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Welcome to the 1st CrowdChat of 2015. I am humbled & honored to be part of the #EMCElect Community, and look forward to collaborating, engaging & learning to help drive innovation with you. What does being a part of EMC Elect mean to you?
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Sylvie Otten (Sollod
Please reply to the topic feed to help streamline the conversation! Check out this really cool interview about #EMCElect with @dathbrun by @RachaelFstr http://isys6621.com/...
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John Furrier
good morning #SiliconValley
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Dean of Big Data
Hey Sylvie, the best thing about #EMCElect is the people and the chance to learn from others' experiences. It's great!!
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John Furrier
. @sylvie75015 Congrats on the selection for the Elect program an elite crew of #techathletes
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Sylvie Otten (Sollod
Agreed Bill - what have you learned in your time as an EMC Elect member - as I know you're a veteran?
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Mark Browne
Thanks @sylvie75015 for sharing this, I was just about to myself. It's a good run down on what's behind the #EMCElect program
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Ian Anderson
Hello all. For me, being part of #EMCElect means being part of a community of some of the most interesting and influential people in tech. I stand in awe.
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Michael Leeper
good morning from #PDX, wasn't there talk about @henrikwagner73 providing coffee this morning?
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Ishitsuka Tomonori
Hi all, thank you for this great time. I'm joining from Japan.
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Suhela Dighe
Being an #EMCElect means you are a brand advocate, passionate and knowledgable about tech topics & EMC
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Sylvie Otten (Sollod
What have been some of the really cool outcomes from #EMCElect in your opinion - perhaps some of the veterans can provide some perspective?
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Sylvie Otten (Sollod
@mleeper Where is @henrikwagner73?
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Henrik Wagner
having a #Nespresso :-)
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Eric Hagstrom
Engagement with folks I wouldn't normally be exposed to is one of the best benefits I have seen
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Henrik Wagner
my favorite was when we took the #EMCElect crew to drive engagements at #SAPPHIRENOW...
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Michael Leeper
seeing the EMC product teams start to realize the value of the #EMCElect in sharing the great things about new products and also providing real feedback when needed.
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Sylvie Otten (Sollod
There you are! What's amazing to me is just how global this Community is, and I am so excited to collaborate and share ideas with you to gain different perspectives.
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Suhela Dighe
I wasn't officially a member last year, but always supporting events where #EMCElect were onsite, adding great value to conversations.
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Dean of Big Data
My fav: press/industry announcement and #EMCElect's take on what it really means #SignalFromTheNoise
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Sylvie Otten (Sollod
@mleeper Listening to customers is where innovation starts.
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Peter Herdman-Grant
after a great first full year at EMC on the EverythingOracle Community, achieving #EMCElect feels like recognition, but also asking me to continue engaging with our technical specialists, partners and customers
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Ian Anderson
@erichagstrom Agree completely. I've met a lot of really cool people from around the world through the #EMCElect program.
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Mark Browne
@ionthegeek a good point and it is a globally dispersed membership this year. With 6 members located in APJ, 31 Members located in EMEA and 64 in the Americas
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Henrik Wagner
@dathbrun whats the breakdown of EMC, client and partners?
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Sylvie Otten (Sollod
@henrikwagner73 Some great ideas have also come out of some brainstorm sessions with #EMCElect members...I can think of a few. ;-)
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Henrik Wagner
definitely some #Pure Magic moments including Project Costeau :-)
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Suhela Dighe
@50mu There he is!! :)
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Mark Browne
37% of the #EMCElect are Partners, Customers and Independents make up 16%, 48% are EMC Employees
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Sylvie Otten (Sollod
@henrikwagner73 Yes, that's one of the ones I am very excited about. Collating & correlating data to make the impossible possible..no longer talking data lakes here more like data oceans in this case!
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Rob Koper
@henrikwagner73 I'd love an espresso now too
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Henrik Wagner
@50mu Dont leave your house without one :-)
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Rob Koper
@henrikwagner73 I'm home now. Just finished 8 hours already
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Henrik Wagner
Can't wait for some of this ideas to become outcomes... #PureMagic
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Sylvie Otten (Sollod
@henrikwagner73 Agreed Henrik - and I can't wait to collaborate & engage even more.
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Mark Browne
@henrikwagner73 it's been huge actually, with great feed back going along to engineering and Product Managment teams
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Mark Browne
@henrikwagner73 but also what is incredible is the collaborative nature of this. its not one way traffic, and more improtantly its authentic, with warts and all discussed
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Sylvie Otten (Sollod
What's the feedback mechanism? How does that occur? Sounds like some terrific innovation can come from it!
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Mark Browne
through exclusive beta access, private briefings and meetings as well as collating data and feedback @sylvie75015
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Mark Browne
There is. That's within the private Elect community. But we will be sharing caertain Elect events on the public facing EMC Elect space @sylvie75015
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Mark Browne
@mleeper you will definitely in the loop very soon. time is moving fast. rest assured we'll have the proper preparation in place
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Mark Browne
I love the problem with having trouble keeping track of this conversation. It's a good complaint for a vibrant conversation :)
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Mark Browne
@50mu happened me too
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Sylvie Otten (Sollod
I just want to say a special THANK YOU to @furrier for providing us this fabulous #CrowdChat platform to use for our #EMCElect Community!