In Google's latest founder's letter they restated their founding mission back in ’98 — “to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful”. Without a doubt this one of the most powerful benefits of the Internet (and search) and that it drives ubiquitous access to much of the world's research. In tandem, the evolution of …
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Shawn Rosemarin has been a technologist for over 20 years with experience. He is passionate about the impact that Technology can have on making society a better place for all of us. He is currently the Worldwide Vice-President for Systems Engineering at Pure Storage
Stop talking about the Tools!
Every day I spend time talking to vendors and customers across the IT industry. There is a common theme - Just about every customer is focused on accelerating innovation and just about every vendor believes that they have the tools to help them succeed. The challenge is that tools alone cannot deliver a solution. What is missing …
What can Riding a Paddle Board Teach us about Innovation?
As winter finally comes to a close it is inspiring to see the trees starting to bud and the tulips sprouting through last year's decomposed leaves. With all of this vitality I can't help but think about the summer ahead and the fond memories of summers past. One memory especially comes to mind. Last summer …
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The “Bi-Modal” Dilemma
One of my favourite childhood books is "Alice in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll. One particular passage that has become gospel to me - Cat: Where are you going? Alice: Which way should I go? Cat: That depends on where you are going. Alice: I don’t know. Cat: Then it doesn’t matter which way you go! In my …
The search for “Work-Life Integration”
One of the most amazing trends over the last few years is how great organizations have become increasingly concerned about their employees well-being. With these corporations the goal is no longer simply about "maximizing productivity" but instead about improving the ability for their employees to drive better "work/life integration". This is a major shift as …
Focus on “Outcomes” instead of “Projects”
Spring is upon us and with it a renewed sense of energy across the industry about the opportunity that lies ahead of us. Over the last week I have spent a ton of time with some of our strategic customers in the west. Upon reflection it dawned on me that sometimes we can become so …
Does Business Mobility Matter?
In my travels I have become quite dependant on my mobile devices. Whether Im in a taxi, on the runway or waiting for someone it seems every week there is more "idle time" and less "desk time". On top of this there is the constant struggle to integrate Life and Work into one motion with neither …
Think of your exit strategy before you enter…
You always have an out. An exit strategy to make sure you don't get hurt. You always walk away. You walk away before they can walk away from you - Unknown Over the past few days we have seen news of both Dropbox and Apple shifting their public cloud architectures. The interesting part here is that …
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The future is “Multi-Cloud”
Over the last few years the concept of "cloud" has matured beyond a strategy and into a desired end state. Lately I've been talking to many enterprise and public sector institutions looking to better understand the future of the cloud and potential avenues to cloud adoption. Across all of my travels it is clear to me that the future is "multi-cloud" and any …
Digital Business – What does it really mean?
Im heading back home after an exciting day in Atlanta at one of our customer forums. Today's discussion was centred around "Digital Business". Specifically, we spent a lot of time talking about what it means and what enterprises should be doing about it. Here is my take - Digital Business is a critical juncture where …
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