Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: Pradeep Rathinam, CEO of Aditi Technologies (Part 2)

SM: Let’s double click down on each of the areas that you discussed. How much are you familiar with what’s happening in the world of small software companies – software companies, in general – using software-as-a-service to get out into the market with new solutions? One of the case studies that I have looked at

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Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: Pradeep Rathinam, CEO of Aditi Technologies (Part 1)

As more and more companies transition to cloud computing, the demand for platform-as-a-service (PaaS) will continue to grow. That will pose no problem for Aditi Technologies, which is already among the top three PaaS solution providers in the world and among the top five Microsoft technology partners in the United States. Aditi offers solutions to

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Game-Changing Rules for Outsourcing

By guest author Kate Vitasek In Search of a Better to Outsource Peter Drucker challenged companies to “Do what you do best and outsource the rest!” Unfortunately, too many companies jumped into outsourcing using the same approaches and methods that they used for procuring commodities and materials to run their operations.   The result is that

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Outsourcing: LN Balaji, President of ITC Infotech (Part 1)

Bangalore-based ITC Infotech is one of the leading outsourcing companies in India. A fully owned subsidiary of ITC Limited, ITC Infotech has wholly owned subsidiaries of its own in the United States and the United Kingdom. This 11-year-old IT services business serves 140 countries and has delivery hubs in Bangalore and Calcutta. Sramana Mitra: Hi, Balaji.

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Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: Ken Stephens, Senior Vice-President of Cloud Services, Xerox (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: Well, you know, the application suite that is seeing the maximum migration is actually Lotus Notes. Ken Stephens: No, it’s amazing. Lotus Live was an amazing success for IBM. That was a bit of a coup on their part to do that. But we shall see. SM: People are moving out of Lotus,

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Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: Ken Stephens, Senior Vice-President of Cloud Services, Xerox (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: That’s where I think Salesforce.com has been extremely successful. Ken Stephens: Yes, but do you think Salesforce.com is going to become a major player at the platform? SM: Yes, I do.

Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: Ken Stephens, Senior Vice-President of Cloud Services, Xerox (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: Even within the IT portion, it sounds like I’m hearing infrastructure as a service as the organizing principle. Ken Stephens: Yes. It’s a staple. You have to do that, and we do that. SM: What gaps do you see in the market right now?

1Mby1M Deal Radar 2012: InsureMonkey, Las Vegas, Nevada

If you’re lucky, you have an employer who offers a great health plan that doesn’t cost too much. These days, millions of people aren’t so fortunate. Either they are unemployed, self-employed, or their employers don’t have health plans that meet their needs. The founders of the Las Vegas, Nevada–based InsureMonkey understood that searching for insurance

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