Ziya Aral, chairman and CTO of DataCore Software Corp.: Is his idea the Amiga of the storage networking world? It's a nice product. But we wonder how big this market is, exactly. Moreover, DataCore's in-band approach seems to be on the wane in favor of more scaleable out-of-band virtualization.
Paul Bonderson, cofounder and VP of strategic development, Brocade Communications Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: BRCD): We hear that he's the brains behind the Fibre Channel switch juggernaut. Fine. Good. Well done, Mr. Bonderson! However, we also hear from a Brocade insider that he's "no longer really around the office." Um... sounds like ol' Paul is phonin' it in. Not that there's anything wrong with that. But it keeps him out of the Top Ten.
Mark Lewis, CTO and EVP of new ventures, EMC Corp. (NYSE: EMC): In a very influential spot, but his credibility is still questionable right now. Six months ago, when he was VP of storage marketing at Compaq, he was telling customers EMC stood for "Expensive, Monolithic, and Closed." He has long way to go to prove EMC isn't. And we have to wonder: Could he change his mind again in another six months? (See EMC CTO Makes His Entrance
Bob Friday, Chief AI Officer for Juniper Networks, explains how the advanced technology is transforming operations.
Contact center leaders from 8x8, Awaken Intelligence, and 360insight discuss the importance of agent experience.
AI may force enterprises to rewire parts of their data centers so they are fully optimized to run such workloads. The question is do you use Ethernet or InfiniBand?
