Seven Tech Stocks For Long-Term Hold

One of the best ways to make money in the stock market is to identify high caliber companies early on in their history, and hold on to them through the long term (I mean years, not quarters). I particularly like companies that have large market forces driving them. In some cases, these may not be

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Engaging Your Global Team – New Technology Solutions

By Mike Kanazawa, Guest Author One of the new and unsolved leadership challenges of today is how to keep a global team focused, aligned and engaged on a common strategic direction and set of priorities. There are many innovations and new approaches to meet this challenge. We’ve captured a few examples of what leading companies

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Good Mobility and Convergence Blogs

Here are some we track: Network Administrator: Selena Frye at Networking Administrator has contributors discussing topics such as video conferencing, VoIP, mobile technology, and Unified Communications. Engadget: Engadget is one of most popular gadget blogs.

Pioneering Video Conferencing: Polycom CEO Bob Hagerty (Part 13)

SM: What is your philosophy of recruiting leadership? Is it domain expertise, leadership skills, both? BH: Yes, yes and yes! It is all of those things. It is a cultural fit. It is an excitement. There are not many maintenance jobs given the speed that we are growing at. We are looking for people with

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Pioneering Video Conferencing: Polycom CEO Bob Hagerty (Part 12)

SM: In terms of where you are today, and from a business / financial point of view, what is your strategy? BH: For us, the near term is focused on scaling. The opportunity is big. Every time I say that, I end up doing an acquisition. We clearly do them and we have them in

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Pioneering Video Conferencing: Polycom CEO Bob Hagerty (Part 11)

SM: If some entrepreneur came up with an application which uses video conference as a delivery mechanism, would you invest in them? BH: Generally speaking, no we do not. I am not going to say never. However, we would rather partner. We have our R&D in India. We have a small team, and it has

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Pioneering Video Conferencing: Polycom CEO Bob Hagerty (Part 10)

SM: How would that work? The doctor’s office has to buy the Polycom suite? BH: The best example I have seen is Escorts Hospital in India. There, the population is not served well in rural areas. They have outreach clinics and they have our device in a regional center. People will come into the regional

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Pioneering Video Conferencing: Polycom CEO Bob Hagerty (Part 8)

SM: What happened after 9/11? I remember, I bought the Polycom stock and it did very well for me. BH: We were ramping very, very fast through 1999 and 2000. Cumulative average growth rates in the 30’s and 40’s. After 9/11 it exploded even more for us, but for really horrible reasons. Then the financial

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