Isn’t it funny how when you are prepping to go to a conference, it’s the prospect of the live entertainment that is many times what gets you jazzed?  Well, maybe it’s just me?  … And, as you may already know, MAROON 5 is scheduled to play Wednesday night during the upcoming #EMCWorld!  How cool is ...

Do you ever feel like you’re trying to fit a square peg into a round hole? Or maybe you feel like you are the square peg in the round hole? I know I have. In fact, just last week I experienced that feeling of being squeezed or wedged. But I digress. Based on the conversations ...

In the automotive industry, the word, “boost” is “a loose term for turbo or supercharger.” It describes positive manifold pressure in automobile engines that increases horsepower and performance. If you have ever driven a car with a turbo you can attest to the dramatic acceleration experienced when the turbo kicks in. There are times when ...

It’s been 3 years since we launched EMC SourceOne and we’ve been delivering enhancements and additions to the program ever since. We’ve added SharePoint support, and file system support. We’ve updated our offline access capabilities and added mobile support for archived data. Our platform support continues to grow and device support is routinely enhanced. With ...

I confess. I have a passion for market data. Maybe it stems from years of studying mathematics at the undergraduate level, or perhaps it’s a byproduct of a 10-year stint as a high-tech journalist. I’m not sure. But what I do know is that if you give me a topic to research, a study to ...

While natural disasters are fresh in everyone’s mind, especially across Asia, due to recent floods, earthquakes and tsunamis, the results of a recent survey show that it’s not the extraordinary events that cause downtime and data loss. In fact, the research shows that the causes of disasters are often the commonplace events such as hardware ...

Well folks, if I take a look at my trusty countdown clock that I keep on my desk here in the office we have just about 11 days, 280 hours, 16831 minutes, or 1009886..5..4..3 seconds until EMC World. Now I am keeping such a close eye on the time for two reasons, excitement and nervous ...

In the not too distant past backup was very straightforward; the mainframe backed up data to proprietary tape formats, UNIX and Windows had their own processes and IBM i (formerly iSeries or AS400 way back in the day) had its unique process for backup data. In effect separate islands but everyone was aware of where ...

Greeting from sunny Dubai! I find myself in the Middle East to launch survey results about tendencies of the region around backup and recovery in the region. What we found is that the vast majority of respondents are not very confident that they can recover after an incident. The message we want to raise to ...

“I’d like the ‘Meat on a Hot Stone,’ please.” Some words cannot be unsaid, some actions cannot be undone and some ideas cannot be eliminated. Unfortunately, as I learned one night, all the next day, and most of the following night – some food can be uneaten. Over and over and over again. During my ...