On Wednesday at EMC World, I caught up with Kate Hutchinson of EMC Educational Services. In the MiniCast episode with the least background noise so far, we talked about the EMC Proven Professional program and other educational services offered by EMC. We recorded in a lounge space maybe 50 yards from where the Proven Professional testing center was…

On Wednesday at EMC World, I had the opportunity to do something I haven’t seen (or heard) done before: I appeared on an episode of EMC TV while recording my podcast. Or EMC TV guest-starred on my podcast while filming a video episode. Yes, Greg McCarthy and I interviewed each other — while being broadcast live on-screen all around the conference. …

On Monday at EMC World, Natalie Corridan-Gregg, Director of Competitive Intelligence for EMC held a session on Competitive Intelligence and Marketing. I wasn’t able to attend her session, but I was able to catch up with her on Tuesday to talk with her about it. Full Disclosure: Earlier in my career, I worked in the Competitive Intelligence Group at…

Tuesday morning at EMC World, the Solutions Expo was opened up early to allow Media and Analysts some time on the show floor when things would be less crowded. In the middle of the Expo floor, EMC had installed a stand-alone, raised-floor data center. Stephan Voss, Director of Product Marketing at EMC, and a long-time colleague of mine, took some t…

On Monday at EMC World, I had the opportunity to sit down with Ed Beauvais, EMC’s Director of Isilon Product Marketing. Ed was gracious enough to agree to be interviews for the MiniCast. We talked about new features in Isilon OneFS 8.0 and how they fit into EMC’s “Edge to Core to Cloud” message. At one point in the interview, it appears that Ed and…

Being part of the Media program at EMC World gave me the opportunity to sit down and talk with Mark Geel on the same day EMC announced their Unity unified storage platform. Take a listen to what mark and I had to say about Unity below. http://geekfluent.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/GeekFluent-MiniCast-Season-1-Ep-3-2016-05-02.mp3…

The second Episode of the GeekFluent MiniCast was recorded live at EMC World on Sunday while the show floor was being constructed around us. For this episode, I wanted to try something new. There are a lot of un-boxing videos out there, but no one seems to do unboxing audio recordings, and since I had just received my EMC World backpack, it seemed …

I’ve been thinking about trying podcasting for a while now, and so, with EMC World happening, well, right now, it seemed like the perfect time to just dive in. That said, I’m pleased to announce Season One, Episode One of the GeekFluent Mini-Cast, recorded today. The name comes from my decision to limit episodes to 15 minutes maximum length. For th…