation of thought leadership and best practices in The Great Conversation.
Posted on Tue, Nov 15, 2011
For the sixth year in a row, Tom Miller of The Sage Group was a featured presenter and moderator for ID World 2011 in Milan, Italy November 2nd through November 4th. ID World attracts a global participation of CEOs and senior executives from industries that are developing and implementing data capture, mobile computing, wireless, identification, and RFID and security technologies. Also participating are senior government representatives from all continents.
Tom moderated the panel discussion for the CEO & Investor Forum on Emerging Markets and Emerging Technologies and opened the sessions with a discussion about the pitfalls to technology and market adoption and how companies can develop a robust business model to overcome the obstacles to success that are inevitably encountered.
In the Healthtech Innovation conference Tom spoke at the Transforming the Medical ID Landscape session on “Auto ID and Wireless Technology Trends and Solutions – Medical Industry”. In his talk he highlighted several case studies on the application of technologies for patient identification, mobile asset tracking, workflow management and electronic medication. During the conference Tom also led a panel on ID in Cloud Computing and Tracking in Healthcare.
Posted on Tue, Sep 27, 2011
Tom Miller of the Sage Group will be speaking at AIM Expo at the Hilton Conference Center in Las Vegas, September 26 through the 28th. AIM Expo is the premier education, networking and exhibiting event for the Automatic Identification Mobility Association highlighting bar code, RFID, RTLS, mobile computing and wireless technologies for Government, Healthcare, Manufacturing, and Field Mobility applications.
Tom will be the moderator for the September 26 opening day session: Trends in the Automatic Identification and Mobile Computing: The Analyst’s Perspective. He will be joined by David Krebs of the Venture Development Company and Michael Liard of ABI Research.
He will also be speaking and moderating the September 28 General Session: Emerging AIDC Technologies: The Twists and Turns to Customer Adoption and Business Model Success. Others on the panel include: Paula Giovannetti of Best Buy Inc., Tim Harrington of Zebra Technology, and Pat King from Michelin Tire Company.
Since 1972 AIM has actively led the way in industry standards, education and outreach. AIM is the international trade association representing automatic identification and mobility technology solution providers. Through the years industry leaders continue to work with AIM to promote the adoption of emerging technologies. Tom is past President of the association.
Posted on Thu, Mar 17, 2011
The Sage Group™ announced today that Ron Worman, founder and managing partner, keynoted Gallagher's 2011 International Security Channel Partner Conference on March 16 at The Atrium at Wintec in Hamilton, New Zealand.
The 2011 Conference is intended to be both educational and thought provoking challenging many of the pre-conceptions within the security industry.
"I have found the Gallagher Executive Team to have two important qualities that will help them lead the next generation security technology", said Worman. "They are students of change in security policy, processes and technology. As well, they fully intend to make their technology enterprise-ready, re-defining the pre-existing industry term for 'open architecture' and security information management.
About Gallagher
Gallagher Security is a division of the privately owned, New Zealand based,
Gallagher Group Ltd.
In addition to security systems, the Gallagher Group also develops and markets a wide range of animal management systems. The group is comprised of two divisions Gallagher Security and Gallagher Animal Management Systems and several companies including:
Established in 1938, the Group is the operating company for an integrated international organisation, which encompasses the development, manufacturing, and marketing of its solutions. Gallagher Group employs 650 staff in New Zealand and a further 300 globally.
Gallagher Group is a well-established global business group with distributors located in over 100 countries across Europe, North and South America, Asia, Africa and the Pacific
About The Sage Group™
The Sage Group™ is a value transformation company. We help leadership teams create strategic value through Leadership Development, Marketing and Sales Strategies, Development and Training, Intellectual Property Strategies and Positioning, and Operational Process Acceleration Strategies.
The combination of these services is fully realized through our Path to Value™ methodology delivered by our Practice Leaders and their teams.
Posted on Sat, Feb 19, 2011
Tom Miller, Sage's Intellectual Property and Mobile Computing Practice Leader, will be keynoting one of the sessions at the annual MicrosoftDeveloper Tools Partner Summit held March 14-17, 2011 in Redmond, WA at Microsoft’s Redmond Campus.
