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In founding Interarbor Solutions, I created a content platform, BriefingsDirect, that leverages social media to explain the latest software-defined enterprise, hybrid cloud, IoT and big data advances. As a veteran IT analyst, my moderated discussions and interviews get to the essence of the hottest enterprise technology topics.

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