Michael Horsch Fizz
Senior Advisor, FCI Inc.
Member of the Technology Council
Council Member Biography
Michael Horsch Fizz is a Senior Advisor at FCI, a company providing system integration and strategy consulting services. Mr. Fizz specializes in monitoring and predicting industry trends coupled with quantitative and qualitative reviews of technology vendors. Tech Sectors include unified computing, infrastructure virtualization, security software and appliances, WAN optimization, de-duplication, VoIP and unified communications, and other related technologies. Vendors include Cisco, Juniper, Avaya, Brocade, Nortel, 3Com, 3Par, Citrix, F5, EMC, Hitachi, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Network Appliance, Radware, Riverbed, Oracle, Symantec, Websense, Blue Coat Systems, Trend Micro, Checkpoint, SonicWALL, QLogic, BMC, CA, Emulex, McAfee, Silver Peak, Solarwinds and Sourcefire. Previously, he was the Director of Consulting and Professional Services at CRI. He is able to provide cumulative quarter by quarter Enterprise IT spending trends and outlooks specific to his clients. (This is me - Update Profile)
Employment History
- 2003 - present
- Senior Advisor, FCI Inc.
- 1996 - 2003
- Director of Consulting and Professional Services, CONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC.
GLG NewsSM Analyses by Michael Horsch Fizz(?)
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Cisco's advantages and challenges. Comparisons to Juniper, ProCurve, Brocade.
August 5, 2009
Michael Horsch Fizz, Senior Advisor, FCI Inc.
Cisco’s Sales Will Drop as Much as 17%, Chambers Says | www.bloomberg.com
Cisco's strengths and challenges for their first fiscal quarter and beyond can be further defined when we compare them to their competition. Juniper, HP ProCurve, Avaya, Brocade (Foundry), Nortel, 3COM are vendors that can help us define and understand Cisco. Cisco's success may very well be due to...
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February 27, 2009
Michael Horsch Fizz, Senior Advisor, FCI Inc.
Alteon deal worth just $17.65M, Nortel says | www.ottawacitizen.com
-May be enough to finally give Radware a push into profitability; -Nortel (Alteon) clients win; -Radware may increase their market reach. -Competition is already going after existing Nortel clients.
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There are lucrative sweet spots.
April 11, 2008
Michael Horsch Fizz, Senior Advisor, FCI Inc.
Cisco Signals Trouble Ahead | money.cnn.com
1) Due diligence is expected and the news of tightening belts was predicted. 2) In the last quarter we have found all verticals are experiencing some level of conservative spending. 3) However, we have also seen increased spending with some vendors and/or specific vendor products and solutions. ...
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November 20, 2006
Michael Horsch Fizz, Senior Advisor, FCI Inc.
Sun Bulks Up HPC Offerings | www.eweek.com
1) Sun is better positioned today than in the last three years.2) No longer stepping on their own shoelaces.3) In IBM's shadow.
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GLG Study Groups with Michael Horsch Fizz(?)
| Study Group Name | No. Members |
|---|---|
| VOIP Experts (North America) | 259 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Series Experts | 59 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Series Experts (North America) | 55 |
| Security Software Sellers (North America) | 202 |
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Recent Seminars
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May 20, 2008 | Boston
GLG Seminar: Networking Application Acceleration, Optimization and Management -
March 12, 2008 | New York
GLGi: Trends in Network Application Acceleration, Optimization and Management