Comments on: About core beliefs at EMC

By: jeffspitulnik

jeffspitulnik — Mon, 07 May 2007 04:25:22 +0000

I read Mr. Hollis’ Blog for the first time after following your reference to it, Craig. I had to triple check the date on that post… I thought it was something he may have written circa late 1970s, around the time the common folk starting seriously talking about the Information Age. Eerily telling….

I also found it sadly funny that Mr. Hollis thinks people might be laughing at him for suggesting a company needs a vision. Huh.

Ah well, at least it’s pen to paper. I’ll print it out and give a copy to some customers I know.

By: Craig Randall

Craig Randall — Mon, 07 May 2007 02:37:48 +0000

Thanks for the comment, Mark. I agree that information is perhaps EMC's greatest focus, but I'm confident that the "knowledge dividend" isn't lost on us. Mark Lewis recently indicated the same sentiment about knowledge. Whether it's ECM or ILM, I think a fair bit about M's dividends. If I'm the customer, what does management yield? What are its dividends? Deeply supporting the formation and realization of actionable, relevant and timely knowledge is right at the top of my list of expectations.

By: Storagezilla

Storagezilla — Sun, 06 May 2007 16:47:10 +0000

You’re out in front on this one Craig. Knowledge is ultimately where I believe EMC is going it’s just that the company is currently in the information phase.

Data -> Information -> Knowledge