smookerjee@cleartechnologies.net[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Shu Mookerjee is the Hyperconverged Specialist at Clear Technologies and has been in the role since March 2018. In his role, Shu will be focused on driving new business within the domains of the converged and hyperconverged infrastructure as well as high performance compute and storage. Shu brings a technologist’s approach to clients, understanding and articulating how the latest technology will impact the key performance metrics and mapping I/T innovations directly to the customer’s business goals.
Prior to joining Clear Technologies, Shu was the Director of Technical Sales at StorONE, where he was responsible for developing technical collateral, delivering education to customers and developing the client base. Before that, Shu spent nearly two decades at IBM in various sales, technical and management roles where he worked with such customers as NTTData, Essilor and Oncor Electric.
Shu was born in Mumbai, raised in New Jersey and educated in New York. He received his BS in Mechanical Engineering from Rochester Institute of Technology. He is a purple belt in kung fu, a semi-pro guitarist and an avid video gamer. He currently resides in Dallas, TX with his wife, who wishes he would get a hobby.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1528233492364{background-color: #002e63 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]Clear Technologies has partnered with IBM on their Power Systems line of systems since Clear’s founding in 1993. With over 25 years of experience, Clear Technologies brings the technical support resources that enable the right systems solution for your environment. Whether you are looking for basic “how-to” support for a single server or a full IBM Platform as a Service Solution, Clear Technologies has the capabilities and know-how to design, implement, troubleshoot and manage all sizes of IBM Power environments running IBM AIX, i (OS/400) and Linux.
Remote Administration
Clear Technologies has a dedicated support team devoted to remotely managing client environments. Clear’s team of certified-Power subject matter experts can do full environment management or facilitate your current team by adding industry-leading skills to your staff. We can offer full 24x7x365 support or ad-hoc systems assistance depending on your needs. Clear’s team of resources have decades of experience with not only the IBM Power hardware but also the suite of products that support that hardware such as IBM BRMS, PowerHA, and more.
Production Hosting
In addition to providing administration of systems, Clear Technologies can also offer IBM Power hosting for IBM i and AIX. Both large and small environments can take advantage of the scalability, cost savings, availability and security of moving to a hosted environment or cloud. Clear can offer capacity and utilization based pricing so you are only paying for the pieces of the system you use. The hosted Power environments we provide are located in leading edge datacenters with redundant networking and connectivity using IBM Power systems on IBM maintenance so you have the peace of mind your production environment is being taken care of as well or better than your company would.
High Availability & Disaster Recovery as a Service
If you would like to keep your production system on-premises due to requirements or regulations, Clear can still offer high availability and disaster recovery target partitions to facilitate your current business continuity plan or for a brand new DR strategy. Clear has experts on staff in the field of High Availability with leading skills for IBM’s PowerHA and Syncsort’s MIMIX product, as well as skills from other leading High Availability vendors. High Availability offers the lower RTO and best RPO and we can offer dedicated system resources to give your organization confidence that your data is fully protected.
Restoration Services/Restore Verification
Finally, Clear Technologies’ IBM Power Managed Services offers a thorough but cost-effecitive restore verification services. Is your DR-strategy fully dependent on tape backups? Let us test those tapes and restore them to our systems. We offer restoration services for IBM Power environments to give even our smallest clients reassurance that they can get their business back to work in the event of a downed system.
Clear Technologies suite of Managed Services for IBM’s Power portfolio is flexible to your needs and ready to assist you. Contact Clear Technologies today to speak to one of our IBM Power specialists and help architect the services you need for the future of your company.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Get in Touch ” color=”primary” size=”lg” align=”center” button_block=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cleartechnologies.net%2Fabout%2Fcontact%2F|||”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]DALLAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Clear Technologies, a leading IT solution provider, has been selected as the winner of the Horizon Award for Outstanding Partner Performance presented on April 11, 2018. Clear was selected for this award based on its exceptional performance during 2017.
West and Clear Technologies partner to provide clients with Unified Communications Services such as Cloud Contact Center, Conference & Collaboration, Hosted Voice, and more. Clear began its partnership with West in 2017 and had an enormous amount of success in its first year.
“Communication is one of, if not, the most important piece of any organization. Our partnership with West allows Clear to deliver best of breed products and services, such as those from Cisco, to our clients as a consolidated, fast and competitively priced solution. We are extremely proud to have won the Horizon Award with West and look forward to even more success together in 2018,” said Phil Godwin, Clear Technologies President & COO.
Clear Technologies is a Value-Added Reseller, Managed & Professional Services Provider, and Software Publisher. For 25 years, Clear has worked with clients nationwide to deliver business value through technology.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Managing up, or building smooth, productive relationships with higher-ups, requires understanding and adapting to your boss’s communication and decision-making style. The goal of managing up is to develop a pattern of interaction between your boss and you that delivers the best possible results for your organization (and by extension, for each of you).
