Study Group: Network Security Experts

Council Members in this Study Group: 262

This study group may include experts knowledgeable on topics such as IT Services, consumer electronics, wireless devices, software, hardware, information technology, semiconductors, media, cable, satellite, internet, broadband, global positioning systems, advertising, online media, telecommunications, networking, wireless, and data storage, among others.

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Vivek Nasta

Founder and President
Mobilize, Inc.

Vivek Nasta is Founder & President of Mobilize (http://mobilize.us.com), a product and platform company focused on building mobile devices and associated wireless services. Current customers include Tier 1 OEMs, carriers, and semi vendors. His team includes...

John Pironti

President
IP Architects LLC

John Pironti is the President of IP Architects, a management consultancy. Previously, he was Chief Information Risk Strategist at Archer Technologies, a Governance, Risk, and Compliance solution provider. He is formerly the Chief Information Risk Strategist...

Howard Bruck

Chief Information Officer
HUDSON VALLEY BANK

Howard Bruck is the Chief Information Officer at Hudson Valley Bank.Previously he was Managing Director of Technology at the New York Stock Exchange; and the Director of International IT at PepsiCo.<br/><br/>Mr. Bruck has in-depth experience with Financial...

Michael Horsch Fizz

Senior Advisor
FCI Inc.

Michael Horsch Fizz is the Principal Advisor at FCI, a company providing system integration and strategy consulting services. Mr. Fizz specializes in monitoring and predicting industry trends coupled with quantitative and qualitative reviews of technology...

Gurtej Sodhi

CIO & Corporate Executive Vice President
CRYE-LEIKE, INC.

Gurtej Sodhi is the Chief Information Officer and Corporate Executive 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....

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Hardball 3/19/10: My Personal Outage with Verizon

March 19, 2010

Analysis by:Samuel Greenholtz, Principal,

Verizon has been seemingly cruising along on a path of solid returns and continuing expansion of new services. However, some recent personal experiences may indicate things are not going as well as one might think. My home telephone (landline) went out of service the other day.

Hardball 3/18/10: AT&T’s Domain Vendors

March 18, 2010

Analysis by:Samuel Greenholtz, Principal,

Analysis of:A peak inside AT&T’s preferred ‘domain’ supplier list | blog.connectedplanetonline.com

1) In retrospect, AT&T should have divided up the IP domain into two – core and edge. 2) It would make sense for Nokia Siemens Networks to partner with Fujitsu because the former is an incumbent at the service provider on the long-haul DWDM side. 3) We continue to believe that Ciena’s optical switches will get the lion’s share of sales at the carrier, regardless of the second vendor.

Hardball 3/18/10: Verizon Never Really Had Small-Town FiOS Plans

March 18, 2010

Analysis by:Samuel Greenholtz, Principal,

Analysis of:Has Verizon scaled back its FiOS (especially small-town) plans? | blog.connectedplanetonline.com

Where is it actually documented that Verizon ever had a strategy that would include small towns? Is not the RBOC trying to rid itself of as many of these lines as possible? One needs again to go back to the original game plan established in the 1980s.

Hardball 3/15/10: Ciena Desperate for Customers Again?

March 15, 2010

Analysis by:Samuel Greenholtz, Principal,

Ciena substantially overpaid for Nortel’s optical assets. It is beginning to take on debt. Yet, its recent announcements of customer wins hardly provide a great deal of confidence for a company that has supposedly entered the big leagues.

Hardball 3/14/10: Recent Court Decision Unlikely to Derail VZ/FTR Deal

March 14, 2010

Analysis by:Samuel Greenholtz, Principal,

Both Verizon and Frontier have made tremendous strides in the regulatory communities to get the sale of lines approved. We believe that the Illinois utility commissioners will ultimately support the deal. In the meantime, Verizon will undoubtedly need to come up with a contingency plan just in case.

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