Concept: Democratization of Data

I just was a member of a panel for a seminar given in New York City entitled “HOW CFOS ARE DRIVING GROWTH”. The seminar was given by Proformative.com. I spoke about the Democratization of Data in one of my slides and felt this would make a great topic for this month’s newsletter. The concept behind […]

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An educational concept worth the effort to start in your locale

A business friend of mine, Alan Berkson of the Intelligist Group (http://www.intelligistgroup.com), invited me to the information session of the Westchester County (NY) Community College’s Academy for Entrepreneurial Excellence (http://www.sunywcc.edu/cms/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Academy-2015-Flyer.pdf). In conjunction with the Business Council of Westchester they developed a program Alan calls “A pocket MBA”. For 15 weeks, experts in the field of […]

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Is SaaS software good for small startups?

This was the title of a series of posts on the CFO centric website Proformative.com. SaaS, which is Software as a Service is the newest tweak to the computer world and Internet. Wikipedia defines SaaS as “…sometimes referred to as “on-demand software,” is a software delivery model in which software and its associated data are […]

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Lessons From Irene… Protecting your mission critical assets

Lessons from Irene by Avi Smith-Rappaport www.wecarecomputers.com (with permission) Tropical Storm Irene wreaked havoc on a lot of people’s computer systems as it blew through the Northeast. While we have encountered some catastrophic flood and wind damage to homes and businesses where the computer systems were part of a total write-off – that’s been thankfully […]

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