How to Become a Data Scientist
Since I’m fortunate to work with several Data Scientists, all with varying backgrounds and work histories, I’m often asked for career path advice by aspiring Data Scientists. What better way to advise...
View ArticleThree Trends Define the Next Generation of Business Partner Programs
Discover the three core truths which define the next generation of business partner program strategy.
View ArticleEMC Documentum xCP 2.1 is Now Generally Available!
On behalf of EMC and the Information Intelligence Group (IIG), we are pleased to announce the generally availability (GA) of Documentum xCP 2.1. As previously announced back in January, xCP 2.1 is a...
View ArticleBringing Art to the Community with Big Data
When Maxwell Anderson[1] took over as director of the Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) two years ago, he told the board he wanted to offer free membership to anyone willing to share some personal data....
View ArticleBlogging
Nothing helps me understand just how quickly life is going, than when I look at how long it has been since I last blogged. We enjoyed Pi Day and we are about to have a lovely St. Patrick's Day. Q1...
View ArticleRe-Define Software-Defined
By Kyle Keller, Cloud Business Director, EMC Federal I don’t think it comes as any shock that Federal IT is at a crossroads – straining to keep up with budget cuts, substantial data growth, and user...
View ArticleLoch Ness Data Protection
I've been writing about the creation of a new IT infrastructure that's more suitable for mobile, social, and analytic applications (and some of the problems that will be likely). At the core of the...
View ArticleWindows Server 2003 on the March to Retirement
When we look back on 2014 in IT, there are going to be a couple of things that dominate our thinking and my guess is it won’t be BYOD or Big Data. In reality, a much more mundane yet critical event...
View ArticleMagic Beans are Real and Adventure Awaits, as do Stalking Giants
Magic Beans for Sale! What are LEDs if not magical beans? These tiny glowing specks, with their hair-thin silvery shoots, could soon be instrumental in connecting our computers and chip-enabled...
View ArticlePivotal HD 2.0: Hadoop Gets Real-Time
Everything we do generates events – click on a mobile ad, pay with a credit card, tweet, measure heart rate, accelerate on the gas pedal, etc. What if an organization can feed these events into...
View ArticleMonetizing the “Long Tail” with Big Data
In a recent meeting, a client started talking about strategies for “monetizing the long tail.” I found this very provocative, so I started to think about where and how one would leverage Big Data to...
View ArticleVMware's Biggest Problem
VMware's algorithms have always done a great job with application placement onto a set of servers. It uses an API to ask about the server hardware, capabilities (e.g. CPU, memory), and current...
View ArticleSome Openstack updates
Lots of Openstack activity out there, and wanted to share some updated Cinder pieces: Updated Cinder GitHub repo for ViPR 1.1 here (which has broad use cases) here:...
View ArticleIT As A Service: Organizational, Talent, And Process Transformation
As I’ve discovered—and described in my last post—CIOs are much more concerned about how to deliver IT as a service (ITaaS) to the business faster and more transparently than they are about cloud...
View ArticleObject Storage cross-industry compare
This is the first thing I’ve seen of this kind (a mainstream analyst comparison of object stores), and I think it reflects the growing importance of object storage models across the industry. I would...
View ArticleManaged Services Global Command Center
EMC recently launched a new Global Command Center (GCC) in Bangalore, India, offering expanded services to our Managed Services customers. I was privileged to be on hand for the official opening and...
View ArticleNew! Documentum Developer Edition meets Open Source
We are pleased to announce that a new Documentum Developer Edition 7.1 is available as a free download from ECN. The Developer Edition is a much awaited tool set for anyone interested in evaluating or...
View ArticleCombining User Experience and Data Analytics to Accelerate Third-Platform...
I recently experienced first-hand the importance of involving the user experience (UEX) team at the start of the application development process. We were chartered with developing an application that...
View ArticleHow to Build a Storymap
With the recent launch of the Trust Storymap, I am excited to announce that all three storymaps (IT Transformation, Big Data & Trust) are now available. It has been a great two year journey to...
View ArticleMy IT predictions for 2014
Disclaimer: These are my predictions, not those of my employer. And yeah, I might be a bit late to the 2014 predictions, still wanted to share though. During 2013, a lot changed on the playing field...
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