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Cliff BellChief Information OfficerINFOGAIN CORPORATION

Saving Power in the Data Center

March 13, 2011

The speed of servers continues to grow. This could lead to an ever larger and larger power utilization in the data center. But there three main approaches to reducing power consumption in the data center. You can virtualize your servers, you can outsource to the clound and you can cnetralize your storage in a SAN.

Howard BruckChief Information OfficerHUDSON VALLEY BANK

Data: Information Technology's Next Greatest Challenge

March 9, 2011

Analysis of:2011 State Of Storage Survey | www.informationweek.com

The amount of data generated continues to grow at 20% or more each year. While new storage hardware can adequately record all this information, we are losing control of the data itself. The current solution of simply adding more storage capacity perpetuates the issue. The better long term answer is to understand and control our information. Some solutions like de-duplication from EMC, Symantec, and Falconstor provide some relief, but not nearly enough to overcome this issue.

Cliff BellChief Information OfficerINFOGAIN CORPORATION

Solid State Drives belong in the data center

March 5, 2011

The speed at which solid state drives can perform should make them a heavy part of your data center drive strategy. But somehow that still has not happened. We still see most companies sticking with fiber channel drives using traditional hard drive platters. This is in spite of the performance gains. So just why do we not see more solid state drives in the data center.

Cliff BellChief Information OfficerINFOGAIN CORPORATION

Can IT speed products to market by implementing Social Networking

February 27, 2011

Product development cycle times have been shrinking for decades. But the truth is that we have optimized the Supply chain from the manufacturer back to the suppliers for the last 100 years (or more). The new frontier for reduced product cycle times involves customer input and the ability to take feedback and execute quickly. This is not necessarily a new topic. Many companies have been doing focus groups and pilot launches for several decades. In the past, these efforts have been limited geographically or in participation (2% response was considered fantastic). And companies have been tracking competitive information for generations. The use of Social media may be the driver for faster product development.

Cliff BellChief Information OfficerINFOGAIN CORPORATION

Smartphone and Tablets may use the same OS but create different IT challenges

February 19, 2011

Smartphones are all over the enterprise. But most content on smartphones is replicated on a PC somewhere in your organization. The same is not true for tablets. Tablets have unique data capabilities and unique applications that many not fit on a laptop.

Cliff BellChief Information OfficerINFOGAIN CORPORATION

Storage vendors gaining clout over server vendors in the Data Center

February 12, 2011

Virtualization of servers has reduced the effort to manage servers. It has allowed IT to spend more energy managing the data in the enterprise. This has resulted in an increase in the importance of the storage vendors within the IT organization.

Cliff BellChief Information OfficerINFOGAIN CORPORATION

Verizon iPhone selling out means surge of Smartphones for IT

February 5, 2011

Analysis of:Apple: Verizon Sells Out iPhone Pre-Orders In 17 Hours | blogs.forbes.com

Is 2011 the year that applications in IT are re-written with the assumption that mobile devices are the main access to our critical systems? WHere does IT get these type of skills? Does the Verizon lauch of the iPhone create a tipping point?

Cliff BellChief Information OfficerINFOGAIN CORPORATION

The Biometric phone could change the credit industry

January 29, 2011

I hardly go anywhere without my cell phone. And it seems like every day, there is a new credit card that will allow me to earn points for something. And then there are the cards that I have for the library, my insurance, a local museum, etc… My wallet is already overloaded with stuff in it. Maybe a biometric based cell phone could reduce the weight of my wallet (besides costing me money tor another gadget).

Cliff BellChief Information OfficerINFOGAIN CORPORATION

Social networking arrives at the Enterprise

January 22, 2011

Social networking is coming to the network. It is coming from Microsoft with the release of Sharepoint 2010 and it is coming from newer companies like JiveSoftware. I had the chance to meet with both companies when they presented to a CIO group I belong to.

Cliff BellChief Information OfficerINFOGAIN CORPORATION

The New CRM will drive revenue

January 15, 2011

As the economy improves, companies with better CRM systems will be positioned well to attract new customers and manage existing customers. This could lead to increased revenues for companies with CRM systems over their competitors. In addition, there is a lot of new technology investment happening in this area so there should also be a surge in IT jobs in this area.

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