In my previous posting I have covered a perspective on Big Data and the benefits for Human Services organisations.  Just recently the UK Policy Exchange Think Tank  has published a comprehensive report titled “The Big Data Opportunity: Making government faster, smarter and more personal”, and discussing the many benefits offered to Public Sector by leveraging ...

Intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance—or ISR—is a foundational component of U.S. defense and intelligence capabilities.  ISR systems, ranging in size from hand-held mobile devices to orbiting satellites, acquire and process information needed by national security decision makers and military commanders. ISR systems collect a horizon of various data, from photographic and signals data which might require ...

In my last post, I talked in general terms about what made the VNXe series of storage platforms a good fit for tactical deployments and expeditionary operations. Now I want to go into a little more detail about what might be the VNXe’s strongest feature—ease of use. One of the reasons people hang on to ...

Before joining the ranks of EMC as a vSpecialist, I was an Information Technology engineer in several different environments.  I worked in both public (academic, military) and private (health insurance, financial lending) organizations.  Despite the fact that each organization was different, from a technology perspective, services were provided similarly.  As an engineer providing Information Technology ...

When people ask me, “What’s the most critical IT issue that active military units face?” I never hesitate with my answer. Data storage. Nowhere is the intersection of operational data and storage technology more dramatic than on the battlefield. It can literally be the difference between mission accomplishment and failure. So what makes data storage ...