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Study Group: Network Infrastructure and Services Outsourcing Experts

Council Members in this Study Group: 105

This study group may include experts knowledgeable on topics such as IT Services, consumer electronics, wireless devices, software, hardware, information technology, semiconductors, media, cable, satellite, internet, broadband, global positioning systems, advertising, online media, telecommunications, networking, wireless, and data storage, among others.

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Stephen Sutkowski

President
Telecom Strategic Visions
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Stephen Sutkowski is the President of Telecom Strategic Visions, a consultant firm. He has working knowledge of business processes (service activation, provisioning, service assurance, and customer care), network functional and performance requirements, evaluation and analysis of suppliers for routing,...

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John Pironti, Chief Information Risk Strategist, Archer Technologies, L.L.C.John Pironti

Chief Information Risk Strategist
Archer Technologies, L.L.C.
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John Pironti is Chief Information Risk Strategist at Archer Technologies, a Governance, Risk, and Compliance solution provider. Previously, he was the President of IP Architects, a management consultancy. He is formerly the Chief Information Risk Strategist for CompuCom (Dec 08). He has designedand...

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Izak Mutlu

Vice President- Information and Product Security
SALESFORCE.COM, INC.
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Izak Mutlu, CISM, is the Vice President of Information and Product Security at Salesforce.com, a company specializing in customer relationship management software. He is responsible for managing IT security, architecture, design, implementation, and operations. Previously, he was the Chief Information...

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...

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Everett Thompson, President, Wired Real Estate GroupEverett Thompson

President
Wired Real Estate Group
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Everett Thompson is President, Wired Real Estate Group (www.wiredre.com), a data center advisory firm based in San Francisco. The Wired Real Estate Group advises investors and enterprises on data center leasing and sales, including trends, technologies, value chain, history, competition, buying process,...

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Thomas Flynn

Executive Director
FOUR POINTS TECHNOLOGY, L.L.C.
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Thomas Flynn is the Executive Director of Four Points Technology, providing IT products and Services to the Federal government. Previously, he was the Executive Director - Partners & Programs at Apptis...

Donald Lemma, Ph.D., Vice President and Chief Information Officer, APPLIED BIOSYSTEMS OVERSEAS CORPORATIONDonald Lemma, Ph.D.

FormerVice President and Chief Information Officer
APPLIED BIOSYSTEMS OVERSEAS CORPORATION
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Donald Lemma was VP and CIO of Applied Biosystems (ending in April 2009 with the merger with Invitrogen formation of "Life Technologies", NASDAQ: LIFE), the world's leading manufacturer of laboratory instrumentation equipment used for genetic analysis, drug discovery, human identity testing, and biosecurity....

William "Bill" LaPerch, President & CEO, ABOVENET, INC.William "Bill" LaPerch

President & CEO
ABOVENET, INC.
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Bill LaPerch is the President and Chief Executive Officer of AboveNet, Inc., a provider of fiber optical connectivity solutions for business and carriers. He has successfully guided AboveNet through Chapter 11 Bankruptcy and has extensive experience with SOX compliance issues. He has initiated a major...

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iDont campaign...posturing or covering technical issues?

October 26, 2009

GLG Expert Contributor

Have Apple-Verizon Talks Broken Down? | www.businessweek.com

The recent aggressive posture of Verizon Wireless in pointing out the limitations of the iPhone could simply be typical competitive marketing as they push their handsets in advance of Storm2 and possibly Droid or they could be a subtle acceptance that it is hard to convince Apple to deliver their system...

Bing Challenges Google Again? Don't Hold Your Breath.

October 7, 2009

Sharon Flank, Principal, DataStrategy LLC

Google refines search results to counter Microsoft | www.businessweek.com

Microsoft continues to roll out features for its Bing search engine, and Google seems to be able to leapfrog them without a second thought. 

Misleading Equinix (Data Center) Statistics

July 28, 2009

Everett Thompson, President, Wired Real Estate Group

Upward Trend in Colo Revenue: Equinix Making $200 More Per Cabinet | www.datacenterknowledge.com

Revenue growth at Equinix and in the data center business is strong, but are you sure it's not just increasing power and cooling consumption? How do you know?

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.

Is Google Wave Good News or Bad News for Carriers?

July 15, 2009

Jon Arnold, Principal, J Arnold & Associates

Is Google Wave Good News or Bad News for Carriers? | www.ipcom-insights.com

Google Wave represents a real threat to both service providers and the established order of vendors providing various forms of communications and collaboration solutions to enterprises. Wave provides a 2.0 solution to 2.0 communications challenges and for many, will be a better way of doing things....

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Members in this Study Group include these company types:

  • Individual/Small Consultancy
  • Systems Integrator (SI)
  • Management Consultancy
  • Managed Service Provider
  • Networking Equipment Manufacturer
  • Strategic Management
  • IT Outsourcing Company

Members in this Study Group often have these job titles:

  • Consultant
  • Director
  • Principal
  • Chief Executive Officer
  • President
  • Chief Technology Officer

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