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XtremeIO has in line all the time

https://twitter.com/EmoryEpperson/statuses/463419160853114880

programmable software is the key to moving to the new paradigm of networks

Brocade says they have been doing ethernet fabrics before it was fashionable says Phil O'Reilly

Both. Have seen both in the wild en-masse!

hey @BobJefferson77 heads are in the sand for sure but quickly pulling it out

"Customers realizing the public cloud is not for everything. They tell us “we need that flexibility that the hybrid model offers.” We are solving customer problems every day," says David Frattura on #theCUBE.

Rackspace getting customers who "have reached constraints in their ability to scale on other platforms from a performance perspective or a cost-of-storage perspective," says Sean Wedige on #theCUBE

I would ask @dvellante why Rackspace isn't taking the leadership role in #openstack someone needs to step up

@Crowdfather Rackspace was perceived as too close to #openstack. They needed some separation.

The enterprises come to RadkSpace and ask how can you help us navigate this [move to the cloud] so we can see the roadmap to get there. says Wedige on #theCUBE

CI is key, but how it is implemented and architected differs greatly and impacts true value.

Put a different way: CI != CI.

Does it provide the efficiencies that customers really desire?

@tcrawford software defined will drive the converged infra mkt hard. Flash, and virtualization continue to drive the bus

Key: Greater integration (function/ perf/ etc) between apps & infra. Spans both tech, process & org.

VCE hit billion dollar goal in 2013; vBlock has achieved product market fit

VCE on a $1.8B run-rate, says Akkiraju. The value proposition of Vblock has been accepted by the market. #theCUBE

how much turf can they take with the mkt changing so fast

Dave Vellante asked the TAM expansion question to CEO of @VCE nice Q&A

they launched an xtremeIO vblock last year going well says Praveen

Customers want to deploy a simpler data center solution, not just hardware. So we expanded out capabilities to integrate the application stack, not just hardware. Akkiraju on #theCUBE

Our vision is to go from providing a best-in-breed converged infrastructure to providing the help customers need to make the conversion to the cloud, says Praveen Akkiraju on @theCUBE

Best in breed is not disruptive or is it.. I think disruption levels silos or best of breed incumbants

I am curious about how converged infrastructure affects customers converting to cloud when it comes to dev changes to apps--with more application stacks available, I see virtalization being the go-to tool, I did hear VDI mentioned.

@kytsune great question there are tools for handling software development life cycles - I will submit this question to #theCUBE

Tom Roloff really understands the business drivers

Business is about relationships and loyalty

EMC invested in #bigdata and #cloud in 2011 and the services team has been pounding the pavement including the Dean of Big Data Bill Schmarzo

CIOs & ITOs see opportunity to be part of the revenue stream of the business. Tom Roloff on #the CUBE

Tom Roloff has been talking IT as a Service for years and his investments are paying off. The bet on #bigdata is paying off. Question is what is EMC doing now?

Do we need to reboot IT?

IT needs to stop worrying about the "T" (technology) & start focusing on the I (information). Tom Roloff on #theCUBE

IT needs to evolve quickly...but many IT orgs aren't ready to make the change. Or know where to start.

"The service catalog is the right way to interact with the business" says Roloff on #theCUBE

The public cloud is raising the bar on IT in a big way. How much IT do you have that is not being run by the internal ITO? An astounding amount in many cases. Tom Roloff on #theCUBE

Today "shadow IT" is the business guy swiping his CC and buying services on AWS. IT has to bring that shadow IT out into the sunlight & make it part of the infrastructure. Roloff on #theCUBE

"We (the ITO) will be the brokers of IT services to the business. That's the opportunity for us." Tom Roloff on #theCUBE

interesting comments from Tom. As. John says "game is changing"

We are documenting all the conversations here all trusted and open Tom Roloff is up next