Seed Capital From The Government: SBA’s Sean Greene (Part 3)

By Sramana Mitra and guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Sramana: I think the DOE [angle] is very straightforward because the energy agenda is very present. Clean tech is an active field of entrepreneurship right now, so we understand the DOE very well, and we understand the synergy between the clean tech community and

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Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Donald Ferguson, CTO of CA Technologies (Part 3)

By Sramana Mitra and guest authors Shaloo Shalini and Bhavana Sharma SM: In the discussions we just had, it sounds like there are external vendors involved in your deployment of cloud-based solutions. What is the process, or what are you looking for in terms of key requirements for adoption and deployment of cloud computing solutions within

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Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Dr. Marcos Athanasoulis, Harvard Medical School (Part 7)

Would it be fair to conclude that it means the work applications that are being run on the cloud at Harvard Medical School (HMS) on the data sitting on the cloud storage are actually being accessed over the browser then?

Outsourcing: Jean Cholka, President and CEO Of Freeborders (Part 7)

By guest author Tony Scott China versus India in the Outsourcing World Tony: You have worked with Indian outsourcers and now in China. Are there any differences in what people are doing in China? Jean: There are some differences in the markets. Indian companies grew around Y2K, mostly, and the model was different. There was

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Seed Capital From The Government: SBA’s Sean Greene (Part 2)

By Sramana Mitra and guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Sean: Last year, Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) put $2.5 billion dollars in the hands of small-business [owners] who [have] innovative technology companies. And just as a point of reference, last year the entire venture industry put in only $1.7 billion, in terms of

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Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Donald Ferguson, CTO of CA Technologies (Part 2)

Sramana and Don discuss Labs on Demand and other instances where CA has adopted cloud computing for its core business processes such as HR, sales, and product beta.

Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Dr. Marcos Athanasoulis, Harvard Medical School (Part 6)

If I were to ask you a question, given what you know of your situation at Harvard Medical School (HMS) and industry in general, what are some of the opportunities that you would point entrepreneurs towards in the context of research done at HMS? We have had a bit of that discussion already but I would like to know more. What kind of off-the-shelf solutions you think are required such that your researchers at HMS don’t have to re-invent the wheel. Can you give me some examples of specific areas where you would like to see solutions?

Outsourcing: Jean Cholka, President and CEO Of Freeborders (Part 6)

By guest author Tony Scott Managing across Cultures Tony: Do you see a cultural gap between your people in China compared to the U.S. and Western Europe? If so, how do you manage that? Jean: I have a fundamental belief that in the end we are all human beings, so it doesn’t matter what country

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