CIO Upfront: Thriving in the new landscape
In this increasingly software-dominated world, where do you begin your journey so that your business can compete and remain relevant in the future? Geoff Olliff of ViFX ponders on some steps to take.
In this increasingly software-dominated world, where do you begin your journey so that your business can compete and remain relevant in the future? Geoff Olliff of ViFX ponders on some steps to take.
In 2005, at age 32, Dave Asprey realised he was literally working himself to death. At the time, he served as the director of product management at Netscaler, a fast-growing Silicon Valley startup that was being acquired by Citrix. Asprey was smack in the middle of the acquisition, working on integrating Netscaler's product line into Citrix's. He worked 60 hours a week, five days per week, checked email on weekends, and travelled at least once a month to Florida from California.