Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Sanjay Mirchandani, CIO of EMC (Part 7)

By Sramana Mitra and guest author Shaloo Shalini Sramana: Sanjay, is there anything else I should have asked you in the context of EMC and cloud computing? Is there anything you wanted to discuss or highlight? Sanjay: At EMC, we are far along in our journey into cloud computing, and I’m going to be bold

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Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Sanjay Mirchandani, CIO of EMC (Part 6)

By Sramana Mitra and guest author Shaloo Shalini Sramana: In the context of the cloud, we were discussing some of the key issues that EMC is trying to address. Let me help you understand my question. Entrepreneurs build companies by solving problems; I think the best companies are built when its people are solving a

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Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Sanjay Mirchandani, CIO of EMC (Part 5)

By Sramana Mitra and guest author Shaloo Shalini Sramana: Which are some of the emerging, cutting-edge thinkers from the vendor community who you believe are starting to take the cloud out in altogether new directions? Ten years ago, salesforce.com was the vendor that was taking this movement in a new direction, and it has matured

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Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Sanjay Mirchandani, CIO of EMC (Part 3)

By Sramana Mitra and guest author Shaloo Shalini Sramana: You mention private clouds. How do you decide on what to put on the private cloud versus what to procure from the public cloud as part of your cloud strategy? Sanjay: It is a journey. The journey that we are on at EMC is to virtualize

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Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Sanjay Mirchandani, CIO of EMC (Part 2)

By Sramana Mitra and guest author Shaloo Shalini Sramana: At EMC, now that you have this rather large virtualized infrastructure, are you able to charge back the different parts of the company based on their usage? Or is that something that you are planning to do or are interested in doing? Sanjay: Yes, it is

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Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Sanjay Mirchandani, CIO of EMC (Part 1)

In the latest interview of our series ‘Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing’, Sramana talks to Sanjay Mirchandani, CIO of EMC. She uncovers additional aspects related to people and process evolution in large enterprises such as EMC, as they journey into the cloud. Sanjay shares his insights on how EMC is using their own core technologies to tier, consolidate and virtualize for attaining business agility that cloud promises.