By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: Do you require that the entrepreneurs you invest in have previous business experience? Amit: In terms of running a venture of their own, no. In terms of having some experience of at least being in that sector, understanding the nitty-gritty details of what they are getting
In this interview with Dennis Hodges, CIO for Inteva Products, Sramana uncovers several cloud computing trends. One of them is the case of early adopters pushing on to cloud vendors for addressing the issue of integration between on-premise and cloud services. Once there is significant adoption, this may not be a scalable proposition and eventually we expect several new players and innovation by third parties and entrepreneurs to help the cloud providers and cloud adopters work out integration issues.
By Sramana Mitra and guest author Saurabh Mallik SM: So, if you summarize that thought, can the advantages of integration surpass the cost of risk in cloud computing? MW: I remember the day when integration costs plus the software costs for big ERP were 5:1; it’s now much less than that. I can then speculate that
SM: Troy, let’s begin by looking into your past. Where does your story begin? TM: I am from the Bay Area. I was raised by a disabled single mother, and I was the oldest in the family. I had a younger sister and learned responsibility very early.
This week’s Tech Stocks covers important developments at Time Warner, Disney, and Netflix, all of which have moved quickly to make their movies, articles, and other news and entertainment materials available on the iPad. Read more by clicking on the full article.
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: How many deals do you get each month, approximately? Amit: On average, I would say we get maybe sixty to seventy-five, but it can be up to one hundred. Irina: How many of those deals deserve a closer look? Amit: Once the one hundred companies apply
By Sramana Mitra and guest author Saurabh Mallik SM: One of the areas we are probing is sales 2.0, which is the combination of marketing and sales using technology in a big way. There are a variety of cloud vendors that are catering to this movement. I did an interview of the executive VP of sales
Almost 81 percent of legal respondents in a survey indicated that they are planning to adopt cloud computing in some form. In this part of the interview Michael brings up some game changing opportunities in legal sector where entrepreneurs can provide solutions and address legal firm requirements from cloud computing based solutions. The legal firms are waiting for solutions that address end to end record and legal information management, tighter controls, better ability to manage stuff and more insights from the vendors.