The first step in effectively managing up is accepting that every decision in your company is made by the person who has the power to make that decision, even if he or she is not necessarily the right person or the best person to make that decision. If you can influence the key decision makers in your organization, you can make a positive difference.
When presenting ideas to upper management, remember that it’s your responsibility to sell, not their responsibility to buy. A good salesperson takes responsibility for achieving results. While the importance of taking responsibility may seem obvious in external sales, an amazing number of people in large corporations spend countless hours blaming management for not buying their ideas. We can become disempowered when we focus on what others have done to make things wrong and not what we can do to make things right. Focus on contributing to the larger good, not just achieving your objectives. Effective salespeople relate, to the buyers’ needs, not to their own needs, in the same way effective upward influencers relate to the larger needs of the organization, not just to the needs of their unit or team.
Present a realistic Cost-Benefit Analysis of Your Ideas – don’t just sell the benefits. Every organization has limited resources, time, and energy. Be prepared to have a realistic discussion of the costs of your idea. Acknowledge the fact that something else may have to be sacrificed to have your idea implemented. By getting ready for a realistic discussion of costs, you can prepare for objections to your idea before they occur. By making a small investment in learning to influence up, you can make a large and positive difference for the future of your organization.
The accommodations you make help you gain better insight into your boss’s context: his peers, and the combination of organizational and personal objectives he’s trying to meet. The goal of managing up is not currying favor, it’s becoming more effective. Basically, your boss can fire you, but you can’t fire him.
As the subordinate, you may find it difficult to see the ways in which your boss “can be severely hurt” if they don’t receive the “cooperation, dependability, and honesty” they require in order to do their own job. In fact, the relationship is one of mutual dependence. The more thoroughly you understand the goals, constraints, and pressures under which your boss operates, the better you’ll be able to help them succeed. Begin with a discussion of goals and expectations. Most people are not aware of their boss’s needs. Ask them to clarify their top five responsibilities with their boss so that both understand and agree on what those priorities are. That’s a conversation everyone needs to have.
Don’t make assumptions about areas in which you lack information. Regularly seek clarification and updates about your boss’s objectives – concerns and priorities have a way of changing over time. In addition, don’t focus only on organizational goals. Your boss’s personal objectives can have just as much effect on how satisfied he is with your performance.
Pay attention to clues in your boss’s behavior. Observing your boss – paying special attention to their preferences about such things as meetings and modes of communication – offers many clues about how best to interact with them. Learning to adapt to the boss’s preferred way of doing things actually helps you “maintain control of your career. Once you have that skill, you need never feel apprehensive about working for anyone.
Managing the boss is a constant like being in a good marriage. You don’t go around saying you’ve done enough modifying your behavior for your spouse. We’re all in the business of modifying our behavior on a daily basis in relationships that are important to us. But once you and your boss have established a trusting relationship, the time you have to spend managing your boss should decrease dramatically.
Take the survey below to see how well you are doing at managing up:
bmurphy@cleartechnologies.net[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Brian Murphy joined Clear Technologies in April 2018 as Chief Innovation Officer and Cognitive Practice Leader. In this role, Brian is focused on driving new business within the domains of artificial intelligence, machine learning, IoT and analytics. Brian brings a business-first approach with conversations focused on solving business problems to drive both top and bottom lines of the clients P&L.
Prior to joining Clear Technologies, Brian led client success for global strategic accounts at SAP, served as SVP and CIO for Dean Foods, led IT integration for merger and acquisitions and large ERP implementations for several companies, and held various positions in IT and line of business at companies such as Whirlpool, T-Mobile, Colgate, Palmolive and PPG Industries. Brian has also served on the board of both profit and non-profit organizations.
Brian originates from the United Kingdom, but has been in the United States for the last 14 years; 10 of those years in Dallas. He received his BSc from Loughborough University in the UK. Brian is a passionate cook, retro arcade game player, animal foster, and traveler. He enjoys spending time with his family and his 2 dogs, 2 cats and snake he rescued.
Don’t have a twitter profile? That’s okay! Now you can keep up with Clear Technologies activity on twitter through our monthly newsletter.
Below are our top tweets for April – May 2018.
"Clear Technologies’ story is one of adaptation and transformation. Without a solid focus of concentrating on our clients, we would not be here to celebrate our 25 years in business and the many great years to come" – @phil_vsi#Clear25thhttps://t.co/rrEjdI5kYW
Reaching 25 years is a major milestone for our organization. THANK YOU to our clients and partners who have made this possible. We look forward to the next 25! #Clear25th#AI#IoThttps://t.co/s3yHxX7XIi
We are proud to announce we have won the Horizon Award for Outstanding Partner Performance from @West_UC! Congratulations, team! #UCaaShttps://t.co/Fseed3zUkh
DALLAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Clear Technologies, a Dallas-area based Information Technology Services and Solutions Provider, celebrates its 25th Anniversary.
