the storage anarchist

2.037: #20years of the web, as seen by the storage anarchist

Since I blogged about the latest edition of EMC's On Magazine (the web at 20) earlier this week, the magazine has attracted lots of attention. Some might find it odd that it is an information storage company that tackled this story first, especially given the significance that a 20 year anniversary justifies.

As an EMC insider, it was no surprise to me at all when the preview copy arrived in my office at the beginning of January. As I pulled it out of the red interoffice envelope and read the simple Post-It note attached to the front, I instantly recognized and respected the intent and foresight of the team behind the magazine.

The note said simply:

ON will be available on www.emc.com on 1/18.
Is there a blog here for your audience?

(Happens all the time, by the way. I even get emails from competitors about impending product announcements asking if I want a preview before the announcement. Tempting though these offers may be, so far I have dutifully rejected them. But hey, it says right up front I'm an EMC employee.)

So I read the magazine, and as I said, learned a lot about how we got where we are today, and where we may be going. Blogged a post about the magazine and moved on.

Then Len Devanna tagged me to answer the questions posed in the magazine:

• How has the Web changed your life?
• How has the Web changed business and society?
• What do you think the Web will look like in twenty years?

Not being one to shirk a challenge, here's a peek at my perspectives:
 

2.036: the web at 20

What do you get when you combine insights from some of the world's most "beautiful minds" about what is arguably the single most transformational technology to grace our planet?

Click on the image below to see for yourself!

The writers and editors of EMC's ON Magazine bring you a special edition with a retrospective-slash-outlook on the first 20 years of the World Wide Web, today's Web 2.0 world, and where this all may be leading us. This first-of-its kind celebration (at least as far as I am aware) is presented as perspectives from many of the actual inventors, entrepreneurs and practitioners of all things dubya-dubya-dubya-dot-com!

I can proudly claim that I was an early adopter of this technology, and I've tried to stay engaged as it has evolved. But this issue gave me both unexpected insights and inspiration – I hope you enjoy it as much as I have.

 

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2.035: fast, nice and easy

With the introduction of FAST, Storage Tiering can now be automated to optimize performance and reduce both CAPEX (acquisition costs) and OPEX (people, operational and maintenance costs).

In support of the introduction of FAST for the Symmetrix V-Max platform, EMC has made several key enhancements to Symmetrix Management Console (SMC) and Symmetrix Performance Analyzer (SPA). The goal behind these changes is to radically simplify storage allocation and management in a FAST environment, largely by building upon the constructs of Auto-Provisioning and non-disruptive V-LUN migration that were introduced on the initial software release for V-Max back in April 2009.

That's right, boys and girls. Despite all the misinformed FUD you've been hearing from wanna-bee competitors, Symmetrix V-Max is indeed both FAST and easy!
 

2.034: call to action, *2

Happy New Year!

Just a quick post with 2 simple asks for my readers:

1. If you are a storage professional and/or storage manager, we'd love to get your input for EMC's 4th annual Information Storage & Management Challenges survey. This survey is open to everyone except EMC employees, and we'd especially love to get participation from those who use arrays from vendors other than EMC.
   
   Instructions for participating in this survey are here on the EMC Community Network, and you don't have to register to participate (although you may – consider this a shameless plug for joining EMC's Customer and Partner community). The first 500 participants are being offered a 2010 inspirational wall calendar. The results of last year's survey are also available on the above link.
2. Another shameless plug for another survey: the Storage Monkeys are running their Top Vendor Blog Poll again, and once again I am a nominee. This year they are trying to avoid the shenanigans by restricting votes to registered Storage Monkey members. You don't have to manage storage to participate in this poll, and you can even be an EMC employee!
   
   So go ahead, sign up and vote here.

Thanks!

 

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