Getting Personal With Search

Getting Personal With Search

Most of the main internet search engines leverage human intelligence to find relevant documents based on keywords. One way that page rank algorithms leverage human intelligence is by analyzing the…
Proved It

Proved It

On tax day I started my morning by driving to a nearby testing center and taking the EMC Proven Professional exam. I took exam E20-001 in order to qualify for…
The Demo Cloud

The Demo Cloud

This week I attended an internal meeting about EMC's "Demo Cloud".  The demo cloud hosts a wide variety of EMC product offerings that can be demonstrated to any number of…
Wonky Provisioning

Wonky Provisioning

I was just re-reading two posts from early March: Rick Cook's article about tips for LUN provisioning in SMB storage, and 'Zilla's post about the value of turning storage knowledge…
Cloud Query: Prove It

Cloud Query: Prove It

When it comes to securing content in the cloud, section 7.2 of the AWS Customer Agreement currently says the following (in part): We strongly encourage you, where available and appropriate,…
Side Projects

Side Projects

I always have a list of side projects on the back burner that co-exist with my main product deliverables. I added a few more to the list last week. xCP…
Monster Mash

Monster Mash

Along with Polly, Dave ,Chuck , and others, I'd like to lend my voice of support for the Monster Mash going on over at the EMC Developer Network. I'll also…
Proverbial Wallets

Proverbial Wallets

I visited the MIT Media Lab yesterday as part of a day-long gathering of EMC Distinguished Engineers/Fellows. We were given a tour of the new building. It's worth visiting the…