Introducing a collaborator, a border-crosser/bridge builder, a source of wisdom through listening and integration, a provider of elegant solutions ...

When asked for my topic, I gave, "Apple, where does it fit, and why would you want it to?" I think it would be useful to round out my own ideas with input from others, who use or support Apple products. What I present at that meeting, I will post in text version on this ...

Presenter: Charlie Havens - Where does Apple fit and why, might I want it to? Apples are becoming more widely used in business and with the advent of the iPAD, organizations are asking how they will fit into their schema. Come learn from and network with an Apple expert. ...

...both of us increase our potential for adding new customers and are unlikely to lose, through our collaboration, any current customer. ...

The divisions of competitor, colleague, and collaborator seem to no longer apply. I am grateful and our clients benefit. ...

Emphasis on Cloud 2 and social media does not eliminate the importance of local network and security infrastructure. It increases our demand for bandwidth and the need to control the bad guys who are also attempting to use those same networks. ...

"The end of Microsoft. A door opens to a new cloud," is the title of an article on CNNMoney.com by Marc Benioff, Chairman and CEO of Sales Force. This is the second article that I have read by him. He eloquently describes the differences and the paradigm shift between the different generations of computing technologies. ...

Great article by Founder and CEO of Sales Force, Mark Benioff. I especially like this chart laying out how he sees the difference between old cloud computing and new cloud computing. He defines the iPad, as part of the new paradigm. ...

I'll wait and see whether this process introduces me to potential customers, but in preparation, I did manage to get my elevator pitch down to 42 seconds. Is that worth anything? ...