Mike Clayville, Asia Pacific & Japan Vice President - Vmware
VMware is the global leader in virtual infrastructure software. The company has undergone explosive growth world-wide. The interview that follows, takes a look under the covers at how that explosive growth has manifested itself in Asia Pacific. It's a candid discussion with the Vice President for VMWare in the region

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Hilary Mine, Managing Director Australasia and North Asia – Alcatel Lucent
Alcatel Lucent has supplied 40% of the world's current DSL broadband infrastructure. Hilary Mine, Managing Director Australasia and North Asia, speaks with Mark Braithwaite about how she manages in a culturally diverse region..

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Keith Budge, Senior Vice President & General Manager, Asia Pacific & Japan, Business Objects – an SAP company
Business Objects is the global leader in Business Intelligence software. The company is in the final stages of a friendly takeover by SAP. Keith Budge, Business Objects’ Asia Pacific Vice President has lived and worked in Asia since 1993. In this interview with mosaic, Keith shares some of his experience

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Deb Dutta, Vice President, Asia Pacific / Japan - Brocade
Globally, Brocade owns more than 80% of each of the markets they play in. They serve these markets by connecting and managing all types of data. They have 2500 employees and US$1.4bn in annual revenue. Indian born Deb Dutta, joined Brocade in Singapore 6 years ago. He was the 12th employee in the region. Today, Deb's team is 180 strong and growing

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Graham Sowden, Asia Pacific & Japan Vice President - Mercury
Prior to the recent acquisition of Mercury by HP, Graham Sowden was instrumental in the phenomenal growth of Mercury across Asia Pacific. We were keen to see how he adapted his style to emulate the success in Asia Pacific that he'd had elsewhere

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Dave Thompson, Asia Pacific & Japan Vice President - AXS-One
US company AXS-One has 200 people worldwide focused on the niche market of records compliance management. The compliance pressure Sarbanes Oxley brought to US companies is being mirrored globally. AXS-One invested in building a global infrastructure in anticipation that the demand would snowball. Their Asia Pacific Vice President, Dave Thompson shares his experiences of the last 4 years.

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Gavin Selkirk, Asia Pacific Japan Senior Vice President & General Manager- CA Asia Pacific & Japan
CA has dominated the IT Management software sector globally for more than 20 years. In the early 2000's, CA went through a period of negative publicity and fortunes caused by the improper management practices of previous leadership. But over the last 2 years, under a completely new leadership team, CA has been transformed and is on the rise again.

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Lee Boon Huat, ex-Asia Pacific Vice President - Crystal Decisions
Crystal Decisions was acquired by competitor Business Objects at the end of 2003. Their Asia Pacific story has many lessons for the new market entrant. Singaporean Lee Boon Huat was the first Crystal employee in Asia. This was in 1997. When Business Objects acquired Crystal six years later, Boon Huat had built the business from zero to US$25m of revenue with an operating profit of 40%. He had also built a team of 120 employees. Asia Pacific was seen as a great success story within Crystal.

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Steven Leonard, Asia Pacific & Japan Vice President - EMC Corporation
In enterprise storage, the EMC brand is all pervasive. In recent years, EMC has made 23 acquisitions, repositioning the company as the leading developer and provider of information infrastructure technology and solutions, keeping it ahead of its competition by staving off the commoditization and margin erosion of its offering. EMC\'s Asia Pacific & Japan operations, led by Steven Leonard, has revenues of more than US$1bn.

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