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Data Protection as a Service : FedEx’s Digital Care Package

An enterprise architect for FedEx, Viljay Banga talked in depth with theCube hosts Dave Vellante and David Floyer of Wikibon about the technical aspects of backup at EMC World this week. In the past, there were certain challenges regarding backup, but things have come a long way. Even though data domains were used around 10 ...

EMC’s David Goulden Explains Federation vs. Conglomerate : One is for Smart People | #emcworld

David Goulden, sitting down “in the hot seat” to talk to theCube hosts John Furrier and Dave Vellante, showed incredible confidence. In his own words, it stems from the tremendous positive response from the customers, whose feedback has been fantastic. Goulden noted that this event was all about themes. The focus revolved around ViPR, Pivotal, ...

Traditional Architecture is Breaking : Isilon’s Promising Role in EMC’s Transformation #emcworld

Bill Richter, President of EMC, Isilon Division, spoke with theCUBE hosts John Furrier and Dave Vellante during EMC World this week about Isilon and the EMC strategy and boasted a billion dollar run rated in the last quarter of 2012. Richter believes that customers tend to gravitate rapidly towards the technology that adds value to ...

Epiq Challenges in the Cloud : Managing Compliance, Security + Scalability with Isilon #emcworld

Part of our flagship program theCUBE, broadcasting live from EMC World this week in Las Vegas, show hosts John Furrier and Dave Vellante caught up with Brian Smith, Engineer Information Technology at Epiq Systems. Smith started by praising the event for the opportunity it provides to find out what’s out there in terms of new ...

ViPR is “Open, but Not Open Source.” EMC Lays Out Monetization + Migration Strategy #emcworld

After a whole day of unveiling EMC’s latest initiative ViPR, the reaction of customers was extremely positive. theCUBE hosts John Furrier and  Dave Vellante sat down with Amitabh Srivastava, EMC Advanced Storage Division President, during EMC World this week to discuss ViPR’s monetization strategy. EMC had an early adopters program, focused on enterprise and service ...

Changing the Infrastructure Game: From Risk to Greenfield Implementation, SAP + EMC Wrote the Book

SAP is in an area that the organizers of theCUBE have focused on ever since its inception three years ago — virtualization. The second ever Cube event was SAP Saphire Now, and its influence returns for this interview with Michael Leeper, Director of Global Technical Infrastructure, Columbia Sportswear, spoke with theCUBE hosts John Furrier and  ...

Instead of Being an All-Service Company EMC is Enabling its Technology, says Mike Koehler #emcworld

As part of the theme talks “Lead Your Transformation – How cloud can transform your IT and how Big Data can transform your business”, theCUBE hosts John Furrier and Dave Vellante invited Mike Koehler, Senior VP Global Services with EMC, to share his input on the matter during a live interview at EMC World this ...

Simple, Predictable and Profitable : EMC Transforms Its Services Mantra #emcworld

EMC aims to offer programs that are simple, predictable and profitable, says Jeff Taylor, VP of Global Channel Strategy and Operations. Jeff Taylor, VP of Global Channel Strategy and Operations and Co-GM of Unified Entry Business, EMC, spoke with theCUBE hosts John Furrier and  Dave Vellante during EMC World this week about the transformation of ...