Storage Technology Research Library

Elliot Kass
Managing Director Custom Content ,  TechWeb
Elliot is responsible for TechWeb's custom content development and works with hundreds of clients across the high-tech spectrum to create programs and deliver information for diverse audiences of technology and business professionals. Elliot has been a leading force in high-tech journalism and marketing for more than 20 years. In the 1980s, he was a founding editor of InformationWeek and served as the publication's first chief of correspondents. Later, as the editor of Communications Week and then InternetWeek, Elliot helped usher in the online era, winning numerous awards for the publications' coverage of networking technologies and e-business. Elliot has also held senior positions at IBM Channel Marketing and Computer Associates. A frequent public speaker on technology-related topics, Elliot organized the first educational seminar on the Internet for the U.S. Congress. He has also spoken at the UN on the Internet's economic potential and has written articles for the Gartner Group and the Washington Post.

Judith Hurwitz
President & CEO ,  Hurwitz & Associates
Hurwitz has been a thought leader in technology research and strategy consulting for more than 20 years. In 1992 she founded Hurwitz Group, a software research and consulting organization that quickly became an industry leader with top technology clients. She serves as president of Hurwitz & Associates, which focuses on identifying customer benefit and best practices for buyers and sellers of IT in the US and Europe. She has written about topics including master data management, SOA, and business processes. Hurwitz is based in Boston.

Ambuj Goyal
General Manager, Information Management Software ,  IBM Software Group
Ambuj Goyal has been General Manager of Information Management Software at IBM since August 2005. In this position, he has transformed and grown the IM division with a focus on Information on Demand. With key acquisitions such as FileNet and Cognos, the release of the Information Server to deliver the Trusted Information, customers are able to develop an Information Agenda enabling them to evolve from Business Automation to Business Optimization. Prior to this role, Dr. Goyal served as the General Manager, Workplace, Portal, and Collaboration Software (WPLC) from January 2003 to August 2005. In that position, he designed then executed the transformation of Lotus software by expanding its focus beyond the traditional “Collaboration” marketplace to encompass the “People Productivity” market. He was responsible for setting the business strategy and direction for the Websphere Portal product set, the Lotus Software product set, and the IBM Workplace product set. Prior to this role, Dr. Goyal served as General Manager, Solutions and Strategy, IBM Software Group, from February 2001, to January 2003. In that position, he was responsible for setting business strategy for IBM’s Software Group, the WebSphere Business Integration product set, and delivering industry-specific middleware solutions. Prior to serving as General Manager of Solutions and Strategy, Dr. Goyal served as Chief Technology Officer, Application & Integration Middleware Division, which includes the WebSphere and MQ product families. Dr. Goyal joined IBM Corporation in 1982 as a research staff member at the T.J. Watson Research Center. He was named Vice President, Services and Software, and Director, Computer Sciences in 1996.