“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 ...

Before a crowd of media, analysts, partners and customers in San Francisco on Friday, EMC CMO Jeremy Burton ended speculation about the teaser that had been running on the emc.com home page for the past couple of weeks: What starts with “v” and ends with “x”? And, no, the answer wasn’t vortex, vertex or (thankfully) ...

Some people are competitive. I’m not. Sure, I taunted my 62-year-old father after dunking on him… on a 6-foot hoop… at my son’s 6th birthday party. Yes, I cheat at Candyland to beat my 4-year-old daughter. And I have been known to race cars on my way to work – on my bicycle. Sometimes, though, ...

Every Moo Down in Moo-ville Liked tape backups a lot… But the Grinch, Who lived just north of Moo-ville, Did NOT! The Grinch hated tape backups! He considered it treason! Now, some might ask why. But there’s not just one reason. It could be that he hated working all through the night. It could be, ...

If you were following us (@EMCBackup) on Twitter last week, you know we were at Gartner’s annual Data Center Conference in Vegas.  It was my first time attending this particular event and my first non-vendor-sponsored event of the year.  A nice change of pace for sure! As I’ve mentioned, as a former analyst, one of ...

I had the opportunity to sit in on Joe Tucci and Pat Gelsinger’s keynote at Oracle OpenWorld in San Francisco. Now, I was fully expecting to hear a continuation of the Cloud and Big Data messages Joe and Pat have been delivering for the past year, and I did. But what I wasn’t expecting was ...