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EMC World–tale of the tape

Chad Sakac — Tue, 14 May 2013 13:36:02 -0400

The numbers of these large scale events are amazing. While the most important number is the 15,000+ customers, partners and others who attended – there are some other amazing numbers. One amazing success this year was the EMC Hands-On-Labs (HoL)....

EMC Support–Re-imagined

Chad Sakac — Thu, 09 May 2013 21:38:43 -0400

While it doesn’t get the airtime that big products/technologies/acquisitions gets – I think that things like tools and support are as important ultimately. There’s been a ton of work on the EMC Support tools and models that is getting refreshed...

EMC VPLEX and VMware Nicira

Chad Sakac — Wed, 08 May 2013 01:27:22 -0400

This is a REALLY cool demonstration on the power of coupling the network virtualization capabilities of VMware Nicira with storage replication, and specifically VPLEX active-active models. Imagine this with vVPLEX, or put another way, VPLEX as a software data service...

EMC Recoverpoint 4.0–Virtualized and Software Defined for more goodness

Chad Sakac — Tue, 07 May 2013 12:23:16 -0400

EMC Recoverpoint 4.0 (codenamed “Elarra”) was announced last week to “clear the deck” for EMC World, but is shipping this week, so I held my post back until GA and EMC World. I’d highly encourage people to read Itzik’s blog...

Under the covers: Storage Virtualization Platform Re-imagined.

Chad Sakac — Mon, 06 May 2013 16:24:46 -0400

And so, off come the covers! ViPR = Virtualization Platform Re-imagined = Project Bourne. Like all things, the story behind the story is half the fun. If you turn back in the way back machine here, about 2 years a...

Twas the night before EMC World 2013…

Chad Sakac — Mon, 06 May 2013 01:16:29 -0400

And everyone was scurrying around like EMCers :-) I was trapped on a delayed flight, but got there there soon enough. The SE Conference is kicking into to high gear also… What to expect? The announcements people have come to...

VMworld 2013: Session Public Voting Open–my fav picks

Chad Sakac — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 23:23:43 -0400

VMworld has been, and continues to be (IMO – but I’m biased) the most awesome tech conference (and that’s saying something, considering that EMC World is right around the corner – REGISTER NOW). One thing I’ve always dug is the...

EMC Velocity Partners–Q2 (and Q1) Backstage Pass is open!

Chad Sakac — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:39:43 -0400

As we keep pushing to be a more transparent company with our core partners – our internal quarterly SE training content has been opened up to all our partners – no edits, everything we provide internally. Click on the link...

An important ETA for VMAX customers using vSphere

Chad Sakac — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 10:54:41 -0400

EMC Technical Advisory (or “ETA”) are notices to customers of important fixes or updates. Some are more important than others. If you go to http://support.emc.com, you can get all the ETAs for your platforms. Shortly, this portal is getting a...

What is the real thing stopping “Cloud in the Enterprise?” - RANT.

Chad Sakac — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 16:37:40 -0400

I firmly stand by “EMC SE Manifesto Principle #5”: We are positive force. Meaning “We think of the customer, our ‘tribe’, ONE EMC, the community at large, the world - and never go negative on the bad guy.” Rants tend...