
Chief Information Officer, INFOGAIN CORPORATION
Member of the Technology Council
Cliff Bell is the Chief Information Officer and the Vice President of Business Development at Infogain Corporation, an information technology outsourcing company with 1,000 employees. He has also held IT management positions at Apple Computer.
Previously, Mr. Bell was the Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Phoenix Technologies; Regional IT Director of Iomega Corporation, where he managed global manufacturing and sales; and an IT Manager for manufacturing at Bay Networks. Technology products include Oracle Financials, Sharepoint, Salesforce.com, Opensource, Linux, Windows 2003, BEA, SAP, MS Exchange, MS SQL, IT groundwork, content management, Bug tracking, source code management, Vista, Bunisness Intelligence and more.
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Microsoft on-demand exchange having stability problems
May 22, 2011
Exchange Online has downtime problems again | www.computerworld.com
Microsoft's move into the cloud is far behind other on-demand mail services such as Google and yahoo. Will these stability issues give Google's email and calendar programs for corporations a chance to take over?
People do not pay for Radio, TV, or digital newspapers
May 7, 2011
8 in 10 Won’t Pay for Online Daily Newspaper | www.marketingcharts.com
There are plenty of business models where the content is given away. If digital newspapers attract enough readers, then they will also attract enough advertizers.
Ma Bell to AT&T, "the consumer rules the new economy".
April 30, 2011
Ma Bell Stifled Innovation, AT&T May Do the Same | uk.ibtimes.com
When Ma Bell ruled the phone lines, most products were developed for businesses first and only later small versions were done for consumers. Today, it is the opposite. Products are built for consumers first and only later developed for businesses. This change is so significant that it will be difficult for even AT&T to stifle creativity.
Amazon makes the money on the reader software - Not hardware
April 19, 2011
The Kindle is an iPad Accessory, And That's Why It's Still Going to Be Huge | www.businessinsider.com
People own Kindles and iPads. The great thing is that you can read kindle books on your ipad with the kindle reader. Amazon has been smart to focus on the content and the software that runs on the kindle. If they make it run on all the tablet platforms, then it could be a solution like Microsoft office is to productivity tools.
My intellectual property creation is not manageable
April 18, 2011
With all of the recent new applications being developed for the tablet (iPad is my case), the ability to track company Intellectual property is getting more difficult and protecting these assets is nearly impossible. Yet IT is challenged with maintaining corporate assets with regards to digital information.
| Study Group Name | No. Members |
|---|---|
| TMT Council Members in Member Programs | 18316 |
| Technology Council Members in Member Programs | 9587 |
| Business Process Outsourcing Experts | 1765 |
| CIOs, CISOs and CITOs | 1281 |
| Semiconductor & Component Experts | 712 |
Cliff Bell has not participated in any GLG Live Meetings.