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		<title>Rethinking: Cloud &amp; Enterprise Computing</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:49:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Companies currently spend about 5-6% of their revenues on IT. Many of these companies are now struggling to align their IT to support the business strategy, provide a competitive advantage, and serve as a platform for growth. Exploding number of choices and growing complexity of technology assets making these companies victims of their rapidly obsolescing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.skreddy.com&blog=266213&post=247&subd=skreddy&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Views and Experiences: Growth by Innovation or M&amp;A?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:51:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Surendra Reddy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[John Furrier kicked-off an interesting conversational thread on twitter: Grow through innovation or M&#38;A interesting discussion going on here; re: Cisco vs Juniper &#8211; two different visions on growth. Jake Kaldenbaugh, Susie Wee joined me in the discussion. I have summarized my thinking and position on M&#38;A vs Innovation driven growth strategy. My argument is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.skreddy.com&blog=266213&post=244&subd=skreddy&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Leading Success: Keys to Excellence</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Surendra Reddy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I manage highly talented and creative professionals to deliver innovative products and services. I often get into a dilemma of when to stop thinking about how to solve the problem and start coaching these teams to make them high performing teams. It is not that I am inclined to exert excessive control or paying to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.skreddy.com&blog=266213&post=42&subd=skreddy&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What is Strategy?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2008 02:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Surendra Reddy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An Interview with Michael E. Porter, Professor, Harvard University. Porter&#8217;s five competitive forces is the basis for much of modern business strategy. Understand the framework and how to put it into practice. An Interview with Michael E. Porter, Professor, Harvard University. Porter&#8217;s five competitive forces is the basis for much of modern business strategy. Understand [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.skreddy.com&blog=266213&post=31&subd=skreddy&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Achieving Sustained Growth in Revenue and Profits.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Surendra Reddy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Look for blockbuster ideas and quantum leaps in value creation. Make your competition irrelevant through value creation. Ambition to dominate the market share by offering a tremendous leap in value Monitor your competition but do not use them as benchmarks Create a position for your products such that customer seeks them out even if you [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.skreddy.com&blog=266213&post=28&subd=skreddy&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Strategy and Choice</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2008 05:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Surendra Reddy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Strategic moves such as threats and promises attempt to change someone else’s expectations about your response to their actions. But these moves will fail if they believe that you will not carry them out. Without any effect on others’ expectations, there will be no effect on their actions. Strategic moves must first be made credible. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.skreddy.com&blog=266213&post=27&subd=skreddy&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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