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Howard BruckChief Information Officer
HUDSON VALLEY BANK![]()
Howard Bruck is Chief Information Officer at Hudson Valley Bank, a commercial bank. He has over 25 years of experience in the information technology sector. He specializes in financial services technology, outsourcing, hosting, databases, ERP, CRM, BI...
Vice President- Information and Product Security
SALESFORCE.COM, INC.![]()
Izak Mutlu, CISM, is the Vice President of Information and Product Security at Salesforce.com, a company specializing in customer relationship management software. He is responsible for managing IT security, architecture, design, implementation, and operations....
Director of Operations
StrataScale, Inc.![]()
Paul Massie is the Director of Operations at StrataScale, a cloud or managed hosting provider. He is responsible for the customer facing IT infrastructure and applications, as well as customer support. Previously, he was the CIO of Genesis Microchip,...
CIO & Sr. VP - IT
CRYE-LEIKE AFFILIATES![]()
Gurtej Sodhi is the Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President at The Crye Leike Group of Companies (a $5B enterprise). He has over 14 years of increasingly responsible positions in design, development, and management of IT operations. His industry...
Senior Director IT
OSI SYSTEMS, INC.![]()
Ralph Behar is the Sr. Director IT of OSI Systems, Inc, a vertically integrated, worldwide provider of security and inspection systems, medical monitoring and anesthesia systems, and optoelectronic devices and value-added subsystems. He is an acknowledged...
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Microsoft Protects its Flanks to Save It's Ass
November 18, 2009
Microsoft, Taiwan to develop cloud computing technology | www.totaltele.com
* Microsoft is making a defensive alliance to complete its stack* Fortunes will be made and lost developing cloud offerings* Despite the hype Cloud Computing is a real long term trend
What You Don't Know Can Hurt You
November 4, 2009
A trip into the secret, online 'cloud' | edition.cnn.com
* In the cloud where data is located is not as important as how it is managed* As people become more dependant on the cloud legal and political issues will arise* Cloud companies have new revenue streams based on how they manage the cloud and resolve these issues
Oracle's Acquisitions Continue to Roll On
October 8, 2009
Oracle To Acquire HyperRoll | www.informationweek.com
o Oracle's acquisition of HyperRoll provides it with innovative technology that complements its Hyperion business intelligence offerings as well as the Oracle Database.o It increases the competitive appeal of Oracle's BI offerings in several markets including the installed base of some of its competitors. o It provides further evidence of Oracle's willingness to acquire niche technology that adds new functionality and/or improves the performance of its current offerings.
Bank Tech Companies - who will be left standing?
September 29, 2009
Mergers: Conflicts Becoming A Core Reality | www.banktechnews.com
7,000 US banks and credit unions represents a lot of customers for the banking technology companies. While banks may be hurting, their technology needs only increases. With so many recent mergers are there too few providers left? Who has the advantage banks or the providers?
Dell/Perot, HP/EDS what's the difference?
September 21, 2009
Dell to buy Perot Systems for $3.9 billion | money.cnn.com
Dell, buying into the notion that hardware is now a commodity and they have already optimized that business, believes they need to diversify. So they buy a large business/technology consulting firm. Do they now bring any more value to the Perot business?
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