Clear Technologies, founded in 1993 as Strategic Solutions Southwest, is a Value-Added Reseller, Managed & Professional Services Provider, and Software Publisher dedicated to driving business value through technology.
“Clear Technologies’ story is one of adaptation and transformation. Without a solid focus of concentrating on our clients, we would not be here to celebrate our 25 years in business and the many great years to come,” said COO & President, Phil Godwin.
Clear Technologies began purely as a hardware reseller of IBM’s Power line of data center infrastructure, such as the AS/400 line of servers. Clear added a multitude of other product lines to its resell portfolio over the next 15 years including Storage and Networking, while also creating a successful professional services practice. In 2010, Clear launched its first homegrown product, Visual One Intelligence®, as part of its first true transformation as a company.
“Visual One Intelligence® allows us to differentiate ourselves from what has become a sea of sameness amongst partners. We are able to quickly add value to many different types of organizations through Visual One’s many capabilities around planning, analysis and reporting of storage and other datacenter devices from all the major manufacturers,” according to Godwin.
Visual One Intelligence® is a cloud-based systems reporting and analytics service that provides data-driven analytics addressing performance, capacity, and governance challenges for informed decision making. Visual One Intelligence® has been awarded numerous accolades over the years including being named “Value Leader” and “Best Capacity Management” in 2017 by EMA Storage Intelligence Radar Report.
As a result of its successful transformation, COO & President, Phil Godwin, was invited to join IBM Senior Vice President of Global Markets, Martin Schroeter, on stage at IBM’s premier conference, THINK 2018, to discuss how Clear has successfully adapted and transformed its business and how other partners could follow suit. Phil also discussed Clear Technologies’ most recent investments around Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning and how they can have substantial business impacts.
“It is great to look back and see how far we have come since we started 25 years ago. With our continued investment in Visual One Intelligence® and our latest investment in our AI and IOT practice, I am confident we will continue to provide our clients with the technology and services that will provide significant value and profit to their business,” said Godwin.
[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1523316797678{background-image: url(https://www.cleartechnologies.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Screen-Shot-2018-02-09-at-12.06.22-PM.png?id=5540) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]Melvin Eugene joined Clear Technologies after a successful 28 year career in Sales & Management at IBM .
Melvin is a proven leader with over two decades in Sales/Marketing and Executive Sales Management in the Information Technology Industry. He departed IBM as the Director of Response Lead Management where he led an organization of over 275 Inside Sales Professionals focused on new business and revenue growth.
As an experienced business professional, his success throughout his career was built on creating long lasting relationships and finding ways to motivate and inspire individuals to excel in both their personal and professional endeavors.
Melvin brings with him to Clear Technologies a diverse set of Cross-Industry skills from Industrial/Automotive and Manufacturing to Distribution having worked with large Fortune 500 organizations in addition to fast-growing midsize companies. At Clear, he will be responsible for New Business Account growth focusing on helping those new clients solve their most complex business requirements using Clear’s vast experience in the datacenter along with new solutions in IOT and AI.
As a purpose-driven leader, Melvin extended his personal talents beyond the office and into the community.
Melvin is a former Board Member for the West Dallas Community Centers (WDCC) his enthusiasm for the WAR against illiteracy propelled him to assist in getting computers donated and networked across the centers for educational training and skills development for their after-school programs.
Melvin was also Co-Chairman for Youth Empowerment at the Jordan Community Development Corporation, a non-profit where he was involved in initiatives to empower youth through education and skills based training. While serving as Co-Chairman he led fundraising activities for events such as their Annual Benefit Golf Tournament which was designed to raise funds for College Scholarships.
Melvin is an avid golfer and sport fan who received his BA from Austin College in Sherman, TX. He is married with 3 adult children and resides in the DFW area.
[vc_section css=”.vc_custom_1522427373507{background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]ADDISON, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Clear Technologies, a leading IT solution provider, has been selected as the winner of the IBM Business Unit Excellence Award for IBM Global Financing (IGF) presented on March 20, 2018 at IBM PartnerWorld at Think in Las Vegas, NV. Clear was selected for this award based on its excellence and commitment to IBM Global Financing.
