Cairo: A Cloud Technology Collaboration
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Cairo: A Cloud Technology Collaboration

In a previous post I discussed a strategy for establishing research directions between EMC’s Cairo Center of Excellence (COE) and Egyptian Universities and national technologists.  The exchange will focus on…
Celtic Innovation
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Celtic Innovation

One of the selling points for virtualizing an IT infrastructure is that it will give the IT staff more time to innovate around the needs of the business. After sweeping…
Cairo Cloud Formations
Posted inGlobal Innovation

Cairo Cloud Formations

EMC’s Cairo Center of Excellence (COE) recently celebrated its one year anniversary. During that time the employees have established a strong base for selling and supporting EMC’s portfolio of cloud…
A BIG Job
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A BIG Job

Browsing EMC's internal job postings is a hobby of mine. After acquiring roughly 50 companies since the turn of the century, there is no shortage of opportunities that represent a…
Alaskan Silos
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Alaskan Silos

One of the more common IT themes in the last few years has been the "cleaning up" of IT silos that have sprung up across an organization (the MD Anderson…
Business Production in Georgia
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Business Production in Georgia

I've written several posts describing how EMC's IT department has improved quality of service by tracking "percent virtualization" of their IT-owned server assets. Once the team had virtualized roughly one-third…
Three Box Balancing
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Three Box Balancing

In June I plan on returning to New York City to cover the World Innovation Forum (WIF). I have learned much about corporate innovation theory at this conference, and I…