Steve Shine is the chief executive officer of Actian, which provides a reliable platform for customers to meet their real-time big data analytics needs. Steve studied at the University of Manchester and has more than 17 years of experience in the software industry. In this interview he talks about Actian and its unique value proposition,
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Sramana Mitra: I think it is more in the IT services world, where you develop software. Or in call centers, I also see that trend. David Schnitt: For call centers I can see that. I am sitting in our office in Manila right now, and we have great people who have very neutral accents; they
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Sramana: What is the split between those who pay to play and those who you monetize through advertising? Keela Robison: We don’t make those particular numbers public. I will say that it is very similar to a mobile environment where the 90/10 rule is generally accepted. In that case, 90% of the users are not