Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Rick Blaisdell, CTO Of ConnectEDU (Part 6)

By Sramana Mitra and guest author Shaloo Shalini SM: I see. Let me switch the discussion a bit. You are deeply entrenched in the education information technology world between high schools, colleges, and the state education departments. You almost sit at the cusp of all of these educational bodies. From your vantage point, what do

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Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Rick Blaisdell, CTO Of ConnectEDU (Part 5)

By Sramana Mitra and guest author Shaloo Shalini SM: What is the architecture of your solution in terms of dealing with these fragmented student information systems? How does that work?

Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Rick Blaisdell, CTO Of ConnectEDU (Part 4)

By Sramana Mitra and guest author Shaloo Shalini SM: You mentioned that you chose UCS over other platforms. What were your evaluation criteria, and what did you learn about the different offerings available? Which vendors or solutions did you consider, and what did you learn about the competitors in that space? Why did you choose

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Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Dave Hart, CTO and EVP, Presidio (Part 2)

By Sramana Mitra and guest author Shaloo Shalini SM: Dave, can you share names of the application vendors that cater to your specific requirements for private or public cloud–based solutions? DH: We are using EDP for our payroll systems and payroll management. We actually have a ‘Sales Tax and Use Tax’ application that we get

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Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Sanjay Mirchandani, CIO of EMC (Part 6)

By Sramana Mitra and guest author Shaloo Shalini Sramana: In the context of the cloud, we were discussing some of the key issues that EMC is trying to address. Let me help you understand my question. Entrepreneurs build companies by solving problems; I think the best companies are built when its people are solving a

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Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Paul Stamas, VP of IT, Mohawk Fine Papers (Part 7)

By Sramana Mitra and guest author Shaloo Shalini SM: Let’s switch the discussion to security; what are your perspectives on cloud security? PS: Security is definitely part of it, along with the larger governance issues of outsourcing, hosting, or moving applications to the cloud. I am also talking about moving integration into the cloud .

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Top Seven SaaS Startups

In the recap mode, here are the top seven SaaS startups that I am tracking: * Qualys – Managed security and compliance; Interview with CEO Philippe Courtot; Forbes Column: The Next VmWare.

Forbes Column 08: The Next VMWare

Here’s my Forbes piece, The Next VMWare. Related readings: