Forbes Column 08: Perilous Protectionism

Now that Obama wants to bail out General Motors, are we on our way to becoming an ICU of failing companies? This week, Zero-In discusses Perilous Protectionism and the danger of technology companies going on welfare en masse. Related Reading: * Obama and Outsourcing and its 49 comments * Obama’s Economic Policy Thoughts which include:

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Innovating Web 2.0 Storage: Fabrik CEO Mike Cordano (Part 2)

SM: What was it about a turnaround that attracted you? MC: The challenge of the situation. I had already experienced a high growth company at Conner. I wanted to see the renovation and the rebuilding.

Deal Radar 2008: Zyrion

Continuing the trend of technology democratization, Zyrion provides mid-market enterprises with business service management (BSM) and IT infrastructure monitoring software. Their flagship BSM product, Traverse, is based on technology that is being used by large enterprises worldwide.

Innovating Web 2.0 Storage: Fabrik CEO Mike Cordano (Part 1)

Mike Cordano is the CEO and co-founder of Fabrik. Prior to Fabrik he served as executive vice president of Worldwide Sales and Marketing for Maxtor Corporation, where he was responsible for the formation and management of the Branded Products business unit. He is a graduate of the University of Colorado. SM: Mike, take us back

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A Video Interview For Women Entrepreneurs

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Building An Indian Outsourcing Leader: MindTree CEO KK Natarajan (Part 7)

SM: What kind of revenue levels did the AIG deal let you obtain? KK: It was about $16 million in revenue. Unilever was another client who came into the picture around the same time as AIG. Today we have work all over the world just for Unilever.

Interesting Discussion At Forbes

I encourage you to read the discussion that has emanated around my most recent Zero-In column, President Obama: Listen To Entrepreneurs. Please, also participate. An alarming piece of news just broke: The National Federation of Independent Business said that its index of small-business optimism hit its third-lowest reading in 35 years in October, coming in

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Dave Hatch

Dave Hatch is Research Director of Aberdeen Group’s Business Intelligence Practice, where he benchmarks user organizations’ BI strategies, actions and planned technology investments. His research focuses on the collection (DQ, EDI), assembly (data modeling, data access, business rules and KPIs), and delivery (reporting, dashboards, scorecards, analytic tools, portals, On-Demand/SaaS, and software licensing) of information throughout

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