Chuck's Blog

The 10 Big Ideas That Are Shaping IT Infrastructure Today

Hi everyone.  I had the pleasure of jumping over to Paris to deliver a short keynote this week. 

When I do this, sometimes I use material I've used before.  Other times, I try and mix it up a bit and try something different. 

Such is the case here.

I wanted to make this presentation all about the big ideas that are going on in our industry today, especially as it applies to IT infrastructure, since it directly and indirectly impacts all other aspects of IT. 

I wanted to make a point to try and stay away from individual technologies (and their associated product incarnations), and focus instead on how technology is being built, deployed and consumed.

See if you agree with my choices ...
 

An Update On "The State of IT"

One of the newer EMC team members commented recently that EMC had an internal "information firehose".  He was right -- we all get access to a broad river of interesting content.

It's a good day when I can simply read it all -- let alone try and comment on some of it.

But this piece deserves some commentary and reflection.  One of my colleagues -- Gil Press -- assembles a composite picture regarding the current gestalt of IT -- sort of a survey of surveys.  Since he does this every year, we can glean some interesting year-over-year compares as a result.

And you might find some eye-openers in this ...

I Should Have Majored In Psychology

Way back when, I thought it useful to do two courses of study.  I wanted that CS (computer science) degree, but the whole topic, while fascinating, seemed so self-contained.

At the time, I thought adding coursework in economics was the right thing to do.  Even way back in the late 1970s (yes, I'm that old), I could see the two interweaving in very interesting ways.

I was wrong.  I should have chosen to add in psychology rather than economics. 

Because -- at the end of the day -- I'm finding that success with technology has more to do with how people perceive things rather than the hard facts we all work with every day.