Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: Mal Postings, CTO, IT Advisory Services, Ernst & Young (Part 7)

Sramana Mitra: Let me give you another example, and let’s have a bit discussion about another trend within the social CRM space. We have another company called Crowd Engineering that is actually getting traction with large companies. Both of the companies I mentioned are getting traction with very large accounts. What Crowd Engineering is saying

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Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: Mal Postings, CTO, IT Advisory, Ernst & Young (Part 5)

SM: What you’re talking about is the consumerization of technology and the fact there are so many devices coming into the enterprise [world]. Will the enterprise support the applications on these devices? How does that plug into the enterprise Internet, Intranet, whatever, enterprise IT system? There’re two slightly different questions. The question I was asking

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Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: Mal Postings, CTO, IT Advisory Services, Ernst & Young (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: Help me to understand. We have several camps going on in this movement, the email to collaboration to Intranet movement. There’s, as you said, the Microsoft camp. There is the IBM camp, which is struggling right now because of Lotus Notes. But there are some other camps, like Salesforce.com. Where do you see

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Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: Mal Postings, CTO, IT Advisory Services, Ernst & Young (Part 2)

SM: Given that vantage point, tell me about the organization’s cloud computing philosophy. Where are you coming from? What is the overall guiding principal that you are bringing to your clients? MP: That’s a great question again. I think from an Ernst & Young point of view – again we have to realize we are

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Outsourcing: Jason Beans, Founder and CEO of Rising Medical Solutions (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: When you look around in the healthcare IT space, what do you see in the landscape that is competitive to you, that you’re going to have to be aware of and counter? Jason Beans: I see that it is very competitive. A lot of people trying to solve the same problems as I am.

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Outsourcing: Sanjay Dhawan, CEO of Symphony Services (Part 4)

SM: You’re located in Bangalore? SD: The main sites are Bangalore and Pune, but we do have satellite offices in Mumbai and Delhi, Gurgaon. SM: Is there any thought in the company to look at other cities, more heartland cities, lower cost destinations? SD: Within India, do you mean?

Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Steven Smith, President And CEO, Gcommerce Inc. (Part 5)

By Sramana Mitra and guest author Shaloo Shalini SM: Can you talk to me about the supply chain operations reference (SCOR) models? SS: The SCOR people have a relationship with the Automotive Aftermarket Industry Association (AAIA), and we are close to AMR, which is now part of Gartner. The AMR people think we can help

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Forbes Column 2010: Taking On Microsoft, Google From India

A Bangalore startup aims to outperform tech’s software giants. Read more in this week’s Forbes column, Taking On Microsoft, Google From India.