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The three core principles behind EMC’s new partner program
EMC has implemented a new Business Partner Program, according to Fred Kohout, VP of Global Partner Marketing at EMC. Completely retooled from previous years, the Partner Program was developed to help train EMC’s reseller partners. It rewards partners with increased revenue opportunities and expanded market penetration. Based on four tiers, the program offers additional benefits ...
What’s game-changing about VMware DR services? #EMCworld
The introduction of cloud computing in the 2000s has allowed companies to maximize the use of the available computing power on a cloud server. This in turn reduces the environmental impact of running a number of separate servers. A hybrid cloud utilizes both the private and public cloud to perform separate functions within the same ...
On the adoption + obstacles of virtualization | VMware @ #EMCworld
When server virtualization was first introduced, there was some resistance as a result of Fear, Uncertainty, and Disinformation, also known as FUD. Oracle was one of the biggest opponents to such changes, stating that it wouldn’t support it. Since the initial blowback, and thanks to articles such as Wikibon’s “Damn the Torpedoes, Virtualize Oracle ASAP,” ...
How co-innovation achieves the second generation cloud era | #EMCworld
EMC and Capgemini worked together to develop a beneficial partnership, with Capgemini providing the knowledge and expertise when dealing with customers, such as banks, and EMC providing the hardware and software to make it all happen. Individually, each company doesn’t have the resources to offer their customers what they can offer together. Terry Breen, senior ...
How agile IT saved print media from Bubble 2.0 | #EMCworld
As advertising shifted from the printed page to the computer screen, Classified Ventures, LLC/Cars.com was founded in 1997 by a joint venture between several media companies, including Graham Holdings, The Washington Post, and the Tribune Company, among others. Because of these visionaries and pioneers of the digital age, Classified Ventures and Cars.com are where they ...
Managing human-generated metadata, access + protection | #EMCworld
Human-generated data describes the meta-data a company generates through its day-to-day operations. On a daily basis, company employees typically have access to information they shouldn’t. Varonis provides an innovative software platform that gives enterprise businesses the ability to manage their human-generated data, including analyzing, managing, and migrating their meta-data. David Gibson, VP of marketing at ...
Flash to the Xtrem | #EMCworld
IT storage hardware solutions leader EMC acquired flash memory pioneer XtremIO in 2012. EMC’s mission includes promoting data backup and recovery and accelerating the adoption of cloud computing as a viable storage solution. theCUBE’s Dave Vellante and John Furrier caught up with XtremIO’s co-founder Ehud Rokach at the EMC World 2014 IT Technology Conference in Las ...
Pushing the envelope for Cloud trainees | #EMCworld
Tom Pietler, director of IT at Calibre, sat down with theCUBE’s Stu Miniman and Steve Kenniston at the EMC World 2014 conference in Las Vegas. Calibre is a management, consulting, and technology services company based out of Alexandria, Virginia. With more than 700 employees, Calibre offers a wide range of services, including data analytics, program ...
EMC previews new tech : Promotes ViPR, Pivotal + the gang | #EMCworld
John Furrier and Dave Vellante of theCUBE talked to Chad Sakac, EMC Global SE, at EMC World 2014. Sakac was there to showcase several up and coming technologies from EMC and their subsidiaries, such as XtremIO, Isolon, and Pivotal. He also talked about EMC’s work with data stacks, including the ViPR controller software, which enables ...
Bill Schmarzo teaches how to effectively access Big Data | #EMCworld
Bill Schmarzo, chief technology officer at EMC, recently sat down with Jeff Frick at EMC World 2014. Known as the Dean of Big Data, Schmarzo works with businesses to try and take advantage of the massive amounts of data hidden within their organizations. Most of the time these companies and organizations have no idea how ...