In this episode of the Data Center Insiders podcast I am joined by EMC Senior Social Engagement Manager, Matthew Brender (Twitter: @mjbrender). In the podcast we cover the topics of what Matthew’s role entails, EMC Elect, what does “Social Engagement” mean and finally what is the best approach to ensure success, acceptance, and importantly, how companies should look at adding value in the world of social media.
With social media playing an important part in the support, marketing and services areas of global industry, with IT being no exception, there is an increasing emphasis these days for businesses to embrace social media, to take part and use it as a means to effectively engage with new and existing customers. I found my discussion with Matthew provided real insight into some of the social media and customer engagement challenges facing IT vendors.
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In this episode of the Data Center Insiders podcast I speak with Matthew Yeager, EMC VMAX Cloud Edition Team Lead (EMEA), about the recent EMC VMAX Cloud Edition storage offering. We discuss what the VMAX Cloud Edition is, it’s high level functionality, how it differs from the standard EMC VMAX, it’s use cases and where the VMAX Cloud Edition is positioned in the market.
Following up on my recent post here which provides links to download your own free copy of the EMC VNX or Celerra Virtual Storage Appliance (VSA), here is another EMC product to download and try for free in your own lab environment. EMC ProSphere is a Cloud storage management solution that monitors and analyzes storage services in a virtualization infrastructure. 
In this episode of the Data Center Insiders podcast, Brian and Simon are joined by Jeramiah Dooley (VCE Office of the CTO) to discuss things Vblock, VCE and Converged Infrastructure. Want to find out more with what and where VCE are doing in the industry at present? Then this is the episode for you.
You’ve probably heard of the VMware vExpert and Microsoft MVP programmes which recognise those people who have contributed and gone above and beyond in assisting others and providing additional value to these particular communities. Those who have been awarded such titles for the year become a member of a relatively small group who can use this title and associated logo on their blogs, email signatures or business cards. Along with being able to use the title for the year there are usually other benefits to be had such as access to NDA and roadmap information, auto-enrollment into product beta programmes and special attention from the vendor when attending the larger vendor events.
EMC has always had a healthy community base around its various products though it has always been lacking a recognition programme and associated title for those who provide extra value and go out of their way to help others with their EMC products. Well, the good news is that there is now such a programme similar to that of the VMware vExpert and Microsoft MVP – it is called 
In this episode of the Data Center Insiders podcast, Brian and I are joined by Scott Lowe (EMC Technologist, author and blogger), where we talk about the OpenStack Cloud and associated projects and Scott’s involvement with it
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