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by Jerry Michalski
February 21, 2008 at 6:20 pm · Filed under
Change, FASTForward '08, FASTforward08
J.P. shares advice for leaders on how to create the cultural change required to become Enterprise 2.0 organizations.
Bio: J.P. Rangaswami is CIO of British Telecom’s (BT) Global Services group, which works in 170 countries and is the fastest growing division with BT Group, supporting large businesses and organizations across the globe. Regarded as something of a maverick and an innovator, J.P. is is an outspoken advocate of open source and using emerging and disruptive technologies to improve information sharing, education and collaboration. He was also CIO at investment bank Dresdner Kleinwort. J.P. was named to silicon.coms “Agenda Setters for 2007″ and has been awarded UK-based Waters Magazine’s “CIO of the Year” award.
by Jerry Michalski
February 21, 2008 at 6:18 pm · Filed under
FASTForward '08, FASTforward08, Fast, Search
Jerry asks John how it feels to see his small Norwegian company grow into a global company — and what the Microsoft deal means.
Bio: John Markus Lervik, Ph.D., is CEO and a co-founder of FAST. Dr. Lervik earlier served as the company’s CTO, and holds a Ph.D. from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.

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by Jerry Michalski
February 21, 2008 at 4:45 pm · Filed under
FASTForward '08
Jevon on the user experience, Enterprise 2.0, flexible software, inflows, outflows, and “interflows” of information, content curation and more.

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by Jerry Michalski
February 21, 2008 at 4:31 pm · Filed under
Enterprise 2.0, FASTForward '08, FASTforward08
Kiyoshi Kurihara on Japan as a culture of experimentation and the irony of Japan being behind on Enterprise 2.0 while they are ahead on new gadget ideas.

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by Jerry Michalski
February 21, 2008 at 4:26 pm · Filed under
FASTForward '08, Fast, Financial services
Brooks talks with Jerry about the new strategic importance of search for financial services companies in creating a consistent customer experience across multiple touchpoints.
Brooks Gibbins has worldwide responsibility for the securities, retail banking, insurance and financial information sectors at FAST. He has over 12 years of experience in enterprise software and hosted solutions in the financial services market. Prior to joining FAST, he was a key executive with Multex.com, a financial information and global research portals company. He oversaw the build out of the European business, co-led global sales, and headed up the firm’s investment management solutions business. He began his career with Price Waterhouse in their SAP technology consulting practice.
by Jerry Michalski
February 21, 2008 at 4:24 pm · Filed under
Computerworld, FASTForward '08, FASTforward08
Kyoko talks with Jerry about how the conference — her first FASTforward — has given her a rich range of new insights and stories to share with her readers in Japan.
Kyoko Suzuki is a member of the editorial staff at Computerworld Japan, part of IDG, Inc. Japan.
by Jerry Michalski
February 20, 2008 at 3:22 pm · Filed under
FASTForward '08, FASTforward08
Reuters’ Gerry Campbell, who was a main speaker today, talks about the two competing forces that are shaping the future of content –the continued explosion of content and the increased frustration of users to find content that’s right for them – and how his company is planning to add contextualized content solutions in the future.
Bio: Gerry Campbell brings a deep domain expertise to existing Reuters’ products and drives breakthrough innovation in the delivery of relevant information and insight to customers. Previously Mr. Campbell was Senior VP for AOL’s Search and Directional Media group, and managed the AOL Search, Local Search, Yellow Pages, Netscape Search, and eCommerce Search properties. He also led product strategy for AltaVista’s commerce group, has held marketing and management positions with Compaq and CompuServe, and co-founded Bounce Networks, a digital media start-up. He holds an MBA and BA in Mass Media from The Ohio State University.

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by Jerry Michalski
February 20, 2008 at 3:18 pm · Filed under
FASTForward '08, FASTforward08, Fast, Search
Zia Zaman’s take-aways from FASTforward’08 and his views on how search will change the world.
by Jerry Michalski
February 20, 2008 at 3:02 pm · Filed under
FASTForward '08, FASTforward08
Safa and Jerry discuss the differences between appointment television and television when you want it and how this transitions into other areas.
Bio: Safa was most recently a Managing Director and Senior Research Analyst focused on Internet media and marketing, and the lead China analyst at Piper Jaffray and Company. He led the firm’s expansion efforts in the Internet industry and, most notably, in expansion to China. Mr. Rashtchy has published numerous research and industry reports, including 2007’s widely accliamed The User Revolution - The New Advertising Ecosystem and the Rise of the Internet as a Mass Medium.
by Jerry Michalski
February 20, 2008 at 3:00 pm · Filed under
FASTForward '08, FASTforward08
A FAST Partner gives his take on the FASTFoward Conference.
by Jerry Michalski
February 20, 2008 at 2:59 pm · Filed under
FASTForward '08, FASTforward08, Microsoft
Jared and Jerry discuss how Microsoft and FAST will work together and how search has become a strategic element for them.
Bio: Jared Spataro is responsible for enterprise search at Microsoft. His professional career has focused on software, and before joining Microsoft he worked for a leading enterprise content management vendor. Mr. Spataro earned an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management and a BS in Computer Science from Brigham Young University.
by Jerry Michalski
February 20, 2008 at 2:57 pm · Filed under
FASTForward '08, FASTforward08, Search
Benjamin, of Search Discovery, gives us his view on what the hot topics at FASTForward’08 are.

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by Jerry Michalski
February 20, 2008 at 2:55 pm · Filed under
Enterprise 2.0, FASTForward '08, FASTforward08, Web 2.0
Jim and Jerry have an interesting discussion around the distinction of making technology for “them” to “me” to “us.
by Jerry Michalski
February 20, 2008 at 1:07 pm · Filed under
FASTForward '08, FASTforward08
Bill and Jerry discuss the rapid changes that are occurring, and how this is just the beginning. In addition, Bill throws out the question/thought around net neutrality and how this could slow down these changes.

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by Jerry Michalski
February 20, 2008 at 12:51 pm · Filed under
FASTForward '08, FASTforward08, Management Theory
Jerry and Jon discuss how the management theories of Ackoff, Drucker, Argyris may be coming true.
by Jerry Michalski
February 20, 2008 at 12:03 pm · Filed under
FASTForward '08, FASTforward08
Mark gives Jerry an overview of SAILLABS speech recognition technology within the multimedia arena.
by Jerry Michalski
February 20, 2008 at 9:49 am · Filed under
FASTForward '08, FASTforward08, Twitter
Jerry interviews Paula, a longtime contributor to this blog, about how twittering is impacting conferences and the conversations around them.

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by Jerry Michalski
February 20, 2008 at 9:45 am · Filed under
Enterprise 2.0, FASTForward '08, FASTforward08, Fast
Bjorn discusses the demands of integrating the back end. He focuses on how to determining what needs to work and when.
Bio: Bjørn Olstad, Ph.D., serves as the Chief Technology Officer. Before joining FAST, Dr. Olstad held key positions within General Electric Medical Systems, including Director of Research and Development for Cardiac Ultrasound. He has served as a professor in computer science at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), where he was awarded the youngest professorship ever.

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by Jerry Michalski
February 20, 2008 at 9:42 am · Filed under
Blogging, FASTForward '08, User Revolution
Sandy comments on the empowerment of the individual/user and the power shift that has occurred that allows them to do things they couldn’t have a decade ago.
by Jerry Michalski
February 20, 2008 at 9:40 am · Filed under
FASTForward '08, FASTforward08
Jerry does a meet and greet interview with the CEO of an aspiring search technology start-up.

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