EMC World 2014 in Review: My Perspective
Talk about a crazy schedule. I am actually writing this as I attend Cisco Live 2014! Its been two weeks since EMC World but I have had barely any time to draw breath. Such is the madness of back to...
View ArticleLeaving Las Vegas: Thoughts from EMC World 2014
By Vic Bhagat — EMC Chief Information Officer @VicBhagat With wheels up and the neon lights of Las Vegas behind me, I reflected on two days spent with nearly 80 global CIOs at EMC’s fourth annual CIO...
View Article#EMCWorld 2014 – What Happened in Vegas…
Earlier this month I attended EMC World in Las Vegas for the 4th consecutive year. This year’s theme was Redefine—fitting for a conference filled with IT specialists coping with the changing...
View ArticleDonuts Over Diet
Ever wondered why you eat that donut in the afternoon even if you are on a low-carb diet? According to research, people have different areas of the brain for short-term decision making versus longer...
View ArticleProductivity Gets Reimagined when Mobile is the Design Baseline
(Originally published on Reflections Blog) Why bother with 6AM conference calls and 14-hour flights? Because we are at the early beginnings of an era where imaginative thinkers are changing...
View ArticleCongratulations to our Americas Partner Award Winners!
On May 6, during Global Partner Summit at EMC World 2014 in Las Vegas, EMC recognized high-achieving Americas Solution Provider and Cloud Service Provider Partners with a Partner of the Year...
View ArticleThe Internet of Things and Its Impact on Your Privacy
Google’s recent $3.2B acquisition of Nest Labs has raised many eyebrows since Google paid 4x more than Nest’s current financial valuation. Why would Google pay so much to a company that had two...
View ArticleMaking the Business Case for IT
One of the biggest challenges IT organizations face is building executive mindshare, but in today’s world, it’s critical. IT organizations have been trained to think of their value in terms of CAPEX...
View ArticleEMC Durham Data Center Migration: The Pinnacle
By Stephen Doherty — Consultant IT Project Manager In my last post, (click here to read Part 6) I explained how we invented a better way to migrate and transform an application either across the room...
View Articlecharity:water…My Day of Service to the Cause
Yesterday I spent the day walking around with two extremely heavy water containers called “Jerry” cans. These cans are similar to what many people around the world use each day to provide water for...
View ArticleGet EMC World Area 52/53 (and other) goodness here
While EMC World drifts into the rear-view mirror – it’s great to see us posting all the content from keynotes, breakouts, and YES, Area 52 and Area 53 for all to have. I’m roaming on the bottom of the...
View Articlecharity:water … A water walk with my daughter
I took the opportunity on this beautiful Saturday morning to spend a little time with my daughter Hallie, and have her experience what life would be like without the plumbing and the water access we...
View ArticleREST Maturity
In 2008, Leonard Richardson published his Maturity Heuristic that classified web services into three levels based on their use of URI, HTTP, and hypermedia. Back then, most web services were stuck at...
View ArticleHybrid Cloud is Real and Right for You!
Today’s IT conversations cannot happen without some discussion about “the cloud”. Generally, this means the different public/consumer technology solutions that are very easy to get into and not...
View ArticleSustainability Reporting at EMC
Last week, EMC published our seventh annual sustainability report: “Thinking Forward: Redefine the Future.” The subject matter is not just about “being green”, nor is it just about feeling good about...
View ArticleSustainability Report Unblog
Today, EMC published our seventh annual sustainability report. I should blog about it. I should blog about why we called it “Thinking Forward” and the unexpected challenge of choosing a cover design....
View ArticleJoin me in a toast to our CRN 2014 Women of the Channel
Coming out of an overwhelmingly successful Global Partner Summit last month in Las Vegas, I think it’s the perfect time to shine the spotlight on our recently named CRN 2014 Women of the Channel. The...
View Article4 Ms of Big Data: Big Data Powers Business Transformation
This is Part 2 of a 5-Part series. Be sure to check back here soon on InFocus for the next installment. The second part of the “4 Ms” of Big Data (“Make Me More Money”) infographic series focuses on...
View ArticleData: The New Oil? [Takeaways from TiECON East]
Anton Prenneis Technology Evangelist EMC OEM Solutions On May 30, I attended the annual TiECON East (#TiECONEast) conference in Cambridge, MA. The conference was organized by “TiE” (The Indus...
View ArticleCyber Insurance & Measuring Risk
Cyber insurance has been around a relatively short period of time. The development of cyber insurance has come about to cover data breaches, which is something that most forms of general insurance do...
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