Six Degrees of Joe Tucci

Six Degrees of Joe Tucci

As of right now I'm six management hops away from Joe Tucci.  There are five levels of management in between myself and the leader of EMC. Let's say that the…
Back To The Future

Back To The Future

I recently discussed the "Parity Lost and Parity Regained" paper from the FAST conference. At the end of my post I stated that I wish I had a time machine ...
Perfect Storm (The Sequel)

Perfect Storm (The Sequel)

For a software engineer, there's really nothing more satisfying than completing a product release and watching it enter the market and do well.  An even better feeling occurs when the…
Get Your Job Done

Get Your Job Done

I recently wrote a post about EMC's Innovation Conference last October. The centerpiece of the event was an Innovation Contest.  It was smart fun with global talent. Different speakers were ...
Parity Modified

Parity Modified

I enjoy reading the research papers that come out of the FAST conference. Inevitably a paper will touch some area that is of interest to me. This year was no ...
Quality Concerns

Quality Concerns

This first part of my blog is known as the "teaser". Hopefully it convinces the reader to view the rest of the blog. In this case, I'll be a little ...
Secretary of State

Secretary of State

After graduating from college I started working on the RAID-5 algorithms.  Nearly every Friday afternoon at 3PM I would walk over to my boss and tell him I had found ...
Centera Ins and Outs

Centera Ins and Outs

One of the differences I like to point out about Centera as a storage system has to do with the device driver paradigm. Many customers are used to the following ...
Centera Matador

Centera Matador

After nearly fifteen years of building block storage and SAN technologies, I joined the Centera organization. Talk about a different technology. Talk about a breath of fresh air. When I ...