Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Rajan Nagarajan, CIO, Mahindra Satyam (Part 2)

By Sramana Mitra and guest author Shaloo Shalini SM: Here is a slightly tricky question but let me ask you anyway. In Indian IT services companies, there is a huge “not invented here” syndrome. I’m encouraged to hear that you are evaluating off-the-shelf CRM solutions from companies like Oracle, Siebel, and salesforce.com, which is a

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Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Rajan Nagarajan, CIO, Mahindra Satyam (Part 1)

By Sramana Mitra and guest author Shaloo Shalini In one of the most thought-stirring interviews with Rajan Nagarajan CIO, Mahindra Satyam, Sramana discusses cloud computing adoption from the point of view of large systems integrators such as Mahindra Satyam. In addition to talking about how big consulting companies are leveraging clouds, Sramana and Rajan have

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Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Steven Smith, President And CEO, Gcommerce Inc. (Part 7)

By Sramana Mitra and guest author Shaloo Shalini SM: What else is going on in the broader market right now? Is e-commerce is really starting to come alive again? I have seen some statistics; 20,000 e-commerce stores are coming online every week. My point is, whatever category you are a supplier or supplier group in,

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Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Steven Smith, President And CEO, Gcommerce Inc. (Part 6)

By Sramana Mitra and guest author Shaloo Shalini SM: Next in our discussion, I would like to explore entrepreneurial opportunities from your point of view in the supply chain domain. I am talking about the supply chain in general, and it sounds like you are reasonable experts in this domain. Where do you see entrepreneurial

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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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Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Steven Smith, President And CEO, Gcommerce Inc. (Part 4)

By Sramana Mitra and guest author Shaloo Shalini SM: What is the response from the industry? There are a large number of players on the AAIA board; what is their response to architecture such as yours, and what is their interest in getting on board?

Boundaries Between HPC And Cloud Computing Vanishing

By guest author Shaloo Shalini High-performance computing (HPC) just might be on the verge of a colossal shift in paradigm in terms of both technology and market aspects. The erstwhile islands of large-scale supercomputing facilities may soon become outdated thanks to inroads made by cloud computing into HPC territory in addressing the issues of scale,

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Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Steven Smith, President And CEO, Gcommerce Inc. (Part 3)

By Sramana Mitra and guest author Shaloo Shalini SM: What you delivered to the Automotive Aftermarket Industry Association was a metadata structure of sorts? JP: Yes, exactly. SS: In terms of business model, we built ours on the reverse market adoption model. Once we realized that the legacy messed up this process and that making

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