The Three Horsemen of the Digital Apocalypse Considered
Over recent years, I’ve noticed that pretty much every macro-level keynote in our industry covers the same three horsemen of the digital apocalypse: Software is eating the world! Businesses must...
View ArticleTrends: The Internet of Humans (not Things)—Sensors, Health, Fitness, &...
Human sensors will create vast streams of big data throughout our lives, particularly when we consider matching health activity with the human genome or social media. The Internet of Humans (IoH)...
View ArticleTop 5 Strategic Priorities for CIO’s in 2015
Guess what? They are ALL about security! The Wall Street Journal recently published the results from their annual CIO meeting. The delegates were divided into five task forces to debate the key...
View ArticleIs the dress white and gold or blue and black? SDS + Server, or Appliance?
Chad – what the hell are you talking about with that title? Last week I was with an partner in Japan, and had a lengthy discussion over SDS data plane stacks – and what we were doing, and thoughts on...
View ArticleChoosing Trusted Infrastructure
In this on-going series about data valuation I've chosen to focus on data set insurance as a primary use case. In recent posts I've: Introduced our research partner Introduced the data insurance use...
View ArticleA New Deal on VNXe Software Pricing
When we announced the flexible VNXe3200, we summarized the cool little unified/hybrid/cloud-ready flash array as “enterprise features for entry level prices.” Nine out of ten engineers agree. Many...
View ArticleBig Data in the Utilities Industry
Bill Schmarzo I recently had the opportunity to keynote at the Utility Analytics Summit in Phoenix. What a great conference – with several presentations about how different utilities are leveraging...
View ArticleA Common Language for Risk Management
Speaking at OpRisk World 2015 recently, I was struck by the way in which the complexity of issues is increased by the disparity of terminology when talking about risk. For example, during the panel...
View ArticleWomen in High Tech
There are remarkably few women in the computer industry, especially on the technical ladder. The higher the technical rank, the lower the percentage of women. I’ve been in the industry a long time,...
View ArticleNew EMC Isilon support content for February 2015
Are you interested in new and relevant EMC® Isilon® customer support content? Each month I’ll post a summary of newly published content for Isilon customers, as well as the top 10 most viewed...
View ArticleDocument download issue fixed on EMC Community Network
We saw a recent spike of ECN user's unable to download attachments from ECN. Our Community support team has fixed this problem about a week ago but many user's continue to experience the reoccurring...
View Article3 WCM Features Critical to Better Customer Experience
Our partner ecosystem is critical to driving innovation, particularly in technologies that embrace the third platform and hybrid cloud – the future of ECM. Today’s blog from Hippo, a new Tech Connect...
View ArticleRSA Further Empowers its Customers & Channel Partners
Channel partnerships have been instrumental on RSA’s path to becoming a $1 Billion organization. Given the channel’s integral role to RSA’s go-to-market strategy, RSA is constantly inspecting its...
View ArticleAll Things Pivotal Podcast Episode #19: Welcome Cote
When creating content on an ongoing basis for an international listening audience, variety is key. The All Things Pivotal podcast is a constant “work in progress” as we seek to provide our listeners...
View ArticleYesterday
I'm partway through a blog called "Friedman Redux", hypothesizing that if Milton Friedman were alive today, he'd reconsider his oft-cited statement that "There is one and only one social...
View ArticlePivotal Labs Competes to Hack for Good at PayPal Battlehack 2014
Battlehack is a competition hosted by PayPal which invites teams of one to four hackers to build “the Ultimate Hack for Good” within 24 hours. The goal is to create software or hardware incorporating...
View ArticleMaking IT Simple: VCE Redefines Converged Infrastructure
Just a few months ago, EMC, Cisco and VCE announced that VCE will become an EMC business with the charter to focus on simplifying the deployment of hybrid clouds, including a full range of converged...
View ArticleVolusion Says Salesforce Data Is Now Much Safer with Spanning Backup
With services ranging from web design of e-stores to online marketing, payment processing, and Ecommerce analytics, it’s no surprise that Volusion’s customer base is wide and continues to grow at a...
View ArticleThe Next Evolution of Converged Infrastructure Solutions
The current state of the IT industry reminds me of the saying, “May you live in interesting times.” These are interesting times indeed for CIOs and IT leaders dealing with rapid change across multiple...
View ArticlePart 2: Cloud and the Customer Experience – The New Digital Era
VJ Manickam 89% of companies surveyed by Gartner believe that customer experience will be their primary basis for competition by 2016 (Source: Gartner report, Predicts 2015: Digital Marketers Will...
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