Council Member Biography
Michael Horsch Fizz is the Principal 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, HP, 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 as well as many others. Previously, he was the Director of Consulting and Professional Services at CRI. Mr. Fizz 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 - Unspecified
- 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
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 the weakness of their competition versus the strengths of Cisco. In addition, with $30 plus billion of cash they are better positioned than most.
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February 27, 2009
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
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. There are profits to be made during these next few quarters.
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November 20, 2006
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.
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A lot of players on the river.
November 20, 2006
Riverbed goes with the flow | www.techworld.com
1) The waters are heating up with old and new competitors.
2) Will continue to grow in the next three quarters - and then....
GLG Study Groups with Michael Horsch Fizz(?)
| Study Group Name | No. Members |
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| TMT Council Members in Member Programs | 16805 |
| Technology Council Members in Member Programs | 8831 |
| Semiconductor & Component Experts | 680 |
| Hardware Sellers | 585 |
| Semiconductor Experts | 579 |
GLG Live Meetings with Michael Horsch Fizz(?)
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