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Interviews

September 2009

September 29, 2009

SaaS Integration Headaches: Some Companies Struggle More Than Others

Loraine Lawson asked Regev Yativ, president and CEO of Magic Software Enterprises Americas , which companies experience more problems with SaaS integration and why he thinks integration as a service... More >

September 28, 2009

Forging the Dynamic Infrastructure

Arthur Cole spoke with Lori MacVittie, technical marketing manager for application services, F5 Networks .   Cole : More and more people are warming up to the idea of the dynamic infrastructure... More >

September 25, 2009

Residential Voice, Data and Video: Change Is the Only Constant

Carl Weinschenk spoke with Diane Myers, the directing analyst for Infonetics Research . Myers and Infonetics released a report earlier this month, "Residential Voice, Data, and Video Services in Nor... More >

September 24, 2009

Desire to Reveal Hidden Insights Driving Growth in Text Analytics

Ann All spoke with Seth Grimes, owner of and principal consultant for Alta Plana , a company that provides business analytics strategy consulting and implementation services with a focus on advanced... More >

E-Records Management Cautionary Tales from the Trenches

Lora Bentley spoke with Marie-Charlotte Patterson, VP of marketing for AXS One . Patterson shared examples of the circumstances under which two companies have finally decided to take the next step i... More >

September 22, 2009

Data as Business Asset: Driving the Change

Loraine Lawson and Tony Fisher, president and CEO of DataFlux, wrap up their discussion of creating an enterprise-wide view of data with a look at the business case and what smart companies do differ... More >

September 21, 2009

Personal, Professional Communications Blend with Twitter

Patrick Avery talked to Shel Israel, author of “Twitterville: How Businesses Can Thrive in the New Global Neighborhoods,” about Twitter’s role in business and the appropriate way to go about mixing p... More >

In the Clouds, but Still in Control

Arthur Cole spoke with Dennis Quan, director of development, autonomic computing, IBM Software Group .   Cole : Now that enterprises are gearing up for both internal and external clouds, attent... More >

September 18, 2009

SMBs and Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity

Carl Weinschenk spoke with Jason Fisher, director of product management for Symantec' s Data Protection SMB Segment.   Weinschenk: How are SMBs dealing with disaster recovery and business cont... More >

September 17, 2009

Who Is Using Open Source Business Intelligence, and Why

Ann All spoke with Mark Madsen, founder and president of Third Nature , a research and consulting company specializing in business intelligence and information delivery and the technology infrastruc... More >

September 15, 2009

Data as Business Asset: The Technology Piece

Tony Fisher, president and CEO of DataFlux , is the author of a new book, " The Data Asset: How Smart Companies Govern Their Data for Business Success ." Last week, he discussed why companies strug... More >

September 14, 2009

SSDs and Data Management for the New Tier 0

Arthur Cole spoke with Woody Hutsell, president, Texas Memory Systems .   Cole : It's obvious that SSDs will complement, rather than replace, hard disk storage, but that does mean we'll be addi... More >

Corporate Twitter Success Related to Generosity, Author Says

Patrick Avery spoke with Shel Israel, author of “ Twitterville: How Businesses Can Thrive in the New Global Neighborhoods ,” about Twitter’s role in business and the return companies can see from bei... More >

September 11, 2009

M2M Enabler for Progressive's Usage-Based Auto Insurance

Carl Weinschenk spoke with Richard Hutchinson, Progressive ’s General Manager of Usage-based Insurance.   Weinschenk: Please describe the MyRate program. Hutchinson: With the MyRate program, ... More >

September 10, 2009

Data as Business Asset: An Organizational Silo Problem

Loraine Lawson spoke with Tony Fisher, president and CEO of DataFlux , about how he approached his new book, " The Data Asset: How Smart Companies Govern Their Data for Business Success ," and why i... More >

Web Conferencing Offers Live Dialogue at a Distance

Ann All spoke with Roger Courville, co-founder and principal of 1080 Group, LLC , an independent consulting and training firm that helps companies design and optimize Web seminar programs. On Sept. ... More >

Don't Overlook Risk in Cost of Business Use of Twitter

Susan Hall talked to Craig Carpenter, vice president of marketing for information-management company Recommind, about the potential risk associated with companies’ use of Twitter.   Hall: So wh... More >

September 8, 2009

Keeping Tabs on Power Consumption

Arthur Cole spoke with Clemens Pfeiffer, CTO of Power Assure .   Cole : The failure of Cassatt Corp. was a bit of a surprise considering the company had an innovative, if somewhat complex, solu... More >

Twitter Benefits a Mix of Hard, Soft Metrics

Though companies increasingly use Twitter for business – more than half of Fortune 100 companies do --  most still want to determine their return on investment in the microblogging service, and are... More >

September 4, 2009

Wi-Fi in the Sky

Carl Weinschenk spoke with Kelly Davis-Felner, the marketing director for the Wi-Fi Alliance . The alliance late last month released a survey on passenger reaction to Wi-Fi on planes.   Weinsch... More >

September 3, 2009

As Breaches Show, Data Still Isn't All That Secure

Ann All spoke with Dave Muehling, a senior consultant for the Burton Group , which provides in-depth, IT research and advisory services to executives and technologists at Global 2000 organizations. ... More >

September 2, 2009

Adding Customers to the Web 2.0 Community Isn't All That Risky

Lora Bentley spoke with David Goldstone, a partner in the law firm of Goodwin Procter, regarding the risks, both perceived and real, that companies face when launching a Web 2.0 community experience ... More >

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