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Miller will be speaking on: Realizing your Company's Intellectual Path to Value℠
"Microsoft has provided a unique forum for business leaders in their developer community to gain insights on the elements of a successful business model and how the intellectual property they create can play a crucial role in their long term path to value", said Miller.
Mr. Miller directs the “IP Path to Value℠” practice which incorporates a strategic, multi-disciplinary approach to provide companies a better way to realize value from their intellectual property. He also is the lead partner for Sage’s mobile computing, wireless computing, and RFID and data collection practice. His current client base includes companies in the industrial mobile computing, RFID system integration, mobile printing, and healthcare business sectors.
This year’s event will be exclusive to Visual Studio Industry Partner (VSIP) program members. All 4 days of the event will be “NDA content.” Each day’s session track will have a different focus. Sessions will include technical presentations, business and marketing presentations, and 1:1 developer clinic time. This year’s summit will offer exciting developer ecosystem information designed specifically for our partners and intended to help them quantify business trends and opportunities.
As Microsoft partners have come to expect, updates on current and future Visual Studio related products will also be included in this year’s sessions.
About The Sage Group™
The Sage Group™ is a value transformation company. We help leadership teams create strategic value through Leadership Development, Marketing and Sales Strategies, Development and Training, Intellectual Property Strategies and Positioning, and Operational Process Acceleration Strategies.
The combination of these services is fully realized through our Path to Value™ methodology delivered by our Practice Leaders and their teams.
Posted on Sat, Feb 19, 2011
The Sage Group™ will emcee the 'Great Conversation' on March 8, 2011 in Seattle, Washington.
Ron Worman, Sage's founder, will guide the conversation with some of the world's leading thought leaders in security.
"The Great Conversation is emerging as one of the leading forums for security executives and industry thought leaders to gather and define the agenda for the following year", said Worman. "The fact that ASG, a security consultant and integrator, has devoted its time and energy to ensuring this is truly a 'Conversation' and creating a digital platform to sustain it is a remarkable and honorable investment in the future of security."
Scheduled as keynotes are:
- Bill Bozeman, President & CEO, PSA Security Network
- Bob Hayes, Managing Director, Security Executive Council
- Bret Arsenault, CISO Microsoft & Mike Howard, GM/CSO Microsoft Global Security
- Lorna Koppel, CISO, Kohler Company
- Jeffrey Slotnick, President Setracon & A Regional Vice President of ASIS International
- Phil Aronson, CEO of Aronson Security Group
As well, Worman will be reporting on a survey of security executives whose thoughts, challenges and concerns will guide the Great Conversation at the Summit and for the next year through the Great Conversation blog platform.
This year's event will be webcast live to a global audience.
About The Sage Group™
The Sage Group™ is a value transformation company. We help leadership teams create strategic value through Leadership Development, Marketing and Sales Strategies, Development and Training, Intellectual Property Strategies and Positioning, and Operational Process Acceleration Strategies.
The combination of these services is fully realized through our Path to Value™ methodology delivered by our Practice Leaders and their teams.
Posted on Sun, Nov 21, 2010
Tom Miller of The Sage Group® attended the annual AIM EXPO 2010 in early November and was profiled in SCAN: The Data Capture Report Newsletter. (See .pdf attachment below)
As the former chairman of AIM Global, and as the former president of Intermec, a key vendor in the identification and data capture industry, Miller's views are sought by market insiders.
SCAN: The Data Capture Report, tracks business trends in identification and data capture. Their website is the home for the total source for automatic identification and data capture technologies; bar code, radio frequency identification, wireless mobile computing, biometrics, voice recognition, smart cards, bar code standards and more.
Miller opined on a number of perceptions he had about the show and the industry. As well, the newsletter reviewed Miller's presentation: "Realizing Your Company's IP Path to Value" in which he shared his thought leadership around intellectual property and its role in creating corporate value. Miller is the Sage Practice Leader in Intellectual Property (IP) Path to Value℠.
