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About Us
Brandenburg InternetWorking assists clients in
developing network-based applications businesses, designing system
architectures for them, and pursuing industry standardization as
a strategic corporate effort. Brandenburg offers thirty-five years
of expertise, developing distributed information system products,
services and businesses.
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Internet
Brandenburg has unique experience creating Internet-related
ventures. If your company wants to build or use Internet
services, Brandenburg can provide the planning and design
skills. Brandenburg will share its understanding of
Internet culture and operation, and assist your group in defining
and designing a competitive advantage |
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Distributed Information Systems
Business, marketing and technical development all must navigate through real-world constraints. Brandenburg utilizes its extensive marketing and technical experience to discover and design creative solutions based on a solid assessment of customer needs. Particular attention is paid to problems of adoption, interoperability, operation, scaling and enhancement. |
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Developing the business, market and technical case |
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Analyzing strategic market factors |
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Designing system architectures or protocol specifications |
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Evaluating network and Internetwork services, topology and security |
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Coordinating planning efforts |
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Evaluating intellectual property |
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Suggesting enhancements to current project efforts |
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Directing interactions with outside groups such as standards bodies |
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Brandenburg principal, David H. Crocker, has contributed to the development of Internet technology and products for 30 years. He is trained in computer science, group communications and psychology. He has:
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Founded:
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Portola Communications, producing email
server software and sold to Netscape. |
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Boldfish, producing subscription bulk
mail software. |
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Tribalwise, investigating product support
tools for escalated problems, using knowledge
management technology for unstructured
documents. |
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Held area director positions with the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), variously responsible for network management, middleware and standards oversight. |
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Led design of TCP/IP capabilities for ATM-based interactive cable television service |
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Participated in program planning for twice-annual international conference (Networld+Interop). |
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Made seminal contributions to the development and operation of Internet technology and standards, including electronic mail (RFC822, MIME, SMTP, MMDF, CSNet), facsimile, electronic commerce (EDI), instant messaging, network management, middleware and internetwork-level services. |
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Developed and operated CSNet (precursor to NSFnet) and MCI Mail national email services, designed two others services, and was CEO of a community nonprofit ISP. |
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Managed and led market planning and technical development of TCP/IP and OSI stacks and SNMP network management products for several Silicon Valley companies. |
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Current efforts focus on advanced email applications, Internet infrastructure administration, and wireless access. Recent activities cover:
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Lead efforts in email authentications, for detecting transit fraud |
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Proposed multi-addressing enhancement to Internet protocol stack, to support mobility and multihoming. |
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Analyzed use of multi-enterprise messaging system architecture |
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Initiated and led first standards effort for facsimile over the Internet |
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Wrote email security services evaluation |
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Reviewed strategic plans for Asian state government Internet services |
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Developed plans for enhancements to Internet naming service |
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Co-founded industry trade associations, one for promoting and enhancing Internet mail (IMC) |
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Some clients wish to maintain a confidential relationship. Others have included:
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Brandenburg takes an entrepreneurial view of its arrangements with clients, seeking role and terms that are helpful to both parties. Although each client's needs are unique, the most common types of relationships are:
Strategic Partner
Brandenburg has had extensive participation in business and technical planning cycles, often leading portions of the teamwork, such as development of venture funding presentation and product architecture design. A particular focus is on a solid foundation of customer benefit and revenue potential. Compensation includes equity and a reduced fee. |
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Advisor
In a long-term role, Brandenburg participates in periodic discussion and review of plans and projects. Compensation is usually a combination of fee and equity. |
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Special Projects
These efforts entail a precise statement of work and clear set of deliverables, usually in the form of a report. Project duration is bounded and often is quite aggressive. Compensation is typically fixed fee, but may be time-and-materials. |
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Brandenburg service may be provided by telephone, facsimile, postal or electronic mail, or on-site visits
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