Rick Abbott and Bob Zurek
About
RICK ABBOTT BIO: Rick Abbott is President of 360DegreeView, LLC. Rick has over 19 years of information management and technology experience, including private and public sector work. On the commercial side, Rick has significant experience in both the telecommunications and financial services industries. Rick has over eight years of "Big 5" experience, including an associate partnership position with Deloitte Consulting. Rick's primary focus over the past 13 years has been on large-scale business intelligence initiatives. He has direct experience in all aspects of business intelligence and data warehouse projects including business case development, strategic planning and business alignment, business requirements, and technical architecture and design. He possesses over 10 years of large, IT-related project management experience. Rick also has significant experience in assisting clients in negotiating large technology product, service, and outsourcing contracts. Read Rick's blog at www.360degreeinsight.com. He can also be reached at rick@360degreeview.com.================================================================================BOB ZUREK BIO: Bob Zurek is Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Product Management at Infobright. Bob is also responsible for client services including sales engineering and implementation services. Bob has over 25 years of proven success in software development, technology research, and product management. He also possesses deep expertise in database management systems, business intelligence, and open-source technologies. Prior to joining Infobright, Bob was vice president of products and CTO at EnterpriseDB. While at EnterpriseDB, Bob led the company's technology and product management operations for their open-source product line. Prior to EnterpriseDB, Bob held management positions at IBM, Ascential Software and other technology companies where he consistently demonstrated the ability to define and deliver market-leading products with strong competitive differentiation. Read Bob's blog at http://www.infobright.org/Open-source/Blog/bob_zureks_blog. He can also be reached at bob.zurek@infobright.com.
How to Achieve Greener Data Storage and Analysis
In a world where business is transacted 24/7 across every possible channel available, companies need to collect, store, track and analyze enormous volumes of data-everything from clickstream data and event logs to mobile call records and more. But this all comes with a cost to both businesses and the environment. Data warehouses and the sprawling […]