Thought Leaders in E-Commerce: Devin Johnson, CEO of FirstMile (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: Let’s double-click down on those two points and explore them further. Obviously, there are smaller merchants who are selling on Amazon. Some of them are using Amazon’s own logistics capabilities. To your point that they’re working with Amazon, yes they’re working with Amazon. What is it that you are bringing to the party

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By Guest Author Frank H. Levinson In the first segment of this series, we saw what a singularity was and were looking at the evidence for the possibility of a technology singularity. So, let’s now fill in the revolutionary landscape (remember that the agricultural revolution which started about 10,000 BCE was the first one!). The next

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Thought Leaders in Cyber Security: Fred Wilmot, CTO of PacketSled (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: Who are the top managed services providers who are using your technology? Are there some large ones? What is their target audience? I’m trying to understand where in the landscape you are playing. Fred Wilmot: I think anytime you talk about MSSP’s, you don’t crack the Fortune 500 per se. The mid-market and

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Thought Leaders in E-Commerce: Devin Johnson, CEO of FirstMile (Part 1)

Logistics is becoming a key battleground for e-commerce companies, especially with Amazon setting a sky-high bar. Devin discusses the trends and where his company adds value. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start by introducing our audience to FirstMile and yourself. Devin Johnson: I’m the Founder and CEO of FirstMile. We’re based out of Salt Lake City, Utah.

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Thought Leaders in Cyber Security: Fred Wilmot, CTO of PacketSled (Part 1)

Fred discusses the network security risks continuing to escalate with an increasingly connected universe of things. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start by introducing our audience to yourself as well as to PacketSled. Fred Wilmot: I’m the interim CEO and the CTO of PacketSled. We are a security platform company founded by security practitioners to help dramatically

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