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Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: Chris Sullens, CEO of Marathon Data Systems (Part 2)
Chris Sullens: From a solution standpoint, we have a proprietary route optimization algorithm that we have developed. It does two main things. One, from a longer range planning perspective, it can put the schedules in any given constraint. For example, a certain technician needs to do a specific job because of whatever constraints. We feed
Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: Chris Sullens, CEO of Marathon Data Systems (Part 1)
There are sectors of industry that have made their entry into the world of technology very recently. Often, these sectors leapfrogged all the prior architectures and have come straight onto the cloud. Partly, this is because of the cost structure of prior architectures that they could not afford. The cloud is bringing many such industries
Thought Leaders in Mobile and Social: Steve Wadsworth, CEO of Tapjoy (Part 7)
Sramana Mitra: I don’t agree with that at all. We cover e-commerce extensively. I think there’s going to be tons of new brands being built. It’s like how retail and specialty retail have evolved for decades and decades. There are always new brands and user experiences. I think e-commerce will continue to build interesting businesses
Thought Leaders in Mobile and Social: Steve Wadsworth, CEO of Tapjoy (Part 6)
Steve Wadsworth: There are two reasons why some of the other apps may not get the same level of traction. One is user interest. Games are universal. You get much more user engagement there. Secondly, I think a number of app publishers are leaving money on the table because of the model they’ve chosen. Let
Thought Leaders in Mobile and Social: Steve Wadsworth, CEO of Tapjoy (Part 5)
Steve Wadsworth: What our analytics is able to do is watch the user behavior in the app, and based on that behavior assess very quickly which bucket a user falls into. We then use predictive analytics to classify users. We also have engagement tools in that same solution that will provide the publisher the opportunity to further
Thought Leaders in Mobile and Social: Steve Wadsworth, CEO of Tapjoy (Part 4)
Sramana Mitra: In your user base, how does that behavior split in those three categories? People who are legitimate free riders, people who are willing to look at advertisements, and people who are actually buying stuff. Steve Wadsworth: It depends on many things. It depends on the publisher and how they implement the advertising proposition.
Thought Leaders in Big Data: Nenshad Bardoliwalla, VP of Products, Paxata (Part 2)
Nenshad Bardoliwalla: Then I went to work for SAP where I met Prakash. I was running the enterprise performance management product line – planning, budgeting, forecasting, legal consolidation, and activity-based costing. I was deeply involved in acquiring companies like Pilot Software, OutlookSoft, and then Business Objects. After an extensive process of trying to rationalize the Business Objects
Thought Leaders in Big Data: Nenshad Bardoliwalla, VP of Products, Paxata (Part 1)
Big Data is all very well, but typically, the databases are full of dirty data. Before you can analyze accurately, you have to cleanse the data. Paxata has great insights to offer into the process. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start by introducing our audience to Paxata as well as to yourself. Nenshad Bardoliwalla: Paxata is an
