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Study Group: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Series Experts (North America)

Council Members in this Study Group: 55

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Leading Experts in this Study Group

Michael Horsch Fizz, Senior Advisor, FCI Inc.Michael Horsch Fizz

Senior Advisor
FCI Inc.
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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 vendors. Tech Sectors include unified computing,...

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Mark Teter, Chief Technology Officer , ADVANCED SYSTEMS GROUP Mark Teter

Chief Technology Officer
ADVANCED SYSTEMS GROUP
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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, F5, Cisco, Quantum, Brocade/Foundry and Checkpoint....

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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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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...

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Jay Cuthrell, Principal, Cuthrell Consulting, LLCJay Cuthrell

Principal
Cuthrell Consulting, LLC
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Jay Cuthrell is the Managing Principal of Cuthrell Consulting, a provider of strategic technology management services to RLECs, ISPs, emerging telecom companies, and startups. Previously, Mr. Cuthrell was the Chief Technology Officer of Digitel Corporation and NeoNova (an Azure Capital company). His...

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Hans van Rietschote, Technical Advisor, QLAYER BVBAHans van Rietschote

FormerTechnical Advisor
QLAYER BVBA
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Hans van Rietschote formerly was the Senior Director of the Technology Scouting Group at Symantec. Since the last 10 years, he had been working at Symantec (and VERITAS). In this role he scouted out thousands of technology companies that were or could have been of interest to Symantec/VERITAS. Hans...

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Ryan Bott, Director of Channel/OEM Development, Fusion-ioRyan Bott

Director of Channel/OEM Development
Fusion-io
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Ryan Bott is the Director of Global Channel/OEM Development at Fusion IO, a leader in solid state storage technology. Mr. Bott manages SSD demand for OEM Alliances like IBM, HP, and Dell. He is knowledgeable on MLC and SLC flash for WD, STEC, Micron, SanDisk, Seagate, IDTI, 3Par, Texas Memory, EMC,...

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

November 19, 2009

Ryan Bott, Director of Channel/OEM Development, Fusion-io

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?

Cisco's Starent shot is straight pool: Mobile core in the side pocket

October 20, 2009

Jay Cuthrell, Principal, Cuthrell Consulting, LLC

Cisco to Acquire Starent Networks for $2.9B | finance.yahoo.com

Let’s not mince words: Cisco sells routers. Cisco sells a great many IP things but you’ve probably heard: Cisco sells routers. While Cisco has a massive portfolio of solutions and an M&A trail that would make any MBA blush, the Starent deal is straight pool.

Danger Will Robinson! Microsoft's Three Screens Get Cloudy

October 11, 2009

Jay Cuthrell, Principal, Cuthrell Consulting, LLC

T-Mobile Sidekick Disaster: Danger’s Servers Crashed, And They Don’t Have A Backup | www.techcrunch.com

What happens when Microsoft's Steve Ballmer outlines a vision of "three screens and a cloud"? People get interested.  However, interest is quickly tempered in the wake of T-Mobile Sidekick data loss from the cloud -- a Microsoft cloud.  The implication is a reminder of the importance of getting things...

Microsoft launches competition for Google Apps.????

September 20, 2009

Cliff Bell, Chief Information Officer, INFOGAIN CORPORATION

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?

Clearwire is not your father's wireless play

September 19, 2009

Jay Cuthrell, Principal, Cuthrell Consulting, LLC

Clearwire introduces Wimax service in 10 new markets | www.telecompaper.com

Rewinding tech industry press coverage over the past few years shows that Clearwire has come a long long way. Even the most cynical pundits should finally admit that Clearwire is operating and innovating in ways we have never seen before.

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Members in this Study Group include these company types:

  • Database Server Software
  • Individual/Small Consultancy
  • Market Research Company*
  • Systems Integrator (SI)
  • Embedded Software
  • Management Consultancy
  • Value Added Reseller (VAR)
  • ERP Software
  • Managed Service Provider

Members in this Study Group often have these job titles:

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

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GLG Webcasts

Webcast: Enterprise Network Equipment: Consolidation and Recovery? (2:00 PM EST/19:00 GMT)

November 3, 2009

GLG Webcast: Introduction to Enterprise Hardware and M&A Potentials - April 16, 2009 at 2:00 PM ET

April 16, 2009