Expert Insights on Enterprise IT Spending
A troubled economy has only heightened the pressure at financial institutions for high ROI and quick payback on IT dollars, all while risk management and regulatory requirements grow. As we turn the corner to the back half of 2009 and begin to think about 2010, join us to discuss enterprise technology with industry experts, former CIOs, and other senior executives in the IT world.
Get expert insights on:
- Storage Management, including cloud storage
- Desktop virtualization
- Compliance and data security
- Unified communications: Expanding the network
Gerson Lehrman Group Council Members are available to discuss Enterprise IT Spending via phone consultations, live meetings, surveys, and other custom GLG products and services.
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Featured Council Members
GLG Council Members are leading experts including academics, scientists, and industry specialists
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Michael Horsch Fizz
Senior AdvisorFCI Inc.
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Ronald Cathcart
Former Chief Enterprise Risk OfficerWASHINGTON MUTUAL, INC.
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Michael Cote
PresidentThe Cote Collaborative
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Craig 'Tony' Broaddus
Director of SalesInMage Systems
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Tushar Hazra
Chief Technology OfficerEPITOMIONE
Study Groups
Study groups are populations of experts knowledgeable on specific sub-topics within a broader industry
Recent Live Meetings
Interactive roundtables, private visits, and small scale seminars are types of GLG Live Meetings
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November 16, 2009 | Teleconference
Teleconference: IT Security – Fortinet IPO (11:00 AM EST / 8:00 AM PST) -
April 16, 2009 | Webcast
GLG Webcast: Introduction to Enterprise Hardware and M&A Potentials - April 16, 2009 at 2:00 PM ET -
November 3, 2009 | Webcast
Webcast: Enterprise Network Equipment: Consolidation and Recovery? (2:00 PM EST/19:00 GMT) -
October 13, 2009 | Webcast
Webcast: Success and Adoption of Windows 7 (2:00 PM EDT/ 11:00 AM PDT) -
September 17, 2009 | Webcast
Webcast: Storage Spending Trends (2:00PM EDT/11:00AM PDT)
Recent News Analyses
News analyses are expert commentaries on current events, written by Council Members who are available for follow up consultations
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LSI entered Enterprise NAS market
September 29, 2009
LSI jumped into NAS | www.lsi.com
LSI made a very strategic jump into Enterprise NAS market with the ONStor acquisition. It will complement its product line and extend their market footprint in storage. It will be interesting to see how usual NAS suspects and specialized vendors will react as well.
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Flash Memory Not Ready to Replace Hard Drives in Most Enterprise Applications
November 2, 2009
Jerald Kolansky, Former Worldwide VP of Sales, PLX TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Disc Storage Gone in a Flash | www.forbes.com
1. Despite the content of this article, flash memory is not ready to replace magnetic HDD's in most enterprise applications accept where the higher performance of flash can be taken advantage of.2. Flash memory today is 4-5 times more expensive than HDD magnetic memory, and in reality this past year...
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Linthicum's book: SOA and cloud intersect for enterprise productivity benefits
October 26, 2009
How SOA and cloud intersect for enterprise productivity benefits | briefingsdirectblog.blogspot.com
SOA is the way to do cloud. It's really about breaking down your architecture into a primitive state of several components. Then, it's figuring out how to assemble those in such a way that you can use those components to resolve problems as your business changes over time. Cloud computing is a nice...
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AT&T Relying on Apple iPhone and TracFone Prepaid
October 22, 2009
Gregg Kail, MBA, Former Reseller Manager, AT&T CORP.
AT&T tops estimates as customers flock to wireless | www.reuters.com
The third quarter results show that AT&T is relying on iPhone activations to offset the revenue declines of 10% in enterprise sales and 7% in overall landline.
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Xerox Takes Huge Gamble in Bid for ACS
October 4, 2009
David Croslin, Chief Executive Officer, LinoWave
Xerox Takes Gamble in Bid for ACS | online.wsj.com
Xerox is facing increased competitive pressure in its traditional copier and printing markets. Many of its rivals, including HP, are expanding their printing offerings in the enterprise and wide-format markets while at the same time extending into the areas of enterprise services. Technology firms...