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Ralph Behar

Senior Director IT, OSI SYSTEMS, INC.

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Ralph Behar is the Sr. Director IT of OSI Systems, Inc, a vertically integrated, worldwide provider of security and inspection systems, medical monitoring and anesthesia systems, and optoelectronic devices and value-added subsystems. He is an acknowledged authority on mini-computers, security, data storage, network products, services, along with ERP, CRM along with all other business applications. He had held senior IT positions at OSI, Johanson Dielectrics, SCI, and Maxam, Inc. (This is me - Update Profile)


Employment History

2008 - present
Senior Director IT, OSI SYSTEMS, INC.
1994 - 2008
Chief Information Officer, Johanson Dielectrics, Inc

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Windows on-going battle with intellectual property rights

November 8, 2007

Ralph Behar, Senior Director IT, OSI SYSTEMS, INC.

Microsoft Makes Anti-Piracy Move | www.forbes.com

Microsoft has signed an agreement with Founder Technology Group to have its software pre-installed on PC's distributed for use in China. This move is hoped to combat widespread Chinese product piracy.

Linux is in a world of its own

October 30, 2007

Ralph Behar, Senior Director IT, OSI SYSTEMS, INC.

Is Linux really losing market share to Windows? | www.linux-watch.com

The actual number of Linux servers is increasing. What is decreasing is the rate of increase.  The survey done is measuring new hardware sales, thus this measurement might be misguided.

Concrete Figures vs Guessing

October 18, 2007

Ralph Behar, Senior Director IT, OSI SYSTEMS, INC.

Answer to Vexing Question: Who's Not Watching Ads? | online.wsj.com

As much as 20% of the audience for television's most popular shows are skipping the commercial content.  This high number is of great concern to the marketing group.  This group is questioning the effectiveness of TV advertising.    With the advent of digital video recorders,...

A Business Apology

September 26, 2007

Ralph Behar, Senior Director IT, OSI SYSTEMS, INC.

Steve Jobs Offers Rare Apology, Credit for iPhone | online.wsj.com

Mr. Steve Jobs apologized publicly and said Apple will offer a $100 credit at Apple stores to all iPhone users who paid the original price. This was occurred because Apple announced that is was cutting $200 off the price of its $599 iPhone. Mr. Jobs insisted the price cut was necessary to broaden...

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