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NVMe: The next big thing in storage | #emcworld
Three years ago this June on theCUBE, from the SiliconANGLE Media team, one industry expert predicted that flash storage would be massively disruptive to the data center. Well, clearly that prediction came true, so we decided to welcome this prophet back to the show so he can use his psychic gifts to tell us what will be the ...
Can combining virtual machines and containers get you to ‘cloud-native nirvana?’ | #emcworld
With the tremendous activity in the cloud-native space these days, IT professionals may find themselves confused by all of the choices coming to market. Application development and deployment technologies are especially hot right now, and two of the biggest players are containers and VMware, Inc.’s services. “People really obsess around the virtual machines (VM) versus ...
Closing the gap: How to go from Big Data insights to actions | #emcworld
Businesses looking to use Big Data to achieve goals often complain that there are too few data scientists ready to hire and bring real results. One way to get the most out of the data professionals they do have is to make sure their IT environments give them the leg room the need. Describing the ...
Put that app in its place: Preparing for disaster with application tiering | #emcworld
With DevOps, Software-as-a-Service and the container craze, businesses are finding it easier than ever to design and deploy applications. But do they know where those applications are running in their infrastructure, their priority in their business, or how much it would cost them if it they stopped working? Anthony Kessel, director of product management at ...
Taking your vitamins: The importance of data protection | #emcworld
Big Data, data in marketing, real time data — the talk around data these days is often around the cool tricks it can do in applications. A less-hyped issue is how to protect your data so that it’s available when you need it. Beth Phalen, SVP and GM of data protection and availability solutions of ...
Will accounting changes make pay-by-drip model the new IT standard? | #emcworld
Most in IT think the subscription-based, as-a-service model is the best thing since sliced bread. But changes to accounting rules may cause some to question their devotion to the monthly, quarterly or yearly leasing agreements. Doug Sobieski, financial services sales executive at Avnet Technology Solutions (a global IT distribution distributor), talked with Stu Miniman (@stu), ...
What do you get when you put a data scientist and an MBA in a blender? | #emcworld
Better business through Big Data is a top area of interest in technology, with those on both sides of the aisle asking the same question: Do we make business people data scientists, or do we make data scientists business people? Bill Schmarzo, chief technology officer of EMC’s Global Services Big Data Practice, has written a ...
No application left behind: Can everything be virtualized now? | #emcworld
Five years ago, when he would go to conferences, Don Sullivan, database specialist solution architect at VMware, Inc., would ask attendees who was virtualizing their applications and databases. He said that a few people would raise their hands. At the EMC World event this week, he asked the same question and saw a veritable sea of ...
Evolution vs. revolution: What benefits does paced scale-out offer? | #emcworld
Developers all over Silicon Valley and the globe are trying to get rich on the software-defined goldrush. In their haste to create to shiniest, most cutting-edge products, they often neglect to ask, “How is a company going to implement this without upending their workplace culture?” Whether your goal actually is to transform your business or ...
Can Dell EMC pull off its enterprise-midmarket balancing act? | #emcworld
Dell’s in-process acquisition of EMC — what’s being touted as the biggest tech merger in history — has many speculating about what new direction the duo will take. Is the midmarket behemoth merging with EMC in order to appear more “cloudy” and innovative? Is EMC simply looking for more dollars to fuel its own operations? ...