0.066: when is 3.14159265 > 14?
Today, EMC announced the acquisition of a small start-up called Pi Corporation.
Chuck Hollis has already taken the time off from his ski vacation to explain the relevance of this acquisition. I really have nothing more to add to that, except to note that the importance of protecting and automating our personal information in a "cloud storage" world cannot be underestimated. It is something that none of us can afford to neglect, and once again my employer is moving before others have even thought about the problem and my employer is moving decisively to deliver valuable end-user services in this arena.
Huzzah!
With every acquisition, especially the small ones, the most important part is not the technology, or even the vision - it's the people. And with this acquisition comes one of the most visionary and respected executives I've had the pleasure to meet - Paul Maritz.
While we're technically not friends or even acquaintances, our paths crossed several years back while he was at Microsoft, thanks to an invitation to Seattle from Jim Allchin, who was once my boss at Banyan Systems.
Paul's contributions to Microsoft and to charity speak for themselves. And getting the attention of Forbes is almost always a good thing.
And if you've been clicking on the links, you'll understand why I'm pretty sure that Pi is far more significant and important to our world of storage than XIV will ever be.
It's not just because Moshe Yanai doesn't even have his own page on Wikipedia!
Welcome to EMC, Paul!
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