Rachel Schramm

Rachel Schramm is a staff writer for SiliconANGLE. She often covers conference segments and is particularly interested in the way Big Data can help civic, educational, environmental, and earth science organizations gain a better understanding of the world in which we live. Rachel is a world traveler but currently resides in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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Federation integration offers customers flexibility with Cloud | #emcworld

The Federation is architected by design to offer choice, said Pat Gelsinger, CEO of VMware, Inc., who stopped by theCUBE during EMC World 2015. Gelsinger told theCUBE hosts John Furrier and Dave Vellante that one of those key choices is “enterprise hybrid Cloud.” It’s what Gelsinger considers “the best of the best integrated together.” Integration ...

EMC “eating its young” to survive say analysts | #emcworld

Speaking on theCUBE at EMC World, John Furrier and Dave Vellante speculated on EMC’s technological next steps and industry future. To maintain its position at the top of the heap, Vellante suggested that “EMC is eating it’s young,” cannibalizing its older technologies to make room for newer options, making them, Vellante said, “very well positioned ...

The times are a-changin’ at EMC | #emcworld

It used to be that once “every three or four years you’d have to change something,” said EMC Corp.’s Jeremy Burton, president of Products and Market, but now, “you don’t get three years to kick back.” EMC, he added, now is always on the lookout for “for what’s coming next.” He attributes this shift to ...

Verizon looks to new tech to transform business environments | #emcworld

Above all, Verizon is looking to streamline, according to Verizon Labs VP and Chief Technologist Kumar Vishwanathan. Building a homogenous environment, a more common architecture, would allow Verizon “to launch new products quickly,” he said in an interview with theCUBE during EMC World 2015. New pressures like Cloud, mobile, social, and Big Data put what ...

EMC is moving to the bleeding edge | #emcworld

EMC is making significant business changes, according to Nick Kirsch, vice president and chief technology officer of EMC’s Emerging Technologies Department (ETD). The goal? To be “all about finding new tech elements” and to remain “bleeding edge.” Kirsch joined theCUBE during EMC World 2015 to discuss how his department helped to bring in and integrate ...

EMC II CEO: Being ready for digitization is “mission critical” | #emcworld

EMC Corp. has been upfront about the need for business to embrace digitization. It will be a huge shift, said David Goulden, EMC II CEO, one that companies “need to lean into” or face the possibility of going out of business. In fact, it’s an issue at “the C-suite in every business that we talk ...

Analysts weigh in on ServiceNow’s investment potential | #know15

The Knowledge 15 conference has showcased ServiceNow’s growth and its customers’ passion, said theCUBE host John Furrier in the event’s Day 3 kickoff. And while ServiceNow is growing rapidly and offering unique, powerful capabilities, Furrier and co-host Dave Vellante also discussed the hit ServiceNow’s stock took on Friday. Vellante remarked that it’s likely a “trees ...

How an SRA International app is making cancer research easier | #know15

SRA International, Inc. is building an app designed to make it easier for cancer researchers to do their jobs. It supports the technical staff at the National Cancer Institute using QR codes to offer the tech support staff a tool that enables them to spend less time researching and more time providing service, according to ...

ServiceNow’s moves are “damn good” says analyst: ecosystem will explode | #know15

Bolstered by consistent messaging and a platform play instead of a product, ServiceNow has continued to evolve and inspire confidence. TheCUBE hosts John Furrier and Dave Vellante shared their predictions for ServiceNow’s future as they wrapped up their second day of coverage at Knowledge 15.   ServiceNow Positives   Some main benefits of ServiceNow include its ...

One man’s vision for IT to become a “broker of skills” | #know15

  ServiceNow has made a big difference for The Echo Entertainment Group. The owners of three casinos on the East Coast of Australia, Echo Entertainment Group use ServiceNow to streamline their operation in ways that have expanded beyond IT service management and into other departments. This expansion has been made possible thanks to Cloudsherpas. Eric ...