Sensors, 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 ArticleData Protection in the Software-Defined Government Agency
By Karen DelPrete, EMC Federal As Federal agencies look for ways to become more efficient, many are turning to software-defined enterprises, as my colleague Kyle Keller so eloquently outlined in his...
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 ArticleAcronym Alliance: DoD, DISA, UC APL, and VMAX
By Mike Walsh, Department of Defense Lead at EMC DoD, DISA, UC APL, VMAX. Much more than alphabet soup, this acronym alliance means new procurement efficiency for DoD enterprise-class storage. And,...
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 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 ArticleCapitalizing on Hybrid Clouds
If CIOs and their IT organizations want to maintain their business relevance – and be in a position to expand their business contribution – they must leverage mobile and social, as well as new...
View ArticleSecurity, Meet Functionality.
In this day and age, it seems like a major data breach hits the news nearly every week. Attacks are becoming more sophisticated, hackers are becoming stealthier, and the impacts of these attacks are...
View Article“Wait, can ECS run Oracle?”
This was one of the most interesting questions which came up when I briefed EMC’s Federal division on the new Elastic Cloud Storage (ECS) appliance. With my recent focus on Object Storage, I hadn’t...
View ArticleMagic Technology for your Agency – EMC Named a Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant
Gartner recently released its first ever Magic Quadrant for Solid State Arrays (SSAs), naming EMC a leader for our XtremIO arrays and VNX-F technology – solutions that are redefining the SSA space....
View ArticlePrevention and Detection – Fight off Fraud
The statistics are frightening. The Federal government loses an estimated $300 billion per year to fraud, according to The Atlantic In fiscal year 2013 alone, Medicaid paid an estimated $14.4 billion...
View ArticleVideo Surveillance at the Edge
Did you know the video surveillance equipment market is expected to grow from about $15B in 2014 to nearly $26B in 2018? IHS Technology and many other analyst firms have the surveillance market growing...
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 ArticleNew Year, New Trends – What’s in Store for Federal IT?
With 2015 in full swing, many people work to stick with their New Year’s resolutions – new year, new you, right? Setting goals to make changes is necessary to move forward – especially in the...
View ArticleRSA – Protecting the Federal Government in the Digital Universe
The holidays have passed, and we have all gotten a little bigger – too much food, too many desserts. But that’s nothing compared to how fast data is growing. The EMC-sponsored IDC Digital Universe...
View ArticleJourney to the Hybrid Cloud
One of the best parts of my job is engaging with customers and partners from around the globe. Regardless of location, customer size or the maturity of their IT and business operations, a common theme...
View ArticleRSA Responds to Executive Order on Cybersecurity
President Obama and leaders in government and industry discussed cybersecurity and consumer protection at Stanford University last week. As part of the summit, President Obama signed a new Executive...
View ArticleDeep Dive Into the Data Lake
The IT landscape is constantly changing – that’s a given. But, what doesn’t change is the responsibility for Federal agencies to protect their highly sensitive data – from healthcare records, to tax...
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