An Information Technology industry veteran, Raj has a proven track record of success as a strategist, entrepreneur, and a global leader. He has over three decades of experience, working in various geographies and providing innovative solutions to clients in several industries. Raj has led organizational units to optimum performance by leveraging information technology, strategic planning and knowledge management strategies.
Raj has co-authored Planning Guides and Book Reports on the topics of Strategic Business Planning and Enterprise Agility. He speaks frequently at industry forums, and his papers have been published in leading business journals.
Among other leadership roles, Raj was the global director of knowledge management, at PricewaterhouseCoopers and was responsible for establishing a common end-to-end engagement process across different global entities. He has also served as director, emerging technologies and trends, at Electronic Data Systems (EDS). A Harvard Business School case study highlighted his work at EDS where he enabled the company to quickly establish an Information Technology solution center in India, and rapidly grow it into an integral part of the company’s global delivery organization.
Raj holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Management from Central Michigan University. He has also completed the Global Business Leadership executive program from U21Global and the "Managerial Issues in the Global Enterprise" program at Thunderbird American Graduate School of International Management.
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Emergence of the Cloud Integrator
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| Four-tier architecture and smart integration allow companies to take advantage of the benefits offered by the different types of clouds |
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Raj Asava
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| While some claim Cloud Computing is the next disruptive technology, others suggest it is the harbinger of the diminishing role of the Systems Integrator. A closer examination reveals that it is neither. But whatever descriptor is finalized for Cloud Computing, harvesting its benefits will require the guidance and direction of an emerging breed of systems integrator – Cloud Integrator. |
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Article: Computing in the Cloud, What is IT all About!  |
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June 22 2010
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In spite of its appeal and increasing acceptance, there still seem to be a struggle in explaining what cloud computing is all about. The attached poem regarding cloud computing is proving to be an interesting yet simple way of defining what cloud is, and the power behind it.
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