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About Larry
Lawrence M. Walsh is an IT business development and media consultancy. Walsh is a well-known expert in IT security
technologies and policies, managed technology services and IT reseller channels who helps IT vendors, resellers and end users
innovate and turn technology into a competitive advantage. He evangelizes the need for efficiency, simplicity and focus in business
and technology infrastructure.
On security, Walsh knows every aspect of the technology, policies and marketplace. Major corporations have engaged Walsh for
strategic direction on product development and market delivery models. And consumers of security technologies seek Walsh’s
counsel on best practices for developing and managing synergistic IT security systems.
A seasoned, lively speaker, Walsh has presented at such high-profile venues as the Commonwealth Club of California, Black Hat
Security Conference, the World Intrusion Prevention Summit, Information Security Decisions Conference, the InfoSecurity
Conference and XChange, as well as a numerous corporate events. He is one of the first professional speakers to conduct a
presentation in Second Life, the growing virtual world and precursor to the 3D Internet. His Internet video presentations for CMP
Technology have drawn thousands of online participants.
An award-winning journalist, Walsh has served as editor of VARBusiness, GovernmentVAR and Information Security magazines.
He has written hundreds of articles, analyses and commentaries on the development of reseller businesses, the IT marketplace,
managed services, and information security policy, strategy and technology. His 2003 expose of Microsoft’s Trustworthy Computing
initiative earned him the American Society of Business Publication Editors’ award for feature writing. His columns on innovation
earned him a second ASBPE award for column writing. And he led a team of journalist that won two ASBPE awards for a series of
research articles on the state of technology. Over the course of his career, Walsh and his teams have earned more than two dozen
journalism honors.
A native of Massachusetts, Walsh is earned his degree in political science from Suffolk University in Boston. He served in the U.S.
Army, 1986-1990, as a communications and security specialist. Prior to his magazine career, Walsh was a newspaper editor and
reporter, having held editorial positions at the Boston Globe, the MetroWest Daily News, the Brockton Enterprise and Community
Newspaper Company. In 1997, he led a team of journalists that covered the event and consequences of a teen mass-drug
overdose; their coverage earned several awards including the 1997 New England Newspaper Associations’ Newspaper of the
Year honor.
Walsh’s current projects include the creation of return on investment metrics for managed services, leveraging the power of virtual
worlds for business purposes and developing new techniques for improving communications between business partners.
Lawrence M. Walsh is an IT business development and media consultancy. Walsh is a well-known expert in IT security
technologies and policies, managed technology services and IT reseller channels who helps IT vendors, resellers and end users
innovate and turn technology into a competitive advantage. He evangelizes the need for efficiency, simplicity and focus in business
and technology infrastructure.
On security, Walsh knows every aspect of the technology, policies and marketplace. Major corporations have engaged Walsh for
strategic direction on product development and market delivery models. And consumers of security technologies seek Walsh’s
counsel on best practices for developing and managing synergistic IT security systems.
A seasoned, lively speaker, Walsh has presented at such high-profile venues as the Commonwealth Club of California, Black Hat
Security Conference, the World Intrusion Prevention Summit, Information Security Decisions Conference, the InfoSecurity
Conference and XChange, as well as a numerous corporate events. He is one of the first professional speakers to conduct a
presentation in Second Life, the growing virtual world and precursor to the 3D Internet. His Internet video presentations for CMP
Technology have drawn thousands of online participants.
An award-winning journalist, Walsh has served as editor of VARBusiness, GovernmentVAR and Information Security magazines.
He has written hundreds of articles, analyses and commentaries on the development of reseller businesses, the IT marketplace,
managed services, and information security policy, strategy and technology. His 2003 expose of Microsoft’s Trustworthy Computing
initiative earned him the American Society of Business Publication Editors’ award for feature writing. His columns on innovation
earned him a second ASBPE award for column writing. And he led a team of journalist that won two ASBPE awards for a series of
research articles on the state of technology. Over the course of his career, Walsh and his teams have earned more than two dozen
journalism honors.
A native of Massachusetts, Walsh is earned his degree in political science from Suffolk University in Boston. He served in the U.S.
Army, 1986-1990, as a communications and security specialist. Prior to his magazine career, Walsh was a newspaper editor and
reporter, having held editorial positions at the Boston Globe, the MetroWest Daily News, the Brockton Enterprise and Community
Newspaper Company. In 1997, he led a team of journalists that covered the event and consequences of a teen mass-drug
overdose; their coverage earned several awards including the 1997 New England Newspaper Associations’ Newspaper of the
Year honor.
Walsh’s current projects include the creation of return on investment metrics for managed services, leveraging the power of virtual
worlds for business purposes and developing new techniques for improving communications between business partners.
What's the significance of 2112?
2112 is a homage to Lawrence Walsh's inspiration for becoming a writer/editor. Way back in early '80s when dinosaur-PCs roamed
desktops, Walsh was an avid fan of the Canadian rock trio "Rush." One of his favorites recordings was the 1976 concept album
"2112," which was based upon the 1936 book "Anthem" by Ayn Rand. It was this book about an individual breaking the conventional
bounds of a highly regulated and recessive society that inspired Walsh to write. Today, Anthem is the inspiration for breaking the
conventional rules of business and marketing to reach new levels of success. Think forward!
2112 is a homage to Lawrence Walsh's inspiration for becoming a writer/editor. Way back in early '80s when dinosaur-PCs roamed
desktops, Walsh was an avid fan of the Canadian rock trio "Rush." One of his favorites recordings was the 1976 concept album
"2112," which was based upon the 1936 book "Anthem" by Ayn Rand. It was this book about an individual breaking the conventional
bounds of a highly regulated and recessive society that inspired Walsh to write. Today, Anthem is the inspiration for breaking the
conventional rules of business and marketing to reach new levels of success. Think forward!
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