According to Miller, IP can be formal and informal. But as a leading benchmark of value, it must be aligned with the business and go-to-market plan for the company. The Sage Group has developed a methodology for identifying the key elements of a company’s strategic plan, assessing the company’s patent positions against that plan, and delivering strategic options for maximizing value. By doing this, much of the risk associated with investing in lawyering around the patent process can be mitigated and, more importantly, the assets of the company can be strategically deployed around the true value of the intellectual property increasing the competitive advantage within the marketplace.
docs/SCAN - The Data Capture Report - November 12 2010.pdf
Posted on Fri, Nov 19, 2010
Todd Ostrander of The Sage Group®, was announced as one of Seattle Business Magazine's Top Innovators. Full article listed below:
SEATTLE–(October 22, 2010)–Seattle Business honored the recipients of the 2010 Top Innovator Awards at a reception and awards ceremony held Oct. 21, 2010 at the Hard Rock Café Seattle. The Top Innovators of the night included:
• Erez Barak – Optify
• Glen J. Bertini – Novinium
• Jackie Heinricher – BooShoot Gardens
• Alex Kipman – Microsoft / Xbox Kinect
• Jeff and Martha Ledbetter – Kaleetan Pharmaceuticals
• Brad E. Meyers – B.E. Meyers Electro Optics
• Dustin Miller and Daniel Rossi – Nanocel
• Tom Nugent, Jordin Kare and Dave Bashford – LaserMotive
• Todd Ostrander and Minoru Taya – Vitriosic
• Schwetak Patel – Zensi/UW Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering
• John Peers and Iain Mackie – Lightfleet
• John Saw – Clearwire
• Jim Schlosser and Cody Peterson – Pacinian Inc.
• Karl A. Schoene, David A. Lamar and James A Batdorf – InEnTec
• Alexander Tokman and Sid Madhavan – Microvision
Highlights of the evening included great networking between Seattle’s innovative minds and special guest speaker Greg Gottesman of Madrona Venture Group.
More than 50 companies were nominated this year for the Top Innovator Awards. An advisory board chose the final winners. The 2010 Top Innovators Advisory Board included Ed Lazowska (Bill and Melinda Gates Chair, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Washington), Gary Tomlinson, (Executive Director, Seed IP), Len Jessup (Director, Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, Washington State University), Susan Sigl (CEO, Washington Technology Industry Association), Cathi Hatch (President & CEO, Zino Society), Connie Bourassa-Shaw (Director, Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Michael G. Foster Business School, University of Washington) and Chris Rivera (President, Washington Biotechnology & Biomedical Association).
A full list of the winners of the 2010 Top Innovators will be featured in the November issue of Seattle Business and on seattlebusinessmag.com.
Thanks to our sponsors, who made the evening possible, including our presenting sponsor Ernst & Young, our signature sponsor Call Centers 24/7, and our partner sponsor Seattle 2.0.
ABOUT SEATTLE BUSINESS: Seattle Business is a monthly magazine that is read by more than 100,000 business executives across the state. Annual events tied to its editorial coverage include Leaders in Health Care, Washington Manufacturing Awards, 100 Best Companies to Work For, Green Washington Awards, Top Innovators and Washington Family Business Awards. Seattle Business is owned by Minneapolis-based Tiger Oak Publications, which also publishes Seattle magazine, Seattle Bride magazine as well as more than 20 other leading regional magazines. Visit Seattle Business online to read more.
Posted on Wed, Jun 16, 2010
HATBORO, PA - June 15, 2010 - InfoLogix, Inc. (NASDAQ: IFLG), a leading technology provider of enterprise mobility solutions for the healthcare and commercial industries, announced today that as part of the periodic maintenance and review of its intellectual property portfolio, the Company has agreed for Intellectual Ventures Fund 68 LLC to acquire InfoLogix's U.S. and South Korean patents on Touch Screen Systems and Methods, for $2.2 million.
On June 8, 2010, InfoLogix entered into a patent purchase agreement to sell its U.S. patent entitled "Touch Screen Systems and Methods" and its corresponding South Korean patent to Intellectual Ventures Fund 68 LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, for $2.2 million. The Company expects the sale of the patents and assignment of related rights to close within the next 30 days, subject to the terms and conditions of the patent purchase agreement. Upon closing, the Company will be granted certain rights related to the patents and a license to continue to make, use and develop products covered by the patents.
