IT Transformation Storymap
There are three essential components that take place as part of IT Transformation: infrastructure, applications, and operations. View the storymap below and the many parts of IT Transformation,...
View ArticleThe IT Transformation Storymap
When you think about IT Transformation, what’s the first thing that comes to your mind? Chances are, infrastructure was among one of your first thoughts. That makes sense, since infrastructure is a...
View ArticleHow Can IT Transition From a Systems Integrator to a Service Broker
In my last blog, I set the stage for the IT Transformation Storymap and provided an overview of what it means when we talk about IT Transformation today. In this post, I will further discuss how IT...
View ArticleAccelerating your IT Transformation with a Software Defined Data Center
This is the third installment in a four-part series on the IT Transformation Storymap Hit the jump to read Part One and Part Two to begin the journey. In my last post in this series on the IT...
View ArticleHow EMC Fuels Innovation – With Talent
Digital business transformation is top of mind for businesses today, creating a new set of imperatives for IT, including greater IT capacity and competition for the best engineering resources. At EMC,...
View ArticleRSA Charge 2016: 'Throwback Thursday' Returns With $595 Registration Rate,...
Planning to join us for RSA Charge, but missed the early bird discount period? Well, you’re in luck! Register online with code 8C6THRWBCKAUG, between August 25 – 31, to take...
View ArticleVMworld 2016: What To Expect
Here in the dying hours in the run up to VMworld 2016 as I frantically finish blog posts, session content, and pack my bags for Las Vegas, what to expect? For those of you that don’t like to read –...
View ArticleVMworld 2016: EMC #1 In All-Flash. Period (mic drop)
While the SDS and HCI battles rage – the other furious infrastructure battleground is the all-flash transition in the external storage market (in SDS and HCI which are newer categories, there’s not...
View ArticleFour Things Consumer Brands Must Do to Prepare for the Impending IoT Explosion
We’re marching steadily, and increasingly rapidly, towards a world where the Internet of Things is built into each aspect of everyday life and data defines the business winners from the losers. I’ve...
View ArticleInformation Assets: Knowledge Really is Power
Sir Francis Bacon is attributed with the quote, “Knowledge is Power”. There have been many variations on this phrase but I want to add one more twist. I presented at a conference this week where the...
View ArticleRSA EMEA Archer GRC Summit 2016: Agenda Announced
The Agenda for the October 13 RSA EMEA Archer GRC Summit in Amsterdam has been announced. This is the fourth year for the RSA EMEA Archer GRC Summit and promises to be one of the best with the...
View ArticleVMworld 2016: Whats New With XtremIO?
Short answer? Momentum. EMC has the industry’s best AFA portfolio as I mentioned in my last post – from the unified mid-range (Unity), the most mature and widely deployed rich enterprise data...
View ArticleThe Perils of Consumer Single Sign-On
From social media to gaming sites, every headline of a new breach makes me groan, “Time to change my password.” It’s a begrudging task, but I still have not been pwned. Aside from the risks...
View ArticleVMworld 2016: Enterprise Hybrid Cloud 4.0 and dot.next.
What is the Enterprise Hybrid Cloud? Answer – it is a turnkey IaaS platform that optimizes for the enterprise applications that dominate the existing datacenter. These are applications that need...
View ArticleVMworld 2016: VMware Cloud Foundation
I’m going to challenge myself to make this an uncharacteristically short post – summarizing what I think about the VMware Cloud Foundation announcement today, and putting it into context – including...
View ArticleThe Importance of Data Democratization for the Digital Enterprise
Democratization in business means more transparency and fluidity in the workplace. Formerly defined roles of the subordinate and the executive are becoming more fuzzy and malleable especially in the...
View ArticleUsing Hybrid Cloud as a Catalyst for Cross-Departmental Collaboration Within...
In my previous blog post, I touched on how hybrid cloud can help APAC transform from a production to a knowledge & digitally-driven economy. But I believe that successful hybrid cloud projects can...
View ArticleBig Data Transformation: Pechanga Resort and Casino
Pechanga, California’s largest resort and casino, started its journey with EMC late in 2014 with a Big Data Vision Workshop. The engagement illustrated how Pechanga could most effectively utilize...
View ArticleInformation Assets: Knowledge is Power
Sir Francis Bacon is attributed with the quote, “Knowledge is Power”. There have been many variations on this phrase but I want to add one more twist around information assets. I presented at a...
View ArticleWinning Without Migration in a Digitized World
An executive is scheduled to travel to a customer meeting at the last minute. He quickly makes flight arrangements, books a cozy place to stay with Airbnb and makes sure the Uber app is on his mobile...
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