EMC: flash won’t drive out the HDD just yet

EMC was warning its customers to be ready for “a big wave” of transformation at last month’s EMC World in Las Vegas, with chairman and chief executive Joe Tucci telling delegates to prepare for a new digital era. In his keynote address, he talked of

Joe Tucci, chief executive, EMC, with visitor at EMC World in Las Vegas
Joe Tucci, chief executive, EMC, with visitor at EMC World in Las Vegas

He talked about how businesses should go on the offensive and build a digital agenda by rediscovering software, moving to hybrid cloud models, and wrapping it all up in layers of cyber security – alluding to different products and services available under the EMC federation of companies.

Either side of his speech, EMC spent days delving into the detail of its new ...