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		<title>Re-thinking: CIO Role in a 21st Century Corporation</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 May 2010 07:45:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Surendra Reddy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There has been lot of discussions about the role of CIO in 21st century enterprises. While some pundits strongly argue and make their predictions on slowly diminishing role of CIOs – some strongly believe that CIOs should play a strategic role in shaping and preparing the enterprises for 21st century. Peter Drucker wrote many books [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=skreddy.wordpress.com&amp;blog=266213&amp;post=261&amp;subd=skreddy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cloudplay 2010: Panel Discussion on Cloud Computing: Opportunities and Challenges</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 19:38:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Surendra Reddy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I put together an expert panel to discuss opportunities and challenges in Cloud computing next week at Cloudplay 2010 at Plug and Play Tech center, Sunnvyale. Panelists include Vishal Sikka, Executive Director and CTO, SAP, Susie Wee, CTO, HP Client Cloud Services. Business Context Due to the global economic downturn, enterprises are seeking to rein [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=skreddy.wordpress.com&amp;blog=266213&amp;post=253&amp;subd=skreddy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rethinking: Cloud &amp; Enterprise Computing</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:49:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Surendra Reddy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cloud Computing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Strategic Management]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Companies currently spend about 5-6% of their revenues on IT. Many of these companies are now struggling to align their IT to support the business strategy, provide a competitive advantage, and serve as a platform for growth. Exploding number of choices and growing complexity of technology assets making these companies victims of their rapidly obsolescing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=skreddy.wordpress.com&amp;blog=266213&amp;post=247&amp;subd=skreddy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Views and Experiences: Growth by Innovation or M&amp;A?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:51:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Surendra Reddy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[John Furrier kicked-off an interesting conversational thread on twitter: Grow through innovation or M&#38;A interesting discussion going on here; re: Cisco vs Juniper &#8211; two different visions on growth. Jake Kaldenbaugh, Susie Wee joined me in the discussion. I have summarized my thinking and position on M&#38;A vs Innovation driven growth strategy. My argument is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=skreddy.wordpress.com&amp;blog=266213&amp;post=244&amp;subd=skreddy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cloud: Interoperability &amp; Portability</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:34:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Surendra Reddy</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cloud Interoperable Protocol]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The discussion about the difference between interoperability and portability isn&#8217;t new by any means. In the context of Cloud, Portability is the ability to move an application or service from one cloud to another cloud, usually with minimal overhead, or no overhead. Interoperability is the ability of services to seamlessly communicate with each other. If [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=skreddy.wordpress.com&amp;blog=266213&amp;post=200&amp;subd=skreddy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cloud &#8211; Enabling Rich User Experiences</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 03:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Surendra Reddy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most successful brands create breakthrough ideas or innovations that are inspired by a deep understanding of consumers’ lives. Customers are no longer tolerating the rushed and mediocre service offerings. Instead, they are demanding satisfying and rich experiences. Companies that provide it will evoke emotional bonding with the brand and win their loyalty. It’s fashionable today [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=skreddy.wordpress.com&amp;blog=266213&amp;post=180&amp;subd=skreddy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Virtualization: Solution or Problem?</title>
		<link>http://skreddy.wordpress.com/2009/09/27/virtualization-solution-or-problem/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:08:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Surendra Reddy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is virtualization solution to a problem or part of the problem? Christofer Hoff ignited the create spark Virtual Machines are the Problem, Not the Solution. In my view and experience, Virtualization is part of the problem as well as part of the solution. While automation is the key in fulfilling end-to-end service delivery, virtualization is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=skreddy.wordpress.com&amp;blog=266213&amp;post=147&amp;subd=skreddy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Government IT and Cloud Computing</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 05:12:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Surendra Reddy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Government plans and their commitment for cloud computing seems very promising. I do certainly appreciate and congratulate the government leaders and their courageous and bold steps in driving the Cloud adoption. During the times of crisis, we need innovations like this. Recent announcement by Vivek Kundra to source services from the public cloud is definitely [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=skreddy.wordpress.com&amp;blog=266213&amp;post=142&amp;subd=skreddy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Talking to Myself. Reinforcing My Values. Then Me to We.</title>
		<link>http://skreddy.wordpress.com/2009/09/19/talking-to-myself-reinforcing-my-values-then-me-to-we/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 01:37:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Surendra Reddy</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Life Long Learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reflections]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Soliloquy. Talking to myself. Back in Chicago for weekend. Weekends in Chicago are fabulous and gives me an opportunity to critically look back and find better ways to do my job. It is a great time to reflect on what worked and what didn&#8217;t. Surprisingly, there are always better ways to do things. But we [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=skreddy.wordpress.com&amp;blog=266213&amp;post=138&amp;subd=skreddy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Do Standards Stifle Innovation?</title>
		<link>http://skreddy.wordpress.com/2009/09/16/do-standards-stifle-innovation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:21:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Surendra Reddy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cloud Computing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cloud]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Attended federal cloud computing announcement today at NASA. White House CIO, Vivek Kundra, revealed ambitious plan for overall government adoption of Cloud computing and simplification of complex IT procurement process. I also attended private roundtable with Mr. Kundra along with folks from Microsoft, Google, Amazon, IBM, Cisco, SGI, Sun, Eucalyptus, Verari, Symantec, and Salesforce. Mr. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=skreddy.wordpress.com&amp;blog=266213&amp;post=133&amp;subd=skreddy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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