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Cloud spend is expected to sky rocket to $210 billion by 2015 as more businesses turn to the cloud for scalability, cost-efficiency and more. But the challenge of managing multiple accounts within an organization has made this cloud boom in some aspects more trouble – and more expensive - than it’s sometimes worth.

Cloudability has brought...

There's a great deal of discussion about integrating Social into Sales, Marketing & CRM operations and systems, but companies are still struggling to define and quantify Return on Investment (ROI), strongly suggesting that the connection between 'Social' and the 'Sales/Marketing funnel' has not yet been made. This...

So you've nailed down your product specs, and you're ready to start pitching investors. However, choosing the right funding option can be challenging given the number of funding options out there. Join our panel of angel investors for an in-depth discussion on angel funding to determine whether an angel investment is right for your...

We are all witnessing an increasing velocity of product and service innovation within the competitive landscape. Creating a sustainable process for successful innovation is now even more critical for corporate survival. Yet, it seems that only nimble startups and a select few larger companies are able to accomplish this. Why is that? Our panelists...

On September 20th, Focus.com is launching a new Live Event App that will turn Expert Roundtables from a phone-based broadcast to a fully immersive, social online interaction. In this Roundtable, we'll debut the new Live Event App and, with the creators, delve into the story behind the new Live Event experience.

The Agenda will be based on...

With wireless networking and mobile computing now at the center of the IT planning in enterprises and organizations large and small, a new set of important strategic questions are coming to light. Sure, they're convenient and cost-effective, but can wireless LANs really serve all corporate communications and networking functions? With so many...

October is declared “security awareness month.” For some, it’s a day, others a week. For many, it’s a concept that provides little benefit.

We defined “security awareness” in July – an individual’s realization of the consequences of their actions with the ability to assess intention and impact.

So does emphasizing security...

John Pirc and Will Gragido just recently published Cybercrime and Espionage in February of this year. The overall book on Cybercrime and Espionage provides a wealth of knowledge related to the realities seen in the execution of advanced attacks, their success from the perspective of exploitation and their presence within all industry. This book...

Cloud Computing is becoming polarized with one faction demanding open standards as a foil to vendor lock in, while another claims that by focusing on the product itself customers are unlikely to want to move. Into this battle wade a group of people from both sides of the fence, who will discuss and debate the issues around open standards as they...

Join us for this roundtable teleconference where Focus Experts Kevin Beaver, Andrew Baker, Erik Goldoff and Fred Stuck will address the security risks every small to mid-sized businesses should consider, while offering advice on how to substantially mitigate these risks.

Topics Include:

- How do I implement proper security for my SMB with a...

Join us for this free roundtable teleconference with Bob Egan, Brian Katz, Michael Finneran and Bob Schukai.

Mobile is changing the conversation with organization constituencies. Consumers often have better technology at home than at work. This reversal is creating new pressures on enterprise IT and business managers. Enterprises must acknowledge...

Join us for this free teleconference with Raymond Umerley, Ben Kepes, Sam Johnston and Dave Asprey.

Entrusting a cloud service provider with your data also means understanding what happens to that data if your provider goes out of business. This roundtable will discuss the importance of developing a strategy to prevent data loss in such an event,...

Join the next episode of our monthly Security Awareness Roundtable, hosted by Michael Santarcangelo, author of Into the Breach and recognized for his ability to “harness the human side of security” to explore the real challenge of security and security awareness.

A common concern voiced in the industry is that people simply do not – and...

Join us for this roundtable teleconference with Richard Stiennon, Andrew Baker, Fred Stuck and Robert Parham.

With new security threats continually emerging, enterprises need to embed information security into their organization's DNA. Join us for this roundtable teleconference where Focus Experts will address the security challenges faced by...

Join us for this roundtable teleconference with Simon Crosby, Patrick Pushor, Robert Taylor, Ben Goodman and Davi Ottenheimer.

Security continues to be a top concern as the enterprise looks to shift workloads from the traditional data center to the cloud. Applications rarely work in isolation - and as such need to share data back and forth between...

Join us for this free roundtable teleconference with Jonathan Wu, Neil Raden, Lyndsay Wise and Herschel Chandler.

Meeting the information needs of the business community is challenging for most IT support organizations because the requirements are often changing. As individuals learn the features and functionality of their BI application as...

Join us for this free roundtable teleconference with Ben Kepes, Christian Reilly, John Taschek and Yoram Heller. The term "Cloud Computing" has been around now for a few years and, from those heady early days when most of the traditional technology players derided the very validity of the concept - it's now an accepted industry term....

Join us for our inaugural monthly roundtable teleconference on security awareness and training hosted by Michael Santarcangelo, author of Into the Breach: Protect Your Business by Managing People, Information and Risk. Recognized for his ability to harness the human side of security, Michael and roundtable guests will discuss and explore solutions...

Cloud computing introduces new challenges and rewards for small businesses, which are different than those faced by enterprises. In this roundtable, we are defining small businesses as companies with 50 employees or less. These top Experts will discuss scenarios unique to the small business and advise how those scenarios influence decision making.
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There is a growing trend towards Business Intelligence - Software as a Service. BI-SaaS is financially appealing since organizations that utilize these services do not have capital expenditure outlays for hardware or software. Understanding this offering is important from an organizational information management perspective. In this roundtable,...

Join us for this roundtable teleconference where Erica Byrd, Robert Keahey, Laura Merling, Dave Roberts and Jack Story will discuss the latest trends, issues and strategies around applications and cloud computing.

There is no doubt about it - cloud computing is set to fundamentally alter the lifecycle associated with software applications. As the...

Join us for this roundtable teleconference where Matthew Metheny, JP Morgenthal, Mike Nelson and Davi Ottenheimer will discuss cloud computing as it relates to government agencies.

Topics Include:
- What are the factors that would influence a government organization's decision to use the cloud services of another agency versus those of a...

Cloud Computing presents specific issues outside the United States. US vendors need to tailor their products and messaging to meet the needs of customer outside the US. Meanwhile non US companies could look to domestic markets before getting starry eyed and heading stateside. Our five non-US citizens will talk around Cloud from an international...

Join us for this roundtable teleconference where Adrian Cockcroft, Sam Johnston, Ben Kepes, Christian Reilly and John Taschek will discuss enterprise cloud adoption. These top Experts will identify and analyze the barriers and different stages of cloud adoption.

Topics include:
- What are the barriers to adoption?
- Can vendors help with...