Episode 521 • • 1:21:26 - 1:28:00
521: Techno Boondoggle
Adobe Government, Omniture Tracking and Utah Data Centers
Adobe's acquisition of Omniture for $3 billion is framed as a move into the government intelligence sector. An Adobe white paper titled "Adobe Insight" describes accelerating government intelligence by combining cell phone, GPS, and email records into actionable knowledge. Adobe's data center in Utah's "Silicon Slope" is noted for its proximity to the new NSA data center.