[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”6184″ img_size=”large”][vc_column_text]Clear Technologies receives their IBM Global Financing Excellence Award at IBM Think 2018 (pictured from l to r): John Teltsch (IBM), Debbie Nevin (IBM), James Hargis (Clear Technologies), Jonathan Long (Clear Technologies), Jacqueline Woods (IBM), Steve Nichols (IBM).[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]The IBM Business Unit Excellence Award for IBM Global Financing recognizes one IBM Business Partner worldwide who showed significant investment, partnership, and achievements with IBM Global Financing during the previous year. Clear Technologies’ leadership in developing financing expertise and success in the market set it apart as a true value-added resource for its clients who benefit from Clear’s ability to help them leverage the IBM financing options as they look to invest in new Cloud and Data solutions. Clear Technologies was the first partner worldwide to achieve IBM’s Global Financing Expert Competency which is achieved through revenue attainment, skills development, and client satisfaction.
“IBM Global Financing has been a key piece of our business since its founding 25 years ago. IGF allows our clients the flexibility and long-term partnership needed in today’s financial environment. As we move further into the Artificial Intelligence and Data era, project-based financing from IBM Global Financing will be key in allowing our clients to fund the value they receive from the great work we are doing. We are proud to have won the Excellence Award from IGF and look forward to the continued partnership for years to come,” said Phil Godwin, Clear Technologies President & COO.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Contact
[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1523030684691{background-image: url(https://www.cleartechnologies.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Screen-Shot-2018-02-09-at-12.06.22-PM.png?id=5540) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]IBM’s inaugural mega-conference took place in Las Vegas, NV, the week of March 18, 2018, and Clear Technologies was there en masse. Clear sent a group of sales reps, technical specialists, marketing professionals and company executives to see what is new in the industry, grow our partnership with IBM and other partners, and most importantly, host our many clients that were there for the conference. For the first time, IBM consolidated its many industry and platform specific conferences into one large conference.
There were many interesting and innovative sessions and conversations. Here are five exciting takeaways we at Clear Technologies left with:[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Artificial Intelligence
Deploying AI applications can get very complicated very quickly, which is why IBM’s PowerAI Platform is so interesting.
Now with the addition of Power 9 Cloud support, AI deployments can be spun up, tested, verified and decommissioned quickly – enabling the agility enterprise IT needs these days to keep up with new workloads. Here are some of the highlights of the IBM PowerAI Platform:
At Clear, we are working on some incredible opportunities with clients to solve real business issues with substantial business impact. We would love the opportunity to discuss how AI and Machine Learning can impact your organization.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Cloud
IBM is leading the way with their cloud solutions that go beyond just offering a place to land your virtual machines at a low-cost.
IBM is offering transformative solutions that help address the exponential growth of data and the tools to make sense of that data. IBM also leads the way with hybrid and new cloud offerings such as IBM Cloud Private. IBM Cloud Private offers the benefits of the public cloud such as scalability and ease of deployment but with increased control, security and much more predictable costs.
We are working with IBM to architect agile technology strategies that are able to solve business problems quickly and efficiently using platforms such as Cloud.
Storage
Storage continues to be an exciting piece of IBM’s portfolio as it looks to capitalize on its position as the #1 Storage Software Company in the World. New products such as Spectrum Protect Plus, which delivers modern data protection for digital business (go here for a free 30 day trial), are wildly different from IBM’s storage software products of old.
IBM’s industry leading Storage Software portfolio also enables its world-class Storage Hardware product line. IBM’s Flash and flash-enabled line of products continue to see great success over spinning disk and SSD-based solutions. IBM’s Cloud Object Storage allow organizations to create the ocean of data needed in today’s environment. As Eric Herzog, IBM Storage VP, said, “The most valuable asset today is not oil, not gold, not uranium, it is data.”
Blockchain
You can’t watch the news these days without hearing about Blockchain in some form or facet. While some just associate it with cryptocurrencies or say it’s a solution looking for a problem, IBM is at the forefront of bringing the power and security of Blockchain to business.
This year, the use cases for Blockchain seemed almost endless. IBM is using Blockchain to combat fraud, ensure food safety, create more intelligent supply chains, change the way we buy insurance, and much more. Blockchain is just starting the gain traction in the corporate world, but the momentum is rising fast.
Interested in working with Clear on Blockchain? Join us as we develop, test and deploy Blockchain apps utilizing IBM’s Blockchain Platform.
Transformation
Business transformation was a popular topic at IBM THINK. One area of transformation was especially close to Clear Technologies. Clear’s President & COO, Phil Godwin, took the stage on Wednesday morning with IBM Senior Vice President of Global Markets, Martin Schroeter, to discuss transformation, including Clear’s multiple transformations over the last 25 years. Phil took the audience of thousands through the growth from just a reseller of IBM technologies during our founding in 1993, to becoming a true valued partner with the development of Visual One Intelligence®, to where we are going now with our focus on solving business issues.
You can read more about Phil’s thoughts on transformation and success in the future in his interview with CRN here.
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