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EMC taking first steps on long road ahead, analysts say | #emcworld
There can be no denying the EMC World 2016 conference was overshadowed by the in-progress merger with industry giant Dell, Inc. However, between the giant headlines, EMC made clear its own plans for the future and its place in the digital revolution. The key was transformation, turning themselves to supply the infrastructure to support new technologies. Shortly ...
Providing data storage at scale to feed the hunger of the Internet of Things | #emcworld
It’s one thing to store some data. It’s another to store a lot of data. Then, there’s storing so much data people invented new words for it. As the digital revolution rides through the business world, more data than ever is being collected and processed. The Internet of Things (IoT) represents the potential, and the ...
A journey of storage; discovering the power of all-flash data systems | #emcworld
The age of spinning disk storage solutions is drawing to a close. Solid-state flash arrays are taking over the data center, and with good reason. Flash can run faster, with a much smaller footprint than traditional storage solutions. Until recently, cost was a factor, but the price of flash goes down almost daily. Now, it’s ...
Speeding up business: What does modern IT look like? | #emcworld
There’s no award for being second to market, or getting that vital information 10 seconds after the customer walks away. Speed is everything in the tech world. Throwing more computing power at the problem is no longer the solution; businesses need a new way to run at the speed of the modern world. To shed some ...
The need for speed; a call to modernize the data center | #emcworld
In the world of physics, everything is tied to the speed of light. In the world of business, everything is tied to the speed of data infrastructure. A business can only move as fast as its information. Day two of the EMC World 2016 conference opened with a keynote event that defined this truth and ...
EMC and Dell build two-headed tech industry giant | #emcworld
One of the biggest acquisitions in tech history is happening right now. Dell, one of the industry giants to stride across the tech world has found EMC, another giant in its own field, and the two are putting the last stitches in for a merger that will shape the future of technology. To gain some insight on this ...
Dell-EMC merger and transition rock EMC, analysts say | #emcworld
This year’s EMC World 2016 conference, held in Las Vegas, is shaping up to be a cornerstone of the upcoming year in technology. Recent events with EMC, including a merger with Dell and the departure of EMC’s long-term CEO Joe Tucci, threaten to change everything the industry knows about the company. To bring these events into ...
Discovering the joy of an orchestrated customer experience | #MME16
The modern world is not one where a marketing message can be sent down a single pipe. Today’s customer relies on multiple sources for their information: the web, email and social media, among others. To earn that customer, a company must meet them on the many channels they use, and the message has to be ...
Are IT and marketing becoming friends? Drag-and-drop process makes accessing data easier | #MME16
The digital revolution has touched all facets of the tech business world, but few have felt the effects so strongly as the marketing sector. Big Data technologies and digital delivery have made it easier than ever to gather information on customers. However, that’s not enough. Especially in a business-to-business context, knowing the customer is only ...
Analysts warm up to an OpenStack future | #OpenStack
The OpenStack Summit in Austin, TX, has proved an exciting place to discover what’s new in the open-source and Cloud communities. And, although the event is at an end, the announcements made there will echo through the tech world for some time to come. Taking some time to look back on the convention, Stu Miniman (@stu), Brian ...