Neil Cattermull is a global Cloud technology influencer and leading independent analyst, who consults, educates, and delivers Cloud strategies for vendors and client organizations.
His specialties include: Service Delivery Management, Business Continuity Management, Technical Architecture, Management Consulting, and Cloud Computing.
He’s held multiple Director level positions at international banks and financial service delivery firms, such as IBM, Olivetti, ADP Telerate, Thomson Financial, Merrill Lynch, and West LB.
He has created many startup technology firms and is ranked in the Top 50 for the technology market.
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INTERVIEW HIGHLIGHTS:
01:06 Recently, IBM was in the news regarding their merger with Red Hat. As someone who specializes in Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions, help us understand, why did IBM acquire Red Hat?
02:40 IBM Cloud PaaS is also built on open source technology.
03:32 What is Hybrid Cloud, and why are people interested in it?
04:52 For the layperson, what is the difference between Hybrid Cloud & Public Cloud?
07:21 Is IBM looking to compete with AWS with the Red Hat acquisition?
09:05 How to avoid Cloud sticker shock when migrating to IaaS / PaaS!
11:43 One of the reasons cited for IBM’s acquisition of Red Hat is their Kubernetes distribution. What is Kubernetes? What is Red Hat doing with it? And why is IBM interested in it?
14:02 Let’s talk about Mergers and Acquisitions in general. Why would a company want to acquire or merge with another company?
33:15 You need multiple lines of defense for Internet Security and Cybersecurity.
34:54 When starting a business, always start with the end in mind.
QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE:
18:20 Neville Huang – CEO Neurozo Innovation, New Taipei City, Taiwan - It's said that IBM acquiring RedHat will have a significant impact on Cloud services. In your opinion, how will the prevalence of Cloud impact Cybersecurity?
20:40 Neville Gaunt - Founder MindFit Ltd, UK - What large corporate merger or acquisition has ever given 1+1 is greater than 2?
23:37 Jan Barbosa - Brand Ambassador at beBee Inc., Puerto Rico – Can you name two recent good mergers, and two really bad ones?
28:27 Paul Colmer, Digital architect, coach, and trainer with ALC Training & Consulting in Brisbane, Australia - Does the acquisition mean we'll see IBM hit the IoT consumer market....ala Alexa / Google Home?
30:55 Ken Herron - CMO UIB, Orlando, FL - For those of us who create Internet of Things Solutions for our customers, in 2019 what are the 3 top things we should be looking out for to improve the security of our solutions?
