{"id":527,"date":"2006-12-19T13:37:49","date_gmt":"2006-12-19T20:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redmonk.com\/cote\/about\/"},"modified":"2006-12-19T13:37:49","modified_gmt":"2006-12-19T20:37:49","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/redmonk.com\/cote\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About &amp; Contact"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>I no longer work at RedMonk. Please see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redmonk.com\/cote\/2011\/07\/29\/last-day\/\">my last post for more info<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n<div>\n<address>\n<p class=\"pic\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cote\/\" title=\"More photos\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/31\/101406173_5dad3bf43a_m.jpg\" width=\"160\" height=\"240\" alt=\"Cot\u00e9\" class=\"photo\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nI don&#8217;t quite understand how someone so geeky can be so interesting but Michael Cot&eacute; at RedMonk manages it, and with a suitable dash of skepticism too! <i>&#8212;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.itskeptic.org\/links\">Rob &#8220;The IT Skeptic&#8221; England<\/a><\/i>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I&#8217;m <a class=\"fn url\" href=\"http:\/\/www.peopleoverprocess.com\">Cote&#8217;<\/a>, a software <span class=\"title\">Industry Analyst<\/span> with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redmonk.com\"><span class=\"org\">RedMonk<\/span><\/a>.  Generally, I cover software: making it, using it, and living with it. I cover a wide range of topics in the software and technology world (see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redmonk.com\/cote\/about#extended-bio\">below for more detail<\/a>).<\/p>\n<h2>Contact<\/h2>\n<p><div>\n        <span class=\"type\">Email<\/span>: <a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:cote@redmonk.com\">cote@redmonk.com<\/a><br \/>\n        Y!: <a class=\"url\" href=\"sendIM?bushwald\">bushwald<\/a><br \/>\n        AIM: <a class=\"url\" href=\"goim?screenname=bushwald\">bushwald<\/a><br \/>\n        GTalk: bushwald@gmail.com \/ cote@redmonk.com<br \/>\n        MSN: msn@coteindustries.com<br \/>\n        Skype: <a href=\"bushwald?call\">bushwald<\/a><br \/>\n        Twitter: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/cote\/\">@cote<\/a><br \/>\n        <span class=\"tel\"><\/span><span class=\"type\">Work<\/span>: <span class=\"value\">+1-512-795-4307<\/span><br \/>\n        Time Zone: <abbr class=\"tz\" title=\"-06:00\">CST<\/abbr><br \/>\n        <!-- to ensure the first or last URL is picked as THE URL --><br \/>\n         Blog: <a class=\"url\" href=\"http:\/\/www.peopleoverprocess.com\"><b>PeopleOverProcess<\/b>.com<\/a><br \/>\n         <br \/>Personal Blog: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.drunkandretired.com\">DrunkAndRetired.com<\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/p><\/address>\n<h2 id=\"extended-bio\">Extended Bio<\/h2>\n<p>Cot&eacute; is analyst at RedMonk covering primarily enterprise software, specializing<br \/>\nin open source, cloud computing, IT management, software development, collaborative, the web, emerging technologies, new media, and<br \/>\nsocial\/collaborative software. He is RedMonk&#8217;s IT Management Lead. His blog is available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redmonk.com\/cote\/\">http:\/\/www.PeopleOverProcess.com<\/a> and he produces <a href=\"http:\/\/redmonk.libsyn.com\">the RedMonk podcast<\/a> as well as the video podcast <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redmonk.com\/tv\/\">RedMonkTV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Before joining RedMonk, Cot&eacute; worked at BMC developing the BMC Performance<br \/>\nManager family of enterprise systems management products. Prior to BMC, Cote&#8217; worked at a wide variety of tech companies and startups such as The Cobalt Group, Coral Technologies, and one of the first, and still thriving, online banking companies, FundsXpress. He also produces the popular code monkey podcast, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.drunkandretired.com\/podcast\/\">DrunkAndRetired.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Cot&eacute; was selected for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.statesman.com\/news\/content\/standing\/awardwinners.html\">Texas Social Media Awards in 2009<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/technobabble2dot0.wordpress.com\/\">Technobabble 2.0<\/a>, a popular blog about analyst relations, ranked Cot&eacute;\u2019s blog #14 in its ranking of <a href=\"http:\/\/technobabble2dot0.wordpress.com\/2009\/11\/30\/top-analyst-blogs\/\">the top 400 analyst blogs<\/a> (in 2008, he was ranked <a href=\"http:\/\/technobabble2dot0.wordpress.com\/2008\/02\/18\/top-100-analyst-blogs-2\/\">#8  of the &#8220;Top 100 analyst blogs&#8221;<\/a>). He was recently named <a href=\"http:\/\/iiar.wordpress.com\/2008\/06\/02\/the-iiar-analyst-of-the-year-survey-and-the-winner-is\/\">the 3rd most regarded analyst in the U.S. and 5th globally<\/a> by the <a href=\"http:\/\/iiar.wordpress.com\/\">Institute of Industry Analyst Relations<\/a>. (Thanks!) He talks with and is quoted by the tech press frequently (<a href=\"http:\/\/news.google.com\/news\/search?pz=1&amp;cf=all&amp;ned=us&amp;hl=en&amp;q=RedMonk+michael+cote&amp;cf=all&amp;scoring=n\">recent<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/news.google.com\/archivesearch?q=RedMonk+michael+cote&amp;scoring=n&amp;hl=en&amp;ned=us&amp;sa=N&amp;nav_num=100\">archives<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/michaelcote\">my LinkedIn page<\/a> for even more information.<\/p>\n<p>For speaking engagements, here is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photo_zoom.gne?id=101304095&amp;size=m\">a head-shots, in many sizes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Traveling<\/h2>\n<p>I end up traveling a lot. If you&#8217;re around, it&#8217;d be great to say hello in person. Check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dopplr.com\/traveller\/cote\/public\">my public travel profile<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I no longer work at RedMonk. Please see my last post for more info. I don&#8217;t quite understand how someone so geeky can be so interesting but Michael Cot&eacute; at RedMonk manages it, and with a suitable dash of skepticism too! &#8212;Rob &#8220;The IT Skeptic&#8221; England I&#8217;m Cote&#8217;, a software Industry Analyst with RedMonk. 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