Monday February 6, 2012

Guidewire Hits The Public Market Running; Shares Jump 30% In Early Trading

While there were some big IPOs in 2011, Zynga and Groupon among them, overall it was a disappointing year for IPOs. Will 2012 be any different? As the first tech IPO of the new year, Guidewire Software certainly hopes so. Back in September, the insurance software company joined MobiTV, Angie’s List, Brightcove, and Jive, filing [...]

Amidst ‘Advanced’ Acquisition Talks, RadVision Extends Its Video Solutions To SMBs; Shares Tumble

Well, it’s been an interesting last few weeks (and last few years, for that matter) for Israeli-headquartered video-conferencing specialist, RadVision. Acquisition rumors are currently swirling around the company, based on Israeli newspaper Globes’ report that the company is in ‘advanced’ talks with Avaya, a business collaboration and communications company, for a sale of approximately $200 [...]

Dr. Lecia Barker: Senior Research Scientist for the National Center for Women & IT shares her insights into unconscious bias, attracting diversity into computing, maximizing educational environments and technologies

This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview Dr. Lecia Barker: Senior Research Scientist for the National Center for Women & IT, Leading Educator, and Top Thought Leader. Lecia shares her insights into unconscious bias, attracting diversity into computing, maximizing educational environments [...]

Dr. Maggie Johnson: Distinguished Researcher, Educator, Executive, and Top Thought Leader shares her insights into trends, IT benchmarking, computing education, teaching, and corporate training

This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview Dr. Maggie Johnson: Distinguished Researcher, Educator, Executive, and Top Thought Leader shares her insights into trends, IT benchmarking, computing education, teaching, and corporate training. Enjoy, Stephen Ibaraki Maggie Johnson is a Senior Lecturer in [...]

Dr. Lecia Barker: Senior Research Scientist for the National Center for Women & IT shares her insights into unconscious bias, attracting diversity into computing, maximizing educational environments and technologies

This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview Dr. Lecia Barker: Senior Research Scientist for the National Center for Women & IT, Leading Educator, and Top Thought Leader. Lecia shares her insights into unconscious bias, attracting diversity into computing, maximizing educational environments [...]

Dr. Lecia Barker: Senior Research Scientist for the National Center for Women & IT shares her insights into unconscious bias, attracting diversity into computing, maximizing educational environments and technologies

This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview Dr. Lecia Barker: Senior Research Scientist for the National Center for Women & IT, Leading Educator, and Top Thought Leader. Lecia shares her insights into unconscious bias, attracting diversity into computing, maximizing educational environments [...]

Alex Lin Yong Qing, shares his insights into the World Economic Forum, NYC global leaders summit, building the largest Intel channel, founding the largest online professional business media and service company

This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview London School of Economics (LSE) Alumni Alex Lin Yong Qing. Alex is a leading CEO in China who provides a unique perspective on this growing region. Enjoy, Stephen Ibaraki Alex Lin Yong Qing is [...]

Rohit Talwar: Award-winning Global Top 10 Futurist, Strategic Thinker, Entrepreneur – shares his extensive insights into future trends and how to leverage them

This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview Rohit Talwar: Award-winning Global Top 10 Futurist, Strategic Thinker, Entrepreneur — Rohit shares his extensive insights into future trends and how to leverage them Rohit Talwar is an award winning futurist speaker, entrepreneur, specialist [...]

Microsoft Director John Oxley: Leading Multi-Award Winning International Technology Authority and Executive–John talks about the drivers for strong leadership plus shares his top career tips and lessons

This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with top-echelon and renowned professionals. In this blog, I interview Microsoft Director John Oxley: Leading Multi-Award Winning International Technology Authority and Executive; John talks about the drivers for strong leadership plus shares his top career tips and lessons. Enjoy, Stephen Ibaraki, FCIPS, ISP, ITCP/IP3P, [...]

CIPS scholarship recipient’s pathway to success–Lynette Wallach: IT Leader, Senior Analyst Shares her best practices in Health Care IT

This is the next blog in the continuing series of interviews with working IT professionals who are making their mark on industry. In this blog, I interview Lynette Wallach: IT Leader, Senior Analyst who shares her best practices in Health Care IT. Enjoy, Stephen Ibaraki, FCIPS, ISP, ITCP/IP3P, DFNPA, CNP, MVP Lynette Wallach started her [...]