EMC World NDA breakout on VNX and vVol
We are interested in getting customer feedback on our vVol implementation and would like to invite a couple of joint VNX-VMware customers that can invited to NDA sessions. If you are a customers that...
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By Vic Bhagat — EMC Chief Information Officer The digital universe, which is expected to grow to 44 zettabytes by 2020, represents an infinite opportunity for CIOs to drive agility and accelerate...
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It’s funny to me, I’m learning every day how organizations are truly organisms in a sense – alive, adapting, stretching. In a very important sense, company “brand” is the echo of all the humans...
View ArticleReinventing Government: EMC’s support of leading think tank Policy Exchange.
EMC is supporting leading think tank Policy Exchange in writing a Technology Manifesto to advise and challenge reinventing government for the next elections in 2015. On Friday 4th April, EMC brought...
View ArticleFrom Concepts to Business Outcomes – SAP Big Data
There is lots of buzz about the opportunity to leverage Big Data to drive business outcomes. However, some companies are struggling with a comprehensive strategy which includes taking a use case, and...
View ArticleA Universe of Infinite Possibilities
The digital universe, which is expected to grow to 44 zettabytes by 2020, represents an infinite opportunity for CIOs to drive agility and accelerate value for an organization. However, as a CIO, I...
View ArticleHow I’ve Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Data Lake
I have to admit that I’ve struggled with the term “Data Lake.” I first heard the term used in 2010 in some marketing collateral about Hadoop from Pentaho (“Pentaho, Hadoop, and Data Lakes”) and was...
View ArticleNew E-Lab Interoperability Navigator features
As I mentioned in a previous post, the E-Lab Navigator Team recently finished a complete redesign of their user interface. If you’re interested in much more detail, check out the introduction video...
View ArticleTalk to Me: Better Communication Boosts Boardroom Confidence in IT
In today’s volatile risk environment, cyber security is a top-of-mind issue for boards of directors. Like all leaders, they want to understand what the chances are that their organizations will...
View ArticleListening to Customers
The definition of listening is “to make an effort… to hear something… to pay attention… to heed advice.” It’s a critical element in defining the success of any relationship and it’s the starting point...
View ArticleThe Second Machine Age: 5 Things Our Kids’ Kids Won’t Know about Retail Shopping
What it was like to purchase goods and take them with you That Walmart once employed nearly as many people as the U.S. Armed Forces What “Black Friday” was What a store credit card was What it was...
View ArticleConscious Giving Is Better Together
There is no muscle memory to writing a check. We forget about it just as soon as it’s cashed and unfortunately, we’re often too busy to even notice. But the people suffering without food, water or...
View ArticleHello World…
Well, you may (or may not ) have noticed that it’s been a while since I wrote my last blog post. The past few months have certainly been “interesting” for me as I’ve been working through a unexpected...
View ArticleAvailability is a BIG Word We Need to be Concerned About
Availability like Trust is one of those BIG words that everyone can relate to. For example when we think of trust, we can relate to sentiments like, “do I trust my bank”, “do I trust the government”,...
View ArticleSustainability Is Integral to EMC As A Leading 21st Century Company.
EMC is building a business with sustainability at the core that reflects the needs and sensibilities of our customers—cutting energy use, reducing waste and greenhouse gases, managing social and...
View ArticleSocial Media Sages at EMC World 2014
Social media enthusiasts attending EMC World next week will have a choice of interesting speaker sessions to attend at the Social Lounge in EMC World Village. Guest speakers will kick off each session...
View ArticleDual Perspectives on ITaaS: Roadblocks Still Exist
“A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.” –Steve Martin “Business and IT leaders agree that IT services need to match with business requirements.” – Dual Perspectives ITaaS survey *Mouse over...
View ArticleDefining a “Well-Run Hybrid Cloud”
Let’s try and build a sensible definition of the phrase “well-run hybrid cloud.” Many IT departments would argue that they have created a “well-run internal cloud.” This means, for example, that they...
View ArticleIIG Developer Events in 2014
Where should DEVELOPERS go in 2014 to gain hands-on experience, networking opportunities, free certification exams, 1:1 consulting and access to the top IIG contacts? The answer is: Momentum...
View ArticleIT Financial Transparency and VMware: Driving Innovation, Reducing Costs
By Neil Thibodeau — Senior Director, IT Business Management As I mentioned in my last blog (IT Financial Transparency: Eyes Wide Open), we continue to improve the quality and detail of information we...
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