Confessions of an eBiz Junkie

Live from VMWorld

No shortage of excitement coming from this years VMWorld.  If you're not fortunate enough to be here, you can follow all the buzz over at VMWorld.com. I'm running around with Flip cam in hand and hope to get some content posted this afternoon. In the meantime, wanted to share a couple of interesting videos coming from the show. First up, Sanjay Mirchandani, Senior Vice President and CIO at EMC, takes some time to talk about the benefits of virtualization, and also discusses EMC's own journey to the private cloud.

Sanjay is among several others who also made an appearnce on the live video feed from the event. Not too late to tune in and catch some of the great information coming out of the show.

Opportunity's Knocking

With Social Media becoming an increasingly important part of how we engage online, we're looking for some top-talent to come join the team. Specifically, we're looking for a senior community strategist type to help shape the future of EMC's community offerings.

If you have a strong passion for the social web, thrive in a highly collaborative team environment, and want to help build the future of digital communications, you'll want to give this opportunity a close look. We're looking for someone who has successfully conceptualized, deployed and managed large and thriving B2B communities.

Sound interesting? Check this and other EMC opportunities out at the careers section of EMC.com. Candidates interested in this particular opportunity should search and submit your credentials against Req ID 59488BR.

The Evolution of Social at EMC

Things have been a bit quiet on this blog of late.. sorry for that. Chalk it up to a plethora of exciting changes - all of which I get to share here with you here. Most notably, Social Media @ EMC has taken another large step in it's evolution.

While simplifying the story a bit, our journey to become a socially savvy brand started in the Fall of 2007. Starting with the launch of EMC|ONE, we set out to develop a high degree of social proficiency among our global employees. Over time, we continued to extend our reach to the outside world, and can now be engaged in many places, including the EMC Community Network, our Facebook presence, and the like.

Truth be told, our amazing progress in this space has been largely organic. Our innovative culture combined with a small but passionate group of social practitioners are among the contributors to our success. While there have been people focused on evolving social, it's often been 'part of the job' as opposed to being 'the job'.

Things have changed, and I believe we've just taken our next big step in this journey.

Battle of the Interns

It's not our fault... The interns over at Cisco started it. But, you can't claim to be the best at something without expecting a little controversy.  ;)

In response to their peer group over at Cisco, our own 2010 interns stepped up and answered the call. A couple of teams got together and put their creativity to work to share a bit of what it's like to intern at EMC... You be the judge.

There was a few other videos but this was my personal fav. Will update with links to the other contenders soon.

As an aside, I should mention the significant value of this program. It's great at giving the next generation workforce a look into the business world they're about to enter, while giving them some real-world experience. In return, we get to work with some of the brightest up and comers out there.

It's a win win for all.

Experimenting with Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

For a gadget geek, working in high-tech can offer up a pseudo candy-store like experience. When visiting HQ, I always do my best to run through our main data-center. It's staggering to see first-hand just how much technology has advanced in just a few short years. Long gone are the days of the MV8000 and countless racks of tapes.

So the interesting technology of the week? VDI, or virtual desktop infrastructure.