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Paul Massie

Director of Operations, StrataScale, Inc.

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Paul Massie is the Director of Operations at StrataScale, a cloud or managed hosting provider. He is responsible for the customer facing IT infrastructure and applications, as well as customer support. Previously, he was the CIO of Genesis Microchip, responsible for all IT functions including infrastructure and applications. Before, Mr. Massie was the Director of IT at Openwave Systems. Prior to Openwave, he was the Vice President of Operations at Asera and CIO at Cylink. Mr. Massie has in-depth knowledge of all major IT technologies including Windows, Solaris, Linux, VoIP, Video conferencing, HR systems, Sales forecasting/CRM, ERP systems (Oracle, SAP, Microsoft Dynamics), disaster recovery, enterprise management tools, load balancers, WAN accelerators, automated security management, technical training tools and companies, Web conferencing, laptop/desktop computing, and servers. He is also experienced in SOX compliance, re-engineering business processes, and the SaaS market. (This is me - Update Profile)


Employment History

2009 - 2009
Consultant, Global Engineering and Sales, LLC
2009 - present
Director of Operations, StrataScale, Inc.
2005 - 2008
Senior Director of IT and Facilities, GENESIS MICROCHIP INC.
2003 - 2005
Director, IT Infrastructure, OPENWAVE SYSTEMS INC.
2000 - 2002
Vice President: Operations, Asera, Inc.
1997 - 2000
VP, CIO, Cylink, Inc.
1995 - 1997
Director, IT, Bay Networks
1992 - 1995
Senior Manager, SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC.
1986 - 1992
Director, Sterling Federal Systems

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Twitter's Problem With the Google Cloud

July 15, 2009

Paul Massie, Director of Operations, StrataScale, Inc.

Lessons from Twitter's security breach | news.cnet.com

Regardless of how careful a cloud provider is with security, all it takes is one or two persons with weak passwords to lead critical information.  Although blameless, cloud computing in general and Google in particular are likely to suffer from this incident.

A Killer App for Cloud Computing?

July 14, 2009

Paul Massie, Director of Operations, StrataScale, Inc.

IBM's Data-Crunching Cloud Plan | www.forbes.com

Cloud computing is already successful in the consumer and SMB market, but still has not penetrated the enterprise market.  One or more killer apps could change that.  IBM’s move to tie business analytics to the cloud could have a major impact on the SME market.

Cisco Gives Money to Brocade!

June 15, 2009

Paul Massie, Director of Operations, StrataScale, Inc.

Brocade Crushing Cisco In High-End Storage Switches | blogs.barrons.com

The repercussions from Cisco’s foray into the server market may be happening somewhat sooner and possibly on a larger scale than anticipated.  It’s too soon to draw definite conclusions, but Brocade is taking market share from Cisco for some reason!

Is There Security in the Cloud?

June 8, 2009

Paul Massie, Director of Operations, StrataScale, Inc.

It's 6 O'Clock -- Do You Know Where Your Cloud's Data Center Is? | www.informationweek.com

One of the biggest hindrances to rapid adoption of cloud computing, particularly for enterprises, is the level of security available.  The question that inevitable arises is “Is my data safe?”  The answer appears to be “Sortof!”.

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