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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,...
Chief Information Officer and President
Austin CiO Partners![]()
Roland Icard is the Chief Information Officer and President at Austin CIO Partners, a strategy consulting firm. He specializes in technology planning, project portfolio management, IT governance, application portfolio optimization, enterprise architecture,...
Nicholas PournaderCOO / CFO
GRANT & EISENHOFER, P.A.![]()
Nick Pournader, Ph.D., is the Chief Operating Officer at Grant & Eisenhofer PA, a class-action securities litigation firm in the US representing institutional investors. He has over 16 years of experience in the IT services, software, and professional...
Stephen FugaleChief Information Officer
VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY IN THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA![]()
Stephen Fugale is the Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Villanova University. Mr. Fugale is experienced in the Information Technology sector. He specializes in the development and implementation of web based, custom and vendor based solutions....
Principal & Blue Ocean Strategy Practitioner
Mira Consulting![]()
Rathi Dasgupta, a Blue Ocean Strategist (INSEAD) is the Managing Partner of Mira Consulting, an outsourcing consulting firm. He is also an Executive Coach for IT services and BPO and Captive Offshore Chief Executive Officer’s. He consults with US and...
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Twitter's Problem With the Google Cloud
July 15, 2009
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.
A Killer App for Cloud Computing?
July 14, 2009
IBM's Data-Crunching Cloud Plan | www.forbes.com
Cloud computing is already successful in the consumer and SMB market, but still has not penetrated the enterprise market. One or more killer apps could change that. IBM’s move to tie business analytics to the cloud could have a major impact on the SME market.
June 15, 2009
Brocade Crushing Cisco In High-End Storage Switches | blogs.barrons.com
The repercussions from Cisco’s foray into the server market may be happening somewhat sooner and possibly on a larger scale than anticipated. It’s too soon to draw definite conclusions, but Brocade is taking market share from Cisco for some reason!
Is There Security in the Cloud?
June 8, 2009
It's 6 O'Clock -- Do You Know Where Your Cloud's Data Center Is? | www.informationweek.com
One of the biggest hindrances to rapid adoption of cloud computing, particularly for enterprises, is the level of security available. The question that inevitable arises is “Is my data safe?” The answer appears to be “Sortof!”.
Cloud Computing: Beyond the Hype
June 2, 2009
McKinsey Cloud Computing Report Conclusions Don't Add Up | www.cio.com
Cloud computing is here to stay, but isn’t likely to take over the IT world. Every new technology seems to go through a hype cycle where it will allegedly solve all the problems in the IT world. Then later it quietly settles into an appropriate niche. Cloud computing seems likely to follow this same pattern.