Engaging Our Suppliers on Energy and Carbon Emissions
Over time, the definition of what it means to be a responsible corporate citizen has changed. Ten years ago, the focus was on what was happening within a company and its direct engagements. Today,...
View ArticleAutomating My Updates
Today it happened again. My management team asked for a last minute rollup of data related to the different customers I have been working with this year. I get the request about once a week, and every...
View ArticleData Science Lessons: Insights from an Agricultural Proof of Concept
Agriculture has come a long way from ancient times through the industrial revolution to the current digital era. In 2017, modern agricultural organizations have access to increasingly large amounts of...
View ArticleDo You Want to Go Boldly Where No One Has Gone Before?
When you were a kid, did you ever stare up at the night sky, count the stars, and imagine what other planets were out there? I know I did. Back then, space exploration was government-funded and the...
View ArticleOperational Rhythm at the Black Hat 2017 NOC
Operational rhythm is the term for the nebulous flow of information between parts of a team that makes it so effective. Who needs what, and when to be successful? In the Black Hat NOC, we have very...
View ArticleTransforming from Autonomous to Smart: Reinforcement Learning Basics
In the blog “From Autonomous to Smart: Importance of Artificial Intelligence,” we laid out the artificial intelligence (AI) challenges in creating “smart” edge devices: Artificial Intelligence...
View Article7 STEPS TO A GRC RISK MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK—1: IDENTIFY INFORMATION
Managing information risk can be a paralyzing challenge, given the amount of data and information that comes pouring in daily. It’s hard to know what information needs to be protected, let alone the...
View ArticleMozy Now Supports KMIP Integration
Today, Mozy by Dell furthers its commitment to data security with support for the Key Management Interoperability Protocol (KMIP). KMIP enables the automatic generation of per-user encryption keys...
View ArticleVMworld 2017: VMware, Dell EMC (and our competitors)get ready to RUMBLE.
It’s that time of year again, VMworld is around the corner (August 28-31). This will be my 11th VMworld. I’ve seen great ones, moderate ones – but never a lame one. Yes, the vibe has changed...
View ArticleWhat’s Wrong With Azure Stack’s IaaS?
I sat down with a customer and one of Microsoft’s Azure Stack program managers at Microsoft’s yearly partner conference (Inspire). The Microsoft PM said something that you will hear over and over from...
View ArticleNavigating Disruption
Quantum leaps in navigation are bringing our world closer. Join Walter and guests Brad Parkinson, Stan Honey, Randy Hoffman, Corinne Vigreux and Di-Ann Eisnor as they explore how we got here, and...
View ArticleTransformational Services, the Strong Silent Type or Sensitive Hero?
I have a confession: I usually write in this space about historical or current IT trends but today I will venture into the world of company culture and share some inside Dell EMC skinny. Well, okay,...
View ArticleTurbocharge your Threat Detection and Response with Endpoint Data
In 1860, Belgian inventor Jean Joseph Etienne Lenoir created a gas-fired internal combustion engine; it was the first internal combustion engine to be mass-produced in large numbers. The design wasn’t...
View ArticleRefreshed Servers Can Refresh Profitability, While Boosting Speed,...
More and more, as the world’s digital transformation accelerates, technology isn’t just a business enabler, it is the business. Take FedEx, for example. Pioneering founder and CEO Frederick W. Smith...
View ArticleBiotech Leader Gains a Sweet Competitive Advantage Through Storage Capacity...
If you like sweet treats (and who doesn’t?), you’ve probably got sugar beets to thank, since they’re responsible for producing sucrose, or table sugar. And those sugar beets are likely to have started...
View ArticleWill Your Company Be Around Next Year?
Asking such a question may seem provocative but it reflects the reality of what’s happening on the ground. Did you know that about half of the companies listed on the Fortune 500 in the year 2000 have...
View ArticlePowerEdge, vSAN and the Rise of the Server-Centric Data Center
If you have been hearing a lot about Hyper-Converged Infrastructure lately, it is because this market has been growing at an explosive rate – 60% annually according to Gartner[i]. Hyper-Converged...
View ArticleTransformation Tours: Volume II, Our Internal Culture Transforming
Over these past few days, I was reminded why the internal culture at Dell Technologies is built on both diversity, and a legacy of good. I was also happy to learn that we are orchestrating an elite...
View ArticleIn the Future, Will You Instagram Your Medical Records?
Social media platforms like Instagram, Twitter and the like are easy to learn and make it easy to share information with just a click of a mouse or your smartphone. Is it too far-off to consider that...
View ArticleEngaging Our Suppliers on Energy and Carbon Emissions
Over time, the definition of what it means to be a responsible corporate citizen has changed. Ten years ago, the focus was on what was happening within a company and its direct engagements. Today,...
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