When I talk with customers, many tell me that their data center teams spend around 80 percent of their time “keeping the lights on,” performing routine management and support tasks. There are a number of problems with this situation. First, an employee who spends 80 percent of working hours on rote tasks will be able…
In my day-to-day life, I try to figure out little ways to become more efficient and consistent while solving the problems that are in front of me. In my personal life, these problems are usually more self-inflicted, such as creating customizable holiday lights or graphing fermentation temperatures for home-brewing. Professionally, this often looks more like…
While it’s true that software developers and network administrators both work in technology, the reality is that they work on different ends of the technology spectrum. We often talk about the gap that exists between IT and its line-of-business counterparts, but the difference actually lies between agile, iterative, experimental app developers and their more defense-minded,…
When working with clients, I see a variety of environments and an even wider variety of configurations. In today’s world, adopting the whole stack is not just a good idea, I’d say it’s a requirement. What do I mean by the whole stack? Many developers accept a few roles when it comes to their application:…
Over 14,000 people from 99 different countries traveled to the Venetian in Las Vegas, Nev. for EMC World 2015 held from May 4 through May 7. EMC World is a premier event for EMC, partners and customers, and is rife with announcements, keynote addresses, labs, product demonstrations and events.
