This year, theCUBE, from the SiliconANGLE Media team, visited dozens of conferences around the globe and conducted hundreds of interviews with technology leaders.

Our top 10 most-viewed interviews demonstrate that open source, women in technology, mergers and acquisitions, and meeting the needs of the enterprise were the most prevalent issues in 2015.

#1: CJ Desai at EMC World 2015

Since EMC World 2015, the company has seen many changes. Back in May of this year, (pre-Dell merger news) theCUBE featured CJ Desai, president of EMC’s Emerging Technology Division, who spoke about new technological developments at EMC. He mentioned the company’s development of an open-source version of the ViPR controller called Project Copperhead and EMC’s future goal to support the developer community.

Read the article and watch the interview below to see if EMC’s focus on scalar architecture, leveraging the power of next-generation flash storage, and creating a software-defined portfolio that can run on commodity aligns with the company’s possible merger with Dell, Inc.

#2: Brianna Wu at The Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing

Also picked as one of theCUBE’s favorite tech interviews of 2015, Brianna Wu, head of development for game developer Giant Spacekat, came in at #2 in the most-viewed category. Wu comments on the disconnect between audiences and their game providers. She noted in the interview, “The game industry doesn’t really understand just how many women are lining up to have ourselves represented in games.”

Read the article and watch the interview below to take a glimpse into the world where Wu feels there’s room for growth for women in the storytelling side of games.

#3: Kamal Srinivasan at DockerCon 2015

Another interview on theCUBE involving EMC took a look at the gamble the company placed on the success of Docker while developing its Elastic Cloud Storage hyperscale infrastructure solution. Kamal Srinivasan, principal product manager at EMC’s Advanced Software Division, spoke on theCUBE about the risk of this gamble at DockerCon 2015.

Read the article and watch the interview below to uncover the value that EMC has placed on Docker for its container products.

#4: Michael Dell at Dell World 2015

This year, the Dell, Inc./EMC merger news rocked the technology. Throughout the year, the fate of EMC and VMware, Inc. garnered much speculation among guests and hosts on theCUBE … until DellWorld 2015, when Dell announced its merger with EMC, blending cutting-edge technology with a leader in hardware.

Read the article and watch the interview below to hear Michael Dell, founder and CEO, on theCUBE explain how the merger while putting to rest much of the conjecture and rumors about the fate of EMC.

#5: Dheeraj Pandey at Nutanix .NEXT 2015

Many of the visitors on theCUBE in 2015 spoke about hyper-converged solutions to offer the enterprise an invisible infrastructure. Dheeraj Pandey, president and CEO of Nutanix, Inc., visited theCUBE at Nutanix .NEXT 2015 to discuss his company’s solutions and its focus on apps and security.

Read the article and watch the interview below to learn why Pandey follows a “three-H” philosophy: remain hungry, honest and humble.

#6: Solomon Hykes at DockerCon 2015

In 2015 “open source” and “collaboration” were the big buzzwords most often used on theCUBE. Docker, Inc. Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Solomon Hykes, visited theCUBE during DockerCon 2015 to review where the technology is and where it needs to be. In the pressure to work harder and faster to create new applications and migrate to the cloud, Hykes said the greatest tension comes from the disparity between developers and operations engineers.

Read the article and watch the interview below as Hykes explains the enterprise demand for the technology and the lack of tools currently available.

#7: Isis Anchalee at Grace Hopper Celebration of Woman In Computing

To quote John Furrier, cohost of theCUBE, “Women are kicking ass in technology.” The proof is available in watching many of the interviews conducted by the media team in 2015. Isis Anchalee, platform developer at OneLogin, Inc., spoke to theCUBE during the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing event about the need to attract women to the industry through acceptance.

Read the article and watch the interview below to learn why the originator of #ilooklikeanengineer Twitter campaign is putting a thousand faces in the industry online to inspire all people regardless of gender or culture.

#8: Gunjan Aggarwal at Grace Hopper Celebration of Woman In Computing

Many industry leaders and interviewees on theCUBE in 2015 spoke about diversity producing better outcomes for companies and the technology industry as a whole. During the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing 2015 conference, Gunjan Aggarwal, VP of HR and head of talent acquisition, diversity recruiting, and mergers and acquisitions at Ericsson, spoke to theCUBE about drawing women into jobs in the technology sector.

Read the article and watch the interview below as Aggarwal clarifies the importance of helping women in organizations grow and develop professionally.

#9: Sunil Potti & Binny Gill at Nutanix .NEXT

Sunil Potti, senior VP of engineering and product management for Nutanix, Inc., and Binny Gill, chief architect, joined host Stu Miniman on theCUBE at Nutanix .NEXT Conference 2015 to discuss the company’s XCP [Xtreme Computing] platform and the next generation of applications.

Read the article and watch the interview below to hear how Nutanix is taking hyper-converged to a new level.

#10: Dheeraj Pandey at VMworld 2015

Cube alum Dheeraj Pandey, CEO of Nutanix, Inc., is extremely popular with viewers, as this is the second interview he had in the “top 10.” Pandey caught up with theCUBE at VMworld 2015 to explain the need for infrastructure companies to develop user-friendly technology that is practically invisible for their enterprise clients.

Read the article and watch the interview below, where Pandey discusses new opportunities in the ecosystem.

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