Innovation Training

Innovation Training

As I mentioned last year, ten of my current co-workers joined EMC in September as part of an accelerated leadership program. Several of us are mentoring them through the first…
Wavemaker Ripples

Wavemaker Ripples

The VMware acquisition of WaveMaker was recently announced by SpringSource. The acquisition certainly has cloud implications. In fact,  EMC's Chief IT architect characterizes WaveMaker as "PowerBuilder for the Cloud".  If…
VDC Class Launches

VDC Class Launches

Last week Chuck gave an update on the launching of EMC's latest certification course, and mentioned that there were nearly 500 people signed up to take the course. Earlier this…
Exchange, Virtualized

Exchange, Virtualized

In a recent post I described the last "pre-virtualized" deployment of a Microsoft Exchange configuration for EMC Corporation. IT experts had designed a system that could scale to an impressive…
Into the MIX

Into the MIX

This June I will attend my 3rd World Innovation Forum in New York City. I attend as an invitee of HSM Global, listen to the speakers, and publish my thoughts.…
ITaaS Starting Point

ITaaS Starting Point

The current email service provided to EMC employees, as of 2011, is deployed on an evolving platform that is moving towards a true cloud definition. In this sense the deployment…
JFK Audio Gems

JFK Audio Gems

I've been browsing through some of the audio assets stored in the JFK Digital Archive. Erica Boudreau, Archivist at the Library, directed me towards this interesting conversation between President Kennedy…