Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Amit Grover, Member, Mumbai Angels (Part 2)

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: How many deals do you get each month, approximately? Amit: On average, I would say we get maybe sixty to seventy-five, but it can be up to one hundred. Irina: How many of those deals deserve a closer look? Amit: Once the one hundred companies apply

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Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Mark White, CTO Of Deloitte (Part 4)

By Sramana Mitra and guest author Saurabh Mallik SM: One of the areas we are probing is sales 2.0, which is the combination of marketing and sales using technology in a big way. There are a variety of cloud vendors that are catering to this movement. I did an interview of the executive VP of sales

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Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Michael Aginsky, CTO Of Gibbons P.C. (Part 7)

Almost 81 percent of legal respondents in a survey indicated that they are planning to adopt cloud computing in some form. In this part of the interview Michael brings up some game changing opportunities in legal sector where entrepreneurs can provide solutions and address legal firm requirements from cloud computing based solutions. The legal firms are waiting for solutions that address end to end record and legal information management, tighter controls, better ability to manage stuff and more insights from the vendors.

In Its Haste to Gouge India, Congress Neglects To Consider The TN Visa

By guest author Kirk Laughlin [Writer and video correspondent Kirk Laughlin is the newest contributor to my blog’s coverage of outsourcing, onshoring, and ways to create jobs and opportunities for people in the United States, India, and elsewhere. Kirk’s article, originally published on Nearshore Americas, explains why he thinks Senator Charles Schumer’s proposed immigration bill

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Kirk Laughlin

Kirk Laughlin is a writer, moderator, video correspondent, and subject expert in information technology and also founder and editorial director of Nearshore Americas, the leading online news magazine dedicated to cross-border trade, outsourcing, and investment in Latin America. He has served in a variety of strategic roles during his 18-year career in journalism and media

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Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Amit Grover, Member, Mumbai Angels (Part 1)

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold This is the nineteenth interview in our series on financing for entrepreneurs. I am talking to Amit Grover, member of the Mumbai Angels and the founder of Nurture Talent Academy, a training institute for entrepreneurs in India. Irina: Hi, Amit. Let’s start with your telling us a little

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Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Mark White, CTO Of Deloitte (Part 3)

By Sramana Mitra and guest author Saurabh Mallik SM: I have two questions on this topic. From the vendor point of view, the world we see a lot, in Silicon Valley particularly, is that there are hundreds of software as a service vendors who are trying to sell into the cloud customer base that you cater

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Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Michael Aginsky, CTO Of Gibbons P.C. (Part 6)

One of the areas that is usually impacted by cloud adoption in an organization is their IT staff. It necessarily does not lead to headcount reduction but over the years, cloud computing significantly reduces need for additional IT staff as seen at Gibbons P.C. law firm where they did not require additional IT staff over a 5 year period during with their business and number of attorneys grew significantly. SaaS is the primary mode of cloud adoption in law firms. They may be aware of advantages of adopting a private cloud to address their data security concerns but would still like to wait and watch before adopting IaaS or private cloud options.