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Back To Babson
One year ago this month I visited Babson and gave a lecture to a Corporate Entrepreneurship class. I told the class that I had a lot of experience converting ideas…
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The Road to Pullman
Isilon's continued hiring surge in the Great Northwest brought me someplace new last week: Pullman, Washington. If you don't know where Pullman is, it's right next to Moscow. As in…
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The University Groove
Over the last few years I've made many university visits to discuss all things high-tech. This Fall I plan to increase the number of visits. During my recent swing to…
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The West Coast Combo
At the end of July I visited with the CIO of the San Francisco Giants, Bill Schlough. When I walked into his office, I couldn't help but notice a framed…
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Brazilian Big Data Research Round-up
One of the more interesting ways to discuss Big Data is from the research angle. Chuck pointed out several weeks ago that analytics is not the only theme. As he…
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Innovation Longevity
This past week I visited Cambridge, MA and met with MIT Sloan Research Scientist George Westerman. The topic was EMC's Innovation Network and how to effectively run a global collection…
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Cloud Masters
Irish Education minister Ruairi Quinn today announced the industry's first MSc and BSc in Cloud Computing at the Cork Institute of Technology. One of the main reasons for launching the…
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Replicating Your Friends
Several weeks ago I read two interesting blog posts about the EBS failure. Jeff Darcy gave the developer's view of failures in distributed systems, while Robin Harris provided a great…
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Robots Invade Vegas
For those of you attending EMC World, it's time to vote for "most innovative product". Out of all the announcements this week, which do you consider to be the most…
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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…