EMC World 2015 via the Twitterverse

For starters, EMC shook up the apple cart at EMC World 2015 with this week’s announcement that ViPR controller would be open sourced through Project CoprHD.

“We believe in #opensource, and we believe it is a part of our future” #EMCWORLD http://t.co/onDysybPqi pic.twitter.com/R3d1NypKsz

— EMC Corporation (@EMCcorp) May 6, 2015

But, is Project CoprHD the first EMC open source initiative?

Ummm. Remember Project Razor? ;) https://t.co/nJes0AQPLX

— Nicholas Weaver (@lynxbat) May 5, 2015

The Twitter vibes on this topic were positive -- though not everyone loves the new name.

Very cool that ViPR Controller is being Open Sourced… Not crazy about “CoprHD” name though… #EMCWORLD #EMCElect

— Jase McCarty (@jasemccarty) May 5, 2015

#EMC is going open source. Huge opportunity there.

— Michael Caplan (@hack_the_gibson) May 6, 2015

#EMCWORLD #CoprHD this is why I'm here. Give me options!

— Suzan Pickett (@SuzanPickett) May 6, 2015

EMC’s ScaleIO news also turned some heads.

It's free! This is AWESOME!! #EMCWORLD #emcwinawatch pic.twitter.com/PAqS5bIXrB

— Morgan Harris (@morganharrisp1) May 6, 2015

Server-attached DSSD as sexy? The new XtremIO 4.0, also known as The Beast, got some Twitter time.

#EMCWORLD #DSSD is kinda sexy. Did I just say that out loud?

— Suzan Pickett (@SuzanPickett) May 6, 2015

DSSD is gonna be NUTS. It would be insulting to qualify it as a flash array, at least in today's market. #EMCWinAWatch

— Josh Coen (@joshcoen) May 6, 2015

The Beast! #XtremIO, 8 x 40TB raw capacity (PB-scale logical capacity!), 2M IOPS, all with <1ms latency! @EMCworld. pic.twitter.com/BGjmYt9Oaa

— Ash D'Costa (@MainlandIS_CTO) May 4, 2015

Are you smarter than a fifth grader? Jeremy Burton, the company’s president of products and marketing, enlisted his 11-year-old son, Henry, to provision EMC’s VMAX3 in about 20 seconds, and then challenged anyone to top him.

Nothing like telling a room full of SAN Admins they can be replaced by a 5th grader...smooth EMC #EMCWORLD

— Jim (@jimclik) May 4, 2015

VMAX 3 Service Level Objectives: so easy a 5th grader can do it…. #EMCWORLD pic.twitter.com/hTzygOgZD3 http://t.co/VKp7IrKS5c

— Stan Tech Stewart (@TechIsMidlName) May 5, 2015

Henry Burton met his challenge without a hitch, but not all EMC World 2015 segments went precisely as scripted.

Working on the bleeper functionality for next year �� https://t.co/4ObVaxWYAC

— Jeremy Burton (@jburton) May 5, 2015

Nor did every image make perfect sense.

My colleague just pointed out that is not where the nine goes... Good thing they make storage. #Emcworld pic.twitter.com/2xkWcJkgaA

— Scott Sinclair (@Scott_Sin) May 4, 2015

Naturally, EMC’s message wasn’t always crystal clear to everyone.

I’m going on the record to say that EMC’s introduction of “platform 2.5” as additional nuance to the journey is confusing folks! #EMCworld

— Matt Eastwood, IDC (@matteastwood) May 5, 2015

What does platform 2.5 look like? #EMCWORLD pic.twitter.com/J7qY0qYDW6

— EMC Data Protection (@EMCProtectData) May 4, 2015

For those wondering Project #CoprHD and ViPR Controller are the SAME code base. Sorry that wasn’t clear during the panel. #EMCWorld

— Randy Bias (@randybias) May 5, 2015

Of course, the freebies and fun stuff got some attention too.

I battled the dark side, explored other worlds w/ Spock & went back to the future at the #EMCWORLD solutions expo pic.twitter.com/0G3tWZhQ8J

— Elizabeth Lane (@eLane0513) May 6, 2015

We’ll leave you with perhaps the most retweeted image from EMC World 2015, of Chairman and CEO Joe Tucci bidding a fond farewell after his keynote address.

As he leaves the stage, Joe Tucci, and special guest Spock, thank all #EMCWORLD attendees for joining us pic.twitter.com/ZGNiGP8ERV

— EMC Corporation (@EMCcorp) May 5, 2015