Over the past decade, InfoLogix has cultivated a portfolio of intellectual property that includes 19 patents related to mobility, RFID, wearable computing and the healthcare supply chain. The Company routinely examines new patents for acquisition and reviews the patents and patent applications within its portfolio for their long-term strategic value to the company. As part of this process, the Company determined that it was in its best interests to sell the Touch Screen Systems and Methods patents to Intellectual Ventures Fund 68 LLC.
"In reviewing our portfolio, it became evident that these patents, although not related to our day-to-day business, had potential value and grown significantly from an technological point of view in the open market from when we first acquired them," said David Gulian, President and CEO of InfoLogix. "With the help of our partner The Sage Group, we investigated the various opportunities to maximize their value, such as the pursuit of a licensing or enforcement strategy. We determined that the most effective means for InfoLogix to monetize the Touch Screen Systems and Methods patents was to sell them to Intellectual Ventures Fund 68 LLC. We are attempting to monetize other patents in our portfolio through licensing programs."
"We are proud that The Sage Group IP Path to Value™ facilitated InfoLogix in monetizing these patents and that our relationship continues to bring InfoLogix success in determining effective and cost efficient ways to achieve the maximum value from its IP portfolio. The expertise and follow-through of Intellectual Ventures has been instrumental in making this transaction occur in a timely manner," said Tom Miller, Partner at The Sage Group and a board member of InfoLogix.
About InfoLogix, Inc.
InfoLogix is a leading provider of enterprise mobility solutions for the healthcare and commercial industries. InfoLogix uses the industry's most advanced technologies to increase the efficiency, accuracy, and transparency of complex business and clinical processes. With 19 issued patents, InfoLogix provides mobile managed solutions, on-demand software applications, mobile infrastructure products, and strategic consulting services to over 2,000 clients in North America including Kraft Foods, Merck and Company, General Electric, Kaiser Permanente, MultiCare Health System and Stanford School of Medicine. InfoLogix is a publicly-traded company (NASDAQ: IFLG).
About The Sage Group
The Sage Group, of Bellevue, Washington assists businesses to identify and unlock strategic value reflected within the company's organization, programs, products and intellectual capital. Sage's Path to Value™ methodology focuses on working closely with a client's internal resources and the company's market ecosystem creating a path to achieve optimized value for their business. This is accomplished by defining, accelerating, and sustaining compelling corporate performance in the areas of intellectual property, financial, market and organization performance. For more information visit www.the-sage-group.com.
Safe Harbor
InfoLogix makes forward-looking statements in this press release which represent our expectations or beliefs about future events and financial performance. Forward-looking statements are identifiable by words such as "believe," "anticipate," "expect," "intend," "plan," "will," "may" and other similar expressions. In addition, any statements that refer to expectations, projections or other characterizations of future events or circumstances are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties, including the risks described in Amendment No. 1 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009, our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2010, and other filings we make with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In addition, actual results could differ materially from those suggested by the forward-looking statements, and therefore you should not place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements. We do not make any commitment to revise or update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances occurring or existing after the date of any forward-looking statement is made.
Investor Relations for InfoLogix:
John A. Roberts
Chief Financial Officer
215-604-0691 x1102
Posted on Fri, Feb 19, 2010
The Sage Group announces Intellectual Property Path to Value Seminar Series.
By attending you will be provided with the following:
- Understand how the changing business climate and patent laws are forcing companies to rethink how they manage intellectual property assets.
- Understand the differences between managing a business and managing IP and how to recognize those differences to gain competitive advantage.
- Gain new perspectives as to the importance of strategic thinking in IP management and how to design, develop, and implement strategic IP thinking to impact business strategies.
- Be introduced to business tools useful in selecting and managing IP for strategic positioning and corporate value.
- Learn about the IP Path To Value℠ nine stage model and how it can help companies get more out of their IP assets.
This will be a highly interactive event intended to answer your most basic, as well as challenging questions around your intellectual property issues and opportunities.
Follow this link to
learn more or to register for the event.