Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Alan Perkins, CIO of Altium (Part 6)

By Sramana Mitra and guest author Shaloo Shalini SM: Yes, right. Let me switch to the next topic which is in the context of our 1M/1M initiative whereby we are trying to help entrepreneurs looking especially to deliver solutions in the cloud domain. Where do you see opportunities for such entrepreneurs in this shift of

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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: Alan Perkins, CIO of Altium (Part 5)

By Sramana Mitra and guest author Shaloo Shalini SM: Well, there are fairly hairy issues around some of the security aspects of the cloud. Through this vault concept of yours, you make designs available to be hosted in a public repository, right? What is stopping people from copying designs? What are the intellectual property issues?

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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: Alan Perkins, CIO of Altium (Part 4)

By Sramana Mitra and guest author Shaloo Shalini SM: That is interesting to know. You are saying that for large file transfers you, don’t use any of the services like youSENDit? AP: Typically not. Obviously, there are a few places within Altium where people individually use such services. Some of my IT team use a

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Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Alan Perkins, CIO of Altium (Part 3)

By Sramana Mitra and guest author Shaloo Shalini SM: What is the architecture that you are using to build and roll out something like this? I presume that this cloud computing discussion is relevant to this new marketplace, this electronics marketplace that you are developing, right?

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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