![]() With him at the helm, the company transformed from a hardware-based high-end data storage system provider to being dominant in storage software, enterprise SSDs, tiered storage and many other markets. A standing ovation at the end of his talk revealed how happy people were with his tenure. ![]() Goodbye JoeĪt this final EMC World, it was fitting that long-term EMC chairman and CEO Joe Tucci got a chance to say farewell. Armed with EMC’ storage arsenal for the high end, its own midrange and SMB offerings, Dell servers, and easy access to VCE, VMware and RSA products, Dell is in a great position to provide much of the hardware, software and tiered storage elements that enterprises will need for modernization projects as the market moves towards a greater degree of convergence. The theme of the event, for example, was “Modernize the Data Center.” There is no question that this plays right into Dell’s ballpark. Dell Influence ApparentĪlthough the merger with Dell is still subject to regulatory and shareholder approval and can’t be completed until October, the influence of Dell was apparent at last week’s EMC World in Las Vegas. It became clear that Dell sees EMC as a major piece of a strategy to move into the higher end of the market using EMC’s enterprise SSD and data storage system assets, as well as gaining a greater presence in the hyperconverged data center space. ![]() The conference provided some answers as well as insight into future direction with Dell. This question was on the lips of many attendees at last week’s EMC World in Las Vegas. What is to become of the world of data storage systems if its dominant voice – EMC – gets gobbled up by Dell?
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