Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Doug Menefee, CIO of Schumacher Group (Part 2)

A peek into the cloud based solution portfolio of Schumacher Group and insights into how they have integrated some of the cloud based solutions with on-premise ones.

Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Doug Menefee, CIO of Schumacher Group (Part 1)

In this interview, Sramana and Doug Menefee, CIO of Schumacher Group, talk about many such nuances of cloud adoption from a healthcare industry perspective. As we peel through the layers of cloud adoption, in terms of what works and what doesn’t, Sramana and Doug bring to the fore several pearls of opportunities in the form of ‘blue skies’ for the entrepreneurs seeking their stars through the crosshairs of cloud computing and healthcare domain. In terms of bringing new cloud based solutions, entrepreneurs may want to take note of what cloud adopters such as Doug look for in a solution in addition to pricing, technical merit, usability and solving a real business pain point.

Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Martin Silverman, Director IT at EvensonBest (Part 7)

By Sramana Mitra and guest author Shaloo Shalini SM: Interesting. Any other observations in terms of areas where you would like to see some entrepreneurial activity? MS: More services, more offering, more choices. SM: In what area?

Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Martin Silverman, Director IT at EvensonBest (Part 6)

By Sramana Mitra and guest author Shaloo Shalini SM: Let me switch over to the last topic that I want to cover with you. My blog is read by entrepreneurs, and one of the things we are doing is a program called 1M/1M – One Million by One Million. The program’s mission is to help

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Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Martin Silverman, Director IT at EvensonBest (Part 5)

By Sramana Mitra and guest author Shaloo Shalini SM: What about organizational changes? How do you see your organization evolving as you roll out cloud computing–based solutions?

Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Martin Silverman, Director IT at EvensonBest (Part 4)

By Sramana Mitra and guest author Shaloo Shalini SM: I now have a fair picture of what you are trying to do with cloud computing. We have talked mostly about your infrastructure, about security and privileges. What about other services? What about other business functions that a lot of people are moving to the cloud,

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Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Martin Silverman, Director IT at EvensonBest (Part 3)

By Sramana Mitra and guest author Shaloo Shalini SM: I guess the reason I asked for clarification about data sharing was to ascertain whether you are running what we call an extended enterprise, which I think you are. The IT infrastructure that you are running is actually being used by people outside of your employees.

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Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Martin Silverman, Director IT at EvensonBest (Part 2)

By Sramana Mitra and guest author Shaloo Shalini SM: Why do you have so many data center requirements in your business? What is going on in your data center? MS: Well, you have to understand that we are a very, very data intensive company. We manufacture widgets. We do not stock furniture, but we are

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