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Thank You, Analyst Relations

I’ve had the honor to participate in three very different events in the last three weeks. Each gave me the opportunity to serve, share ideas, and hopefully contribute value to the attendees. If you’d like to read more about the… Read more

Cohesity-Veritas, Dell-EMC, Marketing, Veeam, Wrap-up on Backup (post event)

May 24, 2017
Wrap-Up on Backup – from Dell EMC World 2017

I had pre-blogged before this event about looking for the unified narrative that knits together a breadth of DP products in a more focused way via the newly (re)formed Data Protection Division within the Dell EMC institution. Read more

Dell-EMC, Wrap-up on Backup (post event)

May 16, 2017
Looking Forward to Backing Up — at Dell EMC World 2017

The Dell acquisition of EMC is complete. Most of the leadership shifts and organizational realignments have happened. The previously Dell Software data protection solution components have moved on under the Quest banner. In short, now that the dust has settled,… Read more

Dell-EMC, Wrap-up on Backup (post event)

April 24, 2017
Wrap-up on backup from EMC World 2016 — day two keynote

There are a lot of things to like about EMC World this year, especially if data protection is important to you. Kudos on the day two general session with Jeremy Burton and Guy Churchward. Some notes from the event: It is hard… Read more

Dell-EMC, Wrap-up on Backup (post event)

May 3, 2016
More data protection thoughts on Dell and EMC [video]

Last week, I blogged on the combined Data Protection portfolios of Dell and EMC. It was certainly what many folks wanted to talk about last week, so here is a short video summarizing the data protection considerations of the announced acquisition:… Read more

Dell-EMC, Wrap-up on Backup (post event)

October 21, 2015
Data Protection in a Dell-plus-EMC World

Earlier today, Dell announced it was acquiring EMC. While there is still much to be decided and most of this will not substantively occur until mid-2016, the scenario raises several interesting ramifications regarding data protection as each of the vendors… Read more

Dell-EMC

October 12, 2015