Emerging Startup Accelerator Ecosystem of Louisiana

Louisiana presents a distinctive case in the US startup landscape. Anchored by New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and Lafayette, the state combines strong cultural identity, academic institutions, and niche industry clusters with the structural challenges of limited venture capital and regional isolation. For many solo founders, the pressure to scale quickly through traditional VC channels is

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Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Doug Menefee, CIO of Schumacher Group (Part 9)

By Sramana Mitra and guest author Shaloo Shalini SM: I would like to know what your thoughts are on entrepreneurial opportunities, some of the blue-sky opportunities in the context of cloud computing. This interview is part of program I run called One Million by One Million, and we want a million entrepreneurs to earn a

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Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Doug Menefee, CIO of Schumacher Group (Part 8)

By Sramana Mitra and guest author Shaloo Shalini SM: That covers our discussion on collaboration. I think collaboration is one of the biggest trends in the cloud environment today. My vision is to see more desktop telepresence.

Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Doug Menefee, CIO of Schumacher Group (Part 7)

By Sramana Mitra and guest author Shaloo Shalini SM: What are you hearing from Microsoft in terms of collaboration? You said you don’t have a lot visibility into the Google products roadmap, but what is Microsoft telling you about its product roadmap? This comment that Google is better at collaboration tools in the office environment

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Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Doug Menefee, CIO of Schumacher Group (Part 6)

By Sramana Mitra and guest author Shaloo Shalini SM: With respect to the security concerns, I am hearing the same from a lot of other people. I think that the cloud vendors have a better capacity to provide solid security than what you can provide in your internal IT operation. DM: I have said this

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Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Doug Menefee, CIO of Schumacher Group (Part 5)

By Sramana Mitra and guest author Shaloo Shalini SM: Interesting! So, you basically leap-frogged the previous generations of on-premise technology and went straight to cloud computing because that is what makes sense right now, that is where the good stuff is in terms of time to market and rapid adoption, right?

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.