Study Group: Video Conferencing Service Experts (North America)
Council Members in this Study Group: 127
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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Leading Experts in this Study Group
Michael Horsch FizzSenior 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 BruckChief Information Officer
HUDSON VALLEY BANKHoward 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...
- Izak Mutlu
Vice President- Information and Product Security
SALESFORCE.COM, INC.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....
- 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,...
- Gurtej Sodhi
CIO & Sr. VP - IT
CRYE-LEIKE AFFILIATESGurtej Sodhi is the Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President at The Crye Leike Group of Companies (a $5B enterprise). He has over 14 years of increasingly responsible positions in design, development, and management of IT operations. His industry...
GLG NewsSM Analyses by this Study Group's Leading Experts(?)
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Bank Tech Companies - who will be left standing?
September 29, 2009
Analysis by: Howard Bruck, Chief Information Officer,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?
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Dell/Perot, HP/EDS what's the difference?
September 21, 2009
Analysis by: Howard Bruck, Chief Information Officer,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?
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Microsoft launches competition for Google Apps.????
September 20, 2009
Analysis by: Cliff Bell, Chief Information Officer,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?
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Interesting niche software solutions find ways to sell even in this environment
September 16, 2009
Analysis by: Howard Bruck, Chief Information Officer,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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Cisco's advantages and challenges. Comparisons to Juniper, ProCurve, Brocade.
August 5, 2009
Analysis by: Michael Horsch Fizz, Senior Advisor,Cisco’s Sales Will Drop as Much as 17%, Chambers Says | www.bloomberg.com
Cisco's strengths and challenges for their first fiscal quarter and beyond can be further defined when we compare them to their competition. Juniper, HP ProCurve, Avaya, Brocade (Foundry), Nortel, 3COM are vendors that can help us define and understand Cisco. Cisco's success may very well be due to the weakness of their competition versus the strengths of Cisco. In addition, with $30 plus billion of cash they are better positioned than most.
Members in this Study Group include these company types:
- Individual/Small Consultancy
- Value Added Reseller (VAR)
- Networking Equipment Manufacturer
- Management Consultancy
- IT Outsourcing Company
- Market Research Company*
- Managed Service Provider
Members in this Study Group often have these job titles:
- Chief Information Officer
- Consultant
- Principal
- Director
- Chief Executive Officer
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