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EMC Consulting and Microsoft Get Jiggy with FAST

It seems like only yesterday that soothsayer bloggers like Big Men On Content and Ask Johnny! were predicting that Microsoft's purchase of FAST might mean no more FAST for EMC. But that was before the EMC/Microsoft love fest. Just a little over a year later, guess who was a presenter at fastForward09? None other than EMC Consulting (they also won an award).They presented a demo of Microsoft Surface; it looks pretty cool on this YouTube video. (See for yourself below). I've also included a funny parody that actually makes some interesting points.

EMC + Microsoft- What does it mean for the Documentum professional ?

  If you paid attention to the business press last week, you couldn't have missed EMC's Joe Tucci sitting side by side with Microsoft's Steve Ballmer declaring their love for each other. New York's Plaza hotel is a choice setting for romance, and Tucci and Ballmer exchanged vows before a few dozen specially invited CIOs. There was plenty of press around to witness the love as well.

What said the vows that these dapper men took? Namely that their companies will work together in areas of security, virtualization, and document management until 2011. Their rationale ? (Mind you, this sort of love has to make cents.) Making money and retaining marketshare of course.

Now, I'm not as interested in the cloud computing part of this story as the rest of the press. If you are, read IT World's coverage.

What's Peanut Butter Got To Do With It?

If you've listened to the news at all lately, you've been hearing about the peanut butter recall. I haven't had a PB&J sandwich for years, so I didn't pay much attention until a friend asked me if I had checked if the trail mix I was eating was on the recall list. "

"It isn't peanut butter," I said.

"Either are ice cream, dog treats, Cliff Bars, or Asian Marinated Flank Steak," he said.

"Your point?" I asked.

"They're all on the recall list," he said.

I got an instant stomach ache. Maybe you just got one too.