In case you're not aware, Varrow Madness is almost here -- lots of details at the main site (go look if you haven't already). To the best of my knowledge, this is the largest technology conference in the Carolinas. While Varrow as a company isn't a vExpert or EMC Elect, to me this conference lets … Continue reading Varrow Madness – Session Breakdown by Theme
Analysis Paralysis – USB Battery Pack Style
So what happens when you're a detail-oriented individual with an engineering background, need a new USB battery pack (my very faithful New Trent 7000 mAh died after 3 years of use), cannot afford to have peripherals run out of battery power during the day, are semi-obsessive about optimizing what you carry into your car/meetings every … Continue reading Analysis Paralysis – USB Battery Pack Style
EMC Elect Nominations – Do It
It's that time of year again - EMC Elect nominations! If you want the official writeup, go here. https://community.emc.com/community/connect/emc_elect/blog/2014/08/25/nominations-are-open-for-emc-elect-2015 I was honored to be selected as EMC Elect last year. Looking back at the last year, EMC Elect has been the most impactful manufacturer/partner program I've been involved in from my perspective -- have met … Continue reading EMC Elect Nominations – Do It
EMC Redefine Possible – Analyst Breakfast & Executive Q&A (Good event summary)
Summary - this ended up being a good summary of the highlights of the keynote later in the day - see my live blog post for details on that (not just text…lots of picture there too). I always like hearing what executives choose to focus on and how they say it when only have 2-3 … Continue reading EMC Redefine Possible – Analyst Breakfast & Executive Q&A (Good event summary)
EMC Redefine Possible – Live Blog
Note: this is a live blog…apologies for typos - this will be relatively analysis-light (focused on keeping up). Walked in to live music and customer quotes on the big screen - one of them was TIAA-CREF (customer who Varrow works with in Charlotte, NC). 3D Glasses on all the seats - opening video uses 3D … Continue reading EMC Redefine Possible – Live Blog
EMC Redefine Possible – The Day Before…
I'm greatly looking forward to the EMC Redefine Possible event tomorrow - otherwise known as MegaLaunch 2014. http://newsblog.emc.co.uk/redefine-possible-mega-launch-2014-20-days-to-go/ From what I'm hearing there's some very good stuff coming (surprised, eh? 😉 ) -- I know that's vague but I don't want to steal the thunder from tomorrow's announcements. What's most fascinating to me is the … Continue reading EMC Redefine Possible – The Day Before…
EMC World 2014 – Blog Posts Reference
Just a wrap-up post given I wrote 10 blog posts at EMC World 2014 - general sessions, keynotes, breakout sessions, and NDA items. Please note while I did post general notes from the NDA sessions, my longer notes are not posted - please email me (amiller at varrow dot com) or catch me on Twitter or … Continue reading EMC World 2014 – Blog Posts Reference
EMC World 2014 – NDA Session Notes
This EMC World was different from previous conferences for me as I spent almost as much time in NDA sessions as regular breakout sessions. The good = hearing lots of roadmap info and being able give input. The bad = I can’t blog as much. 😉 Varrow side-note: wouldn’t you want to work with a … Continue reading EMC World 2014 – NDA Session Notes
EMC World 2014 – Area 53 Keynote
Cool intro video….as you’d expect. “Please welcome Agent J & Agent H” - Jeremy Burton and some other folks (young man as well). Some T-Shirt shooting….fun. Jeremy Burton - “If you can’t download an app from the App Store, please leave now as you won’t understand anything.” New world is driven by deployment of applications … Continue reading EMC World 2014 – Area 53 Keynote
EMC World 2014 – Social Village Meetup with John Roese, EMC CTO
Meeting with John Roese, CTO of EMC - early prolific blogger. With EMC for the last 1-2 years — with Huawei before then, then Broadcom, Nortel, etc. Is the first executive in Canada to have a non-supervised blog - around the same time as Jonathan Schwartz. Exec in Nortel came to him and asked him … Continue reading EMC World 2014 – Social Village Meetup with John Roese, EMC CTO
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