Big Data is Boring, Fast Data is the Future
By General John M. Custer, Director, EMC Federal Who cares about big data? We know that tons of information is inundating federal agencies from new sources like sensors, mobile devices, satellites, and...
View ArticleClosing the Analytics Talent Gap
By Marshall Presser, Field Chief Technology Officer, Pivotal While it didn’t receive the attention that People Magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive announcement garnered, last year Harvard Business Review...
View ArticleSensors, Race Cars, and the Future of Military Design
By Mike Walsh, Department of Defense Lead at EMC Formula 1 Racing teams are facing a serious challenge as 2014 approaches. The most disruptive rule changes in the sport’s history are forcing...
View ArticleRe-Define Software-Defined
By Kyle Keller, Cloud Business Director, EMC Federal I don’t think it comes as any shock that Federal IT is at a crossroads – straining to keep up with budget cuts, substantial data growth, and user...
View ArticleNice Shot: Healthcare Gets a Boost
By Audie Hittle, CTO Federal, EMC Isilon I know we just finished March, but what I’m about to discuss isn’t Madness – Federal executives focused on healthcare are looking at significant advancements in...
View ArticleGovernment’s Critical Role in the Expanding Digital Universe
By Karen Delprete, EMC As I publish yet another blog post, I realize that I am contributing to the digital data explosion. What digital data explosion you ask? The digital data explosion is not just...
View ArticleVirtual Data Lakes of Opportunity are Filling in All Around Us
According to a new McKinsey report, the availability of Open Data in the Public Sector will unlock as much as $2 trillion dollars in economic value – annually. No one knows exactly how the future open...
View ArticleThe Intelligence Community Runs on (Shared) Data
By John M. Custer, Director, Federal Missions and Programs, EMC The intelligence community (IC) runs on data – from information on cyber threats to details on emerging political unrest. National...
View ArticleWhat is the future of Federal healthcare?
Fitbits, FuelBands, and Jawbones, oh my. These words would have been meaningless a few years ago, but today, they represent some of the latest consumer technologies we’re using to track everything from...
View Article3 Keys to Securing Health Data
DoD and VA healthcare providers are responsible for managing and protecting some of the most sensitive data, which unfortunately makes them a valuable target for hackers. Patient information often...
View ArticleBig Data vs. Climate Change – EMC and Citizen Scientists Team Up
In November, a group of EMC and Pivotal data scientists and platform architects teamed up with members of the Earthwatch Institute and the Schoodic Institute, braving the driving wind and freezing...
View ArticleHybrid Cloud – Your Key to the Best of Both Worlds
The DoD and VA healthcare landscape is a dynamically changing realm – and it’s not just because of the Affordable Care Act or the transition from fee-for-service to pay-per-performance. The Digital...
View ArticleData Lakes Redefine Storage Infrastructure & Hybrid Clouds Come of Age – 2015...
More than ever, I’m excited by the changes occurring in the IT landscape. This year, I see two major technology inflection points occurring simultaneously: data lakes and hybrid clouds. The reason I...
View ArticleThird Platform’s the Charm
“The Third Platform” – Big Data, cloud computing, mobile, and social – is having a tremendous positive impact on government and citizens alike. Analyzing trends in real time, and capturing all data...
View ArticleLooking at Storage Through a Different Lens
As I settle into my new role as head of EMC Core Technologies, I am frequently asked to summarize the business opportunity we have and how our portfolio hangs together, specifically from the high-end...
View ArticleGoulden Outlines EMC II Strategy
David Goulden, CEO of EMC Information Infrastructure, outlined EMC’s strategy in storage, flash, data protection, converged infrastructure, enterprise hybrid cloud, and security analytics at a forum...
View ArticleWhat’s Driving the Data Lake?
EMC’s Federation Business Data Lake (FBDL) announcement has been a long time in the making. It’s been a perfect storm of industry trends that enable Big Data and make data lakes a feasible data...
View ArticlePrescribing Cloud – Healthcare Goes Hybrid
It’s good to have a plan. Healthcare data is growing faster than ever before. At 48 percent each year, it’s one of the fastest growing segments in the Digital Universe. This data is coming from many...
View ArticleHave You Thanked Your CDO Today?
What is an organization’s most critical asset? Data. Creating, analyzing, storing, and protecting information – and transforming information into actionable intelligence – is vital to every Federal...
View ArticleLet’s Take a (Cyber) Drive – Improving Federal Data Protection
There are many varied cyber security efforts in place to help protect agencies’ data – programs like FISMA, FedRAMP, and the NIST Cybersecurity Framework. Even with these in place, stopping cyber...
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