Dell EMC World 2017 Thoughts
As every year, for quite some time, we had the Dell EMC World (formerly known as EMC world) in Las Vegas, Nevada from May 8th to May 11th. What made it even more special than other EMC worlds before it is that this was the first time Dell Technologies and EMC came together as a single company, marking it the first trade show ever since the long anticipated $67 billion mega-merge of 2016. At this year’s Dell EMC World 2017, (now affectionately referred to as DEW), Michael took the stage like the rock star CEO that he is, with Van Halen thumping over the sound system. Last year Dell looked confident in the direction the company was headed, this year at DEW in Las Vegas he looked downright pumped. It is not unusual to seeing top CEO’s excited about a company’s competitive prospects but whether it was in Michael’s opening keynote or the follow-on sessions with top Dell Technologies execs, the strategic advantage of the company’s now more tightly integrated and massive por...