Steve Todd, Author at Information Playground

Restful Interfaces: A Tale of Two Years

The other day a co-worker stood outside my office. I greeted her, pivoted my chair, put my feet up, and told her to come on in. She commented about my…

Steve Todd December 26, 20121

Digital Universe Innovation

Big Useful Data

The results of the Digital Universe study offer product innovation hints that are likely to surface due to exponential data growth. In my last post I specifically called out complex…

Steve Todd December 20, 2012

Data Science and Big Data Curriculum Innovation Analytics

Innovation Lineage Threads: A Longitudinal Update

I continue to lead a Data Science project at EMC that focuses on Innovation Analytics. My approach has been to create a set of hypotheses and leverage a task force…

Steve Todd December 18, 2012

Digital Universe

Technologies for the Emerging Digital Universe

Recently I published a post describing the enormous amount of data being contributed to the Digital Universe by machines. Billions of devices will generate petabytes of information. Much of it…

Steve Todd December 13, 2012

Digital Universe

Digital Universe 2012: Machine Machinations

A machination is defined as a crafty scheme, a plot, or intrigue. When I look at the wealth of information provided by the IDC in this year's Digital Universe Study,…

Steve Todd December 11, 2012

Global Innovation

FuturICT and the European Balancing Act

Several years ago I was involved in an NSF grant proposal that focused on academic collaboration between geographically disparate scientific data sets. A handful of universities in the United States…

Steve Todd December 3, 2012

EMC Labs China Global Innovation

Innovation Mentoring Strategy

This year I've come across several thought-provoking posts regarding managing remote innovation. I've also written several blog posts about a new role I assumed in 2012: managing EMC Labs China.…

Steve Todd November 30, 2012

Innovation

MGHPCC Cuts the Ribbon

On Friday I drove out to Holyoke, MA, for the ribbon cutting ceremony of the Mass Green High Performance Computing Center (MGHPCC). In addition to the Governor of Massachusetts, all…

Steve Todd November 19, 20121

Innovation

Hack/Reduce: Code Big or Go Home

One of the global innovation strategies employed by EMC is the creation of local research partnerships at every geographic location. These partnerships include local government initiatives, university research partnerships, dialogues…

Steve Todd November 12, 20121

Global Innovation Innovation

EMC Innovation Conference #6 in Israel

Today EMC is celebrating its sixth annual Innovation Conference at our Center of Excellence in Herzliya, Israel. The main stage of EMC's Innovation Conference moves from country to country each…

Steve Todd October 31, 2012