Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: Interview with Rick Tinsley, Former CEO of Silver Peak (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: That brings me to an observation that there has been a dramatic drop in networking-related venture or even angel deals. Can you comment on that? Rick Tinsley: For many years most networking customers were just happy buying things from Cisco – you don’t get fired for buying things from Cisco. We have seen

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Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: Interview with Rick Tinsley, Former CEO of Silver Peak (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: Given that that is what you do, what trends do you see in the market right now? What are trends you are anticipating? Rick Tinsley: The number one trend is affecting our business and all networking businesses right now. It is the move towards virtualizations.

Roundtable Recap: July 11 – A Romp Through Some Global Entrepreneurship Hubs

Today’s roundtable gave us a taste of entrepreneurial activity in Chile, Canada and India. GapJumpers First up was Kedar Iyer and Petar Vujosevic from Santiago, Chile, pitching GapJumpers, a neat idea to get hiring managers to ask questions from potential talent, thus developing both a dialog and understanding of their expertise. Of course, the mechanics

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181st Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting NOW, Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 181st FREE online 1M/1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, July 11, at 8:00 a.m. PDT/11:00 a.m. EDT/8:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join.

Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: Interview with Rick Tinsley, Former CEO of Silver Peak (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: So what you do is load balancing on intranet traffic? Rick Tinsley: It is not load balancing. It is called WAN optimization or WAN acceleration – networks that extend over great distances. Our products are network elements, although recently they have been purely software-based products. But we employ a variety of techniques that

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181st Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting In 30 Minutes: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 181st FREE online 1M/1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting in 30 minutes, on Thursday, July 11, at 8:00 a.m. PDT/11:00 a.m. EDT/8:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join. All are welcome!

Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: Interview with Rick Tinsley, Former CEO of Silver Peak (Part 1)

Rick Tinsley is the former chief executive officer of Silver Peak, a company that focuses on wide area network (WAN) optimization through the virtualization of networks. In this interview Rick talks about Silver Peak’s focus on accelerating data flow of enterprises over large distances. He also gives us insights into the future of the industry

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Thursday, July 11 – 181st 1M/1M Mentoring Roundtable For Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 181st FREE online 1M/1M roundtable mentoring session on Thursday, July 11, 2013, at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/8:30 p.m. India IST. If you are a serious entrepreneur, register to “pitch” and sell your business idea to Sramana Mitra. You’ll gain straightforward feedback, advice on next steps, and she’ll answer any

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