So, I only spent two days there but what can you say? Lots of energy went into the making of EMC World 2014. As a technologist I am impressed each year by the level of innovation that that goes into these shows. The outstanding use of video, (e.g. EMC TV, theCube, and all the interviews taking place throughout the show that would be shown later), it is… Read more »
2014, The Year of the Undead, the Year of Tape
I don’t know about you all, but I am really tired of hearing about tape being “dead”. As the picture shows, folks have been trying to kill off tape since 1984, that’s 30 years ago. I know for a fact that customers have tapes that are 30 years old that they can read data from. Bring me a HDD that is 30 years old and “show me the data”. You can’t!
In reality, the… Read more »
Flash: Accelerated Adoption
As any new technology comes to market, in IT we see the adoption of that technology, as long as it is adding value, become adopted faster and faster.
One of the real tricks to understand is, does the technology disrupt current processes or not. If they don't then you tend to have a much faster adoption rate. Here, I speak w/ Dave Vellante, @dvellante of Wikibon… Read more »
Flash is Really about Economics
Kudos to IBM! For the first time since I can remember, they have come out, loud and proud about storage technology and capabilities that truly do trump anyone else in the industry. And they didn’t just brag about the fact they have better technology. They made it abundantly clear that this announcement is about providing significant customer value. IBM has made a very bold statement about their all flash systems and what they will… Read more »