EMCElect

Please explain how this will be different

in many ways #EMCElect is going back to its roots this year,

@DathBrun What does that mean? Going back to its roots? Please expound.

I'm excited to see what the DELL + EMC opportunity brings as well.

its well known that EMC is on a journey to merge with Dell. And in that regard the Elect will be chronicling that journey for our community

I am interested to see how #EMCElect can "reach" further into EMC Federation companies

we are doing new things. We are building out the Tech Select podcast brought to you by the EMC Elect members

@DathBrun What about @EMCWorld? Can can we expect

work is being down to have regular episodes beyond the usual conference coverage

@DathBrun Yes, and we are all embarking on that journey with you whether we are EMC employees, or in my case a key strategic Partner - thta being SAP. We partner with all - EMC, Virtustream, VMW and Dell.

And at #EMCWorld we are planning a big show.

@DathBrun any sneak previews?

@DathBrun hope we can all get there

What a great year for social! Finding fun topics to discuss is going to great!

The EMC Elect lounge will be going through some cool changes too. and we are revamping that to accomodate our broadening community

I'm excited to learn about and help champion the EMC / Dell merger!

Back to our roots, is more about the fun social and deep geek tech conversations. Elect is a recognition program, but its emphasis is on community

@DathBrun as it should be

will be at #ciscolive ... finished some Demos for #rexray with scaleio

anybody played with #rexray so far ?

as well as the big things in motion for EMC World we will have some cool tracks for the Elect to follow our launches in 2016. There will be a lot this year!

@sddc_guy I've had a briefing on it from Josh Bernstein but have not played with it.

we have introduced Slack as a community tool for conversation amongst current Elect and Alumni

@FelixNU98 you have to :-) pretty cool stug, and gr( things to com in 2016

Let's look at larger presence of #EMCElect at #SAPPHIRENOW in May collaborating w @SAPMentors ! cc @dathbrun

@sddc_guy Absolutely, Docker containers on @EMCScaleIO is a great P3 use case!

More sneak previews as Roy mentioned and more meetings on a regular basis would be nice

slack looks good!

EMC World will be a big event, particularly for the Elect with some cool excursions, exclusive briefings and speaking opportunities

@FelixNU98 if you are on VMware Workstation, i got it pretty much automated ..for everything else, there is som vagrant stuff .. blog out by tonite :-)

@DathBrun Nice, I hope I'll be able to step away from my duties to attend!

The #EMCelect have always been instrumental to drive online conversation at all events. Long may the programme continue!!

@henrikwagner73 well thatsright up against EMCWorld so it will be interesting to pull off :)

So members of the EMC Elect, pipe and share whats awesome about the program and what you plan for 2016 through the program?

@DathBrun This year SAPPHIRE is 10 days later - so shouldn't be a problem to pull off!

My frequent flyer miles are going to be doing well this year :)

@DathBrun I think it would be great to connect EMCElect with SAPMentors - @henrikwagner73 and I have already had many conversations - they will all be at Sapphire - let me know how I can help! I plan to be at Sapphire as well.

Who's attending Cisco Live in Berlin in two weeks?

Here is more info on SAP SAPPHIRE 2016 - I expect to see the EMC Elect Community there! http://events.sap.co...

I'll be there with a few Elect members covering the conference and getting Elect things underway

as well as SAP Saphire, EMC World and Cisco Live, we'll have a prescence at VMWorld US & EU

and we're planning a lot more online engagement, with regular podcasts, lcrowd chats, hangouts

and don't be surprised to hear more Elect peeps on other podcasts, including their own.

and expect to see more Elect members putting together their own get togethers, fro a few around a pizza to bigger meetings with like minded individuals

@DathBrun me !

@DathBrun we just Need emcworld approved :-)

@sddc_guy < +1

@DathBrun I look forward to seeing you at Sapphire!

@sddc_guy soon

the marching orders are out, via David Goulden himself! http://reflectionsbl...

Personally I'm all over the new < redacted > and < redacted > appliances coming that I can't talk about until later :(

It's all about "The Cloud" including @virtustream ;-)

ScaleIO & VxRack

@mcowger give it a couple of weeks...

ideed - there are so many interesting topics comming up

I will be expanding to cover more of the Data Protection products, not just Avamar.

NetWorker, Data Domain, RecoverPoint, ProtectPoint

Maybe some ECS too, which would be going back to my roots of Centera / Atmos!

EHC is pulling in AVE automation so probably something there. Our vRealize Data Protection plug-in.

Lots of interesting launches, but there's definitely a focus on "back to basics".

Big part of my focus will be hyperconverged systems http://marketrealist...

I will have a heavy focus on converged and hyperconverged this year, going to be a fun time

@sam_lucido HCI will be a big focus for many, lots to talk about as the last year has shown!

HCI will be booming! According to IDC this market grows with 68% by 2019

not to forget bimodal IT

Blocks Racks Appliances :)

@suzyspaatz back to the basics: every #cloud runs on infrastructure!

@vGazza exactly, so why not run it on HCI and be done with it

there is an incredible opportunity for HCI without a question

but having portfolio is a powerful thing. Blocks, Racks & Appliances. CI/HCI in many ways.

Any other #ETD folks in EMC Elect?

In 2016 we'll be focusing on business outcomes with technologies like SAP HANA, SAP HANA Cloud Platform, S/4 HANA, SAP SuccessFactors, Ariba, Concur, etc to help companies run better and improve people's lives.