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Mike Schaffner
 Title: IT director for Cameron International's valves and measurement group
Industry: Energy
Location: Spring, Texas
Schaffner was CIO of Dresser-Rand, a machinery supplier for the energy industry, for more than six years before joining oil services company Cameron. On his blog, Schaffner notes that he is "never content to simply be a silent observer," and that's evident. But given the number of article and blog links he offers up on his site, Schaffner clearly spends as much time consuming information as he does commenting on it.
Blog: Beyond Blinking Lights and Acronyms
"A few weeks ago, I had lunch with an old friend and his associate, who happened to be an analyst at one of the major information technology research firms, and our conversation drifted to cloud computing.
During this conversation, we agreed that cloud computing would make inroads with small- to medium-enterprises (SMEs) but not with large enterprises. Our conclusion wasn't based on economics but on IT culture. As my new friend stated, 'The No. 1 barrier to the use of the cloud is IT culture.'" --April 29, 2009
Twitter: MikeSchaffner
"I opted out of Norton AV autorenewal and now they're sending scare tactic emails to get me turn it back on - not buying their argument" --5:13 p.m., June 14, 2009 | 
