Paul Vallee
Founder and Executive Chairman, Pythian

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Paul Vallée is the Founder and Executive Chairman of Pythian, the leading database, applications and systems infrastructure management and consulting firm.

Since 1997, he has guided and overseen the growth of Pythian into a world leader, with a global footprint and a lengthy roster of marquee resources and customers. Before launching Pythian, Paul worked as a database management consultant, contributing his expertise to various companies across North America. Paul has worked extensively on complex data environments and ERP implementations, and has pioneered the adaptation of supply management techniques to enterprise database management.

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11:55am Thursday, 04/15/2010
Worst Practices of Outsourcing Database Infrastructure Support
Architecture and Technology
 Location: Ballroom A
Paul Vallee (Pythian)
Average rating: ***..
(3.00, 2 ratings)
This presentation outlines the typical and costly mistakes organizations make when outsourcing their database infrastructure support - a recipe for disaster that guarantees the failure of these initiatives. Learn how to avoid these mistakes by using our best practices for setting the right expectations, establishing proper working communication channels, partnering with your vendor, and more. Read more.
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