EMC has Ph.Ds? – Part II

by | Monday, May 14, 2007 | Future Tech | 7 comments

Last week I realized that I hadn’t seen any research papers from EMC technologists, despite cruising they highways, byways and deep weeds of storage research for some time. I know they have smart guys. What are they doing? They’re salesmen, making 800...

DH Hell

by | Sunday, May 13, 2007 | Off-Topic | 9 comments

Totally off topic: Buy great chair on Ebay. Shipped Monday on DHL. Thanks to massive storage and distributed networks, I knew it was in Phoenix – a two hour drive from where I live – Tuesday morning. Fantastic! Tuesday morning: “Delivery arranged, no...

Identity theft gets worse

by | Friday, May 11, 2007 | Security & Public Policy | 1 comment

A SWAT team busts open your door, grabs all your computer gear, and arrests you for child pornography That would be a swell day, eh? Oh, and then you lose your job, your friends shun you and strangers feel free to beat you to death. Or maybe you just decide to end it...

Visions vs Roadmaps

by | Thursday, May 10, 2007 | Off-Topic | 0 comments

Walter Purvis, my very analytical colleague at Data Mobility Group, wrote in to call me on an apparent contradiction: Yesterday you were flogging EMC for “the lack of a vision, or goal, that EMC is aiming for… where is EMC investing its R&D dollars to create...