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The two-minute slideshow version of my ten-question interview with Sumeet Shrivastava of Array Information Technology.
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IT INNOVATION FOR SMBs
Ten questions with
Array Technology CEOArray is a traditional systems
integrator with 15 years in the business. In the federal market, small-business and set-aside programs have grown to almost a quarter of the government’s $80 billionIT contracting spend outside the intelligence community. For a contractor working with these protected programs, can technology innovation be a tool for greater competitiveness?
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Q1) What kinds of problems can an SMB like Array address with tech innovation?
“…innovation, smaller projects, quicker turns, more rapid ROI, these all tend to cater to the strengths of smaller companies...”
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Q2) Is this more important with government entities than in the commercial market?
“… business will come in smaller chunks, require greater flexibility, and an ability to tap into innovation more quickly…”
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Q3) In terms of best practices, what do you recommend IT leaders do differently?
“…taking a fresh look at the challenges you are trying to meet and where the hurdles and roadblocks may be… step back and assess what you have, what’s working and what isn’t.”
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Q4) What does resistance to increased collaboration look like?
“…in a Fortune 500 environment… global organizations with a significant success history… of doing things one way, and a why-should-we-change-now- mentality.”
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Q5) What does that look like in terms of the financial component?
“…nine to ten billion dollars of IT spend… and when you bring that down to… fifty million here and ten million there…, it’s almost impossible.”
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Q6) Where did the term “collaborative mandate” come from and what has been its effect?
“…from the 9-11 commission. There has always been some homage paid to the fact that we need to interoperate…”
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Q7) Is security an area where you see innovation happening?
“…big data and the analytics push are driving things. The new technologies need to be able to tag individual pieces of data… ”
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Q8) What kind of progress have you seen?
“There is one area where we’ve created the infrastructure to apply new technology, and that is in video surveillance technology...”
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Q9) Do you put more emphasis on the value of technology to create efficiency or increase capability?
“…the current budget environment has become a driver for an increased efficiency focus, and capability is unfortunately taking a back seat…”
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Q10) What other insights have you gained as technologies have advanced over the last decade?
“If you need to reengineer the way you deliver because your vertical is getting hammered, often technology is the way to do that… right now is still a fantastic time.”
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IT INNOVATION FOR SMBs
Ten-question interviews with top technology
leaders
These slides are excerpted fromthe full interview with Sumeet Shrivastava in TechRepublic on www.techrepublic.com/blog/tech-decision-maker/a-look-at-a-federal-model-of-it-innovation-for-smbs/
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