Jason Wilkins joined Xstrata as CIO in 2002 when the company had a market capitalization of around $500 million USD and a few thousand employees. Today, the company has more than 56,000 employees and a market capitalization of approximately $60 USD billion. With growth fueled by an exponential acquisition strategy ...

Verizon Business recently launched its global billing report, the newest addition to the company’s suite of online self-service billing applications. Delivering a practical and environmentally friendly alternative to paper-based billing and reporting, the global billing report provides Verizon Business’ multinational customers with a convenient ...

In this video podcast, Diane Bryant, Intel Corporation’s recently-named chief information officer, discusses the role of IT in the enterprise today. Bryant sees three main functions for Intel’s IT organization, beginning with the company’s strategy for driving business growth. That centers upon ultra low-power devices in support of ...

Worldwide mobile content revenues are expected to surpass $44 billion by 2011, so it shouldn’t surprise anyone that mobile entertainment and campaigns are growing annually by leaps and bounds, with marketers beginning to investigate mobile opportunities seriously. Marketing Voices spoke with the head of Phluant Mobile, David Breckling, ...

Join BearingPoint senior manager Bill Stotzer in exploring the challenges facing the sourcing and procurement organizations today. Many financial institutions have identified procurement cost savings and made an attempt at cost reduction. Some have achieved greater success than others. We see two primary factors contributing to ...

In this video podcast straight from Intel’s Spring IDF in Shanghai, the spotlight is on the keynote demos that showed power and performance in newer, smaller and more innovative form factors, many powered by the Intel’s Atom processor. Many of the demonstrations focused on mobility, and they all provided an ...

It started with an innocuous audio interview with the then-President of the Products and Technology Group at SAP AG, Shai Agassi. Then came Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz, sitting at a table with an umbrella. It wasn’t long before Scoble introduced us to Thomas Hawk (investment advisor by day, ...

Charles Ditkoff is managing director and co-head of the global healthcare services group with Banc of America Securities. In this podcast, from the Healthcare Dealmaking Symposium hosted by The Deal in New York City, Ditkoff speaks with PodTech’s Jason Lopez about the state of I.T. in ...

In 2007 deals in the health care M&A marketplace soared. Siemens’s $7 billion purchase of Dade Behring, Medtronic’s purchase of Kyphon and Carlyle Group’s purchase of Manor Care are just a few of the deals that contributed to a trend-setting year in the health care sector. In this ...

Now that GDC 2008 is behind us, and the reviews are really rolling in, PodTech takes a wide look at the gaming industry, with IDC gaming analyst Billy Pidgeon.

Gaming’s future likely includes more attention from the courts, as it continues to gain in mass popularity and ...

Co-founder and CEO Shane Baldwin likes to think of Silverleaf Capital as the “entrepreneur’s entrepreneur.” In its first 10 months of life, Silverleaf has already placed more than a half-billion dollars under management. With a board that includes top executives from throughout the U.S. and investors that span a ...

Last October, Microsoft invested $240 million in Facebook, suddenly placing Facebook’s value at a lofty $15 billion. Now, we see that revenues for 2007 came to around $150 million, while expenses still leave the company with a negative cash flow that could be as high as $150 million next ...

Broadband access for the developing world was a key topic at the Third Global Knowledge Conference, held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in December 2007. Attendees there called for action items to to bring underdeveloped nations - including populations sometimes referred to as “the next billion” - into the connected ...

The Consumer Electronics Show usually isn’t a big show for gamers, but this year’s event was expected to be different. CES dedicated more show floor space for its Gaming Showcase and there were even rumors that Microsoft’s Bill Gates would reveal a new version of the ...

We met up with Seagate’s CEO, Bill Watkins, while hanging out in the CES BlogHaus that Seagate sponsored. Lots of fun and we get insights into what storage trends are coming at us in 2008.

Rumors were circulating that Microsoft’s Bill Gates would unveil a new version of the Xbox 360 during his final keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show, but that wasn’t the case. Instead, Gates and Robbie Bach, the president of Microsoft’s entertainment and devices division, announced a

We’re in the Bloghaus during Bill Gates’ final keynote. Here is some of the flavor. You may recognize some of the people….

On Day 2 of CES 2008, we visit ShowStoppers at the Wynn, and then back to Bloghaus with Robert Scoble, and Seagate CEO, Bill Watkins.

Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates offered up some self-deprecating humor on his next career move after he steps aside at the world’s biggest software maker. Here’s an excerpt of his keynote address at CES 2008.

For the full keynote, check out the Microsoft CES site.

CES 2008 BlogHaus Motto: Bandwidth, Beer, and Beanbags all for bloggers only.

We’ll be back at the Bellagio Hotel & Casino, Suite #6601 - Spa Tower.

Check out the mashup of CES 2007 BlogHaus in this post.

More info can be found at:
www.CESBlogHaus.com

A place for bloggers, podcasters, video ...

Bryant Terry, co-author of the book GRUB: Ideas for an Urban Organic Kitchen, and Jason Harvey, founder of Oakland Food Connection, teamed up recently to have a totally organic soul food brunch. Hanging out with food justice foodies as of late, we’ve been hearing a similar idea ...

I’m so sick of getting my utility bill and seeing that a huge majority of my money goes to pay for energy from Natural Gas and Nuclear (and in many places in the US, Coal). I want my money to go towards renewables and I’m not the only one. Many ...

Listen in as LSI experts discuss Verizon’s recent announcement to open their wireless network. Topics cover the business and technical implications of this announcement, including the need for advanced DPI (Deep Packet Inspection) capabilities to ensure network reliability, security and new billing capabilities.

Gaming is fast gaining track in India and Mumbai is the epicenter for the industry. I finally caught up with Quentin Staes-Polet, CEO of Kreeda in Bangalore to find out about Kreeda, doing business in India and the challenges of doing business in India. Kreeda bills itself as India’s ...