Study Group: Systems Integrators: GLG Educators, Scholars and Leaders

Council Members in this Study Group: 338

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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...

Doug McVitie

Founder & Chief Consultant
Arran Aerospace

Doug McVitie is the Founder and Chief Consultant at Arran Aerospace, a firm providing consulting services in the aerospace and defense industry. Prior, Mr. McVitie was Director of Sales Intelligence at Airbus in Toulouse, France. He has spent 30 years...

Ralph Behar

Senior Director IT
OSI SYSTEMS, INC.

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...

Edwin Lewis

Senior IT Security Consultant
Planet Biopharmaceuticals Inc.

Ed Lewis is a Senior IT Security Analyst at Planet Technologies, a company providing systems integration services. He is responsible for supporting the ACIO of CyberSecurity for the US Department of Energy. He is experienced in managing government outsourcing...

Peter Valters

General Manager, Professional Services
Empowered Networks

Peter Valters is the General Manager, Professional Services at Empowered Networks Inc, a systems integrator. Empowered Networks collaborates with: BEA, BMC, Business Objects, Citrix, Cognos, McAfee, Oracle, SAP, Symantec, Sun, Anue, Alterpoint, bladelogic,...

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Well, the WTO Ruled in Favor of Boeing, But Bloomberg's Take Was Surprising

September 12, 2009

Analysis by:Doug McVitie, Founder & Chief Consultant,

Analysis of:Boeing, U.S. Seen Winning WTO Case on European Aid to Airbus | www.bloomberg.com

So this story is already a week old, but crucially only three weeks into the one-month appeal time. EADS has already made the tactical error of calling this (interim) result "Only Part One", when it simply can't be -- the two cases are separate and so can't be interdependent..So what does EADS do? Appeal and underline its "Part Two" gambit or just totally ignore the reality of the huge anti-European findings and instead focus on the baloney of trying to "talk it out"? Talk, remember, is cheap.

A Frenchman's Word is His Bind

September 5, 2009

Analysis by:Doug McVitie, Founder & Chief Consultant,

Analysis of:US lawmaker says WTO ruling faults Airbus subsidies | us.mg2.mail.yahoo.com

1) EADS chief confident ahead of WTO ruling

"Sauve Qui Peut!" Udvar-Hazy's on a Mission

September 4, 2009

Analysis by:Doug McVitie, Founder & Chief Consultant,

Analysis of:Airbus May Produce Two Versions of Future A320, Tribune Says | www.bloomberg.com

There have been thousands more stupid stories written about Airbus than there were episodes of "Here''s Lucy!" (144), but at least the latter were funny. However, this outwardly dumb idea has some merit despite its "Loony Tunes" provenance (Udvar-Hazy). Interesting too that Bloomberg's aerospace reporting is sharpening up after their Paris Air Show fiascoes.

Spirit's Turner Opens the Door for Slight 737 Reduction in 2010

September 3, 2009

Analysis by:Doug McVitie, Founder & Chief Consultant,

Analysis of:Spirit Chief Executive: Production Cuts Could Be On The Way | www.kake.com

Does this apple taste better than that orange? If we temporarily lower production rates by a couple of aircraft a month on our narrowbodies (not the 30% the original Mini-Me Udvar-Hazy advocated), will it matter? Will the apple taster better than the orange?

Honey, Those Bad Airline Guys Shrunk the A380 Orderbook, Again

September 3, 2009

Analysis by:Doug McVitie, Founder & Chief Consultant,

Analysis of:Singapore Airlines delays A380 deliveries | www.google.com

What do Air France-KLM, British Airways, China Southern, Kingfisher, Lufthansa, Qantas, Singapore Airways, Thai Airways and Virgin Atlantic Airways all have in common? Simple. All nine airlines -- 66% of the entire airline customer backlog -- has ripped up their A380 delivery contracts and told Airbus to go think again. And people thought the Eiffel Tower was a bad joke?

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