Neuralytix’s Opinion on EMC’s Acquisition of TwinStrata

On June 8, 2014, TwinStrata announced that EMC has agreed to acquire them. No financial details were disclosed, and EMC does not have a press release on its website announcing the agreement. According to Nicos Vekiarides, CEO of TwinStrata, EMC decided to buy...

IBM BlueMix Launches with Subscription & Pay-as-you-go Pricing

Today IBM BlueMix, a cloud-based software development suite, was given its general release. In doing so, IBM recognizes two important trends. First, that leveraging the cloud for development makes as much sense as for sales enablement or marketing. Second, that the...

SanDisk buys Fusion-io

On June 16, 2014, the Wall Street Journal reported that SanDisk has agreed to buy Fusion-io in an all cash deal. Since Fusion-io’s announcement of its intention to go public, Neuralytix has predicted that Fusion-io operating as an independent company would be...

Oracle’s ‘In-Memory’ option may be costly

On June 10, 2014, Oracle announced its “in-memory” option for its pervasive Oracle database, called Oracle 12c. Both the NY Times and the Wall Street Journal reported a positive perspective on the announcement. Neuralytix does not agree, from a database perspective....

Perspectives on EMC’s 2014/2015 Vision

Neuraspective™
EMC World 2014 was held at The Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas from May 5-8, 2014. This year, the theme has evolved to “Redefine”. Neuralytix believes that this year, above all other years, EMC’s messaging for the year ahead (and beyond) represented the most contemporary, relevant and progressive message from any technology company today.

Overall, the messaging at EMC World 2014 focused on the data-centered data center (a term that was introduced to Neuralytix by one of our Clients, Caringo, and one that Neuralytix will be using frequently moving forward).

Key Findings
Embracing of the reality that in today’s information business, it is not about saving costs, but generating growth.
EMC’s ViPR software-defined storage offering is maturing and adoption is accelerating.
EMC has adopted and promotes a much more inclusive approach to its competitors.
EMC’s elastic cloud storage fills a necessary gap between all cloud and all on-premise – reinforcing EMC’s message around hybrid cloud.