Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Ric Telford, Vice President Of Cloud Services, IBM (Part 5)

SM: And how far along is that? RT: Well, the skeleton is there for approval. The workflow engine is integrated inside the private cloud infrastructure. Now, on the public cloud side, the overriding request is clients want to have variability in their billing. That’s what is different about the cloud compared to a traditional hosting

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Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Eric Paley, Managing Partner, Founder Collective (Part 1)

By guest author Irina Patterson This is the eighteenth interview in our series on financing for entrepreneurs. I am talking to Eric Paley, managing partner of Founders Collective, a $50 million fund dedicated to investing in seed-stage deals. The fund has offices in New York City and Cambridge, Massachusetts. Irina: Hi, Eric. Let’s start with

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Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Manu Kumar, Founder And Chief Firestarter, K9 Ventures (Part 4)

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Ravi Bulusu Irina: And what character traits in a founder would clinch the deal for you? Manu: I will probably answer that in the negative, meaning I can definitely identify the traits of people who I would not invest in. The number one thing there would be integrity.

Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: José Almandoz, CIO Of Novell (Part 6)

By guest author Shaloo Shalini This part of the discussion centers around the impact of clouds on the evolution of IT in a large organization such as Novell, the need to upgrade IT skills to make services more valuable to business, private clouds and data security in the cloud.

Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Ric Telford, Vice President Of Cloud Services, IBM (Part 4)

By Sramana Mitra, Pablo Chacin and Saurabh Mallik SM: What is your sense of the integration issue? Is that a barrier to adoption? Is it something people are worried about? Can the integration costs and risks surpass the advantages of cloud computing? RT: It all depends on the scenario. At least in the work we

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Outsourcing: Raju Reddy, Chairman And CEO Of Sierra Atlantic (Part 4)

By guest author Tony Scott The Cloud-Enabled, Flattening World Tony: So, let’s talk about this whole movement to the cloud. How does that impact you and enable you to provide services or technology in a different way from competitors, and what kind of people do you need to be effective in doing that?

Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Manu Kumar, Founder and Chief Firestarter, K9 Ventures (Part 3)

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Ravi Bulusu Irina: Do you think in terms of valuation when you invest in a company? Manu: Yes, I do look at valuation, and I definitely want to be the first money going into a company. And because the initial investment amount is relatively small, I also want the

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Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Ric Telford, Vice President Of Cloud Services, IBM (Part 3)

RT: That’s a good question. Generally, it’s reports – customized reports for sales people who could use that data, for example, average deal size for customers in a city, or the top twenty opportunities. Finance organizations see common usage of IRR, ROI, and other business calculations such as financial risk and liquidity. Sales and distribution

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