Study Group: Network Management Software Evaluators and Purchasers

Council Members in this Study Group: 155

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Leading Experts in this Study Group

Michael Horsch Fizz

Senior Advisor
FCI Inc.

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...

Howard Bruck

Chief Information Officer
HUDSON VALLEY BANK

Howard Bruck is Chief Information Officer at Hudson Valley Bank, a commercial bank. He has over 25 years of experience in the information technology sector. He specializes in financial services technology, outsourcing, hosting, databases, ERP, CRM, BI...

Mark Teter

Chief Technology Officer
ADVANCED SYSTEMS GROUP

Mark Teter is the Chief Technology Officer at Advanced Systems Group, a value added reseller and systems integrator. He is responsible for managing major accounts with Sun Microsystems, IBM, NetApp, Hitachi Data Systems, EMC, Symantec, Qlogic, Emulex,...

Steve Fortuna

President
Fortuna Consultants

Steve Fortuna is the President of Fortuna Consultants, providing consulting engineering and feasibility studies to the telecommunications industry. Previously, he was a Network Architect with Charter Communications since October 2007. He has more than...

Paul Massie

Director of Operations
StrataScale, Inc.

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,...

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Salesforce's Benioff Delivers at Dreamforce. Revenue Builders or Social Fodder?

November 19, 2009

Analysis by:Ryan Bott, Director of Channel/OEM Development,

Analysis of:Salesforce.com Announces new Social Applications | www.thestandard.com

Salesforce.com announced major initiatives with Computer Associates,Facebook and Twitter all around their new Chatter feature which Mark Benioff calls the greatest changes since Dreamforce.com began 8 yrs ago. But are these additions social fodder or new streams of revenue for the CRM giant?

Bank Tech Companies - who will be left standing?

September 29, 2009

Analysis by:Howard Bruck, Chief Information Officer,

Analysis of:Mergers: Conflicts Becoming A Core Reality | www.banktechnews.com

7,000 US banks and credit unions represents a lot of customers for the banking technology companies. While banks may be hurting, their technology needs only increases. With so many recent mergers are there too few providers left? Who has the advantage banks or the providers?

Dell/Perot, HP/EDS what's the difference?

September 21, 2009

Analysis by:Howard Bruck, Chief Information Officer,

Analysis of:Dell to buy Perot Systems for $3.9 billion | money.cnn.com

Dell, buying into the notion that hardware is now a commodity and they have already optimized that business, believes they need to diversify. So they buy a large business/technology consulting firm. Do they now bring any more value to the Perot business?

Microsoft launches competition for Google Apps.????

September 20, 2009

Analysis by:Cliff Bell, Chief Information Officer,

Analysis of:Will You Use Microsoft's Office Web Apps? | www.microsoft-watch.com

1. Will Microsoft's launch of a web-based office suite undermine their current office products?2. Does Microsoft know how to deliver web applications?3. Can Google reach the enterprise?

Interesting niche software solutions find ways to sell even in this environment

September 16, 2009

Analysis by:Howard Bruck, Chief Information Officer,

Analysis of:SuccessFactors: Small cap, big plans | money.cnn.com

While core infrastructure, telecom, and enterprise system maintenance revenues have been relatively stable even in this market, discretionary tech spending is challenged.However, tech buying is strong with a few interesting technology solutions that can provide tangible short term benefits.

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Members in this Study Group include these company types:

Individual/Small Consultancy
Systems Integrator (SI)
Value Added Reseller (VAR)
Management Consultancy
IT Outsourcing Company
National Banks
Insurance Company

Members in this Study Group often have these job titles:

Chief Information Officer
IT Director
President
Chief Technology Officer
Principal
Director
IT Manager
Chief Executive Officer
Consultant

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